The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bolton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the Bolton region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 35 26 15
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -11
Permanent jobs citing Linux 2 11 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 1.667% 8.462% 15.25%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.667% 22.45% 25.71%
Number of salaries quoted 2 11 9
Average salary £31,750 £37,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.33% +25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +8.33%
All Operating Systems
Bolton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
30 49 35
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 25.00% 37.69% 59.32%
Number of salaries quoted 23 49 35
Average salary £29,250 £37,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.00% +25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £15,500 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £37,250 £37,750 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
Manchester

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Linux across the Bolton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Bolton Linux Jobs Demand Trend

Linux
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Linux across the Bolton region.

Bolton Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton region citing Linux also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Linux.

1 8 (61.54%) UNIX
2 7 (53.85%) SQL Server
3 6 (46.15%) SQL
4 5 (38.46%) NHS
5 4 (30.77%) MySQL
6 3 (23.08%) Windows
6 3 (23.08%) E-Commerce
6 3 (23.08%) WAN
6 3 (23.08%) PHP
6 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
6 3 (23.08%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (23.08%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (23.08%) Retail
6 3 (23.08%) Degree
6 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
6 3 (23.08%) PEAR
7 2 (15.38%) NetBackup
7 2 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (15.38%) VMware
7 2 (15.38%) MPLS
7 2 (15.38%) Citrix
7 2 (15.38%) WLAN
7 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (7.692%) Internet
8 1 (7.692%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (7.692%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (7.692%) Apple
8 1 (7.692%) Service Delivery
8 1 (7.692%) Disaster Recovery

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton region citing Linux also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Linux. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (7.692%) Hibernate
1 1 (7.692%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.692%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) WAN
2 2 (15.38%) WLAN
2 2 (15.38%) MPLS
3 1 (7.692%) Firewall
3 1 (7.692%) LAN
3 1 (7.692%) DHCP
3 1 (7.692%) TCP/IP
3 1 (7.692%) DNS
3 1 (7.692%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (53.85%) SQL Server
2 4 (30.77%) MySQL
3 3 (23.08%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) PEAR
General
1 3 (23.08%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Support Analyst
1 5 (38.46%) Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Web Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Web Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Technical Support Consultant
5 1 (7.692%) PHP Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) PHP Web Developer
5 1 (7.692%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) Consultant
5 1 (7.692%) Technical Support
5 1 (7.692%) Support Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (7.692%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (7.692%) Support Consultant
5 1 (7.692%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) NHS
2 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 8 (61.54%) UNIX
2 3 (23.08%) Windows
3 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) E-Commerce
1 3 (23.08%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (7.692%) Incident Management
2 1 (7.692%) Service Delivery
2 1 (7.692%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) SQL
2 3 (23.08%) PHP
3 1 (7.692%) Python
3 1 (7.692%) Java
3 1 (7.692%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
2 1 (7.692%) MCP
2 1 (7.692%) MCSE
2 1 (7.692%) CCNA
2 1 (7.692%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (7.692%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 2 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (7.692%) vSphere
3 1 (7.692%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Citrix
1 2 (15.38%) VMware
2 1 (7.692%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.692%) Apple