The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bradford 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 Bradford region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 15 19 13
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -6
Permanent jobs citing Linux 32 42 41
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bradford 9.440% 9.976% 12.58%
As % of the Operating Systems category 35.16% 51.85% 47.67%
Number of salaries quoted 21 35 33
Average salary £38,000 £39,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.79% +43.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £30,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +8.33%
All Operating Systems
Bradford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
91 81 86
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bradford 26.84% 19.24% 26.38%
Number of salaries quoted 63 67 65
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £25,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +37.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £17,000 £21,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £47,500 £47,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
West Yorkshire

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bradford 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 Bradford region.

Bradford Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the Bradford region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Bradford Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bradford 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 61 (59.22%) Java
2 56 (54.37%) UNIX
3 48 (46.60%) TCP/IP
4 46 (44.66%) Oracle
5 45 (43.69%) Shell Script
6 42 (40.78%) Red Hat
7 41 (39.81%) DNS
7 41 (39.81%) Firewall
8 40 (38.83%) HPUX
9 38 (36.89%) Middleware
10 35 (33.98%) SOA
11 34 (33.01%) WebLogic
12 30 (29.13%) Oracle BPM
13 27 (26.21%) Agile Software Development
13 27 (26.21%) Java EE
14 26 (25.24%) C++
15 25 (24.27%) PHP
15 25 (24.27%) WebSphere Application Server
15 25 (24.27%) WebSphere
16 23 (22.33%) C
17 22 (21.36%) JavaScript
17 22 (21.36%) Perl
18 20 (19.42%) Embedded Linux
19 19 (18.45%) JBoss
20 18 (17.48%) Subversion
21 17 (16.50%) Embedded C
22 16 (15.53%) Embedded C++
22 16 (15.53%) MPEG
22 16 (15.53%) STB
22 16 (15.53%) UPnP

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bradford 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 38 (36.89%) Middleware
2 27 (26.21%) Java EE
3 25 (24.27%) WebSphere
4 8 (7.767%) Oracle Fusion
5 6 (5.825%) HTML
6 5 (4.854%) XML
7 4 (3.883%) .NET
7 4 (3.883%) CSS
8 3 (2.913%) Web Services
8 3 (2.913%) XSD
9 2 (1.942%) J2EE
9 2 (1.942%) LAMP
9 2 (1.942%) Spring
10 1 (0.971%) Ajax
10 1 (0.971%) Symfony
10 1 (0.971%) jQuery
10 1 (0.971%) ASP.NET
10 1 (0.971%) XSL
10 1 (0.971%) Flash
10 1 (0.971%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 34 (33.01%) WebLogic
2 25 (24.27%) WebSphere Application Server
3 10 (9.709%) Apache
4 4 (3.883%) IIS
5 3 (2.913%) Tomcat
5 3 (2.913%) WebSphere MQ
6 1 (0.971%) CMS
6 1 (0.971%) Oracle Application Server
6 1 (0.971%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.971%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.971%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.971%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 30 (29.13%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 48 (46.60%) TCP/IP
2 41 (39.81%) DNS
2 41 (39.81%) Firewall
3 16 (15.53%) UPnP
3 16 (15.53%) DVB
4 9 (8.738%) Broadband
5 5 (4.854%) SAN
6 4 (3.883%) FTP
6 4 (3.883%) HTTP
7 3 (2.913%) DHCP
7 3 (2.913%) Network Security
8 2 (1.942%) Internet
9 1 (0.971%) POP3
9 1 (0.971%) SMTP
9 1 (0.971%) DLNA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.709%) MySQL
2 7 (6.796%) SQL Server
3 5 (4.854%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (3.883%) SQL Server 2005
5 3 (2.913%) Oracle 11g
5 3 (2.913%) Oracle 10g
6 1 (0.971%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 18 (17.48%) Subversion
2 1 (0.971%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (3.883%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 49 (47.57%) Administrator
2 38 (36.89%) Server Administrator
3 30 (29.13%) Software Engineer
4 16 (15.53%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 13 (12.62%) Senior Software Engineer
6 12 (11.65%) Systems Administrator
7 11 (10.68%) WebLogic Administrator
8 8 (7.767%) Developer
9 4 (3.883%) Analyst
9 4 (3.883%) Development Manager
9 4 (3.883%) Technical Analyst
9 4 (3.883%) Software Development Manager
9 4 (3.883%) Real Time Software Engineer
9 4 (3.883%) Real Time Engineer
9 4 (3.883%) Software Manager
9 4 (3.883%) PHP Developer
10 3 (2.913%) Linux Administrator
10 3 (2.913%) Technical Support Consultant
10 3 (2.913%) Linux Systems Administrator
10 3 (2.913%) Applications Support Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 16 (15.53%) MPEG
1 16 (15.53%) STB
1 16 (15.53%) IPTV
1 16 (15.53%) Digital Media
2 7 (6.796%) Open Source
3 5 (4.854%) Computer Science
4 4 (3.883%) HP StorageWorks
5 3 (2.913%) Client/Server
6 2 (1.942%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.971%) Celerra
7 1 (0.971%) Mathematics
7 1 (0.971%) W3C
7 1 (0.971%) CLARiiON
7 1 (0.971%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 56 (54.37%) UNIX
2 40 (38.83%) HPUX
3 20 (19.42%) Embedded Linux
4 16 (15.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (5.825%) Windows
6 4 (3.883%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (2.913%) SUSE
7 3 (2.913%) AIX
7 3 (2.913%) Solaris
8 2 (1.942%) Debian
8 2 (1.942%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.971%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.971%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.971%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (33.98%) SOA
2 27 (26.21%) Agile Software Development
3 7 (6.796%) Load Balancing
4 5 (4.854%) TDD
5 4 (3.883%) Software Engineering
5 4 (3.883%) Service Management
5 4 (3.883%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (3.883%) Business Continuity
5 4 (3.883%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (3.883%) Waterfall
6 3 (2.913%) Event-Driven Architecture
6 3 (2.913%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (2.913%) Integration Testing
6 3 (2.913%) Benchmarking
7 2 (1.942%) OOP
7 2 (1.942%) E-Commerce
8 1 (0.971%) OO
Programming Languages
1 61 (59.22%) Java
2 45 (43.69%) Shell Script
3 26 (25.24%) C++
4 25 (24.27%) PHP
5 23 (22.33%) C
6 22 (21.36%) JavaScript
6 22 (21.36%) Perl
7 17 (16.50%) Embedded C
8 16 (15.53%) Embedded C++
9 3 (2.913%) VBScript
10 2 (1.942%) SQL
10 2 (1.942%) Python
10 2 (1.942%) Groovy
11 1 (0.971%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.971%) Bash shell
11 1 (0.971%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.971%) Korn
11 1 (0.971%) PHP5
11 1 (0.971%) VB
11 1 (0.971%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 9 (8.738%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (3.883%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.971%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.971%) vSphere
2 1 (0.971%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.971%) Plesk
Vendors
1 46 (44.66%) Oracle
2 42 (40.78%) Red Hat
3 19 (18.45%) JBoss
4 7 (6.796%) HP
5 4 (3.883%) Microsoft
5 4 (3.883%) VMware
5 4 (3.883%) 3PAR
6 3 (2.913%) F5
6 3 (2.913%) IBM
6 3 (2.913%) NetApp
7 1 (0.971%) Dell
7 1 (0.971%) EMC
7 1 (0.971%) Cisco
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