The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 21 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 Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 31 13 19
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +6
Permanent jobs citing Linux 140 195 178
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 8.000% 11.16% 10.03%
As % of the Operating Systems category 33.33% 46.43% 40.00%
Number of salaries quoted 126 174 163
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £26,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £46,750 £51,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.94%
All Operating Systems
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
420 420 445
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 24.00% 24.03% 25.08%
Number of salaries quoted 382 375 388
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -2.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £23,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £51,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
South West

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Bristol Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Bristol region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Avonmouth - 1 £35,000 -
Linux
South West

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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.

1 100 (37.74%) JavaScript
2 90 (33.96%) CSS
3 86 (32.45%) HTML
4 82 (30.94%) Windows
5 81 (30.57%) C
6 70 (26.42%) MySQL
7 64 (24.15%) PHP
8 59 (22.26%) UNIX
9 54 (20.38%) Degree
10 53 (20.00%) Multithreading
11 52 (19.62%) Apache
12 49 (18.49%) SQL
12 49 (18.49%) Telecoms
13 46 (17.36%) Security Cleared
14 39 (14.72%) Perl
14 39 (14.72%) jQuery
15 38 (14.34%) C++
16 37 (13.96%) C#
16 37 (13.96%) XML
16 37 (13.96%) Python
16 37 (13.96%) Ubuntu
17 36 (13.58%) Java
18 35 (13.21%) Red Hat
19 34 (12.83%) Digital Media
20 33 (12.45%) Bash shell
20 33 (12.45%) TCP/IP
20 33 (12.45%) Oracle
20 33 (12.45%) OO
21 31 (11.70%) SQL Server
22 30 (11.32%) .NET

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 90 (33.96%) CSS
2 86 (32.45%) HTML
3 39 (14.72%) jQuery
4 37 (13.96%) XML
5 30 (11.32%) .NET
6 25 (9.434%) XHTML
7 19 (7.170%) HTML5
8 18 (6.792%) CodeIgniter
9 17 (6.415%) Ajax
10 11 (4.151%) LAMP
10 11 (4.151%) Middleware
10 11 (4.151%) CakePHP
11 10 (3.774%) CSS3
12 7 (2.642%) POSIX
12 7 (2.642%) Flash
12 7 (2.642%) REST
13 6 (2.264%) Adobe AIR
13 6 (2.264%) XSLT
14 5 (1.887%) Boost C++ Libraries
15 4 (1.509%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 52 (19.62%) Apache
2 20 (7.547%) Magento
3 19 (7.170%) Drupal
4 18 (6.792%) WordPress
5 10 (3.774%) CMS
6 8 (3.019%) Tomcat
7 6 (2.264%) ExpressionEngine
7 6 (2.264%) SharePoint
8 4 (1.509%) Umbraco
9 3 (1.132%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.755%) GlassFish
11 1 (0.377%) ActiveMQ
11 1 (0.377%) SAS
11 1 (0.377%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.377%) Shopify
11 1 (0.377%) ESB
11 1 (0.377%) Moodle
11 1 (0.377%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 12 (4.528%) MS Excel
2 2 (0.755%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.377%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 7 (2.642%) SAP ERP
2 4 (1.509%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 3 (1.132%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.755%) WebTrends
Communications & Networking
1 33 (12.45%) TCP/IP
2 14 (5.283%) DVB
3 13 (4.906%) DLNA
4 11 (4.151%) DNS
5 10 (3.774%) NAS
5 10 (3.774%) SAN
6 9 (3.396%) HTTP
7 8 (3.019%) iSCSI
7 8 (3.019%) LDAP
7 8 (3.019%) Ethernet
7 8 (3.019%) IGMP
8 7 (2.642%) Firewall
8 7 (2.642%) SSL
9 6 (2.264%) VLAN
9 6 (2.264%) Gigabit Ethernet
10 4 (1.509%) Fibre Channel
10 4 (1.509%) Internet
10 4 (1.509%) SSH
11 3 (1.132%) Wireless
11 3 (1.132%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (26.42%) MySQL
2 31 (11.70%) SQL Server
3 14 (5.283%) SQL Server 2008
4 10 (3.774%) Oracle 8/8i
5 8 (3.019%) Informix
6 4 (1.509%) Hadoop
6 4 (1.509%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.132%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.132%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (1.132%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.755%) Oracle 11g
8 2 (0.755%) Big Data
8 2 (0.755%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.755%) JasperReports
9 1 (0.377%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 1 (0.377%) Oracle 10g
9 1 (0.377%) DB2
9 1 (0.377%) Oracle 9i
9 1 (0.377%) Hazelcast
9 1 (0.377%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 29 (10.94%) Visual Studio
2 20 (7.547%) Subversion
3 9 (3.396%) Selenium
4 2 (0.755%) Git (software)
5 1 (0.377%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.377%) GDB
5 1 (0.377%) PHPUnit
General
1 49 (18.49%) Telecoms
2 19 (7.170%) Marketing
3 17 (6.415%) Electronics
4 16 (6.038%) Finance
5 5 (1.887%) Manufacturing
6 4 (1.509%) Games
7 3 (1.132%) Legal
8 2 (0.755%) Retail
8 2 (0.755%) Multimedia
8 2 (0.755%) Billing
8 2 (0.755%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 95 (35.85%) Developer
2 74 (27.92%) Software Engineer
3 41 (15.47%) PHP Developer
4 35 (13.21%) Linux Engineer
5 25 (9.434%) C Software Engineer
6 21 (7.925%) Web Developer
7 16 (6.038%) Software Developer
8 15 (5.660%) Systems Administrator
9 14 (5.283%) PHP MySQL Developer
10 12 (4.528%) Systems Engineer
10 12 (4.528%) .NET Software Engineer
11 11 (4.151%) PHP Web Developer
11 11 (4.151%) DBA
11 11 (4.151%) C# Software Engineer
11 11 (4.151%) Drupal Developer
12 10 (3.774%) Graduate Software Engineer
12 10 (3.774%) PHP Drupal Developer
12 10 (3.774%) Graduate
12 10 (3.774%) .NET Developer
12 10 (3.774%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 34 (12.83%) Digital Media
2 23 (8.679%) Computer Science
3 18 (6.792%) DTV
4 16 (6.038%) Device Driver
5 15 (5.660%) MPEG
6 13 (4.906%) iDTV
6 13 (4.906%) Video on Demand
7 11 (4.151%) Mobile App
8 10 (3.774%) Management Information System
9 9 (3.396%) Clustering
10 8 (3.019%) Replication
11 6 (2.264%) Open Source
11 6 (2.264%) W3C
12 4 (1.509%) Cloud Computing
12 4 (1.509%) Statistics
13 2 (0.755%) New Media
13 2 (0.755%) Client/Server
13 2 (0.755%) Firmware
14 1 (0.377%) Streaming Video
14 1 (0.377%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 82 (30.94%) Windows
2 59 (22.26%) UNIX
3 37 (13.96%) Ubuntu
4 23 (8.679%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 19 (7.170%) Embedded Linux
6 12 (4.528%) Android
7 11 (4.151%) CentOS
8 9 (3.396%) Apple iOS
9 6 (2.264%) Windows 7
10 5 (1.887%) SUSE
10 5 (1.887%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (1.509%) Mac OS X
11 4 (1.509%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.377%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (20.00%) Multithreading
2 33 (12.45%) OO
3 28 (10.57%) OOP
4 27 (10.19%) Software Engineering
5 22 (8.302%) Agile Software Development
6 21 (7.925%) ITIL
7 17 (6.415%) MVC
8 16 (6.038%) Scrum
9 15 (5.660%) SIEM
10 14 (5.283%) Software Architecture
11 13 (4.906%) DRM
11 13 (4.906%) OOA/OOD
11 13 (4.906%) Kanban
12 12 (4.528%) Digital Marketing
13 11 (4.151%) Web Development
14 9 (3.396%) Disaster Recovery
14 9 (3.396%) Risk Management
14 9 (3.396%) Service Management
14 9 (3.396%) Penetration Testing
14 9 (3.396%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 100 (37.74%) JavaScript
2 81 (30.57%) C
3 64 (24.15%) PHP
4 49 (18.49%) SQL
5 39 (14.72%) Perl
6 38 (14.34%) C++
7 37 (13.96%) C#
7 37 (13.96%) Python
8 36 (13.58%) Java
9 33 (12.45%) Bash shell
10 10 (3.774%) Embedded C
11 8 (3.019%) VB.NET
12 7 (2.642%) Ruby
12 7 (2.642%) ActionScript
12 7 (2.642%) PHP4
13 5 (1.887%) Tcl
13 5 (1.887%) Shell Script
13 5 (1.887%) PHP5
14 4 (1.509%) Lua
14 4 (1.509%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 54 (20.38%) Degree
2 46 (17.36%) Security Cleared
3 26 (9.811%) SC Cleared
4 4 (1.509%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (1.132%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (1.132%) CCNA
5 3 (1.132%) MCSE
6 2 (0.755%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.377%) OCP
7 1 (0.377%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.377%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.774%) QA
2 7 (2.642%) SLA
3 4 (1.509%) WCAG
4 3 (1.132%) WAI
5 1 (0.377%) HL7
5 1 (0.377%) DICOM
System Software
1 12 (4.528%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.019%) NFS
3 6 (2.264%) Varnish
4 4 (1.509%) Cygwin
Systems Management
1 15 (5.660%) Puppet
2 6 (2.264%) Plesk
3 3 (1.132%) MOM
3 3 (1.132%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (0.755%) Data Guard
4 2 (0.755%) SCOM
5 1 (0.377%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.377%) OpenView
5 1 (0.377%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.377%) SCCM
Vendors
1 35 (13.21%) Red Hat
2 33 (12.45%) Oracle
3 25 (9.434%) Microsoft
4 15 (5.660%) Zend
5 11 (4.151%) Cisco
5 11 (4.151%) SAP
6 6 (2.264%) F5
6 6 (2.264%) ArcSight
6 6 (2.264%) Adobe
6 6 (2.264%) Cognizant
7 4 (1.509%) Isilon
7 4 (1.509%) NetApp
7 4 (1.509%) Google
7 4 (1.509%) Perforce
8 3 (1.132%) Citrix
8 3 (1.132%) Sybase
8 3 (1.132%) JBoss
9 2 (0.755%) Panasonic
9 2 (0.755%) CA
9 2 (0.755%) BMC
Bristol, Avon
Experience Required: - 2nd and 3rd line support - Linux/Unix/Windows - Scripting - System monitoring - Patch management - Networks maintenance - Anti-virus - Data backups Further Info: The successful candidate will also...
Sanderson
Salary: £28000 - £32000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Developer, Programmer, Engineer, C, C++, VC++, Windows, Linux, UNIX, Multithreading, Multithreaded, STL, Boost Cornucopia is currently working with a very highly regarded company which has an immediate requirement...
Cornucopia IT Resourcing
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Currently recruiting for a Junior C Engineer from a strong educational background... My client are looking for strong technical minded individuals who have an understanding of multi-threading...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
The successful applicants will have 3-4 years' commercial experience working with C on Linux/Unix orientated software. The successful candidates will have experience working with multithreaded/multi-...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £37000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
My client based in Bristol are looking for a Perl / Python Developer to join their established team... The successful candidate will have a strong academic or commercial knowledge...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £22000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Windows 2000/2003/2008 server platform - Proven substantial experience Unix / Linux technologies - Extensive experience in VM and physical server troubleshooting, dealing with performance issues, firmware updates and hardware...
Coal IT Services
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum + Bonus & Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Other technologies required include Javascript (JQuery) and CSS, and ideally you will have has some exposure to AJAX technologies... Skills: Linux, PHP, MySQL, Javascript, JQuery, AJAX, CSS, XML,...
ComputerWorld Personnel Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Package
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
My client, leading the way in their field are looking to fill two mid-level positions within their software engineering team. The successful applicants will have at least...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
To be considered for this role, you will essentially have but is not restricted to the following: -PHP 5 with OOP minimum of 3-5 years exp. -Drupal...
G2 Recruitment Solutions Ltd.
Salary: From £25,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Desirable, but not essential is experience in any of the following: - Integrating with RESTful web services layer - Agile (Scrum or XP) - Modern web technologies and frameworks such as...
Parham Consulting
Salary: From £30,000 to £38,000 per annum £30,000 - £38,000 plus full benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, South West
PHP Developer, Bristol, £28,000-£35,000 PHP, OOP, MySQL, LAMP, HTML, CSS, Javascript(jQuery)Key Words: PHP, OOP, ``Object Oriented``, LAMP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, Zend,...
OPUS
Salary: GBP28000 to GBP35000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Skills / Experience *PHP *SQL *JavaScript *HTML *CSS *MVC architecture *Object orientated programming Advantageous skills *Linux Environment experience (Ubuntu) *MVC Frameworks (pref Zend) *jQuery *AJAX *Moodle This is a...
Parallel Consulting
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
My client is a digital agency with a difference and with offices located in Somerset and London this could be the next move that makes a difference to...
RDF Resources
Salary: £25000 - £37000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bristol, South West
They are about to embark on a raft of new development projects and so are seeking an experienced PHP / LAMP Developer to join their team.Applicants must be...
Novate IT
Posted: 4 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Essential PHP Developer skills: OOPHP MySQL MVC/HMVC Frameworks Knowledge of at l MVC Framework e.g (Zend, Codeigniter, CakePHP) Any experience with Magento or Wordpress is highly...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 to £40000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, South West
PHP Developer, Bristol, £30,000-£40,000 PHP, OOP, MySQL, LAMP, HTML, CSS, Javascript(jQuery)Key Words: PHP, OOP, ``Object Oriented``, LAMP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, Zend,...
OPUS
Salary: GBP30000 to GBP40000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Bristol, South West
Web based knowledge such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript is also essential. Experience using UNIX/Linux would also be beneficial. Applicants must be confident working with minimal supervision,...
Novate IT
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Applicants will have substantial experience in C# and/or .NET programming along with advanced XML and Visual Studio skills. Web based knowledge such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript...
Novate IT Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
WEB DEVELOPER (HTML5/JAVASCRIPT/CSS) REQUIRED BY LEADING BRISTOL BASED SOFTWARE COMPANY. £30-35,000 per annum. My client is a leading software company in Bristol and is...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: £30000.00 - £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Key Skills: - C++ software engineering / development experience in a Linux environment... Desirable but not essential is any from: - UML, STL, design patterns or Boost libraries... - Developing applications predominately...
Xist4 IT Recruitment
Salary: £25-35,000 + Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
The ideal software engineer will have experience in a similar role as well as an understanding of- * high competence in C++ and C * high competence in Software Architecture *...
Acorn
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, South West
PHP Developer / Drupal Developer- £30,000-£40,000- OOP, MySQL,HTML, CSS, JavascriptKey Words: PHP, Developer, Software, OOP, ``object oriented``, MVC, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, DrupalOpus is...
OPUS
Salary: GBP30000 to GBP40000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
C Software Engineer / Programmer / Developer, Linux, Multi-Threading, Multi-Processing, £30-35k dependent on experience, plus benefits, based in Frenchay, North Bristol. Key Skills: - Good C Software development /...
Xist4 IT Recruitment
Salary: £30-35,000 + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Keywords: Configuration Manager, Source Control Manager, SCM, Subversion, Apache, Tortoise, CruiseControl.NET (CCNet), MSBuild... Suitable candidates will have experience of the following: Experience of managing source code repositories...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £28000 - £36000 per annum + Benefits Package
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bristol, South West
PHP Developer (Junior / Graduate) Bristol- £20,000-£25,000- OOP, MVC, HTML, CSS, JQueryKey Words: PHP Developer, Software Developer, Graduate, Engineer, `Object Oriented`, MySQL, LAMP, Linux, HTML, CSS,...
OPUS
Salary: GBP20000 to GBP25000 per annum + Benefits: Health / Life Insurance, Phone Package, Gym Membership, Generous Pension
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Graduate C Software Engineer / Programmer / Developer, Linux, Multi-Threading, Multi-Processing, Design Patterns, £25k dependent on experience, plus benefits, based in Bristol. Key Skills: - Computer related degree. - Straight...
Xist4 IT Recruitment
Salary: £20-25,000 + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Cucumber , Watir-Webdriver, Selenium or Robot Framework) A good grasp of relational databases... FitNesse) SQL knowledge... Some examples of this are Zend; connectors for eBay, Amazon, Magento and...
Parham Consulting
Salary: From £30,000 to £38,000 per annum £30,000 - £38,000 plus full benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Knowledge of 3GPP mobile core network architecture and protocols (GTP) is especially valuable. Experience with configuration, administration, and tuning of Linux and/or Windows Server systems in a...
Logistix Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: From £35,000 to £55,000 per annum Benefits Package
Posted: 15 May 2013