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This section looks at the demand for Linux skills within the Bristol region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLinux
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3513
Rank change on same period last yearDown-22
Matching permanent IT job ads156237
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.082 %0.097 %
As % of the category below27.13 %36.35 %
Salaries quoted143158
Average minimum salary£34,573£30,994
Average salary£39,696£36,465
% change on same period last year+8.85 %
Average maximum salary£44,818£41,937
UK excluding London average salary£36,371£36,383
% change on same period last year-0.03 %
Bristol IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Bristol
Matching permanent IT job ads575652
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.304 %0.267 %
Salaries quoted517477
Average minimum salary£31,018£29,110
Average salary£34,293£32,981
% change on same period last year+3.97 %
Average maximum salary£37,567£36,851
UK excluding London average salary£34,472£35,006
% change on same period last year-1.52 %
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Linux
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Linux across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Bristol Linux Demand Trend

Linux
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Bristol Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

1181 (50.42 %)C
2139 (38.72 %)Windows
3135 (37.60 %)UNIX
4119 (33.15 %)C++
573 (20.33 %)Device Driver
668 (18.94 %)Degree
763 (17.55 %)SQL
861 (16.99 %)Software Engineering
957 (15.88 %)Embedded Linux
1052 (14.48 %)Java
1149 (13.65 %)Oracle
1242 (11.70 %)MS Excel
1242 (11.70 %)Electronics
1242 (11.70 %)Computer Science
1340 (11.14 %)Microsoft
1435 (9.749 %)Shell Script
1435 (9.749 %)Wireless
1534 (9.471 %)Solaris
1534 (9.471 %)C#
1633 (9.192 %)MySQL
1732 (8.914 %)IBM
1829 (8.078 %)PHP
1928 (7.799 %)Windows CE
2026 (7.242 %)Embedded C
2026 (7.242 %)E-Commerce
2125 (6.964 %)HTML
2125 (6.964 %)SQL Server
2125 (6.964 %).NET
2125 (6.964 %)Red Hat
2224 (6.685 %)Firmware

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

Bristol IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
125 (6.964 %)HTML
125 (6.964 %).NET
221 (5.850 %)AJAX
221 (5.850 %).NET Framework
320 (5.571 %)ASP.NET
320 (5.571 %)WebServices
414 (3.900 %)CSS
512 (3.343 %)WebSphere
67 (1.950 %)XML
67 (1.950 %)XHTML
75 (1.393 %)Middleware
84 (1.114 %)J2EE
93 (0.836 %)COM+
93 (0.836 %)LAMP
93 (0.836 %)ODBC
102 (0.557 %)Java RMI
102 (0.557 %)WAP
111 (0.279 %)CGI
111 (0.279 %)JavaBeans
111 (0.279 %)XSLT
Bristol IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
114 (3.900 %)Apache
212 (3.343 %)WebLogic
212 (3.343 %)Oracle Application Server
36 (1.671 %)IIS
36 (1.671 %)MS Exchange
45 (1.393 %)Exchange Server 2003
45 (1.393 %)CMS
54 (1.114 %)WebSphere Application Server
54 (1.114 %)CICS
63 (0.836 %)SAS
63 (0.836 %)Lotus Notes
71 (0.279 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Bristol IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
142 (11.70 %)MS Excel
213 (3.621 %)MS Office
213 (3.621 %)MS PowerPoint
310 (2.786 %)MATLAB
43 (0.836 %)MS Project
43 (0.836 %)MS Visio
Bristol IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
113 (3.621 %)Oracle Applications
29 (2.507 %)Oracle 11i
29 (2.507 %)Oracle EBS
Bristol IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
135 (9.749 %)Wireless
219 (5.292 %)Ethernet
316 (4.457 %)Firewall
413 (3.621 %)SAN
511 (3.064 %)VPN
511 (3.064 %)Internet
610 (2.786 %)DNS
79 (2.507 %)IPsec
88 (2.228 %)TCP/IP
88 (2.228 %)VoIP
97 (1.950 %)SSL
106 (1.671 %)FTP
106 (1.671 %)SMTP
106 (1.671 %)ADSL
106 (1.671 %)iSCSI
106 (1.671 %)SS7
115 (1.393 %)GPRS
115 (1.393 %)GSM
115 (1.393 %)LDAP
124 (1.114 %)WAN
Bristol IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
133 (9.192 %)MySQL
225 (6.964 %)SQL Server
313 (3.621 %)Oracle 10g
412 (3.343 %)Oracle 9i
510 (2.786 %)Oracle Reports
67 (1.950 %)RDBMS
75 (1.393 %)DB2
84 (1.114 %)Sybase ASE
93 (0.836 %)Oracle 8/8i
102 (0.557 %)Informix
111 (0.279 %)SQL Server 2005
111 (0.279 %)SQL Server 2000
Bristol IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
114 (3.900 %)Visual Studio
29 (2.507 %)Oracle Forms
34 (1.114 %)Subversion
42 (0.557 %)Ant
42 (0.557 %)JUnit
51 (0.279 %)Flash
51 (0.279 %)ClearCase
51 (0.279 %)Eclipse
Bristol IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
142 (11.70 %)Electronics
221 (5.850 %)Telecoms
320 (5.571 %)Health
417 (4.735 %)Pensions
511 (3.064 %)Insurance
511 (3.064 %)Finance
66 (1.671 %)Manufacturing
66 (1.671 %)Electric
75 (1.393 %)Back Office
75 (1.393 %)Multimedia
75 (1.393 %)Advertising
84 (1.114 %)Education
84 (1.114 %)Banking
91 (0.279 %)Graphic Design
91 (0.279 %)Military
91 (0.279 %)Aerospace
Bristol IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1103 (28.69 %)Software Engineer
258 (16.16 %)Developer
336 (10.03 %)Software Developer
429 (8.078 %)Systems Engineer
429 (8.078 %)Administrator
526 (7.242 %)Support Engineer
526 (7.242 %)Systems Administrator
623 (6.407 %)C Software Engineer
722 (6.128 %)C Developer
722 (6.128 %)C++ Developer
820 (5.571 %)C++ Software Engineer
820 (5.571 %)Analyst
820 (5.571 %)Software Manager
919 (5.292 %)C++ Software Developer
1018 (5.014 %)Embedded Software Engineer
1117 (4.735 %)C# Developer
1117 (4.735 %)C++/CSharp Developer
1117 (4.735 %)CSharp Software Developer
1216 (4.457 %)Linux Engineer
1216 (4.457 %)Engineering Manager
Bristol IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
173 (20.33 %)Device Driver
242 (11.70 %)Computer Science
324 (6.685 %)Firmware
421 (5.850 %)Client/Server
513 (3.621 %)Remote Sensing
610 (2.786 %)Clustering
77 (1.950 %)Mainframe
85 (1.393 %)PDA
85 (1.393 %)Physics
94 (1.114 %)IBM Mainframe
103 (0.836 %)N-Tier
103 (0.836 %)MPEG
103 (0.836 %)Tandem
103 (0.836 %)IPTV
103 (0.836 %)French Language
103 (0.836 %)German Language
112 (0.557 %)Management Information System
112 (0.557 %)Mathematics
121 (0.279 %)DTV
121 (0.279 %)iDTV
Bristol IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1139 (38.72 %)Windows
2135 (37.60 %)UNIX
357 (15.88 %)Embedded Linux
434 (9.471 %)Solaris
528 (7.799 %)Windows CE
621 (5.850 %)AIX
717 (4.735 %)Windows NT
717 (4.735 %)Windows Mobile
814 (3.900 %)HPUX
912 (3.343 %)VxWorks
1011 (3.064 %)Nucleus RTOS
1110 (2.786 %)Windows Server 2003
126 (1.671 %)Windows 2000
126 (1.671 %)Windows XP
135 (1.393 %)SUSE
135 (1.393 %)Ubuntu
144 (1.114 %)NetWare
151 (0.279 %)Mac OS X
151 (0.279 %)Debian
Bristol IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
161 (16.99 %)Software Engineering
226 (7.242 %)E-Commerce
316 (4.457 %)Disaster Recovery
415 (4.178 %)OO
511 (3.064 %)Project Management
68 (2.228 %)Technical Architecture
68 (2.228 %)Performance Management
77 (1.950 %)Security Cleared
86 (1.671 %)SC Cleared
86 (1.671 %)Software Testing
95 (1.393 %)CAD
104 (1.114 %)BCP
104 (1.114 %)Benchmarking
104 (1.114 %)UML
113 (0.836 %)Configuration Management
113 (0.836 %)Web Development
122 (0.557 %)Release Management
122 (0.557 %)Business Analysis
122 (0.557 %)Validation
122 (0.557 %)OOD
Bristol IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1181 (50.42 %)C
2119 (33.15 %)C++
363 (17.55 %)SQL
452 (14.48 %)Java
535 (9.749 %)Shell Script
634 (9.471 %)C#
729 (8.078 %)PHP
826 (7.242 %)Embedded C
917 (4.735 %)Perl
1016 (4.457 %)Embedded C++
1115 (4.178 %)JavaScript
1210 (2.786 %)C++/CLI
139 (2.507 %)Assembly Language
147 (1.950 %)PL/SQL
156 (1.671 %)Python
165 (1.393 %)PHP5
174 (1.114 %)JCL
174 (1.114 %)Transact-SQL
183 (0.836 %)REXX
192 (0.557 %)Korn
Bristol IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
168 (18.94 %)Degree
26 (1.671 %)HND
26 (1.671 %)CCNA
26 (1.671 %)Cisco Certification
26 (1.671 %)Microsoft Certification
34 (1.114 %)ISEB
34 (1.114 %)MCSE
34 (1.114 %)HNC
43 (0.836 %)MCP
43 (0.836 %)CCNP
52 (0.557 %)Citrix Certification
Bristol IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (1.114 %)QA
23 (0.836 %)SLA
Bristol IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
117 (4.735 %)Active Directory
215 (4.178 %)Oracle RAC
312 (3.343 %)Oracle RMAN
44 (1.114 %)VMware ESX
44 (1.114 %)VMware Infrastructure
53 (0.836 %)NetBackup
53 (0.836 %)NFS
61 (0.279 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Bristol IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
19 (2.507 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
26 (1.671 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
33 (0.836 %)Tivoli
33 (0.836 %)AllFusion Endevor
42 (0.557 %)SCOM
51 (0.279 %)ARCserve
Bristol IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
149 (13.65 %)Oracle
240 (11.14 %)Microsoft
332 (8.914 %)IBM
425 (6.964 %)Red Hat
516 (4.457 %)Cisco
612 (3.343 %)BEA
711 (3.064 %)Sun
89 (2.507 %)HP
98 (2.228 %)EMC
98 (2.228 %)VERITAS
107 (1.950 %)VMware
116 (1.671 %)Citrix
116 (1.671 %)Sybase
124 (1.114 %)Siebel
124 (1.114 %)Novell
133 (0.836 %)Brocade
133 (0.836 %)SAP
133 (0.836 %)Lotus
133 (0.836 %)Informatica
133 (0.836 %)NetApp
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