Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the Cambridgeshire region.

 Linux
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank91014
Rank change year-on-year
Up+1Up+4
Matching permanent IT job ads319250492
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire13.48 %11.15 %11.41 %
As % of the Operating Systems category49.61 %44.33 %40.36 %
Salaries quoted289235405
Average salary£35,000£35,000£36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
--2.770 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£25,250
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£48,250£47,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
6435641219
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire27.18 %25.16 %28.27 %
Salaries quoted5925071038
Average salary£35,000£32,500£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.690 %-7.140 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,800£22,500£22,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£43,500£45,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£33,500£32,500£32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.070 %-
Linux East of EnglandLinux
East of England

Linux
Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CambridgeUp+4275£35,000-3.44 %
PeterboroughUp+92£32,500+18.18 %
Linux East of EnglandLinux
East of England

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

1259 (43.38 %)Windows
2222 (37.19 %)C++
3206 (34.51 %)Degree
4197 (33.00 %)C
5193 (32.33 %)UNIX
6113 (18.93 %)MySQL
7110 (18.43 %)SQL
8109 (18.26 %)Python
9108 (18.09 %)Computer Science
10106 (17.76 %)Java
1196 (16.08 %)Perl
1293 (15.58 %)PHP
1388 (14.74 %)Apache
1482 (13.74 %)XML
1575 (12.56 %)Red Hat Linux
1674 (12.40 %)Education
1772 (12.06 %)Red Hat
1871 (11.89 %)Solaris
1970 (11.73 %)Symbian
2069 (11.56 %)JavaScript
2166 (11.06 %)HTML
2262 (10.39 %)Windows CE
2360 (10.05 %)Cisco
2458 (9.715 %)Open Source
2556 (9.380 %)IIS
2654 (9.045 %)SAN
2752 (8.710 %)Internet
2752 (8.710 %)Device Driver
2848 (8.040 %)AJAX
2942 (7.035 %)OO

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
182 (13.74 %)XML
266 (11.06 %)HTML
348 (8.040 %)AJAX
441 (6.868 %)CSS
532 (5.360 %)LAMP
629 (4.858 %)J2EE
727 (4.523 %)OpenGL
727 (4.523 %)OpenVG
822 (3.685 %)Flash
921 (3.518 %)Spring
1019 (3.183 %).NET
1118 (3.015 %)JSP
1118 (3.015 %)Hibernate
1217 (2.848 %)Web Services
1314 (2.345 %)SOAP
1314 (2.345 %)ASP.NET
1410 (1.675 %)STL
1410 (1.675 %)SVG
1410 (1.675 %)JSR 184
159 (1.508 %)J2SE
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
188 (14.74 %)Apache
256 (9.380 %)IIS
339 (6.533 %)Tomcat
415 (2.513 %)MS Exchange
513 (2.178 %)SharePoint
611 (1.843 %)Exchange Server 2003
79 (1.508 %)Lotus Domino
88 (1.340 %)Exchange Server 2007
96 (1.005 %)SharePoint Server 2007
96 (1.005 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
105 (0.838 %)Documentum
113 (0.503 %)ColdFusion
113 (0.503 %)CMS
122 (0.335 %)Drupal
131 (0.168 %)WordPress
131 (0.168 %)Magento
131 (0.168 %)ExpressionEngine
131 (0.168 %)Joomla!
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
116 (2.680 %)MS Excel
28 (1.340 %)MS Visio
35 (0.838 %)MS Office
42 (0.335 %)3ds Max
42 (0.335 %)SketchUp
51 (0.168 %)Photoshop
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (0.838 %)Dynamics CRM
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
154 (9.045 %)SAN
252 (8.710 %)Internet
334 (5.695 %)TCP/IP
431 (5.193 %)Firewall
526 (4.355 %)LAN
624 (4.020 %)HTTP
723 (3.853 %)SNMP
818 (3.015 %)NAS
916 (2.680 %)DNS
1014 (2.345 %)3G
1014 (2.345 %)Ethernet
1113 (2.178 %)3GPP
1113 (2.178 %)HSDPA
1113 (2.178 %)HSUPA
1212 (2.010 %)WAN
1311 (1.843 %)BGP
1410 (1.675 %)SMTP
1410 (1.675 %)Network Security
158 (1.340 %)VoIP
167 (1.173 %)UMTS
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1113 (18.93 %)MySQL
240 (6.700 %)SQL Server
38 (1.340 %)PostgreSQL
38 (1.340 %)SQL Server 2008
45 (0.838 %)Oracle 11g
45 (0.838 %)Oracle 10g
45 (0.838 %)Oracle 9i
53 (0.503 %)RDBMS
53 (0.503 %)Text Mining
62 (0.335 %)Datawarehouse
62 (0.335 %)DTS
62 (0.335 %)SQL Server Integration Services
71 (0.168 %)Data Mining
71 (0.168 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
112 (2.010 %)Eclipse
112 (2.010 %)Maven
26 (1.005 %)JUnit
26 (1.005 %)Subversion
33 (0.503 %)Ant
42 (0.335 %)Bugzilla
42 (0.335 %)ClearCase
42 (0.335 %)ClearQuest
51 (0.168 %)InstallShield
51 (0.168 %)CruiseControl
51 (0.168 %)Mercurial
51 (0.168 %)RSpec
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
174 (12.40 %)Education
233 (5.528 %)3D Graphics
328 (4.690 %)Pensions
425 (4.188 %)Electronics
518 (3.015 %)Insurance
616 (2.680 %)Health
712 (2.010 %)Telecoms
712 (2.010 %)Games
811 (1.843 %)Banking
99 (1.508 %)Publishing
108 (1.340 %)Marketing
117 (1.173 %)Advertising
126 (1.005 %)Finance
135 (0.838 %)Legal
144 (0.670 %)Online Games
153 (0.503 %)Manufacturing
153 (0.503 %)Billing
162 (0.335 %)Retail
162 (0.335 %)Automotive
162 (0.335 %)Interactive Media
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1157 (26.30 %)Developer
2133 (22.28 %)Software Engineer
395 (15.91 %)Administrator
481 (13.57 %)Systems Administrator
554 (9.045 %)Software Developer
644 (7.370 %)Java Developer
742 (7.035 %)Embedded Software Engineer
831 (5.193 %)Web Developer
930 (5.025 %)Graduate
930 (5.025 %)Senior Software Engineer
1029 (4.858 %)C++ Developer
1029 (4.858 %)Linux Administrator
1128 (4.690 %)Linux Systems Administrator
1225 (4.188 %)NOC Engineer
1225 (4.188 %)Linux Engineer
1322 (3.685 %)Analyst
1421 (3.518 %)Consultant
1421 (3.518 %)Test Engineer
1421 (3.518 %)PHP Developer
1518 (3.015 %)Junior
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1108 (18.09 %)Computer Science
258 (9.715 %)Open Source
352 (8.710 %)Device Driver
422 (3.685 %)iPhone
519 (3.183 %)Blackberry
617 (2.848 %)Clustering
716 (2.680 %)Client/Server
813 (2.178 %)Mathematics
912 (2.010 %)German Language
1011 (1.843 %)IPTV
1110 (1.675 %)Data Protection Act
129 (1.508 %)Physics
137 (1.173 %)Web 2.0
146 (1.005 %)Statistics
155 (0.838 %)Cloud Computing
155 (0.838 %)Learning Management System
164 (0.670 %)Video on Demand
164 (0.670 %)Grid Computing
164 (0.670 %)Multithreading
164 (0.670 %)IVR
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1259 (43.38 %)Windows
2193 (32.33 %)UNIX
375 (12.56 %)Red Hat Linux
471 (11.89 %)Solaris
562 (10.39 %)Windows CE
633 (5.528 %)Embedded Linux
723 (3.853 %)Android
817 (2.848 %)Windows Mobile
912 (2.010 %)Windows Server 2003
1011 (1.843 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
119 (1.508 %)Windows Server 2008
128 (1.340 %)CentOS
128 (1.340 %)Windows Vista
128 (1.340 %)AIX
137 (1.173 %)Debian
145 (0.838 %)Fedora
145 (0.838 %)Ubuntu
145 (0.838 %)HPUX
145 (0.838 %)Windows XP
153 (0.503 %)Mac OS
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
142 (7.035 %)OO
231 (5.193 %)Software Engineering
329 (4.858 %)Web Development
422 (3.685 %)Agile Software Development
518 (3.015 %)E-Commerce
616 (2.680 %)UML
616 (2.680 %)Unit Testing
714 (2.345 %)Load Balancing
811 (1.843 %)Network Design
910 (1.675 %)OOP
910 (1.675 %)Data Protection
109 (1.508 %)Configuration Management
118 (1.340 %)Project Management
118 (1.340 %)Test Scripting
118 (1.340 %)Automated Testing
127 (1.173 %)Test Automation
127 (1.173 %)Benchmarking
127 (1.173 %)Disaster Recovery
127 (1.173 %)OOD
136 (1.005 %)ITIL
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1222 (37.19 %)C++
2197 (33.00 %)C
3110 (18.43 %)SQL
4109 (18.26 %)Python
5106 (17.76 %)Java
696 (16.08 %)Perl
793 (15.58 %)PHP
869 (11.56 %)JavaScript
934 (5.695 %)Bash shell
1021 (3.518 %)Shell Script
1119 (3.183 %)Assembly Language
1217 (2.848 %)C#
1217 (2.848 %)PHP5
1310 (1.675 %)T-SQL
149 (1.508 %)VB
156 (1.005 %)VC++
156 (1.005 %)Embedded C
163 (0.503 %)Embedded C++
172 (0.335 %)ActionScript
181 (0.168 %)Objective-C
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1206 (34.51 %)Degree
233 (5.528 %)CCNA
233 (5.528 %)Cisco Certification
332 (5.360 %)RHCE
332 (5.360 %)RHCT
431 (5.193 %)CCNP
519 (3.183 %)PhD
615 (2.513 %)Microsoft Certification
79 (1.508 %)MCSE
83 (0.503 %)Postgraduate
92 (0.335 %)MCP
92 (0.335 %)CCSP
92 (0.335 %)CCIP
92 (0.335 %)CCSA
92 (0.335 %)CCSE
92 (0.335 %)JNCIA
92 (0.335 %)JNCIS
92 (0.335 %)JNCIP
92 (0.335 %)CISSP
101 (0.168 %)ITIL Certification
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
119 (3.183 %)QA
24 (0.670 %)PCI DSS
32 (0.335 %)SLA
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
116 (2.680 %)VMware Infrastructure
213 (2.178 %)Active Directory
37 (1.173 %)VMware ESX
37 (1.173 %)NFS
46 (1.005 %)ISA Server
46 (1.005 %)Samba
55 (0.838 %)XenServer
62 (0.335 %)Xen
71 (0.168 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
16 (1.005 %)Nagios
25 (0.838 %)NetBackup
32 (0.335 %)Backup Exec
41 (0.168 %)HP Quality Center
41 (0.168 %)MSI
41 (0.168 %)Tivoli
41 (0.168 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
172 (12.06 %)Red Hat
270 (11.73 %)Symbian
360 (10.05 %)Cisco
438 (6.365 %)VMware
532 (5.360 %)Oracle
628 (4.690 %)Adobe
727 (4.523 %)Microsoft
824 (4.020 %)Juniper
921 (3.518 %)Citrix
1015 (2.513 %)JBoss
1110 (1.675 %)NetApp
127 (1.173 %)CheckPoint
136 (1.005 %)Nokia
136 (1.005 %)Sun
145 (0.838 %)HP
145 (0.838 %)Veritas
145 (0.838 %)IBM
154 (0.670 %)Sybase
154 (0.670 %)Blue Coat
162 (0.335 %)Google