The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Canterbury region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Canterbury region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing Linux 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Canterbury - - -
As % of the Operating Systems category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-3.84% +4.00%
All Operating Systems
Canterbury
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
5 8 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Canterbury 62.50% 25.00% 18.75%
Number of salaries quoted 5 8 3
Average salary £26,000 £24,250 £35,309
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.21% -31.31%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
Kent

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Canterbury 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 Canterbury region.

Canterbury Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Canterbury 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 4 (100.00%) UNIX
2 3 (75.00%) Java
3 2 (50.00%) Internet
4 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
4 1 (25.00%) VRRP
4 1 (25.00%) PHP
4 1 (25.00%) MySQL
4 1 (25.00%) Apache
4 1 (25.00%) FreeBSD
4 1 (25.00%) SMS
4 1 (25.00%) SMTP
4 1 (25.00%) HTTP
4 1 (25.00%) DNS
4 1 (25.00%) SSL
4 1 (25.00%) SLA
4 1 (25.00%) SAN
4 1 (25.00%) Red Hat
4 1 (25.00%) Apple
4 1 (25.00%) Firewall
4 1 (25.00%) IPsec
4 1 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (25.00%) Games
4 1 (25.00%) Debian
4 1 (25.00%) OpenBSD
4 1 (25.00%) VMware
4 1 (25.00%) Ubuntu
4 1 (25.00%) Squid
4 1 (25.00%) VLAN
4 1 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) Load Balancing

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Canterbury 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 (25.00%) Memcached
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Apache
1 1 (25.00%) nginx
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (25.00%) VRRP
2 1 (25.00%) SMS
2 1 (25.00%) SMTP
2 1 (25.00%) HTTP
2 1 (25.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) SSL
2 1 (25.00%) SAN
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) IPsec
2 1 (25.00%) VLAN
2 1 (25.00%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) MySQL
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Technical Support
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Applications Support
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) UNIX Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Linux Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) UNIX
2 1 (25.00%) FreeBSD
2 1 (25.00%) Debian
2 1 (25.00%) OpenBSD
2 1 (25.00%) Ubuntu
2 1 (25.00%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (25.00%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Squid
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (25.00%) VMware ESXi
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (25.00%) Apple
1 1 (25.00%) VMware