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This section looks at the demand for Linux skills within the Cardiff 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 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLinux
Location
3 months to 24 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank928
Rank change on same period last yearUp+19
Matching permanent IT job ads8249
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.043 %0.020 %
As % of the category below38.14 %32.24 %
Salaries quoted8142
Average minimum salary£33,802£43,738
Average salary£36,716£46,738
% change on same period last year-21.44 %
Average maximum salary£39,630£49,738
UK excluding London average salary£36,382£36,366
% change on same period last year+0.04 %
Cardiff IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Cardiff
Matching permanent IT job ads215152
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.113 %0.062 %
Salaries quoted210134
Average minimum salary£30,161£29,426
Average salary£32,752£32,498
% change on same period last year+0.78 %
Average maximum salary£35,344£35,569
UK excluding London average salary£34,479£34,989
% change on same period last year-1.45 %
Linux South WalesLinux
South Wales

Linux
Demand Trend

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the Cardiff region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

Cardiff Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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.

1132 (68.04 %)UNIX
2110 (56.70 %)Oracle
380 (41.24 %)Perl
468 (35.05 %)Shell Script
551 (26.29 %)Red Hat
650 (25.77 %)SUSE
748 (24.74 %)Apache
846 (23.71 %)Samba
945 (23.20 %)OO
1042 (21.65 %)SQL
1140 (20.62 %)Solaris
1233 (17.01 %)Firewall
1329 (14.95 %)XML
1428 (14.43 %)Windows
1527 (13.92 %)Load Balancing
1620 (10.31 %)Security Cleared
1620 (10.31 %)C++
1719 (9.794 %)HTML
1719 (9.794 %)SQL Server
1818 (9.278 %)C
1818 (9.278 %)Cisco
1818 (9.278 %)Oracle 10g
1916 (8.247 %)Oracle 9i
1916 (8.247 %)Degree
2014 (7.216 %)Embedded C
2014 (7.216 %)Cisco Certification
2014 (7.216 %)CSS
2113 (6.701 %)HTTP
2113 (6.701 %)Korn
2212 (6.186 %)SQL Server 2005

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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.

Cardiff IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
129 (14.95 %)XML
219 (9.794 %)HTML
314 (7.216 %)CSS
49 (4.639 %)WebSphere
57 (3.608 %)JSP
66 (3.093 %)J2EE
75 (2.577 %)XSLT
75 (2.577 %)EJB
75 (2.577 %)JavaBeans
83 (1.546 %)OpenGL
83 (1.546 %)DirectX
92 (1.031 %)WAP
92 (1.031 %)STL
92 (1.031 %).NET
92 (1.031 %)DCOM
92 (1.031 %)XHTML
92 (1.031 %)MFC
101 (0.515 %)ASP
101 (0.515 %)WML
101 (0.515 %)Servlets
Cardiff IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
148 (24.74 %)Apache
24 (2.062 %)WebSphere Application Server
33 (1.546 %)Tomcat
33 (1.546 %)Oracle Application Server
42 (1.031 %)Exchange Server 2003
42 (1.031 %)Lotus Notes
Cardiff IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (1.546 %)Oracle Applications
Cardiff IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
133 (17.01 %)Firewall
213 (6.701 %)HTTP
312 (6.186 %)TCP/IP
410 (5.155 %)DVB
56 (3.093 %)Internet
56 (3.093 %)Network Security
64 (2.062 %)VoIP
72 (1.031 %)WAN
72 (1.031 %)LAN
72 (1.031 %)DNS
72 (1.031 %)RTP
72 (1.031 %)NetScreen
81 (0.515 %)SMPP
81 (0.515 %)MPLS
81 (0.515 %)BGP
81 (0.515 %)Wireless
81 (0.515 %)RTSP
81 (0.515 %)HTTPS
81 (0.515 %)VPN
81 (0.515 %)SMS
Cardiff IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
119 (9.794 %)SQL Server
218 (9.278 %)Oracle 10g
316 (8.247 %)Oracle 9i
412 (6.186 %)SQL Server 2000
412 (6.186 %)SQL Server 2005
56 (3.093 %)Oracle Reports
56 (3.093 %)Oracle 8/8i
64 (2.062 %)SQL Server 7
73 (1.546 %)PostgreSQL
82 (1.031 %)Datawarehouse
82 (1.031 %)RDBMS
91 (0.515 %)MySQL
91 (0.515 %)BusinessObjects
91 (0.515 %)SQLPlus
Cardiff IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (3.608 %)Eclipse
26 (3.093 %)Ant
35 (2.577 %)JUnit
35 (2.577 %)ClearCase
35 (2.577 %)TestDirector
35 (2.577 %)XDoclet
41 (0.515 %)Subversion
41 (0.515 %)Dreamweaver
Cardiff IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (3.093 %)Manufacturing
24 (2.062 %)Education
33 (1.546 %)Telecoms
33 (1.546 %)Mobile Games
33 (1.546 %)Games
42 (1.031 %)Pensions
42 (1.031 %)Government
42 (1.031 %)Health
Cardiff IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
162 (31.96 %)Developer
254 (27.84 %)Administrator
346 (23.71 %)Perl Developer
440 (20.62 %)Systems Administrator
527 (13.92 %)Linux Support
626 (13.40 %)Linux Administrator
723 (11.86 %)UNIX Administrator
822 (11.34 %)Linux Systems Administrator
915 (7.732 %)Software Engineer
107 (3.608 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
107 (3.608 %)Java Developer
107 (3.608 %)Systems Engineer
107 (3.608 %)Senior Systems Engineer
107 (3.608 %)Senior Systems Administrator
107 (3.608 %)UNIX Engineer
107 (3.608 %)Web Administrator
116 (3.093 %)UNIX Support
116 (3.093 %)Oracle DBA
125 (2.577 %)C++ Developer
125 (2.577 %)Applications Support
Cardiff IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (6.186 %)Streaming Video
28 (4.124 %)VLE
33 (1.546 %)STB
33 (1.546 %)CCTV
33 (1.546 %)MPEG
33 (1.546 %)iDTV
33 (1.546 %)DTV
42 (1.031 %)N-Tier
42 (1.031 %)Video Conferencing
Cardiff IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1132 (68.04 %)UNIX
250 (25.77 %)SUSE
340 (20.62 %)Solaris
428 (14.43 %)Windows
59 (4.639 %)Embedded Linux
66 (3.093 %)Fedora
66 (3.093 %)AIX
74 (2.062 %)HPUX
83 (1.546 %)Ubuntu
83 (1.546 %)Debian
92 (1.031 %)Windows Mobile
92 (1.031 %)Windows Server 2003
92 (1.031 %)Tru64
101 (0.515 %)Windows NT
Cardiff IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
145 (23.20 %)OO
227 (13.92 %)Load Balancing
320 (10.31 %)Security Cleared
411 (5.670 %)Software Engineering
59 (4.639 %)Data Migration
59 (4.639 %)Migration
68 (4.124 %)Content Management
68 (4.124 %)UML
76 (3.093 %)Benchmarking
76 (3.093 %)Validation
76 (3.093 %)Problem Management
76 (3.093 %)Integration Testing
76 (3.093 %)Competitive Intelligence
85 (2.577 %)Web Development
85 (2.577 %)SC Cleared
94 (2.062 %)Automated Testing
94 (2.062 %)Software Testing
103 (1.546 %)Yourdon
112 (1.031 %)Business Continuity
112 (1.031 %)Process Management
Cardiff IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
180 (41.24 %)Perl
268 (35.05 %)Shell Script
342 (21.65 %)SQL
420 (10.31 %)C++
518 (9.278 %)C
614 (7.216 %)Embedded C
713 (6.701 %)Korn
812 (6.186 %)VBScript
99 (4.639 %)Java
99 (4.639 %)JavaScript
107 (3.608 %)Embedded C++
116 (3.093 %)PHP
116 (3.093 %)PL/SQL
125 (2.577 %)XPath
132 (1.031 %)VC++
132 (1.031 %)C#
141 (0.515 %)VB.NET
141 (0.515 %)Ruby
Cardiff IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
116 (8.247 %)Degree
214 (7.216 %)Cisco Certification
32 (1.031 %)PRINCE2 Certification
32 (1.031 %)CCNP
32 (1.031 %)CCNA
41 (0.515 %)CCIE
Cardiff IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (2.062 %)QA
21 (0.515 %)SLA
Cardiff IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
146 (23.71 %)Samba
24 (2.062 %)Oracle RMAN
33 (1.546 %)Oracle RAC
42 (1.031 %)Active Directory
Cardiff IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (2.577 %)AutoSys
22 (1.031 %)MIIS
31 (0.515 %)Oracle Statspack
31 (0.515 %)CiscoWorks
Cardiff IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1110 (56.70 %)Oracle
251 (26.29 %)Red Hat
318 (9.278 %)Cisco
44 (2.062 %)HP
53 (1.546 %)Novell
53 (1.546 %)Sun
62 (1.031 %)Citrix
62 (1.031 %)VMware
62 (1.031 %)Lotus
71 (0.515 %)BMC
71 (0.515 %)VERITAS
71 (0.515 %)Business Objects
71 (0.515 %)Symbian
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