The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cardiff region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 24 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 Cardiff region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 34 17 24
Rank change year-on-year
-17 +7
Permanent jobs citing Linux 34 40 46
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 6.115% 9.070% 8.014%
As % of the Operating Systems category 34.00% 37.38% 31.29%
Number of salaries quoted 34 39 46
Average salary £30,000 £32,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £24,000 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £48,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +6.94%
All Operating Systems
Cardiff
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
100 107 147
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 17.99% 24.26% 25.61%
Number of salaries quoted 94 103 143
Average salary £32,500 £33,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.98% -4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
South Wales

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the Cardiff region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cardiff Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 37 (55.22%) Java
2 26 (38.81%) Degree
3 25 (37.31%) Oracle
4 24 (35.82%) Apache
4 24 (35.82%) Windows
4 24 (35.82%) jQuery
5 23 (34.33%) XML
6 22 (32.84%) Perl
6 22 (32.84%) HTML
7 20 (29.85%) OO
8 19 (28.36%) JSON
9 18 (26.87%) Scrum
9 18 (26.87%) MySQL
9 18 (26.87%) MongoDB
10 17 (25.37%) UNIX
10 17 (25.37%) Cisco
10 17 (25.37%) Software Engineering
11 16 (23.88%) Computer Science
11 16 (23.88%) Web Development
11 16 (23.88%) Firewall
11 16 (23.88%) Tuxedo
12 15 (22.39%) OOD
12 15 (22.39%) Data Mining
12 15 (22.39%) Games
12 15 (22.39%) Web Mining
12 15 (22.39%) Neural Network
12 15 (22.39%) Automated Testing
12 15 (22.39%) Continuous Improvement
12 15 (22.39%) Big Data
13 14 (20.90%) CCNA

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 24 (35.82%) jQuery
2 23 (34.33%) XML
3 22 (32.84%) HTML
4 19 (28.36%) JSON
5 3 (4.478%) Middleware
6 2 (2.985%) Zend Framework
6 2 (2.985%) HTML5
6 2 (2.985%) CSS
7 1 (1.493%) Sass
7 1 (1.493%) LESS
7 1 (1.493%) Web Services
7 1 (1.493%) XHTML
7 1 (1.493%) Ajax
7 1 (1.493%) Smarty
7 1 (1.493%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 24 (35.82%) Apache
2 16 (23.88%) Tuxedo
3 5 (7.463%) SharePoint
4 4 (5.970%) IIS
5 2 (2.985%) CMS
5 2 (2.985%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 4 (5.970%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 16 (23.88%) Firewall
2 4 (5.970%) SAN
2 4 (5.970%) DNS
3 2 (2.985%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (1.493%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (1.493%) VPN
4 1 (1.493%) Nortel Alteon
4 1 (1.493%) SSH
4 1 (1.493%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (26.87%) MySQL
1 18 (26.87%) MongoDB
2 15 (22.39%) Data Mining
2 15 (22.39%) Big Data
3 8 (11.94%) Oracle 8/8i
4 7 (10.45%) Oracle Reports
4 7 (10.45%) RDBMS
5 4 (5.970%) SQL Server 2005
5 4 (5.970%) SQL Server
6 1 (1.493%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 7 (10.45%) Oracle Forms
2 6 (8.955%) Subversion
3 4 (5.970%) Git (software)
4 2 (2.985%) Jenkins
4 2 (2.985%) Concordion
General
1 15 (22.39%) Games
2 1 (1.493%) Finance
2 1 (1.493%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 40 (59.70%) Developer
2 20 (29.85%) Java Developer
3 17 (25.37%) Web Developer
4 16 (23.88%) Systems Developer
5 14 (20.90%) Administrator
6 13 (19.40%) Systems Administrator
7 11 (16.42%) Senior Systems Administrator
7 11 (16.42%) Network Administrator
8 9 (13.43%) Senior Network Administrator
9 7 (10.45%) Analyst
9 7 (10.45%) Support Analyst
9 7 (10.45%) Oracle Analyst
9 7 (10.45%) Oracle Support Analyst
9 7 (10.45%) Oracle Applications Support Analyst
9 7 (10.45%) Oracle Applications Support
9 7 (10.45%) Applications Support
9 7 (10.45%) Applications Support Analyst
10 5 (7.463%) Perl Developer
11 4 (5.970%) Senior Web Developer
11 4 (5.970%) Senior Systems Developer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (23.88%) Computer Science
2 15 (22.39%) Neural Network
3 6 (8.955%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (4.478%) N-Tier
5 2 (2.985%) Blackberry
5 2 (2.985%) iSeries
5 2 (2.985%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (1.493%) W3C
6 1 (1.493%) Statistics
6 1 (1.493%) Mathematics
6 1 (1.493%) Social Media
6 1 (1.493%) Tandem
6 1 (1.493%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 24 (35.82%) Windows
2 17 (25.37%) UNIX
3 2 (2.985%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.493%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.493%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (1.493%) Solaris
4 1 (1.493%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (1.493%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.493%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (29.85%) OO
2 18 (26.87%) Scrum
3 17 (25.37%) Software Engineering
4 16 (23.88%) Web Development
5 15 (22.39%) OOD
5 15 (22.39%) Web Mining
5 15 (22.39%) Automated Testing
5 15 (22.39%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (14.93%) Analytics
7 7 (10.45%) Business Transformation
8 6 (8.955%) Agile Software Development
9 3 (4.478%) Project Management
9 3 (4.478%) TDD
10 2 (2.985%) MVC
10 2 (2.985%) OOP
10 2 (2.985%) E-Commerce
11 1 (1.493%) Agile Project Management
11 1 (1.493%) CRM
11 1 (1.493%) Content Management
11 1 (1.493%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 37 (55.22%) Java
2 22 (32.84%) Perl
3 8 (11.94%) SQL
4 7 (10.45%) PL/SQL
5 3 (4.478%) PHP
6 2 (2.985%) PHP5
6 2 (2.985%) JavaScript
6 2 (2.985%) C
6 2 (2.985%) C++
7 1 (1.493%) PowerHouse
7 1 (1.493%) Shell Script
7 1 (1.493%) Fortran
7 1 (1.493%) Python
Qualifications
1 26 (38.81%) Degree
2 14 (20.90%) CCNA
2 14 (20.90%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (2.985%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (1.493%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.493%) MCSA
System Software
1 6 (8.955%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (8.955%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.970%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 3 (4.478%) VMware ESX
4 1 (1.493%) vSphere
Vendors
1 25 (37.31%) Oracle
2 17 (25.37%) Cisco
3 10 (14.93%) CheckPoint
4 9 (13.43%) VMware
5 6 (8.955%) Microsoft
6 3 (4.478%) Red Hat
6 3 (4.478%) Zend
7 2 (2.985%) Brocade
7 2 (2.985%) Avaya
7 2 (2.985%) Nortel
7 2 (2.985%) IBM
8 1 (1.493%) Radware
8 1 (1.493%) Capita
8 1 (1.493%) Open Text
8 1 (1.493%) RedDot
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
VMware applications... VMware ESX 3.x/4.x/5.x, server. SAN Storage. Additional Skills: Linux RedHat 3/4/5/7. SUSE 10/11. Solaris 8/9/10...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + Health, Pension + 20% Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013