The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 10 16 12
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -4
Permanent jobs citing Linux 30 43 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 13.76% 11.38% 13.27%
As % of the Operating Systems category 60.00% 30.07% 42.86%
Number of salaries quoted 29 22 24
Average salary £50,000 £38,750 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+29.03% +3.33%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-3.84% +4.00%
All Operating Systems
Cheltenham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
50 143 70
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 22.94% 37.83% 30.97%
Number of salaries quoted 49 105 57
Average salary £40,250 £41,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.82% +6.49%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £32,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
Gloucestershire

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the Cheltenham region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Cheltenham Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 (56.06%) C#
1 37 (56.06%) C++
2 36 (54.55%) Windows
3 33 (50.00%) Military
4 32 (48.48%) .NET
4 32 (48.48%) C
5 30 (45.45%) Ethernet
6 29 (43.94%) Aerospace
7 25 (37.88%) Embedded C
8 24 (36.36%) VxWorks
8 24 (36.36%) CAN bus
9 23 (34.85%) Security Cleared
10 21 (31.82%) UNIX
11 20 (30.30%) DV Cleared
12 19 (28.79%) Shell Script
13 18 (27.27%) DNS
14 17 (25.76%) DHCP
15 15 (22.73%) Perl
16 11 (16.67%) HPUX
16 11 (16.67%) Solaris
16 11 (16.67%) Software Engineering
17 10 (15.15%) Marketing
18 9 (13.64%) PHP
19 8 (12.12%) Clustering
19 8 (12.12%) LAMP
19 8 (12.12%) Ubuntu
19 8 (12.12%) Drupal
19 8 (12.12%) Git (software)
20 7 (10.61%) TDD
20 7 (10.61%) Java

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 32 (48.48%) .NET
2 8 (12.12%) LAMP
3 3 (4.545%) XML
4 2 (3.030%) COM
5 1 (1.515%) HTML5
5 1 (1.515%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 8 (12.12%) Drupal
2 5 (7.576%) Amazon EC2
3 3 (4.545%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (7.576%) Google Apps
Communications & Networking
1 30 (45.45%) Ethernet
2 18 (27.27%) DNS
3 17 (25.76%) DHCP
4 5 (7.576%) TCP/IP
4 5 (7.576%) Internet
4 5 (7.576%) Firewall
5 4 (6.061%) HTTP
6 3 (4.545%) FTP
7 1 (1.515%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.515%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 8 (12.12%) Git (software)
2 6 (9.091%) Visual Studio
2 6 (9.091%) Subversion
2 6 (9.091%) Hudson
3 2 (3.030%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (1.515%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (1.515%) PVCS
General
1 33 (50.00%) Military
2 29 (43.94%) Aerospace
3 10 (15.15%) Marketing
4 2 (3.030%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.515%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 31 (46.97%) Software Engineer
2 23 (34.85%) Real Time Software Engineer
2 23 (34.85%) Real Time Engineer
3 11 (16.67%) Linux Engineer
3 11 (16.67%) UNIX Engineer
4 9 (13.64%) PHP Developer
4 9 (13.64%) Developer
4 9 (13.64%) Consultant
5 6 (9.091%) Senior Software Engineer
6 5 (7.576%) Drupal Developer
6 5 (7.576%) PHP Drupal Developer
6 5 (7.576%) Linux Consultant
7 4 (6.061%) Systems Administrator
7 4 (6.061%) Technical Consultant
7 4 (6.061%) Administrator
8 3 (4.545%) LAMP Developer
8 3 (4.545%) UNIX Consultant
9 2 (3.030%) Trainer
9 2 (3.030%) Analyst
9 2 (3.030%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 24 (36.36%) CAN bus
2 8 (12.12%) Clustering
3 6 (9.091%) Open Source
3 6 (9.091%) Embedded Systems
4 5 (7.576%) Social Media
5 1 (1.515%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 36 (54.55%) Windows
2 24 (36.36%) VxWorks
3 21 (31.82%) UNIX
4 11 (16.67%) HPUX
4 11 (16.67%) Solaris
5 8 (12.12%) Ubuntu
6 6 (9.091%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (3.030%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (16.67%) Software Engineering
2 7 (10.61%) TDD
3 6 (9.091%) CRM
4 5 (7.576%) Time Management
5 4 (6.061%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (3.030%) UML
6 2 (3.030%) Information Assurance
6 2 (3.030%) Performance Testing
6 2 (3.030%) Test Scripting
6 2 (3.030%) SysML
6 2 (3.030%) Requirements Engineering
6 2 (3.030%) Cyber Security
6 2 (3.030%) Automation Testing
7 1 (1.515%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (1.515%) Service Management
7 1 (1.515%) Information Security
7 1 (1.515%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 37 (56.06%) C#
1 37 (56.06%) C++
2 32 (48.48%) C
3 25 (37.88%) Embedded C
4 19 (28.79%) Shell Script
5 15 (22.73%) Perl
6 9 (13.64%) PHP
7 7 (10.61%) Java
8 6 (9.091%) SQL
9 5 (7.576%) JavaScript
10 4 (6.061%) VB
11 2 (3.030%) PL/SQL
12 1 (1.515%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 23 (34.85%) Security Cleared
2 20 (30.30%) DV Cleared
3 6 (9.091%) ISEB
4 5 (7.576%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.030%) TickIT
1 2 (3.030%) IEC 61508
1 2 (3.030%) DO-178B
System Software
1 1 (1.515%) NFS
Systems Management
1 5 (7.576%) Munin
1 5 (7.576%) Nagios
Vendors
1 6 (9.091%) HP
1 6 (9.091%) Borland
2 5 (7.576%) Twitter
2 5 (7.576%) Google
3 4 (6.061%) Citrix
4 3 (4.545%) VMware
5 2 (3.030%) Microsoft
5 2 (3.030%) Oracle
5 2 (3.030%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.515%) Intel
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