The first table below looks at the demand for Linux+ Certification in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux+ Certification over the 3 months to 22 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 Qualifications for the City of London region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CompTIA Linux+ Certification
Rank 307 326 -
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -
Permanent jobs citing Linux+ Certification 6 7 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.051% 0.053% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.217% 0.237% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 7 0
Average salary £23,000 £25,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £28,750 - -
All Qualifications
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
2769 2959 3174
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 23.59% 22.30% 20.92%
Number of salaries quoted 2387 2687 2877
Average salary £50,500 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.00% -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £77,500 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
Linux+ Certification
London

Linux+ Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Linux+ Certification across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

City of London Linux+ Certification Jobs Demand Trend

Linux+ Certification
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Linux+ Certification across the City of London region.

City of London Linux+ Certification Salary Trend

Linux+ Certification
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux+ Certification across the City of London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

City of London Linux+ Certification Salary Histogram

Linux+ Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Linux+ Certification 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+ Certification.

1 14 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 14 (100.00%) Windows
1 14 (100.00%) Linux
2 13 (92.86%) RHCE
2 13 (92.86%) Degree
2 13 (92.86%) Computer Science
2 13 (92.86%) DHCP
2 13 (92.86%) TCP/IP
2 13 (92.86%) DNS
3 2 (14.29%) Red Hat
4 1 (7.143%) Thin Client
4 1 (7.143%) MCSE
4 1 (7.143%) Ubuntu
4 1 (7.143%) Fat Client
4 1 (7.143%) SCCM
4 1 (7.143%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (7.143%) CentOS
4 1 (7.143%) XenApp
4 1 (7.143%) XenDesktop
4 1 (7.143%) Open Source
4 1 (7.143%) IAG
4 1 (7.143%) UAG
4 1 (7.143%) CCEE
4 1 (7.143%) SUSE
4 1 (7.143%) Debian
4 1 (7.143%) VMware
4 1 (7.143%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (7.143%) AppSense
4 1 (7.143%) Microsoft
4 1 (7.143%) CCNP

Linux+ Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Linux+ Certification 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+ Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 13 (92.86%) DHCP
1 13 (92.86%) TCP/IP
1 13 (92.86%) DNS
Job Titles
1 12 (85.71%) Technical Support
1 12 (85.71%) Linux Support
2 1 (7.143%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (7.143%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (7.143%) Help Desk Support
2 1 (7.143%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (7.143%) Citrix Engineer
2 1 (7.143%) Senior Citrix Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (92.86%) Computer Science
2 1 (7.143%) Thin Client
2 1 (7.143%) Fat Client
2 1 (7.143%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 14 (100.00%) Windows
1 14 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (7.143%) Ubuntu
2 1 (7.143%) CentOS
2 1 (7.143%) SUSE
2 1 (7.143%) Debian
Qualifications
1 13 (92.86%) RHCE
1 13 (92.86%) Degree
2 1 (7.143%) MCSE
2 1 (7.143%) CCEE
2 1 (7.143%) CCNP
2 1 (7.143%) CCNA
2 1 (7.143%) CCA
2 1 (7.143%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (7.143%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (7.143%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 14 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.143%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (7.143%) XenApp
2 1 (7.143%) XenDesktop
2 1 (7.143%) IAG
2 1 (7.143%) UAG
2 1 (7.143%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 1 (7.143%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Red Hat
2 1 (7.143%) VMware
2 1 (7.143%) AppSense
2 1 (7.143%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.143%) HP
2 1 (7.143%) Citrix