The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Colchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 20 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 Colchester region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 12 25 19
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -6
Permanent jobs citing Linux 18 16 31
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Colchester 10.34% 8.122% 12.50%
As % of the Operating Systems category 25.71% 30.77% 50.82%
Number of salaries quoted 18 14 31
Average salary £36,500 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.28% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £19,500 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £44,400 £41,400 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-3.84% +4.00%
All Operating Systems
Colchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
70 52 61
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Colchester 40.23% 26.40% 24.60%
Number of salaries quoted 58 46 61
Average salary £50,000 £32,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+53.84% -18.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £19,700 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £55,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
Essex

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Colchester 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 Colchester region.

Colchester Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the Colchester region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Colchester Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Colchester 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 11 (34.38%) PHP
2 10 (31.25%) SQL
2 10 (31.25%) Windows
3 8 (25.00%) Red Hat
4 7 (21.88%) VMware
5 6 (18.75%) Degree
5 6 (18.75%) Active Directory
5 6 (18.75%) TCP/IP
5 6 (18.75%) C
6 5 (15.63%) HTML
6 5 (15.63%) JavaScript
6 5 (15.63%) Perl
6 5 (15.63%) CSS
6 5 (15.63%) UNIX
6 5 (15.63%) Apache
6 5 (15.63%) Microsoft
6 5 (15.63%) Citrix
6 5 (15.63%) Social Network
6 5 (15.63%) Network Security
6 5 (15.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (15.63%) Firewall
7 4 (12.50%) Finance
7 4 (12.50%) Automotive
7 4 (12.50%) Avaya
7 4 (12.50%) Apple
7 4 (12.50%) OO
7 4 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (12.50%) C++
7 4 (12.50%) VPN
7 4 (12.50%) Web Services

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Colchester 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 5 (15.63%) HTML
1 5 (15.63%) CSS
2 4 (12.50%) Web Services
2 4 (12.50%) XML
2 4 (12.50%) ASP
3 2 (6.250%) XML-RPC
3 2 (6.250%) WebSphere
3 2 (6.250%) Django
3 2 (6.250%) JSP
3 2 (6.250%) SOAP
4 1 (3.125%) ODBC
4 1 (3.125%) Qt
Application Platforms
1 5 (15.63%) Apache
2 3 (9.375%) Documentum
Business Applications
1 1 (3.125%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 6 (18.75%) TCP/IP
2 5 (15.63%) Network Security
2 5 (15.63%) Firewall
3 4 (12.50%) VPN
4 2 (6.250%) DHCP
4 2 (6.250%) DNS
5 1 (3.125%) DMVPN
5 1 (3.125%) LDAP
5 1 (3.125%) NetScreen
5 1 (3.125%) Internet
5 1 (3.125%) OSPF
5 1 (3.125%) BGP
5 1 (3.125%) SAN
5 1 (3.125%) Kerberos
5 1 (3.125%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (3.125%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (3.125%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.50%) MySQL
2 2 (6.250%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (3.125%) RDBMS
3 1 (3.125%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 2 (6.250%) PROIV
2 1 (3.125%) Git (software)
General
1 4 (12.50%) Finance
1 4 (12.50%) Automotive
2 3 (9.375%) Banking
2 3 (9.375%) Electronics
3 2 (6.250%) Law
3 2 (6.250%) Legal
4 1 (3.125%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.125%) Telecoms
4 1 (3.125%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 9 (28.13%) Developer
2 7 (21.88%) Systems Administrator
3 6 (18.75%) Software Engineer
4 5 (15.63%) Administrator
4 5 (15.63%) Perl Developer
4 5 (15.63%) Server Engineer
5 4 (12.50%) Support Manager
5 4 (12.50%) IT Support Manager
5 4 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (12.50%) IT Support
5 4 (12.50%) Server Administrator
5 4 (12.50%) Software Developer
6 3 (9.375%) Linux Administrator
6 3 (9.375%) Linux Systems Administrator
7 2 (6.250%) Senior Software Engineer
7 2 (6.250%) Oracle DBA
7 2 (6.250%) Systems Engineer
7 2 (6.250%) DBA
8 1 (3.125%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
8 1 (3.125%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.63%) Social Network
2 3 (9.375%) Computer Science
3 2 (6.250%) Device Driver
3 2 (6.250%) Fat Client
3 2 (6.250%) Open Source
3 2 (6.250%) Firmware
3 2 (6.250%) Thin Client
3 2 (6.250%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.125%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 10 (31.25%) Windows
2 5 (15.63%) UNIX
2 5 (15.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (9.375%) Solaris
5 2 (6.250%) Android
5 2 (6.250%) Apple iOS
5 2 (6.250%) Ubuntu
5 2 (6.250%) VxWorks
6 1 (3.125%) Windows XP
6 1 (3.125%) Windows 2000
6 1 (3.125%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (3.125%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (12.50%) OO
2 3 (9.375%) Content Management
3 2 (6.250%) Document Management
3 2 (6.250%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (6.250%) CRM
3 2 (6.250%) ERP
3 2 (6.250%) Web Application Development
4 1 (3.125%) Capacity Management
4 1 (3.125%) OOD
4 1 (3.125%) E-Commerce
4 1 (3.125%) Configuration Management
4 1 (3.125%) Incident Management
4 1 (3.125%) Enterprise Content Management
4 1 (3.125%) Validation
4 1 (3.125%) Service Delivery
4 1 (3.125%) CMMI
Programming Languages
1 11 (34.38%) PHP
2 10 (31.25%) SQL
3 6 (18.75%) C
4 5 (15.63%) JavaScript
4 5 (15.63%) Perl
5 4 (12.50%) C++
5 4 (12.50%) PL/SQL
6 3 (9.375%) Shell Script
6 3 (9.375%) Embedded C
7 2 (6.250%) Python
7 2 (6.250%) Java
7 2 (6.250%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (18.75%) Degree
2 1 (3.125%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (3.125%) CCNP
2 1 (3.125%) CCSE
System Software
1 6 (18.75%) Active Directory
2 3 (9.375%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (6.250%) vSphere
4 1 (3.125%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 3 (9.375%) SCCM
1 3 (9.375%) SCOM
2 2 (6.250%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 8 (25.00%) Red Hat
2 7 (21.88%) VMware
3 5 (15.63%) Microsoft
3 5 (15.63%) Citrix
4 4 (12.50%) Avaya
4 4 (12.50%) Apple
4 4 (12.50%) Oracle
5 2 (6.250%) QNX
5 2 (6.250%) Intel
5 2 (6.250%) Symantec
5 2 (6.250%) Tableau
6 1 (3.125%) Cisco
6 1 (3.125%) Remedy
6 1 (3.125%) CheckPoint
6 1 (3.125%) HP
6 1 (3.125%) Blue Coat
6 1 (3.125%) Infoblox
6 1 (3.125%) Imperva
6 1 (3.125%) F5
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