The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Coulsdon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 18 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 Coulsdon region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 5 - 4
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Linux 1 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coulsdon 16.67% - 33.33%
As % of the Operating Systems category 16.67% - 66.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
Average salary £20,000 - £19,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.59% +2.66%
All Operating Systems
Coulsdon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
6 0 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coulsdon 100.00% - 50.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 3
Average salary £37,500 - £19,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
London

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coulsdon 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 Coulsdon region.

Coulsdon Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Coulsdon 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 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (100.00%) DNS
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (75.00%) Apple
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (75.00%) Squid
2 3 (75.00%) Wireless
2 3 (75.00%) Web Design
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Internet
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server 7
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server 2000
2 3 (75.00%) 3G
2 3 (75.00%) Blackberry
2 3 (75.00%) MCSE
2 3 (75.00%) C
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (75.00%) MCP
3 1 (25.00%) UNIX
3 1 (25.00%) DHCP
3 1 (25.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) HP
3 1 (25.00%) Citrix
3 1 (25.00%) VMware
3 1 (25.00%) NetBackup
3 1 (25.00%) Backup Exec

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Coulsdon 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 Platforms
1 4 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (100.00%) DNS
2 3 (75.00%) Internet
2 3 (75.00%) 3G
2 3 (75.00%) Wireless
3 1 (25.00%) DHCP
3 1 (25.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server 7
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server 2000
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server 2005
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Support Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Help Desk Support
1 3 (75.00%) Help Desk Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Help Desk Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Project Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (75.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (25.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) MCP
1 3 (75.00%) MCSE
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) Squid
3 1 (25.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) NetBackup
1 1 (25.00%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) Apple
2 1 (25.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) HP
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix