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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 4 - 7
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Linux 1 0 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in County Londonderry 10.00% - 23.81%
As % of the Operating Systems category 25.00% - 31.25%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +6.94%
All Operating Systems
County Londonderry
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
4 0 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in County Londonderry 40.00% - 76.19%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
Average salary - - £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
Northern Ireland

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

County Londonderry 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 County Londonderry region.

County Londonderry Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the County Londonderry 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%) UNIX
1 4 (100.00%) AIX
1 4 (100.00%) HPUX
1 4 (100.00%) Solaris
1 4 (100.00%) HP
2 3 (75.00%) Red Hat
3 2 (50.00%) Clustering
3 2 (50.00%) SAN
3 2 (50.00%) Progress
3 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (25.00%) Windows
4 1 (25.00%) ITIL
4 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Change Management
4 1 (25.00%) Degree

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the County Londonderry 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.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) SAN
1 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) UNIX Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) UNIX Support Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Support Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) UNIX Support
2 1 (25.00%) Graduate
2 1 (25.00%) IT Graduate
2 1 (25.00%) Trainee
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) UNIX
1 4 (100.00%) AIX
1 4 (100.00%) HPUX
1 4 (100.00%) Solaris
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL
1 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (25.00%) Change Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) HP
2 3 (75.00%) Red Hat
3 2 (50.00%) Progress