The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Coventry region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 23 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 Coventry region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 7 18 39
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +21
Permanent jobs citing Linux 80 38 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 12.88% 10.58% 3.023%
As % of the Operating Systems category 36.87% 41.30% 17.65%
Number of salaries quoted 72 36 12
Average salary £37,500 £31,750 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.11% -16.44%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £28,000 £25,300
10% offered a salary of more than £42,350 £37,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +6.94%
All Operating Systems
Coventry
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
217 92 68
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 34.94% 25.63% 17.13%
Number of salaries quoted 185 85 66
Average salary £40,000 £30,000 £34,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.33% -12.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £23,500 £20,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
West Midlands

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the Coventry region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Coventry Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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 66 (36.87%) Microsoft
2 63 (35.20%) Windows
3 55 (30.73%) SQL
4 53 (29.61%) VMware
5 52 (29.05%) SQL Server
6 48 (26.82%) Oracle
7 47 (26.26%) CSS
7 47 (26.26%) UNIX
7 47 (26.26%) Apache
8 46 (25.70%) JavaScript
9 42 (23.46%) Java
10 37 (20.67%) Python
11 36 (20.11%) HTML
12 35 (19.55%) C++
12 35 (19.55%) Active Directory
13 34 (18.99%) SharePoint
14 33 (18.44%) ITIL
15 31 (17.32%) MCSE
15 31 (17.32%) Microsoft Certification
16 30 (16.76%) C#
17 29 (16.20%) .NET
17 29 (16.20%) SUSE
18 27 (15.08%) Web Services
19 26 (14.53%) PHP
20 25 (13.97%) XML
20 25 (13.97%) Tomcat
21 24 (13.41%) ASP.NET
21 24 (13.41%) .NET Framework
22 23 (12.85%) MySQL
23 22 (12.29%) HTTP

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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 47 (26.26%) CSS
2 36 (20.11%) HTML
3 29 (16.20%) .NET
4 27 (15.08%) Web Services
5 25 (13.97%) XML
6 24 (13.41%) ASP.NET
6 24 (13.41%) .NET Framework
7 20 (11.17%) WebSphere
8 19 (10.61%) Ajax
9 18 (10.06%) jQuery
10 13 (7.263%) ASP.NET MVC
10 13 (7.263%) ASP.NET MVC 2
11 11 (6.145%) XSL
11 11 (6.145%) COM
11 11 (6.145%) DHTML
11 11 (6.145%) WCF
11 11 (6.145%) WPF
11 11 (6.145%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 8 (4.469%) Ruby on Rails
12 8 (4.469%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 47 (26.26%) Apache
2 34 (18.99%) SharePoint
3 25 (13.97%) Tomcat
4 12 (6.704%) SharePoint 2010
5 11 (6.145%) BizTalk Server
6 9 (5.028%) WebSphere MQ
7 7 (3.911%) MS Exchange
8 4 (2.235%) Lotus Notes
8 4 (2.235%) Lotus Domino
9 1 (0.559%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.559%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 18 (10.06%) MS Excel
2 7 (3.911%) Photoshop
2 7 (3.911%) Adobe Illustrator
3 5 (2.793%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 11 (6.145%) SAP Business One
2 2 (1.117%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 22 (12.29%) HTTP
2 19 (10.61%) DNS
3 13 (7.263%) DHCP
4 12 (6.704%) VoIP
5 10 (5.587%) SAN
6 6 (3.352%) TCP/IP
7 5 (2.793%) WAN
7 5 (2.793%) LAN
7 5 (2.793%) PBX
8 2 (1.117%) NAS
9 1 (0.559%) WLAN
9 1 (0.559%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (29.05%) SQL Server
2 23 (12.85%) MySQL
3 15 (8.380%) Oracle 10g
4 13 (7.263%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 13 (7.263%) SQL Server 2008
4 13 (7.263%) DB2
4 13 (7.263%) Oracle 8/8i
5 4 (2.235%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.117%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 15 (8.380%) Subversion
2 4 (2.235%) Maven
2 4 (2.235%) Ant
3 3 (1.676%) Hudson
3 3 (1.676%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.676%) JUnit
3 3 (1.676%) Eclipse
3 3 (1.676%) JIRA
4 1 (0.559%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.559%) NUnit
General
1 10 (5.587%) Retail
2 5 (2.793%) Telecoms
3 4 (2.235%) Finance
4 3 (1.676%) Automotive
5 1 (0.559%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 58 (32.40%) Developer
2 49 (27.37%) Analyst
3 22 (12.29%) Web Developer
4 21 (11.73%) Team Leader
5 18 (10.06%) Systems Analyst
6 15 (8.380%) Applications Support
6 15 (8.380%) Software Developer
7 14 (7.821%) Software Engineer
7 14 (7.821%) Support Analyst
8 13 (7.263%) Support Team Leader
9 12 (6.704%) Senior Developer
10 11 (6.145%) .NET Web Developer
10 11 (6.145%) .NET Developer
10 11 (6.145%) Administrator
11 9 (5.028%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
11 9 (5.028%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 8 (4.469%) Java Developer
12 8 (4.469%) Ruby Developer
12 8 (4.469%) Linux Administrator
12 8 (4.469%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.73%) Computer Science
2 16 (8.939%) Open Source
3 9 (5.028%) Device Driver
4 6 (3.352%) N-Tier
5 5 (2.793%) Clustering
5 5 (2.793%) IVR
6 4 (2.235%) iSeries
6 4 (2.235%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.117%) Blackberry
8 1 (0.559%) Cryptography
8 1 (0.559%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.559%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 63 (35.20%) Windows
2 47 (26.26%) UNIX
3 29 (16.20%) SUSE
4 21 (11.73%) Solaris
5 11 (6.145%) OpenVMS
6 7 (3.911%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (1.676%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (1.117%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.559%) Tizen
9 1 (0.559%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.559%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.559%) Android
9 1 (0.559%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (18.44%) ITIL
2 18 (10.06%) Agile Software Development
3 17 (9.497%) Web Development
4 16 (8.939%) Problem Management
5 13 (7.263%) MVC
5 13 (7.263%) OO
6 10 (5.587%) Service Delivery
7 9 (5.028%) Integration Testing
8 8 (4.469%) OOP
9 7 (3.911%) UML
9 7 (3.911%) CRM
9 7 (3.911%) Change Management
9 7 (3.911%) Capacity Planning
10 6 (3.352%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (3.352%) Signal Processing
10 6 (3.352%) Infrastructure Management
10 6 (3.352%) Data Security
11 5 (2.793%) Network Design
12 4 (2.235%) Scrum
12 4 (2.235%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 55 (30.73%) SQL
2 46 (25.70%) JavaScript
3 42 (23.46%) Java
4 37 (20.67%) Python
5 35 (19.55%) C++
6 30 (16.76%) C#
7 26 (14.53%) PHP
8 21 (11.73%) C
9 18 (10.06%) Perl
10 11 (6.145%) Delphi
10 11 (6.145%) VB
10 11 (6.145%) XAML
11 8 (4.469%) Ruby
11 8 (4.469%) ActionScript
12 6 (3.352%) Shell Script
13 3 (1.676%) VBScript
13 3 (1.676%) PowerShell
13 3 (1.676%) Objective-C
14 2 (1.117%) PL/SQL
14 2 (1.117%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (17.32%) MCSE
1 31 (17.32%) Microsoft Certification
2 22 (12.29%) Degree
3 11 (6.145%) MCITP
4 6 (3.352%) Postgraduate
4 6 (3.352%) PhD
4 6 (3.352%) MCSA
5 5 (2.793%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (1.676%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.676%) CCNA
7 2 (1.117%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (1.117%) NCDA
8 1 (0.559%) HND
8 1 (0.559%) Sun Certification
8 1 (0.559%) SCJP
8 1 (0.559%) SCJD
8 1 (0.559%) SCJA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (12.29%) SLA
2 4 (2.235%) QA
System Software
1 35 (19.55%) Active Directory
2 20 (11.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (8.380%) Squid
4 10 (5.587%) Samba
5 6 (3.352%) vSphere
5 6 (3.352%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.117%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.559%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (5.587%) Backup Exec
2 6 (3.352%) WSUS
2 6 (3.352%) ARCserve
2 6 (3.352%) Tivoli
2 6 (3.352%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 6 (3.352%) Norton AntiVirus
3 4 (2.235%) SCCM
3 4 (2.235%) Nagios
4 3 (1.676%) WhatsUp Gold
4 3 (1.676%) Zenoss
4 3 (1.676%) NetBackup
5 2 (1.117%) Data Guard
5 2 (1.117%) OpenView Configuration Management
5 2 (1.117%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 66 (36.87%) Microsoft
2 53 (29.61%) VMware
3 48 (26.82%) Oracle
4 22 (12.29%) NetApp
5 14 (7.821%) Citrix
5 14 (7.821%) Symantec
6 11 (6.145%) SAP
7 10 (5.587%) Red Hat
8 9 (5.028%) IBM
9 7 (3.911%) Sun
9 7 (3.911%) Zend
10 5 (2.793%) McAfee
10 5 (2.793%) Avaya
11 4 (2.235%) Veritas
11 4 (2.235%) Lotus
11 4 (2.235%) JBoss
11 4 (2.235%) Cognos
12 3 (1.676%) Freescale
12 3 (1.676%) Sophos
13 2 (1.117%) Teradata
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Salary: £attractive
Posted: 15 May 2013
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