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This section looks at the demand for Linux skills within the Coventry region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLinux
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3324
Rank change on same period last yearDown-9
Matching permanent IT job ads4848
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.026 %0.020 %
As % of the category below20.43 %26.82 %
Salaries quoted4039
Average minimum salary£30,425£30,744
Average salary£31,926£32,846
% change on same period last year-2.80 %
Average maximum salary£33,428£34,949
UK excluding London average salary£36,512£36,686
% change on same period last year-0.47 %
Coventry IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Coventry
Matching permanent IT job ads235179
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.127 %0.075 %
Salaries quoted206151
Average minimum salary£27,123£28,447
Average salary£28,905£30,174
% change on same period last year-4.20 %
Average maximum salary£30,688£31,901
UK excluding London average salary£33,991£34,646
% change on same period last year-1.88 %
Linux West MidlandsLinux
West Midlands

Linux
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Linux across the Coventry region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Coventry Linux Demand Trend

Linux
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the Coventry region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Coventry Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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.

151 (54.26 %)UNIX
151 (54.26 %)Windows
230 (31.91 %)Java
324 (25.53 %)SQL
419 (20.21 %)Windows Server 2003
419 (20.21 %)Apache
518 (19.15 %)C++
518 (19.15 %)Microsoft
518 (19.15 %)Active Directory
617 (18.09 %)Finance
716 (17.02 %)Cisco
813 (13.83 %)C
813 (13.83 %)Perl
813 (13.83 %)DHCP
813 (13.83 %)DNS
912 (12.77 %)PHP
912 (12.77 %)Internet
912 (12.77 %)Degree
1011 (11.70 %)JSP
1110 (10.64 %)J2EE
1110 (10.64 %)XML
1110 (10.64 %)JavaScript
1110 (10.64 %)Oracle
1110 (10.64 %)TCP/IP
1110 (10.64 %)Windows XP
129 (9.574 %)ISEB
129 (9.574 %)Swing
129 (9.574 %)HTML
129 (9.574 %)Solaris
129 (9.574 %)CSS

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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.

Coventry IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111 (11.70 %)JSP
210 (10.64 %)J2EE
210 (10.64 %)XML
39 (9.574 %)Swing
39 (9.574 %)Spring
39 (9.574 %)HTML
39 (9.574 %)CSS
44 (4.255 %).NET
44 (4.255 %)XMPP
44 (4.255 %)XSLT
52 (2.128 %)AJAX
52 (2.128 %)JDBC
52 (2.128 %)Servlets
52 (2.128 %)WebServices
52 (2.128 %)WebSphere
52 (2.128 %)MVC
61 (1.064 %)Fusebox
61 (1.064 %)MFC
61 (1.064 %)ASP
61 (1.064 %)Ruby on Rails
Coventry IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
119 (20.21 %)Apache
25 (5.319 %)MS Exchange
34 (4.255 %)Tomcat
42 (2.128 %)WebLogic
42 (2.128 %)JBoss
42 (2.128 %)iPlanet
51 (1.064 %)Exchange Server 2003
51 (1.064 %)CICS
51 (1.064 %)BizTalk Server
Coventry IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (3.191 %)MS Excel
21 (1.064 %)3ds Max
21 (1.064 %)Photoshop
Coventry IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
113 (13.83 %)DHCP
113 (13.83 %)DNS
212 (12.77 %)Internet
310 (10.64 %)TCP/IP
48 (8.511 %)LAN
48 (8.511 %)WAN
56 (6.383 %)VoIP
63 (3.191 %)Firewall
63 (3.191 %)SAN
63 (3.191 %)Intranet
72 (2.128 %)Wireless
72 (2.128 %)VPN
72 (2.128 %)HTTP
72 (2.128 %)IPX
72 (2.128 %)IPX/SPX
Coventry IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (7.447 %)SQL Server
25 (5.319 %)MySQL
34 (4.255 %)DB2
34 (4.255 %)Oracle 8/8i
41 (1.064 %)Data Cleansing
Coventry IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (5.319 %)Subversion
23 (3.191 %)Flash
Coventry IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
117 (18.09 %)Finance
26 (6.383 %)Health
26 (6.383 %)Pensions
34 (4.255 %)Financial Institution
43 (3.191 %)Manufacturing
43 (3.191 %)Retail
52 (2.128 %)Telecoms
52 (2.128 %)Automotive
Coventry IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
126 (27.66 %)Developer
221 (22.34 %)Software Engineer
311 (11.70 %)Systems Engineer
311 (11.70 %)Senior Software Engineer
410 (10.64 %)Senior Developer
59 (9.574 %)Applications Support
59 (9.574 %)Java Software Engineer
59 (9.574 %)Software Test Engineer
59 (9.574 %)Test Engineer
59 (9.574 %)Senior Java Software Engineer
68 (8.511 %)Software Tester
68 (8.511 %)Tester
77 (7.447 %)Administrator
86 (6.383 %)Technical Support
86 (6.383 %)Web Developer
86 (6.383 %)C++ Developer
86 (6.383 %)Linux Engineer
95 (5.319 %)Graduate Web Developer
95 (5.319 %)Linux Support
95 (5.319 %)Senior Java Developer
Coventry IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (3.191 %)EPoS
13 (3.191 %)Mathematics
13 (3.191 %)Physics
22 (2.128 %)Computer Science
31 (1.064 %)French Language
31 (1.064 %)Spanish Language
31 (1.064 %)Multithreading
31 (1.064 %)IBM Mainframe
31 (1.064 %)W3C
31 (1.064 %)Mainframe
31 (1.064 %)VLE
31 (1.064 %)Client/Server
Coventry IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
151 (54.26 %)UNIX
151 (54.26 %)Windows
219 (20.21 %)Windows Server 2003
310 (10.64 %)Windows XP
49 (9.574 %)Solaris
54 (4.255 %)Windows 2000
63 (3.191 %)Windows Vista
72 (2.128 %)Debian
72 (2.128 %)HPUX
81 (1.064 %)AIX
81 (1.064 %)FreeBSD
81 (1.064 %)Windows NT
81 (1.064 %)Red Hat Linux
81 (1.064 %)IRIX
Coventry IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (9.574 %)Automated Testing
26 (6.383 %)Technical Architecture
35 (5.319 %)Network Design
35 (5.319 %)UML
44 (4.255 %)CRM
44 (4.255 %)ERP
44 (4.255 %)Configuration Management
44 (4.255 %)Manual Testing
53 (3.191 %)Disaster Recovery
53 (3.191 %)Software Engineering
53 (3.191 %)OO
62 (2.128 %)OOP
62 (2.128 %)Vulnerability Assessment
62 (2.128 %)Load Balancing
71 (1.064 %)Problem Management
71 (1.064 %)Web Development
71 (1.064 %)Data Migration
71 (1.064 %)Data Validation
71 (1.064 %)Software Testing
71 (1.064 %)Validation
Coventry IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
130 (31.91 %)Java
224 (25.53 %)SQL
318 (19.15 %)C++
413 (13.83 %)Perl
413 (13.83 %)C
512 (12.77 %)PHP
610 (10.64 %)JavaScript
75 (5.319 %)C#
75 (5.319 %)VBA
84 (4.255 %)Python
84 (4.255 %)FoxPro (VFP)
84 (4.255 %)Tcl
93 (3.191 %)PL/SQL
102 (2.128 %)Shell Script
102 (2.128 %)Ruby
111 (1.064 %)Transact-SQL
Coventry IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
112 (12.77 %)Degree
29 (9.574 %)ISEB
34 (4.255 %)ISEB Practitioner
41 (1.064 %)MCSE
41 (1.064 %)Microsoft Certification
Coventry IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
118 (19.15 %)Active Directory
27 (7.447 %)Squid
35 (5.319 %)Samba
44 (4.255 %)Terminal Services
51 (1.064 %)ISA Server
51 (1.064 %)NFS
51 (1.064 %)VMware Server
Coventry IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
118 (19.15 %)Microsoft
216 (17.02 %)Cisco
310 (10.64 %)Oracle
47 (7.447 %)Citrix
56 (6.383 %)IBM
65 (5.319 %)VMware
72 (2.128 %)Ericsson
72 (2.128 %)SAP
81 (1.064 %)Adobe
81 (1.064 %)Macromedia
81 (1.064 %)Sun
81 (1.064 %)HP
81 (1.064 %)Red Hat