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The table below looks at the demand for Linux skills within the Crewe 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 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLinux
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2730
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching permanent IT job ads413
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.006 %
As % of the category below16.67 %13.00 %
Salaries quoted413
Average minimum salary£40,000£33,231
Average salary£42,500£34,000
% change on same period last year+25.00 %
Average maximum salary£45,000£34,769
UK excluding London average salary£36,714£36,322
% change on same period last year+1.07 %
Crewe IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Crewe
Matching permanent IT job ads24100
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.014 %0.043 %
Salaries quoted1899
Average minimum salary£32,387£27,777
Average salary£34,645£28,358
% change on same period last year+22.17 %
Average maximum salary£36,903£28,939
UK excluding London average salary£34,258£34,417
% change on same period last year-0.46 %
Linux CheshireLinux
Cheshire

Linux
Demand Trend

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

Crewe 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 Crewe region.

Crewe Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT jobs across the Crewe 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.

16 (75.00 %)UNIX
16 (75.00 %)Apache
25 (62.50 %)C
33 (37.50 %)Perl
33 (37.50 %)PHP
33 (37.50 %)SQL
33 (37.50 %)MySQL
33 (37.50 %)SQL Server
33 (37.50 %)VLAN
33 (37.50 %)Cisco PIX
33 (37.50 %)MS Excel
33 (37.50 %)LAN
33 (37.50 %)WAN
33 (37.50 %)VMS
33 (37.50 %)Fortran
33 (37.50 %)Cisco
33 (37.50 %)Microsoft
33 (37.50 %)Citrix
33 (37.50 %)Assembly Language
33 (37.50 %)Terminal Server
33 (37.50 %)OSPF
33 (37.50 %)Firewall
33 (37.50 %)Debian
33 (37.50 %)VAX
42 (25.00 %)Embedded C

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT jobs across the Crewe 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.

Crewe IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (75.00 %)Apache
Crewe IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (37.50 %)MS Excel
Crewe IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (37.50 %)LAN
13 (37.50 %)WAN
13 (37.50 %)OSPF
13 (37.50 %)Firewall
13 (37.50 %)VLAN
13 (37.50 %)Cisco PIX
Crewe IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (37.50 %)MySQL
13 (37.50 %)SQL Server
Crewe IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (37.50 %)Developer
13 (37.50 %)Senior Developer
13 (37.50 %)Technical Engineer
21 (12.50 %)Embedded C Engineer
Crewe IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (37.50 %)VAX
Crewe IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (75.00 %)UNIX
23 (37.50 %)VMS
23 (37.50 %)Debian
Crewe IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (62.50 %)C
23 (37.50 %)Perl
23 (37.50 %)PHP
23 (37.50 %)SQL
23 (37.50 %)Fortran
23 (37.50 %)Assembly Language
32 (25.00 %)Embedded C
Crewe IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (37.50 %)Terminal Server
Crewe IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (37.50 %)Cisco
13 (37.50 %)Microsoft
13 (37.50 %)Citrix