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This section looks at the demand for Linux skills within the Croydon 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLinux
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank2154
Rank change on same period last yearUp+33
Matching permanent IT job ads6510
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.035 %0.004 %
As % of the category below29.28 %10.42 %
Salaries quoted659
Average minimum salary£44,338£38,333
Average salary£46,585£42,222
% change on same period last year+10.33 %
Average maximum salary£48,831£46,111
UK excluding London average salary£36,503£36,697
% change on same period last year-0.53 %
Croydon IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Croydon
Matching permanent IT job ads22296
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.121 %0.040 %
Salaries quoted20988
Average minimum salary£33,758£34,275
Average salary£35,899£35,769
% change on same period last year+0.36 %
Average maximum salary£38,040£37,264
UK excluding London average salary£34,018£34,611
% change on same period last year-1.71 %
Linux LondonLinux
London

Linux
Demand Trend

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

Croydon 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 Croydon region.

Croydon Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the Croydon region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Croydon Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Croydon 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.

154 (60.00 %)Apache
243 (47.78 %)PHP
342 (46.67 %)MySQL
440 (44.44 %)IIS
536 (40.00 %)Red Hat
536 (40.00 %)Red Hat Linux
634 (37.78 %)Active Directory
732 (35.56 %)Windows
830 (33.33 %)LAN
830 (33.33 %)WAN
830 (33.33 %)VLAN
929 (32.22 %)Disaster Recovery
1028 (31.11 %)Firewall
1028 (31.11 %)SQL
1127 (30.00 %)UNIX
1224 (26.67 %)SQL Server
1323 (25.56 %)E-Commerce
1421 (23.33 %)CSS
1520 (22.22 %)XML
1619 (21.11 %)JavaScript
1718 (20.00 %)Oracle
1718 (20.00 %)Tomcat
1718 (20.00 %)Microsoft
1718 (20.00 %)Microsoft Certification
1817 (18.89 %)HTML
1913 (14.44 %)AJAX
2012 (13.33 %)Drupal
2012 (13.33 %)Windows Server 2003
2111 (12.22 %)LAMP
2111 (12.22 %)SOAP

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Croydon 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.

Croydon IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
121 (23.33 %)CSS
220 (22.22 %)XML
317 (18.89 %)HTML
413 (14.44 %)AJAX
512 (13.33 %)Drupal
611 (12.22 %)LAMP
611 (12.22 %)SOAP
78 (8.889 %)Struts
78 (8.889 %)J2EE
78 (8.889 %)Hibernate
78 (8.889 %)Spring
86 (6.667 %)WebServices
93 (3.333 %)MVC
93 (3.333 %)Django
93 (3.333 %)WAMP
102 (2.222 %)jQuery
102 (2.222 %)Symfony
102 (2.222 %)XHTML
102 (2.222 %)RSS
111 (1.111 %)COM
Croydon IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
154 (60.00 %)Apache
240 (44.44 %)IIS
318 (20.00 %)Tomcat
411 (12.22 %)MS Exchange
59 (10.00 %)CMS
68 (8.889 %)WebLogic
76 (6.667 %)Exchange Server 2003
85 (5.556 %)Oracle Application Server
93 (3.333 %)EPiServer
101 (1.111 %)Commerce Server
101 (1.111 %)Zope
101 (1.111 %)Plone
101 (1.111 %)LiveLink
101 (1.111 %)SharePoint
101 (1.111 %)Lotus Domino
Croydon IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (4.444 %)MS Visio
23 (3.333 %)Photoshop
31 (1.111 %)MS Excel
Croydon IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (4.444 %)Oracle 11i
21 (1.111 %)Oracle Applications
21 (1.111 %)RMDS
Croydon IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
130 (33.33 %)LAN
130 (33.33 %)WAN
130 (33.33 %)VLAN
228 (31.11 %)Firewall
37 (7.778 %)DNS
46 (6.667 %)DHCP
55 (5.556 %)Internet
62 (2.222 %)SSL
62 (2.222 %)Intrusion Detection
71 (1.111 %)SAN
71 (1.111 %)Broadband
71 (1.111 %)VPN
Croydon IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
142 (46.67 %)MySQL
224 (26.67 %)SQL Server
38 (8.889 %)SQL Server 2005
47 (7.778 %)Oracle 10g
56 (6.667 %)OLTP
63 (3.333 %)Oracle Reports
71 (1.111 %)Oracle 8/8i
71 (1.111 %)Datawarehouse
71 (1.111 %)DB2
71 (1.111 %)RDBMS
71 (1.111 %)SQL Server 2000
71 (1.111 %)DB2 UDB
Croydon IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (7.778 %)Subversion
23 (3.333 %)Oracle Forms
Croydon IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (11.11 %)Insurance
28 (8.889 %)Pensions
28 (8.889 %)Telecoms
28 (8.889 %)Finance
35 (5.556 %)Health
35 (5.556 %)Marketing
44 (4.444 %)Back Office
51 (1.111 %)Manufacturing
51 (1.111 %)Education
Croydon IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
131 (34.44 %)Network Engineer
131 (34.44 %)Senior Network Engineer
227 (30.00 %)Network Support
227 (30.00 %)Support Engineer
227 (30.00 %)Senior Support Engineer
227 (30.00 %)Senior Network Support
326 (28.89 %)Senior Network Support Engineer
326 (28.89 %)Network Support Engineer
421 (23.33 %)Developer
511 (12.22 %)DBA
68 (8.889 %)Java Developer
68 (8.889 %)Technical Lead
77 (7.778 %)Oracle DBA
77 (7.778 %)Senior Developer
86 (6.667 %)Administrator
86 (6.667 %)Senior Java Developer
86 (6.667 %)Linux Engineer
86 (6.667 %)LAMP Developer
95 (5.556 %)Systems Engineer
104 (4.444 %)PHP Developer
Croydon IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (4.444 %)Management Information System
23 (3.333 %)Replication
23 (3.333 %)Clustering
32 (2.222 %)BBC
Croydon IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
136 (40.00 %)Red Hat Linux
232 (35.56 %)Windows
327 (30.00 %)UNIX
412 (13.33 %)Windows Server 2003
58 (8.889 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
64 (4.444 %)Windows 2000
71 (1.111 %)Windows XP
71 (1.111 %)NetWare
71 (1.111 %)AIX
71 (1.111 %)Solaris
71 (1.111 %)Windows 2000 Server
Croydon IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
129 (32.22 %)Disaster Recovery
223 (25.56 %)E-Commerce
39 (10.00 %)Agile Software Development
48 (8.889 %)Pair Programming
48 (8.889 %)OOD
48 (8.889 %)OO
48 (8.889 %)Refactoring
48 (8.889 %)Continuous Integration
56 (6.667 %)Web Development
65 (5.556 %)OOP
65 (5.556 %)ITIL
74 (4.444 %)Content Management
83 (3.333 %)Stress Testing
92 (2.222 %)Data Migration
92 (2.222 %)Supplier Management
92 (2.222 %)Migration
92 (2.222 %)PRINCE2
101 (1.111 %)DSDM
101 (1.111 %)Project Management
101 (1.111 %)Risk Management
Croydon IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
143 (47.78 %)PHP
228 (31.11 %)SQL
319 (21.11 %)JavaScript
49 (10.00 %)Python
58 (8.889 %)Perl
58 (8.889 %)Java
58 (8.889 %)PHP5
65 (5.556 %)Ruby
73 (3.333 %)PHP4
73 (3.333 %)DHTML
81 (1.111 %)Shell Script
Croydon IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
118 (20.00 %)Microsoft Certification
210 (11.11 %)MCSE
38 (8.889 %)MCP
45 (5.556 %)RHCE
54 (4.444 %)MCTS
61 (1.111 %)Degree
61 (1.111 %)MCSA
61 (1.111 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Croydon IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
134 (37.78 %)Active Directory
25 (5.556 %)Oracle RAC
33 (3.333 %)Terminal Services
42 (2.222 %)ISA Server
42 (2.222 %)Oracle RMAN
Croydon IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
136 (40.00 %)Red Hat
218 (20.00 %)Oracle
218 (20.00 %)Microsoft
38 (8.889 %)VMware
43 (3.333 %)Interwoven
52 (2.222 %)Novell
61 (1.111 %)Lotus
61 (1.111 %)TIBCO
61 (1.111 %)Open Text
61 (1.111 %)HP
61 (1.111 %)EMC
61 (1.111 %)Sybase