The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Darlington region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 22 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 Darlington region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 7 11 12
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +1
Permanent jobs citing Linux 3 5 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Darlington 14.29% 10.64% 6.897%
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 20.83% 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 0
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% -
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.94%
All Operating Systems
Darlington
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
3 24 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Darlington 14.29% 51.06% 51.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2 22 10
Average salary £42,500 £36,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.05% -6.49%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £27,750 £33,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £99,999 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
Durham

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Darlington 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 Darlington region.

Darlington Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Darlington 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 8 (72.73%) C#
1 8 (72.73%) Java
1 8 (72.73%) PHP
1 8 (72.73%) SQL
1 8 (72.73%) MySQL
1 8 (72.73%) Apache
1 8 (72.73%) Telecoms
2 7 (63.64%) UNIX
3 6 (54.55%) Citrix
3 6 (54.55%) Oracle
3 6 (54.55%) SQL Server
3 6 (54.55%) ASP
3 6 (54.55%) JSP
3 6 (54.55%) VB.NET
3 6 (54.55%) .NET
3 6 (54.55%) J2EE
3 6 (54.55%) PHPUnit
4 5 (45.45%) Agile Software Development
5 4 (36.36%) XML
5 4 (36.36%) MS Excel
6 3 (27.27%) XHTML
6 3 (27.27%) XSLT
6 3 (27.27%) CSS
7 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
7 2 (18.18%) Finance
7 2 (18.18%) Waterfall
7 2 (18.18%) Derivative
7 2 (18.18%) Equity Derivative
8 1 (9.091%) Requirements Analysis
8 1 (9.091%) Degree

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Darlington 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 6 (54.55%) ASP
1 6 (54.55%) JSP
1 6 (54.55%) .NET
1 6 (54.55%) J2EE
2 4 (36.36%) XML
3 3 (27.27%) XHTML
3 3 (27.27%) XSLT
3 3 (27.27%) CSS
4 1 (9.091%) Hibernate
4 1 (9.091%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 8 (72.73%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (36.36%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) VoIP
1 1 (9.091%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (72.73%) MySQL
2 6 (54.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (54.55%) PHPUnit
2 1 (9.091%) Oracle Forms
General
1 8 (72.73%) Telecoms
2 2 (18.18%) Finance
3 1 (9.091%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Software Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Java Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Java Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Java Programmer
4 1 (9.091%) Software Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Web Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Programmer
4 1 (9.091%) Field Service Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Field Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Derivative
1 2 (18.18%) Equity Derivative
2 1 (9.091%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 7 (63.64%) UNIX
2 1 (9.091%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (18.18%) Waterfall
3 1 (9.091%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 8 (72.73%) C#
1 8 (72.73%) Java
1 8 (72.73%) PHP
1 8 (72.73%) SQL
2 6 (54.55%) VB.NET
3 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
4 1 (9.091%) C
4 1 (9.091%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) Degree
1 1 (9.091%) MCDST
1 1 (9.091%) HNC
1 1 (9.091%) HND
1 1 (9.091%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (9.091%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.091%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Citrix
1 6 (54.55%) Oracle
2 1 (9.091%) Cisco
2 1 (9.091%) Microsoft
Darlington, County Durham
Candidates will have strong web development skills with the following technologies PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, XML, AJAX, Apache HTTP Server, Linux/UNIX, with good understanding of...
Northgate
Salary: From £24,000 to £27,000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013