The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Dorchester 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 Dorchester region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 3 4 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Permanent jobs citing Linux 3 9 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorchester 23.08% 28.13% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 75.00% 100.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 7 0
Average salary £21,500 £27,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.81% -
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +6.94%
All Operating Systems
Dorchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
4 9 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorchester 30.77% 28.13% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 4 7 6
Average salary £21,500 £27,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.81% -8.33%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
Dorset

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorchester 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 Dorchester region.

Dorchester Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

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

Dorchester Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorchester 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 10 (90.91%) VB.NET
1 10 (90.91%) .NET
1 10 (90.91%) Oracle
1 10 (90.91%) Windows
1 10 (90.91%) Windows XP
1 10 (90.91%) Oracle 10g
1 10 (90.91%) Citrix
1 10 (90.91%) Migration
1 10 (90.91%) Windows Vista
1 10 (90.91%) Oracle 11g
1 10 (90.91%) Data Migration
2 9 (81.82%) CSS
2 9 (81.82%) HTML
3 7 (63.64%) C#
3 7 (63.64%) Visual Studio
3 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
3 7 (63.64%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (27.27%) WCF
4 3 (27.27%) WSE
4 3 (27.27%) PL/SQL
4 3 (27.27%) SQL
4 3 (27.27%) Web Services
4 3 (27.27%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (18.18%) MySQL
5 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
5 2 (18.18%) PHP
6 1 (9.091%) C++
6 1 (9.091%) VB
6 1 (9.091%) VoIP
6 1 (9.091%) SQL Server

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorchester 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 10 (90.91%) .NET
2 9 (81.82%) CSS
2 9 (81.82%) HTML
3 3 (27.27%) WCF
3 3 (27.27%) WSE
3 3 (27.27%) Web Services
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) VoIP
1 1 (9.091%) SS7
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (90.91%) Oracle 10g
1 10 (90.91%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (18.18%) MySQL
3 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (63.64%) Visual Studio
2 3 (27.27%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1 (9.091%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (90.91%) Developer
2 9 (81.82%) Software Developer
3 3 (27.27%) .NET Developer
3 3 (27.27%) VB.NET Developer
4 2 (18.18%) .NET Software Developer
5 1 (9.091%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (9.091%) Support Engineer
5 1 (9.091%) 3rd Line Support
Operating Systems
1 10 (90.91%) Windows
1 10 (90.91%) Windows XP
1 10 (90.91%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Migration
1 10 (90.91%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 10 (90.91%) VB.NET
2 7 (63.64%) C#
3 3 (27.27%) PL/SQL
3 3 (27.27%) SQL
4 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
4 2 (18.18%) PHP
5 1 (9.091%) C++
5 1 (9.091%) VB
5 1 (9.091%) VB6
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 10 (90.91%) Oracle
1 10 (90.91%) Citrix
2 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
Dorchester, Dorset
Server and PC hardware/software in a Microsoft/Linux networking environment. - Analogue and digital/VOIP telephone networks. - TCP/IP network fundamentals including working with Windows software configurations... DESIRABLE...
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: £20,000 + £2,500 Travel
Posted: 22 May 2013