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This section looks at the demand for Linux skills within the Dorset 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLinux
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3853
Rank change on same period last yearUp+15
Matching permanent IT job ads6542
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.034 %0.017 %
As % of the category below28.89 %10.02 %
Salaries quoted6240
Average minimum salary£27,055£31,440
Average salary£30,452£34,232
% change on same period last year-11.04 %
Average maximum salary£33,849£37,024
UK excluding London average salary£36,371£36,383
% change on same period last year-0.03 %
Dorset IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Dorset
Matching permanent IT job ads225419
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.119 %0.172 %
Salaries quoted172302
Average minimum salary£30,369£35,773
Average salary£34,042£39,415
% change on same period last year-13.63 %
Average maximum salary£37,714£43,056
UK excluding London average salary£34,472£35,006
% change on same period last year-1.52 %
Linux South WestLinux
South West

Linux
Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the Dorset region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Dorset Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
PooleUp+3531£30,617-17.04 %
BournemouthUp+2622£31,762-14.73 %
Linux South WestLinux
South West

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Dorset 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.

147 (46.53 %)UNIX
243 (42.57 %)Windows
332 (31.68 %)C
424 (23.76 %)Java
522 (21.78 %)Microsoft
621 (20.79 %)Active Directory
720 (19.80 %)Degree
819 (18.81 %)C++
916 (15.84 %)TCP/IP
1015 (14.85 %)Perl
1015 (14.85 %)XML
1114 (13.86 %)Python
1213 (12.87 %)Solaris
1213 (12.87 %)HTTP
1311 (10.89 %)Banking
1311 (10.89 %)QA
1311 (10.89 %)SQL
1311 (10.89 %)Oracle
1311 (10.89 %)IIS
1410 (9.901 %)MySQL
1410 (9.901 %)PHP
1410 (9.901 %)FTP
1410 (9.901 %)MS Exchange
1410 (9.901 %)OO
1410 (9.901 %)JBoss
1410 (9.901 %)Cisco
1410 (9.901 %)iSCSI
159 (8.911 %)Computer Science
159 (8.911 %)Finance
159 (8.911 %)Electronics

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Dorset 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.

Dorset IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
115 (14.85 %)XML
29 (8.911 %)HTML
38 (7.921 %)WebSphere
47 (6.931 %)Ruby on Rails
56 (5.941 %)ASP
56 (5.941 %)SOAP
65 (4.950 %).NET
65 (4.950 %)J2EE
65 (4.950 %)CSS
65 (4.950 %)TopLink
74 (3.960 %)Spring
74 (3.960 %)LAMP
74 (3.960 %)JDBC
74 (3.960 %)JSP
74 (3.960 %)Servlets
74 (3.960 %)EJB
74 (3.960 %)WebServices
74 (3.960 %)XSL
74 (3.960 %)ODBC
83 (2.970 %)Hibernate
Dorset IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
111 (10.89 %)IIS
210 (9.901 %)JBoss
210 (9.901 %)MS Exchange
38 (7.921 %)Apache
44 (3.960 %)Tomcat
44 (3.960 %)WebLogic
52 (1.980 %)Exchange Server 2003
52 (1.980 %)Joomla!
61 (0.990 %)CMS
Dorset IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (5.941 %)MS Excel
21 (0.990 %)Photoshop
Dorset IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
116 (15.84 %)TCP/IP
213 (12.87 %)HTTP
310 (9.901 %)FTP
310 (9.901 %)iSCSI
47 (6.931 %)LDAP
55 (4.950 %)SAN
64 (3.960 %)SNA
73 (2.970 %)SNMP
73 (2.970 %)LAN
73 (2.970 %)VoIP
73 (2.970 %)WAN
82 (1.980 %)Internet
82 (1.980 %)SSL
91 (0.990 %)Firewall
91 (0.990 %)SMTP
91 (0.990 %)DNS
Dorset IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (9.901 %)MySQL
28 (7.921 %)SQL Server
34 (3.960 %)SQL Server 2000
42 (1.980 %)Oracle 10g
42 (1.980 %)Oracle 9i
51 (0.990 %)TOAD
51 (0.990 %)Oracle Discoverer
Dorset IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (5.941 %)CruiseControl
24 (3.960 %)Ant
32 (1.980 %)Subversion
41 (0.990 %)Oracle APEX
41 (0.990 %)Flash
Dorset IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (10.89 %)Banking
29 (8.911 %)Finance
29 (8.911 %)Electronics
34 (3.960 %)Insurance
34 (3.960 %)Pensions
43 (2.970 %)Aerospace
52 (1.980 %)Marketing
52 (1.980 %)Telecoms
52 (1.980 %)Health
61 (0.990 %)Graphic Design
61 (0.990 %)Education
61 (0.990 %)Electric
61 (0.990 %)Government
Dorset IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
127 (26.73 %)Software Engineer
223 (22.77 %)Developer
314 (13.86 %)Test Engineer
412 (11.88 %)Software Test Engineer
510 (9.901 %)Graduate
66 (5.941 %)Tester
66 (5.941 %)Web Developer
66 (5.941 %)Support Engineer
66 (5.941 %)Software Tester
66 (5.941 %)Java Developer
75 (4.950 %)C++ Developer
75 (4.950 %)Team Leader
75 (4.950 %)Software Developer
75 (4.950 %)C Developer
75 (4.950 %)Graduate Software Engineer
84 (3.960 %)C++ Software Developer
84 (3.960 %)UNIX Engineer
84 (3.960 %)Electronics Engineer
84 (3.960 %)Java Software Engineer
93 (2.970 %)Senior Software Engineer
Dorset IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (8.911 %)Computer Science
28 (7.921 %)Firmware
28 (7.921 %)Device Driver
37 (6.931 %)Physics
44 (3.960 %)N-Tier
44 (3.960 %)CLARiiON
44 (3.960 %)Symmetrix
53 (2.970 %)W3C
61 (0.990 %)Ergonomics
61 (0.990 %)Cryptography
61 (0.990 %)Web 2.0
Dorset IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
147 (46.53 %)UNIX
243 (42.57 %)Windows
313 (12.87 %)Solaris
48 (7.921 %)Mac OS X
56 (5.941 %)Windows 2000
65 (4.950 %)AIX
65 (4.950 %)Windows Server 2003
73 (2.970 %)VxWorks
82 (1.980 %)SUSE
82 (1.980 %)Debian
82 (1.980 %)Fedora
82 (1.980 %)Ubuntu
82 (1.980 %)Windows Vista
82 (1.980 %)Windows XP
Dorset IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (9.901 %)OO
27 (6.931 %)Project Management
27 (6.931 %)Process Management
36 (5.941 %)Performance Testing
36 (5.941 %)Web Development
45 (4.950 %)Test Management
45 (4.950 %)Continuous Integration
45 (4.950 %)Scrum
45 (4.950 %)TDD
54 (3.960 %)Validation
63 (2.970 %)Security Cleared
63 (2.970 %)UML
63 (2.970 %)E-Commerce
72 (1.980 %)Data Management
72 (1.980 %)Content Management
72 (1.980 %)Software Engineering
72 (1.980 %)Business Continuity
72 (1.980 %)Risk Management
81 (0.990 %)Business Analysis
81 (0.990 %)Software Testing
Dorset IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
132 (31.68 %)C
224 (23.76 %)Java
319 (18.81 %)C++
415 (14.85 %)Perl
514 (13.86 %)Python
611 (10.89 %)SQL
710 (9.901 %)PHP
88 (7.921 %)VB
97 (6.931 %)Ruby
104 (3.960 %)C#
113 (2.970 %)PL/SQL
122 (1.980 %)Transact-SQL
122 (1.980 %)JavaScript
122 (1.980 %)VB.NET
122 (1.980 %)Embedded C
122 (1.980 %)Assembly Language
122 (1.980 %)VB6
131 (0.990 %)Shell Script
131 (0.990 %)Embedded C++
131 (0.990 %)ActionScript
Dorset IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
120 (19.80 %)Degree
23 (2.970 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (1.980 %)RHCE
32 (1.980 %)Sun Certification
32 (1.980 %)MCSE
32 (1.980 %)SCSA
41 (0.990 %)MCP
41 (0.990 %)CCNA
41 (0.990 %)Cisco Certification
41 (0.990 %)ITIL Certification
Dorset IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (10.89 %)QA
21 (0.990 %)ISO9001
Dorset IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
121 (20.79 %)Active Directory
24 (3.960 %)NetBackup
24 (3.960 %)NFS
32 (1.980 %)VMware Infrastructure
Dorset IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (2.970 %)AutoSys
21 (0.990 %)Tivoli
21 (0.990 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Dorset IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
122 (21.78 %)Microsoft
211 (10.89 %)Oracle
310 (9.901 %)Cisco
45 (4.950 %)Red Hat
54 (3.960 %)NetApp
54 (3.960 %)VERITAS
54 (3.960 %)Brocade
54 (3.960 %)IBM
54 (3.960 %)EMC
63 (2.970 %)Sun
63 (2.970 %)SonicWALL
72 (1.980 %)HP
72 (1.980 %)Motorola
72 (1.980 %)VMware
81 (0.990 %)Fujitsu
81 (0.990 %)Infovista
81 (0.990 %)Citrix
81 (0.990 %)SAP
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