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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 8 4 14
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +10
Permanent jobs citing Linux 13 29 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Durham 18.06% 19.86% 7.071%
As % of the Operating Systems category 65.00% 42.65% 20.00%
Number of salaries quoted 12 28 3
Average salary £33,000 £28,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.85% -34.11%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.94%
All Operating Systems
Durham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
20 68 35
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Durham 27.78% 46.58% 35.35%
Number of salaries quoted 18 63 24
Average salary £32,500 £29,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.06% -14.70%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £21,500 £32,200
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £60,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
North East

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Durham 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 Durham region.

Durham Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the Durham region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Durham Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Durham region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Darlington +4 3 £42,500 +13.33%
Linux
North East

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Durham 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 16 (57.14%) C
2 14 (50.00%) PHP
2 14 (50.00%) SQL
2 14 (50.00%) .NET
3 12 (42.86%) C#
3 12 (42.86%) Telecoms
4 11 (39.29%) C++
4 11 (39.29%) Agile Software Development
5 10 (35.71%) Java
6 9 (32.14%) CSS
6 9 (32.14%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 9 (32.14%) UNIX
6 9 (32.14%) Configuration Management
6 9 (32.14%) Subversion
7 8 (28.57%) Qt
7 8 (28.57%) OOP
7 8 (28.57%) Apache
7 8 (28.57%) MySQL
8 7 (25.00%) Perl
9 6 (21.43%) J2EE
9 6 (21.43%) MFC
9 6 (21.43%) Oracle
9 6 (21.43%) SQL Server
9 6 (21.43%) VB.NET
9 6 (21.43%) HTML
9 6 (21.43%) Python
9 6 (21.43%) VC++
9 6 (21.43%) Windows
9 6 (21.43%) ASP
9 6 (21.43%) JSP

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Durham 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 14 (50.00%) .NET
2 9 (32.14%) CSS
3 8 (28.57%) Qt
4 6 (21.43%) J2EE
4 6 (21.43%) MFC
4 6 (21.43%) HTML
4 6 (21.43%) ASP
4 6 (21.43%) JSP
4 6 (21.43%) SOAP
5 4 (14.29%) XML
6 3 (10.71%) XSLT
6 3 (10.71%) XHTML
7 1 (3.571%) Spring
7 1 (3.571%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 8 (28.57%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (14.29%) MS Excel
2 2 (7.143%) MS Project
2 2 (7.143%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (21.43%) Internet
1 6 (21.43%) Ethernet
1 6 (21.43%) TCP/IP
2 5 (17.86%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (28.57%) MySQL
2 6 (21.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (32.14%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 9 (32.14%) Subversion
2 6 (21.43%) PHPUnit
3 3 (10.71%) Visual Studio
4 1 (3.571%) Oracle Forms
General
1 12 (42.86%) Telecoms
2 6 (21.43%) Marketing
3 5 (17.86%) Manufacturing
4 4 (14.29%) Back Office
5 3 (10.71%) Electronics
6 2 (7.143%) Finance
Job Titles
1 17 (60.71%) Software Engineer
2 5 (17.86%) Field Service Engineer
2 5 (17.86%) Support Engineer
2 5 (17.86%) Field Engineer
3 4 (14.29%) Developer
4 3 (10.71%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Firmware Engineer
5 2 (7.143%) Java Engineer
5 2 (7.143%) Development Engineer
5 2 (7.143%) Software Development Engineer
5 2 (7.143%) C Software Engineer
5 2 (7.143%) Java Developer
6 1 (3.571%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 1 (3.571%) Desktop Engineer
6 1 (3.571%) Java Programmer
6 1 (3.571%) QA Test Manager
6 1 (3.571%) Test Manager
6 1 (3.571%) Web Developer
6 1 (3.571%) Programmer
6 1 (3.571%) QA Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) Embedded Systems
1 3 (10.71%) Firmware
2 2 (7.143%) Derivative
2 2 (7.143%) Equity Derivative
3 1 (3.571%) Open Source
3 1 (3.571%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 9 (32.14%) UNIX
2 6 (21.43%) Windows
3 3 (10.71%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (39.29%) Agile Software Development
2 9 (32.14%) Configuration Management
3 8 (28.57%) OOP
4 6 (21.43%) Scrum
4 6 (21.43%) Refactoring
4 6 (21.43%) Multithreading
5 3 (10.71%) Embedded Software Development
6 2 (7.143%) OO
6 2 (7.143%) Waterfall
7 1 (3.571%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 16 (57.14%) C
2 14 (50.00%) PHP
2 14 (50.00%) SQL
3 12 (42.86%) C#
4 11 (39.29%) C++
5 10 (35.71%) Java
6 7 (25.00%) Perl
7 6 (21.43%) VB.NET
7 6 (21.43%) Python
7 6 (21.43%) VC++
7 6 (21.43%) ECMAScript
8 3 (10.71%) Assembly Language
8 3 (10.71%) Embedded C
8 3 (10.71%) Embedded C++
9 2 (7.143%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (17.86%) MCDST
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (17.86%) HNC
1 5 (17.86%) HND
1 5 (17.86%) MCSE
2 1 (3.571%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.143%) ISO 9000
2 1 (3.571%) QA
2 1 (3.571%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.571%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.571%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 6 (21.43%) Oracle
1 6 (21.43%) Citrix
2 5 (17.86%) Cisco
2 5 (17.86%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.571%) Symantec
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