The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the East Anglia region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 24 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 East Anglia region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 11 10 14
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +4
Permanent jobs citing Linux 1 2 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in East Anglia 2.326% 6.667% 10.92%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.143% 100.00% 68.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 13
Average salary £45,000 £48,750 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% -11.36%
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +6.94%
All Operating Systems
East Anglia
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
14 2 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in East Anglia 32.56% 6.667% 15.97%
Number of salaries quoted 12 2 19
Average salary £30,000 £48,750 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-38.46% -11.36%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
East of England

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Anglia 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 East Anglia region.

East Anglia Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Anglia 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 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) PMI
2 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (50.00%) NetApp
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) IT Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Forensics
2 1 (50.00%) Isilon
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Anglia 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) IT Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Forensics
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) NetApp
1 1 (50.00%) Isilon