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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 26 25 29
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +4
Permanent jobs citing Linux 235 246 220
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 7.645% 7.414% 6.159%
As % of the Operating Systems category 28.45% 31.50% 30.68%
Number of salaries quoted 201 224 188
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £23,050 £22,400
10% offered a salary of more than £54,750 £55,000 £46,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +6.94%
All Operating Systems
East Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
826 781 717
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 26.87% 23.54% 20.07%
Number of salaries quoted 694 703 638
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +12.90%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £22,410 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
England

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 Midlands region.

East Midlands Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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
Nottinghamshire +14 137 £37,500 +7.14%
Northamptonshire -10 46 £39,000 +8.33%
Leicestershire -33 21 £35,000 +27.27%
Derbyshire -7 20 £34,750 +26.36%
Lincolnshire -9 10 £30,000 -20.00%
Rutland - 1 - -
Linux
England

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 246 (53.48%) Windows
2 177 (38.48%) UNIX
3 137 (29.78%) VMware
4 130 (28.26%) MySQL
5 111 (24.13%) Oracle
6 104 (22.61%) Microsoft
7 92 (20.00%) Red Hat
8 90 (19.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 87 (18.91%) PHP
10 83 (18.04%) JavaScript
11 82 (17.83%) SAN
12 74 (16.09%) HTML
13 73 (15.87%) SQL
13 73 (15.87%) SQL Server
14 67 (14.57%) Cisco
14 67 (14.57%) HP
14 67 (14.57%) VMware Infrastructure
15 66 (14.35%) Windows Server 2003
16 64 (13.91%) CSS
17 63 (13.70%) Apache
18 61 (13.26%) Degree
19 59 (12.83%) Windows Server 2008
20 55 (11.96%) ITIL
20 55 (11.96%) TCP/IP
21 50 (10.87%) Active Directory
22 49 (10.65%) C++
23 47 (10.22%) Java
23 47 (10.22%) OO
23 47 (10.22%) Clustering
23 47 (10.22%) jQuery

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 74 (16.09%) HTML
2 64 (13.91%) CSS
3 47 (10.22%) jQuery
4 44 (9.565%) Ajax
5 33 (7.174%) .NET
6 29 (6.304%) XML
6 29 (6.304%) LAMP
7 23 (5.000%) ASP.NET
8 21 (4.565%) XHTML
9 17 (3.696%) ISPF
10 15 (3.261%) ASP
11 13 (2.826%) Web Services
12 11 (2.391%) Zend Framework
13 10 (2.174%) Middleware
14 9 (1.957%) WebSphere
15 8 (1.739%) J2EE
16 6 (1.304%) HTML5
16 6 (1.304%) Symfony
16 6 (1.304%) Django
16 6 (1.304%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 63 (13.70%) Apache
2 34 (7.391%) MS Exchange
3 33 (7.174%) Tomcat
4 30 (6.522%) WebLogic
5 27 (5.870%) Exchange Server 2010
6 22 (4.783%) Exchange Server 2007
7 15 (3.261%) IIS
7 15 (3.261%) CICS
8 14 (3.043%) Magento
8 14 (3.043%) Oracle Application Server
9 11 (2.391%) SharePoint
10 10 (2.174%) Drupal
10 10 (2.174%) CMS
11 8 (1.739%) WordPress
11 8 (1.739%) SAS
12 6 (1.304%) WebSphere Application Server
13 4 (0.870%) Exchange Server 2003
13 4 (0.870%) Joomla!
14 2 (0.435%) WebSphere Message Broker
14 2 (0.435%) Amazon EC2
Applications
1 29 (6.304%) MS Office
2 27 (5.870%) MS Excel
3 26 (5.652%) Photoshop
4 13 (2.826%) Google Apps
5 9 (1.957%) MS Visio
5 9 (1.957%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (0.652%) InDesign
7 2 (0.435%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.435%) Oracle EBS R12
1 2 (0.435%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (0.435%) Oracle Applications
1 2 (0.435%) Oracle 11i
2 1 (0.217%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 82 (17.83%) SAN
2 55 (11.96%) TCP/IP
3 45 (9.783%) Firewall
4 33 (7.174%) LAN
4 33 (7.174%) WAN
5 29 (6.304%) MPLS
5 29 (6.304%) Internet
6 25 (5.435%) DNS
7 22 (4.783%) FTP
8 21 (4.565%) VoIP
8 21 (4.565%) Fibre Channel
9 20 (4.348%) iSCSI
9 20 (4.348%) VPN
10 18 (3.913%) NAS
10 18 (3.913%) VLAN
11 12 (2.609%) HTTP
12 9 (1.957%) BGP
13 8 (1.739%) Cisco ASA
13 8 (1.739%) SSL
13 8 (1.739%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (28.26%) MySQL
2 73 (15.87%) SQL Server
3 24 (5.217%) Oracle 10g
4 23 (5.000%) Oracle 11g
5 22 (4.783%) Oracle 9i
6 19 (4.130%) DB2
6 19 (4.130%) Oracle 8/8i
6 19 (4.130%) PostgreSQL
6 19 (4.130%) SQL Server 2008
7 15 (3.261%) Oracle Exadata
8 12 (2.609%) SQL Server 2005
9 10 (2.174%) SQL Server 2000
10 8 (1.739%) RDBMS
11 5 (1.087%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (1.087%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 5 (1.087%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (1.087%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 4 (0.870%) NoSQL
12 4 (0.870%) Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.652%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 17 (3.696%) Dreamweaver
2 13 (2.826%) Git (software)
3 9 (1.957%) Subversion
4 8 (1.739%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.652%) Eclipse
6 2 (0.435%) Capistrano
6 2 (0.435%) Mercurial
6 2 (0.435%) Trac
6 2 (0.435%) Hudson
6 2 (0.435%) Maven
6 2 (0.435%) Xcode
6 2 (0.435%) ChangeMan
6 2 (0.435%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.217%) Ant
7 1 (0.217%) Bugzilla
7 1 (0.217%) Introscope
7 1 (0.217%) GitHub
7 1 (0.217%) Firebug
General
1 38 (8.261%) Finance
2 23 (5.000%) Telecoms
3 22 (4.783%) Marketing
4 12 (2.609%) Banking
5 7 (1.522%) Retail
6 6 (1.304%) Manufacturing
7 5 (1.087%) Back Office
7 5 (1.087%) Multimedia
8 4 (0.870%) Automotive
8 4 (0.870%) Electronics
9 3 (0.652%) Publishing
10 2 (0.435%) French Language
10 2 (0.435%) Legal
11 1 (0.217%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 111 (24.13%) Developer
2 52 (11.30%) Analyst
3 41 (8.913%) PHP Developer
4 35 (7.609%) Administrator
4 35 (7.609%) DBA
5 31 (6.739%) Software Engineer
6 25 (5.435%) Web Developer
7 24 (5.217%) Oracle DBA
7 24 (5.217%) Support Analyst
8 23 (5.000%) Systems Administrator
9 21 (4.565%) Systems Engineer
9 21 (4.565%) Designer
10 20 (4.348%) Linux Engineer
10 20 (4.348%) Senior Developer
10 20 (4.348%) Support Engineer
11 19 (4.130%) Programmer
11 19 (4.130%) Software Developer
12 18 (3.913%) Architect
13 17 (3.696%) Infrastructure Designer
14 16 (3.478%) Systems Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 47 (10.22%) Clustering
1 47 (10.22%) Open Source
2 39 (8.478%) Computer Science
3 22 (4.783%) SaaS
3 22 (4.783%) Mainframe
4 20 (4.348%) IaaS
5 17 (3.696%) Replication
6 16 (3.478%) Credit Risk
7 15 (3.261%) Management Information System
8 14 (3.043%) EMC Centera
9 9 (1.957%) Celerra
10 7 (1.522%) Digital Media
11 6 (1.304%) Visualisation
11 6 (1.304%) IVR
12 5 (1.087%) Mobile App
13 4 (0.870%) IBM Mainframe
13 4 (0.870%) iPhone
13 4 (0.870%) PKI
13 4 (0.870%) Smartphone
13 4 (0.870%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 246 (53.48%) Windows
2 177 (38.48%) UNIX
3 90 (19.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 66 (14.35%) Windows Server 2003
5 59 (12.83%) Windows Server 2008
6 29 (6.304%) HPUX
7 26 (5.652%) Solaris
8 24 (5.217%) Debian
9 20 (4.348%) MVS
10 18 (3.913%) AIX
11 16 (3.478%) Oracle Linux
12 15 (3.261%) zOS
12 15 (3.261%) Ubuntu
13 14 (3.043%) Windows 2000
14 12 (2.609%) SUSE
15 11 (2.391%) CentOS
16 10 (2.174%) Android
17 7 (1.522%) Windows XP
18 4 (0.870%) Windows 8
18 4 (0.870%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (11.96%) ITIL
2 47 (10.22%) OO
3 39 (8.478%) Disaster Recovery
4 29 (6.304%) Agile Software Development
5 28 (6.087%) E-Commerce
6 27 (5.870%) Data Management
7 24 (5.217%) Project Management
8 22 (4.783%) Load Balancing
9 17 (3.696%) Scrum
9 17 (3.696%) Capacity Planning
10 16 (3.478%) Information Security
11 15 (3.261%) Stakeholder Management
11 15 (3.261%) MVC
12 14 (3.043%) Web Development
12 14 (3.043%) Network Design
13 13 (2.826%) Configuration Management
13 13 (2.826%) Infrastructure Management
14 12 (2.609%) Logistics
14 12 (2.609%) OOP
15 11 (2.391%) Agile Project Management
Programming Languages
1 87 (18.91%) PHP
2 83 (18.04%) JavaScript
3 73 (15.87%) SQL
4 49 (10.65%) C++
5 47 (10.22%) Java
6 37 (8.043%) Shell Script
7 34 (7.391%) Perl
8 31 (6.739%) Python
9 30 (6.522%) C
9 30 (6.522%) Bash shell
10 28 (6.087%) PL/SQL
11 22 (4.783%) JCL
11 22 (4.783%) REXX
12 20 (4.348%) C#
13 17 (3.696%) VB.NET
14 15 (3.261%) VBScript
14 15 (3.261%) PowerShell
15 12 (2.609%) PHP5
16 9 (1.957%) ActionScript
17 8 (1.739%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 61 (13.26%) Degree
2 40 (8.696%) Microsoft Certification
3 38 (8.261%) MCSE
4 24 (5.217%) Cisco Certification
5 22 (4.783%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 21 (4.565%) MCITP
7 16 (3.478%) CCNA
8 11 (2.391%) Security Cleared
9 10 (2.174%) SC Cleared
10 8 (1.739%) MCDST
11 7 (1.522%) MCP
12 6 (1.304%) Postgraduate
12 6 (1.304%) PhD
12 6 (1.304%) Oracle Certification
13 5 (1.087%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (1.087%) CCA
13 5 (1.087%) Citrix Certification
13 5 (1.087%) OCP
13 5 (1.087%) CCNP
13 5 (1.087%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.826%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (1.739%) QA
2 8 (1.739%) SLA
3 3 (0.652%) TickIT
3 3 (0.652%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.435%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.217%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 67 (14.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 50 (10.87%) Active Directory
3 25 (5.435%) Oracle RAC
3 25 (5.435%) vSphere
4 24 (5.217%) VMware ESX
5 22 (4.783%) Oracle RMAN
6 19 (4.130%) Hyper-V
7 17 (3.696%) NFS
8 10 (2.174%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (1.739%) XenApp
10 6 (1.304%) Samba
11 5 (1.087%) Terminal Services
11 5 (1.087%) Citrix Presentation Server
12 4 (0.870%) VMware Workstation
13 3 (0.652%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.652%) Xen
13 3 (0.652%) PowerHA
14 1 (0.217%) RACF
14 1 (0.217%) Dovecot
14 1 (0.217%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 27 (5.870%) Tivoli
2 23 (5.000%) Data Guard
3 21 (4.565%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 20 (4.348%) NetBackup
5 17 (3.696%) Control-M
6 14 (3.043%) SolarWinds Orion
7 7 (1.522%) Backup Exec
8 6 (1.304%) SCOM
9 5 (1.087%) Puppet
10 4 (0.870%) EMC NetWorker
10 4 (0.870%) BladeLogic
10 4 (0.870%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 4 (0.870%) Nagios
11 3 (0.652%) CA Wily
12 2 (0.435%) ServiceCenter
12 2 (0.435%) ZABBIX
12 2 (0.435%) DameWare
12 2 (0.435%) OpenView
12 2 (0.435%) Netcool
12 2 (0.435%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 137 (29.78%) VMware
2 111 (24.13%) Oracle
3 104 (22.61%) Microsoft
4 92 (20.00%) Red Hat
5 67 (14.57%) Cisco
5 67 (14.57%) HP
6 41 (8.913%) IBM
7 33 (7.174%) EMC
8 21 (4.565%) CA
8 21 (4.565%) Citrix
8 21 (4.565%) SolarWinds
9 20 (4.348%) Mercator
10 17 (3.696%) JBoss
10 17 (3.696%) BMC
10 17 (3.696%) Veritas
10 17 (3.696%) Zend
11 14 (3.043%) Google
12 13 (2.826%) Dell
12 13 (2.826%) CheckPoint
12 13 (2.826%) hybris
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