Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the East Midlands region.

 Linux
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank414430
Rank change year-on-year
Up+3Down-14
Matching permanent IT job ads100107318
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands4.186 %4.444 %5.353 %
As % of the Operating Systems category20.16 %20.11 %19.68 %
Salaries quoted79100293
Average salary£32,500£32,000£32,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.560 %-0.770 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£18,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£44,000£49,182£42,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
East Midlands IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
East Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
4965321616
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands20.76 %22.09 %27.20 %
Salaries quoted4194691426
Average salary£28,500£30,000£30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.000 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£20,000£18,000£21,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£42,900£42,500£42,500
UK excluding London average salary£33,500£32,500£32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.070 %-
Linux EnglandLinux
England

Linux
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Linux
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

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 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
NottinghamshireUp+1937£31,250-10.71 %
NorthamptonshireUp+1127£40,500+92.85 %
LincolnshireDown-814£23,750-34.02 %
DerbyshireUp+210£32,500+1.56 %
LeicestershireUp+38£31,250+0.80 %
Linux EnglandLinux
England

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

177 (40.74 %)PHP
272 (38.10 %)MySQL
369 (36.51 %)UNIX
462 (32.80 %)Windows
550 (26.46 %)JavaScript
550 (26.46 %)CSS
643 (22.75 %)SQL
742 (22.22 %)VMware
840 (21.16 %)Apache
939 (20.63 %)AJAX
1037 (19.58 %)XHTML
1136 (19.05 %)HTML
1231 (16.40 %)E-Commerce
1231 (16.40 %)Web Development
1330 (15.87 %)C
1428 (14.81 %)DNS
1527 (14.29 %)SAN
1527 (14.29 %)Flash
1625 (13.23 %)AIX
1625 (13.23 %)IBM
1724 (12.70 %)HP
1724 (12.70 %)Red Hat
1724 (12.70 %)OOP
1724 (12.70 %)Red Hat Linux
1822 (11.64 %)PHP5
1822 (11.64 %)ITIL
1822 (11.64 %)Microsoft Certification
1921 (11.11 %)OO
1921 (11.11 %)VMware Infrastructure
2020 (10.58 %)Solaris

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

East Midlands IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
150 (26.46 %)CSS
239 (20.63 %)AJAX
337 (19.58 %)XHTML
436 (19.05 %)HTML
527 (14.29 %)Flash
619 (10.05 %)ASP
717 (8.995 %)XML
816 (8.466 %)jQuery
913 (6.878 %).NET
1012 (6.349 %)Web Services
1110 (5.291 %)SOAP
128 (4.233 %)OpenGL
128 (4.233 %)DirectX
128 (4.233 %)LAMP
137 (3.704 %)ASP.NET
144 (2.116 %)J2EE
153 (1.587 %)XSLT
153 (1.587 %)Middleware
153 (1.587 %)WebSphere
162 (1.058 %)HTML5
East Midlands IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
140 (21.16 %)Apache
218 (9.524 %)IIS
312 (6.349 %)CMS
410 (5.291 %)SharePoint
56 (3.175 %)MS Exchange
65 (2.646 %)Exchange Server 2003
73 (1.587 %)Joomla!
73 (1.587 %)WordPress
73 (1.587 %)Magento
82 (1.058 %)Moodle
82 (1.058 %)OpenEdge
82 (1.058 %)WebSphere Process Server
82 (1.058 %)Oracle Application Server
82 (1.058 %)WebSphere Application Server
91 (0.529 %)SonicMQ
91 (0.529 %)ColdFusion
91 (0.529 %)osCommerce
91 (0.529 %)Oracle 10gAS
East Midlands IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
111 (5.820 %)MS Excel
24 (2.116 %)Photoshop
33 (1.587 %)MS Office
33 (1.587 %)Adobe Illustrator
41 (0.529 %)Fireworks
East Midlands IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (1.058 %)Oracle EBS
12 (1.058 %)Oracle ERP
12 (1.058 %)Oracle Applications
12 (1.058 %)Dynamics CRM
East Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
128 (14.81 %)DNS
227 (14.29 %)SAN
317 (8.995 %)Firewall
413 (6.878 %)Internet
512 (6.349 %)VPN
69 (4.762 %)DSL
78 (4.233 %)HTTP
78 (4.233 %)TCP/IP
87 (3.704 %)Intranet
87 (3.704 %)IPsec
96 (3.175 %)DHCP
96 (3.175 %)LAN
96 (3.175 %)VoIP
104 (2.116 %)WAN
104 (2.116 %)GPRS
104 (2.116 %)GSM
104 (2.116 %)Network Security
104 (2.116 %)NAS
113 (1.587 %)FTP
122 (1.058 %)LDAP
East Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
172 (38.10 %)MySQL
211 (5.820 %)SQL Server
34 (2.116 %)RDBMS
43 (1.587 %)DB2
43 (1.587 %)Crystal Reports
52 (1.058 %)Oracle 9i
52 (1.058 %)Datawarehouse
52 (1.058 %)Oracle 10g
61 (0.529 %)GIS
61 (0.529 %)UniData
East Midlands IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
14 (2.116 %)ClearCase
14 (2.116 %)Bugzilla
22 (1.058 %)JDeveloper
31 (0.529 %)WebSpeed
31 (0.529 %)Dreamweaver
31 (0.529 %)Subversion
31 (0.529 %)Visual Studio
East Midlands IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
115 (7.937 %)Telecoms
27 (3.704 %)Marketing
34 (2.116 %)Aerospace
34 (2.116 %)Government
42 (1.058 %)Social Media
51 (0.529 %)Police
51 (0.529 %)Military
51 (0.529 %)Retail
51 (0.529 %)Insurance
51 (0.529 %)Pensions
51 (0.529 %)Education
51 (0.529 %)Finance
East Midlands IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
163 (33.33 %)Developer
233 (17.46 %)PHP Developer
329 (15.34 %)Web Developer
424 (12.70 %)Support Engineer
522 (11.64 %)Analyst
621 (11.11 %)Administrator
718 (9.524 %)Support Analyst
718 (9.524 %)Systems Administrator
813 (6.878 %)Technical Support
813 (6.878 %)DBA
912 (6.349 %)UNIX Administrator
912 (6.349 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
1011 (5.820 %)Lead Developer
1011 (5.820 %)Software Engineer
1110 (5.291 %)Web Designer
1110 (5.291 %)Designer
129 (4.762 %)PHP Web Developer
138 (4.233 %)Technical Support Analyst
138 (4.233 %)Technical Specialist
138 (4.233 %)Embedded Software Engineer
East Midlands IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
117 (8.995 %)Clustering
212 (6.349 %)French Language
38 (4.233 %)Visualisation
38 (4.233 %)Client/Server
46 (3.175 %)Open Source
54 (2.116 %)Firmware
63 (1.587 %)German Language
63 (1.587 %)Computer Science
72 (1.058 %)Learning Management System
72 (1.058 %)HACMP
72 (1.058 %)E-Learning
72 (1.058 %)Management Information System
72 (1.058 %)Replication
81 (0.529 %)Mainframe
East Midlands IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
169 (36.51 %)UNIX
262 (32.80 %)Windows
325 (13.23 %)AIX
424 (12.70 %)Red Hat Linux
520 (10.58 %)Solaris
615 (7.937 %)Windows Server 2003
712 (6.349 %)HPUX
88 (4.233 %)Embedded Linux
88 (4.233 %)Windows 2000 Server
95 (2.646 %)IRIX
104 (2.116 %)Fedora
104 (2.116 %)Windows XP
113 (1.587 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
122 (1.058 %)OS/400
122 (1.058 %)Windows 2000
122 (1.058 %)Ubuntu
122 (1.058 %)SUSE
122 (1.058 %)Debian
131 (0.529 %)Windows Vista
131 (0.529 %)Windows Server 2008
East Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
131 (16.40 %)E-Commerce
131 (16.40 %)Web Development
224 (12.70 %)OOP
322 (11.64 %)ITIL
421 (11.11 %)OO
519 (10.05 %)Content Management
617 (8.995 %)System Testing
711 (5.820 %)Configuration Management
89 (4.762 %)SEO
97 (3.704 %)Supplier Management
106 (3.175 %)Stakeholder Management
106 (3.175 %)Business Continuity
115 (2.646 %)Logistics
115 (2.646 %)Matrix Management
115 (2.646 %)Service Delivery
124 (2.116 %)Project Management
124 (2.116 %)Web Design
124 (2.116 %)Information Security
133 (1.587 %)B2B
133 (1.587 %)MVC
East Midlands IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
177 (40.74 %)PHP
250 (26.46 %)JavaScript
343 (22.75 %)SQL
430 (15.87 %)C
522 (11.64 %)PHP5
616 (8.466 %)Java
713 (6.878 %)PHP4
811 (5.820 %)Shell Script
811 (5.820 %)Perl
811 (5.820 %)C++
95 (2.646 %)C#
104 (2.116 %)Embedded C
104 (2.116 %)Embedded C++
112 (1.058 %)PowerShell
112 (1.058 %)VB
121 (0.529 %)Python
121 (0.529 %)Progress 4GL
East Midlands IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
122 (11.64 %)Microsoft Certification
220 (10.58 %)MCSE
318 (9.524 %)CCNA
318 (9.524 %)Cisco Certification
416 (8.466 %)Degree
513 (6.878 %)MCSA
69 (4.762 %)ITIL Certification
78 (4.233 %)Security Cleared
85 (2.646 %)MCP
94 (2.116 %)RHCE
94 (2.116 %)SC Cleared
94 (2.116 %)DV Cleared
103 (1.587 %)CCNP
112 (1.058 %)IBM Certification
121 (0.529 %)IBM AIX Certification
121 (0.529 %)MCITP
121 (0.529 %)MCPD
121 (0.529 %)ISEB
East Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (1.058 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
21 (0.529 %)SLA
East Midlands IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
121 (11.11 %)VMware Infrastructure
210 (5.291 %)VMware ESX
39 (4.762 %)Active Directory
43 (1.587 %)Terminal Services
52 (1.058 %)ISA Server
52 (1.058 %)VMware Workstation
52 (1.058 %)Oracle RMAN
52 (1.058 %)Oracle RAC
52 (1.058 %)Citrix Presentation Server
52 (1.058 %)XenApp
52 (1.058 %)XenServer
52 (1.058 %)DFS Replication
61 (0.529 %)MetaFrame
East Midlands IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
117 (8.995 %)NetBackup
211 (5.820 %)EMC NetWorker
32 (1.058 %)SCCM
32 (1.058 %)Data Guard
32 (1.058 %)OpenView
32 (1.058 %)Legato
32 (1.058 %)Tivoli
32 (1.058 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
East Midlands IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
142 (22.22 %)VMware
225 (13.23 %)IBM
324 (12.70 %)HP
324 (12.70 %)Red Hat
420 (10.58 %)Microsoft
519 (10.05 %)Citrix
618 (9.524 %)Veritas
714 (7.407 %)EMC
813 (6.878 %)Oracle
911 (5.820 %)CommVault
1010 (5.291 %)Cisco
119 (4.762 %)NetApp
128 (4.233 %)Intel
128 (4.233 %)Sun
133 (1.587 %)Avaya
133 (1.587 %)StorageTek
133 (1.587 %)Symantec
142 (1.058 %)Lotus
142 (1.058 %)Mercator
142 (1.058 %)Teradata