The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 19 June 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 of England region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 16 15 16
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Linux 936 1132 1182
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 11.62% 13.24% 11.93%
As % of the Operating Systems category 38.49% 43.19% 43.41%
Number of salaries quoted 754 893 934
Average salary £42,000 £40,000 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.00% +2.56%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £53,900 £53,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-3.84% +4.00%
All Operating Systems
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
2432 2621 2723
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 30.20% 30.66% 27.49%
Number of salaries quoted 2069 2145 2282
Average salary £37,500 £39,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.84% +4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
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 of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the East of England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

East of England 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 of England region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Cambridgeshire +2 435 £42,500 - 88
Hertfordshire -5 245 £45,000 +8.43% 28
Suffolk +10 100 £35,000 +7.69% 2
Bedfordshire 0 81 £45,000 +5.88% 9
Essex -8 70 £36,750 -8.12% 9
Norfolk -29 9 £25,000 -28.57% 1
Linux
England

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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.

1 848 (43.80%) Windows
2 545 (28.15%) UNIX
3 480 (24.79%) Degree
4 443 (22.88%) C
5 425 (21.95%) Oracle
6 421 (21.75%) Apache
7 412 (21.28%) C++
8 409 (21.13%) Perl
9 407 (21.02%) MySQL
10 404 (20.87%) Python
11 403 (20.82%) Java
12 388 (20.04%) SQL
13 320 (16.53%) Red Hat
14 292 (15.08%) TCP/IP
15 277 (14.31%) Microsoft
16 269 (13.89%) VMware
17 245 (12.65%) JavaScript
18 244 (12.60%) PHP
19 235 (12.14%) Finance
20 223 (11.52%) ITIL
21 213 (11.00%) Computer Science
22 205 (10.59%) SAN
23 204 (10.54%) Cisco
24 203 (10.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
25 189 (9.762%) Bash shell
26 184 (9.504%) Agile Software Development
26 184 (9.504%) DNS
27 179 (9.246%) CSS
27 179 (9.246%) Tomcat
27 179 (9.246%) Firewall

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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
1 179 (9.246%) CSS
2 159 (8.213%) HTML
3 156 (8.058%) Web Services
4 148 (7.645%) XML
5 130 (6.715%) WebSphere
6 129 (6.663%) Middleware
7 121 (6.250%) jQuery
8 96 (4.959%) J2EE
9 94 (4.855%) .NET
10 89 (4.597%) Ajax
11 86 (4.442%) SOAP
12 83 (4.287%) LAMP
12 83 (4.287%) Spring
13 70 (3.616%) JSON
14 60 (3.099%) REST
15 56 (2.893%) Qt
16 49 (2.531%) Oracle Fusion
16 49 (2.531%) Hibernate
17 47 (2.428%) WebCenter
18 39 (2.014%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 421 (21.75%) Apache
2 179 (9.246%) Tomcat
3 167 (8.626%) IIS
4 83 (4.287%) WebLogic
5 79 (4.081%) SharePoint
6 60 (3.099%) WebSphere Application Server
7 55 (2.841%) MS Exchange
8 38 (1.963%) MQSeries
9 36 (1.860%) Amazon AWS
10 31 (1.601%) IBM HTTP Server
11 29 (1.498%) WebSphere Message Broker
12 27 (1.395%) CMS
12 27 (1.395%) Exchange Server 2010
13 24 (1.240%) nginx
14 16 (0.826%) Exchange Server 2007
15 15 (0.775%) Exchange Server 2003
16 12 (0.620%) Drupal
16 12 (0.620%) Oracle Application Server
16 12 (0.620%) Oracle Workflow
17 10 (0.517%) Amazon EC2
Applications
1 102 (5.269%) MS Excel
2 39 (2.014%) MS Office
3 9 (0.465%) Photoshop
4 6 (0.310%) Google Apps
5 1 (0.052%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.052%) DOC1
5 1 (0.052%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 32 (1.653%) Documaker
2 16 (0.826%) Taleo
3 9 (0.465%) Oracle Applications
4 4 (0.207%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.207%) Oracle EBS R12
4 4 (0.207%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.207%) Oracle 11i
5 3 (0.155%) Temenos Globus
6 2 (0.103%) Oracle BPM
7 1 (0.052%) BASE24
7 1 (0.052%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.052%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.052%) assyst
7 1 (0.052%) Exstream
Communications & Networking
1 292 (15.08%) TCP/IP
2 205 (10.59%) SAN
3 184 (9.504%) DNS
4 179 (9.246%) Firewall
5 128 (6.612%) HTTP
6 119 (6.147%) Internet
7 73 (3.771%) iSCSI
8 69 (3.564%) Broadband
9 67 (3.461%) VoIP
10 60 (3.099%) Fibre Channel
11 56 (2.893%) Wireless
12 51 (2.634%) DHCP
13 49 (2.531%) LAN
14 45 (2.324%) VPN
15 44 (2.273%) NAS
16 40 (2.066%) WAN
17 36 (1.860%) Ethernet
18 35 (1.808%) SSL
19 33 (1.705%) SSH
19 33 (1.705%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 407 (21.02%) MySQL
2 153 (7.903%) SQL Server
3 77 (3.977%) DB2
4 38 (1.963%) PostgreSQL
5 35 (1.808%) RDBMS
6 30 (1.550%) Oracle 8/8i
6 30 (1.550%) MongoDB
6 30 (1.550%) Big Data
7 25 (1.291%) Redis
8 24 (1.240%) Firebird
9 23 (1.188%) Oracle 11g
10 17 (0.878%) Oracle 10g
11 14 (0.723%) Neo4j
11 14 (0.723%) NoSQL
11 14 (0.723%) MS Access
12 13 (0.671%) Text Mining
13 12 (0.620%) SQL Server 2008
14 10 (0.517%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 9 (0.465%) Oracle Reports
16 7 (0.362%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 116 (5.992%) Subversion
2 75 (3.874%) Selenium
3 59 (3.048%) Git (software)
4 47 (2.428%) Eclipse
5 27 (1.395%) JIRA
6 22 (1.136%) Visual Studio
7 21 (1.085%) LabVIEW
8 20 (1.033%) Ant
9 19 (0.981%) JUnit
10 17 (0.878%) QuickTest Pro
10 17 (0.878%) FitNesse
11 15 (0.775%) Jenkins
12 12 (0.620%) GCC
13 10 (0.517%) Mercurial
14 8 (0.413%) Bugzilla
15 7 (0.362%) VSS/SourceSafe
15 7 (0.362%) Maven
15 7 (0.362%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 7 (0.362%) SCons
16 6 (0.310%) GoogleTest
General
1 235 (12.14%) Finance
2 69 (3.564%) Electronics
3 68 (3.512%) Retail
4 50 (2.583%) Telecoms
5 43 (2.221%) Manufacturing
6 39 (2.014%) Games
7 38 (1.963%) Marketing
8 32 (1.653%) Multimedia
9 20 (1.033%) Automotive
10 17 (0.878%) Pharmaceutical
11 12 (0.620%) Back Office
11 12 (0.620%) Aerospace
11 12 (0.620%) Advertising
12 11 (0.568%) Financial Institution
12 11 (0.568%) Banking
13 10 (0.517%) Military
14 7 (0.362%) Law
15 6 (0.310%) Billing
16 5 (0.258%) Publishing
16 5 (0.258%) German Language
Job Titles
1 435 (22.47%) Developer
2 358 (18.49%) Software Engineer
3 268 (13.84%) Administrator
4 214 (11.05%) Systems Administrator
5 143 (7.386%) Linux Administrator
6 141 (7.283%) Systems Engineer
7 128 (6.612%) Software Developer
8 126 (6.508%) Analyst
9 123 (6.353%) Linux Engineer
9 123 (6.353%) Linux Systems Administrator
10 91 (4.700%) Support Engineer
11 89 (4.597%) Java Developer
12 85 (4.390%) Applications Support
13 82 (4.236%) Architect
14 77 (3.977%) Senior Developer
15 76 (3.926%) PHP Developer
16 74 (3.822%) Test Engineer
17 72 (3.719%) Support Analyst
18 56 (2.893%) Embedded Software Engineer
19 55 (2.841%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 213 (11.00%) Computer Science
2 80 (4.132%) Device Driver
3 77 (3.977%) SaaS
4 72 (3.719%) Open Source
5 61 (3.151%) Embedded Systems
6 55 (2.841%) Mathematics
6 55 (2.841%) Mobile App
7 50 (2.583%) Cloud Computing
8 43 (2.221%) Clustering
9 32 (1.653%) Replication
10 24 (1.240%) Firmware
11 23 (1.188%) Speech Recognition
11 23 (1.188%) Physics
12 21 (1.085%) Management Information System
13 19 (0.981%) STB
14 17 (0.878%) Verilog
15 16 (0.826%) Wiki
15 16 (0.826%) PKI
15 16 (0.826%) VHDL
15 16 (0.826%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 848 (43.80%) Windows
2 545 (28.15%) UNIX
3 203 (10.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 128 (6.612%) Solaris
5 119 (6.147%) AIX
6 79 (4.081%) Windows Server 2008
7 73 (3.771%) CentOS
8 72 (3.719%) Windows Server 2003
9 70 (3.616%) Debian
10 64 (3.306%) Embedded Linux
11 61 (3.151%) Android
12 37 (1.911%) SUSE
13 33 (1.705%) Mac OS X
14 32 (1.653%) Apple iOS
15 29 (1.498%) Windows 7
16 28 (1.446%) Ubuntu
16 28 (1.446%) Windows XP
17 21 (1.085%) Mac OS
18 14 (0.723%) VxWorks
19 11 (0.568%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (11.52%) ITIL
2 184 (9.504%) Agile Software Development
3 115 (5.940%) OO
4 112 (5.785%) E-Commerce
5 96 (4.959%) TDD
6 94 (4.855%) Software Testing
7 92 (4.752%) Automated Testing
8 88 (4.545%) Software Engineering
9 83 (4.287%) Test Scripting
10 80 (4.132%) Multithreading
11 79 (4.081%) Web Development
12 72 (3.719%) UML
13 67 (3.461%) Project Management
14 64 (3.306%) Service Delivery
15 60 (3.099%) Service Management
16 54 (2.789%) Scrum
17 49 (2.531%) Disaster Recovery
18 48 (2.479%) Capacity Planning
19 45 (2.324%) Manual Testing
20 44 (2.273%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 443 (22.88%) C
2 412 (21.28%) C++
3 409 (21.13%) Perl
4 404 (20.87%) Python
5 403 (20.82%) Java
6 388 (20.04%) SQL
7 245 (12.65%) JavaScript
8 244 (12.60%) PHP
9 189 (9.762%) Bash shell
10 104 (5.372%) Shell Script
11 83 (4.287%) Embedded C
12 82 (4.236%) C#
13 75 (3.874%) Ruby
14 47 (2.428%) Korn
15 41 (2.118%) PL/SQL
16 34 (1.756%) Embedded C++
16 34 (1.756%) VB
17 25 (1.291%) Tcl
18 24 (1.240%) Bourne shell
18 24 (1.240%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 480 (24.79%) Degree
2 74 (3.822%) Cisco Certification
3 55 (2.841%) ISEB
4 50 (2.583%) CCNA
5 46 (2.376%) Microsoft Certification
6 43 (2.221%) ISTQB
7 39 (2.014%) MCSE
8 37 (1.911%) CCNP
9 25 (1.291%) Postgraduate
9 25 (1.291%) RHCE
10 21 (1.085%) MCITP
11 17 (0.878%) Security Cleared
12 16 (0.826%) SC Cleared
13 15 (0.775%) PhD
14 13 (0.671%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 12 (0.620%) HND
15 12 (0.620%) CCIE
16 11 (0.568%) ITIL Certification
17 10 (0.517%) CCDA
18 8 (0.413%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (4.855%) QA
2 38 (1.963%) SLA
3 12 (0.620%) JTAG
4 6 (0.310%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (0.258%) ISO 9000
5 5 (0.258%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.103%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.103%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.103%) GxP
7 1 (0.052%) ISO 8583
7 1 (0.052%) Data Quality
System Software
1 130 (6.715%) Active Directory
2 110 (5.682%) VMware Infrastructure
2 110 (5.682%) vSphere
3 108 (5.579%) VMware ESX
4 56 (2.893%) Xen
5 50 (2.583%) NFS
6 32 (1.653%) Samba
7 29 (1.498%) Hyper-V
8 24 (1.240%) Oracle RMAN
9 22 (1.136%) VMware ESXi
10 19 (0.981%) Oracle RAC
11 15 (0.775%) Postfix
11 15 (0.775%) Sendmail
12 8 (0.413%) Varnish
12 8 (0.413%) XenServer
13 5 (0.258%) XenApp
14 3 (0.155%) Microsoft App-V
14 3 (0.155%) OpenSSO
14 3 (0.155%) PowerHA
14 3 (0.155%) Cygwin
Systems Management
1 40 (2.066%) Nagios
2 34 (1.756%) Control-M
2 34 (1.756%) Puppet
3 32 (1.653%) Tivoli
4 25 (1.291%) Tivoli Identity Manager
5 22 (1.136%) Oracle Identity Manager
6 19 (0.981%) Data Guard
7 18 (0.930%) Netcool
7 18 (0.930%) Netcool/OMNIbus
8 16 (0.826%) NetBackup
9 14 (0.723%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 14 (0.723%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 13 (0.671%) Backup Exec
11 11 (0.568%) Cacti
12 9 (0.465%) ZABBIX
13 6 (0.310%) SCCM
13 6 (0.310%) SCOM
13 6 (0.310%) OSSEC
13 6 (0.310%) Tivoli Monitoring
14 5 (0.258%) Munin
Vendors
1 425 (21.95%) Oracle
2 320 (16.53%) Red Hat
3 277 (14.31%) Microsoft
4 269 (13.89%) VMware
5 204 (10.54%) Cisco
6 161 (8.316%) IBM
7 99 (5.114%) HP
8 93 (4.804%) JBoss
9 76 (3.926%) Sun
10 67 (3.461%) Citrix
11 33 (1.705%) Juniper
12 32 (1.653%) NetApp
13 30 (1.550%) EMC
14 26 (1.343%) BMC
14 26 (1.343%) CheckPoint
15 25 (1.291%) Sybase
15 25 (1.291%) F5
16 24 (1.240%) Zend
16 24 (1.240%) Informatica
17 19 (0.981%) Dell
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