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This section looks at the demand for Ubuntu Linux skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Ubuntu over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUbuntu Linux
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank254-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads180
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.485 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted140
Average minimum salary£37,857-
Average salary£38,214-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£38,571-
UK excluding London average salary£35,326£28,333
% change on same period last year+24.67 %
East of England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
East of England
Matching permanent IT job ads37123741
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.998 %1.559 %
Salaries quoted32343224
Average minimum salary£33,302£31,804
Average salary£35,911£34,375
% change on same period last year+4.46 %
Average maximum salary£38,521£36,947
UK excluding London average salary£33,991£34,646
% change on same period last year-1.88 %
Ubuntu EnglandUbuntu
England

Ubuntu
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Ubuntu across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

East of England Ubuntu Demand Trend

Ubuntu
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Ubuntu across the East of England region.

East of England Ubuntu Salary Trend

Ubuntu
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Ubuntu across the East of England region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

East of England Ubuntu Salary Histogram

Ubuntu
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ubuntu within the East of England region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CambridgeshireNew entry-16£40,000-
SuffolkNew entry-2£27,500-
Ubuntu EnglandUbuntu
England

Ubuntu
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the East of England region citing Ubuntu 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 Ubuntu.

127 (100.00 %)Linux
226 (96.30 %)Red Hat
226 (96.30 %)Red Hat Linux
324 (88.89 %)UNIX
423 (85.19 %)Debian
519 (70.37 %)Tomcat
618 (66.67 %)Solaris
618 (66.67 %)OpenBSD
716 (59.26 %)Apache
716 (59.26 %)Windows
716 (59.26 %)Windows Server 2003
716 (59.26 %)Windows XP
813 (48.15 %)Active Directory
813 (48.15 %)VMware ESX
912 (44.44 %)Nessus
912 (44.44 %)Tripwire
912 (44.44 %)Intrusion Detection
912 (44.44 %)Korn
912 (44.44 %)Symantec
912 (44.44 %)Sophos
912 (44.44 %)SSL
912 (44.44 %)Python
912 (44.44 %)C
912 (44.44 %)Perl
109 (33.33 %)MySQL
117 (25.93 %)Fedora
124 (14.81 %)Data Protection
124 (14.81 %)Data Protection Act
124 (14.81 %)SQL Server
124 (14.81 %)JBoss

Ubuntu
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the East of England region citing Ubuntu 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 Ubuntu. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East of England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (14.81 %)WAP
21 (3.704 %)HTML
East of England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
119 (70.37 %)Tomcat
216 (59.26 %)Apache
34 (14.81 %)JBoss
43 (11.11 %)IIS
51 (3.704 %)MS Exchange
51 (3.704 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
51 (3.704 %)Exchange Server 2003
East of England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (3.704 %)MS Office
East of England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (44.44 %)SSL
112 (44.44 %)Intrusion Detection
22 (7.407 %)DNS
31 (3.704 %)Intranet
31 (3.704 %)Firewall
31 (3.704 %)DHCP
31 (3.704 %)TCP/IP
31 (3.704 %)VPN
East of England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (33.33 %)MySQL
24 (14.81 %)SQL Server
East of England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (11.11 %)Finance
East of England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
123 (85.19 %)Administrator
212 (44.44 %)Senior Analyst
212 (44.44 %)Senior Support Analyst
212 (44.44 %)Analyst
212 (44.44 %)Support Analyst
37 (25.93 %)Systems Administrator
37 (25.93 %)Linux Administrator
46 (22.22 %)Linux Systems Administrator
54 (14.81 %)Support Engineer
54 (14.81 %)Applications Support
54 (14.81 %)Applications Support Engineer
63 (11.11 %)Server Administrator
East of England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (14.81 %)Data Protection Act
21 (3.704 %)Blackberry
East of England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
127 (100.00 %)Linux
226 (96.30 %)Red Hat Linux
324 (88.89 %)UNIX
423 (85.19 %)Debian
518 (66.67 %)OpenBSD
518 (66.67 %)Solaris
616 (59.26 %)Windows
616 (59.26 %)Windows XP
616 (59.26 %)Windows Server 2003
77 (25.93 %)Fedora
83 (11.11 %)Windows 2000 Server
83 (11.11 %)CentOS
91 (3.704 %)Windows Mobile
91 (3.704 %)SUSE
East of England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (14.81 %)Data Protection
East of England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (44.44 %)C
112 (44.44 %)Perl
112 (44.44 %)Python
112 (44.44 %)Korn
21 (3.704 %)SQL
East of England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
113 (48.15 %)Active Directory
113 (48.15 %)VMware ESX
21 (3.704 %)VMware Server
21 (3.704 %)VMware Infrastructure
East of England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
112 (44.44 %)Nessus
East of England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
126 (96.30 %)Red Hat
212 (44.44 %)Symantec
212 (44.44 %)Sophos
212 (44.44 %)Tripwire
31 (3.704 %)Oracle
31 (3.704 %)Microsoft
31 (3.704 %)VMware