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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 15 5 4
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -1
Permanent jobs citing Linux 1 12 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Eastleigh 2.564% 23.53% 28.99%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.000% 75.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 10 20
Average salary £55,000 £45,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.22% +20.00%
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +6.94%
All Operating Systems
Eastleigh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
20 16 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Eastleigh 51.28% 31.37% 28.99%
Number of salaries quoted 18 14 20
Average salary £40,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.71% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
Hampshire

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Eastleigh 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 Eastleigh region.

Eastleigh Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Eastleigh 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 8 (72.73%) UNIX
1 8 (72.73%) Windows
2 7 (63.64%) VMware
3 3 (27.27%) ITIL
3 3 (27.27%) Oracle
4 2 (18.18%) CSS
4 2 (18.18%) Web Services
4 2 (18.18%) XML
4 2 (18.18%) HTML
4 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
4 2 (18.18%) PHP
4 2 (18.18%) SQL
4 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
4 2 (18.18%) Cisco
4 2 (18.18%) AIX
4 2 (18.18%) OO
4 2 (18.18%) XHTML
4 2 (18.18%) Citrix
4 2 (18.18%) Veritas
4 2 (18.18%) CheckPoint
4 2 (18.18%) Project Management
4 2 (18.18%) Clustering
4 2 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (18.18%) Firewall
4 2 (18.18%) Finance
4 2 (18.18%) Debian
4 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 2 (18.18%) PCI DSS
4 2 (18.18%) CentOS
4 2 (18.18%) Git (software)

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Eastleigh 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 2 (18.18%) CSS
1 2 (18.18%) Web Services
1 2 (18.18%) XML
1 2 (18.18%) HTML
1 2 (18.18%) XHTML
1 2 (18.18%) HTML5
1 2 (18.18%) REST
1 2 (18.18%) Twitter Bootstrap
1 2 (18.18%) jQuery
Applications
1 1 (9.091%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Firewall
2 1 (9.091%) Wireless
2 1 (9.091%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Git (software)
1 2 (18.18%) Subversion
General
1 2 (18.18%) Finance
2 1 (9.091%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Project Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Software Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Clustering
2 1 (9.091%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 8 (72.73%) UNIX
1 8 (72.73%) Windows
2 2 (18.18%) AIX
2 2 (18.18%) Debian
2 2 (18.18%) CentOS
2 2 (18.18%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) ITIL
2 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
2 2 (18.18%) OO
2 2 (18.18%) Project Management
2 2 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (18.18%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (9.091%) Time Management
3 1 (9.091%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
1 2 (18.18%) PHP
1 2 (18.18%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) VMware
2 3 (27.27%) Oracle
3 2 (18.18%) Cisco
3 2 (18.18%) Citrix
3 2 (18.18%) Veritas
3 2 (18.18%) CheckPoint
3 2 (18.18%) Twitter
4 1 (9.091%) Microsoft
4 1 (9.091%) SAP