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This section looks at the demand for Linux skills within the Edinburgh region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.
 Linux |
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21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 19 | 13 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -6 |
| Matching permanent IT job ads | 97 | 175 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.052 % | 0.073 % |
| As % of the category below | 35.93 % | 40.79 % |
| Salaries quoted | 66 | 126 |
| Average minimum salary | £24,977 | £26,881 |
| Average salary | £28,019 | £29,673 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.57 % |
| Average maximum salary | £31,061 | £32,464 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £36,519 | £36,685 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.45 % |
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| Matching permanent IT job ads | 270 | 429 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.145 % | 0.179 % |
| Salaries quoted | 197 | 306 |
| Average minimum salary | £29,013 | £28,313 |
| Average salary | £31,924 | £31,433 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.56 % |
| Average maximum salary | £34,836 | £34,554 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £33,995 | £34,640 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.86 % |
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Linux
Demand TrendThe chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Linux across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
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