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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.

LinkLinux
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank1913
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching permanent IT job ads97175
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.052 %0.073 %
As % of the category below35.93 %40.79 %
Salaries quoted66126
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 %
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Edinburgh
Matching permanent IT job ads270429
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.145 %0.179 %
Salaries quoted197306
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 %
Linux ScotlandLinux
Scotland

Linux
Demand Trend

The 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.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Edinburgh Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

1115 (53.49 %)UNIX
2105 (48.84 %)Windows
379 (36.74 %)Java
466 (30.70 %)Computer Science
561 (28.37 %)XML
659 (27.44 %)C
758 (26.98 %)Degree
857 (26.51 %)SQL
955 (25.58 %)Perl
1053 (24.65 %)C++
1143 (20.00 %)PHP
1238 (17.67 %)Education
1238 (17.67 %)Apache
1337 (17.21 %)HTML
1436 (16.74 %)MySQL
1535 (16.28 %)Oracle
1633 (15.35 %)OO
1730 (13.95 %)Software Engineering
1826 (12.09 %)Finance
1924 (11.16 %)Solaris
2023 (10.70 %)Pensions
2023 (10.70 %)Web Development
2122 (10.23 %)Motif
2221 (9.767 %)AIX
2320 (9.302 %)Tomcat
2419 (8.837 %)Sybase
2419 (8.837 %)IBM
2419 (8.837 %)Games
2419 (8.837 %)PostgreSQL
2518 (8.372 %)JavaScript

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Edinburgh IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
161 (28.37 %)XML
237 (17.21 %)HTML
322 (10.23 %)Motif
418 (8.372 %)J2EE
517 (7.907 %)X-Windows
517 (7.907 %)WebSphere
616 (7.442 %)CSS
616 (7.442 %)Servlets
78 (3.721 %)Hibernate
78 (3.721 %)Spring
87 (3.256 %)SOAP
87 (3.256 %)Struts
87 (3.256 %).NET
95 (2.326 %)WebServices
95 (2.326 %)Swing
95 (2.326 %)MVC
95 (2.326 %)J2ME
104 (1.860 %)J2SE
104 (1.860 %)WAP
104 (1.860 %)Symfony
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
138 (17.67 %)Apache
220 (9.302 %)Tomcat
38 (3.721 %)WebLogic
38 (3.721 %)WebSphere MQ
47 (3.256 %)MS Exchange
56 (2.791 %)WebSphere Message Broker
65 (2.326 %)IIS
65 (2.326 %)JBoss
74 (1.860 %)Exchange Server 2003
83 (1.395 %)WebSphere Application Server
92 (0.930 %)Exchange Server 2007
101 (0.465 %)GroupWise
101 (0.465 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
101 (0.465 %)CMS
Edinburgh IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
111 (5.116 %)MS Excel
22 (0.930 %)MS Office
31 (0.465 %)MS PowerPoint
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.930 %)Oracle EBS
12 (0.930 %)Oracle Applications
21 (0.465 %)assyst
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
116 (7.442 %)DNS
116 (7.442 %)Internet
211 (5.116 %)TCP/IP
38 (3.721 %)WAN
38 (3.721 %)SAN
47 (3.256 %)LAN
55 (2.326 %)VLAN
64 (1.860 %)Firewall
64 (1.860 %)VoIP
64 (1.860 %)FTP
73 (1.395 %)DHCP
73 (1.395 %)VPN
73 (1.395 %)LDAP
82 (0.930 %)GPRS
82 (0.930 %)SMTP
82 (0.930 %)SSL
82 (0.930 %)3G
91 (0.465 %)DPNSS
91 (0.465 %)SS7
91 (0.465 %)QSIG
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
136 (16.74 %)MySQL
219 (8.837 %)PostgreSQL
317 (7.907 %)RDBMS
414 (6.512 %)Oracle 10g
414 (6.512 %)SQL Server
513 (6.047 %)Oracle 9i
611 (5.116 %)Oracle 8/8i
710 (4.651 %)Oracle Reports
89 (4.186 %)SQLPlus
94 (1.860 %)DB2
101 (0.465 %)Crystal Reports
101 (0.465 %)BusinessObjects
101 (0.465 %)GIS
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (2.791 %)Subversion
23 (1.395 %)Visual Studio
23 (1.395 %)Eclipse
31 (0.465 %)ClearQuest
31 (0.465 %)Flash
Edinburgh IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
138 (17.67 %)Education
226 (12.09 %)Finance
323 (10.70 %)Pensions
419 (8.837 %)Games
516 (7.442 %)Insurance
611 (5.116 %)Telecoms
77 (3.256 %)Electric
77 (3.256 %)Health
77 (3.256 %)Retail
84 (1.860 %)Banking
84 (1.860 %)Advertising
93 (1.395 %)Marketing
93 (1.395 %)Auditing
93 (1.395 %)Electronics
101 (0.465 %)Construction
101 (0.465 %)Manufacturing
101 (0.465 %)Government
101 (0.465 %)Online Games
101 (0.465 %)Investment Banking
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
166 (30.70 %)Developer
241 (19.07 %)Software Engineer
338 (17.67 %)Administrator
421 (9.767 %)Systems Administrator
518 (8.372 %)Programmer
518 (8.372 %)Java Developer
617 (7.907 %)DBA
715 (6.977 %)PHP Developer
813 (6.047 %)Oracle DBA
912 (5.581 %)Senior Developer
1011 (5.116 %)Support Engineer
1110 (4.651 %)Web Developer
1110 (4.651 %)C Programmer
129 (4.186 %)C Developer
129 (4.186 %)Software Developer
129 (4.186 %)Applications Developer
138 (3.721 %)Graduate
138 (3.721 %)Senior Software Developer
138 (3.721 %)Senior Software Engineer
138 (3.721 %)Linux Systems Administrator
Edinburgh IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
166 (30.70 %)Computer Science
216 (7.442 %)Client/Server
37 (3.256 %)CCTV
44 (1.860 %)Mathematics
44 (1.860 %)Handset
53 (1.395 %)Replication
53 (1.395 %)Clustering
53 (1.395 %)Firmware
62 (0.930 %)N-Tier
62 (0.930 %)PMI
62 (0.930 %)Statistics
62 (0.930 %)AS400
62 (0.930 %)Device Driver
71 (0.465 %)Blackberry
71 (0.465 %)Management Information System
71 (0.465 %)Web 2.0
71 (0.465 %)PDA
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1115 (53.49 %)UNIX
2105 (48.84 %)Windows
324 (11.16 %)Solaris
421 (9.767 %)AIX
517 (7.907 %)Debian
612 (5.581 %)Windows Server 2003
78 (3.721 %)Red Hat Linux
86 (2.791 %)Windows 2000 Server
94 (1.860 %)Ubuntu
94 (1.860 %)Windows NT
94 (1.860 %)Windows XP
103 (1.395 %)SUSE
103 (1.395 %)Windows CE
103 (1.395 %)CentOS
103 (1.395 %)FreeBSD
112 (0.930 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
112 (0.930 %)Windows 2000
112 (0.930 %)Windows Vista
112 (0.930 %)HPUX
121 (0.465 %)VMS
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
133 (15.35 %)OO
230 (13.95 %)Software Engineering
323 (10.70 %)Web Development
48 (3.721 %)UML
48 (3.721 %)OOP
57 (3.256 %)Project Management
66 (2.791 %)SOA
75 (2.326 %)Load Testing
75 (2.326 %)Agile Software Development
75 (2.326 %)Content Management
84 (1.860 %)Software Testing
92 (0.930 %)OOD
92 (0.930 %)Risk Management
92 (0.930 %)Migration
92 (0.930 %)PLM
92 (0.930 %)Scalability Testing
92 (0.930 %)PRINCE
92 (0.930 %)Configuration Management
92 (0.930 %)Quality Management
92 (0.930 %)Service Delivery
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
179 (36.74 %)Java
259 (27.44 %)C
357 (26.51 %)SQL
455 (25.58 %)Perl
553 (24.65 %)C++
643 (20.00 %)PHP
718 (8.372 %)JavaScript
813 (6.047 %)Shell Script
910 (4.651 %)Korn
109 (4.186 %)PL/SQL
109 (4.186 %)Python
118 (3.721 %)C#
126 (2.791 %)Embedded C
135 (2.326 %)AWK
143 (1.395 %)PHP5
143 (1.395 %)VB
152 (0.930 %)VBScript
152 (0.930 %)Ada
152 (0.930 %)VC++
152 (0.930 %)Tcl
Edinburgh IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
158 (26.98 %)Degree
26 (2.791 %)CCNA
26 (2.791 %)Cisco Certification
35 (2.326 %)Microsoft Certification
43 (1.395 %)MCP
43 (1.395 %)MCSE
52 (0.930 %)HND
61 (0.465 %)MCSA
61 (0.465 %)OCP
61 (0.465 %)Oracle Certification
61 (0.465 %)RHCE
61 (0.465 %)MCITP
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (3.721 %)QA
Edinburgh IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
111 (5.116 %)Oracle RMAN
28 (3.721 %)AquaLogic
28 (3.721 %)Active Directory
33 (1.395 %)Novell eDirectory
33 (1.395 %)VMware Infrastructure
42 (0.930 %)Oracle RAC
51 (0.465 %)ISA Server
51 (0.465 %)NetMail
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
19 (4.186 %)Oracle Statspack
24 (1.860 %)Nagios
32 (0.930 %)WSUS
32 (0.930 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
32 (0.930 %)BMC PATROL
Edinburgh IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
135 (16.28 %)Oracle
219 (8.837 %)Sybase
219 (8.837 %)IBM
317 (7.907 %)Microsoft
412 (5.581 %)Cisco
57 (3.256 %)Red Hat
66 (2.791 %)VMware
74 (1.860 %)VERITAS
74 (1.860 %)CommVault
83 (1.395 %)Intel
83 (1.395 %)Citrix
83 (1.395 %)Novell
92 (0.930 %)Sun
92 (0.930 %)HP
92 (0.930 %)SAP
92 (0.930 %)NETGEAR
101 (0.465 %)Symbian
101 (0.465 %)Business Objects
101 (0.465 %)Compaq
101 (0.465 %)CheckPoint