England SUSE Jobs

This section looks at the demand for Novell SUSE Linux skills within the 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 SUSE over the 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Novell SUSE Linux
Location Barnsley Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bromley Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Carlisle Cheshire City of London Cumbria Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Goole Guildford Hampshire Hull Kent Leeds London Manchester Marlow North West Nottingham Nottinghamshire Reading Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Slough South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Surrey UK Wales Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Weybridge Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 24 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	650	734
Rank change on same period last year	+84
Matching permanent IT job ads	273	249
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.144 %	0.102 %
As % of the category below	0.612 %	0.430 %
Salaries quoted	225	214
Average minimum salary	£43,458	£36,510
Average salary	£47,054	£39,068
% change on same period last year	+20.44 %
Average maximum salary	£50,651	£41,626
UK excluding London average salary	£39,274	£37,096
% change on same period last year	+5.87 %
Operating Systems England
Matching permanent IT job ads	44636	57925
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	23.51 %	23.76 %
Salaries quoted	37709	45916
Average minimum salary	£36,451	£37,911
Average salary	£39,447	£41,079
% change on same period last year	-3.97 %
Average maximum salary	£42,442	£44,247
UK excluding London average salary	£34,479	£34,989
% change on same period last year	-1.45 %
SUSE UK

SUSE
Demand Trend

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

SUSE
Salary Trend

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

SUSE
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SUSE across the England region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

SUSE
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SUSE within the England region over the 3 months to 24 July 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.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
London	+130	128	£56,012	+21.59 %
South East	+39	86	£39,942	-4.68 %
Yorkshire	+39	36	£40,594	+114.59 %
East Midlands	+29	9	£36,313	-3.16 %
North West	+20	5	£37,500	+30.43 %
West Midlands	-16	4	£43,125	+13.61 %
South West	+2	3	£34,000	-9.33 %
East of England	-32	2	£37,750	+31.62 %

SUSE UK

SUSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the England region citing SUSE 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 SUSE.

1 583 (97.33 %) Linux 2 406 (67.78 %) Red Hat 3 368 (61.44 %) UNIX 4 304 (50.75 %) Solaris 5 196 (32.72 %) Windows 6 177 (29.55 %) IBM 7 167 (27.88 %) Oracle 8 159 (26.54 %) AIX 9 149 (24.87 %) SAN 10 145 (24.21 %) Perl 11 117 (19.53 %) Cisco 12 111 (18.53 %) Apache 13 107 (17.86 %) Sun 14 102 (17.03 %) HPUX 15 99 (16.53 %) VERITAS

16 98 (16.36 %) SQL 16 98 (16.36 %) HP 17 89 (14.86 %) VPN 17 89 (14.86 %) Finance 18 85 (14.19 %) DNS 19 83 (13.86 %) TCP/IP 20 81 (13.52 %) Debian 21 79 (13.19 %) Tomcat 22 78 (13.02 %) Firewall 23 73 (12.19 %) Shell Script 23 73 (12.19 %) SQL Server 24 66 (11.02 %) MySQL 25 65 (10.85 %) Banking 26 62 (10.35 %) Fedora 27 60 (10.02 %) Tivoli Storage Manager

SUSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the England region citing SUSE 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 SUSE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 49 (8.180 %) WebSphere 2 38 (6.344 %) J2EE 3 31 (5.175 %) CSS 4 16 (2.671 %) XML 5 14 (2.337 %) .NET 6 12 (2.003 %) WebServices 6 12 (2.003 %) FIX Protocol 7 9 (1.503 %) LAMP 8 6 (1.002 %) HTML 8 6 (1.002 %) J2SE 9 5 (0.835 %) EDI 10 3 (0.501 %) XSL 10 3 (0.501 %) XHTML 10 3 (0.501 %) J2ME 10 3 (0.501 %) ASP.NET 10 3 (0.501 %) JSP 10 3 (0.501 %) SOAP 10 3 (0.501 %) Hibernate 11 2 (0.334 %) Spring 11 2 (0.334 %) AJAX	Application Platforms 1 111 (18.53 %) Apache 2 79 (13.19 %) Tomcat 3 38 (6.344 %) IIS 4 31 (5.175 %) MS Exchange 5 30 (5.008 %) MQSeries 6 29 (4.841 %) JBoss 7 24 (4.007 %) WebSphere Application Server 8 16 (2.671 %) IBM HTTP Server 9 12 (2.003 %) Exchange Server 2003 10 11 (1.836 %) Exchange Server 2000 10 11 (1.836 %) GroupWise 11 10 (1.669 %) WebLogic 12 5 (0.835 %) OpenEdge 13 4 (0.668 %) Lotus Notes 13 4 (0.668 %) SharePoint 14 3 (0.501 %) iPlanet 14 3 (0.501 %) Exchange Server 2007 15 2 (0.334 %) ColdFusion 15 2 (0.334 %) ATG Dynamo 16 1 (0.167 %) Oracle Workflow
Applications 1 33 (5.509 %) MS Visio 2 29 (4.841 %) MS Excel 3 3 (0.501 %) MS Office 4 1 (0.167 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 1 (0.167 %) Microsoft CRM
Communications & Networking 1 149 (24.87 %) SAN 2 89 (14.86 %) VPN 3 85 (14.19 %) DNS 4 83 (13.86 %) TCP/IP 5 78 (13.02 %) Firewall 6 50 (8.347 %) Internet 7 48 (8.013 %) IPsec 8 40 (6.678 %) SMTP 9 35 (5.843 %) HTTP 10 33 (5.509 %) SSL 11 28 (4.674 %) LAN 12 25 (4.174 %) WAN 12 25 (4.174 %) FTP 13 24 (4.007 %) DHCP 14 21 (3.506 %) SNMP 14 21 (3.506 %) SSH 15 20 (3.339 %) Cisco PIX 16 19 (3.172 %) Network Security 16 19 (3.172 %) VoIP 17 18 (3.005 %) LDAP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 73 (12.19 %) SQL Server 2 66 (11.02 %) MySQL 3 56 (9.349 %) DB2 4 50 (8.347 %) RDBMS 5 32 (5.342 %) Informix 6 30 (5.008 %) Oracle 8/8i 7 18 (3.005 %) Oracle Reports 8 14 (2.337 %) Oracle 10g 9 10 (1.669 %) Oracle 9i 10 9 (1.503 %) SQL Server 2000 11 5 (0.835 %) GIS 11 5 (0.835 %) Oracle 11g 12 4 (0.668 %) SQL Server 2005 12 4 (0.668 %) EDMS 13 1 (0.167 %) PostgreSQL 13 1 (0.167 %) NonStop SQL 13 1 (0.167 %) Datawarehouse 13 1 (0.167 %) Ingres 13 1 (0.167 %) Reference Data
Development Applications 1 8 (1.336 %) Eclipse 2 3 (0.501 %) Flash 3 2 (0.334 %) Subversion 4 1 (0.167 %) TestPartner 4 1 (0.167 %) SilkTest 4 1 (0.167 %) JIRA 4 1 (0.167 %) QARun 4 1 (0.167 %) WebSphere Studio Application Developer 4 1 (0.167 %) LoadRunner 4 1 (0.167 %) Bugzilla 4 1 (0.167 %) JUnit 4 1 (0.167 %) Visual Studio 4 1 (0.167 %) PVCS 4 1 (0.167 %) Oracle Forms	General 1 89 (14.86 %) Finance 2 65 (10.85 %) Banking 3 47 (7.846 %) Telecoms 4 38 (6.344 %) Investment Banking 5 29 (4.841 %) Pensions 6 27 (4.508 %) Health 7 24 (4.007 %) Back Office 8 13 (2.170 %) Front Office 8 13 (2.170 %) Retail 8 13 (2.170 %) Insurance 9 12 (2.003 %) Government 10 11 (1.836 %) Financial Institution 11 9 (1.503 %) Pharmaceutical 12 7 (1.169 %) Education 13 5 (0.835 %) Private Banking 14 4 (0.668 %) Games 15 3 (0.501 %) Local Government 16 2 (0.334 %) Manufacturing 16 2 (0.334 %) Construction 17 1 (0.167 %) Automotive
Job Titles 1 213 (35.56 %) Administrator 2 180 (30.05 %) Systems Administrator 3 116 (19.37 %) Linux Administrator 4 94 (15.69 %) Linux Systems Administrator 5 81 (13.52 %) UNIX Administrator 6 74 (12.35 %) UNIX Systems Administrator 7 44 (7.346 %) Technical Support 8 43 (7.179 %) Analyst 9 41 (6.845 %) Technical Specialist 10 39 (6.511 %) Support Engineer 11 38 (6.344 %) UNIX Support 12 35 (5.843 %) Infrastructure Engineer 13 30 (5.008 %) Developer 13 30 (5.008 %) Senior Infrastructure Engineer 14 29 (4.841 %) Support Analyst 15 28 (4.674 %) Network Engineer 16 27 (4.508 %) UNIX Engineer 17 22 (3.673 %) Technical Engineer 18 21 (3.506 %) Team Leader 18 21 (3.506 %) Technical Support Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 50 (8.347 %) Clustering 2 18 (3.005 %) SecurID 3 15 (2.504 %) Equities 4 12 (2.003 %) HACMP 5 9 (1.503 %) Management Information System 5 9 (1.503 %) AS400 6 6 (1.002 %) Computer Science 6 6 (1.002 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 6 6 (1.002 %) Market Risk 7 4 (0.668 %) German Language 7 4 (0.668 %) Fixed Income 8 3 (0.501 %) VAX 8 3 (0.501 %) Streaming Media 8 3 (0.501 %) Mathematics 8 3 (0.501 %) Beowulf 8 3 (0.501 %) Statistics 8 3 (0.501 %) Wiki 9 2 (0.334 %) Italian Language 9 2 (0.334 %) Japanese Language 9 2 (0.334 %) Russian Language
Operating Systems 1 583 (97.33 %) Linux 2 368 (61.44 %) UNIX 3 304 (50.75 %) Solaris 4 196 (32.72 %) Windows 5 159 (26.54 %) AIX 6 102 (17.03 %) HPUX 7 81 (13.52 %) Debian 8 62 (10.35 %) Fedora 9 54 (9.015 %) Windows 2000 10 29 (4.841 %) Ubuntu 11 16 (2.671 %) Windows NT 12 13 (2.170 %) Windows Server 2003 13 11 (1.836 %) Tru64 14 6 (1.002 %) Windows XP 15 5 (0.835 %) FreeBSD 16 4 (0.668 %) NetWare 17 3 (0.501 %) Mac OS X 17 3 (0.501 %) VMS 17 3 (0.501 %) Mandriva Linux 17 3 (0.501 %) Slackware	Processes & Methodologies 1 37 (6.177 %) Load Balancing 2 27 (4.508 %) ITIL 3 24 (4.007 %) Disaster Recovery 4 17 (2.838 %) Migration 5 14 (2.337 %) Security Cleared 6 13 (2.170 %) SC Cleared 6 13 (2.170 %) Workflow 6 13 (2.170 %) E-Commerce 7 12 (2.003 %) Project Planning 8 11 (1.836 %) Business Continuity 9 10 (1.669 %) Validation 10 9 (1.503 %) OO 10 9 (1.503 %) Problem Management 11 8 (1.336 %) CRM 11 8 (1.336 %) Service Delivery 12 7 (1.169 %) Change Management 13 6 (1.002 %) PRINCE 13 6 (1.002 %) PRINCE2 14 5 (0.835 %) Asset Management 14 5 (0.835 %) Cost-Benefit Analysis
Programming Languages 1 145 (24.21 %) Perl 2 98 (16.36 %) SQL 3 73 (12.19 %) Shell Script 4 52 (8.681 %) PHP 4 52 (8.681 %) Java 4 52 (8.681 %) C 5 40 (6.678 %) AWK 6 28 (4.674 %) Python 6 28 (4.674 %) C++ 7 27 (4.508 %) PL/SQL 8 22 (3.673 %) Korn 9 14 (2.337 %) JavaScript 10 10 (1.669 %) C# 11 9 (1.503 %) Ruby 11 9 (1.503 %) Tcl 12 4 (0.668 %) VC++ 13 3 (0.501 %) Delphi 14 1 (0.167 %) Lisp 14 1 (0.167 %) VBScript 14 1 (0.167 %) VB	Qualifications 1 46 (7.679 %) Cisco Certification 2 32 (5.342 %) CCNP 3 18 (3.005 %) Degree 4 16 (2.671 %) CCNA 5 14 (2.337 %) MCSE 5 14 (2.337 %) Microsoft Certification 6 9 (1.503 %) RHCE 7 4 (0.668 %) Oracle Certification 8 3 (0.501 %) MCSA 8 3 (0.501 %) Citrix Certification 8 3 (0.501 %) LPIC 9 2 (0.334 %) CCA 9 2 (0.334 %) Sun Certification 9 2 (0.334 %) CCSA 9 2 (0.334 %) SCSA 9 2 (0.334 %) CCSE 10 1 (0.167 %) MOS 10 1 (0.167 %) Novell Certification 10 1 (0.167 %) MCP 10 1 (0.167 %) CCEA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 15 (2.504 %) SLA 2 3 (0.501 %) QA	System Software 1 55 (9.182 %) NFS 2 44 (7.346 %) Active Directory 3 36 (6.010 %) NetBackup 4 19 (3.172 %) Samba 5 17 (2.838 %) VMware Infrastructure 6 13 (2.170 %) Terminal Services 7 9 (1.503 %) Oracle RAC 8 6 (1.002 %) Citrix Presentation Server 9 4 (0.668 %) BorderManager 9 4 (0.668 %) MetaFrame 9 4 (0.668 %) Oracle RMAN 10 1 (0.167 %) VMware ESX
Systems Management 1 60 (10.02 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 2 36 (6.010 %) Tivoli 3 18 (3.005 %) EMC NetWorker 4 15 (2.504 %) OpenView 5 13 (2.170 %) BMC PATROL 6 11 (1.836 %) Legato 7 9 (1.503 %) Nagios 8 8 (1.336 %) ZENworks 9 6 (1.002 %) Oracle Enterprise Manager 10 3 (0.501 %) Unicenter 10 3 (0.501 %) ARCserve	Vendors 1 406 (67.78 %) Red Hat 2 177 (29.55 %) IBM 3 167 (27.88 %) Oracle 4 117 (19.53 %) Cisco 5 107 (17.86 %) Sun 6 99 (16.53 %) VERITAS 7 98 (16.36 %) HP 8 49 (8.180 %) Brocade 9 45 (7.513 %) Microsoft 9 45 (7.513 %) Intel 10 39 (6.511 %) EMC 11 38 (6.344 %) VMware 12 27 (4.508 %) Juniper 12 27 (4.508 %) CheckPoint 13 20 (3.339 %) EasyScreen 13 20 (3.339 %) Citrix 13 20 (3.339 %) Sybase 14 19 (3.172 %) Reuters 14 19 (3.172 %) Bloomberg 14 19 (3.172 %) Hitachi