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This section looks at the demand for Linux skills within the Folkestone 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
Rank7-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads320
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.017 %0.000 %
As % of the category below82.05 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted290
Average minimum salary£41,724-
Average salary£43,448-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£45,172-
UK excluding London average salary£36,519£36,685
% change on same period last year-0.45 %
Folkestone IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Folkestone
Matching permanent IT job ads391
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.021 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted361
Average minimum salary£38,073£34,000
Average salary£40,268£35,500
% change on same period last year+13.43 %
Average maximum salary£42,463£37,000
UK excluding London average salary£33,995£34,640
% change on same period last year-1.86 %
Linux KentLinux
Kent

Linux
Demand Trend

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

Folkestone 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 Folkestone region.

Folkestone Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

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

Folkestone Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

133 (89.19 %)PL/SQL
133 (89.19 %)SQL
133 (89.19 %)XML
228 (75.68 %)WebServices
325 (67.57 %)Oracle
422 (59.46 %)Finance
422 (59.46 %)Insurance
422 (59.46 %)Java
422 (59.46 %)Swing
520 (54.05 %)OOP
619 (51.35 %)Business Analysis
619 (51.35 %)Java SE
619 (51.35 %)Unit Testing
717 (45.95 %)System Testing
717 (45.95 %)Systems Analysis
815 (40.54 %)AJAX
815 (40.54 %)CSS
815 (40.54 %)PHP
912 (32.43 %)JavaScript
1011 (29.73 %)HTML
1011 (29.73 %)Transact-SQL
1011 (29.73 %)SQL Server
1011 (29.73 %).NET
1011 (29.73 %)MySQL
1011 (29.73 %)ASP
1011 (29.73 %)ASP.NET
119 (24.32 %)PHP5
127 (18.92 %)OO
127 (18.92 %)XHTML
136 (16.22 %)DTS

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Folkestone IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
133 (89.19 %)XML
228 (75.68 %)WebServices
322 (59.46 %)Swing
419 (51.35 %)Java SE
515 (40.54 %)CSS
515 (40.54 %)AJAX
611 (29.73 %)HTML
611 (29.73 %).NET
611 (29.73 %)ASP
611 (29.73 %)ASP.NET
77 (18.92 %)XHTML
84 (10.81 %)JSON
84 (10.81 %)MVC
93 (8.108 %)EJB
102 (5.405 %)J2EE
102 (5.405 %)JDBC
102 (5.405 %)JSP
102 (5.405 %)Servlets
102 (5.405 %)JSTL
111 (2.703 %)J2SE
Folkestone IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (10.81 %)Apache
22 (5.405 %)IIS
Folkestone IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (2.703 %)Photoshop
11 (2.703 %)MS Excel
Folkestone IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (10.81 %)SMTP
22 (5.405 %)Intranet
22 (5.405 %)Internet
Folkestone IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (29.73 %)MySQL
111 (29.73 %)SQL Server
26 (16.22 %)DTS
32 (5.405 %)Oracle 10g
32 (5.405 %)SQL Server 2000
32 (5.405 %)Oracle 9i
Folkestone IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (2.703 %)Oracle Forms
11 (2.703 %)Flash
11 (2.703 %)Dreamweaver
Folkestone IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
122 (59.46 %)Finance
122 (59.46 %)Insurance
24 (10.81 %)Games
33 (8.108 %)Pensions
33 (8.108 %)Health
42 (5.405 %)Legal
42 (5.405 %)Marketing
Folkestone IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
123 (62.16 %)Developer
213 (35.14 %)Analyst
310 (27.03 %)Java Developer
49 (24.32 %)Java Consultant
49 (24.32 %)Web Developer
49 (24.32 %)Consultant
58 (21.62 %)Systems Analyst
64 (10.81 %)Analyst Programmer
64 (10.81 %)Programmer
64 (10.81 %)PHP Developer
73 (8.108 %)Java Analyst Programmer
73 (8.108 %)Java Programmer
73 (8.108 %)Web Designer
82 (5.405 %)Java/J2EE Developer
82 (5.405 %)J2EE Consultant
82 (5.405 %)J2EE Developer
91 (2.703 %)Photoshop Designer
91 (2.703 %)Developer Analyst
91 (2.703 %)Business Analyst
91 (2.703 %)Business Systems Analyst
Folkestone IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (10.81 %)Blog
14 (10.81 %)Social Network
Folkestone IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
120 (54.05 %)OOP
219 (51.35 %)Business Analysis
219 (51.35 %)Unit Testing
317 (45.95 %)System Testing
317 (45.95 %)Systems Analysis
47 (18.92 %)OO
56 (16.22 %)Web Development
64 (10.81 %)Migration
73 (8.108 %)Project Management
81 (2.703 %)Web Design
81 (2.703 %)Content Management
Folkestone IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
133 (89.19 %)PL/SQL
133 (89.19 %)SQL
222 (59.46 %)Java
315 (40.54 %)PHP
412 (32.43 %)JavaScript
511 (29.73 %)Transact-SQL
69 (24.32 %)PHP5
72 (5.405 %)VB
Folkestone IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
125 (67.57 %)Oracle