The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Folkestone region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 23 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 Folkestone region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank - 18 22
Permanent jobs citing Linux 0 2 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Folkestone - 3.704% 7.018%
As % of the Operating Systems category - 22.22% 21.05%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 4
Average salary - £32,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -23.52%
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +6.94%
All Operating Systems
Folkestone
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
10 9 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Folkestone 71.43% 16.67% 33.33%
Number of salaries quoted 6 9 18
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -18.75%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
Kent

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Folkestone 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 Folkestone region.

Folkestone Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Lotus
1 1 (100.00%) AS400

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Systems Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Lotus