The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 20 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 Gloucester region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 2 15 3
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -12
Permanent jobs citing Linux 110 57 43
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucester 46.03% 14.29% 21.72%
As % of the Operating Systems category 87.30% 37.50% 68.25%
Number of salaries quoted 75 43 26
Average salary £42,000 £42,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.17% +30.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,500 £29,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,683 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-0.47% +7.45%
All Operating Systems
Gloucester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
126 152 63
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucester 52.72% 38.10% 31.82%
Number of salaries quoted 86 110 43
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +23.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,500 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £47,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
Gloucestershire

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucester 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 Gloucester region.

Gloucester Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the Gloucester region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Gloucester Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucester 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.

1 128 (73.56%) Security Cleared
2 118 (67.82%) DV Cleared
3 106 (60.92%) UNIX
4 99 (56.90%) Shell Script
5 72 (41.38%) Java
6 70 (40.23%) C++
7 58 (33.33%) Perl
8 56 (32.18%) SQL
9 53 (30.46%) Windows
9 53 (30.46%) ITIL
10 52 (29.89%) HTML
11 51 (29.31%) Degree
12 50 (28.74%) Cisco
13 49 (28.16%) C#
14 46 (26.44%) JavaScript
15 45 (25.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 42 (24.14%) DNS
17 41 (23.56%) Apache
18 40 (22.99%) Internet
18 40 (22.99%) HTTP
18 40 (22.99%) Bash shell
19 38 (21.84%) SMTP
19 38 (21.84%) Python
20 37 (21.26%) Microsoft
21 35 (20.11%) Red Hat
21 35 (20.11%) Firewall
21 35 (20.11%) SC Cleared
22 34 (19.54%) Mathematics
22 34 (19.54%) Penetration Testing
22 34 (19.54%) MS Exchange

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucester 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.

Application Development
1 52 (29.89%) HTML
2 32 (18.39%) CGI
3 21 (12.07%) Middleware
3 21 (12.07%) FreeMarker
4 19 (10.92%) J2EE
5 17 (9.770%) XML
6 10 (5.747%) SOAP
7 9 (5.172%) .NET
8 8 (4.598%) WSDL
9 4 (2.299%) Hibernate
10 3 (1.724%) MapReduce
11 2 (1.149%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 2 (1.149%) Spring
11 2 (1.149%) JSF
11 2 (1.149%) Zend Framework
11 2 (1.149%) LAMP
11 2 (1.149%) XML-RPC
11 2 (1.149%) STL
11 2 (1.149%) Web Services
11 2 (1.149%) COM
Application Platforms
1 41 (23.56%) Apache
2 34 (19.54%) MS Exchange
3 13 (7.471%) WebLogic
4 3 (1.724%) Tomcat
4 3 (1.724%) Apache Pig
5 2 (1.149%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (1.149%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (1.149%) IIS
Applications
1 24 (13.79%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.575%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.575%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (0.575%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 42 (24.14%) DNS
2 40 (22.99%) Internet
2 40 (22.99%) HTTP
3 38 (21.84%) SMTP
4 35 (20.11%) Firewall
5 30 (17.24%) LDAP
5 30 (17.24%) LAN
5 30 (17.24%) WAN
6 17 (9.770%) DHCP
7 16 (9.195%) SAN
8 9 (5.172%) Ethernet
9 8 (4.598%) FTP
9 8 (4.598%) POP3
9 8 (4.598%) TCP/IP
9 8 (4.598%) SSH
10 4 (2.299%) Gigabit Ethernet
10 4 (2.299%) SONET
10 4 (2.299%) SDH
11 3 (1.724%) Wireless
11 3 (1.724%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (12.07%) Oracle 11g
2 18 (10.34%) MySQL
3 8 (4.598%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.299%) Hadoop
5 3 (1.724%) Apache Hive
5 3 (1.724%) SQL Server 2008
5 3 (1.724%) HBase
5 3 (1.724%) Big Data
5 3 (1.724%) IBM InfoSphere
6 2 (1.149%) DB2
6 2 (1.149%) Oracle 8/8i
6 2 (1.149%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.149%) Sybase ASE
7 1 (0.575%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.575%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 29 (16.67%) LoadRunner
2 5 (2.874%) PVCS
2 5 (2.874%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (2.874%) Rational Rhapsody
3 3 (1.724%) ClearCase
3 3 (1.724%) Git (software)
3 3 (1.724%) ClearQuest
4 2 (1.149%) LabVIEW
4 2 (1.149%) GCC
4 2 (1.149%) GDB
5 1 (0.575%) Subversion
5 1 (0.575%) Ant
General
1 9 (5.172%) Electronics
2 8 (4.598%) Telecoms
3 5 (2.874%) Aerospace
3 5 (2.874%) Military
3 5 (2.874%) Marketing
4 3 (1.724%) Manufacturing
5 2 (1.149%) Finance
Job Titles
1 41 (23.56%) Developer
2 26 (14.94%) Analyst
3 24 (13.79%) Consultant
4 23 (13.22%) C++ Developer
5 22 (12.64%) Support Analyst
6 21 (12.07%) Applications Support
6 21 (12.07%) Applications Support Analyst
6 21 (12.07%) Java Developer
6 21 (12.07%) C++/Java Developer
7 18 (10.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 18 (10.34%) Software Engineer
8 17 (9.770%) C# Developer
8 17 (9.770%) C++/C# Developer
9 16 (9.195%) Tester
10 14 (8.046%) Test Consultant
11 10 (5.747%) Technical Support Consultant
11 10 (5.747%) UNIX Administrator
11 10 (5.747%) Technical Consultant
11 10 (5.747%) Support Consultant
11 10 (5.747%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 34 (19.54%) Mathematics
2 27 (15.52%) SaaS
3 21 (12.07%) PKI
4 8 (4.598%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
5 7 (4.023%) Computer Science
5 7 (4.023%) Clustering
6 6 (3.448%) VHDL
6 6 (3.448%) iPhone
7 5 (2.874%) Embedded Systems
7 5 (2.874%) CAN bus
8 4 (2.299%) CUDA
8 4 (2.299%) ASIC
9 3 (1.724%) Cryptography
9 3 (1.724%) Replication
9 3 (1.724%) Statistics
10 2 (1.149%) Physics
10 2 (1.149%) Handset
10 2 (1.149%) Client/Server
10 2 (1.149%) Firmware
11 1 (0.575%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 106 (60.92%) UNIX
2 53 (30.46%) Windows
3 45 (25.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 21 (12.07%) Solaris
5 13 (7.471%) HPUX
6 6 (3.448%) Android
6 6 (3.448%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (2.874%) VxWorks
8 3 (1.724%) Ubuntu
8 3 (1.724%) Windows 2000
8 3 (1.724%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (1.149%) Apple iOS
9 2 (1.149%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (30.46%) ITIL
2 34 (19.54%) Penetration Testing
3 31 (17.82%) Performance Testing
4 30 (17.24%) Identity Management
4 30 (17.24%) Load Balancing
5 29 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
5 29 (16.67%) Software Engineering
6 16 (9.195%) Web Development
7 15 (8.621%) OO
8 14 (8.046%) Software Architecture
9 11 (6.322%) UML
9 11 (6.322%) Service Delivery
10 9 (5.172%) TDD
11 7 (4.023%) Requirements Analysis
12 6 (3.448%) Software Testing
12 6 (3.448%) Scrum
12 6 (3.448%) Configuration Management
12 6 (3.448%) Reverse Engineering
13 5 (2.874%) Requirements Engineering
13 5 (2.874%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 99 (56.90%) Shell Script
2 72 (41.38%) Java
3 70 (40.23%) C++
4 58 (33.33%) Perl
5 56 (32.18%) SQL
6 49 (28.16%) C#
7 46 (26.44%) JavaScript
8 40 (22.99%) Bash shell
9 38 (21.84%) Python
10 24 (13.79%) C
11 5 (2.874%) Embedded C
12 4 (2.299%) VB
12 4 (2.299%) Ruby
12 4 (2.299%) PHP
13 2 (1.149%) PL/SQL
13 2 (1.149%) Delphi
13 2 (1.149%) Korn
13 2 (1.149%) MATLAB
13 2 (1.149%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.575%) AWK
Qualifications
1 128 (73.56%) Security Cleared
2 118 (67.82%) DV Cleared
3 51 (29.31%) Degree
4 35 (20.11%) SC Cleared
5 31 (17.82%) ISEB
6 1 (0.575%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.575%) HND
6 1 (0.575%) CCNP
6 1 (0.575%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.874%) TickIT
1 5 (2.874%) IEC 61508
1 5 (2.874%) DO-178B
2 3 (1.724%) QA
3 2 (1.149%) JTAG
System Software
1 30 (17.24%) ISA Server
1 30 (17.24%) Squid
1 30 (17.24%) qmail
1 30 (17.24%) Postfix
1 30 (17.24%) Sendmail
2 16 (9.195%) vSphere
3 13 (7.471%) VMware ESX
4 3 (1.724%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.724%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.149%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 13 (7.471%) NetBackup
2 3 (1.724%) Backup Exec
2 3 (1.724%) WSUS
Vendors
1 50 (28.74%) Cisco
2 37 (21.26%) Microsoft
3 35 (20.11%) Red Hat
4 32 (18.39%) Oracle
5 31 (17.82%) Juniper
6 21 (12.07%) Saba
7 19 (10.92%) VMware
8 18 (10.34%) JBoss
9 16 (9.195%) HP
9 16 (9.195%) NetApp
9 16 (9.195%) Symantec
9 16 (9.195%) Citrix
10 13 (7.471%) Brocade
10 13 (7.471%) Veritas
11 4 (2.299%) IBM
11 4 (2.299%) Xilinx
11 4 (2.299%) Altera
12 3 (1.724%) Twitter
12 3 (1.724%) SolarWinds
12 3 (1.724%) Dell
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