The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 17 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 Gloucestershire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 6 19 10
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -9
Permanent jobs citing Linux 229 125 167
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 25.96% 10.17% 15.07%
As % of the Operating Systems category 66.57% 33.33% 50.76%
Number of salaries quoted 186 84 139
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% +28.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,500 £34,250 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £50,000 £50,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +8.33%
All Operating Systems
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
344 375 329
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 39.00% 30.51% 29.69%
Number of salaries quoted 280 295 281
Average salary £42,000 £42,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.17% +21.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
South West

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Gloucestershire Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Gloucester +12 110 £42,000 -1.17%
Cheltenham +5 34 £42,500 -5.55%
Tewkesbury -10 2 - -
Stroud 0 1 - -
Cirencester -1 1 £32,500 -35.00%
Linux
South West

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

1 296 (70.81%) Security Cleared
2 257 (61.48%) DV Cleared
3 252 (60.29%) UNIX
4 204 (48.80%) Shell Script
5 200 (47.85%) C++
6 170 (40.67%) Java
7 161 (38.52%) C#
8 153 (36.60%) Perl
9 131 (31.34%) Windows
10 116 (27.75%) Degree
11 112 (26.79%) C
12 109 (26.08%) SQL
12 109 (26.08%) DNS
13 100 (23.92%) Solaris
14 99 (23.68%) DHCP
15 96 (22.97%) SC Cleared
16 92 (22.01%) Cisco
17 91 (21.77%) Red Hat
17 91 (21.77%) Software Engineering
18 89 (21.29%) HPUX
18 89 (21.29%) ITIL
18 89 (21.29%) HTML
19 86 (20.57%) JavaScript
20 82 (19.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
21 80 (19.14%) Symantec
22 77 (18.42%) Apache
23 71 (16.99%) HP
23 71 (16.99%) Clustering
24 67 (16.03%) SAN
25 66 (15.79%) NetApp

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 89 (21.29%) HTML
2 61 (14.59%) J2EE
2 61 (14.59%) CGI
3 51 (12.20%) .NET
4 38 (9.091%) XML
5 21 (5.024%) Middleware
5 21 (5.024%) FreeMarker
6 17 (4.067%) SOAP
7 15 (3.589%) LAMP
8 13 (3.110%) Web Services
9 11 (2.632%) Hibernate
10 10 (2.392%) WSDL
11 8 (1.914%) JSF
11 8 (1.914%) EJB
12 4 (0.957%) RESTful
13 3 (0.718%) Boost C++ Libraries
13 3 (0.718%) MapReduce
13 3 (0.718%) Ajax
13 3 (0.718%) Spring
13 3 (0.718%) STL
Application Platforms
1 77 (18.42%) Apache
2 45 (10.77%) MS Exchange
3 40 (9.569%) WebLogic
4 9 (2.153%) Drupal
5 5 (1.196%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (0.957%) CMS
7 3 (0.718%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.718%) IIS
7 3 (0.718%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.718%) Apache Pig
8 2 (0.478%) Lotus Notes
8 2 (0.478%) Lotus Domino
8 2 (0.478%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.478%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.239%) Kentico
9 1 (0.239%) WordPress
Applications
1 27 (6.459%) MS Excel
2 5 (1.196%) Google Apps
3 1 (0.239%) MS Office
3 1 (0.239%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.239%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.239%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 109 (26.08%) DNS
2 99 (23.68%) DHCP
3 67 (16.03%) SAN
4 62 (14.83%) Firewall
5 55 (13.16%) Internet
6 51 (12.20%) HTTP
7 50 (11.96%) SMTP
8 41 (9.809%) Ethernet
9 37 (8.852%) LDAP
10 30 (7.177%) LAN
10 30 (7.177%) WAN
11 24 (5.742%) TCP/IP
12 13 (3.110%) SMS
13 11 (2.632%) FTP
14 10 (2.392%) POP3
14 10 (2.392%) SSH
15 4 (0.957%) Gigabit Ethernet
15 4 (0.957%) iSCSI
15 4 (0.957%) NAS
15 4 (0.957%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (12.44%) MySQL
2 21 (5.024%) Oracle 11g
3 11 (2.632%) SQL Server
4 10 (2.392%) NoSQL
5 4 (0.957%) Hadoop
6 3 (0.718%) Apache Hive
6 3 (0.718%) SQL Server 2008
6 3 (0.718%) HBase
6 3 (0.718%) Big Data
6 3 (0.718%) IBM InfoSphere
6 3 (0.718%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.478%) Sybase ASE
7 2 (0.478%) DB2
7 2 (0.478%) Oracle 8/8i
8 1 (0.239%) SQL Server 2005
8 1 (0.239%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.239%) Oracle 10g
8 1 (0.239%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 29 (6.938%) LoadRunner
2 12 (2.871%) Subversion
3 11 (2.632%) Git (software)
4 9 (2.153%) Rational Rhapsody
4 9 (2.153%) Visual Studio
5 8 (1.914%) Hudson
6 6 (1.435%) Rational DOORS
6 6 (1.435%) PVCS
7 3 (0.718%) ClearCase
7 3 (0.718%) ClearQuest
7 3 (0.718%) GDB
8 2 (0.478%) GCC
8 2 (0.478%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.239%) Ant
9 1 (0.239%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.239%) C++Builder
General
1 46 (11.00%) Military
2 37 (8.852%) Aerospace
3 18 (4.306%) Marketing
4 14 (3.349%) Electronics
5 13 (3.110%) Telecoms
6 5 (1.196%) Law
6 5 (1.196%) Legal
7 3 (0.718%) Manufacturing
7 3 (0.718%) Games
7 3 (0.718%) Finance
8 2 (0.478%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 102 (24.40%) Software Engineer
2 88 (21.05%) Developer
3 51 (12.20%) C++ Developer
4 48 (11.48%) Java Developer
4 48 (11.48%) C++/Java Developer
5 40 (9.569%) Consultant
6 36 (8.612%) Administrator
7 35 (8.373%) Analyst
8 34 (8.134%) Linux Engineer
8 34 (8.134%) Linux Administrator
9 33 (7.895%) UNIX Engineer
10 32 (7.656%) Systems Engineer
11 28 (6.699%) UNIX Administrator
12 26 (6.220%) Support Analyst
13 25 (5.981%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 22 (5.263%) Real Time Software Engineer
14 22 (5.263%) Real Time Engineer
15 21 (5.024%) Applications Support Analyst
15 21 (5.024%) Applications Support
16 19 (4.545%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 71 (16.99%) Clustering
2 63 (15.07%) Mathematics
3 30 (7.177%) CAN bus
4 27 (6.459%) SaaS
5 21 (5.024%) PKI
6 20 (4.785%) iPhone
7 14 (3.349%) Embedded Systems
8 13 (3.110%) Open Source
8 13 (3.110%) Handset
9 11 (2.632%) Computer Science
10 10 (2.392%) Management Information System
11 8 (1.914%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
11 8 (1.914%) Social Media
12 6 (1.435%) VHDL
13 4 (0.957%) ASIC
13 4 (0.957%) Physics
13 4 (0.957%) CUDA
14 3 (0.718%) iPad
14 3 (0.718%) Social Gaming
14 3 (0.718%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 252 (60.29%) UNIX
2 131 (31.34%) Windows
3 100 (23.92%) Solaris
4 89 (21.29%) HPUX
5 82 (19.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 29 (6.938%) VxWorks
7 20 (4.785%) Android
8 16 (3.828%) Apple iOS
9 11 (2.632%) Ubuntu
10 7 (1.675%) Windows Server 2008
11 5 (1.196%) CentOS
12 4 (0.957%) Windows Server 2003
12 4 (0.957%) Windows 2000
13 2 (0.478%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.478%) Embedded Linux
14 1 (0.239%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (21.77%) Software Engineering
2 89 (21.29%) ITIL
3 56 (13.40%) Software Architecture
4 54 (12.92%) Identity Management
5 47 (11.24%) Web Development
6 39 (9.330%) User Acceptance Testing
7 38 (9.091%) Root Cause Analysis
8 37 (8.852%) Load Balancing
9 34 (8.134%) Penetration Testing
10 33 (7.895%) UML
11 31 (7.416%) Performance Testing
12 22 (5.263%) OO
12 22 (5.263%) Configuration Management
13 18 (4.306%) Kanban
14 17 (4.067%) Reverse Engineering
14 17 (4.067%) TDD
15 14 (3.349%) Service Delivery
16 13 (3.110%) Ethical Hacking
16 13 (3.110%) Requirements Analysis
17 12 (2.871%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 204 (48.80%) Shell Script
2 200 (47.85%) C++
3 170 (40.67%) Java
4 161 (38.52%) C#
5 153 (36.60%) Perl
6 112 (26.79%) C
7 109 (26.08%) SQL
8 86 (20.57%) JavaScript
9 58 (13.88%) Bash shell
10 57 (13.64%) Python
11 41 (9.809%) VB
12 32 (7.656%) Embedded C
13 17 (4.067%) PHP
14 10 (2.392%) sed
14 10 (2.392%) AWK
14 10 (2.392%) Ruby
15 8 (1.914%) VB.NET
16 3 (0.718%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.718%) Delphi
16 3 (0.718%) Korn
Qualifications
1 296 (70.81%) Security Cleared
2 257 (61.48%) DV Cleared
3 116 (27.75%) Degree
4 96 (22.97%) SC Cleared
5 41 (9.809%) ISEB
6 4 (0.957%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.718%) MCSE
7 3 (0.718%) MCSA
7 3 (0.718%) MCITP
8 1 (0.239%) HND
8 1 (0.239%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.239%) CCNP
8 1 (0.239%) CCNA
8 1 (0.239%) OCP
8 1 (0.239%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.239%) RHCE
8 1 (0.239%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.110%) JTAG
2 10 (2.392%) IEC 61508
2 10 (2.392%) DO-178B
2 10 (2.392%) TickIT
3 7 (1.675%) QA
System Software
1 51 (12.20%) vSphere
2 40 (9.569%) VMware ESX
3 37 (8.852%) Squid
3 37 (8.852%) qmail
3 37 (8.852%) Postfix
3 37 (8.852%) Sendmail
3 37 (8.852%) ISA Server
4 14 (3.349%) VMware Infrastructure
5 10 (2.392%) Hyper-V
5 10 (2.392%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 7 (1.675%) Active Directory
7 3 (0.718%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.239%) NFS
8 1 (0.239%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 59 (14.11%) NetBackup
2 11 (2.632%) WSUS
3 10 (2.392%) Veritas Storage Foundation
4 8 (1.914%) Nagios
5 6 (1.435%) Backup Exec
6 5 (1.196%) McAfee ePO
6 5 (1.196%) SCCM
6 5 (1.196%) Munin
7 4 (0.957%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 3 (0.718%) Norton AntiVirus
9 2 (0.478%) WhatsUp Gold
10 1 (0.239%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 92 (22.01%) Cisco
2 91 (21.77%) Red Hat
3 80 (19.14%) Symantec
4 71 (16.99%) HP
5 66 (15.79%) NetApp
6 60 (14.35%) VMware
7 57 (13.64%) Citrix
8 52 (12.44%) Microsoft
9 51 (12.20%) JBoss
10 50 (11.96%) Oracle
10 50 (11.96%) Veritas
11 43 (10.29%) Juniper
12 40 (9.569%) Brocade
13 21 (5.024%) Saba
14 13 (3.110%) Symbian
15 9 (2.153%) Borland
16 8 (1.914%) Intel
16 8 (1.914%) Sophos
16 8 (1.914%) Twitter
17 6 (1.435%) 3PAR
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