The first table below looks at the demand for Ubuntu skills in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Ubuntu over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ubuntu Linux
Rank 84 102 -
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -
Permanent jobs citing Ubuntu 11 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 1.249% 0.081% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.216% 0.260% -
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 0
Average salary £35,000 £40,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.58% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
All Operating Systems
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
342 384 332
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 38.82% 30.92% 29.99%
Number of salaries quoted 279 302 283
Average salary £41,000 £42,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.52% +21.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £28,500 £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%
Ubuntu
South West

Ubuntu
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire Ubuntu Jobs Demand Trend

Ubuntu
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Ubuntu across the Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Ubuntu Salary Trend

Ubuntu
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ubuntu within the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Cheltenham - 8 £35,000 -
Gloucester +12 3 - -
Ubuntu
South West

Ubuntu
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire region citing Ubuntu 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 Ubuntu.

1 11 (100.00%) Linux
1 11 (100.00%) Git (software)
2 8 (72.73%) Firewall
2 8 (72.73%) LAMP
2 8 (72.73%) Drupal
2 8 (72.73%) PHP
3 5 (45.45%) CRM
3 5 (45.45%) Internet
3 5 (45.45%) Nagios
3 5 (45.45%) Time Management
3 5 (45.45%) Google
3 5 (45.45%) Marketing
3 5 (45.45%) Munin
3 5 (45.45%) Amazon EC2
3 5 (45.45%) Social Media
3 5 (45.45%) Google Apps
3 5 (45.45%) Twitter
4 3 (27.27%) Java
4 3 (27.27%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (27.27%) vSphere
4 3 (27.27%) SolarWinds
4 3 (27.27%) WSUS
4 3 (27.27%) DV Cleared
4 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
4 3 (27.27%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (27.27%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (27.27%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (27.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (27.27%) Perforce
4 3 (27.27%) Replication

Ubuntu
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire region citing Ubuntu 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 Ubuntu. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (72.73%) LAMP
2 3 (27.27%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 8 (72.73%) Drupal
2 5 (45.45%) Amazon EC2
3 3 (27.27%) CMS
3 3 (27.27%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (45.45%) Google Apps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (72.73%) Firewall
2 5 (45.45%) Internet
3 3 (27.27%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) SQL Server 2008
1 3 (27.27%) MySQL
1 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (100.00%) Git (software)
2 3 (27.27%) ClearQuest
2 3 (27.27%) ClearCase
General
1 5 (45.45%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) PHP Developer
1 8 (72.73%) Developer
2 5 (45.45%) Drupal Developer
2 5 (45.45%) PHP Drupal Developer
3 3 (27.27%) LAMP Developer
3 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Social Media
2 3 (27.27%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Linux
2 3 (27.27%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (27.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (27.27%) Windows
2 3 (27.27%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) CRM
1 5 (45.45%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (72.73%) PHP
2 3 (27.27%) Java
2 3 (27.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) DV Cleared
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) VMware ESXi
1 3 (27.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (45.45%) Nagios
1 5 (45.45%) Munin
2 3 (27.27%) WSUS
2 3 (27.27%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Google
1 5 (45.45%) Twitter
2 3 (27.27%) SolarWinds
2 3 (27.27%) Perforce
2 3 (27.27%) VMware
2 3 (27.27%) JBoss
2 3 (27.27%) Symantec
2 3 (27.27%) Cisco
2 3 (27.27%) Dell
2 3 (27.27%) Red Hat
2 3 (27.27%) Oracle