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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 32 12 6
Rank change year-on-year
-20 -6
Permanent jobs citing Linux 5 39 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Halifax 3.106% 19.50% 17.86%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.36% 60.94% 60.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3 38 17
Average salary £25,000 £29,500 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.25% +18.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,800 £21,500 £22,300
10% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £36,500 £34,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.94%
All Operating Systems
Halifax
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
44 64 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Halifax 27.33% 32.00% 29.46%
Number of salaries quoted 40 57 25
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £30,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +5.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,800 £20,750 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,500 £55,000 £36,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
West Yorkshire

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the Halifax region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Halifax Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Halifax 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 10 (62.50%) JavaScript
1 10 (62.50%) MySQL
2 8 (50.00%) CSS
2 8 (50.00%) PHP
2 8 (50.00%) Apache
3 7 (43.75%) XHTML
3 7 (43.75%) E-Learning
4 4 (25.00%) HTTP
4 4 (25.00%) SQL
5 3 (18.75%) UNIX
5 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
5 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
5 3 (18.75%) SAN
6 2 (12.50%) MCSE
6 2 (12.50%) Cisco
6 2 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (12.50%) Avaya
6 2 (12.50%) DEFINITY
6 2 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
6 2 (12.50%) CMS
6 2 (12.50%) Hibernate
6 2 (12.50%) Java
6 2 (12.50%) XML
6 2 (12.50%) ITIL
6 2 (12.50%) HNC
6 2 (12.50%) HND
6 2 (12.50%) Oracle
6 2 (12.50%) SQL Server

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Halifax 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 8 (50.00%) CSS
2 7 (43.75%) XHTML
3 2 (12.50%) Hibernate
3 2 (12.50%) XML
3 2 (12.50%) Spring
4 1 (6.250%) jQuery
4 1 (6.250%) EJB 3.0
4 1 (6.250%) Ajax
4 1 (6.250%) EJB
4 1 (6.250%) SOAP
4 1 (6.250%) Struts
4 1 (6.250%) Web Services
4 1 (6.250%) .NET
4 1 (6.250%) J2EE
4 1 (6.250%) HTML
4 1 (6.250%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 8 (50.00%) Apache
2 2 (12.50%) CMS
3 1 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (6.250%) SharePoint
3 1 (6.250%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (6.250%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (6.250%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) HTTP
2 3 (18.75%) SAN
3 2 (12.50%) DEFINITY
4 1 (6.250%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (62.50%) MySQL
2 2 (12.50%) SQL Server
3 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (6.250%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (6.250%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (6.250%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 1 (6.250%) JUnit
1 1 (6.250%) NetBeans
General
1 1 (6.250%) Banking
1 1 (6.250%) Finance
1 1 (6.250%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 10 (62.50%) Developer
2 7 (43.75%) PHP Developer
3 5 (31.25%) PHP MySQL Developer
3 5 (31.25%) Web Developer
4 4 (25.00%) PHP Web Developer
5 2 (12.50%) Software Developer
5 2 (12.50%) 1st Line Support
5 2 (12.50%) Support Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) Team Leader
5 2 (12.50%) 1st Line Support Engineer
6 1 (6.250%) IT Support
6 1 (6.250%) Java Developer
6 1 (6.250%) IT Support Analyst
6 1 (6.250%) Java Team Leader
6 1 (6.250%) Infrastructure Team Leader
6 1 (6.250%) Junior Developer
6 1 (6.250%) Senior PHP Developer
6 1 (6.250%) Informatica Specialist
6 1 (6.250%) Senior Developer
6 1 (6.250%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (43.75%) E-Learning
2 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.250%) Celerra
3 1 (6.250%) Online Banking
3 1 (6.250%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) UNIX
2 1 (6.250%) Windows 7
2 1 (6.250%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (6.250%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (6.250%) Windows
2 1 (6.250%) HPUX
2 1 (6.250%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (12.50%) ITIL
1 2 (12.50%) Business Continuity
1 2 (12.50%) Data Protection
2 1 (6.250%) TDD
2 1 (6.250%) CRM
2 1 (6.250%) E-Commerce
2 1 (6.250%) Scrum
2 1 (6.250%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (62.50%) JavaScript
2 8 (50.00%) PHP
3 4 (25.00%) SQL
4 2 (12.50%) Java
5 1 (6.250%) PHP5
5 1 (6.250%) PowerShell
5 1 (6.250%) VB
5 1 (6.250%) VB.NET
5 1 (6.250%) VBA
5 1 (6.250%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) MCSE
1 2 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (12.50%) HNC
1 2 (12.50%) HND
1 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.250%) vSphere
2 1 (6.250%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Cisco
2 2 (12.50%) Avaya
2 2 (12.50%) Oracle
3 1 (6.250%) Twitter
3 1 (6.250%) VMware
3 1 (6.250%) HP
3 1 (6.250%) Dell
3 1 (6.250%) EMC
3 1 (6.250%) Informatica
3 1 (6.250%) Red Hat
Halifax, West Yorkshire
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