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The table below looks at the demand for Linux skills within the Harrow region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLinux
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2721
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching permanent IT job ads32
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.001 %
As % of the category below15.79 %22.22 %
Salaries quoted32
Average minimum salary£31,667£25,000
Average salary£31,667£32,000
% change on same period last year-1.04 %
Average maximum salary£31,667£39,000
UK excluding London average salary£36,725£36,239
% change on same period last year+1.34 %
Harrow IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Harrow
Matching permanent IT job ads199
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.004 %
Salaries quoted199
Average minimum salary£32,586£19,452
Average salary£33,267£22,919
% change on same period last year+45.14 %
Average maximum salary£33,948£26,387
UK excluding London average salary£34,285£34,402
% change on same period last year-0.34 %
Linux LondonLinux
London

Linux
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Linux across the Harrow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Harrow Linux Demand Trend

Linux
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Linux across the Harrow region.

Harrow Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the Harrow region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Harrow Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Harrow 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.

111 (91.67 %)UNIX
210 (83.33 %)Solaris
210 (83.33 %)AIX
210 (83.33 %)TCP/IP
39 (75.00 %)Firewall
48 (66.67 %)Degree
48 (66.67 %)Computer Science
48 (66.67 %)DNS
52 (16.67 %)HPUX
52 (16.67 %)JBoss
52 (16.67 %)Windows
52 (16.67 %)Red Hat Linux
52 (16.67 %)Ubuntu
52 (16.67 %)Debian
52 (16.67 %)Citrix
52 (16.67 %)Red Hat
61 (8.333 %)Windows Server 2003
61 (8.333 %)Exchange Server 2003
61 (8.333 %)SQL
61 (8.333 %)Oracle
61 (8.333 %)MS Office
61 (8.333 %)MS Exchange
61 (8.333 %)LAN
61 (8.333 %)WAN
61 (8.333 %)VPN
61 (8.333 %)Cisco
61 (8.333 %)Microsoft
61 (8.333 %)Active Directory

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Harrow 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.

Harrow IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (16.67 %)JBoss
21 (8.333 %)MS Exchange
21 (8.333 %)Exchange Server 2003
Harrow IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (8.333 %)MS Office
Harrow IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (83.33 %)TCP/IP
29 (75.00 %)Firewall
38 (66.67 %)DNS
41 (8.333 %)VPN
41 (8.333 %)LAN
41 (8.333 %)WAN
Harrow IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (66.67 %)UNIX Engineer
18 (66.67 %)Infrastructure Engineer
22 (16.67 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
22 (16.67 %)UNIX Administrator
22 (16.67 %)Linux Systems Administrator
22 (16.67 %)Linux Administrator
22 (16.67 %)Systems Administrator
22 (16.67 %)Administrator
31 (8.333 %)Desktop Support
31 (8.333 %)Support Engineer
31 (8.333 %)3rd Line Support
31 (8.333 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
Harrow IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (66.67 %)Computer Science
Harrow IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111 (91.67 %)UNIX
210 (83.33 %)AIX
210 (83.33 %)Solaris
32 (16.67 %)Debian
32 (16.67 %)Ubuntu
32 (16.67 %)Red Hat Linux
32 (16.67 %)HPUX
32 (16.67 %)Windows
41 (8.333 %)Windows Server 2003
Harrow IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (8.333 %)SQL
Harrow IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (66.67 %)Degree
Harrow IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (8.333 %)Active Directory
Harrow IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (16.67 %)Citrix
12 (16.67 %)Red Hat
21 (8.333 %)Oracle
21 (8.333 %)Cisco
21 (8.333 %)Microsoft