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This section looks at the demand for Linux skills within the Herefordshire 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLinux
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank2814
Rank change on same period last yearDown-14
Matching permanent IT job ads5782
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.031 %0.034 %
As % of the category below27.14 %32.41 %
Salaries quoted5275
Average minimum salary£36,374£35,493
Average salary£38,932£38,493
% change on same period last year+1.14 %
Average maximum salary£41,490£41,493
UK excluding London average salary£36,519£36,685
% change on same period last year-0.45 %
Herefordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Herefordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads210253
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.113 %0.105 %
Salaries quoted182223
Average minimum salary£31,790£32,014
Average salary£33,738£33,739
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£35,686£35,463
UK excluding London average salary£33,995£34,640
% change on same period last year-1.86 %
Linux West MidlandsLinux
West Midlands

Linux
Demand Trend

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

Herefordshire 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 Herefordshire region.

Herefordshire Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the Herefordshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Herefordshire Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Herefordshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BorehamwoodUp+333£39,607+23.65 %
Hemel HempsteadDown-3022£39,612-1.57 %
HerefordUp+92£22,000-
Linux West MidlandsLinux
West Midlands

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Herefordshire 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.

148 (48.00 %)UNIX
245 (45.00 %)Windows
327 (27.00 %)Microsoft
327 (27.00 %)SAN
426 (26.00 %)Firewall
426 (26.00 %)Finance
525 (25.00 %)SQL
623 (23.00 %)VMware
721 (21.00 %)Red Hat
721 (21.00 %)Red Hat Linux
820 (20.00 %)SQL Server
820 (20.00 %)Cisco
919 (19.00 %)Windows Server 2003
919 (19.00 %)Disaster Recovery
1018 (18.00 %)Oracle
1018 (18.00 %)Perl
1117 (17.00 %)Active Directory
1117 (17.00 %)MS Excel
1117 (17.00 %)MS Exchange
1216 (16.00 %)Shell Script
1216 (16.00 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1313 (13.00 %)TCP/IP
1412 (12.00 %)DNS
1412 (12.00 %)CheckPoint
1412 (12.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
1511 (11.00 %)Insurance
1511 (11.00 %)Sun
1511 (11.00 %).NET
1610 (10.00 %)MySQL
1610 (10.00 %)Windows XP

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Herefordshire 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.

Herefordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111 (11.00 %).NET
26 (6.000 %)HTML
35 (5.000 %)XML
44 (4.000 %)ASP
44 (4.000 %)ASP.NET
52 (2.000 %)CSS
52 (2.000 %)Middleware
61 (1.000 %)SAP Basis
61 (1.000 %)XSL
61 (1.000 %)COM
61 (1.000 %)MFC
Herefordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
117 (17.00 %)MS Exchange
210 (10.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
36 (6.000 %)Exchange Server 2007
36 (6.000 %)SharePoint
44 (4.000 %)OpenEdge
44 (4.000 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
44 (4.000 %)IIS
51 (1.000 %)Apache
Herefordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
117 (17.00 %)MS Excel
28 (8.000 %)MS Office
Herefordshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (2.000 %)SAP Retail
21 (1.000 %)SAP SCM
21 (1.000 %)SAP ERP
21 (1.000 %)SAP MDM
Herefordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
127 (27.00 %)SAN
226 (26.00 %)Firewall
313 (13.00 %)TCP/IP
412 (12.00 %)DNS
510 (10.00 %)Network Security
69 (9.000 %)DHCP
77 (7.000 %)MPLS
77 (7.000 %)Internet
86 (6.000 %)3G
86 (6.000 %)TETRA
86 (6.000 %)GPRS
95 (5.000 %)IPsec
104 (4.000 %)LAN
104 (4.000 %)WAN
112 (2.000 %)GSM
121 (1.000 %)SMTP
121 (1.000 %)VPN
Herefordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
120 (20.00 %)SQL Server
210 (10.00 %)MySQL
34 (4.000 %)Oracle 8/8i
42 (2.000 %)Oracle 10g
Herefordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (6.000 %)Visual Studio
21 (1.000 %)QuickTest Pro
Herefordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
126 (26.00 %)Finance
211 (11.00 %)Insurance
39 (9.000 %)Banking
46 (6.000 %)Telecoms
46 (6.000 %)Health
46 (6.000 %)Construction
55 (5.000 %)Pensions
64 (4.000 %)Education
73 (3.000 %)Government
82 (2.000 %)Retail
82 (2.000 %)Local Government
91 (1.000 %)Investment Banking
Herefordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
147 (47.00 %)Administrator
239 (39.00 %)Systems Administrator
314 (14.00 %)UNIX Administrator
413 (13.00 %)Network Engineer
512 (12.00 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
611 (11.00 %)Developer
611 (11.00 %)Linux Systems Administrator
611 (11.00 %)Linux Administrator
78 (8.000 %)Analyst
78 (8.000 %)Network Administrator
87 (7.000 %)C# Developer
87 (7.000 %)Software Developer
87 (7.000 %)UNIX Engineer
96 (6.000 %)IT Services Manager
96 (6.000 %)Server Administrator
96 (6.000 %)CSharp Software Developer
96 (6.000 %)IT Manager
96 (6.000 %)Service Manager
96 (6.000 %)Applications Support
96 (6.000 %)Support Analyst
Herefordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (6.000 %)Client/Server
24 (4.000 %)Blackberry
24 (4.000 %)Management Information System
33 (3.000 %)VAX
41 (1.000 %)Mathematics
41 (1.000 %)Physics
41 (1.000 %)Computer Science
41 (1.000 %)Device Driver
Herefordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
148 (48.00 %)UNIX
245 (45.00 %)Windows
321 (21.00 %)Red Hat Linux
419 (19.00 %)Windows Server 2003
516 (16.00 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
612 (12.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
710 (10.00 %)Windows XP
89 (9.000 %)Solaris
96 (6.000 %)Windows Mobile
104 (4.000 %)Windows 2000
104 (4.000 %)AIX
113 (3.000 %)HPUX
113 (3.000 %)VMS
121 (1.000 %)Windows CE
121 (1.000 %)Debian
Herefordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
119 (19.00 %)Disaster Recovery
210 (10.00 %)Network Design
210 (10.00 %)Security Cleared
37 (7.000 %)Information Security
37 (7.000 %)ITSM
37 (7.000 %)Information Security Management
37 (7.000 %)Security Management
37 (7.000 %)Service Management
37 (7.000 %)B2B
46 (6.000 %)OO
46 (6.000 %)RUP
46 (6.000 %)UML
46 (6.000 %)Release Management
55 (5.000 %)Change Management
64 (4.000 %)ITIL
64 (4.000 %)Performance Management
64 (4.000 %)Asset Management
73 (3.000 %)Business Analysis
73 (3.000 %)PRINCE2
82 (2.000 %)Project Management
Herefordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
125 (25.00 %)SQL
218 (18.00 %)Perl
316 (16.00 %)Shell Script
48 (8.000 %)PHP
57 (7.000 %)C#
65 (5.000 %)C
73 (3.000 %)C++
82 (2.000 %)JavaScript
91 (1.000 %)Java
91 (1.000 %)VBScript
91 (1.000 %)VB
Herefordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
19 (9.000 %)MCSE
19 (9.000 %)Microsoft Certification
25 (5.000 %)RHCE
34 (4.000 %)MCP
34 (4.000 %)CNE
34 (4.000 %)Novell Certification
42 (2.000 %)RHCT
42 (2.000 %)Degree
51 (1.000 %)MCSA
Herefordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (4.000 %)SLA
21 (1.000 %)QA
Herefordshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
117 (17.00 %)Active Directory
26 (6.000 %)VMware Server
34 (4.000 %)VMware ESX
34 (4.000 %)Backup Exec
43 (3.000 %)NetBackup
51 (1.000 %)Squid
51 (1.000 %)VMware Infrastructure
Herefordshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (1.000 %)Norton AntiVirus
Herefordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
127 (27.00 %)Microsoft
223 (23.00 %)VMware
321 (21.00 %)Red Hat
420 (20.00 %)Cisco
518 (18.00 %)Oracle
612 (12.00 %)CheckPoint
711 (11.00 %)Sun
87 (7.000 %)HP
87 (7.000 %)VERITAS
96 (6.000 %)SonicWALL
104 (4.000 %)SAP
113 (3.000 %)Cognos
113 (3.000 %)Progress
113 (3.000 %)Dell
113 (3.000 %)3Com
122 (2.000 %)EMC
122 (2.000 %)Sybase
122 (2.000 %)IBM
131 (1.000 %)Symbian
131 (1.000 %)Nortel