The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the High Wycombe region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 22 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 High Wycombe region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 18 24 10
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -14
Permanent jobs citing Linux 19 16 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in High Wycombe 9.794% 6.957% 11.26%
As % of the Operating Systems category 35.85% 27.12% 43.59%
Number of salaries quoted 19 11 17
Average salary £30,000 £29,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.69% -9.23%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,800 £22,500 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,000 £34,400
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.94%
All Operating Systems
High Wycombe
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
53 59 39
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in High Wycombe 27.32% 25.65% 25.83%
Number of salaries quoted 52 51 36
Average salary £30,000 £28,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -13.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £20,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £42,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
Buckinghamshire

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

High Wycombe 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 High Wycombe region.

High Wycombe Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the High Wycombe region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

High Wycombe Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the High Wycombe 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 33 (76.74%) UNIX
2 17 (39.53%) HTML
3 15 (34.88%) JavaScript
3 15 (34.88%) PHP
4 14 (32.56%) CSS
4 14 (32.56%) OO
5 13 (30.23%) SEO
6 12 (27.91%) Web Development
7 11 (25.58%) Marketing
7 11 (25.58%) Creative Marketing
8 10 (23.26%) Windows
8 10 (23.26%) SQL
9 9 (20.93%) C
9 9 (20.93%) Red Hat
10 7 (16.28%) Firewall
10 7 (16.28%) Zend
10 7 (16.28%) Solaris
11 6 (13.95%) VPN
11 6 (13.95%) DNS
11 6 (13.95%) Java
11 6 (13.95%) SAN
11 6 (13.95%) Microsoft
11 6 (13.95%) jQuery
12 5 (11.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 4 (9.302%) Smarty
13 4 (9.302%) Network Management
13 4 (9.302%) SIEM
13 4 (9.302%) Debian
13 4 (9.302%) Information Security
13 4 (9.302%) MooTools

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the High Wycombe 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 17 (39.53%) HTML
2 14 (32.56%) CSS
3 6 (13.95%) jQuery
4 4 (9.302%) Smarty
4 4 (9.302%) MooTools
4 4 (9.302%) CakePHP
4 4 (9.302%) Symfony
5 3 (6.977%) XML
6 2 (4.651%) .NET
6 2 (4.651%) MFC
6 2 (4.651%) JSP
7 1 (2.326%) Web Services
7 1 (2.326%) Ajax
7 1 (2.326%) Zend Framework
7 1 (2.326%) LAMP
7 1 (2.326%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 3 (6.977%) MS Exchange
1 3 (6.977%) Exchange Server 2003
1 3 (6.977%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (4.651%) Apache
3 1 (2.326%) TYPO3
3 1 (2.326%) Magento
Business Applications
1 1 (2.326%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 7 (16.28%) Firewall
2 6 (13.95%) VPN
2 6 (13.95%) DNS
2 6 (13.95%) SAN
3 4 (9.302%) Network Security
3 4 (9.302%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (9.302%) VLAN
3 4 (9.302%) Ethernet
3 4 (9.302%) TCP/IP
4 3 (6.977%) ATM
4 3 (6.977%) WAN
4 3 (6.977%) DHCP
4 3 (6.977%) MPLS
4 3 (6.977%) OSPF
4 3 (6.977%) BGP
4 3 (6.977%) TACACS
4 3 (6.977%) Internet
4 3 (6.977%) Wireless Security
4 3 (6.977%) iSCSI
4 3 (6.977%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.302%) SQL Server 2005
1 4 (9.302%) SQL Server 2000
1 4 (9.302%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.651%) Git (software)
1 2 (4.651%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.326%) Subversion
General
1 11 (25.58%) Marketing
2 3 (6.977%) French Language
2 3 (6.977%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.326%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (34.88%) Developer
2 14 (32.56%) PHP Developer
3 12 (27.91%) Web Developer
4 11 (25.58%) PHP Web Developer
5 9 (20.93%) Support Engineer
6 5 (11.63%) 3rd Line Support
6 5 (11.63%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 4 (9.302%) Sales Engineer
8 3 (6.977%) Software Engineer
8 3 (6.977%) Systems Administrator
8 3 (6.977%) Network Engineer
8 3 (6.977%) Applications Support Engineer
8 3 (6.977%) Cisco Engineer
8 3 (6.977%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 3 (6.977%) Administrator
8 3 (6.977%) Analyst
8 3 (6.977%) Support Analyst
8 3 (6.977%) Applications Support
9 2 (4.651%) UNIX Specialist
9 2 (4.651%) UNIX Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.977%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (4.651%) Open Source
3 1 (2.326%) Clustering
3 1 (2.326%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 33 (76.74%) UNIX
2 10 (23.26%) Windows
3 7 (16.28%) Solaris
4 5 (11.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (9.302%) Debian
5 4 (9.302%) Ubuntu
5 4 (9.302%) AIX
6 3 (6.977%) HPUX
6 3 (6.977%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (6.977%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (2.326%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (32.56%) OO
2 13 (30.23%) SEO
3 12 (27.91%) Web Development
4 11 (25.58%) Creative Marketing
5 4 (9.302%) Network Management
5 4 (9.302%) SIEM
5 4 (9.302%) Information Security
5 4 (9.302%) ERP
5 4 (9.302%) CRM
6 2 (4.651%) Test Automation
6 2 (4.651%) Embedded Software Development
6 2 (4.651%) MVC
6 2 (4.651%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (4.651%) UML
6 2 (4.651%) E-Commerce
7 1 (2.326%) OOP
7 1 (2.326%) ITIL
7 1 (2.326%) Project Management
7 1 (2.326%) Six Sigma
7 1 (2.326%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 15 (34.88%) JavaScript
1 15 (34.88%) PHP
2 10 (23.26%) SQL
3 9 (20.93%) C
4 6 (13.95%) Java
5 3 (6.977%) C++
6 2 (4.651%) C++/CLI
7 1 (2.326%) Embedded C
7 1 (2.326%) Embedded C++
7 1 (2.326%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 4 (9.302%) CISSP
2 3 (6.977%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (6.977%) CCIE
2 3 (6.977%) CCNP
2 3 (6.977%) CCNA
3 2 (4.651%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.651%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.651%) ISTQB
3 2 (4.651%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.302%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (9.302%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (6.977%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (9.302%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.977%) Veritas Volume Manager
3 1 (2.326%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
3 1 (2.326%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 3 (6.977%) NetBackup
2 1 (2.326%) Tivoli
2 1 (2.326%) HP Data Protector
2 1 (2.326%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 9 (20.93%) Red Hat
2 7 (16.28%) Zend
3 6 (13.95%) Microsoft
4 4 (9.302%) Oracle
5 3 (6.977%) Cisco
5 3 (6.977%) Symantec
5 3 (6.977%) NetApp
5 3 (6.977%) Veritas
5 3 (6.977%) HP
5 3 (6.977%) EMC
6 2 (4.651%) QNX
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