The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Kettering 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 Kettering region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 11 17 -
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -
Permanent jobs citing Linux 2 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kettering 9.091% 2.500% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 15.38% 16.67% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
Average salary £50,000 £36,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+38.88% -
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.94%
All Operating Systems
Kettering
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
13 6 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kettering 59.09% 15.00% 11.11%
Number of salaries quoted 8 3 4
Average salary £39,500 £43,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.13% +56.36%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
Northamptonshire

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kettering 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 Kettering region.

Kettering Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kettering 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 2 (66.67%) MySQL
1 2 (66.67%) LAMP
1 2 (66.67%) HTML
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 2 (66.67%) PHP
2 1 (33.33%) .NET
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) C
2 1 (33.33%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) Logistics
2 1 (33.33%) Ajax
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Web Development
2 1 (33.33%) .NET Framework
2 1 (33.33%) Zend
2 1 (33.33%) Zend Framework
2 1 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
2 1 (33.33%) CSS
2 1 (33.33%) UNIX
2 1 (33.33%) Apache
2 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (33.33%) Red Hat
2 1 (33.33%) Shell Script

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kettering 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 2 (66.67%) LAMP
1 2 (66.67%) HTML
2 1 (33.33%) .NET
2 1 (33.33%) Ajax
2 1 (33.33%) .NET Framework
2 1 (33.33%) Zend Framework
2 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
2 1 (33.33%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) MySQL
General
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Web Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Web Development Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Web Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Junior Systems Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Head of Development
1 1 (33.33%) Graduate Systems Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Junior Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Head of Web Development
1 1 (33.33%) Graduate
1 1 (33.33%) Junior
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Web Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Development Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Support
1 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (33.33%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Logistics
1 1 (33.33%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 2 (66.67%) PHP
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) C
2 1 (33.33%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) Shell Script
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Zend
1 1 (33.33%) Red Hat
Kettering, Northamptonshire
Key Skills; - Server and Network Implementation - Citrix / Virtualisation / VMWare - Linux Implementation - Microsoft qualification - MCSE / MCSA / MCP / MCITP - Sharepoint (desirable) - Security Infrastructure Implementation Key Accountabilities... Keywords - Senior Support Engineer /...
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Salary: £28k - 32k per year + car + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013