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The table below looks at the demand for Linux skills within the Kingston Upon Thames 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 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLinux
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2034
Rank change on same period last yearUp+14
Matching permanent IT job ads67
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.003 %
As % of the category below16.67 %11.29 %
Salaries quoted57
Average minimum salary£23,000£32,571
Average salary£31,500£33,071
% change on same period last year-4.75 %
Average maximum salary£40,000£33,571
UK excluding London average salary£36,746£36,213
% change on same period last year+1.47 %
Kingston Upon Thames IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Kingston Upon Thames
Matching permanent IT job ads3662
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.021 %0.027 %
Salaries quoted3562
Average minimum salary£29,645£35,813
Average salary£32,478£37,813
% change on same period last year-14.10 %
Average maximum salary£35,312£39,813
UK excluding London average salary£34,290£34,404
% change on same period last year-0.33 %
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 Kingston Upon Thames region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Kingston Upon Thames 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 Kingston Upon Thames region.

Kingston Upon Thames Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the Kingston Upon Thames region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Kingston Upon Thames Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the Kingston Upon Thames 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.

16 (60.00 %)PHP
16 (60.00 %)Windows
24 (40.00 %)UNIX
24 (40.00 %)Cisco
24 (40.00 %)Active Directory
24 (40.00 %)HTML
24 (40.00 %)Mac OS X
24 (40.00 %)Clustering
24 (40.00 %)Disaster Recovery
33 (30.00 %)Education
33 (30.00 %)Swing
33 (30.00 %)Java
33 (30.00 %).NET
33 (30.00 %)C++
42 (20.00 %)Apache
51 (10.00 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (10.00 %)Internet
51 (10.00 %)LAMP
51 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (10.00 %)Degree
51 (10.00 %)PHP5
51 (10.00 %)Test Scripting
51 (10.00 %)TestComplete
51 (10.00 %)CentOS
51 (10.00 %)ISEB
51 (10.00 %)Motorola
51 (10.00 %)MySQL
51 (10.00 %)SQL Server
51 (10.00 %)IIS
51 (10.00 %)XML

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the Kingston Upon Thames 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.

Kingston Upon Thames IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (40.00 %)HTML
23 (30.00 %).NET
23 (30.00 %)Swing
31 (10.00 %)LAMP
31 (10.00 %)XML
Kingston Upon Thames IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (20.00 %)Apache
21 (10.00 %)IIS
Kingston Upon Thames IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (10.00 %)Internet
Kingston Upon Thames IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (10.00 %)MySQL
11 (10.00 %)SQL Server
11 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Kingston Upon Thames IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (10.00 %)TestComplete
Kingston Upon Thames IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (30.00 %)Education
Kingston Upon Thames IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (40.00 %)Support Engineer
22 (20.00 %)Administrator
22 (20.00 %)Systems Administrator
31 (10.00 %)DBA
31 (10.00 %)Analyst
31 (10.00 %)Test Analyst
Kingston Upon Thames IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (40.00 %)Clustering
Kingston Upon Thames IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (60.00 %)Windows
24 (40.00 %)Mac OS X
24 (40.00 %)UNIX
31 (10.00 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (10.00 %)CentOS
Kingston Upon Thames IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (40.00 %)Disaster Recovery
21 (10.00 %)Test Scripting
Kingston Upon Thames IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (60.00 %)PHP
23 (30.00 %)C++
23 (30.00 %)Java
31 (10.00 %)SQL
31 (10.00 %)PHP5
Kingston Upon Thames IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (10.00 %)ISEB
11 (10.00 %)Degree
Kingston Upon Thames IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (40.00 %)Active Directory
Kingston Upon Thames IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (40.00 %)Cisco
21 (10.00 %)Motorola