The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leamington Spa region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 24 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 Leamington Spa region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 35 31 15
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -16
Permanent jobs citing Linux 2 3 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leamington Spa 1.429% 2.206% 7.229%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.143% 15.79% 33.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 6
Average salary £34,250 £35,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.14% +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,650 £35,000 £30,250
10% offered a salary of more than £38,850 £35,000 £32,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +6.94%
All Operating Systems
Leamington Spa
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
28 19 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leamington Spa 20.00% 13.97% 21.69%
Number of salaries quoted 28 15 17
Average salary £37,000 £33,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.44% +6.34%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,400 £25,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,000 £37,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
Warwickshire

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leamington Spa 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 Leamington Spa region.

Leamington Spa Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the Leamington Spa region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Leamington Spa Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leamington Spa 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 12 (85.71%) Apache
2 11 (78.57%) HTML
2 11 (78.57%) JavaScript
2 11 (78.57%) CSS
2 11 (78.57%) Subversion
3 7 (50.00%) Ruby
3 7 (50.00%) Ajax
3 7 (50.00%) Open Source
3 7 (50.00%) Java
3 7 (50.00%) C++
3 7 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (35.71%) MySQL
4 5 (35.71%) PHP
5 4 (28.57%) OOP
5 4 (28.57%) OO
5 4 (28.57%) Web Services
5 4 (28.57%) XML
5 4 (28.57%) Oracle
5 4 (28.57%) SQL Server
5 4 (28.57%) Photoshop
5 4 (28.57%) Perl
5 4 (28.57%) XHTML
5 4 (28.57%) CRM
5 4 (28.57%) Adobe Illustrator
5 4 (28.57%) Zend
5 4 (28.57%) Zend Framework
5 4 (28.57%) jQuery
6 2 (14.29%) iSCSI
6 2 (14.29%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (14.29%) NetBackup

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leamington Spa 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 11 (78.57%) HTML
1 11 (78.57%) CSS
2 7 (50.00%) Ajax
3 4 (28.57%) Web Services
3 4 (28.57%) XML
3 4 (28.57%) XHTML
3 4 (28.57%) Zend Framework
3 4 (28.57%) jQuery
4 1 (7.143%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 12 (85.71%) Apache
2 1 (7.143%) Drupal
Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Photoshop
1 4 (28.57%) Adobe Illustrator
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) iSCSI
1 2 (14.29%) Fibre Channel
1 2 (14.29%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (35.71%) MySQL
3 4 (28.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (78.57%) Subversion
Job Titles
1 12 (85.71%) Developer
2 7 (50.00%) Ruby Developer
2 7 (50.00%) Senior Developer
3 5 (35.71%) Web Developer
4 4 (28.57%) PHP Web Developer
4 4 (28.57%) PHP Developer
5 2 (14.29%) Senior Technical Analyst
5 2 (14.29%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (14.29%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (50.00%) Open Source
2 2 (14.29%) Replication
3 1 (7.143%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) UNIX
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
1 2 (14.29%) HPUX
1 2 (14.29%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) OOP
1 4 (28.57%) OO
1 4 (28.57%) CRM
2 1 (7.143%) Data Protection
2 1 (7.143%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 11 (78.57%) JavaScript
2 7 (50.00%) Ruby
2 7 (50.00%) Java
2 7 (50.00%) C++
3 5 (35.71%) PHP
4 4 (28.57%) Perl
5 1 (7.143%) SQL
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Oracle
1 4 (28.57%) Zend
2 2 (14.29%) VMware
2 2 (14.29%) Sun
2 2 (14.29%) Symantec