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This section looks at the demand for Linux skills within the Leicester 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLinux
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank5847
Rank change on same period last yearDown-11
Matching permanent IT job ads914
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.006 %
As % of the category below5.455 %6.763 %
Salaries quoted512
Average minimum salary£30,400£34,333
Average salary£31,400£37,125
% change on same period last year-15.42 %
Average maximum salary£32,400£39,917
UK excluding London average salary£36,512£36,686
% change on same period last year-0.47 %
Leicester IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Leicester
Matching permanent IT job ads165207
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.089 %0.086 %
Salaries quoted147172
Average minimum salary£26,586£27,912
Average salary£29,230£29,853
% change on same period last year-2.08 %
Average maximum salary£31,874£31,794
UK excluding London average salary£33,991£34,646
% change on same period last year-1.88 %
Linux LeicestershireLinux
Leicestershire

Linux
Demand Trend

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

Leicester 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 Leicester region.

Leicester Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the Leicester region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Leicester Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Leicester 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.

123 (63.89 %)Windows
221 (58.33 %)Microsoft
320 (55.56 %)Windows XP
417 (47.22 %)UNIX
512 (33.33 %)Degree
610 (27.78 %)SQL Server
79 (25.00 %)LAN
79 (25.00 %)DNS
88 (22.22 %)WAN
88 (22.22 %)Active Directory
88 (22.22 %)Microsoft Certification
88 (22.22 %)TCP/IP
88 (22.22 %)MCSE
88 (22.22 %)MCSA
88 (22.22 %)MS Exchange
88 (22.22 %)MS Excel
88 (22.22 %)MCP
88 (22.22 %)Windows Vista
96 (16.67 %)Pensions
96 (16.67 %)MySQL
96 (16.67 %)Java
105 (13.89 %)Tomcat
105 (13.89 %)Red Hat
105 (13.89 %)Insurance
105 (13.89 %)CentOS
105 (13.89 %)Red Hat Linux
105 (13.89 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
113 (8.333 %)Apache
113 (8.333 %)SQL
113 (8.333 %).NET

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Leicester 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.

Leicester IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (8.333 %).NET
22 (5.556 %)JSP
22 (5.556 %)Middleware
22 (5.556 %)WebSphere
31 (2.778 %)WebServices
31 (2.778 %)XML
31 (2.778 %)J2EE
31 (2.778 %)ASP
31 (2.778 %)ASP.NET
31 (2.778 %)CSS
31 (2.778 %)HTML
Leicester IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (22.22 %)MS Exchange
25 (13.89 %)Tomcat
33 (8.333 %)Apache
Leicester IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
18 (22.22 %)MS Excel
Leicester IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (25.00 %)LAN
19 (25.00 %)DNS
28 (22.22 %)WAN
28 (22.22 %)TCP/IP
32 (5.556 %)SAN
32 (5.556 %)Intranet
41 (2.778 %)Internet
41 (2.778 %)SMTP
41 (2.778 %)HTTP
Leicester IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (27.78 %)SQL Server
26 (16.67 %)MySQL
31 (2.778 %)PostgreSQL
Leicester IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (2.778 %)Visual Studio
Leicester IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (16.67 %)Pensions
25 (13.89 %)Insurance
32 (5.556 %)Health
Leicester IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
114 (38.89 %)Analyst
212 (33.33 %)Support Analyst
212 (33.33 %)IT Support Analyst
38 (22.22 %)IT Support Engineer
38 (22.22 %)Support Engineer
38 (22.22 %)Administrator
45 (13.89 %)Systems Administrator
45 (13.89 %)DBA
53 (8.333 %)Developer
53 (8.333 %)Programmer
62 (5.556 %)WebSphere Consultant
62 (5.556 %)Linux Administrator
62 (5.556 %)PHP Web Developer
62 (5.556 %)Analyst Programmer
62 (5.556 %)PHP Developer
62 (5.556 %)WebSphere Specialist
62 (5.556 %)Web Developer
62 (5.556 %)Consultant
71 (2.778 %)Senior Developer
71 (2.778 %).NET Developer
Leicester IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (5.556 %)W3C
12 (5.556 %)HACMP
Leicester IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
123 (63.89 %)Windows
220 (55.56 %)Windows XP
317 (47.22 %)UNIX
48 (22.22 %)Windows Vista
55 (13.89 %)CentOS
55 (13.89 %)Red Hat Linux
55 (13.89 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
62 (5.556 %)AIX
62 (5.556 %)Debian
71 (2.778 %)HPUX
71 (2.778 %)Solaris
Leicester IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (5.556 %)E-Commerce
21 (2.778 %)UML
21 (2.778 %)OOP
Leicester IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (16.67 %)Java
23 (8.333 %)SQL
32 (5.556 %)Transact-SQL
32 (5.556 %)JavaScript
32 (5.556 %)PHP
32 (5.556 %)PL/SQL
41 (2.778 %)Perl
41 (2.778 %)VB
41 (2.778 %)VB.NET
41 (2.778 %)C#
Leicester IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
112 (33.33 %)Degree
28 (22.22 %)MCP
28 (22.22 %)MCSE
28 (22.22 %)MCSA
28 (22.22 %)Microsoft Certification
Leicester IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
18 (22.22 %)Active Directory
Leicester IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (5.556 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
Leicester IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
121 (58.33 %)Microsoft
25 (13.89 %)Red Hat
32 (5.556 %)IBM