The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Lichfield region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Lichfield region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 6 - 7
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Linux 2 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lichfield 12.50% - 7.692%
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% - 33.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
Average salary £21,500 - £25,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.59% +2.66%
All Operating Systems
Lichfield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
2 18 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lichfield 12.50% 69.23% 23.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2 18 3
Average salary £21,500 £21,000 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.38% -16.00%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
Staffordshire

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lichfield 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 Lichfield region.

Lichfield Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Lichfield 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 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) PHP
1 2 (100.00%) MySQL
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) OOP
1 2 (100.00%) Apache
1 2 (100.00%) Intranet
1 2 (100.00%) LAMP
1 2 (100.00%) Logistics
1 2 (100.00%) Web 2.0
1 2 (100.00%) Business Development
1 2 (100.00%) WAMP

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Lichfield 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 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) LAMP
1 2 (100.00%) WAMP
Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) MySQL
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Web Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Applications Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Web Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Web 2.0
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) OOP
1 2 (100.00%) Logistics
1 2 (100.00%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) PHP