The first table below looks at the demand for Debian skills in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Debian 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Debian Linux
Rank 427 399 533
Rank change year-on-year
-28 +134
Permanent jobs citing Debian 159 251 117
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.364% 0.468% 0.202%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.340% 1.749% 0.821%
Number of salaries quoted 155 224 113
Average salary £47,500 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.55% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,780 £32,500 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,800 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Operating Systems
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
11868 14355 14253
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 27.14% 26.76% 24.57%
Number of salaries quoted 10137 12519 11946
Average salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.55% -5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £28,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Debian
England

Debian
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Debian Jobs Demand Trend

Debian
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Debian across the London region.

London Debian Salary Trend

Debian
Salary Histogram

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

London Debian Salary Histogram

Debian
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Debian within the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of London -4 21 £47,500 -5.00%
Docklands, London - 8 £65,000 -
Feltham - 1 £36,500 -
Debian
England

Debian
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing Debian 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 Debian.

1 386 (99.23%) Linux
2 246 (63.24%) Puppet
3 215 (55.27%) Ubuntu
4 212 (54.50%) Red Hat
5 193 (49.61%) MySQL
6 177 (45.50%) CentOS
7 154 (39.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 153 (39.33%) Bash shell
9 140 (35.99%) Python
10 136 (34.96%) Perl
11 121 (31.11%) PHP
12 119 (30.59%) Windows
13 117 (30.08%) Apache
14 115 (29.56%) VMware
15 106 (27.25%) Ruby
16 84 (21.59%) Amazon AWS
17 80 (20.57%) Open Source
18 77 (19.79%) nginx
18 77 (19.79%) DNS
19 68 (17.48%) Nagios
20 65 (16.71%) Amazon EC2
21 64 (16.45%) Redis
21 64 (16.45%) Web Services
22 62 (15.94%) UNIX
22 62 (15.94%) VMware Infrastructure
23 61 (15.68%) TCP/IP
24 60 (15.42%) LAMP
24 60 (15.42%) NoSQL
25 59 (15.17%) Replication
26 56 (14.40%) Java

Debian
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing Debian 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 Debian. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 64 (16.45%) Web Services
2 60 (15.42%) LAMP
3 24 (6.170%) Ruby on Rails
4 17 (4.370%) Django
5 15 (3.856%) .NET
6 11 (2.828%) ASP.NET
7 10 (2.571%) Node.js
8 9 (2.314%) Memcached
9 6 (1.542%) HTML5
9 6 (1.542%) Ajax
9 6 (1.542%) XMPP
10 5 (1.285%) J2EE
10 5 (1.285%) XML
10 5 (1.285%) HTML
10 5 (1.285%) REST
11 4 (1.028%) WSRP
11 4 (1.028%) JSR 168
11 4 (1.028%) Java EE
11 4 (1.028%) SOAP
11 4 (1.028%) DHTML
Application Platforms
1 117 (30.08%) Apache
2 84 (21.59%) Amazon AWS
3 77 (19.79%) nginx
4 65 (16.71%) Amazon EC2
5 45 (11.57%) Tomcat
6 40 (10.28%) IIS
7 29 (7.455%) Amazon S3
8 24 (6.170%) Confluence
9 17 (4.370%) Rackspace Cloud
10 11 (2.828%) MS Exchange
10 11 (2.828%) Apache Solr
11 10 (2.571%) ActiveMQ
12 9 (2.314%) Mule
13 6 (1.542%) Amazon ELB
13 6 (1.542%) SharePoint
14 5 (1.285%) Windows Azure
14 5 (1.285%) LiveSite
15 3 (0.771%) Magento
16 2 (0.514%) Drupal
16 2 (0.514%) Pressflow
Applications
1 17 (4.370%) Google Apps
2 9 (2.314%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (2.057%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 77 (19.79%) DNS
2 61 (15.68%) TCP/IP
3 50 (12.85%) SAN
4 49 (12.60%) Internet
5 38 (9.769%) Firewall
6 33 (8.483%) HTTP
7 30 (7.712%) iSCSI
8 22 (5.656%) Fibre Channel
9 21 (5.398%) OpenLDAP
10 19 (4.884%) VLAN
11 17 (4.370%) BIG-IP
12 13 (3.342%) NAS
13 10 (2.571%) DHCP
13 10 (2.571%) MPLS
14 9 (2.314%) SMTP
14 9 (2.314%) LDAP
15 7 (1.799%) SSL
16 6 (1.542%) WAN
16 6 (1.542%) LAN
16 6 (1.542%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 193 (49.61%) MySQL
2 64 (16.45%) Redis
3 60 (15.42%) NoSQL
4 54 (13.88%) MongoDB
5 42 (10.80%) PostgreSQL
6 36 (9.254%) SQL Server
7 32 (8.226%) Hadoop
8 28 (7.198%) Apache Cassandra
9 25 (6.427%) Big Data
10 10 (2.571%) SQL Server 2008
11 9 (2.314%) RDBMS
12 5 (1.285%) CouchDB
13 4 (1.028%) Oracle 8/8i
14 2 (0.514%) Amazon DynamoDB
15 1 (0.257%) Data Warehouse
15 1 (0.257%) SQL Server 2005
15 1 (0.257%) HBase
Development Applications
1 55 (14.14%) Subversion
2 53 (13.62%) Git (software)
3 29 (7.455%) JIRA
4 22 (5.656%) Jenkins
5 12 (3.085%) GitHub
6 11 (2.828%) TeamCity
7 9 (2.314%) JMeter
7 9 (2.314%) Selenium
7 9 (2.314%) Redmine
7 9 (2.314%) Talend Open Studio
8 5 (1.285%) Maven
9 3 (0.771%) Ant
9 3 (0.771%) CMake
9 3 (0.771%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.771%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.771%) ANTLR
9 3 (0.771%) Hudson
9 3 (0.771%) Mercurial
10 1 (0.257%) ProC
10 1 (0.257%) IntelliJ
General
1 24 (6.170%) Back Office
2 18 (4.627%) Music
3 15 (3.856%) Telecoms
4 14 (3.599%) Finance
5 9 (2.314%) Marketing
6 8 (2.057%) Electronics
7 6 (1.542%) Law
8 5 (1.285%) Games
9 4 (1.028%) Music Industry
9 4 (1.028%) Publishing
10 3 (0.771%) Banking
11 2 (0.514%) Online Betting
11 2 (0.514%) Retail
Job Titles
1 229 (58.87%) Administrator
2 225 (57.84%) Systems Administrator
3 163 (41.90%) Linux Administrator
4 158 (40.62%) Linux Systems Administrator
5 57 (14.65%) Linux Engineer
6 45 (11.57%) Systems Engineer
7 30 (7.712%) Senior Systems Administrator
8 19 (4.884%) Senior Linux Administrator
8 19 (4.884%) DevOps Engineer
9 17 (4.370%) Operations Engineer
10 16 (4.113%) Senior Linux Systems Administrator
11 14 (3.599%) UNIX Administrator
12 13 (3.342%) UNIX Engineer
13 12 (3.085%) Senior Systems Engineer
13 12 (3.085%) Architect
14 11 (2.828%) Support Engineer
15 9 (2.314%) UNIX Systems Administrator
16 8 (2.057%) Senior Linux Engineer
16 8 (2.057%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 7 (1.799%) Senior UNIX Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 80 (20.57%) Open Source
2 59 (15.17%) Replication
3 46 (11.83%) Clustering
4 22 (5.656%) Digital Media
5 14 (3.599%) IaaS
6 12 (3.085%) New Media
7 11 (2.828%) PaaS
8 9 (2.314%) Computer Science
9 8 (2.057%) Streaming Music
10 7 (1.799%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (1.285%) Blackberry
11 5 (1.285%) Online Games
12 4 (1.028%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (1.028%) Taxonomies
12 4 (1.028%) Ontologies
13 3 (0.771%) N-Tier
13 3 (0.771%) Physics
13 3 (0.771%) iPhone
14 2 (0.514%) Mobile App
14 2 (0.514%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 386 (99.23%) Linux
2 215 (55.27%) Ubuntu
3 177 (45.50%) CentOS
4 154 (39.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 119 (30.59%) Windows
6 62 (15.94%) UNIX
7 53 (13.62%) Solaris
8 26 (6.684%) OpenBSD
9 22 (5.656%) FreeBSD
10 20 (5.141%) Windows Server 2008
11 18 (4.627%) Windows Server 2003
12 17 (4.370%) Windows 7
13 13 (3.342%) Windows XP
14 10 (2.571%) Fedora
15 8 (2.057%) SUSE
16 7 (1.799%) AIX
17 4 (1.028%) Windows 8
17 4 (1.028%) Mac OS X
18 3 (0.771%) Gentoo
18 3 (0.771%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (10.28%) E-Commerce
2 39 (10.03%) Configuration Management
3 22 (5.656%) Load Balancing
4 19 (4.884%) Agile Software Development
5 15 (3.856%) Scrum
6 14 (3.599%) Continuous Integration
6 14 (3.599%) Network Design
7 12 (3.085%) Build Automation
8 11 (2.828%) Data Management
9 10 (2.571%) TDD
10 8 (2.057%) Disaster Recovery
11 7 (1.799%) Infrastructure Management
12 6 (1.542%) Fault Management
12 6 (1.542%) BDD
12 6 (1.542%) Migration
13 5 (1.285%) Product Management
14 4 (1.028%) Data Protection
14 4 (1.028%) Penetration Testing
14 4 (1.028%) SOA
14 4 (1.028%) DRM
Programming Languages
1 153 (39.33%) Bash shell
2 140 (35.99%) Python
3 136 (34.96%) Perl
4 121 (31.11%) PHP
5 106 (27.25%) Ruby
6 56 (14.40%) Java
7 38 (9.769%) Shell Script
8 23 (5.913%) AWK
9 22 (5.656%) sed
10 15 (3.856%) JavaScript
11 14 (3.599%) SQL
12 9 (2.314%) Erlang
13 8 (2.057%) PowerShell
14 6 (1.542%) T-SQL
14 6 (1.542%) VBScript
14 6 (1.542%) C
15 4 (1.028%) Objective-C
16 3 (0.771%) C++
16 3 (0.771%) Korn
17 1 (0.257%) C#
Qualifications
1 30 (7.712%) Degree
2 15 (3.856%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (3.856%) CCNA
3 13 (3.342%) MCSE
3 13 (3.342%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (2.057%) RHCE
5 4 (1.028%) MCITP
5 4 (1.028%) MCP
6 1 (0.257%) MCSA
6 1 (0.257%) PhD
6 1 (0.257%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (0.257%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (7.455%) PCI DSS
2 8 (2.057%) SLA
3 5 (1.285%) QA
System Software
1 62 (15.94%) VMware Infrastructure
2 54 (13.88%) Active Directory
3 42 (10.80%) vSphere
4 39 (10.03%) Xen
5 34 (8.740%) NFS
6 30 (7.712%) Hyper-V
7 26 (6.684%) Samba
8 16 (4.113%) VMware ESXi
9 15 (3.856%) Varnish
10 14 (3.599%) Postfix
11 13 (3.342%) XenServer
12 6 (1.542%) Sendmail
13 5 (1.285%) Forefront TMG
14 3 (0.771%) VMware Server
15 2 (0.514%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 246 (63.24%) Puppet
2 68 (17.48%) Nagios
3 43 (11.05%) ZABBIX
4 39 (10.03%) Cacti
5 35 (8.997%) CFEngine
6 22 (5.656%) Munin
7 20 (5.141%) Red Hat Spacewalk
8 8 (2.057%) NetBackup
9 5 (1.285%) SCOM
10 4 (1.028%) OpenView
11 3 (0.771%) Zenoss
11 3 (0.771%) Ganglia
12 2 (0.514%) Splunk
13 1 (0.257%) Plesk
Vendors
1 212 (54.50%) Red Hat
2 115 (29.56%) VMware
3 46 (11.83%) Cisco
4 27 (6.941%) Microsoft
5 22 (5.656%) Vertica
6 21 (5.398%) Atlassian
7 20 (5.141%) Oracle
8 19 (4.884%) Dell
9 18 (4.627%) Joyent
9 18 (4.627%) Google
10 17 (4.370%) Juniper
10 17 (4.370%) Percona
11 16 (4.113%) F5
12 12 (3.085%) NetApp
13 11 (2.828%) Apple
14 9 (2.314%) Talend
14 9 (2.314%) Rackspace
15 8 (2.057%) Veritas
16 6 (1.542%) JBoss
16 6 (1.542%) Remedy
City of London
Senior Linux systems administrator urgently required by the leading Online Music Download organisation!!... The focus of this division is Linux, however they also utilise Debian and Ubuntu so...
NFP Group Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 25 May 2013
London
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Linux Systems Administrator to join an expanding team for a reputable organisation in London. Linux Systems Administrator shall be required to...
ISL
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
You will have automation experience (ideally Puppet, but experience with Chef and cfengine is also fine) and will have experience with either Python, PHP or Ruby on Rails.
Engage PSG
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Great bonus and benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
Established and successful E-Commerce Company is looking for a Systems Engineering Manager to join their team... You will be working for an Open Source company that contribute...
e-Recruiter
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Pension+Stocks+Career
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
Key Responsibilities: Build and support of Debian / Red Hat Linux, Windows Server and Solaris systems; Ensuring systems are deployed in carrier grade highly available/fault tolerant configurations... vSphere...
Truphone
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 30 April 2013
London
You will have at least 8 years experience with RHEL (Redhat), CentOS, Debian, Susse or any other Linux Distribution... You will have experience of KVM (Kernel), XEN Virtualisation...
Gregory James
Salary: £50000 to £60000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
They are growing at a phenomenal rate and tackle some extremely complex problems relating to the efficiency of Big Data applications... As a Linux engineer you will be...
clearedgeconsulting
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
Support our Linux and Mac company desktop infrastructure... A degree in Computer Science or other technical discipline is desirable... Familiarity using and administering Linux environments (especially Debian and...
EURO CONSULTING LTD
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Understanding of the following server technologies: o Virtualisation Hypervisors including VMWare vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, KVM, XenServer & Oracle VM. o Linux (RHEL & Debian based distributions) o Microsoft Windows...
Inspire People
Salary: £60000.00 - £65000.00 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
West End, London
Hands-on practical knowledge must include: Linux (Ubuntu/Debian/Redhat) installation, administration, patching and upgrading Server security and hardening (SSH, Solaris Security Toolkit [JASS] etc.) General Unix services,...
Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 - £52000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
West End, London
Hands-on practical knowledge must include: Linux (Ubuntu/Debian/Redhat) installation, administration, patching and upgrading Server security and hardening (SSH, Solaris Security Toolkit [JASS] etc.) General Unix services,...
Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 - £52000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
Key Skills: Linux, Unix, Unix Scripting,, Debian, Ubuntu, Ceph, Netapp, Virtualisation... Understanding of Linux and Unix operating systems (Debian & Ubuntu preferably) Unix Scripting Server build and configuration (e...
Aston Carter
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits & Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013