The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Luton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 17 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 Luton region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 10 28 21
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -7
Permanent jobs citing Linux 47 21 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 12.40% 5.357% 6.494%
As % of the Operating Systems category 45.19% 24.42% 33.33%
Number of salaries quoted 39 21 11
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% +23.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £37,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £54,500 £45,000 £36,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +8.33%
All Operating Systems
Luton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
104 86 45
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 27.44% 21.94% 19.48%
Number of salaries quoted 87 80 40
Average salary £42,000 £41,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.43% -3.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,800 £30,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £54,900 £57,750 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
Bedfordshire

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the Luton region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Luton Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 35 (50.00%) Windows
2 33 (47.14%) TCP/IP
2 33 (47.14%) Cisco
3 32 (45.71%) ITIL
3 32 (45.71%) VMware
4 31 (44.29%) MySQL
5 28 (40.00%) Apache
6 27 (38.57%) vSphere
7 26 (37.14%) VMware ESX
8 24 (34.29%) Degree
9 22 (31.43%) Computer Science
9 22 (31.43%) Service Management
9 22 (31.43%) Oracle
9 22 (31.43%) Microsoft
10 19 (27.14%) SQL
11 18 (25.71%) SAN
12 17 (24.29%) Problem Management
13 16 (22.86%) iSCSI
14 15 (21.43%) IIS
15 14 (20.00%) SaaS
16 13 (18.57%) Change Management
17 12 (17.14%) Software Engineering
17 12 (17.14%) Java
17 12 (17.14%) C
17 12 (17.14%) C++
18 11 (15.71%) Python
19 10 (14.29%) UNIX
20 9 (12.86%) VoIP
21 8 (11.43%) SS7
21 8 (11.43%) Firewall

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 6 (8.571%) XML
2 5 (7.143%) HTML
3 3 (4.286%) ASP
4 1 (1.429%) COM
4 1 (1.429%) JSP
4 1 (1.429%) Web Services
4 1 (1.429%) XSL
4 1 (1.429%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 28 (40.00%) Apache
2 15 (21.43%) IIS
3 3 (4.286%) SAS
4 2 (2.857%) Oracle Application Server
5 1 (1.429%) Tomcat
5 1 (1.429%) ColdFusion
5 1 (1.429%) CMS
5 1 (1.429%) Papyrus
5 1 (1.429%) StreamWeaver
5 1 (1.429%) Exstream Dialogue
Applications
1 7 (10.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.429%) DOC1
Business Applications
1 1 (1.429%) Exstream
Communications & Networking
1 33 (47.14%) TCP/IP
2 18 (25.71%) SAN
3 16 (22.86%) iSCSI
4 9 (12.86%) VoIP
5 8 (11.43%) SS7
5 8 (11.43%) Firewall
5 8 (11.43%) IP Telephony
6 5 (7.143%) Fibre Channel
7 4 (5.714%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (5.714%) DNS
7 4 (5.714%) SSL
7 4 (5.714%) DHCP
8 3 (4.286%) WAN
8 3 (4.286%) LAN
8 3 (4.286%) HTTP
8 3 (4.286%) DMZ
9 2 (2.857%) RFID
9 2 (2.857%) GSM
9 2 (2.857%) Ethernet
10 1 (1.429%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (44.29%) MySQL
2 4 (5.714%) SQL Server
3 3 (4.286%) Oracle 11g
General
1 4 (5.714%) Finance
2 1 (1.429%) Manufacturing
2 1 (1.429%) Banking
2 1 (1.429%) Retail
2 1 (1.429%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 28 (40.00%) Linux Engineer
2 27 (38.57%) Systems Engineer
3 11 (15.71%) Software Engineer
4 9 (12.86%) Graduate
4 9 (12.86%) Administrator
5 8 (11.43%) Systems Administrator
5 8 (11.43%) Support Engineer
5 8 (11.43%) C Software Engineer
5 8 (11.43%) Linux Systems Administrator
5 8 (11.43%) Linux Administrator
5 8 (11.43%) Software Support Engineer
6 6 (8.571%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 6 (8.571%) Architect
7 5 (7.143%) Windows Administrator
7 5 (7.143%) Windows Systems Administrator
8 4 (5.714%) Network Architect
9 3 (4.286%) Applications Support Analyst
9 3 (4.286%) Developer
9 3 (4.286%) Analyst
9 3 (4.286%) DBA
Miscellaneous
1 22 (31.43%) Computer Science
2 14 (20.00%) SaaS
3 5 (7.143%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (4.286%) Clustering
5 2 (2.857%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (2.857%) Smartcard
5 2 (2.857%) Device Driver
6 1 (1.429%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 35 (50.00%) Windows
2 10 (14.29%) UNIX
3 8 (11.43%) Solaris
4 6 (8.571%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (7.143%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (7.143%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (4.286%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (45.71%) ITIL
2 22 (31.43%) Service Management
3 17 (24.29%) Problem Management
4 13 (18.57%) Change Management
5 12 (17.14%) Software Engineering
6 7 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
7 5 (7.143%) Change Control
8 4 (5.714%) PRINCE2
9 3 (4.286%) Capacity Planning
10 2 (2.857%) Incident Management
10 2 (2.857%) Service Delivery
10 2 (2.857%) Disaster Recovery
10 2 (2.857%) Business Continuity
11 1 (1.429%) Agile Software Development
11 1 (1.429%) Document Management
11 1 (1.429%) OOP
11 1 (1.429%) OO
11 1 (1.429%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (27.14%) SQL
2 12 (17.14%) C
2 12 (17.14%) C++
2 12 (17.14%) Java
3 11 (15.71%) Python
4 8 (11.43%) Shell Script
4 8 (11.43%) C#
5 5 (7.143%) JavaScript
6 3 (4.286%) VB
6 3 (4.286%) PHP
7 1 (1.429%) AWK
7 1 (1.429%) Korn
7 1 (1.429%) C-shell
7 1 (1.429%) Bash shell
7 1 (1.429%) Perl
Qualifications
1 24 (34.29%) Degree
2 8 (11.43%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (10.00%) CCNA
4 5 (7.143%) CCNP
5 4 (5.714%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 4 (5.714%) CCDA
6 3 (4.286%) MCSE
6 3 (4.286%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (4.286%) VCP4
7 1 (1.429%) CCSA
7 1 (1.429%) CCIE
7 1 (1.429%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.857%) ISO/IEC 14443
2 1 (1.429%) SLA
2 1 (1.429%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (1.429%) QA
System Software
1 27 (38.57%) vSphere
2 26 (37.14%) VMware ESX
3 4 (5.714%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (4.286%) Active Directory
4 3 (4.286%) Oracle RMAN
4 3 (4.286%) VMFS
4 3 (4.286%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (2.857%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 3 (4.286%) Data Guard
1 3 (4.286%) HP SIM
2 1 (1.429%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 33 (47.14%) Cisco
2 32 (45.71%) VMware
3 22 (31.43%) Microsoft
3 22 (31.43%) Oracle
4 4 (5.714%) Juniper
4 4 (5.714%) Red Hat
4 4 (5.714%) HP
4 4 (5.714%) F5
5 3 (4.286%) Dell
5 3 (4.286%) Citrix
5 3 (4.286%) Symantec
6 2 (2.857%) Atmel
7 1 (1.429%) Acme Packet
7 1 (1.429%) Sonus
7 1 (1.429%) BroadSoft
7 1 (1.429%) CheckPoint
Luton, South East
Essential: At least 5 years commercial Linux data centre experience Linux server (inc. Apache, mySQL) LAMP TCP/IP networking over Cisco Catalyst switches Storage Area Networks, including FC...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Luton, South East
TCP/IP networking over Cisco Catalyst switches Storage Area Networks, including FC and iSCSI switching Desirable: Windows Server (up to 2008) including Microsoft Cluster Services, Microsoft IIS web...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Luton, Bedfordshire
Ideally commercial data-centre experience working with Apache and MySQL. * Exposure to and knowledge of Storage Area Networks (SAN) and Cisco networking elements... * Experience of working within ITIL...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £49000 per annum + bonus, pension, health
Posted: 13 May 2013