The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Maidenhead 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 Maidenhead region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 8 6 3
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -3
Permanent jobs citing Linux 32 74 63
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Maidenhead 13.91% 18.83% 22.74%
As % of the Operating Systems category 45.07% 63.25% 54.78%
Number of salaries quoted 27 62 56
Average salary £48,500 £47,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.10% +18.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £39,000 £32,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £62,250 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +6.94%
All Operating Systems
Maidenhead
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
71 117 115
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Maidenhead 30.87% 29.77% 41.52%
Number of salaries quoted 64 94 104
Average salary £50,000 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.64% +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £32,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £53,200 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
Berkshire

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Maidenhead 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 Maidenhead region.

Maidenhead Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

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

Maidenhead Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Maidenhead 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 40 (51.95%) Windows
2 35 (45.45%) UNIX
3 34 (44.16%) SQL
4 24 (31.17%) MySQL
4 24 (31.17%) SQL Server
5 20 (25.97%) Java
5 20 (25.97%) Red Hat
6 19 (24.68%) Microsoft
6 19 (24.68%) Oracle
6 19 (24.68%) Debian
6 19 (24.68%) CentOS
7 18 (23.38%) DB2
8 16 (20.78%) Internet
9 14 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
9 14 (18.18%) RDBMS
9 14 (18.18%) Sybase
9 14 (18.18%) Perl
9 14 (18.18%) C++
9 14 (18.18%) Degree
10 13 (16.88%) Data Integration
10 13 (16.88%) PHP
10 13 (16.88%) Python
10 13 (16.88%) Migration
11 12 (15.58%) MS Excel
12 11 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (12.99%) Big Data
13 10 (12.99%) Bash shell
13 10 (12.99%) J2EE
13 10 (12.99%) C
14 9 (11.69%) Solaris

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Maidenhead 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 10 (12.99%) J2EE
2 7 (9.091%) WebSphere
2 7 (9.091%) Middleware
2 7 (9.091%) XML
3 6 (7.792%) LAMP
4 4 (5.195%) Web Services
4 4 (5.195%) XSLT
4 4 (5.195%) Java EE
5 2 (2.597%) FIX Protocol
5 2 (2.597%) Regular Expression
6 1 (1.299%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 7 (9.091%) WebLogic
2 4 (5.195%) JCAPS
2 4 (5.195%) Drupal
3 3 (3.896%) MQSeries
4 2 (2.597%) Amazon AWS
5 1 (1.299%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (1.299%) Apache
5 1 (1.299%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 12 (15.58%) MS Excel
2 6 (7.792%) Google Apps
3 4 (5.195%) Acrobat
3 4 (5.195%) QuarkXPress
3 4 (5.195%) MS Office
3 4 (5.195%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 16 (20.78%) Internet
2 9 (11.69%) OSPF
2 9 (11.69%) BGP
2 9 (11.69%) Firewall
3 7 (9.091%) HSRP
3 7 (9.091%) VRRP
3 7 (9.091%) DWDM
3 7 (9.091%) IPsec
3 7 (9.091%) IPv4
3 7 (9.091%) IPv6
4 6 (7.792%) TCP/IP
5 5 (6.494%) DNS
5 5 (6.494%) DHCP
6 4 (5.195%) Network Security
6 4 (5.195%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (3.896%) SAN
8 2 (2.597%) NAS
9 1 (1.299%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (1.299%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (1.299%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (31.17%) MySQL
1 24 (31.17%) SQL Server
2 18 (23.38%) DB2
3 14 (18.18%) RDBMS
4 10 (12.99%) Big Data
5 5 (6.494%) SQL Server 2005
6 4 (5.195%) SQL Server 2000
6 4 (5.195%) DataStage
6 4 (5.195%) IDMS
6 4 (5.195%) DB2 UDB
6 4 (5.195%) IBM InfoSphere
Development Applications
1 4 (5.195%) Eclipse
1 4 (5.195%) Visual Studio
2 3 (3.896%) Subversion
3 1 (1.299%) Selenium
General
1 9 (11.69%) Advertising
2 5 (6.494%) Spanish Language
3 4 (5.195%) Banking
3 4 (5.195%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.299%) Retail
4 1 (1.299%) Finance
Job Titles
1 22 (28.57%) Administrator
2 16 (20.78%) Support Engineer
3 14 (18.18%) DBA
3 14 (18.18%) MySQL DBA
4 12 (15.58%) Systems Administrator
5 9 (11.69%) Technical Support
6 8 (10.39%) Developer
7 7 (9.091%) Network Administrator
8 5 (6.494%) C Developer
8 5 (6.494%) Linux Administrator
8 5 (6.494%) C++ Developer
8 5 (6.494%) Senior Support Engineer
8 5 (6.494%) Linux Systems Administrator
8 5 (6.494%) Consultant
9 4 (5.195%) Products Support Engineer
9 4 (5.195%) Technical Engineer
9 4 (5.195%) Technical Support Engineer
9 4 (5.195%) Sales Engineer
10 3 (3.896%) Perl Developer
10 3 (3.896%) Applications Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (16.88%) Data Integration
2 11 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (9.091%) Clustering
4 5 (6.494%) Open Source
4 5 (6.494%) Mainframe
5 4 (5.195%) Computer Science
5 4 (5.195%) VSAM
5 4 (5.195%) SaaS
6 1 (1.299%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 40 (51.95%) Windows
2 35 (45.45%) UNIX
3 19 (24.68%) Debian
3 19 (24.68%) CentOS
4 9 (11.69%) Solaris
5 7 (9.091%) OpenBSD
6 6 (7.792%) Ubuntu
7 4 (5.195%) zOS
7 4 (5.195%) AIX
7 4 (5.195%) Windows 7
7 4 (5.195%) Android
7 4 (5.195%) i5/OS
8 3 (3.896%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (2.597%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (1.299%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
2 13 (16.88%) Migration
3 6 (7.792%) Information Security
3 6 (7.792%) SIEM
4 4 (5.195%) EAI
4 4 (5.195%) ETL
4 4 (5.195%) Product Management
4 4 (5.195%) Multithreading
4 4 (5.195%) Software Engineering
4 4 (5.195%) Network Management
5 3 (3.896%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (3.896%) Web Development
5 3 (3.896%) CRM
5 3 (3.896%) ERP
6 2 (2.597%) OOP
6 2 (2.597%) ITIL
7 1 (1.299%) Load Balancing
7 1 (1.299%) Automated Testing
7 1 (1.299%) Unit Testing
7 1 (1.299%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 34 (44.16%) SQL
2 20 (25.97%) Java
3 14 (18.18%) Perl
3 14 (18.18%) C++
4 13 (16.88%) PHP
4 13 (16.88%) Python
5 10 (12.99%) Bash shell
5 10 (12.99%) C
6 5 (6.494%) Shell Script
7 1 (1.299%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.299%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.299%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (18.18%) Degree
2 8 (10.39%) SC Cleared
2 8 (10.39%) Security Cleared
3 6 (7.792%) CISSP
4 2 (2.597%) CCIE
4 2 (2.597%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (2.597%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.597%) MCSE
5 1 (1.299%) MCITP
5 1 (1.299%) CISA
5 1 (1.299%) MCDBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.091%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (5.195%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 4 (5.195%) Data Quality
3 3 (3.896%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.299%) QA
4 1 (1.299%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (9.091%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.896%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (3.896%) vSphere
3 2 (2.597%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (2.597%) Puppet
2 1 (1.299%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (1.299%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 20 (25.97%) Red Hat
2 19 (24.68%) Microsoft
2 19 (24.68%) Oracle
3 14 (18.18%) Sybase
4 7 (9.091%) JBoss
4 7 (9.091%) Cisco
4 7 (9.091%) IBM
4 7 (9.091%) Dell
5 6 (7.792%) Juniper
5 6 (7.792%) Google
6 5 (6.494%) VMware
6 5 (6.494%) HP
7 4 (5.195%) Quark
7 4 (5.195%) TIBCO
7 4 (5.195%) Ab Initio
8 2 (2.597%) BEA
8 2 (2.597%) F5
9 1 (1.299%) Websense
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