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This section looks at the demand for Linux skills within the Manchester 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLinux
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank2633
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching permanent IT job ads339333
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.179 %0.136 %
As % of the category below34.04 %23.13 %
Salaries quoted278294
Average minimum salary£28,188£27,930
Average salary£31,141£30,810
% change on same period last year+1.07 %
Average maximum salary£34,094£33,690
UK excluding London average salary£36,371£36,383
% change on same period last year-0.03 %
Manchester IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Manchester
Matching permanent IT job ads9961440
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.526 %0.590 %
Salaries quoted8351310
Average minimum salary£27,255£29,444
Average salary£29,744£32,295
% change on same period last year-7.90 %
Average maximum salary£32,233£35,147
UK excluding London average salary£34,472£35,006
% change on same period last year-1.52 %
Linux North WestLinux
North West

Linux
Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Manchester Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
StockportDown-1920£29,000+2.96 %
SalfordNew entry-14£34,231-
BoltonDown-213£30,083+1.97 %
OldhamNew entry-8£34,000-
Ashton-under-LyneNew entry-5£28,750-
SaleNew entry-4£42,500-
AltrinchamNew entry-3£34,333-
CheadleNew entry-3£31,500-
RochdaleDown-23£21,000-2.32 %
BuryDown-32£28,375+3.18 %
WiganNew entry-1£29,500-
Linux North WestLinux
North West

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

1254 (37.80 %)UNIX
2200 (29.76 %)Windows
3167 (24.85 %)Solaris
4152 (22.62 %)MySQL
5148 (22.02 %)Java
6144 (21.43 %)PHP
7142 (21.13 %)XML
8138 (20.54 %)Perl
9132 (19.64 %)SQL
10122 (18.15 %)JavaScript
11115 (17.11 %)Apache
12100 (14.88 %)C
1388 (13.10 %)Oracle
1485 (12.65 %)TCP/IP
1485 (12.65 %)Shell Script
1583 (12.35 %)C++
1682 (12.20 %)SQL Server
1773 (10.86 %)Cisco
1869 (10.27 %)HTML
1966 (9.821 %)CSS
1966 (9.821 %)Degree
2064 (9.524 %)J2EE
2163 (9.375 %)OO
2262 (9.226 %)Internet
2361 (9.077 %)Tomcat
2460 (8.929 %)JSP
2556 (8.333 %)Microsoft
2556 (8.333 %)Firewall
2655 (8.185 %)Pensions
2754 (8.036 %)WebServices

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

Manchester IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1142 (21.13 %)XML
269 (10.27 %)HTML
366 (9.821 %)CSS
464 (9.524 %)J2EE
560 (8.929 %)JSP
654 (8.036 %)WebServices
749 (7.292 %)Spring
848 (7.143 %).NET
941 (6.101 %)LAMP
1040 (5.952 %)XHTML
1133 (4.911 %)EJB
1231 (4.613 %)AJAX
1328 (4.167 %)XSLT
1423 (3.423 %)JDBC
1423 (3.423 %)Struts
1522 (3.274 %)SOAP
1522 (3.274 %)Hibernate
1621 (3.125 %)JavaBeans
1720 (2.976 %)JMS
1819 (2.827 %)ASP.NET
Manchester IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1115 (17.11 %)Apache
261 (9.077 %)Tomcat
339 (5.804 %)MS Exchange
422 (3.274 %)IIS
521 (3.125 %)JBoss
617 (2.530 %)Oracle Application Server
714 (2.083 %)CMS
812 (1.786 %)Exchange Server 2003
910 (1.488 %)Exchange Server 2007
106 (0.893 %)SharePoint
115 (0.744 %)WebSphere MQ
122 (0.298 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
122 (0.298 %)Community Server
122 (0.298 %)Zope
122 (0.298 %)Plone
122 (0.298 %)Exchange Server 2000
131 (0.149 %)ColdFusion
Manchester IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
149 (7.292 %)MS Excel
22 (0.298 %)MS Office
31 (0.149 %)AutoCAD
31 (0.149 %)Maya
Manchester IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (0.744 %)Bond Adapt
Manchester IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
185 (12.65 %)TCP/IP
262 (9.226 %)Internet
356 (8.333 %)Firewall
448 (7.143 %)DNS
541 (6.101 %)VPN
637 (5.506 %)BGP
734 (5.060 %)OSPF
832 (4.762 %)EIGRP
930 (4.464 %)MPLS
1027 (4.018 %)Ethernet
1124 (3.571 %)HTTP
1221 (3.125 %)LAN
1320 (2.976 %)WAN
1418 (2.679 %)RSVP
1516 (2.381 %)DHCP
1615 (2.232 %)SAN
178 (1.190 %)FTP
178 (1.190 %)VoIP
187 (1.042 %)Broadband
187 (1.042 %)DVB
Manchester IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1152 (22.62 %)MySQL
282 (12.20 %)SQL Server
332 (4.762 %)Oracle 10g
428 (4.167 %)Oracle 9i
517 (2.530 %)SQL Server 2000
616 (2.381 %)DB2
714 (2.083 %)PostgreSQL
813 (1.935 %)SQL Server 2005
910 (1.488 %)Crystal Reports
106 (0.893 %)Informix
106 (0.893 %)Oracle Reports
114 (0.595 %)Oracle Discoverer
122 (0.298 %)RDBMS
122 (0.298 %)SQL Server 7
131 (0.149 %)Oracle 8/8i
Manchester IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
118 (2.679 %)Eclipse
216 (2.381 %)JUnit
313 (1.935 %)Flash
313 (1.935 %)Ant
412 (1.786 %)Dreamweaver
511 (1.637 %)JDeveloper
69 (1.339 %)Visual Studio
78 (1.190 %)Subversion
82 (0.298 %)Oracle Forms
91 (0.149 %)ClearCase
91 (0.149 %)Rational Rose
91 (0.149 %)ClearQuest
Manchester IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
155 (8.185 %)Pensions
251 (7.589 %)Telecoms
342 (6.250 %)Finance
435 (5.208 %)Marketing
528 (4.167 %)Education
621 (3.125 %)Health
717 (2.530 %)Insurance
87 (1.042 %)Advertising
87 (1.042 %)Electronics
96 (0.893 %)Banking
104 (0.595 %)Manufacturing
104 (0.595 %)Automotive
113 (0.446 %)Construction
113 (0.446 %)Government
113 (0.446 %)Retail
113 (0.446 %)Multimedia
122 (0.298 %)3D Graphics
122 (0.298 %)Electric
122 (0.298 %)Animation
131 (0.149 %)Aerospace
Manchester IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1215 (31.99 %)Developer
290 (13.39 %)Administrator
372 (10.71 %)Java Developer
466 (9.821 %)Systems Administrator
557 (8.482 %)PHP Developer
649 (7.292 %)Linux Administrator
746 (6.845 %)Web Developer
746 (6.845 %)Support Engineer
841 (6.101 %)Software Engineer
938 (5.655 %)Technical Support
1037 (5.506 %)Network Engineer
1037 (5.506 %)Linux Systems Administrator
1135 (5.208 %)Systems Engineer
1233 (4.911 %)Technical Engineer
1233 (4.911 %)Linux Engineer
1330 (4.464 %)UNIX Administrator
1428 (4.167 %)Senior Developer
1428 (4.167 %)Software Developer
1428 (4.167 %)Technical Support Engineer
1527 (4.018 %)Analyst
Manchester IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
114 (2.083 %)Client/Server
211 (1.637 %)W3C
211 (1.637 %)Clustering
38 (1.190 %)Blackberry
38 (1.190 %)Multithreading
47 (1.042 %)Computer Science
47 (1.042 %)MPEG
56 (0.893 %)DTV
65 (0.744 %)Handset
74 (0.595 %)French Language
83 (0.446 %)Wiki
83 (0.446 %)Statistics
83 (0.446 %)STB
91 (0.149 %)Speech Recognition
91 (0.149 %)Smartphone
91 (0.149 %)Photography
91 (0.149 %)Mathematics
91 (0.149 %)Streaming Video
91 (0.149 %)Management Information System
91 (0.149 %)Device Driver
Manchester IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1254 (37.80 %)UNIX
2200 (29.76 %)Windows
3167 (24.85 %)Solaris
435 (5.208 %)AIX
532 (4.762 %)Debian
619 (2.827 %)Windows 2000
716 (2.381 %)Windows XP
813 (1.935 %)NetWare
911 (1.637 %)Fedora
911 (1.637 %)SUSE
108 (1.190 %)Windows Mobile
108 (1.190 %)VxWorks
108 (1.190 %)FreeBSD
116 (0.893 %)Windows NT
116 (0.893 %)HPUX
124 (0.595 %)Windows Server 2003
124 (0.595 %)OpenBSD
124 (0.595 %)Embedded Linux
133 (0.446 %)Symbian OS
133 (0.446 %)Nucleus RTOS
Manchester IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
163 (9.375 %)OO
253 (7.887 %)Web Development
334 (5.060 %)E-Commerce
433 (4.911 %)OOP
522 (3.274 %)Software Engineering
621 (3.125 %)Content Management
718 (2.679 %)Project Management
816 (2.381 %)Disaster Recovery
915 (2.232 %)Web Design
915 (2.232 %)OOD
1014 (2.083 %)UML
1113 (1.935 %)Configuration Management
1210 (1.488 %)Process Management
1210 (1.488 %)ITIL
139 (1.339 %)Business Analysis
148 (1.190 %)Project Planning
148 (1.190 %)Performance Testing
148 (1.190 %)Migration
157 (1.042 %)SOA
157 (1.042 %)Penetration Testing
Manchester IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1148 (22.02 %)Java
2144 (21.43 %)PHP
3138 (20.54 %)Perl
4132 (19.64 %)SQL
5122 (18.15 %)JavaScript
6100 (14.88 %)C
785 (12.65 %)Shell Script
883 (12.35 %)C++
938 (5.655 %)Python
1030 (4.464 %)C#
1129 (4.315 %)PHP5
1223 (3.423 %)Ruby
1314 (2.083 %)PL/SQL
1412 (1.786 %)VB.NET
1510 (1.488 %)PHP4
166 (0.893 %)Embedded C
175 (0.744 %)VC++
184 (0.595 %)Assembly Language
184 (0.595 %)XPath
193 (0.446 %)ActionScript
Manchester IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
166 (9.821 %)Degree
252 (7.738 %)Cisco Certification
331 (4.613 %)Microsoft Certification
429 (4.315 %)CCNP
526 (3.869 %)CCDA
621 (3.125 %)CCNA
714 (2.083 %)MCSE
812 (1.786 %)Novell Certification
99 (1.339 %)HND
107 (1.042 %)ITIL Certification
116 (0.893 %)MCT
125 (0.744 %)MCP
125 (0.744 %)Oracle Certification
132 (0.298 %)CCSP
132 (0.298 %)CCDP
132 (0.298 %)MCSA
141 (0.149 %)MCDBA
141 (0.149 %)CCIE
141 (0.149 %)CCIP
141 (0.149 %)Citrix Certification
Manchester IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
132 (4.762 %)QA
222 (3.274 %)SLA
31 (0.149 %)ISO9000
Manchester IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
132 (4.762 %)Active Directory
219 (2.827 %)Citrix Presentation Server
312 (1.786 %)Oracle RAC
46 (0.893 %)Nmap
46 (0.893 %)VMware Infrastructure
54 (0.595 %)Backup Exec
62 (0.298 %)Xen
62 (0.298 %)NFS
62 (0.298 %)Terminal Services
71 (0.149 %)Terminal Server
Manchester IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
112 (1.786 %)ZENworks
28 (1.190 %)Nagios
36 (0.893 %)Nessus
43 (0.446 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
51 (0.149 %)Netcool
51 (0.149 %)OpenView
Manchester IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
188 (13.10 %)Oracle
273 (10.86 %)Cisco
356 (8.333 %)Microsoft
444 (6.548 %)Red Hat
539 (5.804 %)Juniper
633 (4.911 %)Redback
726 (3.869 %)Citrix
726 (3.869 %)Sun
824 (3.571 %)Nortel
922 (3.274 %)VMware
1020 (2.976 %)IBM
1119 (2.827 %)Novell
1212 (1.786 %)HP
138 (1.190 %)Sybase
147 (1.042 %)VERITAS
156 (0.893 %)NetApp
156 (0.893 %)Symbian
164 (0.595 %)Dell
164 (0.595 %)EMC
164 (0.595 %)Symantec
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