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This section looks at the demand for Linux skills within the Middlesex 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 last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLinux
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank3012
Rank change on same period last yearDown-18
Matching permanent IT job ads88178
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.043 %0.079 %
As % of the category below22.00 %27.43 %
Salaries quoted70149
Average minimum salary£36,021£36,302
Average salary£39,046£38,748
% change on same period last year+0.76 %
Average maximum salary£42,071£41,195
UK excluding London average salary£36,756£35,929
% change on same period last year+2.30 %
Operating Systems MiddlesexOperating Systems
Middlesex
Matching permanent IT job ads400649
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.196 %0.287 %
Salaries quoted330511
Average minimum salary£33,607£36,609
Average salary£36,503£38,729
% change on same period last year-5.74 %
Average maximum salary£39,399£40,848
UK excluding London average salary£34,651£34,981
% change on same period last year-0.94 %
Linux South EastLinux
South East

Linux
Demand Trend

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

Middlesex Linux Demand Trend

Linux
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing Linux across the Middlesex region.

Middlesex Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the Middlesex region over the past 3 months.

Middlesex Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Middlesex region citing Linux also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Linux.

194 (52.22 %)Windows
292 (51.11 %)Unix
363 (35.00 %)Solaris
445 (25.00 %)Microsoft
539 (21.67 %)Red Hat
633 (18.33 %)Finance
732 (17.78 %)HP
732 (17.78 %)C++
831 (17.22 %)Cisco
831 (17.22 %)TCP/IP
930 (16.67 %)Oracle
930 (16.67 %)Apache
1027 (15.00 %)SQL Server
1126 (14.44 %)Internet
1224 (13.33 %)Microsoft Certification
1224 (13.33 %)SAN
1224 (13.33 %)MySQL
1224 (13.33 %)MCSE
1224 (13.33 %)Firewall
1323 (12.78 %)Windows 2000
1323 (12.78 %)IIS
1422 (12.22 %)STL
1422 (12.22 %)Sun
1521 (11.67 %)SQL
1521 (11.67 %)AIX
1521 (11.67 %)VMware
1521 (11.67 %)Degree
1620 (11.11 %)C#
1717 (9.444 %)Java
1816 (8.889 %)Shell Script

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Middlesex region citing Linux also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Linux. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
122 (12.22 %)STL
215 (8.333 %)MFC
313 (7.222 %).NET
313 (7.222 %)ATL
49 (5.000 %)COM+
57 (3.889 %)J2EE
66 (3.333 %)Middleware
75 (2.778 %)LAMP
75 (2.778 %)Zend Framework
83 (1.667 %)Application Packaging
83 (1.667 %)XML
92 (1.111 %)Swing
92 (1.111 %)WebSphere
92 (1.111 %)CSS
101 (0.556 %)WebServices
101 (0.556 %)ASP
101 (0.556 %)SWT
101 (0.556 %)XHTML
101 (0.556 %)OpenGL
Application Platforms
130 (16.67 %)Apache
223 (12.78 %)IIS
314 (7.778 %)Tomcat
314 (7.778 %)MS Exchange
411 (6.111 %)WebLogic
411 (6.111 %)Exchange Server 2003
57 (3.889 %)Exchange Server 2000
62 (1.111 %)JBoss
62 (1.111 %)Lotus Notes
62 (1.111 %)NetWeaver
62 (1.111 %)iPlanet
71 (0.556 %)WebLogic Portal
71 (0.556 %)Oracle 10gAS
Applications
113 (7.222 %)MS Excel
22 (1.111 %)MS Visio
22 (1.111 %)MS Office
Business Applications
13 (1.667 %)SunGard Vivista
21 (0.556 %)Microsoft CRM
Communications & Networking
131 (17.22 %)TCP/IP
226 (14.44 %)Internet
324 (13.33 %)Firewall
324 (13.33 %)SAN
413 (7.222 %)DNS
56 (3.333 %)SMTP
56 (3.333 %)Cisco PIX
65 (2.778 %)Wi-Fi
65 (2.778 %)PBX
65 (2.778 %)Intranet
74 (2.222 %)Ethernet
74 (2.222 %)IMAP
83 (1.667 %)Intrusion Detection
83 (1.667 %)Wireless
83 (1.667 %)HTTP
83 (1.667 %)HTTPS
83 (1.667 %)WINS
92 (1.111 %)LAN
92 (1.111 %)POP3
92 (1.111 %)NNTP
Database & Business Intelligence
127 (15.00 %)SQL Server
224 (13.33 %)MySQL
39 (5.000 %)SQL Server 2000
39 (5.000 %)SQL Server 2005
44 (2.222 %)Oracle 10g
53 (1.667 %)ETL
53 (1.667 %)DB2
53 (1.667 %)Oracle 9i
62 (1.111 %)Datawarehouse
62 (1.111 %)TOAD
62 (1.111 %)RDBMS
62 (1.111 %)dBASE
71 (0.556 %)DataStage
71 (0.556 %)PostgreSQL
71 (0.556 %)SQL Navigator
Development Applications
13 (1.667 %)MSI
21 (0.556 %)Subversion
21 (0.556 %)ClearCase
21 (0.556 %)Eclipse
General
133 (18.33 %)Finance
212 (6.667 %)Health
311 (6.111 %)Retail
47 (3.889 %)Banking
47 (3.889 %)Telecoms
56 (3.333 %)Pensions
65 (2.778 %)Marketing
65 (2.778 %)Manufacturing
65 (2.778 %)Advertising
74 (2.222 %)Electronics
74 (2.222 %)Government
82 (1.111 %)Construction
82 (1.111 %)Education
91 (0.556 %)Games
91 (0.556 %)Military
Job Titles
138 (21.11 %)Administrator
232 (17.78 %)Developer
330 (16.67 %)Systems Administrator
420 (11.11 %)C++ Developer
517 (9.444 %)Systems Engineer
616 (8.889 %)Architect
616 (8.889 %)UNIX Administrator
715 (8.333 %)Analyst
715 (8.333 %)Support Engineer
814 (7.778 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
913 (7.222 %)C++/CSharp Developer
1012 (6.667 %)Software Engineer
1012 (6.667 %)Systems Support
1111 (6.111 %)Consultant
1210 (5.556 %)Infrastructure Architect
139 (5.000 %)Network Support
139 (5.000 %)Linux Systems Administrator
139 (5.000 %)Linux Administrator
148 (4.444 %)IT Administrator
148 (4.444 %)Network Analyst
Miscellaneous
114 (7.778 %)Clustering
29 (5.000 %)French Language
38 (4.444 %)Mathematics
47 (3.889 %)Fat Client
47 (3.889 %)Multithreading
47 (3.889 %)Thin Client
47 (3.889 %)Client/Server
56 (3.333 %)Device Driver
65 (2.778 %)HACMP
65 (2.778 %)IVR
74 (2.222 %)DTV
83 (1.667 %)PDA
83 (1.667 %)MPEG
92 (1.111 %)CCTV
92 (1.111 %)Mainframe
92 (1.111 %)Handset
92 (1.111 %)N-Tier
101 (0.556 %)PKI
Operating Systems
194 (52.22 %)Windows
292 (51.11 %)Unix
363 (35.00 %)Solaris
423 (12.78 %)Windows 2000
521 (11.67 %)AIX
612 (6.667 %)Windows XP
79 (5.000 %)HPUX
79 (5.000 %)Windows NT
87 (3.889 %)Windows Server 2003
92 (1.111 %)Debian
92 (1.111 %)Mac OS X
92 (1.111 %)Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
113 (7.222 %)Project Management
210 (5.556 %)OOP
210 (5.556 %)OOD
36 (3.333 %)OO
45 (2.778 %)ITIL
45 (2.778 %)Technical Architecture
45 (2.778 %)Web Development
54 (2.222 %)Release Management
54 (2.222 %)Disaster Recovery
54 (2.222 %)PRINCE2
54 (2.222 %)Change Management
63 (1.667 %)Service Management
63 (1.667 %)Programme Management
63 (1.667 %)Penetration Testing
63 (1.667 %)Service Delivery
63 (1.667 %)Load Balancing
72 (1.111 %)E-business
72 (1.111 %)UML
72 (1.111 %)RUP
72 (1.111 %)CRM
Programming Languages
132 (17.78 %)C++
221 (11.67 %)SQL
320 (11.11 %)C#
417 (9.444 %)Java
516 (8.889 %)Shell Script
615 (8.333 %)Perl
615 (8.333 %)PHP
615 (8.333 %)VC++
714 (7.778 %)VBA
813 (7.222 %)VBScript
910 (5.556 %)JavaScript
108 (4.444 %)Tcl
114 (2.222 %)Ada
114 (2.222 %)PL/SQL
114 (2.222 %)C
123 (1.667 %)VB
123 (1.667 %)VB.NET
123 (1.667 %)Embedded C++
132 (1.111 %)Embedded C
132 (1.111 %)ABAP
Qualifications
124 (13.33 %)MCSE
124 (13.33 %)Microsoft Certification
221 (11.67 %)Degree
314 (7.778 %)RHCE
46 (3.333 %)SCSA
53 (1.667 %)MCP
53 (1.667 %)Sun Certification
53 (1.667 %)MCSA
53 (1.667 %)CCA
53 (1.667 %)Citrix Certification
62 (1.111 %)ISEB
62 (1.111 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
71 (0.556 %)CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
13 (1.667 %)SLA
22 (1.111 %)QA
31 (0.556 %)COBIT
System Software
111 (6.111 %)NetBackup
28 (4.444 %)Samba
37 (3.889 %)MetaFrame
45 (2.778 %)Active Directory
54 (2.222 %)AquaLogic
63 (1.667 %)VMware ESX
72 (1.111 %)Oracle RAC
72 (1.111 %)Oracle RMAN
81 (0.556 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
18 (4.444 %)Nagios
25 (2.778 %)Legato
33 (1.667 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
42 (1.111 %)AppDetective
42 (1.111 %)EMC NetWorker
Vendors
145 (25.00 %)Microsoft
239 (21.67 %)Red Hat
332 (17.78 %)HP
431 (17.22 %)Cisco
530 (16.67 %)Oracle
622 (12.22 %)Sun
721 (11.67 %)VMware
815 (8.333 %)IBM
914 (7.778 %)Citrix
1013 (7.222 %)TIBCO
1112 (6.667 %)Intel
128 (4.444 %)CheckPoint
137 (3.889 %)Novell
137 (3.889 %)VERITAS
146 (3.333 %)Compaq
146 (3.333 %)Sybase
155 (2.778 %)Zend
164 (2.222 %)BEA
173 (1.667 %)EMC
173 (1.667 %)Altiris
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