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This section looks at the demand for Linux skills within the Midlands 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.
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| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 22 | 32 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +10 |
| Matching permanent IT job ads | 83 | 53 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.041 % | 0.023 % |
| As % of the category below | 27.95 % | 23.14 % |
| Salaries quoted | 63 | 25 |
| Average minimum salary | £35,571 | £34,560 |
| Average salary | £38,675 | £36,960 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.63 % |
| Average maximum salary | £41,778 | £39,360 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £36,756 | £35,929 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.30 % |
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| Matching permanent IT job ads | 297 | 229 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.146 % | 0.101 % |
| Salaries quoted | 191 | 172 |
| Average minimum salary | £37,080 | £34,911 |
| Average salary | £40,384 | £37,856 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.67 % |
| Average maximum salary | £43,687 | £40,802 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £34,651 | £34,981 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.94 % |
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Demand TrendThe chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing Linux across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
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