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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 17 30 7
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -23
Permanent jobs citing Linux 45 41 63
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newbury 13.89% 8.087% 18.64%
As % of the Operating Systems category 34.62% 23.56% 52.07%
Number of salaries quoted 45 35 59
Average salary £40,000 £33,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.21% -17.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £30,600 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £41,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +8.33%
All Operating Systems
Newbury
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
130 174 121
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newbury 40.12% 34.32% 35.80%
Number of salaries quoted 128 168 117
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -22.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £30,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £46,000
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 Newbury region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Newbury 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 Newbury region.

Newbury Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

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

Newbury Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newbury 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 61 (59.22%) Windows
2 56 (54.37%) Java
3 32 (31.07%) SSL
4 31 (30.10%) J2EE
5 29 (28.16%) Degree
6 28 (27.18%) C++
7 26 (25.24%) Hibernate
8 23 (22.33%) SQL
9 22 (21.36%) Tomcat
10 21 (20.39%) HTML
11 20 (19.42%) JavaScript
11 20 (19.42%) C
11 20 (19.42%) SQL Server
11 20 (19.42%) Eclipse
12 19 (18.45%) DNS
12 19 (18.45%) Embedded C
12 19 (18.45%) iSCSI
13 18 (17.48%) WebSphere
13 18 (17.48%) Computer Science
13 18 (17.48%) XML
13 18 (17.48%) MySQL
14 17 (16.50%) Flash
14 17 (16.50%) FreeBSD
14 17 (16.50%) SAS
14 17 (16.50%) Embedded C++
14 17 (16.50%) SNMP
14 17 (16.50%) Firmware
14 17 (16.50%) FIX Protocol
14 17 (16.50%) Clustering
14 17 (16.50%) Device Driver

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newbury 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 31 (30.10%) J2EE
2 26 (25.24%) Hibernate
3 21 (20.39%) HTML
4 18 (17.48%) XML
4 18 (17.48%) WebSphere
5 17 (16.50%) FIX Protocol
5 17 (16.50%) Flash
6 16 (15.53%) JMS
7 13 (12.62%) Spring
7 13 (12.62%) RESTful
8 12 (11.65%) CSS
9 11 (10.68%) SOAP
10 10 (9.709%) Web Services
10 10 (9.709%) JDBC
10 10 (9.709%) JMX
11 8 (7.767%) JSP
11 8 (7.767%) XSLT
11 8 (7.767%) HTML5
12 7 (6.796%) jQuery
12 7 (6.796%) jBPM
Application Platforms
1 22 (21.36%) Tomcat
2 17 (16.50%) SAS
3 15 (14.56%) Apache
4 10 (9.709%) IIS
4 10 (9.709%) Magento
5 7 (6.796%) WebLogic
6 4 (3.883%) Confluence
7 2 (1.942%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.971%) MS Exchange
8 1 (0.971%) Exchange Server 2003
8 1 (0.971%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (0.971%) WebSphere Application Server
8 1 (0.971%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (1.942%) MS Office
2 1 (0.971%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.971%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 3 (2.913%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.971%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.971%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.971%) Oracle BRM
Communications & Networking
1 32 (31.07%) SSL
2 19 (18.45%) iSCSI
2 19 (18.45%) DNS
3 17 (16.50%) Fibre Channel
3 17 (16.50%) SNMP
4 13 (12.62%) TCP/IP
4 13 (12.62%) DHCP
5 12 (11.65%) VPN
5 12 (11.65%) VoIP
5 12 (11.65%) WLAN
5 12 (11.65%) WAN
6 11 (10.68%) Cisco ASA
6 11 (10.68%) MPLS
6 11 (10.68%) Firewall
6 11 (10.68%) VPLS
7 6 (5.825%) LAN
8 4 (3.883%) HTTP
9 2 (1.942%) FTP
9 2 (1.942%) Internet
9 2 (1.942%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (19.42%) SQL Server
2 18 (17.48%) MySQL
3 17 (16.50%) Big Data
4 7 (6.796%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (4.854%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.942%) Oracle 11g
7 1 (0.971%) Oracle 10g
7 1 (0.971%) SQLPlus
7 1 (0.971%) Oracle 9i
Development Applications
1 20 (19.42%) Eclipse
2 16 (15.53%) Maven
3 13 (12.62%) JUnit
4 12 (11.65%) Selenium
5 10 (9.709%) Subversion
6 9 (8.738%) Ant
7 7 (6.796%) JIRA
7 7 (6.796%) TestNG
7 7 (6.796%) WebDriver
8 2 (1.942%) Git (software)
8 2 (1.942%) ClearCase
9 1 (0.971%) Rational Robot
General
1 12 (11.65%) Finance
2 8 (7.767%) Telecoms
3 6 (5.825%) Retail
3 6 (5.825%) Advertising
4 3 (2.913%) Banking
Job Titles
1 36 (34.95%) Software Engineer
2 30 (29.13%) Developer
3 19 (18.45%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 17 (16.50%) Java Developer
5 10 (9.709%) Support Specialist
5 10 (9.709%) Senior Developer
5 10 (9.709%) E-Commerce Specialist
5 10 (9.709%) Web Engineer
6 9 (8.738%) Java Software Engineer
7 7 (6.796%) Software Test Engineer
7 7 (6.796%) Test Engineer
7 7 (6.796%) Automated Test Engineer
8 6 (5.825%) Team Leader
8 6 (5.825%) Web Developer
8 6 (5.825%) Senior Java Developer
9 5 (4.854%) Senior Systems Administrator
9 5 (4.854%) Systems Administrator
9 5 (4.854%) Junior
9 5 (4.854%) Administrator
10 4 (3.883%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (17.48%) Computer Science
2 17 (16.50%) Firmware
2 17 (16.50%) Device Driver
2 17 (16.50%) Clustering
3 7 (6.796%) Open Source
4 5 (4.854%) SaaS
5 4 (3.883%) N-Tier
5 4 (3.883%) W3C
6 2 (1.942%) Blackberry
7 1 (0.971%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.971%) Mathematics
7 1 (0.971%) Thin Client
7 1 (0.971%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (0.971%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.971%) Mobile Payment
7 1 (0.971%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 61 (59.22%) Windows
2 17 (16.50%) FreeBSD
3 14 (13.59%) Windows Server 2003
3 14 (13.59%) Windows Server 2008
4 11 (10.68%) UNIX
5 8 (7.767%) Android
6 7 (6.796%) Ubuntu
7 5 (4.854%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.942%) Windows 8
8 2 (1.942%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (1.942%) Windows Vista
8 2 (1.942%) Windows XP
8 2 (1.942%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.971%) Solaris
9 1 (0.971%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.971%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.971%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (14.56%) OO
1 15 (14.56%) E-Commerce
2 14 (13.59%) ITIL
3 11 (10.68%) TDD
3 11 (10.68%) Content Management
3 11 (10.68%) Mobile Device Management
4 8 (7.767%) Software Testing
5 7 (6.796%) Automated Testing
5 7 (6.796%) Performance Testing
5 7 (6.796%) Agile Software Development
6 5 (4.854%) UML
6 5 (4.854%) Scrum
6 5 (4.854%) OOD
6 5 (4.854%) SOA
7 4 (3.883%) Unit Testing
7 4 (3.883%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (2.913%) Continuous Integration
8 3 (2.913%) Web Development
8 3 (2.913%) MVC
9 2 (1.942%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 56 (54.37%) Java
2 28 (27.18%) C++
3 23 (22.33%) SQL
4 20 (19.42%) JavaScript
4 20 (19.42%) C
5 19 (18.45%) Embedded C
6 17 (16.50%) Embedded C++
7 7 (6.796%) C#
8 2 (1.942%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.942%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.942%) Scala
9 1 (0.971%) Bash shell
9 1 (0.971%) Korn
9 1 (0.971%) VB
9 1 (0.971%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.971%) Perl
Qualifications
1 29 (28.16%) Degree
2 13 (12.62%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (7.767%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (7.767%) CCNP
4 7 (6.796%) ISEB
5 6 (5.825%) Citrix Certification
6 5 (4.854%) CCNA
7 2 (1.942%) ACSP
7 2 (1.942%) MCP
7 2 (1.942%) MCITP
8 1 (0.971%) CISSP
8 1 (0.971%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.971%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.854%) SLA
2 1 (0.971%) QA
System Software
1 14 (13.59%) Active Directory
2 11 (10.68%) XenApp
2 11 (10.68%) XenDesktop
3 9 (8.738%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.971%) NFS
4 1 (0.971%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.971%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (0.971%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 1 (0.971%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (0.971%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 16 (15.53%) Microsoft
2 15 (14.56%) Cisco
3 14 (13.59%) VMware
4 13 (12.62%) Oracle
5 11 (10.68%) HP
5 11 (10.68%) Citrix
5 11 (10.68%) Juniper
6 10 (9.709%) hybris
6 10 (9.709%) ATG
7 8 (7.767%) JBoss
8 7 (6.796%) Sybase
9 3 (2.913%) IBM
9 3 (2.913%) Apple
10 2 (1.942%) Symantec
10 2 (1.942%) Sun
10 2 (1.942%) Red Hat
10 2 (1.942%) Acronis
11 1 (0.971%) PeopleSoft
11 1 (0.971%) Siebel
11 1 (0.971%) Remedy
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