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This section looks at the demand for Linux skills within the North East 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
Rank3119
Rank change on same period last yearDown-12
Matching permanent IT job ads6390
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.033 %0.037 %
As % of the category below29.30 %28.30 %
Salaries quoted5477
Average minimum salary£26,545£31,761
Average salary£28,418£33,640
% change on same period last year-15.52 %
Average maximum salary£30,291£35,519
UK excluding London average salary£36,371£36,383
% change on same period last year-0.03 %
North East IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
North East
Matching permanent IT job ads215318
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.113 %0.130 %
Salaries quoted190272
Average minimum salary£25,832£30,349
Average salary£29,078£32,889
% change on same period last year-11.58 %
Average maximum salary£32,324£35,430
UK excluding London average salary£34,472£35,006
% change on same period last year-1.52 %
Linux EnglandLinux
England

Linux
Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

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

North East 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 North East 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
Tyne and WearDown-343£27,882-12.55 %
NorthumberlandNew entry-3£30,000-
DurhamDown-92£28,500-13.05 %
Linux EnglandLinux
England

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

148 (41.03 %)UNIX
148 (41.03 %)Windows
241 (35.04 %)Apache
339 (33.33 %)PHP
435 (29.91 %)MySQL
532 (27.35 %)C++
630 (25.64 %)OO
721 (17.95 %)Web Development
820 (17.09 %)LAMP
919 (16.24 %)UML
919 (16.24 %)C
919 (16.24 %)Oracle
1017 (14.53 %)STL
1017 (14.53 %)XML
1017 (14.53 %)Finance
1116 (13.68 %)Macromedia
1116 (13.68 %)SQL
1116 (13.68 %)COBOL
1116 (13.68 %)Dreamweaver
1213 (11.11 %)LAN
1213 (11.11 %)WAN
1213 (11.11 %)Mathematics
1312 (10.26 %)Pensions
1312 (10.26 %)Degree
1312 (10.26 %)HTML
1411 (9.402 %)Java
1411 (9.402 %)JavaScript
1411 (9.402 %)VPN
1411 (9.402 %)JBoss
1510 (8.547 %)Firewall

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

North East IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
120 (17.09 %)LAMP
217 (14.53 %)XML
217 (14.53 %)STL
312 (10.26 %)HTML
410 (8.547 %)WebServices
410 (8.547 %)CSS
59 (7.692 %)EJB
59 (7.692 %)EJB 3.0
68 (6.838 %)AJAX
77 (5.983 %).NET
86 (5.128 %)J2EE
86 (5.128 %)JSP
86 (5.128 %)Servlets
86 (5.128 %)JSF
86 (5.128 %)XSLT
86 (5.128 %)JBoss Seam
95 (4.274 %)ASP
103 (2.564 %)JMS
112 (1.709 %)WebSphere
121 (0.855 %).NET Framework
North East IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
141 (35.04 %)Apache
211 (9.402 %)JBoss
36 (5.128 %)Tomcat
44 (3.419 %)MS Exchange
44 (3.419 %)Oracle Application Server
53 (2.564 %)Exchange Server 2003
53 (2.564 %)Oracle 10gAS
62 (1.709 %)Lotus Notes
62 (1.709 %)WebSphere Application Server
71 (0.855 %)IIS
71 (0.855 %)Lotus Domino
71 (0.855 %)GroupWise
71 (0.855 %)Zope
71 (0.855 %)SharePoint
71 (0.855 %)Exchange Server 2000
North East IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (3.419 %)MATLAB
22 (1.709 %)MS Excel
North East IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.855 %)Oracle EBS
11 (0.855 %)Oracle Applications
11 (0.855 %)AWD
North East IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
113 (11.11 %)LAN
113 (11.11 %)WAN
211 (9.402 %)VPN
310 (8.547 %)Firewall
49 (7.692 %)Internet
58 (6.838 %)DNS
64 (3.419 %)DHCP
73 (2.564 %)VoIP
73 (2.564 %)LDAP
82 (1.709 %)SAN
82 (1.709 %)TCP/IP
91 (0.855 %)Network Security
North East IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
135 (29.91 %)MySQL
27 (5.983 %)Datawarehouse
36 (5.128 %)RDBMS
36 (5.128 %)Oracle 10g
45 (4.274 %)SQL Server
52 (1.709 %)DB2
52 (1.709 %)SQL Server 2000
52 (1.709 %)Oracle 8/8i
61 (0.855 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
61 (0.855 %)SQL Server 2005
61 (0.855 %)Informix
61 (0.855 %)SQL Server 7
North East IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
116 (13.68 %)Dreamweaver
25 (4.274 %)NUnit
33 (2.564 %)Eclipse
41 (0.855 %)Flash
North East IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
117 (14.53 %)Finance
212 (10.26 %)Pensions
38 (6.838 %)Health
44 (3.419 %)Police
44 (3.419 %)Marketing
53 (2.564 %)Education
62 (1.709 %)Banking
62 (1.709 %)Investment Banking
71 (0.855 %)Insurance
71 (0.855 %)Government
71 (0.855 %)Telecoms
North East IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
152 (44.44 %)Developer
229 (24.79 %)Web Developer
319 (16.24 %)Administrator
416 (13.68 %)Systems Administrator
512 (10.26 %)C++ Developer
611 (9.402 %)Software Engineer
79 (7.692 %)DBA
79 (7.692 %)PHP Developer
88 (6.838 %)C++ Software Engineer
88 (6.838 %)Analyst
97 (5.983 %)Oracle DBA
97 (5.983 %)PHP Web Developer
106 (5.128 %)Network Administrator
115 (4.274 %)Linux Systems Administrator
124 (3.419 %)Linux Administrator
124 (3.419 %)Systems Analyst
133 (2.564 %)Development Manager
133 (2.564 %)Systems Support
133 (2.564 %)Java Developer
133 (2.564 %)C Software Engineer
North East IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
113 (11.11 %)Mathematics
26 (5.128 %)Applied Mathematics
26 (5.128 %)Physics
33 (2.564 %)Computer Science
42 (1.709 %)Replication
51 (0.855 %)Clustering
51 (0.855 %)PDA
51 (0.855 %)Data Protection Act
51 (0.855 %)Blackberry
North East IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
148 (41.03 %)UNIX
148 (41.03 %)Windows
27 (5.983 %)Windows Server 2003
35 (4.274 %)Windows 2000
43 (2.564 %)Solaris
51 (0.855 %)Windows NT
51 (0.855 %)Windows XP
51 (0.855 %)Debian
51 (0.855 %)Gentoo
51 (0.855 %)Fedora
51 (0.855 %)Embedded Linux
51 (0.855 %)AIX
51 (0.855 %)HPUX
North East IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
130 (25.64 %)OO
221 (17.95 %)Web Development
319 (16.24 %)UML
410 (8.547 %)OOD
58 (6.838 %)Business Intelligence
67 (5.983 %)Disaster Recovery
67 (5.983 %)Software Testing
76 (5.128 %)Refactoring
84 (3.419 %)Software Engineering
84 (3.419 %)Security Cleared
93 (2.564 %)CRM
93 (2.564 %)Internet Marketing
93 (2.564 %)SEO
93 (2.564 %)Web Design
93 (2.564 %)Agile Software Development
93 (2.564 %)Project Management
93 (2.564 %)Process Management
102 (1.709 %)Asset Management
102 (1.709 %)Data Management
102 (1.709 %)Network Design
North East IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
139 (33.33 %)PHP
232 (27.35 %)C++
319 (16.24 %)C
416 (13.68 %)COBOL
416 (13.68 %)SQL
511 (9.402 %)Java
511 (9.402 %)JavaScript
610 (8.547 %)Shell Script
77 (5.983 %)C#
85 (4.274 %)Perl
94 (3.419 %)AWK
102 (1.709 %)PL/SQL
111 (0.855 %)LotusScript
111 (0.855 %)VB
111 (0.855 %)VB.NET
111 (0.855 %)Python
111 (0.855 %)Embedded C
North East IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
112 (10.26 %)Degree
26 (5.128 %)Cisco Certification
26 (5.128 %)HND
26 (5.128 %)CCNA
34 (3.419 %)Microsoft Certification
43 (2.564 %)RHCE
43 (2.564 %)MCP
52 (1.709 %)ISEB
61 (0.855 %)MCSE
North East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (2.564 %)ISO9000
13 (2.564 %)QA
21 (0.855 %)SLA
North East IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (2.564 %)Active Directory
22 (1.709 %)Samba
31 (0.855 %)VMware ESX
31 (0.855 %)NetBackup
31 (0.855 %)Oracle RMAN
31 (0.855 %)Oracle RAC
North East IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (2.564 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
22 (1.709 %)Legato
31 (0.855 %)Tivoli
31 (0.855 %)ARCserve
31 (0.855 %)EMC NetWorker
North East IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
119 (16.24 %)Oracle
216 (13.68 %)Macromedia
37 (5.983 %)Microsoft
46 (5.128 %)Red Hat
55 (4.274 %)Cisco
64 (3.419 %)Citrix
64 (3.419 %)Remedy
72 (1.709 %)Lotus
72 (1.709 %)IBM
81 (0.855 %)SAP
81 (0.855 %)Siebel
81 (0.855 %)CommVault
81 (0.855 %)Novell
81 (0.855 %)VERITAS
81 (0.855 %)EMC
81 (0.855 %)VMware
81 (0.855 %)Blue Coat
81 (0.855 %)Symantec
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