The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Northampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 21 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 Northampton region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 26 27 28
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Linux 32 28 34
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 8.122% 6.100% 7.249%
As % of the Operating Systems category 33.33% 28.57% 29.31%
Number of salaries quoted 27 26 33
Average salary £39,000 £34,250 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.86% +24.54%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £28,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £52,500 £44,600
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.94%
All Operating Systems
Northampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
96 98 116
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 24.37% 21.35% 24.73%
Number of salaries quoted 89 91 112
Average salary £35,000 £29,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.68% +5.45%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
Northamptonshire

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Linux across the Northampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Northampton 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 Northampton region.

Northampton Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the Northampton region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Northampton Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 (81.33%) Windows
2 31 (41.33%) MySQL
3 23 (30.67%) MCSE
3 23 (30.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 22 (29.33%) SAN
4 22 (29.33%) Java
5 21 (28.00%) Cisco
6 20 (26.67%) C++
7 19 (25.33%) Oracle
7 19 (25.33%) SQL Server
7 19 (25.33%) LAN
7 19 (25.33%) WAN
7 19 (25.33%) VMware
7 19 (25.33%) Degree
8 18 (24.00%) Agile Software Development
8 18 (24.00%) Apache
8 18 (24.00%) Tomcat
8 18 (24.00%) UNIX
9 17 (22.67%) ITIL
9 17 (22.67%) Active Directory
9 17 (22.67%) SaaS
9 17 (22.67%) IaaS
10 16 (21.33%) Open Source
10 16 (21.33%) .NET
11 15 (20.00%) HTML
11 15 (20.00%) PHP
12 14 (18.67%) Photoshop
12 14 (18.67%) ASP.NET
12 14 (18.67%) CSS
12 14 (18.67%) Microsoft

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 16 (21.33%) .NET
2 15 (20.00%) HTML
3 14 (18.67%) ASP.NET
3 14 (18.67%) CSS
4 12 (16.00%) Ajax
4 12 (16.00%) jQuery
5 11 (14.67%) ASP
6 2 (2.667%) Web Services
6 2 (2.667%) WinForms
6 2 (2.667%) WCF
6 2 (2.667%) WPF
6 2 (2.667%) Silverlight
6 2 (2.667%) LINQ
7 1 (1.333%) REST
7 1 (1.333%) Spring
7 1 (1.333%) Hibernate
7 1 (1.333%) J2EE
7 1 (1.333%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 18 (24.00%) Apache
1 18 (24.00%) Tomcat
2 8 (10.67%) MS Exchange
2 8 (10.67%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (2.667%) OpenStack
4 1 (1.333%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 14 (18.67%) Photoshop
2 13 (17.33%) Google Apps
3 2 (2.667%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 22 (29.33%) SAN
2 19 (25.33%) LAN
2 19 (25.33%) WAN
3 12 (16.00%) FTP
4 11 (14.67%) NAS
5 10 (13.33%) VoIP
6 8 (10.67%) TCP/IP
7 6 (8.000%) MPLS
8 4 (5.333%) DNS
9 2 (2.667%) Intranet
9 2 (2.667%) Firewall
10 1 (1.333%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (41.33%) MySQL
2 19 (25.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (16.00%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (1.333%) Trac
2 1 (1.333%) Git (software)
2 1 (1.333%) Hudson
2 1 (1.333%) Subversion
General
1 4 (5.333%) Telecoms
1 4 (5.333%) Manufacturing
1 4 (5.333%) Back Office
2 3 (4.000%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 16 (21.33%) Developer
1 16 (21.33%) Analyst
2 15 (20.00%) Infrastructure Designer
2 15 (20.00%) Designer
3 10 (13.33%) Software Engineer
4 9 (12.00%) PHP Developer
5 8 (10.67%) Support Analyst
6 7 (9.333%) Server Analyst
7 6 (8.000%) C Software Engineer
7 6 (8.000%) C++ Software Engineer
7 6 (8.000%) 3rd Line Support
7 6 (8.000%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
8 5 (6.667%) IT Manager
9 4 (5.333%) Systems Administrator
9 4 (5.333%) Support Engineer
9 4 (5.333%) Field Service Engineer
9 4 (5.333%) Administrator
9 4 (5.333%) Field Engineer
9 4 (5.333%) Linux Systems Administrator
9 4 (5.333%) Senior Infrastructure Designer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (22.67%) SaaS
1 17 (22.67%) IaaS
2 16 (21.33%) Open Source
3 13 (17.33%) Computer Science
4 2 (2.667%) Smartphone
4 2 (2.667%) iPhone
4 2 (2.667%) New Media
5 1 (1.333%) PaaS
5 1 (1.333%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 61 (81.33%) Windows
2 18 (24.00%) UNIX
3 10 (13.33%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (6.667%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (4.000%) Windows 7
6 2 (2.667%) Windows XP
6 2 (2.667%) Debian
6 2 (2.667%) Fedora
6 2 (2.667%) Android
7 1 (1.333%) AIX
7 1 (1.333%) HPUX
7 1 (1.333%) Solaris
7 1 (1.333%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (24.00%) Agile Software Development
2 17 (22.67%) ITIL
3 12 (16.00%) Data Management
3 12 (16.00%) Scrum
4 11 (14.67%) Project Management
4 11 (14.67%) Agile Project Management
5 6 (8.000%) Signal Processing
6 5 (6.667%) Infrastructure Management
7 2 (2.667%) Software Engineering
8 1 (1.333%) Continuous Integration
8 1 (1.333%) MVVM
8 1 (1.333%) OO
8 1 (1.333%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (29.33%) Java
2 20 (26.67%) C++
3 15 (20.00%) PHP
4 13 (17.33%) JavaScript
5 12 (16.00%) C
5 12 (16.00%) VB.NET
6 10 (13.33%) SQL
7 8 (10.67%) C#
8 7 (9.333%) Python
9 4 (5.333%) Shell Script
9 4 (5.333%) C-shell
9 4 (5.333%) Bash shell
10 2 (2.667%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 23 (30.67%) MCSE
1 23 (30.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 19 (25.33%) Degree
3 13 (17.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 13 (17.33%) MCITP
4 12 (16.00%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (16.00%) CCNA
5 6 (8.000%) PhD
5 6 (8.000%) Postgraduate
6 5 (6.667%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (5.333%) RHCE
7 4 (5.333%) HNC
7 4 (5.333%) HND
7 4 (5.333%) MCDST
8 1 (1.333%) SCJA
8 1 (1.333%) SCJP
8 1 (1.333%) SCJD
8 1 (1.333%) MCP
8 1 (1.333%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.667%) QA
System Software
1 17 (22.67%) Active Directory
2 6 (8.000%) Samba
3 4 (5.333%) NFS
4 3 (4.000%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.333%) vSphere
5 1 (1.333%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 1 (1.333%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 21 (28.00%) Cisco
2 19 (25.33%) Oracle
2 19 (25.33%) VMware
3 14 (18.67%) Microsoft
4 13 (17.33%) Google
4 13 (17.33%) hybris
5 5 (6.667%) Red Hat
6 2 (2.667%) Adobe
7 1 (1.333%) Xamarin
7 1 (1.333%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.333%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.333%) Sun
7 1 (1.333%) IBM
7 1 (1.333%) Dell
7 1 (1.333%) EMC
7 1 (1.333%) Citrix
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