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This section looks at the demand for Linux skills within the Oldham 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLinux
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank28-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads40
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below9.524 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted40
Average minimum salary£30,000-
Average salary£33,000-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£36,000-
UK excluding London average salary£36,512£36,686
% change on same period last year-0.47 %
Oldham IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Oldham
Matching permanent IT job ads4255
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.023 %0.023 %
Salaries quoted3853
Average minimum salary£26,021£25,897
Average salary£29,287£29,062
% change on same period last year+0.77 %
Average maximum salary£32,553£32,228
UK excluding London average salary£33,991£34,646
% change on same period last year-1.88 %
Linux ManchesterLinux
Manchester

Linux
Demand Trend

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

Oldham 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 Oldham region.

Oldham Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the Oldham region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Oldham Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Oldham 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.

120 (83.33 %)Perl
218 (75.00 %)Pensions
314 (58.33 %)C++
314 (58.33 %)Shell Script
411 (45.83 %)Solaris
59 (37.50 %)C
59 (37.50 %)JavaScript
67 (29.17 %)Ruby
76 (25.00 %)LAN
76 (25.00 %)WAN
76 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
76 (25.00 %)DNS
76 (25.00 %)Web Development
85 (20.83 %)UNIX
93 (12.50 %)PHP
93 (12.50 %)SLA
93 (12.50 %)Performance Management
102 (8.333 %)PHP5
102 (8.333 %)AJAX
102 (8.333 %)Health
102 (8.333 %)LAMP
102 (8.333 %)W3C
102 (8.333 %)Internet
102 (8.333 %)Microsoft
102 (8.333 %)OOP
102 (8.333 %)Apache
102 (8.333 %)XHTML
102 (8.333 %)HTML
102 (8.333 %)MySQL
102 (8.333 %)CSS

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Oldham 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.

Oldham IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (8.333 %)HTML
12 (8.333 %)CSS
12 (8.333 %)XHTML
12 (8.333 %)LAMP
12 (8.333 %)AJAX
21 (4.167 %)Spring
21 (4.167 %)JSP
21 (4.167 %)Struts
21 (4.167 %).NET
21 (4.167 %)J2EE
21 (4.167 %)MFC
21 (4.167 %)EJB
Oldham IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (8.333 %)Apache
Oldham IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (25.00 %)LAN
16 (25.00 %)WAN
16 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
16 (25.00 %)DNS
22 (8.333 %)Internet
Oldham IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (8.333 %)MySQL
Oldham IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
118 (75.00 %)Pensions
22 (8.333 %)Health
Oldham IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
115 (62.50 %)Linux Engineer
27 (29.17 %)Software Engineer
36 (25.00 %)Administrator
36 (25.00 %)Linux Administrator
43 (12.50 %)Support Manager
43 (12.50 %)Test Engineer
43 (12.50 %)Developer
52 (8.333 %)Web Developer
52 (8.333 %)Linux Support
52 (8.333 %)Release Engineer
61 (4.167 %)Applications Manager
61 (4.167 %)Customer Support Manager
61 (4.167 %)Java Software Developer
61 (4.167 %)Applications Support Manager
61 (4.167 %)Applications Support
61 (4.167 %)Software Test Engineer
61 (4.167 %)Systems Manager
61 (4.167 %)Java Developer
61 (4.167 %)Software Developer
Oldham IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (8.333 %)W3C
Oldham IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111 (45.83 %)Solaris
25 (20.83 %)UNIX
31 (4.167 %)Windows
31 (4.167 %)Windows CE
Oldham IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (25.00 %)Web Development
23 (12.50 %)Performance Management
32 (8.333 %)OOP
41 (4.167 %)Disaster Recovery
41 (4.167 %)UML
Oldham IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
120 (83.33 %)Perl
214 (58.33 %)Shell Script
214 (58.33 %)C++
39 (37.50 %)C
39 (37.50 %)JavaScript
47 (29.17 %)Ruby
53 (12.50 %)PHP
62 (8.333 %)PHP5
71 (4.167 %)C#
71 (4.167 %)Java
Oldham IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (12.50 %)SLA
Oldham IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (8.333 %)Microsoft
21 (4.167 %)Progress