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This section looks at the demand for Linux skills within the Oxford 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
Rank1617
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads172152
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.091 %0.062 %
As % of the category below39.81 %31.34 %
Salaries quoted158103
Average minimum salary£33,297£31,757
Average salary£36,315£34,083
% change on same period last year+6.54 %
Average maximum salary£39,332£36,408
UK excluding London average salary£36,371£36,383
% change on same period last year-0.03 %
Oxford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Oxford
Matching permanent IT job ads432485
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.228 %0.199 %
Salaries quoted394428
Average minimum salary£30,647£31,211
Average salary£32,911£32,822
% change on same period last year+0.27 %
Average maximum salary£35,176£34,434
UK excluding London average salary£34,472£35,006
% change on same period last year-1.52 %
Linux OxfordshireLinux
Oxfordshire

Linux
Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

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

Oxford Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1150 (40.32 %)C++
2144 (38.71 %)Windows
3127 (34.14 %)UNIX
4122 (32.80 %)SQL Server
5102 (27.42 %)Oracle
685 (22.85 %)DB2
776 (20.43 %)MySQL
875 (20.16 %)Perl
972 (19.35 %)Java
1068 (18.28 %)TCP/IP
1162 (16.67 %)C
1261 (16.40 %)OO
1261 (16.40 %)Python
1356 (15.05 %)SQL
1356 (15.05 %)Internet
1454 (14.52 %)Microsoft
1551 (13.71 %)Microsoft Certification
1649 (13.17 %)MCSE
1747 (12.63 %)Degree
1844 (11.83 %)Firewall
1935 (9.409 %)Cisco
2034 (9.140 %)Active Directory
2034 (9.140 %)MS Excel
2133 (8.871 %)Ant
2232 (8.602 %)Windows NT
2331 (8.333 %)MS Exchange
2428 (7.527 %)WAN
2428 (7.527 %).NET
2527 (7.258 %)MATLAB
2626 (6.989 %)C#

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Oxford IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
128 (7.527 %).NET
226 (6.989 %)Software Packaging
322 (5.914 %)Spring
420 (5.376 %)XML
519 (5.108 %)Hibernate
618 (4.839 %)Ruby on Rails
717 (4.570 %)J2EE
815 (4.032 %)STL
910 (2.688 %)Lucene
109 (2.419 %)JSF
109 (2.419 %)EJB
109 (2.419 %)NetBeans
109 (2.419 %)OpenGL
117 (1.882 %)HTML
126 (1.613 %)ASP.NET
132 (0.538 %)JSP
132 (0.538 %)WSH
132 (0.538 %)XBRL
141 (0.269 %)WebSphere
141 (0.269 %).NET Remoting
Oxford IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
131 (8.333 %)MS Exchange
226 (6.989 %)Tomcat
314 (3.763 %)Exchange Server 2003
413 (3.495 %)Exchange Server 2000
413 (3.495 %)IIS
512 (3.226 %)Apache
69 (2.419 %)JBoss
69 (2.419 %)Lotus Domino
74 (1.075 %)WebLogic
74 (1.075 %)Commerce Server
83 (0.806 %)SharePoint
91 (0.269 %)WordPress
91 (0.269 %)Zope
91 (0.269 %)Plone
Oxford IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
134 (9.140 %)MS Excel
227 (7.258 %)MATLAB
36 (1.613 %)MS Office
45 (1.344 %)MS Visio
52 (0.538 %)MS PowerPoint
Oxford IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (0.806 %)Tesseract
Oxford IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
168 (18.28 %)TCP/IP
256 (15.05 %)Internet
344 (11.83 %)Firewall
428 (7.527 %)WAN
526 (6.989 %)ADSL
526 (6.989 %)ISDN
616 (4.301 %)DNS
711 (2.957 %)POP3
711 (2.957 %)SMTP
810 (2.688 %)Intrusion Detection
99 (2.419 %)LAN
107 (1.882 %)SAN
107 (1.882 %)DVB
114 (1.075 %)VPN
123 (0.806 %)FTP
123 (0.806 %)DECnet
123 (0.806 %)VoIP
123 (0.806 %)Network Security
123 (0.806 %)SSH
132 (0.538 %)VLAN
Oxford IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1122 (32.80 %)SQL Server
285 (22.85 %)DB2
376 (20.43 %)MySQL
410 (2.688 %)RDBMS
54 (1.075 %)SQL Server 2000
54 (1.075 %)SQL Server 2005
63 (0.806 %)SQL Server 7
63 (0.806 %)PostgreSQL
63 (0.806 %)DTS
71 (0.269 %)Oracle 10g
71 (0.269 %)Oracle 8/8i
71 (0.269 %)Oracle 9i
71 (0.269 %)MS Access
Oxford IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
133 (8.871 %)Ant
214 (3.763 %)QuickTest Pro
39 (2.419 %)Eclipse
47 (1.882 %)JUnit
54 (1.075 %)Subversion
Oxford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
125 (6.720 %)Music
125 (6.720 %)Music Industry
221 (5.645 %)Finance
320 (5.376 %)Health
419 (5.108 %)Telecoms
513 (3.495 %)Games
610 (2.688 %)Education
77 (1.882 %)Publishing
85 (1.344 %)Pensions
94 (1.075 %)Banking
103 (0.806 %)Government
112 (0.538 %)Multimedia
112 (0.538 %)Insurance
121 (0.269 %)Marketing
121 (0.269 %)Billing
121 (0.269 %)Manufacturing
121 (0.269 %)Pharmaceutical
121 (0.269 %)Chemicals
Oxford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
181 (21.77 %)Developer
253 (14.25 %)Software Engineer
337 (9.946 %)Java Developer
434 (9.140 %)Administrator
533 (8.871 %)C++ Developer
628 (7.527 %)C++ Software Engineer
724 (6.452 %)Systems Administrator
822 (5.914 %)Systems Engineer
822 (5.914 %)DSP Engineer
917 (4.570 %)Linux Administrator
917 (4.570 %)Consultant
917 (4.570 %)Analyst
1016 (4.301 %)Server Support
1016 (4.301 %)Support Analyst
1114 (3.763 %)Support Engineer
1114 (3.763 %)Network Engineer
1114 (3.763 %)Release Engineer
1212 (3.226 %)Linux Systems Administrator
1212 (3.226 %)Senior Developer
1212 (3.226 %)3rd Line Support
Oxford IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (1.882 %)MPEG
17 (1.882 %)DTV
26 (1.613 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
26 (1.613 %)Mathematics
26 (1.613 %)Computer Science
35 (1.344 %)Multithreading
35 (1.344 %)Replication
35 (1.344 %)Clustering
44 (1.075 %)VHDL
44 (1.075 %)Verilog
53 (0.806 %)Physics
53 (0.806 %)Web 2.0
62 (0.538 %)Client/Server
62 (0.538 %)Device Driver
62 (0.538 %)ASIC
71 (0.269 %)Chemistry
Oxford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1144 (38.71 %)Windows
2127 (34.14 %)UNIX
332 (8.602 %)Windows NT
420 (5.376 %)Solaris
514 (3.763 %)Windows 2000
613 (3.495 %)Mac OS X
711 (2.957 %)FreeBSD
711 (2.957 %)Windows XP
89 (2.419 %)NetWare
98 (2.151 %)Windows Server 2003
98 (2.151 %)VxWorks
103 (0.806 %)Embedded Linux
103 (0.806 %)Windows Vista
103 (0.806 %)OpenVMS
112 (0.538 %)VMS
121 (0.269 %)Debian
Oxford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
161 (16.40 %)OO
223 (6.183 %)ITIL
322 (5.914 %)Agile Software Development
415 (4.032 %)Penetration Testing
512 (3.226 %)OOD
69 (2.419 %)Project Management
78 (2.151 %)Software Engineering
87 (1.882 %)Unit Testing
96 (1.613 %)Service Delivery
105 (1.344 %)OOP
114 (1.075 %)Integration Testing
114 (1.075 %)Content Management
123 (0.806 %)Vulnerability Assessment
123 (0.806 %)Risk Analysis
123 (0.806 %)Use Case
123 (0.806 %)Test Scripting
123 (0.806 %)Information Security
123 (0.806 %)UML
123 (0.806 %)E-business
123 (0.806 %)DRM
Oxford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1150 (40.32 %)C++
275 (20.16 %)Perl
372 (19.35 %)Java
462 (16.67 %)C
561 (16.40 %)Python
656 (15.05 %)SQL
726 (6.989 %)C#
822 (5.914 %)Assembly Language
918 (4.839 %)Ruby
1014 (3.763 %)VB
119 (2.419 %)VB.NET
125 (1.344 %)VBScript
125 (1.344 %)Shell Script
134 (1.075 %)Tcl
134 (1.075 %)PHP
143 (0.806 %)Transact-SQL
143 (0.806 %)Embedded C
151 (0.269 %)Fortran
151 (0.269 %)VB6
Oxford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
151 (13.71 %)Microsoft Certification
249 (13.17 %)MCSE
347 (12.63 %)Degree
419 (5.108 %)MCSA
419 (5.108 %)CCNA
419 (5.108 %)Cisco Certification
518 (4.839 %)CCNP
614 (3.763 %)RHCT
712 (3.226 %)MCP
86 (1.613 %)ISEB
94 (1.075 %)MCTS
94 (1.075 %)MCITP
103 (0.806 %)CCIE
112 (0.538 %)CCA
112 (0.538 %)Citrix Certification
112 (0.538 %)CCEA
121 (0.269 %)CISSP
121 (0.269 %)PhD
121 (0.269 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
121 (0.269 %)CISA
Oxford IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
113 (3.495 %)QA
Oxford IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
134 (9.140 %)Active Directory
224 (6.452 %)ISA Server
35 (1.344 %)Squid
43 (0.806 %)Snort
51 (0.269 %)VMware Infrastructure
Oxford IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (0.806 %)Legato
13 (0.806 %)Tivoli
Oxford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1102 (27.42 %)Oracle
254 (14.52 %)Microsoft
335 (9.409 %)Cisco
422 (5.914 %)Red Hat
513 (3.495 %)Novell
69 (2.419 %)Lotus
76 (1.613 %)VMware
85 (1.344 %)Citrix
94 (1.075 %)Apple
103 (0.806 %)CheckPoint
103 (0.806 %)Nokia
103 (0.806 %)VERITAS
103 (0.806 %)EMC
112 (0.538 %)SAP
112 (0.538 %)Compuware
112 (0.538 %)Altiris
121 (0.269 %)HP
121 (0.269 %)Dell
121 (0.269 %)BEA
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