Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Novell SUSE Linux skills within the Oxfordshire region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SUSE over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkNovell SUSE Linux
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank125140
Rank change on same period last yearUp+15
Matching permanent IT job ads21
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.362 %0.121 %
Salaries quoted21
Average minimum salary£42,500£30,000
Average salary£45,000£32,500
% change on same period last year+38.46 %
Average maximum salary£47,500£35,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,404£39,523
% change on same period last year-5.35 %
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Oxfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads552825
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.369 %0.368 %
Salaries quoted494749
Average minimum salary£31,835£31,831
Average salary£34,811£34,090
% change on same period last year+2.11 %
Average maximum salary£37,787£36,350
UK excluding London average salary£34,399£34,145
% change on same period last year+0.74 %
SUSE South EastSUSE
South East

SUSE
Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire SUSE Demand Trend

SUSE
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SUSE across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire SUSE Salary Trend

SUSE
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SUSE across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Oxfordshire SUSE Salary Histogram

SUSE
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SUSE within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
BanburyUp+11£47,500+46.15 %
OxfordNew entry-1£42,500-
SUSE South EastSUSE
South East

SUSE
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing SUSE 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 SUSE.

12 (100.00 %)UNIX
12 (100.00 %)Windows
12 (100.00 %)Linux
12 (100.00 %)Red Hat
12 (100.00 %)Debian
12 (100.00 %)Korn
12 (100.00 %)Red Hat Linux
21 (50.00 %)NASTRAN
21 (50.00 %)Contract for Difference
21 (50.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
21 (50.00 %)Management Information System
21 (50.00 %)Perl
21 (50.00 %)SQL
21 (50.00 %)ITIL
21 (50.00 %)Grid Computing
21 (50.00 %)Banking
21 (50.00 %)LPIC
21 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (50.00 %)Configuration Management
21 (50.00 %)Project Management
21 (50.00 %)VERITAS

SUSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing SUSE 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 SUSE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Oxfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (50.00 %)NASTRAN
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Banking
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Administrator
21 (50.00 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
21 (50.00 %)UNIX Administrator
21 (50.00 %)Linux Administrator
21 (50.00 %)Linux Support
21 (50.00 %)Senior Linux Administrator
21 (50.00 %)Senior Linux Support
21 (50.00 %)Systems Administrator
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)Management Information System
11 (50.00 %)Grid Computing
11 (50.00 %)Contract for Difference
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (100.00 %)UNIX
12 (100.00 %)Windows
12 (100.00 %)Linux
12 (100.00 %)Debian
12 (100.00 %)Red Hat Linux
21 (50.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
21 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)ITIL
11 (50.00 %)Configuration Management
11 (50.00 %)Project Management
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)Korn
21 (50.00 %)Perl
21 (50.00 %)SQL
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (50.00 %)LPIC
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (100.00 %)Red Hat
21 (50.00 %)VERITAS