The first table below looks at the demand for the Linux Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux Support in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Reading region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux Support
Rank 126 131 119
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Support 13 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 0.581% 0.043% 0.105%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.612% 0.045% 0.111%
Number of salaries quoted 11 1 2
Average salary £23,000 £25,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.00% -25.37%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £35,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year
+14.28% +9.37%
All Job Titles
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2123 2212 1809
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 94.95% 94.05% 94.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1727 1875 1487
Average salary £40,000 £43,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.97% +7.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Linux Support
Berkshire

Linux Support
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Linux Support across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Reading Linux Support Jobs Demand Trend

Linux Support
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Linux Support across the Reading region.

Reading Linux Support Salary Trend

Linux Support
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux Support across the Reading region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Reading Linux Support Salary Histogram

Linux Support
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region that cited Linux Support in their job title 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 with Linux Support in their job title.

1 24 (100.00%) Linux
2 17 (70.83%) Windows
3 14 (58.33%) Red Hat
3 14 (58.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 11 (45.83%) CentOS
4 11 (45.83%) Ubuntu
4 11 (45.83%) TCP/IP
4 11 (45.83%) SUSE
4 11 (45.83%) Debian
5 7 (29.17%) VMware
5 7 (29.17%) SLA
6 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
6 4 (16.67%) HP
7 3 (12.50%) F5
7 3 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (12.50%) CheckPoint
7 3 (12.50%) Cisco
7 3 (12.50%) Apache
7 3 (12.50%) IIS
7 3 (12.50%) HND
7 3 (12.50%) Firewall
8 1 (4.167%) Clustering
8 1 (4.167%) UNIX
8 1 (4.167%) ASP
8 1 (4.167%) Shell Script
8 1 (4.167%) SAN
8 1 (4.167%) SWIFT
8 1 (4.167%) French Language
8 1 (4.167%) German Language

Linux Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region that cited Linux Support in their job title 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 with Linux Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (4.167%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 3 (12.50%) Apache
1 3 (12.50%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (45.83%) TCP/IP
2 3 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (12.50%) Firewall
3 1 (4.167%) SAN
General
1 1 (4.167%) French Language
1 1 (4.167%) German Language
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.167%) Clustering
1 1 (4.167%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 24 (100.00%) Linux
2 17 (70.83%) Windows
3 14 (58.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 11 (45.83%) CentOS
4 11 (45.83%) Ubuntu
4 11 (45.83%) SUSE
4 11 (45.83%) Debian
5 1 (4.167%) UNIX
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.167%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (12.50%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (29.17%) SLA
Vendors
1 14 (58.33%) Red Hat
2 7 (29.17%) VMware
3 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 4 (16.67%) HP
4 3 (12.50%) F5
4 3 (12.50%) CheckPoint
4 3 (12.50%) Cisco