The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Redhill region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 20 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 Redhill region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 11 31 42
Rank change year-on-year
+20 +11
Permanent jobs citing Linux 24 16 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Redhill 11.82% 5.714% 1.509%
As % of the Operating Systems category 26.97% 14.29% 6.250%
Number of salaries quoted 24 16 4
Average salary £37,500 £55,000 £19,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-31.81% +189.47%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,683 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-0.47% +7.45%
All Operating Systems
Redhill
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
89 112 64
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Redhill 43.84% 40.00% 24.15%
Number of salaries quoted 87 92 63
Average salary £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.66% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £29,350 £19,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £49,000 £67,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
Surrey

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Redhill 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 Redhill region.

Redhill Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the Redhill region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Redhill Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Redhill 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 21 (50.00%) Oracle
2 19 (45.24%) AIX
3 17 (40.48%) UNIX
4 16 (38.10%) SQL
5 15 (35.71%) Windows
5 15 (35.71%) Degree
6 14 (33.33%) C++
6 14 (33.33%) Microsoft
7 13 (30.95%) ITIL
8 11 (26.19%) QMS
9 10 (23.81%) Software Engineering
10 9 (21.43%) Firewall
10 9 (21.43%) Windows Server 2003
10 9 (21.43%) Windows Server 2008
11 8 (19.05%) Embedded C++
12 7 (16.67%) DNS
12 7 (16.67%) Windows XP
12 7 (16.67%) MS Exchange
12 7 (16.67%) LAN
12 7 (16.67%) WAN
12 7 (16.67%) Finance
12 7 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 7 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
12 7 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
13 6 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
13 6 (14.29%) Office Communications Server
13 6 (14.29%) Hyper-V
13 6 (14.29%) Computer Science
13 6 (14.29%) Information Security Management
13 6 (14.29%) Security Management

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Redhill 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 3 (7.143%) XML
2 1 (2.381%) .NET Framework
2 1 (2.381%) JSON
2 1 (2.381%) WCF
2 1 (2.381%) jQuery
2 1 (2.381%) Memcached
2 1 (2.381%) FastCGI
2 1 (2.381%) HTML
2 1 (2.381%) .NET
2 1 (2.381%) ADO.NET
2 1 (2.381%) ASP.NET
2 1 (2.381%) CSS
2 1 (2.381%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 7 (16.67%) MS Exchange
1 7 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
1 7 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
2 6 (14.29%) Office Communications Server
3 4 (9.524%) Lync
4 2 (4.762%) Oracle Spatial
4 2 (4.762%) Oracle Application Server
5 1 (2.381%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (2.381%) nginx
5 1 (2.381%) lighttpd
5 1 (2.381%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (2.381%) IIS
5 1 (2.381%) Apache
5 1 (2.381%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (14.29%) MS Office
1 6 (14.29%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (21.43%) Firewall
2 7 (16.67%) LAN
2 7 (16.67%) WAN
2 7 (16.67%) DNS
3 6 (14.29%) SAN
4 4 (9.524%) TCP/IP
5 3 (7.143%) Internet
6 2 (4.762%) VPN
6 2 (4.762%) LDAP
7 1 (2.381%) IPsec
7 1 (2.381%) VSAT
7 1 (2.381%) DVB
7 1 (2.381%) DHCP
7 1 (2.381%) Ethernet
7 1 (2.381%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (14.29%) SQL Server
1 6 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (4.762%) Oracle 8/8i
2 2 (4.762%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (4.762%) Oracle 10g
2 2 (4.762%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (2.381%) Berkeley DB
3 1 (2.381%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (7.143%) Eclipse
2 2 (4.762%) Git (software)
3 1 (2.381%) GCC
3 1 (2.381%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (2.381%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 18 (42.86%) DBA
2 17 (40.48%) Oracle DBA
3 12 (28.57%) Consultant
3 12 (28.57%) Technical Consultant
4 11 (26.19%) Applications Support
5 8 (19.05%) Software Engineer
6 6 (14.29%) Oracle Consultant
6 6 (14.29%) Oracle Technical Consultant
6 6 (14.29%) Applications Support Engineer
6 6 (14.29%) Support Engineer
7 5 (11.90%) Administrator
8 4 (9.524%) Support Analyst
8 4 (9.524%) Analyst
8 4 (9.524%) Applications Support Analyst
8 4 (9.524%) Senior Software Engineer
9 2 (4.762%) Tester
9 2 (4.762%) Developer
9 2 (4.762%) Software Tester
10 1 (2.381%) Support Consultant
10 1 (2.381%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.29%) CESG
1 6 (14.29%) Computer Science
2 4 (9.524%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (4.762%) EFT
3 2 (4.762%) Smartcard
3 2 (4.762%) Replication
4 1 (2.381%) Open Source
4 1 (2.381%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 19 (45.24%) AIX
2 17 (40.48%) UNIX
3 15 (35.71%) Windows
4 9 (21.43%) Windows Server 2003
4 9 (21.43%) Windows Server 2008
5 7 (16.67%) Windows XP
6 2 (4.762%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (4.762%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (30.95%) ITIL
2 11 (26.19%) QMS
3 10 (23.81%) Software Engineering
4 6 (14.29%) Information Security
4 6 (14.29%) Information Security Management
4 6 (14.29%) Security Management
5 4 (9.524%) Project Management
5 4 (9.524%) TDD
5 4 (9.524%) Multithreading
5 4 (9.524%) Systems Analysis
6 3 (7.143%) Automated Testing
6 3 (7.143%) Quality Management
6 3 (7.143%) OO
6 3 (7.143%) Test Strategy
7 2 (4.762%) High Availability
7 2 (4.762%) Configuration Management
7 2 (4.762%) Change Management
7 2 (4.762%) Migration
7 2 (4.762%) Incident Management
8 1 (2.381%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 16 (38.10%) SQL
2 14 (33.33%) C++
3 8 (19.05%) Embedded C++
4 3 (7.143%) Java
4 3 (7.143%) C
4 3 (7.143%) C#
4 3 (7.143%) Perl
5 2 (4.762%) PHP
5 2 (4.762%) PL/SQL
5 2 (4.762%) Embedded C
5 2 (4.762%) Bash shell
6 1 (2.381%) Shell Script
6 1 (2.381%) Python
6 1 (2.381%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 15 (35.71%) Degree
2 3 (7.143%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.762%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.381%) HNC
4 1 (2.381%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 6 (14.29%) Hyper-V
2 2 (4.762%) Oracle RMAN
2 2 (4.762%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (2.381%) XenApp
3 1 (2.381%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (4.762%) Data Guard
2 1 (2.381%) SCCM
Vendors
1 21 (50.00%) Oracle
2 14 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.762%) Cisco
3 2 (4.762%) Red Hat
3 2 (4.762%) Remedy
4 1 (2.381%) VMware
4 1 (2.381%) CheckPoint
4 1 (2.381%) Citrix
Redhill, Surrey
A Technical Consultant is required for a leading Financial Services software house. This is an exceptional opportunity to join a dynamic, fast paced organisation is a varied and...
ISL
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Redhill, Surrey
A Technical Consultant / Oracle DBA is required for a leading Financial Services software house... *It is anticipated that 80-85% of the role will involve duties such as...
ISL
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + negotiable
Posted: 16 May 2013
Redhill, Surrey
If you have experience of Linux, AIX, or UNIX then that would be a bonus. You should also have good ITIL experience and ideally be educated to degree...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013