The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Romsey region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 22 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 Romsey region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 2 4 -
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -
Permanent jobs citing Linux 7 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Romsey 87.50% 14.29% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 42.86% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 0
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% -
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.94%
All Operating Systems
Romsey
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
7 7 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Romsey 87.50% 33.33% 46.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 7
Average salary £45,000 £23,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+95.65% -37.83%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
Hampshire

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Romsey 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 Romsey region.

Romsey Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Romsey 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 6 (75.00%) Project Management
1 6 (75.00%) LAMP
1 6 (75.00%) Apache
1 6 (75.00%) E-Commerce
1 6 (75.00%) B2B
1 6 (75.00%) B2C
1 6 (75.00%) HTML
1 6 (75.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (75.00%) Perl
1 6 (75.00%) PHP
1 6 (75.00%) MySQL
1 6 (75.00%) CSS
1 6 (75.00%) Retail
1 6 (75.00%) Zend
1 6 (75.00%) Zend Framework
1 6 (75.00%) PHP5
1 6 (75.00%) jQuery
1 6 (75.00%) Smarty
1 6 (75.00%) iPad
1 6 (75.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (25.00%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) OO
2 2 (25.00%) .NET
3 1 (12.50%) J2EE
3 1 (12.50%) Java
3 1 (12.50%) C#
3 1 (12.50%) C++
3 1 (12.50%) JBoss
3 1 (12.50%) UML
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Romsey 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 6 (75.00%) LAMP
1 6 (75.00%) HTML
1 6 (75.00%) CSS
1 6 (75.00%) Zend Framework
1 6 (75.00%) jQuery
1 6 (75.00%) Smarty
2 2 (25.00%) .NET
3 1 (12.50%) J2EE
3 1 (12.50%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 6 (75.00%) Apache
2 1 (12.50%) WebLogic
2 1 (12.50%) WebSphere MQ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (75.00%) MySQL
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (12.50%) DB2
General
1 6 (75.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Developer
2 6 (75.00%) Senior Developer
2 6 (75.00%) PHP Developer
2 6 (75.00%) Senior PHP Developer
2 6 (75.00%) E-Commerce Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Software Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) iPad
1 6 (75.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (12.50%) Visualisation
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Apple iOS
2 1 (12.50%) Windows 8
2 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
2 1 (12.50%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Project Management
1 6 (75.00%) E-Commerce
1 6 (75.00%) B2B
1 6 (75.00%) B2C
2 2 (25.00%) OO
3 1 (12.50%) UML
3 1 (12.50%) SOA
3 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (12.50%) Security Management
3 1 (12.50%) Cyber Security
3 1 (12.50%) Information Assurance
3 1 (12.50%) MODAF
3 1 (12.50%) SysML
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (75.00%) Perl
1 6 (75.00%) PHP
1 6 (75.00%) PHP5
2 1 (12.50%) Java
2 1 (12.50%) C#
2 1 (12.50%) C++
2 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Zend
2 1 (12.50%) JBoss
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) IBM
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft