The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Sale region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 24 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 Sale region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 12 9 9
Rank change year-on-year
-3 0
Permanent jobs citing Linux 7 2 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sale 12.28% 8.000% 17.65%
As % of the Operating Systems category 29.17% 25.00% 50.00%
Number of salaries quoted 6 1 3
Average salary £37,500 £29,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+29.31% -17.14%
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +6.94%
All Operating Systems
Sale
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
24 8 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sale 42.11% 32.00% 35.29%
Number of salaries quoted 9 7 6
Average salary £36,500 £23,000 £21,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+58.69% +6.97%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,600 £17,000 £20,600
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £35,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
Manchester

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sale 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 Sale region.

Sale Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the Sale region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Sale Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sale 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 7 (87.50%) UNIX
2 5 (62.50%) Oracle
3 4 (50.00%) Oracle Applications
3 4 (50.00%) Oracle RMAN
3 4 (50.00%) E-business
3 4 (50.00%) Oracle RAC
3 4 (50.00%) Data Guard
4 3 (37.50%) Drupal
4 3 (37.50%) PHP5
4 3 (37.50%) CSS
4 3 (37.50%) PHP
4 3 (37.50%) Red Hat
5 2 (25.00%) RDBMS
5 2 (25.00%) Client/Server
5 2 (25.00%) SQL
5 2 (25.00%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (12.50%) Release Management
6 1 (12.50%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (12.50%) Statistical Analysis
6 1 (12.50%) ISTQB
6 1 (12.50%) SUSE
6 1 (12.50%) Performance Testing
6 1 (12.50%) Security Testing
6 1 (12.50%) Integration Testing
6 1 (12.50%) Test Scripting
6 1 (12.50%) ISEB Practitioner
6 1 (12.50%) VB
6 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
6 1 (12.50%) WebLogic
6 1 (12.50%) HPUX

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sale 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 (37.50%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) Drupal
2 1 (12.50%) WebLogic
2 1 (12.50%) Apache
2 1 (12.50%) Tomcat
2 1 (12.50%) WebLogic Integration
Business Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) RDBMS
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle BI EE
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (12.50%) MS Access
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) DBA
1 4 (50.00%) Oracle DBA
1 4 (50.00%) Oracle Applications DBA
2 3 (37.50%) Drupal Developer
2 3 (37.50%) Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Junior
3 2 (25.00%) Administrator
3 2 (25.00%) Junior DBA
3 2 (25.00%) Junior Oracle DBA
4 1 (12.50%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Client/Server
2 1 (12.50%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) UNIX
2 1 (12.50%) SUSE
2 1 (12.50%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) E-business
2 1 (12.50%) Release Management
2 1 (12.50%) Statistical Analysis
2 1 (12.50%) Performance Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Security Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Integration Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Test Scripting
2 1 (12.50%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) PHP5
1 3 (37.50%) PHP
2 2 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (12.50%) VB
3 1 (12.50%) FoxPro (VFP)
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) ISTQB
1 1 (12.50%) ISEB Practitioner
1 1 (12.50%) ISEB
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Oracle RMAN
1 4 (50.00%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) Data Guard
2 1 (12.50%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Oracle
2 3 (37.50%) Red Hat
3 1 (12.50%) HP
3 1 (12.50%) TIBCO
Sale, North West
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Posted: 9 May 2013