Scotland Linux Support Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Linux Support role in IT jobs within the Scotland region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Linux Support
Location Abingdon Barnet Berkshire Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canterbury Cardiff Cheshire City of London Devon East Midlands East of England England Farnborough Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent Lichfield London Manchester Milton Keynes Monmouth Monmouthshire Norfolk North West Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Osterley Oxford Oxfordshire Plymouth Reading Scotland Slough South East South Wales South West St Albans Staffordshire Surrey Tewkesbury UK Wales Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Midlands Whitstable	3 months to 7 Jan 2009	Same period last year
Rank	-	164
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching permanent IT job ads	0	3
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.068 %
Salaries quoted	0	2
Average minimum salary	-	£29,000
Average salary	-	£30,750
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum salary	-	£32,500
UK excluding London average salary	£30,388	£30,721
% change on same period last year	-1.08 %
Job Titles Scotland
Matching permanent IT job ads	2412	4380
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	2.077 %	2.237 %
Salaries quoted	1866	2957
Average minimum salary	£34,902	£33,707
Average salary	£38,258	£36,655
% change on same period last year	+4.37 %
Average maximum salary	£41,614	£39,603
UK excluding London average salary	£38,504	£39,019
% change on same period last year	-1.32 %
Linux Support UK

Linux Support
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Linux Support across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Linux Support
Salary Trend

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

Linux Support
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 2 (100.00 %) UNIX 1 2 (100.00 %) Windows 1 2 (100.00 %) Linux 1 2 (100.00 %) LAN 1 2 (100.00 %) WAN 1 2 (100.00 %) Red Hat 1 2 (100.00 %) Internet 1 2 (100.00 %) Retail 1 2 (100.00 %) Red Hat Linux

Linux Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT jobs across the Scotland 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.

Communications & Networking 1 2 (100.00 %) LAN 1 2 (100.00 %) WAN 1 2 (100.00 %) Internet	General 1 2 (100.00 %) Retail
Operating Systems 1 2 (100.00 %) UNIX 1 2 (100.00 %) Windows 1 2 (100.00 %) Linux 1 2 (100.00 %) Red Hat Linux	Vendors 1 2 (100.00 %) Red Hat