The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Sheffield 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 Sheffield region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 18 20 21
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +1
Permanent jobs citing Linux 47 53 46
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 8.835% 8.548% 8.084%
As % of the Operating Systems category 39.83% 39.55% 37.10%
Number of salaries quoted 42 43 29
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £100,000 £38,300 £67,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.94%
All Operating Systems
Sheffield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
118 134 124
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 22.18% 21.61% 21.79%
Number of salaries quoted 102 113 98
Average salary £35,000 £30,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.66% -11.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £18,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £100,000 £50,000 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
South Yorkshire

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sheffield 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 Sheffield region.

Sheffield Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the Sheffield region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Sheffield Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield 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 38 (40.43%) UNIX
2 33 (35.11%) MySQL
3 30 (31.91%) PHP
4 23 (24.47%) SQL Server
4 23 (24.47%) Apache
5 21 (22.34%) Ubuntu
5 21 (22.34%) Windows
6 18 (19.15%) HTML
7 17 (18.09%) JavaScript
7 17 (18.09%) CSS
8 16 (17.02%) SAN
9 15 (15.96%) SQL
9 15 (15.96%) Solaris
9 15 (15.96%) TDD
9 15 (15.96%) Continuous Integration
10 14 (14.89%) Perl
10 14 (14.89%) Microsoft
10 14 (14.89%) VMware
11 13 (13.83%) Mac OS X
11 13 (13.83%) jQuery
12 12 (12.77%) Project Management
13 11 (11.70%) Python
13 11 (11.70%) Java
13 11 (11.70%) QA
14 10 (10.64%) Security Cleared
14 10 (10.64%) Bash shell
14 10 (10.64%) .NET
14 10 (10.64%) AIX
14 10 (10.64%) PostgreSQL
14 10 (10.64%) Telecoms

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield 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 18 (19.15%) HTML
2 17 (18.09%) CSS
3 13 (13.83%) jQuery
4 10 (10.64%) .NET
5 9 (9.574%) LAMP
6 8 (8.511%) J2EE
7 7 (7.447%) SOAP
7 7 (7.447%) Web Services
8 6 (6.383%) XML
9 3 (3.191%) XHTML
9 3 (3.191%) REST
10 2 (2.128%) Spring
10 2 (2.128%) Zend Framework
10 2 (2.128%) Ajax
10 2 (2.128%) HTML5
10 2 (2.128%) CSS3
10 2 (2.128%) CakePHP
10 2 (2.128%) JSP
10 2 (2.128%) Hibernate
11 1 (1.064%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 23 (24.47%) Apache
2 7 (7.447%) Amazon AWS
3 6 (6.383%) IIS
4 4 (4.255%) Exchange Server 2003
4 4 (4.255%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (4.255%) MS Exchange
5 2 (2.128%) Moodle
6 1 (1.064%) CMS
6 1 (1.064%) nginx
6 1 (1.064%) Drupal
Applications
1 7 (7.447%) MS Excel
2 5 (5.319%) MS Office
3 2 (2.128%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (1.064%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (1.064%) Photoshop
4 1 (1.064%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 16 (17.02%) SAN
2 8 (8.511%) WAN
2 8 (8.511%) LAN
3 7 (7.447%) Firewall
4 5 (5.319%) Internet
4 5 (5.319%) PBX
5 4 (4.255%) Network Security
5 4 (4.255%) DNS
5 4 (4.255%) DHCP
6 2 (2.128%) HTTP
6 2 (2.128%) TCP/IP
6 2 (2.128%) MPLS
6 2 (2.128%) OSPF
6 2 (2.128%) BGP
7 1 (1.064%) SSL
7 1 (1.064%) NAS
7 1 (1.064%) Fibre Channel
7 1 (1.064%) Wireshark
7 1 (1.064%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (35.11%) MySQL
2 23 (24.47%) SQL Server
3 10 (10.64%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (6.383%) SQL Server 2005
5 4 (4.255%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (2.128%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (2.128%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (2.128%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (2.128%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (2.128%) Data Mining
6 2 (2.128%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 9 (9.574%) Subversion
2 4 (4.255%) Git (software)
3 2 (2.128%) JUnit
4 1 (1.064%) Cucumber
4 1 (1.064%) Selenium
General
1 10 (10.64%) Telecoms
2 4 (4.255%) Games
3 2 (2.128%) Finance
4 1 (1.064%) Banking
Job Titles
1 36 (38.30%) Developer
2 23 (24.47%) Administrator
3 22 (23.40%) PHP Developer
4 14 (14.89%) Systems Administrator
5 12 (12.77%) UNIX Administrator
6 11 (11.70%) Systems Engineer
7 10 (10.64%) Lead Developer
8 9 (9.574%) Web Developer
9 8 (8.511%) PHP Web Developer
9 8 (8.511%) Java Developer
10 6 (6.383%) Linux Administrator
10 6 (6.383%) Linux Systems Administrator
10 6 (6.383%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 5 (5.319%) Senior Developer
11 5 (5.319%) Network Engineer
11 5 (5.319%) Avaya Engineer
11 5 (5.319%) Lead PHP Developer
11 5 (5.319%) Telecoms Engineer
11 5 (5.319%) Lead Java Developer
11 5 (5.319%) Senior Telecoms Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.319%) Management Information System
1 5 (5.319%) IVR
2 4 (4.255%) SaaS
2 4 (4.255%) Digital Media
2 4 (4.255%) Cloud Computing
2 4 (4.255%) BBC
3 3 (3.191%) Open Source
4 2 (2.128%) Statistics
4 2 (2.128%) Mathematics
4 2 (2.128%) Learning Management System
4 2 (2.128%) Replication
5 1 (1.064%) Clustering
5 1 (1.064%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 38 (40.43%) UNIX
2 21 (22.34%) Ubuntu
2 21 (22.34%) Windows
3 15 (15.96%) Solaris
4 13 (13.83%) Mac OS X
5 10 (10.64%) AIX
6 9 (9.574%) HPUX
7 6 (6.383%) Windows Server 2008
7 6 (6.383%) Windows Server 2003
8 5 (5.319%) Debian
9 4 (4.255%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (2.128%) SUSE
11 1 (1.064%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (15.96%) TDD
1 15 (15.96%) Continuous Integration
2 12 (12.77%) Project Management
3 9 (9.574%) MVC
3 9 (9.574%) Web Development
3 9 (9.574%) Web Design
4 7 (7.447%) ITIL
4 7 (7.447%) Web Application Development
5 6 (6.383%) E-Commerce
6 5 (5.319%) Configuration Management
6 5 (5.319%) Migration
6 5 (5.319%) Capacity Planning
7 4 (4.255%) OO
7 4 (4.255%) Workflow
8 3 (3.191%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (3.191%) Business Continuity
8 3 (3.191%) OOP
9 2 (2.128%) Information Management
9 2 (2.128%) Network Design
9 2 (2.128%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 30 (31.91%) PHP
2 17 (18.09%) JavaScript
3 15 (15.96%) SQL
4 14 (14.89%) Perl
5 11 (11.70%) Python
5 11 (11.70%) Java
6 10 (10.64%) Bash shell
7 7 (7.447%) Shell Script
8 5 (5.319%) PHP5
8 5 (5.319%) Ruby
9 1 (1.064%) ActionScript
9 1 (1.064%) Apex Code
9 1 (1.064%) ActionScript 3.0
Qualifications
1 10 (10.64%) Security Cleared
2 4 (4.255%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (3.191%) CCNA
4 2 (2.128%) Degree
4 2 (2.128%) CIW
5 1 (1.064%) CCNP
5 1 (1.064%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (11.70%) QA
2 9 (9.574%) SLA
3 7 (7.447%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (4.255%) Active Directory
1 4 (4.255%) VMware ESX
2 3 (3.191%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.064%) Samba
3 1 (1.064%) Veritas Volume Manager
3 1 (1.064%) Novell eDirectory
3 1 (1.064%) Snort
Systems Management
1 8 (8.511%) Puppet
2 4 (4.255%) SCCM
2 4 (4.255%) MOM
2 4 (4.255%) Nagios
3 1 (1.064%) Nessus
Vendors
1 14 (14.89%) Microsoft
1 14 (14.89%) VMware
2 5 (5.319%) Red Hat
2 5 (5.319%) IBM
2 5 (5.319%) Avaya
3 4 (4.255%) Zend
3 4 (4.255%) Dell
3 4 (4.255%) CheckPoint
4 3 (3.191%) NetApp
5 2 (2.128%) Veritas
5 2 (2.128%) Juniper
5 2 (2.128%) HP
5 2 (2.128%) Cisco
5 2 (2.128%) JBoss
5 2 (2.128%) Salesforce.com
6 1 (1.064%) Apple
6 1 (1.064%) Sun
6 1 (1.064%) Novell
6 1 (1.064%) Twitter
6 1 (1.064%) ArcSight