The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Shropshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 21 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 Shropshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 24 26 31
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +5
Permanent jobs citing Linux 11 7 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Shropshire 4.889% 4.605% 1.333%
As % of the Operating Systems category 20.00% 17.95% 4.348%
Number of salaries quoted 8 5 2
Average salary £30,000 £21,000 £26,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+42.85% -20.75%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.94%
All Operating Systems
Shropshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
55 39 46
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Shropshire 24.44% 25.66% 30.67%
Number of salaries quoted 30 28 40
Average salary £30,000 £27,500 £17,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.09% +61.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,000 £17,500 £16,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £32,500 £32,800
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
West Midlands

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Shropshire 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 Shropshire region.

Shropshire Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Shropshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Telford -3 8 £28,500 +14.00%
Shrewsbury -5 2 £31,250 +48.80%
Linux
West Midlands

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Shropshire 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 11 (57.89%) Windows
1 11 (57.89%) Microsoft
2 9 (47.37%) DNS
3 8 (42.11%) MS Exchange
3 8 (42.11%) UNIX
3 8 (42.11%) VMware
3 8 (42.11%) Exchange Server 2010
4 7 (36.84%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (36.84%) MS Excel
4 7 (36.84%) Active Directory
5 6 (31.58%) DHCP
5 6 (31.58%) AIX
5 6 (31.58%) Solaris
5 6 (31.58%) Firewall
5 6 (31.58%) Microsoft App-V
5 6 (31.58%) SCCM
5 6 (31.58%) SCOM
5 6 (31.58%) PowerHA
5 6 (31.58%) Windows 7
6 5 (26.32%) Security Architecture
6 5 (26.32%) TOGAF
6 5 (26.32%) Computer Science
7 4 (21.05%) CSS
7 4 (21.05%) HTML
7 4 (21.05%) PHP
7 4 (21.05%) SAN
7 4 (21.05%) NetApp
7 4 (21.05%) Time Management
8 3 (15.79%) WordPress
8 3 (15.79%) SC Cleared

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Shropshire 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 4 (21.05%) CSS
1 4 (21.05%) HTML
2 3 (15.79%) jQuery
2 3 (15.79%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 8 (42.11%) MS Exchange
1 8 (42.11%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (15.79%) WordPress
2 3 (15.79%) Drupal
2 3 (15.79%) Magento
2 3 (15.79%) SharePoint
3 2 (10.53%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (10.53%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (10.53%) Apache
3 2 (10.53%) IIS
4 1 (5.263%) nginx
4 1 (5.263%) Moodle
4 1 (5.263%) Tomcat
4 1 (5.263%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (36.84%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (47.37%) DNS
2 6 (31.58%) DHCP
2 6 (31.58%) Firewall
3 4 (21.05%) SAN
4 3 (15.79%) TCP/IP
5 2 (10.53%) SNMP
6 1 (5.263%) Network Security
6 1 (5.263%) LDAP
6 1 (5.263%) VLAN
6 1 (5.263%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.79%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Bugzilla
2 1 (5.263%) TeamCity
2 1 (5.263%) Git (software)
2 1 (5.263%) Subversion
General
1 2 (10.53%) Electronics
1 2 (10.53%) Finance
2 1 (5.263%) Marketing
2 1 (5.263%) Manufacturing
2 1 (5.263%) Advertising
2 1 (5.263%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Architect
1 6 (31.58%) Infrastructure Architect
2 4 (21.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
3 3 (15.79%) Developer
3 3 (15.79%) Technical Architect
3 3 (15.79%) Support Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Support Technician
4 2 (10.53%) Technical Support
4 2 (10.53%) PHP Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Technical Support Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Technical Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) IT Support
5 1 (5.263%) Web Developer
5 1 (5.263%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (5.263%) Network Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Network Support Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) IT Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Computer Science
2 2 (10.53%) Wiki
2 2 (10.53%) VLE
3 1 (5.263%) Open Source
3 1 (5.263%) SaaS
3 1 (5.263%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 11 (57.89%) Windows
2 8 (42.11%) UNIX
3 7 (36.84%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (31.58%) AIX
4 6 (31.58%) Solaris
4 6 (31.58%) Windows 7
5 2 (10.53%) CentOS
6 1 (5.263%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) Security Architecture
1 5 (26.32%) TOGAF
2 4 (21.05%) Time Management
3 3 (15.79%) OOP
3 3 (15.79%) Migration
4 1 (5.263%) Load Balancing
4 1 (5.263%) Change Control
4 1 (5.263%) Project Management
4 1 (5.263%) ERP
4 1 (5.263%) OO
4 1 (5.263%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (21.05%) PHP
2 2 (10.53%) SQL
3 1 (5.263%) PowerShell
3 1 (5.263%) PHP5
3 1 (5.263%) Bash shell
3 1 (5.263%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) SC Cleared
1 3 (15.79%) Security Cleared
1 3 (15.79%) Degree
2 1 (5.263%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 7 (36.84%) Active Directory
2 6 (31.58%) Microsoft App-V
2 6 (31.58%) PowerHA
3 3 (15.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (15.79%) Forefront TMG
3 3 (15.79%) ISA Server
4 1 (5.263%) Shibboleth
4 1 (5.263%) Hyper-V
4 1 (5.263%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 6 (31.58%) SCCM
1 6 (31.58%) SCOM
2 2 (10.53%) Plesk
Vendors
1 11 (57.89%) Microsoft
2 8 (42.11%) VMware
3 4 (21.05%) NetApp
4 2 (10.53%) Novell
4 2 (10.53%) Cisco
5 1 (5.263%) Dell
5 1 (5.263%) Citrix
5 1 (5.263%) Altiris