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This section looks at the demand for Linux skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLinux
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank2120
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching permanent IT job ads25853416
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.365 %1.399 %
As % of the category below26.24 %27.30 %
Salaries quoted22332846
Average minimum salary£35,320£36,324
Average salary£38,652£39,462
% change on same period last year-2.05 %
Average maximum salary£41,984£42,599
UK excluding London average salary£36,371£36,383
% change on same period last year-0.03 %
South East IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
South East
Matching permanent IT job ads985312511
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled5.201 %5.123 %
Salaries quoted822810028
Average minimum salary£33,354£35,132
Average salary£36,274£37,793
% change on same period last year-4.01 %
Average maximum salary£39,194£40,453
UK excluding London average salary£34,472£35,006
% change on same period last year-1.52 %
Linux EnglandLinux
England

Linux
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Linux across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

South East Linux Demand Trend

Linux
Salary Trend

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

South East Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

South East Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BerkshireDown-2707£39,625-2.28 %
SurreyDown-12475£40,447-4.17 %
HampshireUp+5440£35,950-3.90 %
OxfordshireDown-1315£35,290+6.09 %
BuckinghamshireNo change0299£41,149+5.51 %
KentUp+2102£36,275+11.68 %
East SussexUp+3482£34,526-1.75 %
MiddlesexDown-1878£43,682+11.34 %
West SussexUp+563£31,585+0.44 %
Thames ValleyUp+1314£43,938+9.44 %
M4 CorridorDown-112£47,857+7.26 %
SussexUp+198£32,875+12.71 %
Home CountiesDown-106£42,333-0.85 %
Isle of WightUp+43£27,500-21.42 %
Linux EnglandLinux
England

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

12620 (47.06 %)UNIX
22242 (40.27 %)Windows
31277 (22.94 %)SQL
41203 (21.61 %)Java
51195 (21.47 %)C++
61116 (20.05 %)Oracle
71072 (19.26 %)Solaris
8910 (16.35 %)C
9903 (16.22 %)Perl
10885 (15.90 %)MySQL
11776 (13.94 %)TCP/IP
12754 (13.54 %)Red Hat
13746 (13.40 %)Apache
14711 (12.77 %)SQL Server
15683 (12.27 %)Microsoft
16669 (12.02 %)PHP
17648 (11.64 %)Internet
18636 (11.42 %)Cisco
19537 (9.646 %)XML
20536 (9.628 %)Degree
21518 (9.305 %)Firewall
22500 (8.981 %)HTML
23467 (8.389 %)OO
24451 (8.101 %)JavaScript
25423 (7.598 %)DNS
26409 (7.347 %)J2EE
27408 (7.329 %)Finance
28406 (7.293 %)Telecoms
29399 (7.167 %)Microsoft Certification
30396 (7.113 %)SAN

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

South East IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1537 (9.646 %)XML
2500 (8.981 %)HTML
3409 (7.347 %)J2EE
4389 (6.988 %).NET
5310 (5.569 %)CSS
6204 (3.664 %)WebServices
7182 (3.269 %)AJAX
8153 (2.748 %)XHTML
9145 (2.605 %)JSP
10136 (2.443 %)LAMP
11126 (2.263 %)Hibernate
12124 (2.227 %)WebSphere
13108 (1.940 %)Spring
14107 (1.922 %)ASP
1599 (1.778 %)Swing
1696 (1.724 %)EJB
1792 (1.653 %)Servlets
1891 (1.635 %)SOAP
1985 (1.527 %)Middleware
2075 (1.347 %)STL
South East IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1746 (13.40 %)Apache
2308 (5.533 %)IIS
3277 (4.976 %)MS Exchange
4227 (4.078 %)Tomcat
5223 (4.006 %)Exchange Server 2003
6182 (3.269 %)JBoss
7156 (2.802 %)WebLogic
8114 (2.048 %)SharePoint
994 (1.689 %)Exchange Server 2000
1089 (1.599 %)Exchange Server 2007
1183 (1.491 %)ColdFusion
1251 (0.916 %)CMS
1343 (0.772 %)Oracle 10gAS
1428 (0.503 %)Lotus Notes
1527 (0.485 %)Oracle Application Server
1624 (0.431 %)Lotus Domino
1722 (0.395 %)WebSphere MQ
1820 (0.359 %)BizTalk Server
1916 (0.287 %)WebSphere Application Server
1916 (0.287 %)OpenEdge
South East IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1282 (5.066 %)MS Excel
286 (1.545 %)MS Office
367 (1.204 %)Photoshop
455 (0.988 %)MS Visio
544 (0.790 %)MATLAB
626 (0.467 %)ImageReady
716 (0.287 %)SPSS
814 (0.251 %)MS Project
96 (0.108 %)MS PowerPoint
104 (0.072 %)Adobe Illustrator
112 (0.036 %)FrameMaker
112 (0.036 %)Spreadsheet
121 (0.018 %)CA Clarity
121 (0.018 %)Acrobat
121 (0.018 %)QuarkXPress
121 (0.018 %)RoboHelp
121 (0.018 %)Fireworks
South East IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
172 (1.293 %)Oracle Applications
249 (0.880 %)Oracle 11i
334 (0.611 %)Oracle EBS
413 (0.234 %)Dynamics CRM
511 (0.198 %)WebTrends
68 (0.144 %)Oracle Financials
76 (0.108 %)Tesseract
84 (0.072 %)Microsoft CRM
92 (0.036 %)Oracle ASCP
101 (0.018 %)SalesLogix
101 (0.018 %)GoldMine
101 (0.018 %)Great Plains
101 (0.018 %)Oracle Manufacturing
101 (0.018 %)Pivotal CRM
South East IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1776 (13.94 %)TCP/IP
2648 (11.64 %)Internet
3518 (9.305 %)Firewall
4423 (7.598 %)DNS
5396 (7.113 %)SAN
6301 (5.407 %)WAN
7258 (4.634 %)LAN
8217 (3.898 %)VPN
9161 (2.892 %)DHCP
10153 (2.748 %)SMTP
11150 (2.694 %)Wireless
12131 (2.353 %)VoIP
13120 (2.156 %)LDAP
14111 (1.994 %)Network Security
1590 (1.617 %)Intranet
1688 (1.581 %)HTTP
1784 (1.509 %)FTP
1784 (1.509 %)NetScreen
1784 (1.509 %)Cisco PIX
1882 (1.473 %)SNMP
South East IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1885 (15.90 %)MySQL
2711 (12.77 %)SQL Server
3252 (4.527 %)RDBMS
4236 (4.239 %)Oracle 10g
5167 (3.000 %)DB2
6126 (2.263 %)Oracle 9i
796 (1.724 %)SQL Server 2000
872 (1.293 %)SQL Server 2005
967 (1.204 %)Datawarehouse
1058 (1.042 %)Informix
1156 (1.006 %)PostgreSQL
1251 (0.916 %)Oracle 8/8i
1343 (0.772 %)Oracle Reports
1440 (0.719 %)GIS
1539 (0.701 %)InterSystems Cache
1637 (0.665 %)TOAD
1731 (0.557 %)Oracle 11g
1830 (0.539 %)Oracle Discoverer
1928 (0.503 %)OLAP
2026 (0.467 %)Oracle OLAP
South East IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1139 (2.497 %)Eclipse
2129 (2.317 %)Ant
395 (1.706 %)Subversion
474 (1.329 %)Visual Studio
567 (1.204 %)Flash
664 (1.150 %)JUnit
751 (0.916 %)TestDirector
751 (0.916 %)ProC
846 (0.826 %)Oracle Forms
936 (0.647 %)Rational Rose
1023 (0.413 %)QuickTest Pro
1121 (0.377 %)ClearCase
1213 (0.234 %)ClearQuest
1312 (0.216 %)WebSpeed
1312 (0.216 %)Dreamweaver
1411 (0.198 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1411 (0.198 %)Rational Robot
158 (0.144 %)JBuilder
158 (0.144 %)InstallShield
167 (0.126 %)WinRunner
South East IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1408 (7.329 %)Finance
2406 (7.293 %)Telecoms
3308 (5.533 %)Pensions
4227 (4.078 %)Health
5137 (2.461 %)Government
6128 (2.299 %)Education
7123 (2.209 %)Marketing
8118 (2.120 %)Retail
978 (1.401 %)Electronics
1076 (1.365 %)Insurance
1168 (1.221 %)Banking
1244 (0.790 %)Games
1341 (0.736 %)Multimedia
1341 (0.736 %)Billing
1435 (0.629 %)Publishing
1435 (0.629 %)Interactive Media
1534 (0.611 %)Military
1632 (0.575 %)Investment Banking
1730 (0.539 %)Manufacturing
1730 (0.539 %)Music
South East IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11262 (22.67 %)Developer
2713 (12.81 %)Administrator
3564 (10.13 %)Software Engineer
4469 (8.425 %)Systems Administrator
5391 (7.024 %)Analyst
6357 (6.413 %)Consultant
7329 (5.910 %)Support Engineer
8285 (5.119 %)Java Developer
9218 (3.916 %)C++ Developer
10215 (3.862 %)UNIX Administrator
11210 (3.772 %)Linux Administrator
12205 (3.682 %)Web Developer
12205 (3.682 %)Systems Engineer
13191 (3.431 %)Network Engineer
14190 (3.413 %)DBA
15162 (2.910 %)PHP Developer
16160 (2.874 %)Technical Support
17159 (2.856 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
18158 (2.838 %)Senior Developer
19157 (2.820 %)Support Analyst
South East IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1228 (4.096 %)Clustering
2208 (3.736 %)Computer Science
3110 (1.976 %)Device Driver
476 (1.365 %)Mathematics
574 (1.329 %)Client/Server
574 (1.329 %)DTV
672 (1.293 %)IPTV
771 (1.275 %)German Language
866 (1.186 %)Handset
954 (0.970 %)HACMP
1051 (0.916 %)Thin Client
1051 (0.916 %)French Language
1051 (0.916 %)Fat Client
1148 (0.862 %)MPEG
1241 (0.736 %)Multithreading
1335 (0.629 %)Web 2.0
1430 (0.539 %)SecurID
1528 (0.503 %)Derivative
1528 (0.503 %)Fixed Income
1627 (0.485 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
South East IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12620 (47.06 %)UNIX
22242 (40.27 %)Windows
31072 (19.26 %)Solaris
4388 (6.970 %)AIX
5285 (5.119 %)HPUX
6273 (4.904 %)Windows 2000
7223 (4.006 %)SUSE
8193 (3.467 %)Windows NT
9168 (3.018 %)Windows Server 2003
10154 (2.766 %)Windows XP
11105 (1.886 %)FreeBSD
12104 (1.868 %)Debian
1358 (1.042 %)VxWorks
1455 (0.988 %)Fedora
1542 (0.754 %)Embedded Linux
1636 (0.647 %)NetWare
1732 (0.575 %)Mac OS X
1827 (0.485 %)Ubuntu
1924 (0.431 %)VMS
2019 (0.341 %)OpenVMS
South East IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1467 (8.389 %)OO
2216 (3.880 %)Project Management
3211 (3.790 %)Security Cleared
4210 (3.772 %)ITIL
5197 (3.539 %)Web Development
6193 (3.467 %)UML
7162 (2.910 %)E-Commerce
8136 (2.443 %)OOD
9121 (2.174 %)Software Engineering
1094 (1.689 %)SC Cleared
1191 (1.635 %)Test Scripting
1289 (1.599 %)Agile Software Development
1386 (1.545 %)Service Delivery
1386 (1.545 %)Disaster Recovery
1485 (1.527 %)Business Intelligence
1582 (1.473 %)PRINCE2
1582 (1.473 %)Configuration Management
1675 (1.347 %)Risk Management
1771 (1.275 %)CRM
1870 (1.257 %)Change Management
South East IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11277 (22.94 %)SQL
21203 (21.61 %)Java
31195 (21.47 %)C++
4910 (16.35 %)C
5903 (16.22 %)Perl
6669 (12.02 %)PHP
7451 (8.101 %)JavaScript
8323 (5.802 %)Python
9308 (5.533 %)Shell Script
10263 (4.724 %)C#
11225 (4.042 %)PL/SQL
12126 (2.263 %)VB
13108 (1.940 %)Ruby
14102 (1.832 %)PHP5
1599 (1.778 %)Embedded C
1673 (1.311 %)Embedded C++
1768 (1.221 %)Assembly Language
1768 (1.221 %)VC++
1865 (1.168 %)VBScript
1865 (1.168 %)DHTML
South East IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1536 (9.628 %)Degree
2399 (7.167 %)Microsoft Certification
3372 (6.682 %)MCSE
4273 (4.904 %)Cisco Certification
5188 (3.377 %)CCNA
6130 (2.335 %)CCNP
7107 (1.922 %)MCP
888 (1.581 %)ISEB
982 (1.473 %)MCSA
1076 (1.365 %)RHCE
1146 (0.826 %)Oracle Certification
1241 (0.736 %)PhD
1339 (0.701 %)OCP
1428 (0.503 %)CISSP
1526 (0.467 %)CCIE
1621 (0.377 %)Citrix Certification
1720 (0.359 %)CCIP
1720 (0.359 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1720 (0.359 %)RHCT
1819 (0.341 %)MCTS
South East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1229 (4.114 %)QA
2106 (1.904 %)SLA
318 (0.323 %)ISO9001
47 (0.126 %)WAI
47 (0.126 %)BS7799
47 (0.126 %)ISO17799
54 (0.072 %)TickIT
63 (0.054 %)GCP
63 (0.054 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
72 (0.036 %)HL7
72 (0.036 %)DICOM
81 (0.018 %)PCI DSS
81 (0.018 %)JTAG
81 (0.018 %)ISO8583
South East IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1364 (6.539 %)Active Directory
2160 (2.874 %)VMware Infrastructure
3107 (1.922 %)NetBackup
499 (1.778 %)Oracle RAC
580 (1.437 %)Oracle RMAN
670 (1.257 %)NFS
768 (1.221 %)ISA Server
839 (0.701 %)Citrix Presentation Server
935 (0.629 %)VMware ESX
1032 (0.575 %)Backup Exec
1129 (0.521 %)Squid
1226 (0.467 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1226 (0.467 %)Terminal Services
1325 (0.449 %)Samba
1421 (0.377 %)MetaFrame
1519 (0.341 %)VMware Server
1612 (0.216 %)Snort
1711 (0.198 %)Xen
189 (0.162 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
198 (0.144 %)ProxySG
South East IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1136 (2.443 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
284 (1.509 %)Tivoli
350 (0.898 %)EMC NetWorker
446 (0.826 %)OpenView
545 (0.808 %)Legato
638 (0.683 %)CiscoWorks
727 (0.485 %)Nagios
820 (0.359 %)MIIS
919 (0.341 %)MOM
108 (0.144 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
108 (0.144 %)Netcool
108 (0.144 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
108 (0.144 %)BMC PATROL
108 (0.144 %)Norton AntiVirus
115 (0.090 %)Unicenter
123 (0.054 %)WSUS
132 (0.036 %)Nessus
132 (0.036 %)AppDetective
132 (0.036 %)BMC Performance Manager
132 (0.036 %)OVPM
South East IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11116 (20.05 %)Oracle
2754 (13.54 %)Red Hat
3683 (12.27 %)Microsoft
4636 (11.42 %)Cisco
5396 (7.113 %)Sun
6386 (6.934 %)VMware
7320 (5.748 %)IBM
8290 (5.209 %)HP
9141 (2.533 %)Citrix
10140 (2.515 %)VERITAS
11117 (2.102 %)EMC
12116 (2.084 %)CheckPoint
13105 (1.886 %)Intel
1473 (1.311 %)Sybase
1564 (1.150 %)Novell
1659 (1.060 %)Altiris
1753 (0.952 %)SAP
1848 (0.862 %)Nokia
1947 (0.844 %)Juniper
1947 (0.844 %)BEA
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