The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the South Lanarkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 18 June 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 South Lanarkshire region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 4 6 6
Rank change year-on-year
+2 0
Permanent jobs citing Linux 1 4 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Lanarkshire 14.29% 18.18% 38.89%
As % of the Operating Systems category 50.00% 36.36% 63.64%
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 3
Average salary - £40,000 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +40.35%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.59% +2.66%
All Operating Systems
South Lanarkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
2 11 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Lanarkshire 28.57% 50.00% 61.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1 8 5
Average salary £24,500 £32,500 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-24.61% +14.03%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
Scotland

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Lanarkshire 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 South Lanarkshire region.

South Lanarkshire 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 South Lanarkshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
East Kilbride +3 1 - - 1
Linux
Scotland

Linux
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the South Lanarkshire 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 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the South Lanarkshire 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 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 9001
Glasgow, East Kilbride, Hamilton, Motherwell,...
Key Skills: Software Developer JAVA, Solaris, Linux, Windows platforms, My client, a market leader in their chosen field are recruiting for a methodical and structured JAVA Developer for...
CMA Group
Salary: £30,000 - £45,000 per year
Posted: 6 June 2013