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The table below looks at the demand for Novell SUSE Linux skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SUSE over the 3 months to 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkNovell SUSE Linux
Location
3 months to
7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank208244
Rank change on same period last yearUp+36
Matching permanent IT job ads99
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.005 %
As % of the category below0.498 %0.347 %
Salaries quoted89
Average minimum salary£33,889£24,111
Average salary£37,500£30,167
% change on same period last year+24.30 %
Average maximum salary£41,111£36,222
UK excluding London average salary£37,062£38,034
% change on same period last year-2.55 %
South West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
South West
Matching permanent IT job ads18082590
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.557 %1.323 %
Salaries quoted16762158
Average minimum salary£30,729£30,775
Average salary£33,194£33,177
% change on same period last year+0.05 %
Average maximum salary£35,659£35,579
UK excluding London average salary£34,276£34,119
% change on same period last year+0.45 %
SUSE EnglandSUSE
England

SUSE
Demand Trend

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

South West SUSE Demand Trend

SUSE
Salary Trend

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

South West SUSE Salary Trend

SUSE
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SUSE across the South West region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009.

South West SUSE Salary Histogram

SUSE
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SUSE within the South West region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BristolDown-77£35,357+8.79 %
WiltshireUp+211--
GloucestershireNew entry-1£45,000-
SUSE EnglandSUSE
England

SUSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT jobs across the South West region citing SUSE 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 SUSE.

111 (100.00 %)Linux
111 (100.00 %)Red Hat
111 (100.00 %)Red Hat Linux
29 (81.82 %)MySQL
29 (81.82 %)UNIX
38 (72.73 %)Windows
38 (72.73 %)Debian
47 (63.64 %)Hibernate
47 (63.64 %)RDBMS
47 (63.64 %)Java
47 (63.64 %)J2EE
47 (63.64 %)FreeBSD
47 (63.64 %)Oracle
47 (63.64 %)SQL Server
47 (63.64 %)Sybase
47 (63.64 %)DB2
47 (63.64 %)JUnit
47 (63.64 %)Spring
55 (45.45 %)BEA
55 (45.45 %)WebSphere
55 (45.45 %)Java EE
55 (45.45 %)Degree
55 (45.45 %)WebLogic
55 (45.45 %)JDBC
55 (45.45 %)IBM
55 (45.45 %)Apache
55 (45.45 %)Tomcat
55 (45.45 %)Education
62 (18.18 %)J2SE
62 (18.18 %)Telecoms

SUSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT jobs across the South West region citing SUSE 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 SUSE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (63.64 %)Hibernate
17 (63.64 %)Spring
17 (63.64 %)J2EE
25 (45.45 %)JDBC
25 (45.45 %)WebSphere
25 (45.45 %)Java EE
32 (18.18 %)J2SE
South West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (45.45 %)WebLogic
15 (45.45 %)Apache
15 (45.45 %)Tomcat
South West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (9.091 %)LDAP
11 (9.091 %)SSH
South West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (81.82 %)MySQL
27 (63.64 %)SQL Server
27 (63.64 %)DB2
27 (63.64 %)RDBMS
South West IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (63.64 %)JUnit
South West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (45.45 %)Education
22 (18.18 %)Telecoms
31 (9.091 %)Government
31 (9.091 %)Health
South West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (63.64 %)Developer
17 (63.64 %)Java Developer
25 (45.45 %)J2EE Developer
25 (45.45 %)Software Developer
25 (45.45 %)Java Software Developer
25 (45.45 %)Java/J2EE Developer
32 (18.18 %)Junior Applications Developer
32 (18.18 %)Linux Engineer
32 (18.18 %)Junior
32 (18.18 %)Applications Developer
32 (18.18 %)Support Engineer
32 (18.18 %)Applications Support
32 (18.18 %)Administrator
32 (18.18 %)Junior Developer
32 (18.18 %)Applications Support Engineer
32 (18.18 %)Junior Java Developer
41 (9.091 %)Linux Administrator
41 (9.091 %)UNIX Administrator
41 (9.091 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
41 (9.091 %)Systems Administrator
South West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (18.18 %)Dutch Language
12 (18.18 %)French Language
12 (18.18 %)German Language
12 (18.18 %)Spanish Language
21 (9.091 %)Grid Computing
21 (9.091 %)Contract for Difference
South West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111 (100.00 %)Linux
111 (100.00 %)Red Hat Linux
29 (81.82 %)UNIX
38 (72.73 %)Windows
38 (72.73 %)Debian
47 (63.64 %)FreeBSD
52 (18.18 %)Ubuntu
52 (18.18 %)CentOS
61 (9.091 %)Windows 2000 Server
61 (9.091 %)Solaris
61 (9.091 %)Windows Server 2003
61 (9.091 %)IRIX
South West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (9.091 %)Configuration Management
11 (9.091 %)Service Management
South West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (63.64 %)Java
21 (9.091 %)Shell Script
21 (9.091 %)Korn
South West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (45.45 %)Degree
21 (9.091 %)Security Cleared
South West IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (9.091 %)NFS
11 (9.091 %)Samba
South West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (100.00 %)Red Hat
27 (63.64 %)Oracle
27 (63.64 %)Sybase
35 (45.45 %)IBM
35 (45.45 %)BEA
41 (9.091 %)Sun