The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the South Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 24 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 South Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 22 21 25
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +4
Permanent jobs citing Linux 65 74 57
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 9.091% 7.931% 6.818%
As % of the Operating Systems category 31.71% 32.89% 27.27%
Number of salaries quoted 51 59 38
Average salary £37,500 £34,000 £36,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.29% -6.20%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £25,000 £27,450
10% offered a salary of more than £100,000 £38,600 £67,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +6.94%
All Operating Systems
South Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
205 225 209
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 28.67% 24.12% 25.00%
Number of salaries quoted 171 182 157
Average salary £32,500 £31,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.17% +5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £16,500 £19,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
Yorkshire

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South Yorkshire Linux Salary Histogram

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Sheffield -1 47 £40,000 +14.28%
Doncaster -1 5 £29,500 -
Barnsley +12 3 £46,000 +87.75%
Rotherham -5 2 - -
Linux
Yorkshire

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 52 (37.96%) Windows
2 50 (36.50%) UNIX
3 40 (29.20%) VMware
4 36 (26.28%) PHP
5 35 (25.55%) MySQL
6 31 (22.63%) Microsoft
7 27 (19.71%) SQL Server
8 23 (16.79%) JavaScript
9 22 (16.06%) HTML
9 22 (16.06%) CSS
9 22 (16.06%) ITIL
10 21 (15.33%) MS Excel
11 20 (14.60%) Apache
11 20 (14.60%) SAN
12 18 (13.14%) Solaris
12 18 (13.14%) Ubuntu
13 17 (12.41%) Security Cleared
14 16 (11.68%) VMware Infrastructure
14 16 (11.68%) jQuery
14 16 (11.68%) TDD
14 16 (11.68%) Perl
14 16 (11.68%) Project Management
14 16 (11.68%) Cisco
15 15 (10.95%) Continuous Integration
16 14 (10.22%) DNS
16 14 (10.22%) SQL
16 14 (10.22%) Telecoms
17 13 (9.489%) MS Office
17 13 (9.489%) SLA
17 13 (9.489%) Mac OS X

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 22 (16.06%) HTML
1 22 (16.06%) CSS
2 16 (11.68%) jQuery
3 11 (8.029%) XML
3 11 (8.029%) .NET
4 8 (5.839%) J2EE
4 8 (5.839%) SOAP
5 6 (4.380%) LAMP
6 5 (3.650%) Web Services
6 5 (3.650%) HTML5
7 4 (2.920%) Flash
7 4 (2.920%) XHTML
8 3 (2.190%) REST
9 2 (1.460%) CSS3
9 2 (1.460%) CakePHP
9 2 (1.460%) Zend Framework
9 2 (1.460%) Ajax
9 2 (1.460%) Spring
9 2 (1.460%) Hibernate
9 2 (1.460%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 20 (14.60%) Apache
2 8 (5.839%) IIS
3 7 (5.109%) MS Exchange
3 7 (5.109%) Exchange Server 2007
3 7 (5.109%) Exchange Server 2003
4 4 (2.920%) Amazon AWS
5 3 (2.190%) SAS
6 2 (1.460%) Moodle
7 1 (0.730%) CMS
7 1 (0.730%) Drupal
7 1 (0.730%) nginx
7 1 (0.730%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 21 (15.33%) MS Excel
2 13 (9.489%) MS Office
3 3 (2.190%) Adobe Captivate
3 3 (2.190%) Google Apps
4 2 (1.460%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.730%) MS Project
5 1 (0.730%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.730%) Adobe Illustrator
Communications & Networking
1 20 (14.60%) SAN
2 14 (10.22%) DNS
3 10 (7.299%) TCP/IP
4 9 (6.569%) WAN
4 9 (6.569%) LAN
4 9 (6.569%) Network Security
5 8 (5.839%) Firewall
6 7 (5.109%) DHCP
7 6 (4.380%) Internet
8 5 (3.650%) VPN
9 4 (2.920%) NAS
9 4 (2.920%) HTTP
9 4 (2.920%) PBX
10 3 (2.190%) Cisco PIX
10 3 (2.190%) Cisco ASA
11 2 (1.460%) Wireless
11 2 (1.460%) MPLS
11 2 (1.460%) OSPF
11 2 (1.460%) BGP
11 2 (1.460%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (25.55%) MySQL
2 27 (19.71%) SQL Server
3 10 (7.299%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (5.109%) SQL Server 2005
5 5 (3.650%) SQL Server 2008
6 3 (2.190%) Oracle 10g
6 3 (2.190%) Oracle 11g
7 2 (1.460%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (1.460%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (1.460%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.460%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.460%) Data Mining
7 2 (1.460%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 9 (6.569%) Subversion
2 4 (2.920%) Git (software)
3 3 (2.190%) Dreamweaver
4 2 (1.460%) JUnit
5 1 (0.730%) InstallShield
5 1 (0.730%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.730%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 1 (0.730%) Selenium
5 1 (0.730%) Visual Studio Team System
5 1 (0.730%) Cucumber
General
1 14 (10.22%) Telecoms
2 7 (5.109%) Finance
2 7 (5.109%) Electronics
3 5 (3.650%) Military
3 5 (3.650%) Banking
4 2 (1.460%) Advertising
5 1 (0.730%) Games
Job Titles
1 45 (32.85%) Developer
2 27 (19.71%) Administrator
3 23 (16.79%) PHP Developer
4 18 (13.14%) Systems Administrator
5 13 (9.489%) UNIX Administrator
6 11 (8.029%) Web Developer
6 11 (8.029%) Systems Engineer
6 11 (8.029%) Support Engineer
6 11 (8.029%) Linux Administrator
6 11 (8.029%) Linux Systems Administrator
7 10 (7.299%) Lead Developer
7 10 (7.299%) Network Engineer
8 9 (6.569%) Analyst
8 9 (6.569%) PHP Web Developer
9 8 (5.839%) Java Developer
10 6 (4.380%) Security Engineer
10 6 (4.380%) Network Security Engineer
11 5 (3.650%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 5 (3.650%) Senior Developer
11 5 (3.650%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.650%) Cloud Computing
1 5 (3.650%) Learning Management System
1 5 (3.650%) Open Source
2 4 (2.920%) Digital Media
2 4 (2.920%) E-Learning
2 4 (2.920%) IVR
3 3 (2.190%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.190%) SCORM
3 3 (2.190%) Animation
3 3 (2.190%) Video Editing
4 2 (1.460%) Mathematics
4 2 (1.460%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
4 2 (1.460%) CCTV
4 2 (1.460%) Statistics
4 2 (1.460%) Replication
5 1 (0.730%) BBC
5 1 (0.730%) Clustering
5 1 (0.730%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 52 (37.96%) Windows
2 50 (36.50%) UNIX
3 18 (13.14%) Solaris
3 18 (13.14%) Ubuntu
4 13 (9.489%) Mac OS X
5 11 (8.029%) Windows Server 2003
5 11 (8.029%) Windows Server 2008
6 10 (7.299%) AIX
7 9 (6.569%) HPUX
8 8 (5.839%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (3.650%) Debian
10 4 (2.920%) Windows 7
10 4 (2.920%) Windows XP
11 3 (2.190%) SUSE
12 2 (1.460%) Windows 2000 Server
12 2 (1.460%) Windows NT
13 1 (0.730%) NetWare
13 1 (0.730%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (16.06%) ITIL
2 16 (11.68%) TDD
2 16 (11.68%) Project Management
3 15 (10.95%) Continuous Integration
4 9 (6.569%) E-Commerce
4 9 (6.569%) MVC
4 9 (6.569%) Web Design
4 9 (6.569%) Web Development
5 7 (5.109%) Network Design
6 6 (4.380%) Migration
7 5 (3.650%) OO
7 5 (3.650%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (3.650%) Service Delivery
7 5 (3.650%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (3.650%) Network Architecture
7 5 (3.650%) Capacity Planning
8 4 (2.920%) Web Application Development
8 4 (2.920%) PRINCE2
9 3 (2.190%) Configuration Management
9 3 (2.190%) UML
Programming Languages
1 36 (26.28%) PHP
2 23 (16.79%) JavaScript
3 16 (11.68%) Perl
4 14 (10.22%) SQL
5 11 (8.029%) Java
6 10 (7.299%) Python
7 9 (6.569%) Bash shell
8 6 (4.380%) PHP5
8 6 (4.380%) Shell Script
9 4 (2.920%) C
10 3 (2.190%) Ruby
11 2 (1.460%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.730%) VBScript
12 1 (0.730%) ActionScript
12 1 (0.730%) C#
12 1 (0.730%) C++
12 1 (0.730%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.730%) ActionScript 3.0
12 1 (0.730%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 17 (12.41%) Security Cleared
2 10 (7.299%) ITIL Certification
3 7 (5.109%) Degree
3 7 (5.109%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.650%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (2.190%) CCNA
6 2 (1.460%) CIW
7 1 (0.730%) Check Point Certification
7 1 (0.730%) CCSP
7 1 (0.730%) CCNP
7 1 (0.730%) ISEB
7 1 (0.730%) CISSP
7 1 (0.730%) CCSE
7 1 (0.730%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (9.489%) SLA
2 11 (8.029%) QA
3 7 (5.109%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 16 (11.68%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (5.839%) Active Directory
3 7 (5.109%) VMware ESX
4 5 (3.650%) Oracle RAC
5 4 (2.920%) Veritas Volume Manager
6 3 (2.190%) Oracle RMAN
6 3 (2.190%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 1 (0.730%) Samba
7 1 (0.730%) Snort
7 1 (0.730%) Novell eDirectory
7 1 (0.730%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.730%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.730%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (5.109%) SCCM
2 6 (4.380%) Puppet
3 5 (3.650%) Foglight
4 3 (2.190%) OpenView
4 3 (2.190%) CiscoWorks
4 3 (2.190%) MOM
4 3 (2.190%) Cacti
4 3 (2.190%) SolarWinds Orion
5 2 (1.460%) HP SIM
5 2 (1.460%) SCOM
6 1 (0.730%) BMC PATROL
6 1 (0.730%) Control-M
6 1 (0.730%) Nagios
6 1 (0.730%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.730%) Nessus
6 1 (0.730%) Plesk
Vendors
1 40 (29.20%) VMware
2 31 (22.63%) Microsoft
3 16 (11.68%) Cisco
4 12 (8.759%) Red Hat
5 11 (8.029%) HP
6 8 (5.839%) IBM
7 7 (5.109%) Juniper
7 7 (5.109%) Oracle
8 6 (4.380%) CheckPoint
9 5 (3.650%) Veritas
9 5 (3.650%) Dell
9 5 (3.650%) Tripwire
10 4 (2.920%) Zend
10 4 (2.920%) Avaya
11 3 (2.190%) Adobe
11 3 (2.190%) Sun
11 3 (2.190%) Google
11 3 (2.190%) SolarWinds
12 2 (1.460%) JBoss
12 2 (1.460%) Sophos
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