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The table below looks at the demand for Linux skills within the South Yorkshire 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 14 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLinux
Location
3 months to
14 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank1013
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching permanent IT job ads214268
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.126 %0.116 %
As % of the category below38.28 %41.88 %
Salaries quoted173232
Average minimum salary£31,177£28,731
Average salary£33,196£30,741
% change on same period last year+7.98 %
Average maximum salary£35,214£32,752
UK excluding London average salary£36,722£36,275
% change on same period last year+1.23 %
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
South Yorkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads559640
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.330 %0.276 %
Salaries quoted433503
Average minimum salary£28,765£27,837
Average salary£30,353£29,544
% change on same period last year+2.73 %
Average maximum salary£31,941£31,250
UK excluding London average salary£34,283£34,442
% change on same period last year-0.46 %
Linux YorkshireLinux
Yorkshire

Linux
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 14 October 2008.

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 14 October 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
SheffieldDown-2122£32,678+8.18 %
BarnsleyUp+520£32,750+1.31 %
DoncasterUp+718£30,222+17.36 %
RotherhamNew entry-7£35,429-
Linux YorkshireLinux
Yorkshire

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 14 October 2008, 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.

1147 (32.17 %)PHP
2142 (31.07 %)UNIX
3141 (30.85 %)MySQL
4140 (30.63 %)Solaris
5131 (28.67 %)Windows
6113 (24.73 %)Apache
7112 (24.51 %)Java
8100 (21.88 %)SQL
986 (18.82 %)Finance
1082 (17.94 %)Internet
1181 (17.72 %)JavaScript
1277 (16.85 %)Oracle
1372 (15.75 %)HTML
1469 (15.10 %)XML
1568 (14.88 %)CSS
1664 (14.00 %)Cisco
1760 (13.13 %)Ruby
1760 (13.13 %)AJAX
1760 (13.13 %)Ruby on Rails
1857 (12.47 %)Firewall
1956 (12.25 %)Windows Server 2003
2054 (11.82 %)VMware
2152 (11.38 %)Active Directory
2251 (11.16 %)Microsoft
2349 (10.72 %)MS Exchange
2349 (10.72 %)LAN
2349 (10.72 %)WAN
2448 (10.50 %)Exchange Server 2003
2448 (10.50 %)WebSphere
2547 (10.28 %)Windows XP

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 14 October 2008, 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.

South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
172 (15.75 %)HTML
269 (15.10 %)XML
368 (14.88 %)CSS
460 (13.13 %)AJAX
460 (13.13 %)Ruby on Rails
548 (10.50 %)WebSphere
643 (9.409 %)J2EE
739 (8.534 %)JSP
835 (7.659 %)LAMP
933 (7.221 %).NET
1022 (4.814 %)XHTML
1121 (4.595 %)ASP.NET
1219 (4.158 %)Hibernate
1316 (3.501 %)Spring
1316 (3.501 %)XSLT
1413 (2.845 %)Servlets
1511 (2.407 %)ASP
169 (1.969 %)RSS
178 (1.751 %)Struts
178 (1.751 %)JPA
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1113 (24.73 %)Apache
249 (10.72 %)MS Exchange
348 (10.50 %)Exchange Server 2003
430 (6.565 %)WebSphere Application Server
430 (6.565 %)JBoss
528 (6.127 %)Tomcat
624 (5.252 %)IIS
722 (4.814 %)SharePoint
814 (3.063 %)MQSeries
97 (1.532 %)Oracle HTTP Server
103 (0.656 %)Oracle Application Server
112 (0.438 %)Exchange Server 2007
112 (0.438 %)Oracle 9iAS
112 (0.438 %)Lotus Notes
121 (0.219 %)Oracle Collaboration Suite
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
18 (1.751 %)MS Excel
22 (0.438 %)Pro/ENGINEER
22 (0.438 %)NASTRAN
31 (0.219 %)CA Clarity
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (0.656 %)Oracle Financials
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
182 (17.94 %)Internet
257 (12.47 %)Firewall
349 (10.72 %)LAN
349 (10.72 %)WAN
446 (10.07 %)SAN
539 (8.534 %)TCP/IP
633 (7.221 %)LDAP
729 (6.346 %)VPN
820 (4.376 %)Intranet
917 (3.720 %)Cisco ASA
1015 (3.282 %)2G
1015 (3.282 %)DNS
1110 (2.188 %)iSCSI
127 (1.532 %)HTTP
136 (1.313 %)FTP
144 (0.875 %)Broadband
144 (0.875 %)IP Telephony
152 (0.438 %)X.25
152 (0.438 %)SMS
152 (0.438 %)VoIP
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1141 (30.85 %)MySQL
231 (6.783 %)DB2
330 (6.565 %)Oracle 10g
426 (5.689 %)Oracle 9i
521 (4.595 %)SQL Server
69 (1.969 %)PostgreSQL
78 (1.751 %)Oracle 8/8i
85 (1.094 %)RDBMS
85 (1.094 %)DB2 UDB
94 (0.875 %)SQL Server 2000
94 (0.875 %)Datawarehouse
102 (0.438 %)Oracle Reports
102 (0.438 %)SQL Server 2005
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (1.969 %)Eclipse
28 (1.751 %)Subversion
28 (1.751 %)Visual Studio
37 (1.532 %)Flash
45 (1.094 %)ClearCase
45 (1.094 %)ClearQuest
53 (0.656 %)Oracle APEX
62 (0.438 %)Oracle Forms
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
186 (18.82 %)Finance
233 (7.221 %)Financial Institution
324 (5.252 %)Telecoms
419 (4.158 %)Health
515 (3.282 %)Pensions
613 (2.845 %)Marketing
77 (1.532 %)Electronics
85 (1.094 %)Graphic Design
85 (1.094 %)Animation
94 (0.875 %)Online Banking
94 (0.875 %)Banking
94 (0.875 %)Automotive
103 (0.656 %)Multimedia
112 (0.438 %)Games
112 (0.438 %)Education
121 (0.219 %)Mobile Games
121 (0.219 %)Aerospace
121 (0.219 %)Insurance
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1154 (33.70 %)Developer
269 (15.10 %)Senior Developer
359 (12.91 %)Analyst
454 (11.82 %)PHP Developer
547 (10.28 %)Network Analyst
646 (10.07 %)DBA
742 (9.190 %)Senior PHP Developer
839 (8.534 %)Administrator
936 (7.877 %)Systems Support
1033 (7.221 %)Web Developer
1132 (7.002 %)Systems Administrator
1226 (5.689 %)Oracle DBA
1325 (5.470 %)Support Analyst
1424 (5.252 %)Software Engineer
1522 (4.814 %)Java Developer
1522 (4.814 %)Solaris Administrator
1621 (4.595 %)Solaris Systems Administrator
1720 (4.376 %)Ruby On Rails Developer
1720 (4.376 %)Systems Analyst
1818 (3.939 %)Software Developer
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
116 (3.501 %)Mainframe
28 (1.751 %)E-Learning
37 (1.532 %)Computer Science
46 (1.313 %)Clustering
55 (1.094 %)EPoS
64 (0.875 %)N-Tier
73 (0.656 %)Multithreading
73 (0.656 %)IBM Mainframe
82 (0.438 %)AS400
91 (0.219 %)APACS
91 (0.219 %)Thin Client
91 (0.219 %)Web 2.0
91 (0.219 %)Mathematics
91 (0.219 %)Social Network
91 (0.219 %)Fat Client
91 (0.219 %)RIA
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1142 (31.07 %)UNIX
2140 (30.63 %)Solaris
3131 (28.67 %)Windows
456 (12.25 %)Windows Server 2003
547 (10.28 %)Windows XP
637 (8.096 %)AIX
733 (7.221 %)Windows 2000 Server
826 (5.689 %)SUSE
914 (3.063 %)Debian
914 (3.063 %)Red Hat Linux
105 (1.094 %)Windows 2000
114 (0.875 %)FreeBSD
114 (0.875 %)Fedora
114 (0.875 %)Ubuntu
122 (0.438 %)NetWare
122 (0.438 %)Windows NT
122 (0.438 %)HPUX
131 (0.219 %)MVS
131 (0.219 %)Windows Vista
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
144 (9.628 %)Web Development
234 (7.440 %)E-business
328 (6.127 %)OO
427 (5.908 %)UML
516 (3.501 %)Quality Management
516 (3.501 %)Project Planning
614 (3.063 %)E-Commerce
713 (2.845 %)Software Engineering
812 (2.626 %)Migration
910 (2.188 %)ITIL
108 (1.751 %)OOD
108 (1.751 %)SEO
108 (1.751 %)Web Design
108 (1.751 %)Agile Software Development
117 (1.532 %)Finite Element Analysis
117 (1.532 %)SOA
126 (1.313 %)Time Management
135 (1.094 %)RUP
135 (1.094 %)Disaster Recovery
135 (1.094 %)Scrum
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1147 (32.17 %)PHP
2112 (24.51 %)Java
3100 (21.88 %)SQL
481 (17.72 %)JavaScript
560 (13.13 %)Ruby
641 (8.972 %)PHP5
734 (7.440 %)PHP4
832 (7.002 %)C++
929 (6.346 %)Perl
1026 (5.689 %)Shell Script
1125 (5.470 %)PL/SQL
1222 (4.814 %)C#
1319 (4.158 %)C
145 (1.094 %)Delphi
145 (1.094 %)Transact-SQL
154 (0.875 %)DHTML
163 (0.656 %)VC++
163 (0.656 %)Python
172 (0.438 %)COBOL
181 (0.219 %)AWK
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
139 (8.534 %)Degree
26 (1.313 %)Cisco Certification
34 (0.875 %)CCIE
34 (0.875 %)CCNP
34 (0.875 %)CCDP
34 (0.875 %)CCVP
43 (0.656 %)Oracle Certification
43 (0.656 %)OCP
52 (0.438 %)Microsoft Certification
52 (0.438 %)MCSE
52 (0.438 %)CCNA
61 (0.219 %)OCA
61 (0.219 %)ITIL Certification
61 (0.219 %)MySQL Certification
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (0.438 %)SLA
12 (0.438 %)QA
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
152 (11.38 %)Active Directory
224 (5.252 %)Oracle RAC
323 (5.033 %)Oracle RMAN
417 (3.720 %)ISA Server
510 (2.188 %)NFS
65 (1.094 %)NetBackup
73 (0.656 %)Backup Exec
82 (0.438 %)Squid
82 (0.438 %)RACF
82 (0.438 %)VMware Infrastructure
91 (0.219 %)Terminal Services
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (1.094 %)Legato
23 (0.656 %)Nagios
32 (0.438 %)EMC TimeFinder
41 (0.219 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
177 (16.85 %)Oracle
264 (14.00 %)Cisco
354 (11.82 %)VMware
451 (11.16 %)Microsoft
540 (8.753 %)HP
637 (8.096 %)IBM
734 (7.440 %)EMC
829 (6.346 %)VERITAS
925 (5.470 %)Sun
1023 (5.033 %)Hitachi
1118 (3.939 %)Citrix
1217 (3.720 %)NetApp
1217 (3.720 %)LANDesk
1217 (3.720 %)Websense
1314 (3.063 %)Red Hat
1412 (2.626 %)Teradata
1510 (2.188 %)Dell
169 (1.969 %)StorageTek
175 (1.094 %)CommVault
183 (0.656 %)Juniper