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This section looks at the demand for Linux skills within the Southampton 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 28 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLinux
Location
3 months to
28 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank1332
Rank change on same period last yearUp+19
Matching permanent IT job ads6252
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.034 %0.022 %
As % of the category below41.61 %27.81 %
Salaries quoted5647
Average minimum salary£27,982£32,340
Average salary£30,839£35,926
% change on same period last year-14.15 %
Average maximum salary£33,696£39,511
UK excluding London average salary£36,502£36,696
% change on same period last year-0.52 %
Southampton IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Southampton
Matching permanent IT job ads149187
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.081 %0.079 %
Salaries quoted112166
Average minimum salary£28,194£31,098
Average salary£30,300£33,528
% change on same period last year-9.62 %
Average maximum salary£32,406£35,958
UK excluding London average salary£33,996£34,609
% change on same period last year-1.77 %
Linux HampshireLinux
Hampshire

Linux
Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the Southampton region over the 3 months to 28 August 2008.

Southampton Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 28 August 2008, IT jobs across the Southampton 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.

163 (42.86 %)UNIX
256 (38.10 %)Windows
344 (29.93 %)Java
442 (28.57 %)C++
541 (27.89 %)C
637 (25.17 %)Solaris
637 (25.17 %)Pensions
734 (23.13 %)MySQL
831 (21.09 %)Oracle
928 (19.05 %)Degree
1021 (14.29 %)Red Hat Linux
1119 (12.93 %)SQL Server
1218 (12.24 %)Perl
1218 (12.24 %)Red Hat
1317 (11.56 %)Microsoft
1317 (11.56 %)OO
1416 (10.88 %)Windows Server 2003
1515 (10.20 %)Spring
1614 (9.524 %)TCP/IP
1713 (8.844 %)SQL
1713 (8.844 %)J2EE
1713 (8.844 %)XML
1713 (8.844 %)ITIL
1713 (8.844 %)Health
1812 (8.163 %)MPEG
1812 (8.163 %)SAN
1812 (8.163 %)Active Directory
1812 (8.163 %)DVB
1911 (7.483 %)Embedded C
1911 (7.483 %)Swing

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 28 August 2008, IT jobs across the Southampton 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.

Southampton IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
115 (10.20 %)Spring
213 (8.844 %)J2EE
213 (8.844 %)XML
311 (7.483 %)Swing
311 (7.483 %)HTML
311 (7.483 %)Hibernate
410 (6.803 %).NET
59 (6.122 %)Struts
68 (5.442 %)SOAP
77 (4.762 %)XHTML
84 (2.721 %)WebServices
84 (2.721 %)JSP
84 (2.721 %).NET Framework
84 (2.721 %)AJAX
93 (2.041 %)ASP
102 (1.361 %)ASP.NET
102 (1.361 %)Servlets
102 (1.361 %)ActiveX
102 (1.361 %)SVG
102 (1.361 %)Ruby on Rails
Southampton IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (6.122 %)Apache
25 (3.401 %)IIS
25 (3.401 %)MQSeries
33 (2.041 %)SharePoint
33 (2.041 %)JBoss
42 (1.361 %)Tomcat
51 (0.680 %)WebLogic
Southampton IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (6.122 %)MS Excel
Southampton IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (2.041 %)Dynamics CRM
Southampton IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
114 (9.524 %)TCP/IP
212 (8.163 %)SAN
212 (8.163 %)DVB
39 (6.122 %)Broadband
48 (5.442 %)Internet
57 (4.762 %)SNMP
66 (4.082 %)FTP
75 (3.401 %)HTTP
75 (3.401 %)BGP
75 (3.401 %)SSH
84 (2.721 %)Firewall
84 (2.721 %)Wireless
84 (2.721 %)DNS
93 (2.041 %)WAN
93 (2.041 %)SS7
93 (2.041 %)SIGTRAN
102 (1.361 %)Network Security
102 (1.361 %)VLAN
102 (1.361 %)MPLS
102 (1.361 %)SMTP
Southampton IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
134 (23.13 %)MySQL
219 (12.93 %)SQL Server
37 (4.762 %)DB2
37 (4.762 %)Oracle 9i
45 (3.401 %)SQL Server 2000
54 (2.721 %)GIS
63 (2.041 %)Oracle 10g
72 (1.361 %)Oracle 8/8i
81 (0.680 %)SQL Server 2005
81 (0.680 %)RDBMS
Southampton IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (4.762 %)JUnit
25 (3.401 %)ClearCase
25 (3.401 %)Eclipse
25 (3.401 %)ClearQuest
31 (0.680 %)Ant
Southampton IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
137 (25.17 %)Pensions
213 (8.844 %)Health
38 (5.442 %)Retail
46 (4.082 %)Insurance
55 (3.401 %)Telecoms
55 (3.401 %)Marketing
55 (3.401 %)Advertising
62 (1.361 %)Manufacturing
71 (0.680 %)Education
71 (0.680 %)Electric
71 (0.680 %)Government
Southampton IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
148 (32.65 %)Developer
227 (18.37 %)Software Engineer
325 (17.01 %)Administrator
416 (10.88 %)Java Developer
510 (6.803 %)Embedded Software Engineer
510 (6.803 %)Linux Engineer
69 (6.122 %)C++ Developer
69 (6.122 %)Windows Administrator
69 (6.122 %)Analyst
78 (5.442 %)C Software Engineer
87 (4.762 %)Embedded C Engineer
87 (4.762 %)Software Developer
87 (4.762 %)Systems Administrator
87 (4.762 %)DBA
87 (4.762 %)Oracle DBA
87 (4.762 %)SAN Administrator
87 (4.762 %)Embedded C Software Engineer
96 (4.082 %)J2EE Developer
96 (4.082 %)C++ Software Engineer
96 (4.082 %)Tester
Southampton IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (8.163 %)MPEG
29 (6.122 %)IPTV
37 (4.762 %)Computer Science
37 (4.762 %)DTV
37 (4.762 %)Device Driver
46 (4.082 %)Clustering
55 (3.401 %)Client/Server
55 (3.401 %)Interactive TV
55 (3.401 %)Multithreading
62 (1.361 %)Mathematics
62 (1.361 %)VHDL
62 (1.361 %)VLE
62 (1.361 %)PACS
62 (1.361 %)STB
71 (0.680 %)EPoS
Southampton IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
163 (42.86 %)UNIX
256 (38.10 %)Windows
337 (25.17 %)Solaris
421 (14.29 %)Red Hat Linux
516 (10.88 %)Windows Server 2003
611 (7.483 %)Windows 2000 Server
710 (6.803 %)Windows 2000
89 (6.122 %)HPUX
95 (3.401 %)VxWorks
95 (3.401 %)SUSE
95 (3.401 %)Debian
95 (3.401 %)Nucleus RTOS
95 (3.401 %)Embedded Linux
104 (2.721 %)NetWare
113 (2.041 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Southampton IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
117 (11.56 %)OO
213 (8.844 %)ITIL
37 (4.762 %)Configuration Management
46 (4.082 %)Agile Software Development
55 (3.401 %)TDD
55 (3.401 %)Incident Management
55 (3.401 %)Release Management
55 (3.401 %)Project Management
55 (3.401 %)Service Delivery
55 (3.401 %)Change Management
64 (2.721 %)Software Engineering
64 (2.721 %)Test-First Development
73 (2.041 %)Software Testing
73 (2.041 %)Product Marketing
73 (2.041 %)Disaster Recovery
73 (2.041 %)Validation
73 (2.041 %)Extreme Programming
73 (2.041 %)UML
73 (2.041 %)CRM
73 (2.041 %)OOD
Southampton IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
144 (29.93 %)Java
242 (28.57 %)C++
341 (27.89 %)C
418 (12.24 %)Perl
513 (8.844 %)SQL
611 (7.483 %)Python
611 (7.483 %)Embedded C
710 (6.803 %)JavaScript
88 (5.442 %)Assembly Language
97 (4.762 %)C#
97 (4.762 %)VB
106 (4.082 %)PHP
115 (3.401 %)VC++
124 (2.721 %)Embedded C++
124 (2.721 %)Shell Script
133 (2.041 %)Korn
133 (2.041 %)PL/SQL
142 (1.361 %)Ruby
151 (0.680 %)Groovy
151 (0.680 %)VBA
Southampton IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
128 (19.05 %)Degree
21 (0.680 %)CCIE
21 (0.680 %)CCNP
21 (0.680 %)CCIP
21 (0.680 %)CCNA
21 (0.680 %)ISEB
21 (0.680 %)Cisco Certification
Southampton IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (2.041 %)QA
22 (1.361 %)HL7
22 (1.361 %)DICOM
22 (1.361 %)ISO9001
Southampton IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
112 (8.163 %)Active Directory
29 (6.122 %)NetBackup
32 (1.361 %)Oracle RMAN
32 (1.361 %)NDS
Southampton IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (1.361 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
Southampton IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
131 (21.09 %)Oracle
218 (12.24 %)Red Hat
317 (11.56 %)Microsoft
48 (5.442 %)Cisco
57 (4.762 %)VERITAS
57 (4.762 %)Symantec
65 (3.401 %)TIBCO
65 (3.401 %)Citrix
74 (2.721 %)Novell
74 (2.721 %)Sun
74 (2.721 %)HP
74 (2.721 %)Intel
82 (1.361 %)SAP
82 (1.361 %)Mentor Graphics
82 (1.361 %)VMware
82 (1.361 %)Apple
91 (0.680 %)Google