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The table below looks at the demand for Linux skills within the St Albans 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 4 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLinux
Location
3 months to
4 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank2344
Rank change on same period last yearUp+21
Matching permanent IT job ads233
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.001 %
As % of the category below27.06 %5.882 %
Salaries quoted223
Average minimum salary£30,591£22,667
Average salary£35,227£25,000
% change on same period last year+40.90 %
Average maximum salary£39,864£27,333
UK excluding London average salary£36,537£36,668
% change on same period last year-0.35 %
St Albans IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
St Albans
Matching permanent IT job ads8551
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.047 %0.022 %
Salaries quoted7741
Average minimum salary£30,817£31,051
Average salary£34,552£32,776
% change on same period last year+5.41 %
Average maximum salary£38,287£34,500
UK excluding London average salary£34,067£34,582
% change on same period last year-1.48 %
Linux HertfordshireLinux
Hertfordshire

Linux
Demand Trend

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

St Albans 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 St Albans region.

St Albans Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the St Albans region over the 3 months to 4 September 2008.

St Albans Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT jobs across the St Albans 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.

130 (88.24 %)UNIX
229 (85.29 %)Solaris
319 (55.88 %)Windows
418 (52.94 %)TCP/IP
517 (50.00 %)Oracle
517 (50.00 %)Firewall
616 (47.06 %)SQL Server
714 (41.18 %)Apache
812 (35.29 %)VPN
910 (29.41 %)HTTP
109 (26.47 %)LAN
109 (26.47 %)WAN
117 (20.59 %)Content Management
117 (20.59 %)MS Excel
117 (20.59 %)XML
117 (20.59 %)XSLT
117 (20.59 %)Publishing
117 (20.59 %)Apple
126 (17.65 %)SAN
126 (17.65 %)SQL
126 (17.65 %)Microsoft
135 (14.71 %)RDBMS
135 (14.71 %)C++
135 (14.71 %)J2EE
135 (14.71 %)Windows Server 2003
135 (14.71 %)Asset Management
135 (14.71 %)Insurance
135 (14.71 %)Text Mining
135 (14.71 %)Pensions
144 (11.76 %)French Language

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT jobs across the St Albans 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.

St Albans IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (20.59 %)XML
17 (20.59 %)XSLT
25 (14.71 %)J2EE
34 (11.76 %).NET
43 (8.824 %)WebServices
St Albans IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
114 (41.18 %)Apache
22 (5.882 %)SAS
22 (5.882 %)GroupWise
31 (2.941 %)Exchange Server 2000
31 (2.941 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (2.941 %)MS Exchange
31 (2.941 %)IIS
St Albans IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (20.59 %)MS Excel
St Albans IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
118 (52.94 %)TCP/IP
217 (50.00 %)Firewall
312 (35.29 %)VPN
410 (29.41 %)HTTP
59 (26.47 %)LAN
59 (26.47 %)WAN
66 (17.65 %)SAN
St Albans IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
116 (47.06 %)SQL Server
25 (14.71 %)RDBMS
25 (14.71 %)Text Mining
33 (8.824 %)Data Mining
St Albans IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (20.59 %)Publishing
25 (14.71 %)Insurance
25 (14.71 %)Pensions
St Albans IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
115 (44.12 %)UNIX Support
214 (41.18 %)Linux Support
214 (41.18 %)Support Engineer
311 (32.35 %)UNIX Engineer
48 (23.53 %)Technical Support
57 (20.59 %)Technical Support Engineer
57 (20.59 %)Technical Engineer
64 (11.76 %)Technical Consultant
64 (11.76 %)Consultant
73 (8.824 %)Technical Customer Support
73 (8.824 %)Server Engineer
73 (8.824 %)Network Support
82 (5.882 %)Storage Consultant
82 (5.882 %)Customer Support Engineer
82 (5.882 %)Customer Engineer
82 (5.882 %)Infrastructure Engineer
91 (2.941 %)C++ Developer
91 (2.941 %)Installations Engineer
91 (2.941 %)Network Support Engineer
91 (2.941 %)Technical Support Consultant
St Albans IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (11.76 %)Client/Server
14 (11.76 %)French Language
St Albans IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
130 (88.24 %)UNIX
229 (85.29 %)Solaris
319 (55.88 %)Windows
45 (14.71 %)Windows Server 2003
54 (11.76 %)NetWare
63 (8.824 %)Windows Vista
63 (8.824 %)Windows 2000 Server
72 (5.882 %)Windows 2000
St Albans IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (20.59 %)Content Management
25 (14.71 %)Asset Management
34 (11.76 %)Business Intelligence
42 (5.882 %)Risk Management
42 (5.882 %)Data Management
St Albans IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (17.65 %)SQL
25 (14.71 %)C++
32 (5.882 %)Shell Script
41 (2.941 %)Java
St Albans IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (8.824 %)MCP
13 (8.824 %)MCSE
13 (8.824 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (5.882 %)Degree
St Albans IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (8.824 %)Active Directory
21 (2.941 %)ISA Server
St Albans IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
117 (50.00 %)Oracle
27 (20.59 %)Apple
36 (17.65 %)Microsoft
44 (11.76 %)Novell
53 (8.824 %)Adobe
53 (8.824 %)Quark
62 (5.882 %)VMware
62 (5.882 %)Cisco
62 (5.882 %)CommVault
62 (5.882 %)Hitachi