The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 51 58 30
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -28
Permanent jobs citing Linux 16 9 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 2.726% 1.549% 5.622%
As % of the Operating Systems category 15.69% 8.411% 30.56%
Number of salaries quoted 11 5 21
Average salary £40,000 £29,000 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+37.93% +16.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £24,800 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £47,000 £38,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +6.94%
All Operating Systems
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
102 107 108
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 17.38% 18.42% 18.40%
Number of salaries quoted 88 91 81
Average salary £32,500 £40,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.75% +23.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £21,000 £23,700
10% offered a salary of more than £44,700 £40,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
West Midlands

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire 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
Stoke-on-Trent +9 8 £55,000 +52.77%
Stafford +4 2 - -
Tamworth - 1 £21,000 -
Linux
West Midlands

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 14 (56.00%) Windows
2 13 (52.00%) SQL
3 10 (40.00%) Degree
4 8 (32.00%) Multithreading
4 8 (32.00%) Java
4 8 (32.00%) JDBC
4 8 (32.00%) J2SE
4 8 (32.00%) Middleware
5 7 (28.00%) CSS
5 7 (28.00%) Computer Science
5 7 (28.00%) Complex Event Processing
5 7 (28.00%) Grid Computing
6 6 (24.00%) Mathematics
6 6 (24.00%) HTML
6 6 (24.00%) JavaScript
7 5 (20.00%) .NET
7 5 (20.00%) Back Office
8 4 (16.00%) Shell Script
8 4 (16.00%) Web Development
8 4 (16.00%) VB.NET
8 4 (16.00%) C++
8 4 (16.00%) COBOL
8 4 (16.00%) UNIX
8 4 (16.00%) OO
9 3 (12.00%) DNS
9 3 (12.00%) Embedded C++
9 3 (12.00%) LAN
9 3 (12.00%) C
9 3 (12.00%) PHP
9 3 (12.00%) MySQL

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 8 (32.00%) JDBC
1 8 (32.00%) J2SE
1 8 (32.00%) Middleware
2 7 (28.00%) CSS
3 6 (24.00%) HTML
4 5 (20.00%) .NET
5 3 (12.00%) jQuery
6 2 (8.000%) LAMP
6 2 (8.000%) CSS3
6 2 (8.000%) HTML5
7 1 (4.000%) XHTML
7 1 (4.000%) ASP
7 1 (4.000%) Web Services
7 1 (4.000%) DHTML
7 1 (4.000%) RESTful
7 1 (4.000%) Memcached
7 1 (4.000%) Semantic HTML
7 1 (4.000%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 2 (8.000%) Apache
1 2 (8.000%) MS Exchange
2 1 (4.000%) IIS
2 1 (4.000%) nginx
2 1 (4.000%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (8.000%) Simulink
1 2 (8.000%) Stateflow
2 1 (4.000%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.00%) DNS
1 3 (12.00%) LAN
2 2 (8.000%) SAN
3 1 (4.000%) Internet
3 1 (4.000%) 3G
3 1 (4.000%) SSL
3 1 (4.000%) GSM
3 1 (4.000%) WAN
3 1 (4.000%) DHCP
3 1 (4.000%) TCP/IP
3 1 (4.000%) VPN
3 1 (4.000%) Asterisk PBX
3 1 (4.000%) Firewall
3 1 (4.000%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) MySQL
2 1 (4.000%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (12.00%) Subversion
2 2 (8.000%) ClearCase
3 1 (4.000%) PHPUnit
3 1 (4.000%) Git (software)
3 1 (4.000%) Phing
General
1 5 (20.00%) Back Office
2 1 (4.000%) Telecoms
2 1 (4.000%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 14 (56.00%) Developer
2 7 (28.00%) Java Developer
3 4 (16.00%) Senior Software Developer
3 4 (16.00%) Software Developer
3 4 (16.00%) Senior Developer
4 3 (12.00%) Web Developer
4 3 (12.00%) Graduate
4 3 (12.00%) Graduate Java Developer
4 3 (12.00%) Graduate Developer
5 2 (8.000%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (8.000%) Technical Support Analyst
5 2 (8.000%) 3rd Line Support
5 2 (8.000%) 3rd Line Technical Support
5 2 (8.000%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
5 2 (8.000%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (8.000%) Support Analyst
5 2 (8.000%) Technical Support
5 2 (8.000%) Software Engineer
5 2 (8.000%) Analyst
6 1 (4.000%) IT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (28.00%) Computer Science
1 7 (28.00%) Grid Computing
2 6 (24.00%) Mathematics
3 2 (8.000%) Mobile App
3 2 (8.000%) W3C
4 1 (4.000%) Graphic Design
4 1 (4.000%) SaaS
4 1 (4.000%) Social Media
4 1 (4.000%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (4.000%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.000%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
4 1 (4.000%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 14 (56.00%) Windows
2 4 (16.00%) UNIX
3 2 (8.000%) VxWorks
4 1 (4.000%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (4.000%) Windows XP
4 1 (4.000%) Windows 7
4 1 (4.000%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (4.000%) Windows Vista
4 1 (4.000%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (32.00%) Multithreading
2 7 (28.00%) Complex Event Processing
3 4 (16.00%) Web Development
3 4 (16.00%) OO
4 3 (12.00%) Process Improvement
5 2 (8.000%) SEO
5 2 (8.000%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (8.000%) E-Commerce
5 2 (8.000%) ERP
6 1 (4.000%) OOP
6 1 (4.000%) Unit Testing
6 1 (4.000%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (4.000%) Mobile Application Development
6 1 (4.000%) MVC
6 1 (4.000%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (4.000%) Document Management
6 1 (4.000%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (52.00%) SQL
2 8 (32.00%) Java
3 6 (24.00%) JavaScript
4 4 (16.00%) Shell Script
4 4 (16.00%) VB.NET
4 4 (16.00%) C++
4 4 (16.00%) COBOL
5 3 (12.00%) Embedded C++
5 3 (12.00%) C
5 3 (12.00%) PHP
6 2 (8.000%) Embedded C
6 2 (8.000%) MATLAB
7 1 (4.000%) Assembly Language
7 1 (4.000%) C#
7 1 (4.000%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 10 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (8.000%) PhD
2 2 (8.000%) CCNA
2 2 (8.000%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.000%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (8.000%) vSphere
1 2 (8.000%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.000%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 2 (8.000%) VMware
1 2 (8.000%) QNX
1 2 (8.000%) Wind River
1 2 (8.000%) Cisco
1 2 (8.000%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.000%) NetApp
2 1 (4.000%) Symantec
2 1 (4.000%) Intel
2 1 (4.000%) Altera
2 1 (4.000%) Atmel
2 1 (4.000%) Google
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