The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Stirling region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 22 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 Stirling region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 11 29 12
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -17
Permanent jobs citing Linux 1 1 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stirling 3.030% 0.885% 7.407%
As % of the Operating Systems category 20.00% 7.143% 20.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
Average salary £35,000 - £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.94%
All Operating Systems
Stirling
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
5 14 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stirling 15.15% 12.39% 37.04%
Number of salaries quoted 3 13 17
Average salary £37,500 £33,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.63% -8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £30,000 £28,900
10% offered a salary of more than £41,250 £60,000 £33,900
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
Scotland

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stirling 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 Stirling region.

Stirling Linux Salary Trend

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 Stirling region over the 3 months to 22 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
Stirlingshire - 1 £35,000 -
Linux
Scotland

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stirling 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 7 (58.33%) PHP
1 7 (58.33%) MySQL
1 7 (58.33%) Apache
1 7 (58.33%) Python
2 5 (41.67%) Windows
2 5 (41.67%) C#
3 4 (33.33%) C++
3 4 (33.33%) Java
3 4 (33.33%) SMTP
3 4 (33.33%) Internet
3 4 (33.33%) TACACS
3 4 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (33.33%) Scrum
3 4 (33.33%) Retail
3 4 (33.33%) Ruby on Rails
3 4 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
3 4 (33.33%) ZABBIX
3 4 (33.33%) nginx
3 4 (33.33%) Puppet
3 4 (33.33%) NoSQL
4 3 (25.00%) Time Management
4 3 (25.00%) Mathematics
4 3 (25.00%) Symfony
4 3 (25.00%) Django
4 3 (25.00%) jQuery
4 3 (25.00%) Ajax
4 3 (25.00%) .NET Framework
4 3 (25.00%) Asset Management
4 3 (25.00%) MVC
4 3 (25.00%) Client/Server

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stirling 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 4 (33.33%) Ruby on Rails
2 3 (25.00%) Symfony
2 3 (25.00%) Django
2 3 (25.00%) jQuery
2 3 (25.00%) Ajax
2 3 (25.00%) .NET Framework
2 3 (25.00%) HTML
2 3 (25.00%) .NET
2 3 (25.00%) CSS
3 2 (16.67%) XML
3 2 (16.67%) XSL
3 2 (16.67%) JMS
3 2 (16.67%) Hibernate
3 2 (16.67%) Spring
3 2 (16.67%) JNI
3 2 (16.67%) Java SE
3 2 (16.67%) Java EE
3 2 (16.67%) WebSphere
3 2 (16.67%) Murex Flex
3 2 (16.67%) Spring Integration
Application Platforms
1 7 (58.33%) Apache
2 4 (33.33%) nginx
3 3 (25.00%) IIS
4 2 (16.67%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Murex MxG2000
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) SMTP
1 4 (33.33%) Internet
1 4 (33.33%) TACACS
1 4 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (8.333%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (58.33%) MySQL
2 4 (33.33%) NoSQL
3 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (8.333%) PowerCenter
4 1 (8.333%) Oracle 9i
General
1 4 (33.33%) Retail
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Front Office
2 2 (16.67%) Investment Banking
2 2 (16.67%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Software Engineer
1 4 (33.33%) Developer
1 4 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
1 4 (33.33%) Linux Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Java Developer
3 1 (8.333%) Software Programmer
3 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 1 (8.333%) Software Developer
3 1 (8.333%) Architect
3 1 (8.333%) Senior Developer
3 1 (8.333%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (25.00%) Client/Server
2 2 (16.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (8.333%) Computer Science
3 1 (8.333%) Replication
3 1 (8.333%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Windows
2 2 (16.67%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Scrum
1 4 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
2 3 (25.00%) Time Management
2 3 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 3 (25.00%) MVC
3 2 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 1 (8.333%) High Availability
4 1 (8.333%) Parallel Programming
4 1 (8.333%) Multithreading
4 1 (8.333%) Business Continuity
4 1 (8.333%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (8.333%) E-business
4 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (8.333%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 7 (58.33%) PHP
1 7 (58.33%) Python
2 5 (41.67%) C#
3 4 (33.33%) C++
3 4 (33.33%) Java
4 3 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 3 (25.00%) VB
5 2 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) Degree
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) ZABBIX
1 4 (33.33%) Puppet
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Oracle
2 2 (16.67%) Sybase
2 2 (16.67%) Adobe
2 2 (16.67%) Murex
2 2 (16.67%) Reuters
2 2 (16.67%) Bloomberg
3 1 (8.333%) Informatica
3 1 (8.333%) Business Objects
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