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This section looks at the demand for Linux skills within the Surrey 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLinux
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3121
Rank change on same period last yearDown-10
Matching permanent IT job ads448772
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.245 %0.324 %
As % of the category below21.32 %26.57 %
Salaries quoted402670
Average minimum salary£36,400£39,203
Average salary£40,029£41,928
% change on same period last year-4.53 %
Average maximum salary£43,657£44,654
UK excluding London average salary£36,503£36,697
% change on same period last year-0.53 %
Surrey IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Surrey
Matching permanent IT job ads21012906
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.147 %1.220 %
Salaries quoted18202400
Average minimum salary£32,856£35,810
Average salary£35,560£38,106
% change on same period last year-6.68 %
Average maximum salary£38,265£40,403
UK excluding London average salary£34,018£34,611
% change on same period last year-1.71 %
Linux South EastLinux
South East

Linux
Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Surrey Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Surrey region over the 3 months to 29 August 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
CamberleyDown-234£51,641-7.35 %
GuildfordUp+1531£36,722+17.09 %
WokingDown-1831£44,389+17.37 %
StainesDown-1925£40,935-24.32 %
WeybridgeUp+218£35,176-27.79 %
ReigateNew entry-12£37,182-
DorkingUp+59£33,722-10.07 %
HorleyUp+58£43,750+15.13 %
EghamUp+176£29,167-30.55 %
EpsomDown-185£40,000+42.22 %
FarnhamNew entry-5£37,600-
LeatherheadUp+264£33,750-3.57 %
ChertseyDown-162£32,500+23.80 %
CaterhamNew entry-1£35,000-
Sunbury-on-ThamesDown-51£35,000-
TadworthNew entry-1--
RedhillDown-21£34,500-24.38 %
Linux South EastLinux
South East

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Surrey 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.

1426 (42.01 %)Windows
2411 (40.53 %)UNIX
3247 (24.36 %)Oracle
4231 (22.78 %)SQL
5199 (19.63 %)Apache
6192 (18.93 %)Solaris
7185 (18.24 %)MySQL
8176 (17.36 %)Perl
8176 (17.36 %)Red Hat
8176 (17.36 %)Red Hat Linux
9172 (16.96 %)PHP
10139 (13.71 %)Cisco
11134 (13.21 %)SQL Server
12133 (13.12 %)Java
13129 (12.72 %)C++
14128 (12.62 %)DNS
15127 (12.52 %)Finance
16126 (12.43 %)Windows Server 2003
17118 (11.64 %)C
18111 (10.95 %)VMware
19106 (10.45 %)TCP/IP
2098 (9.665 %)Microsoft
2197 (9.566 %)Internet
2197 (9.566 %)Degree
2296 (9.467 %)Active Directory
2389 (8.777 %)XML
2484 (8.284 %)IIS
2583 (8.185 %)MCSE
2583 (8.185 %)Microsoft Certification
2681 (7.988 %)HTML

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Surrey 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.

Surrey IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
189 (8.777 %)XML
281 (7.988 %)HTML
361 (6.016 %)CSS
455 (5.424 %)J2EE
548 (4.734 %).NET
645 (4.438 %)LAMP
743 (4.241 %)AJAX
837 (3.649 %)XHTML
936 (3.550 %)WebServices
1024 (2.367 %)WebSphere
1118 (1.775 %)CodeIgniter
1217 (1.677 %)Hibernate
1217 (1.677 %)EDI
1313 (1.282 %)J2ME
1313 (1.282 %)MVC
1313 (1.282 %)STL
1313 (1.282 %)Servlets
1313 (1.282 %)Spring
1412 (1.183 %)ASP
1412 (1.183 %)EDIFACT
Surrey IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1199 (19.63 %)Apache
284 (8.284 %)IIS
351 (5.030 %)MS Exchange
444 (4.339 %)Tomcat
444 (4.339 %)Exchange Server 2003
535 (3.452 %)SharePoint
622 (2.170 %)CMS
721 (2.071 %)Exchange Server 2007
721 (2.071 %)JBoss
817 (1.677 %)WebLogic
915 (1.479 %)Oracle Application Server
1013 (1.282 %)OpenEdge
1112 (1.183 %)WebSphere MQ
1112 (1.183 %)EPiServer
128 (0.789 %)WebSphere Application Server
137 (0.690 %)Office Communications Server
144 (0.394 %)SAS
144 (0.394 %)Oracle 9iAS
153 (0.296 %)Lotus Notes
153 (0.296 %)MQSeries
Surrey IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
134 (3.353 %)MS Excel
214 (1.381 %)SPSS
311 (1.085 %)MS Visio
311 (1.085 %)MS Office
49 (0.888 %)Photoshop
53 (0.296 %)MS PowerPoint
62 (0.197 %)Adobe Illustrator
62 (0.197 %)ImageReady
71 (0.099 %)QuarkXPress
Surrey IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
19 (0.888 %)Oracle Applications
28 (0.789 %)Oracle 11i
37 (0.690 %)WebTrends
46 (0.592 %)Oracle EBS
51 (0.099 %)Pivotal CRM
51 (0.099 %)Oracle ASCP
Surrey IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1128 (12.62 %)DNS
2106 (10.45 %)TCP/IP
397 (9.566 %)Internet
475 (7.396 %)Firewall
565 (6.410 %)SAN
658 (5.720 %)WAN
755 (5.424 %)LAN
849 (4.832 %)Cisco PIX
938 (3.748 %)DHCP
1034 (3.353 %)VPN
1131 (3.057 %)Wireless
1225 (2.465 %)GSM
1324 (2.367 %)SMTP
1422 (2.170 %)HTTP
1422 (2.170 %)LDAP
1519 (1.874 %)FTP
1617 (1.677 %)NetScreen
1716 (1.578 %)Cisco ASA
1814 (1.381 %)Network Security
1814 (1.381 %)IP Telephony
Surrey IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1185 (18.24 %)MySQL
2134 (13.21 %)SQL Server
360 (5.917 %)Oracle 10g
451 (5.030 %)RDBMS
537 (3.649 %)SQL Server 2005
537 (3.649 %)Datawarehouse
635 (3.452 %)Oracle 9i
734 (3.353 %)DB2
826 (2.564 %)SQL Server 2000
918 (1.775 %)Oracle 11g
1015 (1.479 %)Oracle Reports
1015 (1.479 %)Oracle 8/8i
1113 (1.282 %)Informix
1113 (1.282 %)OLAP
1113 (1.282 %)Oracle OLAP
1210 (0.986 %)PostgreSQL
1210 (0.986 %)TOAD
139 (0.888 %)InterSystems Cache
147 (0.690 %)Text Mining
147 (0.690 %)Crystal Reports
Surrey IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
120 (1.972 %)Subversion
217 (1.677 %)Visual Studio
312 (1.183 %)Ant
49 (0.888 %)Oracle Forms
49 (0.888 %)WebSpeed
58 (0.789 %)Rational Robot
67 (0.690 %)XDE
67 (0.690 %)Flash
67 (0.690 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
67 (0.690 %)Eclipse
76 (0.592 %)ClearCase
76 (0.592 %)Telelogic Synergy
85 (0.493 %)WATIR
85 (0.493 %)Zend Studio
94 (0.394 %)TestComplete
103 (0.296 %)InstallShield
112 (0.197 %)ProC
112 (0.197 %)QuickTest Pro
112 (0.197 %)LoadRunner
112 (0.197 %)QALoad
Surrey IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1127 (12.52 %)Finance
258 (5.720 %)Telecoms
258 (5.720 %)Marketing
348 (4.734 %)Pensions
435 (3.452 %)Health
525 (2.465 %)Multimedia
622 (2.170 %)Insurance
716 (1.578 %)Government
815 (1.479 %)Banking
912 (1.183 %)Billing
912 (1.183 %)Investment Banking
1010 (0.986 %)Publishing
1010 (0.986 %)Education
119 (0.888 %)Law
119 (0.888 %)Retail
126 (0.592 %)Automotive
135 (0.493 %)Financial Institution
143 (0.296 %)Advertising
143 (0.296 %)General Ledger
143 (0.296 %)Games
Surrey IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1226 (22.29 %)Developer
2218 (21.50 %)Administrator
3152 (14.99 %)Systems Administrator
489 (8.777 %)Linux Administrator
586 (8.481 %)Software Engineer
683 (8.185 %)Analyst
773 (7.199 %)Support Engineer
862 (6.114 %)Linux Systems Administrator
959 (5.819 %)Consultant
1052 (5.128 %)Web Developer
1150 (4.931 %)UNIX Administrator
1247 (4.635 %)DBA
1346 (4.536 %)Systems Support
1444 (4.339 %)Oracle DBA
1542 (4.142 %)C++ Software Engineer
1542 (4.142 %)PHP Developer
1542 (4.142 %)Architect
1639 (3.846 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
1730 (2.959 %)Network Engineer
1730 (2.959 %)3rd Line Support
Surrey IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
142 (4.142 %)Clustering
240 (3.945 %)Computer Science
339 (3.846 %)Handset
427 (2.663 %)Device Driver
522 (2.170 %)Blackberry
614 (1.381 %)HACMP
614 (1.381 %)Web 2.0
713 (1.282 %)Fixed Income
713 (1.282 %)Derivative
713 (1.282 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
812 (1.183 %)Multithreading
911 (1.085 %)EFT
1010 (0.986 %)French Language
1010 (0.986 %)German Language
118 (0.789 %)Mathematics
127 (0.690 %)Statistics
127 (0.690 %)Credit Derivative
127 (0.690 %)Firmware
127 (0.690 %)Client/Server
127 (0.690 %)BBC
Surrey IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1426 (42.01 %)Windows
2411 (40.53 %)UNIX
3192 (18.93 %)Solaris
4176 (17.36 %)Red Hat Linux
5126 (12.43 %)Windows Server 2003
677 (7.594 %)AIX
756 (5.523 %)HPUX
854 (5.325 %)Windows 2000
944 (4.339 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1038 (3.748 %)Windows XP
1128 (2.761 %)SUSE
1220 (1.972 %)CentOS
1315 (1.479 %)Debian
1414 (1.381 %)Windows Vista
1512 (1.183 %)Fedora
1611 (1.085 %)Mac OS X
176 (0.592 %)Embedded Linux
176 (0.592 %)Windows 2000 Server
185 (0.493 %)FreeBSD
194 (0.394 %)OS/400
Surrey IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
155 (5.424 %)OO
250 (4.931 %)E-Commerce
343 (4.241 %)Project Management
438 (3.748 %)Web Development
533 (3.254 %)Business Intelligence
627 (2.663 %)Performance Testing
724 (2.367 %)UML
823 (2.268 %)CRM
921 (2.071 %)ITIL
921 (2.071 %)Agile Software Development
921 (2.071 %)Security Cleared
1020 (1.972 %)Service Delivery
1119 (1.874 %)Content Management
1217 (1.677 %)SC Cleared
1316 (1.578 %)Software Engineering
1316 (1.578 %)Internet Marketing
1316 (1.578 %)Configuration Management
1415 (1.479 %)Software Testing
1415 (1.479 %)Web Analytics
1514 (1.381 %)Test Scripting
Surrey IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1231 (22.78 %)SQL
2176 (17.36 %)Perl
3172 (16.96 %)PHP
4133 (13.12 %)Java
5129 (12.72 %)C++
6118 (11.64 %)C
780 (7.890 %)Shell Script
871 (7.002 %)JavaScript
960 (5.917 %)Python
1059 (5.819 %)PL/SQL
1156 (5.523 %)C#
1244 (4.339 %)PHP5
1330 (2.959 %)VC++
1426 (2.564 %)Tcl
1525 (2.465 %)Embedded C
1622 (2.170 %)Assembly Language
1716 (1.578 %)PHP4
1716 (1.578 %)VB
1812 (1.183 %)Embedded C++
1812 (1.183 %)VBScript
Surrey IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
197 (9.566 %)Degree
283 (8.185 %)MCSE
283 (8.185 %)Microsoft Certification
337 (3.649 %)Cisco Certification
434 (3.353 %)RHCE
525 (2.465 %)CCNA
618 (1.775 %)MCP
716 (1.578 %)MCSA
815 (1.479 %)ISEB
913 (1.282 %)Oracle Certification
1011 (1.085 %)CCIE
1011 (1.085 %)CCNP
1011 (1.085 %)CCVP
1110 (0.986 %)ITIL Certification
1110 (0.986 %)Citrix Certification
127 (0.690 %)CCA
127 (0.690 %)CCIP
127 (0.690 %)CCDP
136 (0.592 %)CISSP
145 (0.493 %)IBM Certification
Surrey IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
122 (2.170 %)SLA
213 (1.282 %)QA
33 (0.296 %)WAI
41 (0.099 %)ISO9001
41 (0.099 %)ISO8583
Surrey IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
196 (9.467 %)Active Directory
249 (4.832 %)VMware Infrastructure
327 (2.663 %)Oracle RMAN
422 (2.170 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
521 (2.071 %)Oracle RAC
616 (1.578 %)ISA Server
714 (1.381 %)NFS
88 (0.789 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
88 (0.789 %)VMware ESX
97 (0.690 %)Citrix Presentation Server
97 (0.690 %)NetBackup
106 (0.592 %)Snort
114 (0.394 %)Samba
114 (0.394 %)Xen
123 (0.296 %)Backup Exec
132 (0.197 %)VMware Workstation
132 (0.197 %)Terminal Services
141 (0.099 %)Squid
141 (0.099 %)Cronacle
Surrey IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
127 (2.663 %)Tivoli
127 (2.663 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
214 (1.381 %)OpenView
214 (1.381 %)CiscoWorks
311 (1.085 %)Nagios
48 (0.789 %)MOM
48 (0.789 %)BMC PATROL
56 (0.592 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
65 (0.493 %)Legato
73 (0.296 %)Nessus
82 (0.197 %)EMC NetWorker
82 (0.197 %)BMC Performance Manager
82 (0.197 %)OVPM
91 (0.099 %)SCOM
91 (0.099 %)Norton AntiVirus
91 (0.099 %)MIMEsweeper
91 (0.099 %)AutoSys
Surrey IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1247 (24.36 %)Oracle
2176 (17.36 %)Red Hat
3139 (13.71 %)Cisco
4111 (10.95 %)VMware
598 (9.665 %)Microsoft
650 (4.931 %)HP
749 (4.832 %)Sun
841 (4.043 %)IBM
935 (3.452 %)Citrix
1023 (2.268 %)CheckPoint
1122 (2.170 %)Sybase
1220 (1.972 %)SAP
1220 (1.972 %)VERITAS
1316 (1.578 %)EMC
1316 (1.578 %)Altiris
1413 (1.282 %)Intel
1413 (1.282 %)Progress
1512 (1.183 %)Dell
1512 (1.183 %)Interwoven
1512 (1.183 %)CommVault