The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Sussex region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 16 14 14
Rank change year-on-year
-2 0
Permanent jobs citing Linux 5 11 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sussex 5.495% 8.088% 3.922%
As % of the Operating Systems category 22.73% 32.35% 22.22%
Number of salaries quoted 5 11 2
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +28.57%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-3.84% +4.00%
All Operating Systems
Sussex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
22 34 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sussex 24.18% 25.00% 17.65%
Number of salaries quoted 18 20 9
Average salary £45,000 £50,000 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% +100.00%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
South East

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sussex 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 Sussex region.

Sussex Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Sussex 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 4 (57.14%) UNIX
1 4 (57.14%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) MySQL
3 2 (28.57%) Java
3 2 (28.57%) Apache
3 2 (28.57%) Red Hat
3 2 (28.57%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (28.57%) Degree
3 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
3 2 (28.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (14.29%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (14.29%) Marketing
4 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (14.29%) CentOS
4 1 (14.29%) VMware
4 1 (14.29%) LAMP
4 1 (14.29%) Debian
4 1 (14.29%) Network Design
4 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (14.29%) Configuration Management
4 1 (14.29%) Solaris
4 1 (14.29%) DNS
4 1 (14.29%) SLA
4 1 (14.29%) Citrix
4 1 (14.29%) PHP
4 1 (14.29%) IIS

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Sussex 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 1 (14.29%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) Apache
2 1 (14.29%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) MySQL
2 2 (28.57%) PostgreSQL
General
1 1 (14.29%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Developer
1 2 (28.57%) Java Developer
1 2 (28.57%) Systems Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) UNIX Support
1 2 (28.57%) Linux Support
1 2 (28.57%) Mid-Level Java Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Operations Manager
2 1 (14.29%) UNIX Systems Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) UNIX Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) Server Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Manager
2 1 (14.29%) UNIX Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Linux Systems Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Operations Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Server Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) Linux Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) Server Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) UNIX
1 4 (57.14%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (14.29%) CentOS
3 1 (14.29%) Debian
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (14.29%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Network Design
1 1 (14.29%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Java
2 1 (14.29%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Red Hat
2 1 (14.29%) VMware
2 1 (14.29%) Citrix