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The table below looks at the demand for Linux skills within the Taunton 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLinux
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank17-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads50
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below22.73 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted50
Average minimum salary£26,600-
Average salary£30,800-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£35,000-
UK excluding London average salary£36,725£36,239
% change on same period last year+1.34 %
Taunton IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Taunton
Matching permanent IT job ads228
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.003 %
Salaries quoted228
Average minimum salary£26,332£28,889
Average salary£28,354£32,222
% change on same period last year-12.00 %
Average maximum salary£30,377£35,556
UK excluding London average salary£34,285£34,402
% change on same period last year-0.34 %
Linux SomersetLinux
Somerset

Linux
Demand Trend

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

Taunton 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 Taunton region.

Taunton Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the Taunton region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Taunton Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Taunton 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.

13 (50.00 %)C#
13 (50.00 %)C++
13 (50.00 %)ASP
13 (50.00 %)XML
13 (50.00 %)UNIX
22 (33.33 %)Windows
22 (33.33 %)Oracle 9i
22 (33.33 %)SQL
22 (33.33 %)Oracle
22 (33.33 %)SQL Server
22 (33.33 %)XHTML
22 (33.33 %)Oracle 10g
22 (33.33 %)Windows Server 2003
22 (33.33 %)Oracle EBS
22 (33.33 %)Manufacturing
22 (33.33 %)Retail
22 (33.33 %)QA
22 (33.33 %)Oracle RAC
31 (16.67 %)Degree
31 (16.67 %)Fireworks
31 (16.67 %)Dreamweaver
31 (16.67 %)Photoshop
31 (16.67 %)MySQL
31 (16.67 %)PHP
31 (16.67 %)Flash

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Taunton 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.

Taunton IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (50.00 %)ASP
13 (50.00 %)XML
22 (33.33 %)XHTML
Taunton IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (16.67 %)Photoshop
11 (16.67 %)Fireworks
Taunton IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (33.33 %)Oracle EBS
Taunton IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (33.33 %)SQL Server
12 (33.33 %)Oracle 9i
12 (33.33 %)Oracle 10g
21 (16.67 %)MySQL
Taunton IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (16.67 %)Flash
11 (16.67 %)Dreamweaver
Taunton IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (33.33 %)Manufacturing
12 (33.33 %)Retail
Taunton IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (33.33 %)Developer
12 (33.33 %)Analyst
12 (33.33 %)DBA
12 (33.33 %)Analyst Programmer
12 (33.33 %)Programmer
21 (16.67 %)PHP Developer
21 (16.67 %)MySQL Developer
21 (16.67 %)Flash Designer
21 (16.67 %)Software Developer
Taunton IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (50.00 %)UNIX
22 (33.33 %)Windows
22 (33.33 %)Windows Server 2003
Taunton IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (50.00 %)C#
13 (50.00 %)C++
22 (33.33 %)SQL
31 (16.67 %)PHP
Taunton IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (16.67 %)Degree
Taunton IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (33.33 %)QA
Taunton IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (33.33 %)Oracle RAC
Taunton IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (33.33 %)Oracle