The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Thames Valley region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 17 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 Thames Valley region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 5 12 -
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -
Permanent jobs citing Linux 5 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Thames Valley 20.83% 4.082% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 45.45% 50.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 0
Average salary £70,000 £49,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+41.41% -
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +8.33%
All Operating Systems
Thames Valley
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
11 4 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Thames Valley 45.83% 8.163% 6.522%
Number of salaries quoted 10 4 3
Average salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.09% -
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 Thames Valley region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Thames Valley 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 Thames Valley region.

Thames Valley Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the Thames Valley region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Thames Valley Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Thames Valley 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 5 (71.43%) Java
1 5 (71.43%) Python
1 5 (71.43%) XML
1 5 (71.43%) Telecoms
2 3 (42.86%) BSS
2 3 (42.86%) Billing
2 3 (42.86%) Product Management
3 2 (28.57%) REST
3 2 (28.57%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (28.57%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (28.57%) Ruby
3 2 (28.57%) Marketing
3 2 (28.57%) Degree
3 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
3 2 (28.57%) QA
3 2 (28.57%) NAS
3 2 (28.57%) Clustering
3 2 (28.57%) OO
3 2 (28.57%) Tomcat
3 2 (28.57%) JMS
3 2 (28.57%) SNMP
3 2 (28.57%) SLA
3 2 (28.57%) Perl
3 2 (28.57%) C
3 2 (28.57%) C++
4 1 (14.29%) Project Management

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Thames Valley 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 5 (71.43%) XML
2 2 (28.57%) JMS
2 2 (28.57%) REST
Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) BSS
2 2 (28.57%) NAS
2 2 (28.57%) SNMP
General
1 5 (71.43%) Telecoms
2 3 (42.86%) Billing
3 2 (28.57%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Sales Consultant
1 2 (28.57%) Support Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Software Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Consultant
1 2 (28.57%) Pre Sales Consultant
1 2 (28.57%) Senior Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Account Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Account Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Clustering
1 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
1 2 (28.57%) Embedded Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Product Management
2 2 (28.57%) OO
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) Java
1 5 (71.43%) Python
2 2 (28.57%) Ruby
2 2 (28.57%) Perl
2 2 (28.57%) C
2 2 (28.57%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) SLA
1 2 (28.57%) QA