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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for FreeBSD skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited FreeBSD over the 3 months to 9 September 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category.

LinkFreeBSD
Location
3 months to
9 Sep 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank785600838
Rank change year-on-year
Down-185Up+238
Matching permanent IT job ads275388
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.025 %0.078 %0.050 %
As % of the Operating Systems category0.096 %0.308 %0.203 %
Salaries quoted255180
Average salary£35,000£40,000£42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50 %-5.880 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£25,500£30,450
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£39,200£53,750£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£31,500£40,000£42,500
% change year-on-year
-21.25 %-5.880 %
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
280371722843443
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK25.90 %25.33 %24.44 %
Salaries quoted234701436736464
Average salary£40,000£36,500£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.580 %+4.280 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,000£22,500£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£60,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£32,500£32,500
% change year-on-year
+7.690 %-

FreeBSD
Demand Trend

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

FreeBSD Demand Trend

FreeBSD
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing FreeBSD within the UK.

FreeBSD Salary Trend

FreeBSD
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing FreeBSD over the 3 months to 9 September 2010 within the UK.

FreeBSD Salary Histogram

FreeBSD
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FreeBSD within the UK over the 3 months to 9 September 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-18127£35,000-12.50 %
LondonDown-12216£36,000+2.85 %
YorkshireNew entry-4£30,000-
ManchesterNew entry-3£31,500-
North WestNew entry-3£31,500-
South YorkshireNew entry-3£30,000-
KentDown-142£27,000+5.88 %
East of EnglandDown-582£43,750+62.03 %
South EastDown-1002£27,000-32.50 %
SheffieldNew entry-2£30,000-
SandwichNew entry-2£27,000-
City of LondonDown-791£40,000+33.33 %
West YorkshireNew entry-1--
HertfordshireNew entry-1£42,500-
EssexNew entry-1£45,000-
LeedsNew entry-1--
Hemel HempsteadNew entry-1£42,500-
DunmowNew entry-1£45,000-

FreeBSD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 September 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing FreeBSD 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 FreeBSD.

180 (96.39 %)Linux
263 (75.90 %)UNIX
347 (56.63 %)Apache
445 (54.22 %)MySQL
543 (51.81 %)PHP
638 (45.78 %)Solaris
732 (38.55 %)PostgreSQL
830 (36.14 %)Nagios
929 (34.94 %)LDAP
1028 (33.73 %)Shell Script
1127 (32.53 %)Perl
1226 (31.33 %)DNS
1324 (28.92 %)Python
1324 (28.92 %)SQL
1324 (28.92 %)C
1422 (26.51 %)Subversion
1422 (26.51 %)Bash shell
1521 (25.30 %)Cacti
1620 (24.10 %)Open Source
1718 (21.69 %)Java
1718 (21.69 %)Cisco
1816 (19.28 %)Postfix
1915 (18.07 %)SNMP
1915 (18.07 %)HTML
1915 (18.07 %)Internet
1915 (18.07 %)Replication
1915 (18.07 %)LAMP
2014 (16.87 %)Firewall
2014 (16.87 %)OpenLDAP
2113 (15.66 %)Finance

FreeBSD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 September 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing FreeBSD 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 FreeBSD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
115 (18.07 %)HTML
115 (18.07 %)LAMP
213 (15.66 %)CSS
39 (10.84 %)Java SE
48 (9.639 %)XHTML
56 (7.229 %)Silverlight
56 (7.229 %).NET
56 (7.229 %)Web Services
65 (6.024 %)AJAX
74 (4.819 %)jQuery
83 (3.614 %)XML
83 (3.614 %)Ruby on Rails
83 (3.614 %)Zend Framework
92 (2.410 %)Horde
92 (2.410 %)CGI
101 (1.205 %)J2EE
101 (1.205 %)STL
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
147 (56.63 %)Apache
212 (14.46 %)Tomcat
34 (4.819 %)IIS
34 (4.819 %)CMS
43 (3.614 %)MS Exchange
52 (2.410 %)nginx
61 (1.205 %)Exchange Server 2007
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
14 (4.819 %)MS Excel
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
129 (34.94 %)LDAP
226 (31.33 %)DNS
315 (18.07 %)SNMP
315 (18.07 %)Internet
414 (16.87 %)Firewall
513 (15.66 %)TCP/IP
513 (15.66 %)Ethernet
611 (13.25 %)SSL
710 (12.05 %)HTTP
89 (10.84 %)SMTP
98 (9.639 %)Network Security
103 (3.614 %)FTP
112 (2.410 %)VLAN
112 (2.410 %)IMAP
112 (2.410 %)Cisco ASA
112 (2.410 %)DHCP
112 (2.410 %)RIP
112 (2.410 %)VPN
112 (2.410 %)IPsec
121 (1.205 %)OSPF
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
145 (54.22 %)MySQL
232 (38.55 %)PostgreSQL
32 (2.410 %)Ingres
32 (2.410 %)SQL Server
32 (2.410 %)Informix
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
122 (26.51 %)Subversion
29 (10.84 %)Ant
29 (10.84 %)TeamCity
29 (10.84 %)Maven
37 (8.434 %)Capistrano
42 (2.410 %)Paros
51 (1.205 %)RSpec
51 (1.205 %)Git (software)
51 (1.205 %)Cucumber
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
113 (15.66 %)Finance
28 (9.639 %)Games
36 (7.229 %)Online Games
45 (6.024 %)Legal
54 (4.819 %)Publishing
63 (3.614 %)Online Gambling
72 (2.410 %)Financial Institution
72 (2.410 %)Advertising
72 (2.410 %)Health
72 (2.410 %)Education
81 (1.205 %)Telecoms
81 (1.205 %)Government
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
150 (60.24 %)Administrator
242 (50.60 %)Systems Administrator
325 (30.12 %)Linux Administrator
420 (24.10 %)Linux Systems Administrator
513 (15.66 %)UNIX Administrator
513 (15.66 %)Developer
611 (13.25 %)Consultant
78 (9.639 %)Web Administrator
87 (8.434 %)Security Consultant
87 (8.434 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
87 (8.434 %)Security Architect
87 (8.434 %)Network Architect
87 (8.434 %)Network Consultant
87 (8.434 %)Architect
87 (8.434 %)Network Security Architect
87 (8.434 %)Network Security Consultant
96 (7.229 %)Silverlight Developer
104 (4.819 %)IT Consultant
104 (4.819 %)IT Administrator
113 (3.614 %)PHP Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
120 (24.10 %)Open Source
215 (18.07 %)Replication
39 (10.84 %)Amazon EC2
39 (10.84 %)Amazon S3
47 (8.434 %)Computer Science
55 (6.024 %)Data Protection Act
63 (3.614 %)W3C
72 (2.410 %)Web 2.0
72 (2.410 %)Mainframe
72 (2.410 %)AS400
81 (1.205 %)Device Driver
81 (1.205 %)Clustering
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
180 (96.39 %)Linux
263 (75.90 %)UNIX
338 (45.78 %)Solaris
412 (14.46 %)Windows
412 (14.46 %)OpenBSD
510 (12.05 %)OpenSolaris
69 (10.84 %)AIX
69 (10.84 %)HPUX
74 (4.819 %)Red Hat Linux
82 (2.410 %)Windows NT
82 (2.410 %)Windows 2000
82 (2.410 %)Windows Server 2003
82 (2.410 %)Gentoo
91 (1.205 %)SUSE
91 (1.205 %)Mac OS X
91 (1.205 %)Windows Server 2008
91 (1.205 %)CentOS
91 (1.205 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
91 (1.205 %)Ubuntu
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
18 (9.639 %)Data Protection
26 (7.229 %)Web Development
26 (7.229 %)DRM
35 (6.024 %)Release Management
44 (4.819 %)Capacity Planning
44 (4.819 %)OO
53 (3.614 %)E-Commerce
62 (2.410 %)Network Load Balancing
62 (2.410 %)Penetration Testing
62 (2.410 %)Data Management
62 (2.410 %)Computer Security
62 (2.410 %)ITIL
62 (2.410 %)Change Management
62 (2.410 %)Disaster Recovery
62 (2.410 %)Risk Assessment
62 (2.410 %)Information Security
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
143 (51.81 %)PHP
228 (33.73 %)Shell Script
327 (32.53 %)Perl
424 (28.92 %)Python
424 (28.92 %)SQL
424 (28.92 %)C
522 (26.51 %)Bash shell
618 (21.69 %)Java
710 (12.05 %)PHP5
88 (9.639 %)JavaScript
96 (7.229 %)C#
96 (7.229 %)AWK
104 (4.819 %)Ruby
113 (3.614 %)C++
122 (2.410 %)VBScript
131 (1.205 %)T-SQL
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
19 (10.84 %)CISSP
27 (8.434 %)GIAC
27 (8.434 %)Cisco Certification
27 (8.434 %)CCNA
36 (7.229 %)Degree
42 (2.410 %)CISA
51 (1.205 %)HND
51 (1.205 %)Security Cleared
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (13.25 %)QA
25 (6.024 %)SLA
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
116 (19.28 %)Postfix
214 (16.87 %)OpenLDAP
36 (7.229 %)VMware Server
36 (7.229 %)Sendmail
36 (7.229 %)VMware Infrastructure
45 (6.024 %)Squid
52 (2.410 %)Varnish
61 (1.205 %)Active Directory
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
130 (36.14 %)Nagios
221 (25.30 %)Cacti
32 (2.410 %)Backup Exec
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
118 (21.69 %)Cisco
28 (9.639 %)Dell
37 (8.434 %)CheckPoint
37 (8.434 %)Juniper
37 (8.434 %)TippingPoint
37 (8.434 %)Foundry
37 (8.434 %)Blue Coat
37 (8.434 %)Brocade
46 (7.229 %)VMware
55 (6.024 %)NetApp
64 (4.819 %)Oracle
64 (4.819 %)Red Hat
73 (3.614 %)Yahoo!
73 (3.614 %)Zend
82 (2.410 %)CA
82 (2.410 %)Sybase
82 (2.410 %)Novell
91 (1.205 %)Sony
91 (1.205 %)Nokia
91 (1.205 %)Apple