The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Linux+ Certification in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux+ Certification over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 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 Qualifications currently tracked.

CompTIA Linux+ Certification
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank860--
Rank change year-on-year
New entry-No change0
Matching permanent IT job ads1500
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.012 %--
As % of the Qualifications category0.045 %--
Number of salaries quoted1300
Average salary£25,000--
UK excluding London average salary---
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
334753214123123
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK27.76 %26.21 %24.22 %
Number of salaries quoted284762683119147
Average salary£42,500£41,000£41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.65 %-1.20 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£38,500£38,000
% change year-on-year
+3.89 %+1.31 %

Linux+ Certification
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Linux+ Certification within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Linux+ Certification Demand Trend

Linux+ Certification
Salary Trend

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

Linux+ Certification Salary Trend

Linux+ Certification
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux+ Certification over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

Linux+ Certification Salary Histogram

Linux+ Certification
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux+ Certification within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. 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
LondonNew entry-15£25,000-
EnglandNew entry-15£25,000-
City of LondonNew entry-7£25,000-
GreenwichNew entry-1£55,000-

Linux+ Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing Linux+ Certification 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+ Certification.

126 (100.00 %)Linux
221 (80.77 %)Windows
320 (76.92 %)DHCP
320 (76.92 %)DNS
419 (73.08 %)RHCE
518 (69.23 %)Degree
616 (61.54 %)Active Directory
616 (61.54 %)TCP/IP
714 (53.85 %)Computer Science
87 (26.92 %)Symantec
96 (23.08 %)Altiris
96 (23.08 %)Microsoft
96 (23.08 %)Microsoft Certification
96 (23.08 %)MCTS
96 (23.08 %)MCITP
105 (19.23 %)CISSP
105 (19.23 %)MCSE
105 (19.23 %)IIS
105 (19.23 %)Red Hat
105 (19.23 %)Security+ Certification
105 (19.23 %)SUSE
114 (15.38 %)OpenBSD
114 (15.38 %)LAMP
114 (15.38 %)Law
114 (15.38 %)Ruby
114 (15.38 %)LPIC
114 (15.38 %)Ubuntu
114 (15.38 %)Web Services
114 (15.38 %)ITIL
114 (15.38 %)PHP

Linux+ Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing Linux+ Certification 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+ Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
14 (15.38 %)Web Services
14 (15.38 %)LAMP
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
15 (19.23 %)IIS
21 (3.846 %)Apache
21 (3.846 %)MS Exchange
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
120 (76.92 %)DHCP
120 (76.92 %)DNS
216 (61.54 %)TCP/IP
31 (3.846 %)SAN
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (3.846 %)MySQL
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (3.846 %)InstallShield
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14 (15.38 %)Law
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
115 (57.69 %)Technical Support
115 (57.69 %)Linux Support
25 (19.23 %)Consultant
34 (15.38 %)Administrator
34 (15.38 %)Linux Administrator
43 (11.54 %)Linux Systems Administrator
43 (11.54 %)Implementation Engineer
43 (11.54 %)Implementation Consultant
43 (11.54 %)Systems Administrator
52 (7.692 %)Security Consultant
52 (7.692 %)Security Engineer
61 (3.846 %)Data Centre Engineer
61 (3.846 %)Senior Infrastructure Engineer
61 (3.846 %)Infrastructure Engineer
61 (3.846 %)UNIX Administrator
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
114 (53.85 %)Computer Science
22 (7.692 %)Clustering
31 (3.846 %)Cloud Computing
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
126 (100.00 %)Linux
221 (80.77 %)Windows
35 (19.23 %)SUSE
44 (15.38 %)OpenBSD
44 (15.38 %)Ubuntu
44 (15.38 %)FreeBSD
52 (7.692 %)UNIX
52 (7.692 %)Solaris
61 (3.846 %)Windows 2000
61 (3.846 %)Windows Server 2008
61 (3.846 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
61 (3.846 %)Windows Server 2003
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
14 (15.38 %)ITIL
21 (3.846 %)PRINCE2
21 (3.846 %)Project Planning
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
14 (15.38 %)PHP
14 (15.38 %)Python
14 (15.38 %)Ruby
14 (15.38 %)Bash shell
22 (7.692 %)SQL
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
119 (73.08 %)RHCE
218 (69.23 %)Degree
36 (23.08 %)MCTS
36 (23.08 %)MCITP
36 (23.08 %)Microsoft Certification
45 (19.23 %)MCSE
45 (19.23 %)Security+ Certification
45 (19.23 %)CISSP
54 (15.38 %)LPIC
61 (3.846 %)MCDBA
61 (3.846 %)Citrix Certification
61 (3.846 %)OCP
61 (3.846 %)Oracle Certification
61 (3.846 %)CCEE
61 (3.846 %)Microsoft Certified Master
61 (3.846 %)Microsoft Certified Architect
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
116 (61.54 %)Active Directory
21 (3.846 %)VMware GSX
21 (3.846 %)Veritas Cluster Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (7.692 %)SCOM
21 (3.846 %)WSUS
21 (3.846 %)SCCM
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
17 (26.92 %)Symantec
26 (23.08 %)Microsoft
26 (23.08 %)Altiris
35 (19.23 %)Red Hat
42 (7.692 %)Veritas
51 (3.846 %)IBM
51 (3.846 %)VMware
51 (3.846 %)AppSense
51 (3.846 %)Sun
51 (3.846 %)HP
51 (3.846 %)EMC
51 (3.846 %)Citrix
51 (3.846 %)ADIC
51 (3.846 %)Cognizant