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This section looks at the demand for Linux skills across the UK 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 last 3 months to 14 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLinux
Location
3 months to 14 May 2008Same period last year
Rank2226
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching permanent IT job ads1335613623
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled6.555 %5.935 %
As % of the category below26.51 %24.25 %
Salaries quoted1111610866
Average minimum salary£38,356£38,363
Average salary£41,825£42,013
% change on same period last year-0.44 %
Average maximum salary£45,295£45,664
UK excluding London average salary£36,778£35,926
% change on same period last year+2.37 %
Operating Systems UKOperating Systems
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads5038256179
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled24.73 %24.47 %
Salaries quoted4166844113
Average minimum salary£36,711£37,437
Average salary£39,712£40,560
% change on same period last year-2.08 %
Average maximum salary£42,713£43,682
UK excluding London average salary£34,688£34,974
% change on same period last year-0.81 %

Linux
Demand Trend

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

Linux Demand Trend

Linux
Salary Trend

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

Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the UK over the past 3 months.

Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandUp+412683£42,062-0.47 %
2LondonUp+65976£48,771-1.36 %
3South EastUp+22947£38,767-0.47 %
4City of LondonUp+191654£53,005-8.57 %
5East of EnglandDown-4953£37,226+4.82 %
6BerkshireUp+3780£40,252+0.31 %
7YorkshireUp+4758£35,113+3.07 %
8South WestDown-16630£36,357+5.62 %
9SurreyUp+6599£39,229-7.76 %
10HampshireUp+5554£37,329+0.67 %
11North WestDown-8545£33,063+12.21 %
12CambridgeshireDown-2539£37,298+4.87 %
13West MidlandsDown-11486£34,035+2.02 %
14CambridgeUp+1442£37,538+3.86 %
15ScotlandUp+5384£31,809+0.51 %
16BuckinghamshireUp+5357£42,362+11.13 %
17ManchesterDown-8331£33,147+14.44 %
18West YorkshireUp+2318£32,680+5.85 %
19East MidlandsUp+61276£34,756+9.32 %
20OxfordshireDown-5272£36,488+7.89 %
21ReadingNo change0234£39,258+5.22 %
22South YorkshireDown-3220£35,712-0.47 %
23BristolDown-11214£36,701+0.08 %
23HertfordshireDown-16214£36,816+1.37 %
24LeedsDown-2211£34,423+12.04 %
25North YorkshireUp+34189£38,150-16.10 %
26OxfordUp+3182£37,487+14.49 %
27WalesUp+35169£36,189-5.40 %
28Docklands, LondonNo change0166£53,085-11.05 %
29WarwickshireDown-6161£34,490+6.82 %

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing Linux also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Linux.

112932 (50.11 %)Unix
29599 (37.19 %)Windows
36525 (25.28 %)Java
46160 (23.87 %)SQL
55668 (21.96 %)Oracle
65342 (20.70 %)Solaris
74675 (18.11 %)C++
84444 (17.22 %)Perl
94365 (16.91 %)Finance
104347 (16.84 %)Apache
114194 (16.25 %)MySQL
123419 (13.25 %)C
133290 (12.75 %)Red Hat
143082 (11.94 %)SQL Server
153072 (11.90 %)PHP
162961 (11.47 %)XML
172947 (11.42 %)Degree
182892 (11.21 %)TCP/IP
192638 (10.22 %)Microsoft
202502 (9.695 %)JavaScript
212462 (9.540 %)HTML
222362 (9.152 %)OO
232317 (8.978 %)J2EE
242174 (8.424 %)Internet
252163 (8.381 %)Cisco
262130 (8.253 %)Firewall
271997 (7.738 %)Shell Script
281907 (7.389 %)Banking
291832 (7.099 %)SAN
301812 (7.021 %)DNS

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing Linux also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Linux. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
12961 (11.47 %)XML
22462 (9.540 %)HTML
32317 (8.978 %)J2EE
41775 (6.878 %)CSS
51703 (6.599 %).NET
61113 (4.313 %)Spring
71094 (4.239 %)JSP
81077 (4.173 %)AJAX
9960 (3.720 %)WebServices
10913 (3.538 %)LAMP
11814 (3.154 %)Hibernate
12775 (3.003 %)XHTML
13766 (2.968 %)WebSphere
14713 (2.763 %)JDBC
15637 (2.468 %)JMS
16614 (2.379 %)SOAP
17546 (2.116 %)ASP
18533 (2.065 %)Servlets
19471 (1.825 %)Middleware
20441 (1.709 %)Struts
Application Platforms
14347 (16.84 %)Apache
21546 (5.990 %)Tomcat
31187 (4.599 %)IIS
41089 (4.220 %)MS Exchange
5969 (3.755 %)JBoss
6829 (3.212 %)WebLogic
7750 (2.906 %)Exchange Server 2003
8385 (1.492 %)Exchange Server 2000
9345 (1.337 %)CMS
10322 (1.248 %)SharePoint
11210 (0.814 %)ColdFusion
12207 (0.802 %)Oracle Application Server
13202 (0.783 %)WebSphere Application Server
14182 (0.705 %)Exchange Server 2007
15158 (0.612 %)MQSeries
16132 (0.511 %)Lotus Notes
1798 (0.380 %)Lotus Domino
1798 (0.380 %)Oracle 10gAS
1892 (0.356 %)BizTalk Server
1973 (0.283 %)SAS
Applications
11233 (4.778 %)MS Excel
2553 (2.143 %)MS Office
3196 (0.759 %)MS Visio
4193 (0.748 %)Photoshop
5155 (0.601 %)MATLAB
640 (0.155 %)MS Project
723 (0.089 %)ImageReady
822 (0.085 %)Fireworks
918 (0.070 %)Adobe Illustrator
1014 (0.054 %)AutoCAD
1014 (0.054 %)MS PowerPoint
1113 (0.050 %)3ds Max
1210 (0.039 %)SPSS
139 (0.035 %)Maya
139 (0.035 %)FrameMaker
145 (0.019 %)InfoPath
154 (0.015 %)S-PLUS
163 (0.012 %)Adobe After Effects
172 (0.008 %)QuarkXPress
172 (0.008 %)RoboHelp
Business Applications
1203 (0.787 %)Oracle Applications
2173 (0.670 %)RMDS
3165 (0.639 %)Oracle EBS
4134 (0.519 %)Oracle 11i
549 (0.190 %)Summit
624 (0.093 %)MarketView
723 (0.089 %)WebTrends
822 (0.085 %)Dynamics CRM
921 (0.081 %)Fidessa
1019 (0.074 %)Axapta
1118 (0.070 %)SAP Business One
1216 (0.062 %)SalesLogix
1313 (0.050 %)Oracle CRM
1412 (0.046 %)MFGPRO
1510 (0.039 %)Oracle Financials
168 (0.031 %)Microsoft CRM
177 (0.027 %)Remedy AR System
186 (0.023 %)Remedy ITSM
195 (0.019 %)SoftGrid
195 (0.019 %)Bond Adapt
Communications & Networking
12892 (11.21 %)TCP/IP
22174 (8.424 %)Internet
32130 (8.253 %)Firewall
41832 (7.099 %)SAN
51812 (7.021 %)DNS
61147 (4.444 %)WAN
71117 (4.328 %)LAN
8897 (3.476 %)VPN
9492 (1.906 %)DHCP
10487 (1.887 %)VoIP
11456 (1.767 %)HTTP
12442 (1.713 %)LDAP
13424 (1.643 %)SMTP
14396 (1.534 %)Wireless
15326 (1.263 %)FTP
16325 (1.259 %)SNMP
17305 (1.182 %)Network Security
18247 (0.957 %)Intranet
19239 (0.926 %)Ethernet
20230 (0.891 %)SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
14194 (16.25 %)MySQL
23082 (11.94 %)SQL Server
31255 (4.863 %)Oracle 10g
41018 (3.945 %)RDBMS
5860 (3.332 %)Oracle 9i
6673 (2.608 %)DB2
7485 (1.879 %)SQL Server 2000
8369 (1.430 %)Oracle 8/8i
9338 (1.310 %)PostgreSQL
10333 (1.290 %)SQL Server 2005
11225 (0.872 %)Informix
12200 (0.775 %)Oracle Reports
13191 (0.740 %)Datawarehouse
14189 (0.732 %)SQL Server 7
15154 (0.597 %)TOAD
16105 (0.407 %)Oracle Discoverer
17102 (0.395 %)Crystal Reports
1880 (0.310 %)BusinessObjects
1978 (0.302 %)Oracle 11g
2066 (0.256 %)ETL
Development Applications
1560 (2.170 %)Subversion
2456 (1.767 %)Ant
3449 (1.740 %)Eclipse
4376 (1.457 %)JUnit
5262 (1.015 %)Visual Studio
6224 (0.868 %)Flash
7176 (0.682 %)ClearCase
8153 (0.593 %)Oracle Forms
9128 (0.496 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1092 (0.356 %)Dreamweaver
1186 (0.333 %)TestDirector
1280 (0.310 %)CruiseControl
1373 (0.283 %)JIRA
1466 (0.256 %)ProC
1558 (0.225 %)ClearQuest
1647 (0.182 %)PVCS
1744 (0.170 %)WinRunner
1839 (0.151 %)QuickTest Pro
1937 (0.143 %)NUnit
2033 (0.128 %)LoadRunner
General
14365 (16.91 %)Finance
21907 (7.389 %)Banking
31376 (5.332 %)Telecoms
4985 (3.817 %)Pensions
5912 (3.534 %)Health
6878 (3.402 %)Investment Banking
7671 (2.600 %)Front Office
8639 (2.476 %)Marketing
9582 (2.255 %)Education
10486 (1.883 %)Retail
11427 (1.655 %)Electronics
12392 (1.519 %)Games
13375 (1.453 %)Insurance
14363 (1.407 %)Financial Institution
15269 (1.042 %)Back Office
16260 (1.007 %)Government
17180 (0.697 %)Advertising
18169 (0.655 %)Multimedia
19159 (0.616 %)Publishing
2099 (0.384 %)Manufacturing
Job Titles
17243 (28.06 %)Developer
23711 (14.38 %)Administrator
32526 (9.788 %)Systems Administrator
42004 (7.765 %)Software Engineer
52001 (7.753 %)Analyst
61989 (7.707 %)Java Developer
71479 (5.731 %)DBA
81197 (4.638 %)Linux Administrator
91166 (4.518 %)UNIX Administrator
101141 (4.421 %)Support Engineer
111046 (4.053 %)Oracle DBA
121035 (4.010 %)Web Developer
131014 (3.929 %)C++ Developer
141007 (3.902 %)Senior Developer
15990 (3.836 %)Consultant
16940 (3.642 %)Linux Systems Administrator
17913 (3.538 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
18893 (3.460 %)Support Analyst
19891 (3.452 %)PHP Developer
20874 (3.387 %)Architect
Miscellaneous
1970 (3.759 %)Computer Science
2884 (3.425 %)Clustering
3669 (2.592 %)Derivative
4411 (1.593 %)Equities
5400 (1.550 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
6385 (1.492 %)Client/Server
7384 (1.488 %)Mathematics
8369 (1.430 %)Device Driver
9338 (1.310 %)Multithreading
10295 (1.143 %)Fixed Income
11240 (0.930 %)MPEG
12219 (0.849 %)Replication
13208 (0.806 %)Management Information System
14205 (0.794 %)DTV
15191 (0.740 %)Web 2.0
16161 (0.624 %)IPTV
17135 (0.523 %)Blackberry
18126 (0.488 %)HACMP
18126 (0.488 %)Asset Management
19120 (0.465 %)German Language
Operating Systems
112932 (50.11 %)Unix
29599 (37.19 %)Windows
35342 (20.70 %)Solaris
41678 (6.502 %)AIX
51170 (4.533 %)HPUX
61093 (4.235 %)Windows 2000
7992 (3.844 %)Windows Server 2003
8737 (2.856 %)Windows NT
9719 (2.786 %)Windows XP
10606 (2.348 %)SUSE
11475 (1.841 %)Embedded Linux
12441 (1.709 %)Debian
13335 (1.298 %)VxWorks
14228 (0.883 %)FreeBSD
15214 (0.829 %)Fedora
16142 (0.550 %)Mac OS X
17109 (0.422 %)Ubuntu
18106 (0.411 %)Tru64
19103 (0.399 %)Windows Mobile
2084 (0.325 %)Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
12362 (9.152 %)OO
21120 (4.340 %)E-Commerce
3977 (3.786 %)ITIL
4906 (3.511 %)Project Management
5887 (3.437 %)UML
6821 (3.181 %)Web Development
7683 (2.646 %)Disaster Recovery
8570 (2.209 %)OOD
9550 (2.131 %)Software Engineering
10481 (1.864 %)Agile Software Development
11451 (1.748 %)Load Balancing
12405 (1.569 %)OOP
13401 (1.554 %)Migration
14325 (1.259 %)Configuration Management
15314 (1.217 %)Content Management
16258 (1.000 %)Risk Management
17256 (0.992 %)MVC
18243 (0.942 %)Service Delivery
19224 (0.868 %)OOA/OOD
20223 (0.864 %)Release Management
Programming Languages
16525 (25.28 %)Java
26160 (23.87 %)SQL
34675 (18.11 %)C++
44444 (17.22 %)Perl
53419 (13.25 %)C
63072 (11.90 %)PHP
72502 (9.695 %)JavaScript
81997 (7.738 %)Shell Script
91511 (5.855 %)C#
101149 (4.452 %)Python
11897 (3.476 %)PL/SQL
12586 (2.271 %)Embedded C
13582 (2.255 %)VB
14482 (1.868 %)Ruby
15464 (1.798 %)PHP5
16316 (1.224 %)Embedded C++
17304 (1.178 %)DHTML
18250 (0.969 %)Korn
19236 (0.914 %)VC++
20235 (0.911 %)VB.NET
Qualifications
12947 (11.42 %)Degree
21007 (3.902 %)Microsoft Certification
3879 (3.406 %)MCSE
4807 (3.127 %)Cisco Certification
5541 (2.096 %)CCNA
6347 (1.345 %)CCNP
7275 (1.066 %)MCP
8201 (0.779 %)RHCE
9191 (0.740 %)MCSA
10183 (0.709 %)ISEB
11152 (0.589 %)Oracle Certification
12138 (0.535 %)PhD
13102 (0.395 %)CISSP
1493 (0.360 %)OCP
1592 (0.356 %)HND
1683 (0.322 %)ITIL Certification
1757 (0.221 %)CCIE
1757 (0.221 %)Citrix Certification
1852 (0.201 %)Sun Certification
1947 (0.182 %)CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1624 (2.418 %)QA
2322 (1.248 %)SLA
342 (0.163 %)WAI
437 (0.143 %)ISO27001
523 (0.089 %)COBIT
523 (0.089 %)ISO9001
617 (0.066 %)BS7799
714 (0.054 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
88 (0.031 %)ISO17799
97 (0.027 %)HL7
106 (0.023 %)DICOM
106 (0.023 %)PCI DSS
115 (0.019 %)TickIT
115 (0.019 %)JSP 440
115 (0.019 %)SNOMED CT
124 (0.015 %)HMG Infosec
133 (0.012 %)ISO9000
142 (0.008 %)BS15000
142 (0.008 %)WCAG
151 (0.004 %)GAMP
System Software
11582 (6.130 %)Active Directory
2736 (2.852 %)Oracle RAC
3396 (1.534 %)Oracle RMAN
4393 (1.523 %)NetBackup
5264 (1.023 %)NFS
6201 (0.779 %)Samba
7162 (0.628 %)VMware ESX
8123 (0.477 %)ISA Server
9112 (0.434 %)Terminal Services
10110 (0.426 %)Backup Exec
11109 (0.422 %)MetaFrame
11109 (0.422 %)Citrix Presentation Server
12103 (0.399 %)Squid
1369 (0.267 %)Terminal Server
1445 (0.174 %)Xen
1542 (0.163 %)Nmap
1639 (0.151 %)VMware Server
1729 (0.112 %)MSMQ
1828 (0.108 %)Snort
1828 (0.108 %)AquaLogic
Systems Management
1227 (0.880 %)Tivoli
2215 (0.833 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
3195 (0.756 %)Nagios
4176 (0.682 %)OpenView
5128 (0.496 %)Legato
6104 (0.403 %)MOM
792 (0.356 %)SCOM
883 (0.322 %)EMC NetWorker
981 (0.314 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
1063 (0.244 %)MIIS
1159 (0.229 %)AutoSys
1257 (0.221 %)CiscoWorks
1355 (0.213 %)BMC PATROL
1451 (0.198 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
1451 (0.198 %)Netcool
1544 (0.170 %)Norton AntiVirus
1544 (0.170 %)Nessus
1635 (0.136 %)Unicenter
1729 (0.112 %)Oracle Statspack
1819 (0.074 %)CONTROL-M
Vendors
15668 (21.96 %)Oracle
23290 (12.75 %)Red Hat
32638 (10.22 %)Microsoft
42163 (8.381 %)Cisco
51352 (5.239 %)Sun
61321 (5.119 %)HP
71091 (4.227 %)IBM
81023 (3.964 %)VMware
9961 (3.724 %)Sybase
10813 (3.150 %)VERITAS
11733 (2.840 %)Citrix
12635 (2.460 %)EMC
13327 (1.267 %)CheckPoint
14305 (1.182 %)TIBCO
15238 (0.922 %)Reuters
16219 (0.849 %)BEA
17215 (0.833 %)Intel
18193 (0.748 %)Remedy
19189 (0.732 %)Bloomberg
20167 (0.647 %)Lotus
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