The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Ubuntu skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Ubuntu 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 of the Operating Systems category.

Ubuntu Linux
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank514586627
Rank change year-on-year
Up+72Up+41
Matching permanent IT job ads405288125
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.336 %0.235 %0.131 %
As % of the Operating Systems category1.257 %0.943 %0.536 %
Number of salaries quoted358278122
Average salary£42,500£40,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25 %+14.28 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,600£26,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£50,000£52,250
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£37,500£31,000
% change year-on-year
-6.66 %+20.96 %
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
322193052723318
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK26.72 %24.90 %24.42 %
Number of salaries quoted276442574319496
Average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£24,500£23,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£67,500£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14 %-

Ubuntu
Demand Trend

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

Ubuntu Demand Trend

Ubuntu
Salary Trend

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

Ubuntu Salary Trend

Ubuntu
Salary Histogram

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

Ubuntu Salary Histogram

Ubuntu
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ubuntu 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
EnglandUp+71391£42,500+6.25 %
LondonUp+39248£45,000+8.43 %
South EastDown-2166£35,000-5.40 %
City of LondonUp+2450£42,500-
East of EnglandUp+2332£38,750-3.12 %
CambridgeUp+1520£40,000-
CambridgeshireUp+620£40,000-
SurreyDown-914£45,000+63.63 %
South WestDown-413£22,000-41.33 %
North WestDown-613£37,500+70.45 %
BerkshireDown-3713£31,250-13.19 %
BrightonNew entry-12£41,500-
East SussexNew entry-12£41,500-
BristolUp+611£22,000-41.33 %
LiverpoolNew entry-11£37,500-
MerseysideNew entry-11£37,500-
BuckinghamshireUp+610£30,000-36.84 %
HampshireDown-1310£35,000-16.66 %
GuildfordNew entry-10£47,500-
OxfordshireUp+37£27,795-10.33 %
YorkshireDown-177£22,500-37.93 %
NottinghamNew entry-7£22,500-
NottinghamshireNew entry-7£22,500-
East MidlandsNew entry-7£22,500-
BracknellNo change06£30,000+3.44 %
ScotlandNew entry-6£23,250-
HertfordshireUp+185£27,500-31.25 %
SouthamptonDown-245£35,000-
SuffolkUp+54£35,000+27.27 %
ReadingDown-94£42,500+41.66 %

Ubuntu
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing Ubuntu 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 Ubuntu.

1717 (95.60 %)Linux
2391 (52.13 %)MySQL
3340 (45.33 %)Red Hat
4314 (41.87 %)Apache
5293 (39.07 %)Debian
6290 (38.67 %)Windows
7252 (33.60 %)CentOS
8239 (31.87 %)Python
9230 (30.67 %)PHP
10216 (28.80 %)Perl
11169 (22.53 %)VMware
12159 (21.20 %)Web Services
13155 (20.67 %)Bash shell
14150 (20.00 %)Puppet
15149 (19.87 %)DNS
16145 (19.33 %)UNIX
16145 (19.33 %)Java
17143 (19.07 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18137 (18.27 %)Cisco
19128 (17.07 %)TCP/IP
19128 (17.07 %)Firewall
20119 (15.87 %)LAMP
21116 (15.47 %)Open Source
22114 (15.20 %)VMware Infrastructure
23109 (14.53 %)E-Commerce
24107 (14.27 %)Ruby
24107 (14.27 %)Git (software)
25101 (13.47 %)JavaScript
2699 (13.20 %)Amazon EC2
2796 (12.80 %)Nagios

Ubuntu
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1159 (21.20 %)Web Services
2119 (15.87 %)LAMP
392 (12.27 %)HTML
475 (10.00 %)CSS
551 (6.800 %)jQuery
634 (4.533 %)Ruby on Rails
732 (4.267 %).NET
831 (4.133 %)J2EE
925 (3.333 %)Django
1024 (3.200 %)RESTful
1024 (3.200 %)JSR 170
1121 (2.800 %)XML
1121 (2.800 %)SOAP
1220 (2.667 %)Apache Felix
1319 (2.533 %)Apache Sling
1418 (2.400 %)Ajax
1516 (2.133 %)Zend Framework
1615 (2.000 %)HTML5
1615 (2.000 %)ASP
1713 (1.733 %)Memcached
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1314 (41.87 %)Apache
299 (13.20 %)Amazon EC2
384 (11.20 %)Tomcat
471 (9.467 %)nginx
567 (8.933 %)IIS
651 (6.800 %)MS Exchange
749 (6.533 %)Amazon AWS
835 (4.667 %)Exchange Server 2010
934 (4.533 %)Amazon S3
1022 (2.933 %)Exchange Server 2007
1120 (2.667 %)Drupal
1219 (2.533 %)Exchange Server 2003
1317 (2.267 %)Force.com
1415 (2.000 %)CMS
159 (1.200 %)Alfresco
159 (1.200 %)WordPress
168 (1.067 %)WebLogic
177 (0.933 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
186 (0.800 %)SharePoint
186 (0.800 %)Confluence
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
136 (4.800 %)MS Excel
234 (4.533 %)MS Office
322 (2.933 %)Google Apps
47 (0.933 %)MS Visio
56 (0.800 %)Photoshop
64 (0.533 %)Adobe Illustrator
64 (0.533 %)GIMP
73 (0.400 %)MATLAB
81 (0.133 %)InDesign
81 (0.133 %)Adobe After Effects
81 (0.133 %)MS PowerPoint
81 (0.133 %)Fireworks
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
114 (1.867 %)BASE24
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1149 (19.87 %)DNS
2128 (17.07 %)TCP/IP
2128 (17.07 %)Firewall
379 (10.53 %)Internet
473 (9.733 %)VPN
569 (9.200 %)DHCP
665 (8.667 %)HTTP
759 (7.867 %)SAN
858 (7.733 %)iSCSI
952 (6.933 %)SMTP
1041 (5.467 %)FTP
1137 (4.933 %)LAN
1235 (4.667 %)VoIP
1329 (3.867 %)SNMP
1426 (3.467 %)ADSL
1524 (3.200 %)SSH
1622 (2.933 %)VLAN
1622 (2.933 %)SSL
1622 (2.933 %)Wireless
1721 (2.800 %)NetScaler
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1391 (52.13 %)MySQL
284 (11.20 %)PostgreSQL
362 (8.267 %)SQL Server
362 (8.267 %)NoSQL
444 (5.867 %)MongoDB
540 (5.333 %)Hadoop
637 (4.933 %)Redis
725 (3.333 %)Apache Cassandra
819 (2.533 %)SQL Server 2008
915 (2.000 %)SQL Server 2005
106 (0.800 %)Data Mining
115 (0.667 %)KDB
124 (0.533 %)DB2
132 (0.267 %)Oracle 8/8i
132 (0.267 %)GIS
141 (0.133 %)Neo4j
141 (0.133 %)Oracle 10g
141 (0.133 %)SQL Server 2000
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1107 (14.27 %)Git (software)
295 (12.67 %)Subversion
332 (4.267 %)Eclipse
428 (3.733 %)Cucumber
519 (2.533 %)RSpec
618 (2.400 %)Maven
717 (2.267 %)JUnit
813 (1.733 %)JIRA
98 (1.067 %)TeamCity
106 (0.800 %)ClearCase
106 (0.800 %)ClearQuest
106 (0.800 %)Selenium
115 (0.667 %)GDB
124 (0.533 %)PHPUnit
124 (0.533 %)JMeter
124 (0.533 %)Mercurial
133 (0.400 %)Log4Cxx
142 (0.267 %)IntelliJ
142 (0.267 %)Redmine
142 (0.267 %)Hudson
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
176 (10.13 %)Finance
240 (5.333 %)Retail
334 (4.533 %)Telecoms
428 (3.733 %)Back Office
525 (3.333 %)Electronics
622 (2.933 %)Advertising
717 (2.267 %)Marketing
816 (2.133 %)Manufacturing
912 (1.600 %)Banking
1010 (1.333 %)Publishing
119 (1.200 %)Games
125 (0.667 %)German Language
134 (0.533 %)Law
143 (0.400 %)Automotive
143 (0.400 %)Music
152 (0.267 %)Billing
152 (0.267 %)Online Betting
152 (0.267 %)French Language
161 (0.133 %)Multimedia
161 (0.133 %)Pharmaceutical
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1343 (45.73 %)Administrator
2325 (43.33 %)Systems Administrator
3203 (27.07 %)Linux Administrator
4187 (24.93 %)Linux Systems Administrator
5116 (15.47 %)Developer
670 (9.333 %)Linux Engineer
745 (6.000 %)Senior Systems Administrator
843 (5.733 %)Software Engineer
942 (5.600 %)Support Engineer
1040 (5.333 %)Senior Linux Administrator
1134 (4.533 %)Systems Engineer
1233 (4.400 %)PHP Developer
1332 (4.267 %)Senior Linux Systems Administrator
1428 (3.733 %)Java Developer
1526 (3.467 %)Analyst
1623 (3.067 %)Infrastructure Engineer
1721 (2.800 %)Systems Manager
1721 (2.800 %)Support Analyst
1816 (2.133 %)Technical Support
1915 (2.000 %)UNIX Administrator
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1116 (15.47 %)Open Source
249 (6.533 %)Clustering
348 (6.400 %)Replication
437 (4.933 %)Computer Science
525 (3.333 %)Digital Media
621 (2.800 %)Cloud Computing
719 (2.533 %)Device Driver
818 (2.400 %)Social Media
916 (2.133 %)Management Information System
1014 (1.867 %)Data Protection Act
1113 (1.733 %)SaaS
1212 (1.600 %)Social Network
1212 (1.600 %)Artificial Intelligence
139 (1.200 %)Blackberry
139 (1.200 %)Mathematics
147 (0.933 %)Client/Server
156 (0.800 %)Firmware
156 (0.800 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
156 (0.800 %)EqualLogic
165 (0.667 %)Big Data
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1717 (95.60 %)Linux
2293 (39.07 %)Debian
3290 (38.67 %)Windows
4252 (33.60 %)CentOS
5145 (19.33 %)UNIX
6143 (19.07 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
787 (11.60 %)Windows Server 2008
882 (10.93 %)Windows Server 2003
953 (7.067 %)Solaris
1040 (5.333 %)Windows 7
1127 (3.600 %)SUSE
1222 (2.933 %)Windows XP
1222 (2.933 %)Mac OS X
1315 (2.000 %)OpenSolaris
1411 (1.467 %)FreeBSD
1510 (1.333 %)Embedded Linux
1510 (1.333 %)Android
169 (1.200 %)AIX
177 (0.933 %)Fedora
186 (0.800 %)Windows 2000
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1109 (14.53 %)E-Commerce
251 (6.800 %)Load Balancing
345 (6.000 %)Agile Software Development
441 (5.467 %)Configuration Management
538 (5.067 %)TDD
637 (4.933 %)Migration
734 (4.533 %)OOP
833 (4.400 %)Unit Testing
930 (4.000 %)OO
1024 (3.200 %)ITIL
1121 (2.800 %)E-business
1220 (2.667 %)B2B
1319 (2.533 %)Service Management
1418 (2.400 %)B2C
1516 (2.133 %)MVC
1516 (2.133 %)Data Protection
1613 (1.733 %)Release Management
1712 (1.600 %)Time Management
1811 (1.467 %)Continuous Integration
1811 (1.467 %)Software Engineering
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1239 (31.87 %)Python
2230 (30.67 %)PHP
3216 (28.80 %)Perl
4155 (20.67 %)Bash shell
5145 (19.33 %)Java
6107 (14.27 %)Ruby
7101 (13.47 %)JavaScript
895 (12.67 %)SQL
960 (8.000 %)Shell Script
1045 (6.000 %)C
1142 (5.600 %)C++
1226 (3.467 %)PHP5
1226 (3.467 %)Groovy
1320 (2.667 %)PowerShell
1320 (2.667 %)Korn
1411 (1.467 %)C#
1411 (1.467 %)Embedded C
159 (1.200 %)VB
168 (1.067 %)VBA
168 (1.067 %)Apex Code
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
183 (11.07 %)Degree
248 (6.400 %)RHCE
338 (5.067 %)CCNA
338 (5.067 %)Cisco Certification
434 (4.533 %)RHCT
510 (1.333 %)HND
69 (1.200 %)Security Cleared
77 (0.933 %)LPIC
86 (0.800 %)SC Cleared
95 (0.667 %)CEH
95 (0.667 %)ITIL Certification
104 (0.533 %)Linux+ Certification
104 (0.533 %)DV Cleared
113 (0.400 %)CNE
113 (0.400 %)Novell Certification
122 (0.267 %)MCSE
122 (0.267 %)Microsoft Certification
131 (0.133 %)MCSA
131 (0.133 %)Sun Certification
131 (0.133 %)MCP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
122 (2.933 %)QA
212 (1.600 %)JTAG
37 (0.933 %)SLA
46 (0.800 %)PCI DSS
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1114 (15.20 %)VMware Infrastructure
267 (8.933 %)Active Directory
345 (6.000 %)VMware ESXi
440 (5.333 %)Samba
536 (4.800 %)NFS
634 (4.533 %)Postfix
733 (4.400 %)vSphere
828 (3.733 %)Squid
925 (3.333 %)Varnish
1024 (3.200 %)Xen
1123 (3.067 %)VMware ESX
1213 (1.733 %)Hyper-V
1312 (1.600 %)Sendmail
1410 (1.333 %)Nmap
159 (1.200 %)LiteSpeed
165 (0.667 %)Snort
165 (0.667 %)FreeRADIUS
174 (0.533 %)VirtualBox
174 (0.533 %)XenServer
174 (0.533 %)Terminal Services
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1150 (20.00 %)Puppet
296 (12.80 %)Nagios
327 (3.600 %)ZABBIX
420 (2.667 %)Cacti
516 (2.133 %)Red Hat Satellite
613 (1.733 %)Nessus
712 (1.600 %)Ganglia
712 (1.600 %)SCCM
810 (1.333 %)vCenter
99 (1.200 %)Munin
99 (1.200 %)Backup Exec
108 (1.067 %)WSUS
117 (0.933 %)NetBackup
126 (0.800 %)OpenNMS
126 (0.800 %)Plesk
135 (0.667 %)Sysprep
135 (0.667 %)Tivoli
135 (0.667 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
144 (0.533 %)BladeLogic
144 (0.533 %)Zenoss
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1340 (45.33 %)Red Hat
2169 (22.53 %)VMware
3137 (18.27 %)Cisco
472 (9.600 %)Microsoft
558 (7.733 %)Oracle
650 (6.667 %)HP
743 (5.733 %)Google
839 (5.200 %)Juniper
932 (4.267 %)NetApp
1031 (4.133 %)Citrix
1121 (2.800 %)JBoss
1121 (2.800 %)Zend
1220 (2.667 %)Dell
1314 (1.867 %)F5
1413 (1.733 %)Perforce
1511 (1.467 %)IBM
1610 (1.333 %)Sage
1610 (1.333 %)Percona
1610 (1.333 %)Fujitsu
179 (1.200 %)Salesforce.com