The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 20 15 28
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +13
Permanent jobs citing Linux 113 133 80
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 8.990% 11.71% 6.938%
As % of the Operating Systems category 38.44% 40.92% 28.27%
Number of salaries quoted 108 116 72
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £24,500 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £53,250 £45,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-3.84% +4.00%
All Operating Systems
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
294 325 283
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 23.39% 28.61% 24.54%
Number of salaries quoted 276 280 269
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £20,500 £25,250
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
UK

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Linux across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the Wales region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Wales Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Wales region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
South Wales -4 98 £34,000 -2.85% 3
West Wales +2 4 £24,000 -4.00% 3
North Wales -10 3 £42,500 +21.42% 1
Linux
UK

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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.

1 108 (46.75%) Windows
2 63 (27.27%) Oracle
3 61 (26.41%) UNIX
4 60 (25.97%) TCP/IP
5 55 (23.81%) Java
6 47 (20.35%) Firewall
7 45 (19.48%) SQL
8 40 (17.32%) DTV
8 40 (17.32%) Cisco
9 37 (16.02%) HTML
9 37 (16.02%) Apache
10 35 (15.15%) VMware
11 33 (14.29%) Degree
11 33 (14.29%) Perl
12 31 (13.42%) C
12 31 (13.42%) Red Hat
13 29 (12.55%) MySQL
14 28 (12.12%) XML
15 27 (11.69%) PL/SQL
15 27 (11.69%) Software Engineering
16 26 (11.26%) JavaScript
16 26 (11.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 25 (10.82%) jQuery
17 25 (10.82%) C++
17 25 (10.82%) SQL Server
18 24 (10.39%) OO
19 23 (9.957%) Microsoft
19 23 (9.957%) IPTV
20 22 (9.524%) Scrum
20 22 (9.524%) Clustering

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 37 (16.02%) HTML
2 28 (12.12%) XML
3 25 (10.82%) jQuery
4 21 (9.091%) JSON
5 16 (6.926%) Middleware
6 15 (6.494%) HTML5
6 15 (6.494%) CSS
7 14 (6.061%) Ajax
8 13 (5.628%) Flash
9 11 (4.762%) CGI
10 8 (3.463%) Java EE
11 5 (2.165%) J2EE
12 3 (1.299%) Web Services
12 3 (1.299%) ASP.NET
12 3 (1.299%) .NET
12 3 (1.299%) Spring
12 3 (1.299%) Hibernate
13 2 (0.866%) Zend Framework
13 2 (0.866%) Qt
14 1 (0.433%) Sass
Application Platforms
1 37 (16.02%) Apache
2 18 (7.792%) Tuxedo
3 12 (5.195%) IIS
4 8 (3.463%) CMS
4 8 (3.463%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.299%) Tomcat
5 3 (1.299%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 2 (0.866%) MS Exchange
6 2 (0.866%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.866%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (0.433%) ESB
7 1 (0.433%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 11 (4.762%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.433%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.299%) MFGPRO
Communications & Networking
1 60 (25.97%) TCP/IP
2 47 (20.35%) Firewall
3 18 (7.792%) HTTP
4 14 (6.061%) SAN
5 13 (5.628%) Internet
5 13 (5.628%) Ethernet
6 10 (4.329%) DVB
7 8 (3.463%) Cisco ASA
8 7 (3.030%) LAN
8 7 (3.030%) WAN
8 7 (3.030%) DNS
9 5 (2.165%) VPN
10 4 (1.732%) IP Telephony
10 4 (1.732%) Cisco PIX
11 3 (1.299%) SSH
12 2 (0.866%) Nortel Alteon
12 2 (0.866%) VoIP
12 2 (0.866%) DHCP
12 2 (0.866%) IMAP
12 2 (0.866%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (12.55%) MySQL
2 25 (10.82%) SQL Server
3 20 (8.658%) Data Mining
3 20 (8.658%) MongoDB
3 20 (8.658%) Big Data
4 18 (7.792%) Oracle Reports
5 14 (6.061%) RDBMS
6 7 (3.030%) Oracle 8/8i
7 5 (2.165%) Oracle 11g
8 4 (1.732%) SQL Server 2005
8 4 (1.732%) Oracle 10g
9 1 (0.433%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 18 (7.792%) Oracle Forms
2 11 (4.762%) Subversion
3 8 (3.463%) Git (software)
4 7 (3.030%) Jenkins
5 6 (2.597%) Ant
6 5 (2.165%) Concordion
7 1 (0.433%) Hudson
7 1 (0.433%) JUnit
7 1 (0.433%) Selenium
7 1 (0.433%) CruiseControl
General
1 20 (8.658%) Games
2 13 (5.628%) Electronics
3 8 (3.463%) Marketing
4 7 (3.030%) Finance
5 3 (1.299%) Multimedia
5 3 (1.299%) Manufacturing
6 2 (0.866%) Advertising
6 2 (0.866%) Banking
6 2 (0.866%) French Language
6 2 (0.866%) German Language
6 2 (0.866%) Spanish Language
7 1 (0.433%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 59 (25.54%) Developer
2 42 (18.18%) Software Engineer
3 37 (16.02%) Administrator
4 33 (14.29%) Java Developer
5 25 (10.82%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 23 (9.957%) Analyst
7 19 (8.225%) Systems Administrator
7 19 (8.225%) Support Analyst
8 18 (7.792%) Applications Support
8 18 (7.792%) Systems Engineer
8 18 (7.792%) Web Developer
9 17 (7.359%) Systems Developer
9 17 (7.359%) Applications Support Analyst
9 17 (7.359%) Architect
10 13 (5.628%) Network Administrator
10 13 (5.628%) Infrastructure Architect
11 11 (4.762%) Senior Systems Administrator
11 11 (4.762%) Linux Administrator
12 10 (4.329%) Support Engineer
12 10 (4.329%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 40 (17.32%) DTV
2 23 (9.957%) IPTV
3 22 (9.524%) Clustering
4 21 (9.091%) Computer Science
5 20 (8.658%) Neural Network
6 18 (7.792%) STB
7 17 (7.359%) Cloud Computing
8 16 (6.926%) Digital Media
9 10 (4.329%) Device Driver
10 9 (3.896%) IaaS
10 9 (3.896%) SaaS
10 9 (3.896%) PaaS
11 8 (3.463%) N-Tier
12 3 (1.299%) iSeries
12 3 (1.299%) Blackberry
13 2 (0.866%) Firmware
13 2 (0.866%) Client/Server
13 2 (0.866%) Enterprise Storage
14 1 (0.433%) Embedded Systems
14 1 (0.433%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 108 (46.75%) Windows
2 61 (26.41%) UNIX
3 26 (11.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 17 (7.359%) AIX
5 10 (4.329%) Embedded Linux
5 10 (4.329%) Solaris
6 8 (3.463%) HPUX
7 5 (2.165%) Windows Server 2003
8 4 (1.732%) Ubuntu
8 4 (1.732%) Tru64
8 4 (1.732%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (1.299%) SUSE
10 2 (0.866%) Gentoo
10 2 (0.866%) Windows XP
10 2 (0.866%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.866%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.433%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.433%) CentOS
11 1 (0.433%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (11.69%) Software Engineering
2 24 (10.39%) OO
3 22 (9.524%) Scrum
4 21 (9.091%) Web Development
5 20 (8.658%) Automated Testing
5 20 (8.658%) OOD
5 20 (8.658%) Web Mining
6 17 (7.359%) Continuous Improvement
7 13 (5.628%) Business Transformation
8 10 (4.329%) Disaster Recovery
8 10 (4.329%) ITIL
8 10 (4.329%) Embedded Software Development
8 10 (4.329%) Analytics
9 7 (3.030%) Service Delivery
9 7 (3.030%) TDD
10 6 (2.597%) Agile Software Development
10 6 (2.597%) Load Balancing
10 6 (2.597%) ITIL V3
11 5 (2.165%) Product Management
11 5 (2.165%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 55 (23.81%) Java
2 45 (19.48%) SQL
3 33 (14.29%) Perl
4 31 (13.42%) C
5 27 (11.69%) PL/SQL
6 26 (11.26%) JavaScript
7 25 (10.82%) C++
8 18 (7.792%) Python
9 17 (7.359%) Shell Script
10 13 (5.628%) ActionScript
11 5 (2.165%) PHP
11 5 (2.165%) Ruby
12 3 (1.299%) Progress 4GL
12 3 (1.299%) VBA
12 3 (1.299%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.866%) Korn
13 2 (0.866%) PowerHouse
13 2 (0.866%) Fortran
13 2 (0.866%) VC++
13 2 (0.866%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 33 (14.29%) Degree
2 19 (8.225%) CCNA
2 19 (8.225%) Cisco Certification
3 18 (7.792%) SC Cleared
3 18 (7.792%) Security Cleared
4 7 (3.030%) DV Cleared
4 7 (3.030%) MCITP
5 5 (2.165%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.732%) MCSE
7 3 (1.299%) SAP Certification
7 3 (1.299%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (0.866%) MCSA
9 1 (0.433%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.597%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (1.732%) SLA
3 3 (1.299%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.866%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.433%) QA
System Software
1 19 (8.225%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (3.896%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.165%) VMware ESX
4 4 (1.732%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (0.866%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.433%) vSphere
6 1 (0.433%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 2 (0.866%) Nagios
2 1 (0.433%) SCCM
2 1 (0.433%) SCOM
2 1 (0.433%) SCVMM
2 1 (0.433%) WSUS
Vendors
1 63 (27.27%) Oracle
2 40 (17.32%) Cisco
3 35 (15.15%) VMware
4 31 (13.42%) Red Hat
5 23 (9.957%) Microsoft
6 13 (5.628%) CheckPoint
7 12 (5.195%) HP
7 12 (5.195%) IBM
8 8 (3.463%) Dell
9 6 (2.597%) Compaq
9 6 (2.597%) Progress
9 6 (2.597%) Sybase
10 5 (2.165%) 3PAR
11 4 (1.732%) Brocade
12 3 (1.299%) JBoss
12 3 (1.299%) SAP
12 3 (1.299%) Avaya
12 3 (1.299%) Nortel
12 3 (1.299%) Zend
12 3 (1.299%) QAD
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Salary: £28000 - £33000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
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Salary: To £50K (incl. Bonus) + Benefits
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You will have good Linux support experience as well as experience of LAN and WAN organization and management. Good Knowledge of SSH, DHCP, IMAP, TLS and DNS protocols...
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Salary: £18000.00 - £20000.00 per annum
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