The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Warwick region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 24 May 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 Warwick region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 31 14 12
Rank change year-on-year
-17 -2
Permanent jobs citing Linux 11 28 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Warwick 4.911% 16.47% 11.48%
As % of the Operating Systems category 16.18% 59.57% 56.76%
Number of salaries quoted 10 22 21
Average salary £33,000 £57,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-42.60% +43.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £28,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £69,750 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +6.94%
All Operating Systems
Warwick
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
68 47 37
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Warwick 30.36% 27.65% 20.22%
Number of salaries quoted 60 41 37
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £24,850
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £65,250
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
Warwickshire

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warwick 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 Warwick region.

Warwick Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the Warwick region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Warwick Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Warwick 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 37 (75.51%) PHP
2 33 (67.35%) Perl
2 33 (67.35%) UNIX
3 31 (63.27%) Ruby
4 30 (61.22%) Java
5 26 (53.06%) C++
5 26 (53.06%) Web Services
5 26 (53.06%) Apache
5 26 (53.06%) Ruby on Rails
6 25 (51.02%) HTML
6 25 (51.02%) JavaScript
6 25 (51.02%) PostgreSQL
6 25 (51.02%) CSS
7 23 (46.94%) ActionScript
8 22 (44.90%) Subversion
9 18 (36.73%) Modbus
10 17 (34.69%) DHCP
11 16 (32.65%) LAMP
12 13 (26.53%) Web Application Development
13 11 (22.45%) Selenium
13 11 (22.45%) Ajax
14 9 (18.37%) Python
14 9 (18.37%) MySQL
14 9 (18.37%) SQL Server
14 9 (18.37%) XML
15 8 (16.33%) Device Driver
15 8 (16.33%) Open Source
16 7 (14.29%) Zend
16 7 (14.29%) Zend Framework
16 7 (14.29%) jQuery

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Warwick 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 26 (53.06%) Web Services
1 26 (53.06%) Ruby on Rails
2 25 (51.02%) HTML
2 25 (51.02%) CSS
3 16 (32.65%) LAMP
4 11 (22.45%) Ajax
5 9 (18.37%) XML
6 7 (14.29%) Zend Framework
6 7 (14.29%) jQuery
6 7 (14.29%) XHTML
7 2 (4.082%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 26 (53.06%) Apache
2 2 (4.082%) lighttpd
2 2 (4.082%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 7 (14.29%) Adobe Illustrator
1 7 (14.29%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 18 (36.73%) Modbus
2 17 (34.69%) DHCP
3 3 (6.122%) Wireless
3 3 (6.122%) HTTP
3 3 (6.122%) SNMP
3 3 (6.122%) TCP/IP
3 3 (6.122%) ZigBee
4 2 (4.082%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (51.02%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (18.37%) MySQL
2 9 (18.37%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.041%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 22 (44.90%) Subversion
2 11 (22.45%) Selenium
3 4 (8.163%) Git (software)
4 3 (6.122%) RSpec
4 3 (6.122%) WATIR
4 3 (6.122%) Cucumber
Job Titles
1 37 (75.51%) Developer
2 17 (34.69%) Applications Developer
3 10 (20.41%) Ruby on Rails Developer
4 9 (18.37%) Web Developer
5 8 (16.33%) Software Developer
6 6 (12.24%) PHP Developer
6 6 (12.24%) Software Engineer
7 4 (8.163%) Senior Developer
7 4 (8.163%) Lead Developer
7 4 (8.163%) PHP Web Developer
8 3 (6.122%) Team Leader
8 3 (6.122%) Senior Applications Developer
8 3 (6.122%) Support Engineer
9 2 (4.082%) PHP MySQL Developer
9 2 (4.082%) Web Team Leader
9 2 (4.082%) Lead Web Developer
9 2 (4.082%) Systems Administrator
9 2 (4.082%) Systems Engineer
9 2 (4.082%) Administrator
9 2 (4.082%) Senior Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 8 (16.33%) Device Driver
1 8 (16.33%) Open Source
2 5 (10.20%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (6.122%) Mobile App
4 2 (4.082%) IaaS
4 2 (4.082%) SaaS
5 1 (2.041%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 33 (67.35%) UNIX
2 3 (6.122%) Ubuntu
2 3 (6.122%) Debian
2 3 (6.122%) CentOS
3 2 (4.082%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (26.53%) Web Application Development
2 7 (14.29%) CRM
2 7 (14.29%) OOP
2 7 (14.29%) OO
3 4 (8.163%) BDD
3 4 (8.163%) Unit Testing
4 3 (6.122%) Project Management
4 3 (6.122%) Automated Testing
4 3 (6.122%) Project Planning
4 3 (6.122%) Infrastructure Management
5 2 (4.082%) Load Balancing
5 2 (4.082%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (4.082%) Configuration Management
5 2 (4.082%) MVC
6 1 (2.041%) Data Management
6 1 (2.041%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (75.51%) PHP
2 33 (67.35%) Perl
3 31 (63.27%) Ruby
4 30 (61.22%) Java
5 26 (53.06%) C++
6 25 (51.02%) JavaScript
7 23 (46.94%) ActionScript
8 9 (18.37%) Python
9 4 (8.163%) SQL
10 2 (4.082%) Shell Script
11 1 (2.041%) C
11 1 (2.041%) Fortran
11 1 (2.041%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 1 (2.041%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (8.163%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (8.163%) Puppet
1 4 (8.163%) Nagios
2 3 (6.122%) Ganglia
3 2 (4.082%) OpenNMS
Vendors
1 7 (14.29%) Zend
1 7 (14.29%) Oracle
2 5 (10.20%) Red Hat
3 4 (8.163%) VMware
4 3 (6.122%) JBoss
5 2 (4.082%) Cisco
5 2 (4.082%) NetApp