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This section looks at the demand for Linux skills within the Watford region 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 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.
 Linux |
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29 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 23 | 32 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +9 |
| Matching permanent IT job ads | 42 | 29 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.023 % | 0.012 % |
| As % of the category below | 23.46 % | 14.36 % |
| Salaries quoted | 36 | 27 |
| Average minimum salary | £34,797 | £32,889 |
| Average salary | £37,273 | £35,593 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.72 % |
| Average maximum salary | £39,749 | £38,296 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £36,503 | £36,697 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.53 % |
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| Matching permanent IT job ads | 179 | 202 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.098 % | 0.085 % |
| Salaries quoted | 131 | 175 |
| Average minimum salary | £35,615 | £32,941 |
| Average salary | £38,064 | £35,520 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.16 % |
| Average maximum salary | £40,513 | £38,098 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £34,018 | £34,611 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.71 % |
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Linux
Demand TrendThe chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Linux across the Watford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
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