West Yorkshire Linux Jobs

This section looks at the demand for Linux skills within the West Yorkshire 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Alderley Edge Aldershot Altrincham Amersham Andover Ascot Ashton-under-Lyne Atherstone Avon Aylesbury Banbury Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Bromsgrove Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Bury Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Carlisle Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham City of London Clapham County Antrim County Londonderry Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Cwmbran Darlington Dartford Daventry Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Dover Droitwich Dundee Dunfermline Dunstable Durham Ealing East Anglia East Lothian East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Egham England Epsom Essex Exeter Farnborough Farnham Faversham Fife Flintshire Folkestone Gatwick Glasgow Glossop Gloucester Gloucestershire Goole Gourock Grantham Guildford Gwent Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Harrow Havant Hemel Hempstead Henley-on-Thames Hereford Herefordshire Hertford Hertfordshire High Peak High Wycombe Home Counties Horley Horsham Hounslow Hove Huddersfield Hull Hungerford Huntingdon Inverclyde Ipswich Isle of Man Isle of Wight Isleworth Kendal Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knaresborough Knutsford Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lincoln Lincolnshire Linlithgow Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Luton Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Malton Manchester Margate Marlow Merseyside Merthyr Tydfil Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newmarket Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumberland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oakham Oldham Ormskirk Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Peterborough Petersfield Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Reigate Rickmansworth Rochdale Romford Rotherham Royston Rugby Rutland Sale Salford Salisbury Scotland Scunthorpe Sheffield Shropshire Skelmersdale Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South Croydon South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport St Albans St Helens St Neots Staffordshire Staines Stansted Stevenage Stirling Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Stowmarket Stratford-upon-Avon Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Sutton Coldfield Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Tewkesbury Thames Valley Thatcham Torfaen Torquay Trowbridge Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear Tyneside UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Wallingford Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City Wembley West Drayton West Lothian West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Weybridge Wiltshire Wimbledon Winchester Windsor Winsford Witham Woking Wokingham Woodbridge Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	37	37
Rank change on same period last year	0
Matching permanent IT job ads	272	261
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.144 %	0.107 %
As % of the category below	19.50 %	19.22 %
Salaries quoted	214	201
Average minimum salary	£31,737	£29,178
Average salary	£33,572	£30,981
% change on same period last year	+8.36 %
Average maximum salary	£35,407	£32,783
UK excluding London average salary	£36,371	£36,383
% change on same period last year	-0.03 %
Operating Systems West Yorkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads	1395	1358
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.736 %	0.556 %
Salaries quoted	1184	1127
Average minimum salary	£28,114	£27,448
Average salary	£29,850	£29,163
% change on same period last year	+2.35 %
Average maximum salary	£31,586	£30,879
UK excluding London average salary	£34,472	£35,006
% change on same period last year	-1.52 %
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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Linux across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

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Salary Trend

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

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Leeds	-1	187	£34,014	+9.30 %
Bradford	-5	76	£37,760	+19.33 %
Wakefield	+6	18	£29,324	-
Halifax	+5	11	£27,455	+17.66 %
Huddersfield	-3	4	£16,833	-38.33 %
Castleford	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

1 232 (38.16 %) UNIX 2 197 (32.40 %) SQL 3 153 (25.16 %) Windows 4 145 (23.85 %) TCP/IP 5 140 (23.03 %) PHP 6 135 (22.20 %) C 6 135 (22.20 %) C++ 7 133 (21.88 %) MySQL 8 125 (20.56 %) Java 9 117 (19.24 %) Apache 10 99 (16.28 %) JavaScript 11 98 (16.12 %) OO 12 81 (13.32 %) Oracle 13 80 (13.16 %) XML 13 80 (13.16 %) DNS

14 77 (12.66 %) Solaris 15 74 (12.17 %) .NET 16 73 (12.01 %) HTML 16 73 (12.01 %) Firewall 17 71 (11.68 %) MPEG 18 64 (10.53 %) SQL Server 19 60 (9.868 %) Perl 20 57 (9.375 %) Internet 21 53 (8.717 %) Embedded Linux 21 53 (8.717 %) Degree 22 52 (8.553 %) DOCSIS 22 52 (8.553 %) DB2 22 52 (8.553 %) Microsoft 23 51 (8.388 %) CSS 24 48 (7.895 %) DVB

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 80 (13.16 %) XML 2 74 (12.17 %) .NET 3 73 (12.01 %) HTML 4 51 (8.388 %) CSS 5 38 (6.250 %) Servlets 6 36 (5.921 %) XSLT 7 29 (4.770 %) LAMP 7 29 (4.770 %) JSP 8 28 (4.605 %) XHTML 9 25 (4.112 %) WebServices 9 25 (4.112 %) WebSphere 10 24 (3.947 %) J2EE 11 23 (3.783 %) Hibernate 12 21 (3.454 %) Spring 13 20 (3.289 %) WAP 13 20 (3.289 %) SOAP 14 19 (3.125 %) AJAX 15 18 (2.961 %) Middleware 16 16 (2.632 %) Struts 17 15 (2.467 %) ASP	Application Platforms 1 117 (19.24 %) Apache 2 24 (3.947 %) WebLogic 3 23 (3.783 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 20 (3.289 %) JBoss 5 19 (3.125 %) MS Exchange 6 16 (2.632 %) SharePoint 7 13 (2.138 %) Tomcat 8 12 (1.974 %) CMS 9 10 (1.645 %) IIS 10 9 (1.480 %) Exchange Server 2007 11 7 (1.151 %) Exchange Server 2000 11 7 (1.151 %) Lotus Domino 12 3 (0.493 %) Zope 12 3 (0.493 %) Plone 12 3 (0.493 %) GroupWise 13 2 (0.329 %) MQSeries 13 2 (0.329 %) OpenEdge 14 1 (0.164 %) ESB 14 1 (0.164 %) Oracle Workflow 14 1 (0.164 %) DotNetNuke
Applications 1 29 (4.770 %) MS Excel 2 11 (1.809 %) MS Project 3 10 (1.645 %) MS Visio 4 7 (1.151 %) MS Office 5 3 (0.493 %) Photoshop 6 1 (0.164 %) Adobe Illustrator	Business Applications 1 1 (0.164 %) Oracle EBS 1 1 (0.164 %) Oracle iRecruitment 1 1 (0.164 %) Oracle Financial Analyzer
Communications & Networking 1 145 (23.85 %) TCP/IP 2 80 (13.16 %) DNS 3 73 (12.01 %) Firewall 4 57 (9.375 %) Internet 5 52 (8.553 %) DOCSIS 6 48 (7.895 %) DVB 7 44 (7.237 %) WAN 8 39 (6.414 %) LAN 9 35 (5.757 %) VPN 10 28 (4.605 %) RTP 11 27 (4.441 %) SNMP 12 26 (4.276 %) RTSP 12 26 (4.276 %) VLAN 13 23 (3.783 %) DHCP 14 19 (3.125 %) FTP 15 16 (2.632 %) SMS 16 14 (2.303 %) VoIP 17 12 (1.974 %) Intranet 18 10 (1.645 %) SMTP 18 10 (1.645 %) HTTP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 133 (21.88 %) MySQL 2 64 (10.53 %) SQL Server 3 52 (8.553 %) DB2 4 43 (7.072 %) Oracle 9i 4 43 (7.072 %) Oracle 10g 5 24 (3.947 %) RDBMS 6 9 (1.480 %) PostgreSQL 7 4 (0.658 %) SQL Server 2005 8 3 (0.493 %) Crystal Reports 9 2 (0.329 %) Oracle 8/8i 10 1 (0.164 %) SQL Server 7 10 1 (0.164 %) SQL Server 2000 10 1 (0.164 %) ETL 10 1 (0.164 %) Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications 1 17 (2.796 %) JUnit 2 9 (1.480 %) Subversion 3 5 (0.822 %) Ant 4 4 (0.658 %) Eclipse 5 3 (0.493 %) Bugzilla 6 2 (0.329 %) WebLOAD 6 2 (0.329 %) Dreamweaver 6 2 (0.329 %) WebSpeed 6 2 (0.329 %) Flash	General 1 42 (6.908 %) Finance 2 38 (6.250 %) Education 3 32 (5.263 %) Telecoms 4 23 (3.783 %) Electronics 5 22 (3.618 %) Pensions 6 17 (2.796 %) Health 7 12 (1.974 %) Marketing 8 9 (1.480 %) Retail 9 6 (0.987 %) Multimedia 10 5 (0.822 %) Games 10 5 (0.822 %) Banking 10 5 (0.822 %) Law 10 5 (0.822 %) Insurance 11 4 (0.658 %) Publishing 12 3 (0.493 %) Manufacturing 12 3 (0.493 %) Financial Institution 12 3 (0.493 %) Government 13 2 (0.329 %) Construction 13 2 (0.329 %) Legal 14 1 (0.164 %) Billing
Job Titles 1 169 (27.80 %) Developer 2 82 (13.49 %) Software Engineer 3 80 (13.16 %) Administrator 4 57 (9.375 %) Java Developer 5 55 (9.046 %) PHP Developer 6 54 (8.882 %) Embedded Software Engineer 7 39 (6.414 %) Analyst 7 39 (6.414 %) Web Developer 8 36 (5.921 %) Systems Administrator 9 35 (5.757 %) Linux Administrator 10 33 (5.428 %) DBA 11 32 (5.263 %) Linux Engineer 12 31 (5.099 %) Support Engineer 13 30 (4.934 %) Team Leader 13 30 (4.934 %) Oracle DBA 14 28 (4.605 %) Junior 15 25 (4.112 %) Software Team Leader 16 22 (3.618 %) Consultant 16 22 (3.618 %) UNIX Engineer 16 22 (3.618 %) UNIX Administrator	Miscellaneous 1 71 (11.68 %) MPEG 2 34 (5.592 %) DTV 3 22 (3.618 %) STB 4 15 (2.467 %) IPTV 5 13 (2.138 %) Web 2.0 6 12 (1.974 %) Computer Science 7 10 (1.645 %) Client/Server 8 8 (1.316 %) Device Driver 8 8 (1.316 %) Mainframe 8 8 (1.316 %) HACMP 9 7 (1.151 %) AS400 9 7 (1.151 %) Social Network 10 6 (0.987 %) Blog 10 6 (0.987 %) NHS 11 5 (0.822 %) Firmware 12 3 (0.493 %) Thin Client 12 3 (0.493 %) Smartcard 12 3 (0.493 %) NPfIT 12 3 (0.493 %) PKI 12 3 (0.493 %) Fat Client
Operating Systems 1 232 (38.16 %) UNIX 2 153 (25.16 %) Windows 3 77 (12.66 %) Solaris 4 53 (8.717 %) Embedded Linux 5 47 (7.730 %) VxWorks 6 41 (6.743 %) AIX 7 35 (5.757 %) Windows 2000 8 19 (3.125 %) Nucleus RTOS 9 13 (2.138 %) Windows Server 2003 9 13 (2.138 %) Debian 10 12 (1.974 %) HPUX 11 10 (1.645 %) Windows NT 12 9 (1.480 %) Fedora 13 7 (1.151 %) SUSE 13 7 (1.151 %) Mac OS X 14 6 (0.987 %) Ubuntu 15 5 (0.822 %) i5/OS 16 4 (0.658 %) FreeBSD 16 4 (0.658 %) Tru64 16 4 (0.658 %) Windows XP	Processes & Methodologies 1 98 (16.12 %) OO 2 41 (6.743 %) ITIL 3 39 (6.414 %) OOP 4 34 (5.592 %) OOD 5 32 (5.263 %) Project Management 6 29 (4.770 %) Web Development 7 28 (4.605 %) Load Balancing 8 19 (3.125 %) E-Commerce 9 14 (2.303 %) UML 10 12 (1.974 %) Service Delivery 10 12 (1.974 %) Software Engineering 11 11 (1.809 %) Systems Analysis 12 10 (1.645 %) Information Security 13 8 (1.316 %) Content Management 14 5 (0.822 %) Extreme Programming 14 5 (0.822 %) Technical Architecture 15 4 (0.658 %) Release Management 15 4 (0.658 %) Risk Management 15 4 (0.658 %) CRM 15 4 (0.658 %) OOA/OOD
Programming Languages 1 197 (32.40 %) SQL 2 140 (23.03 %) PHP 3 135 (22.20 %) C 3 135 (22.20 %) C++ 4 125 (20.56 %) Java 5 99 (16.28 %) JavaScript 6 60 (9.868 %) Perl 7 35 (5.757 %) Embedded C 8 30 (4.934 %) Ruby 9 28 (4.605 %) Embedded C++ 10 27 (4.441 %) Shell Script 10 27 (4.441 %) C# 11 25 (4.112 %) Python 12 20 (3.289 %) PL/SQL 13 11 (1.809 %) PHP5 14 10 (1.645 %) VB 15 8 (1.316 %) PHP4 16 7 (1.151 %) RPG 17 6 (0.987 %) VBA 18 4 (0.658 %) DHTML	Qualifications 1 53 (8.717 %) Degree 2 26 (4.276 %) Microsoft Certification 3 24 (3.947 %) HND 4 11 (1.809 %) MCP 4 11 (1.809 %) CCNA 4 11 (1.809 %) Cisco Certification 5 7 (1.151 %) ITIL Certification 6 6 (0.987 %) CCNP 7 5 (0.822 %) MCSE 7 5 (0.822 %) MCSA 7 5 (0.822 %) IBM Certification 7 5 (0.822 %) Oracle Certification 8 2 (0.329 %) CCA 8 2 (0.329 %) Citrix Certification 8 2 (0.329 %) CISSP 8 2 (0.329 %) CCDA 9 1 (0.164 %) ISEB 9 1 (0.164 %) MCT 9 1 (0.164 %) RHCE 9 1 (0.164 %) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 12 (1.974 %) SLA 2 7 (1.151 %) QA 3 3 (0.493 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 4 2 (0.329 %) WAI	System Software 1 44 (7.237 %) Active Directory 2 36 (5.921 %) Oracle RAC 3 28 (4.605 %) Oracle RMAN 4 4 (0.658 %) NetBackup 4 4 (0.658 %) Terminal Services 4 4 (0.658 %) Samba 5 3 (0.493 %) Squid 5 3 (0.493 %) Citrix Presentation Server 6 2 (0.329 %) VMware Infrastructure 7 1 (0.164 %) NDS 7 1 (0.164 %) VMware ESX 7 1 (0.164 %) MetaFrame
Systems Management 1 12 (1.974 %) OpenView 2 3 (0.493 %) Unicenter 2 3 (0.493 %) ARCserve 2 3 (0.493 %) ZENworks 3 2 (0.329 %) WSUS 4 1 (0.164 %) Veritas Storage Foundation 4 1 (0.164 %) Netcool	Vendors 1 81 (13.32 %) Oracle 2 52 (8.553 %) Microsoft 3 44 (7.237 %) Cisco 4 41 (6.743 %) Sun 5 38 (6.250 %) Red Hat 6 21 (3.454 %) IBM 7 20 (3.289 %) Citrix 8 18 (2.961 %) Remedy 9 16 (2.632 %) HP 10 10 (1.645 %) CheckPoint 11 8 (1.316 %) OpenTV 11 8 (1.316 %) Nokia 12 7 (1.151 %) Lotus 13 6 (0.987 %) Adobe 14 5 (0.822 %) Apple 15 4 (0.658 %) VERITAS 16 3 (0.493 %) VMware 16 3 (0.493 %) Juniper 16 3 (0.493 %) Novell 16 3 (0.493 %) Nortel