The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Windsor region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 18 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 Windsor region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 21 12 31
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +19
Permanent jobs citing Linux 3 19 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Windsor 4.478% 15.32% 3.933%
As % of the Operating Systems category 30.00% 33.33% 29.17%
Number of salaries quoted 3 19 5
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +42.85%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.59% +2.66%
All Operating Systems
Windsor
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
10 57 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Windsor 14.93% 45.97% 13.48%
Number of salaries quoted 10 49 22
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +42.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,650 £34,250 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
Berkshire

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Windsor 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 Windsor region.

Windsor Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Windsor 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 12 (85.71%) Windows
2 7 (50.00%) GSM
3 6 (42.86%) Embedded C
3 6 (42.86%) Bluetooth
3 6 (42.86%) C
3 6 (42.86%) C++
3 6 (42.86%) Windows CE
3 6 (42.86%) VxWorks
3 6 (42.86%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (42.86%) ThreadX
3 6 (42.86%) Device Driver
3 6 (42.86%) ZigBee
4 5 (35.71%) SQL
4 5 (35.71%) UNIX
5 3 (21.43%) Apache
5 3 (21.43%) Cisco
5 3 (21.43%) HP
5 3 (21.43%) SAN
5 3 (21.43%) Migration
6 2 (14.29%) Cisco CUCM
6 2 (14.29%) NonStop SQL
6 2 (14.29%) SCOM
6 2 (14.29%) Lync
6 2 (14.29%) Unified Communications
6 2 (14.29%) Avaya
6 2 (14.29%) CA
6 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
6 2 (14.29%) Java
7 1 (7.143%) JavaScript
7 1 (7.143%) PHP

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Windsor 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 1 (7.143%) HTML
1 1 (7.143%) CSS
1 1 (7.143%) jQuery
1 1 (7.143%) Semantic HTML
Application Platforms
1 3 (21.43%) Apache
2 2 (14.29%) Lync
3 1 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (7.143%) MS Exchange
3 1 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 7 (50.00%) GSM
2 6 (42.86%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (42.86%) ZigBee
2 6 (42.86%) Bluetooth
3 3 (21.43%) SAN
4 2 (14.29%) Unified Communications
5 1 (7.143%) Internet
5 1 (7.143%) MPLS
5 1 (7.143%) SS7
5 1 (7.143%) Firewall
5 1 (7.143%) Frame Relay
5 1 (7.143%) SIGTRAN
5 1 (7.143%) LDAP
5 1 (7.143%) ATM
5 1 (7.143%) LAN
5 1 (7.143%) SDH
5 1 (7.143%) SMS
5 1 (7.143%) UMTS
5 1 (7.143%) WAN
5 1 (7.143%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Git (software)
General
1 1 (7.143%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Software Engineer
1 6 (42.86%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure Project Leader
2 3 (21.43%) Project Leader
2 3 (21.43%) Project Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Senior Project Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Senior Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (7.143%) Support Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Developer
4 1 (7.143%) Network Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Test Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Web Developer
4 1 (7.143%) Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Device Driver
2 1 (7.143%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 12 (85.71%) Windows
2 6 (42.86%) Windows CE
2 6 (42.86%) VxWorks
2 6 (42.86%) ThreadX
3 5 (35.71%) UNIX
4 1 (7.143%) Android
4 1 (7.143%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (7.143%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (21.43%) Migration
2 1 (7.143%) Integration Testing
2 1 (7.143%) Test Management
2 1 (7.143%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (7.143%) ITIL
2 1 (7.143%) OO
2 1 (7.143%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 6 (42.86%) C
1 6 (42.86%) C++
1 6 (42.86%) Embedded C
2 5 (35.71%) SQL
3 2 (14.29%) Java
4 1 (7.143%) JavaScript
4 1 (7.143%) PHP
4 1 (7.143%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 1 (7.143%) ISEB
System Software
1 1 (7.143%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) SCOM
1 2 (14.29%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (7.143%) MOM
2 1 (7.143%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) HP
1 3 (21.43%) Cisco
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) Avaya
2 2 (14.29%) CA
3 1 (7.143%) Ericsson
3 1 (7.143%) BT
3 1 (7.143%) Adobe
3 1 (7.143%) Oracle
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