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The table below looks at the demand for Linux skills within the Woking 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 18 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLinux
Location
3 months to
18 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank2719
Rank change on same period last yearDown-8
Matching permanent IT job ads4630
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.030 %0.013 %
As % of the category below16.67 %20.41 %
Salaries quoted4128
Average minimum salary£36,220£31,679
Average salary£41,878£33,982
% change on same period last year+23.23 %
Average maximum salary£47,537£36,286
UK excluding London average salary£36,466£35,677
% change on same period last year+2.21 %
Woking IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Woking
Matching permanent IT job ads276147
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.179 %0.066 %
Salaries quoted236124
Average minimum salary£31,604£29,714
Average salary£35,961£32,125
% change on same period last year+11.94 %
Average maximum salary£40,318£34,536
UK excluding London average salary£34,390£34,262
% change on same period last year+0.37 %
Linux SurreyLinux
Surrey

Linux
Demand Trend

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

Woking Linux Demand Trend

Linux
Salary Trend

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

Woking Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the Woking region over the 3 months to 18 November 2008.

Woking Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs across the Woking 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.

134 (45.95 %)UNIX
231 (41.89 %)Perl
330 (40.54 %)Finance
426 (35.14 %)Windows
525 (33.78 %)Solaris
624 (32.43 %)Python
722 (29.73 %)Tcl
819 (25.68 %)C++
918 (24.32 %)C
1016 (21.62 %)Oracle
1016 (21.62 %)PHP
1016 (21.62 %)SQL
1112 (16.22 %)XML
1211 (14.86 %)HTML
1211 (14.86 %)GIS
1310 (13.51 %)Java
149 (12.16 %)OO
149 (12.16 %)SOA
149 (12.16 %)Data Management
149 (12.16 %)Pensions
149 (12.16 %)Smartphone
149 (12.16 %)PDA
158 (10.81 %)RDBMS
167 (9.459 %)Business Intelligence
167 (9.459 %).NET
167 (9.459 %)MySQL
167 (9.459 %)Service Delivery
167 (9.459 %)SPSS
176 (8.108 %)Thin Client
176 (8.108 %)Health

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs across the Woking 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.

Woking IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (16.22 %)XML
211 (14.86 %)HTML
37 (9.459 %).NET
46 (8.108 %)CSS
46 (8.108 %)AJAX
53 (4.054 %)Drupal
53 (4.054 %)Application Packaging
62 (2.703 %)J2EE
62 (2.703 %)EJB
62 (2.703 %)Servlets
62 (2.703 %)STL
62 (2.703 %)Swing
71 (1.351 %)XSLT
Woking IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (8.108 %)Apache
23 (4.054 %)EPiServer
23 (4.054 %)CMS
32 (2.703 %)Oracle Spatial
41 (1.351 %)IIS
Woking IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (9.459 %)SPSS
23 (4.054 %)MS Excel
23 (4.054 %)MS Project
31 (1.351 %)MS Office
Woking IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (8.108 %)SMTP
24 (5.405 %)Firewall
24 (5.405 %)VPN
24 (5.405 %)DNS
24 (5.405 %)Cisco PIX
33 (4.054 %)Network Security
33 (4.054 %)TCP/IP
33 (4.054 %)SMS
33 (4.054 %)Intrusion Detection
42 (2.703 %)Internet
42 (2.703 %)HTTP
42 (2.703 %)SSL
42 (2.703 %)SAN
42 (2.703 %)Cisco ASA
51 (1.351 %)IMAP4
51 (1.351 %)POP3
51 (1.351 %)LDAP
51 (1.351 %)GPRS
51 (1.351 %)GSM
51 (1.351 %)SSH
Woking IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (14.86 %)GIS
28 (10.81 %)RDBMS
37 (9.459 %)MySQL
45 (6.757 %)Datawarehouse
45 (6.757 %)Informix
45 (6.757 %)DB2
52 (2.703 %)Text Mining
61 (1.351 %)SQLite
61 (1.351 %)SQL Server
61 (1.351 %)PostgreSQL
Woking IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (4.054 %)AdminStudio
22 (2.703 %)Subversion
31 (1.351 %)Eclipse
Woking IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
130 (40.54 %)Finance
29 (12.16 %)Pensions
36 (8.108 %)Health
45 (6.757 %)Marketing
54 (5.405 %)Games
63 (4.054 %)Education
72 (2.703 %)Retail
Woking IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
120 (27.03 %)Developer
28 (10.81 %)Software Engineer
37 (9.459 %)Consultant
46 (8.108 %)Analyst
46 (8.108 %)Programmer
55 (6.757 %)Business Intelligence Specialist
55 (6.757 %)Presales Consultant
55 (6.757 %)Business Intelligence Consultant
64 (5.405 %)Linux Engineer
73 (4.054 %)Graduate
73 (4.054 %)Security Analyst
73 (4.054 %)C++ Developer
73 (4.054 %)Technical Engineer
73 (4.054 %)Administrator
73 (4.054 %)Development Manager
73 (4.054 %)Analyst Programmer
73 (4.054 %)Support Analyst
73 (4.054 %)Applications Support
73 (4.054 %)Systems Administrator
82 (2.703 %)Architect
Woking IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (12.16 %)Smartphone
19 (12.16 %)PDA
26 (8.108 %)Thin Client
26 (8.108 %)Mathematics
26 (8.108 %)Fat Client
35 (6.757 %)Statistics
35 (6.757 %)Computer Science
43 (4.054 %)SecurID
43 (4.054 %)Physics
43 (4.054 %)Web 2.0
43 (4.054 %)EFT
52 (2.703 %)Multithreading
Woking IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
134 (45.95 %)UNIX
226 (35.14 %)Windows
325 (33.78 %)Solaris
45 (6.757 %)Red Hat Linux
54 (5.405 %)HPUX
63 (4.054 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
63 (4.054 %)Windows XP
63 (4.054 %)AIX
72 (2.703 %)Windows 2000
81 (1.351 %)Android
81 (1.351 %)Windows 2000 Server
81 (1.351 %)Embedded Linux
81 (1.351 %)OS/400
81 (1.351 %)Windows Server 2003
Woking IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (12.16 %)OO
19 (12.16 %)SOA
19 (12.16 %)Data Management
27 (9.459 %)Business Intelligence
27 (9.459 %)Service Delivery
35 (6.757 %)Web Analytics
35 (6.757 %)E-Commerce
43 (4.054 %)DSDM
43 (4.054 %)Agile Software Development
43 (4.054 %)Content Management
43 (4.054 %)Scrum
52 (2.703 %)Web Development
61 (1.351 %)Data Migration
61 (1.351 %)Enterprise Architecture
61 (1.351 %)Information Security
61 (1.351 %)Migration
61 (1.351 %)Stakeholder Management
61 (1.351 %)Disaster Recovery
Woking IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
131 (41.89 %)Perl
224 (32.43 %)Python
322 (29.73 %)Tcl
419 (25.68 %)C++
518 (24.32 %)C
616 (21.62 %)PHP
616 (21.62 %)SQL
710 (13.51 %)Java
84 (5.405 %)PHP5
84 (5.405 %)PHP4
93 (4.054 %)Fortran
93 (4.054 %)PL/SQL
93 (4.054 %)JavaScript
93 (4.054 %)Shell Script
102 (2.703 %)Korn
111 (1.351 %)Ruby
Woking IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (6.757 %)Degree
21 (1.351 %)CCNA
21 (1.351 %)Cisco Certification
Woking IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (4.054 %)Snort
21 (1.351 %)NFS
Woking IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (4.054 %)SCOM
Woking IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
116 (21.62 %)Oracle
26 (8.108 %)Cisco
35 (6.757 %)Sybase
35 (6.757 %)Red Hat
43 (4.054 %)Crossbeam
43 (4.054 %)Microsoft
43 (4.054 %)Interwoven
43 (4.054 %)CheckPoint
52 (2.703 %)Nokia
52 (2.703 %)Sun
61 (1.351 %)EMC
61 (1.351 %)NetApp
61 (1.351 %)Juniper
61 (1.351 %)Symbian
61 (1.351 %)Tripwire