The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wokingham 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 Wokingham region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 17 30 25
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -5
Permanent jobs citing Linux 4 5 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wokingham 6.452% 3.731% 11.17%
As % of the Operating Systems category 18.18% 22.73% 37.74%
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 20
Average salary £40,750 £62,500 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-34.80% +4.16%
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +6.94%
All Operating Systems
Wokingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
22 22 53
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wokingham 35.48% 16.42% 29.61%
Number of salaries quoted 19 22 53
Average salary £45,000 £46,250 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.70% +15.62%
90% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £21,950 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
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 Wokingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Wokingham 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 Wokingham region.

Wokingham Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

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

Wokingham Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wokingham 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 6 (75.00%) SQL
2 4 (50.00%) Java
3 3 (37.50%) J2EE
3 3 (37.50%) Oracle
3 3 (37.50%) DB2
3 3 (37.50%) Windows
3 3 (37.50%) SOA
3 3 (37.50%) TCP/IP
3 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
3 3 (37.50%) Blackberry
3 3 (37.50%) QA
3 3 (37.50%) MS Excel
3 3 (37.50%) Smartphone
3 3 (37.50%) Project Planning
3 3 (37.50%) Android
3 3 (37.50%) Windows 7
4 2 (25.00%) Apache
5 1 (12.50%) Tomcat
5 1 (12.50%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (12.50%) Configuration Management
5 1 (12.50%) CSS
5 1 (12.50%) UNIX
5 1 (12.50%) MySQL
5 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
5 1 (12.50%) PHP
5 1 (12.50%) Banking
5 1 (12.50%) Systems Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) CakePHP
5 1 (12.50%) Integration Testing
5 1 (12.50%) WordPress

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wokingham 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 3 (37.50%) J2EE
2 1 (12.50%) CSS
2 1 (12.50%) CakePHP
2 1 (12.50%) LAMP
2 1 (12.50%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) Apache
2 1 (12.50%) Tomcat
2 1 (12.50%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) DB2
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (12.50%) MySQL
General
1 1 (12.50%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Developer
2 4 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 4 (50.00%) Java Developer
3 3 (37.50%) Java Software Engineer
4 2 (25.00%) Support Engineer
4 2 (25.00%) Applications Support
4 2 (25.00%) Applications Support Engineer
5 1 (12.50%) PHP Developer
5 1 (12.50%) PHP Web Developer
5 1 (12.50%) Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Blackberry
1 3 (37.50%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
1 3 (37.50%) Android
1 3 (37.50%) Windows 7
2 1 (12.50%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) SOA
1 3 (37.50%) Project Planning
2 1 (12.50%) Configuration Management
2 1 (12.50%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (12.50%) Integration Testing
2 1 (12.50%) E-Commerce
2 1 (12.50%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) SQL
2 4 (50.00%) Java
3 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
3 1 (12.50%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft