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The table below looks at the demand for Linux skills within the Wolverhampton 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
Rank22-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads70
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.000 %
As % of the category below25.00 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted70
Average minimum salary£27,429-
Average salary£29,929-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£32,429-
UK excluding London average salary£36,466£35,677
% change on same period last year+2.21 %
Wolverhampton IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Wolverhampton
Matching permanent IT job ads2840
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.018 %0.018 %
Salaries quoted2834
Average minimum salary£27,898£30,954
Average salary£30,694£31,597
% change on same period last year-2.85 %
Average maximum salary£33,490£32,241
UK excluding London average salary£34,390£34,262
% change on same period last year+0.37 %
Linux West MidlandsLinux
West Midlands

Linux
Demand Trend

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

Wolverhampton 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 Wolverhampton region.

Wolverhampton Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

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

Wolverhampton Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Top 29 Related IT Skills

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

15 (62.50 %)CMS
15 (62.50 %)MySQL
15 (62.50 %)CSS
15 (62.50 %)PHP
23 (37.50 %)E-Learning
23 (37.50 %)VLE
23 (37.50 %)SQL Server
23 (37.50 %)VB
23 (37.50 %)C++
23 (37.50 %)HTML
23 (37.50 %)MS Access
23 (37.50 %)XML
23 (37.50 %)XSLT
23 (37.50 %)UNIX
23 (37.50 %)Software Engineering
32 (25.00 %)Marketing
32 (25.00 %)PHP5
32 (25.00 %)OO
32 (25.00 %)Apache
32 (25.00 %)XHTML
32 (25.00 %)J2ME
32 (25.00 %)E-Commerce
32 (25.00 %)Pharmaceutical
32 (25.00 %)Java
32 (25.00 %)ActionScript
32 (25.00 %)C#
32 (25.00 %)Debian
32 (25.00 %)Banking
32 (25.00 %)Subversion

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Wolverhampton IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (62.50 %)CSS
23 (37.50 %)HTML
23 (37.50 %)XML
23 (37.50 %)XSLT
32 (25.00 %)XHTML
32 (25.00 %)J2ME
Wolverhampton IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (62.50 %)CMS
22 (25.00 %)Apache
Wolverhampton IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (62.50 %)MySQL
23 (37.50 %)SQL Server
23 (37.50 %)MS Access
Wolverhampton IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (25.00 %)Subversion
Wolverhampton IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (25.00 %)Marketing
12 (25.00 %)Pharmaceutical
12 (25.00 %)Banking
Wolverhampton IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (100.00 %)Developer
24 (50.00 %)PHP Developer
33 (37.50 %)C++ Developer
42 (25.00 %)Software Developer
42 (25.00 %)Software Engineer
42 (25.00 %)Senior Developer
42 (25.00 %)Senior C++ Developer
51 (12.50 %)E-Learning Developer
51 (12.50 %)Junior Developer
51 (12.50 %)Junior
Wolverhampton IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (37.50 %)E-Learning
13 (37.50 %)VLE
Wolverhampton IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (37.50 %)UNIX
22 (25.00 %)Debian
Wolverhampton IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (37.50 %)Software Engineering
22 (25.00 %)OO
22 (25.00 %)E-Commerce
Wolverhampton IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (62.50 %)PHP
23 (37.50 %)VB
23 (37.50 %)C++
32 (25.00 %)PHP5
32 (25.00 %)Java
32 (25.00 %)ActionScript
32 (25.00 %)C#