The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wolverhampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 19 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 Wolverhampton region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 12 16 14
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -2
Permanent jobs citing Linux 6 3 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 10.53% 3.659% 18.92%
As % of the Operating Systems category 24.00% 10.00% 30.43%
Number of salaries quoted 6 3 14
Average salary £30,000 £47,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-36.84% +39.70%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-3.84% +4.00%
All Operating Systems
Wolverhampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
25 30 46
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 43.86% 36.59% 62.16%
Number of salaries quoted 24 27 44
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% +14.03%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,125 £28,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £33,600 £41,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
West Midlands

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wolverhampton 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 Wolverhampton region.

Wolverhampton Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

1 8 (61.54%) HTML
1 8 (61.54%) PHP
1 8 (61.54%) MySQL
1 8 (61.54%) CSS
2 7 (53.85%) SQL
3 6 (46.15%) Web Services
4 5 (38.46%) Windows
4 5 (38.46%) Degree
5 4 (30.77%) Magento
5 4 (30.77%) Zend
5 4 (30.77%) Zend Studio
5 4 (30.77%) Drupal
5 4 (30.77%) jQuery
5 4 (30.77%) WordPress
5 4 (30.77%) Android
5 4 (30.77%) LAMP
5 4 (30.77%) NetBeans
5 4 (30.77%) Subversion
5 4 (30.77%) Windows Mobile
5 4 (30.77%) OOP
5 4 (30.77%) OO
5 4 (30.77%) JavaScript
5 4 (30.77%) Oracle
5 4 (30.77%) SQL Server
5 4 (30.77%) Project Management
5 4 (30.77%) Eclipse
5 4 (30.77%) Digital Media
5 4 (30.77%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
6 3 (23.08%) Computer Science

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 8 (61.54%) HTML
1 8 (61.54%) CSS
2 6 (46.15%) Web Services
3 4 (30.77%) jQuery
3 4 (30.77%) LAMP
4 1 (7.692%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 4 (30.77%) Magento
1 4 (30.77%) Drupal
1 4 (30.77%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) MS Office
2 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.692%) Internet
1 1 (7.692%) LAN
1 1 (7.692%) WAN
1 1 (7.692%) VPN
1 1 (7.692%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (61.54%) MySQL
2 4 (30.77%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Zend Studio
1 4 (30.77%) NetBeans
1 4 (30.77%) Subversion
1 4 (30.77%) Eclipse
2 1 (7.692%) Git (software)
General
1 1 (7.692%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Developer
2 4 (30.77%) Web Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Software Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) Senior Software Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) MySQL Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Administrator
4 2 (15.38%) Support Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Applications Support
5 1 (7.692%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Lead Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Systems Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Applications Support Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) DBA
5 1 (7.692%) Senior Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Senior PHP Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Database Developer
5 1 (7.692%) PHP Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Software Support Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) MySQL DBA
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Digital Media
1 4 (30.77%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (38.46%) Windows
2 4 (30.77%) Android
2 4 (30.77%) Windows Mobile
3 2 (15.38%) Apple iOS
3 2 (15.38%) Windows Phone 8
3 2 (15.38%) Windows Phone
4 1 (7.692%) UNIX
4 1 (7.692%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) OOP
1 4 (30.77%) OO
1 4 (30.77%) Project Management
2 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (15.38%) Test Scripting
2 2 (15.38%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (7.692%) ITIL
3 1 (7.692%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 8 (61.54%) PHP
2 7 (53.85%) SQL
3 4 (30.77%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) Degree
2 1 (7.692%) MCSE
2 1 (7.692%) CCNA
2 1 (7.692%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (7.692%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (7.692%) MCITP
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Zend
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
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