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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 19 9 11
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +2
Permanent jobs citing Linux 9 19 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcester 10.00% 19.79% 14.63%
As % of the Operating Systems category 45.00% 54.29% 52.17%
Number of salaries quoted 9 18 12
Average salary £35,000 £21,500 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+62.79% -14.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £18,400 £22,700
10% offered a salary of more than £60,500 £37,500 £35,900
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +6.94%
All Operating Systems
Worcester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
20 35 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcester 22.22% 36.46% 28.05%
Number of salaries quoted 20 34 20
Average salary £35,000 £23,500 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+48.93% -6.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £19,000 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £36,650 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
Worcestershire

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Worcester 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 Worcester region.

Worcester Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

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

Worcester Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcester 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 17 (56.67%) Windows
1 17 (56.67%) Microsoft
2 15 (50.00%) MySQL
3 14 (46.67%) SQL
4 11 (36.67%) C++
5 10 (33.33%) Java
5 10 (33.33%) Perl
5 10 (33.33%) Oracle
6 9 (30.00%) WAN
6 9 (30.00%) Citrix
7 7 (23.33%) Tomcat
7 7 (23.33%) Python
7 7 (23.33%) PHP
7 7 (23.33%) VMware
7 7 (23.33%) Degree
7 7 (23.33%) PHP5
8 6 (20.00%) LAMP
8 6 (20.00%) Digital Media
8 6 (20.00%) PL/SQL
8 6 (20.00%) C#
8 6 (20.00%) Apache
8 6 (20.00%) VoIP
9 5 (16.67%) DNS
9 5 (16.67%) Cisco
9 5 (16.67%) Active Directory
9 5 (16.67%) HP
9 5 (16.67%) Juniper
9 5 (16.67%) LAN
9 5 (16.67%) SQL Server
9 5 (16.67%) Network Design

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcester 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 6 (20.00%) LAMP
2 4 (13.33%) .NET
2 4 (13.33%) COM
3 3 (10.00%) WebSphere
4 1 (3.333%) Middleware
4 1 (3.333%) CSS
4 1 (3.333%) Web Services
4 1 (3.333%) HTML
4 1 (3.333%) MooTools
4 1 (3.333%) jQuery
4 1 (3.333%) Smarty
Application Platforms
1 7 (23.33%) Tomcat
2 6 (20.00%) Apache
3 4 (13.33%) SharePoint
4 3 (10.00%) IIS
4 3 (10.00%) WebSphere Application Server
4 3 (10.00%) Quickr
4 3 (10.00%) WebSphere Portal
4 3 (10.00%) WebSphere Process Server
5 2 (6.667%) WebLogic
5 2 (6.667%) MS Exchange
6 1 (3.333%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 1 (3.333%) MS Excel
1 1 (3.333%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 9 (30.00%) WAN
2 6 (20.00%) VoIP
3 5 (16.67%) DNS
3 5 (16.67%) LAN
4 4 (13.33%) Firewall
4 4 (13.33%) Cisco Nexus
4 4 (13.33%) DHCP
5 3 (10.00%) Internet
6 1 (3.333%) TCP/IP
6 1 (3.333%) SSH
6 1 (3.333%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (50.00%) MySQL
2 5 (16.67%) SQL Server
3 3 (10.00%) TOAD
3 3 (10.00%) SQLPlus
4 1 (3.333%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (3.333%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Ant
2 1 (3.333%) Build Forge
2 1 (3.333%) Subversion
General
1 4 (13.33%) French Language
2 1 (3.333%) Electronics
2 1 (3.333%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 9 (30.00%) Developer
2 7 (23.33%) PHP Developer
3 5 (16.67%) LAMP Developer
4 4 (13.33%) Technical Consultant
4 4 (13.33%) IT Support
4 4 (13.33%) Consultant
5 3 (10.00%) Analyst
5 3 (10.00%) Software Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Support Specialist
5 3 (10.00%) Technical Specialist
5 3 (10.00%) IT Support Specialist
6 2 (6.667%) Software Support Engineer
6 2 (6.667%) WebSphere Specialist
6 2 (6.667%) Senior Technical Specialist
6 2 (6.667%) WebSphere Technical Specialist
6 2 (6.667%) Test Analyst
6 2 (6.667%) Technical Support
6 2 (6.667%) Support Engineer
7 1 (3.333%) Programmer
7 1 (3.333%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.00%) Digital Media
2 2 (6.667%) Enterprise Storage
3 1 (3.333%) Computer Science
3 1 (3.333%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (3.333%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 17 (56.67%) Windows
2 4 (13.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (10.00%) UNIX
4 2 (6.667%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (6.667%) Windows Vista
5 1 (3.333%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (3.333%) Windows XP
5 1 (3.333%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (16.67%) Network Design
1 5 (16.67%) Change Management
2 3 (10.00%) OOP
2 3 (10.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (6.667%) Resource Management
3 2 (6.667%) Performance Testing
3 2 (6.667%) Test Scripting
3 2 (6.667%) Automation Testing
4 1 (3.333%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (3.333%) ITIL
4 1 (3.333%) PRINCE2
4 1 (3.333%) Multithreading
4 1 (3.333%) Load Balancing
4 1 (3.333%) Web Development
4 1 (3.333%) ITIL V3
4 1 (3.333%) Incident Management
4 1 (3.333%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 14 (46.67%) SQL
2 11 (36.67%) C++
3 10 (33.33%) Java
3 10 (33.33%) Perl
4 7 (23.33%) Python
4 7 (23.33%) PHP
4 7 (23.33%) PHP5
5 6 (20.00%) PL/SQL
5 6 (20.00%) C#
6 3 (10.00%) Jython
7 1 (3.333%) C
7 1 (3.333%) JavaScript
7 1 (3.333%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 7 (23.33%) Degree
2 4 (13.33%) CCNP
2 4 (13.33%) CCNA
2 4 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (6.667%) ISEB
4 1 (3.333%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (3.333%) IBM Certification
4 1 (3.333%) HNC
4 1 (3.333%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.333%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.667%) QA
2 1 (3.333%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 17 (56.67%) Microsoft
2 10 (33.33%) Oracle
3 9 (30.00%) Citrix
4 7 (23.33%) VMware
5 5 (16.67%) Cisco
5 5 (16.67%) HP
5 5 (16.67%) Juniper
6 4 (13.33%) Red Hat
6 4 (13.33%) CheckPoint
7 3 (10.00%) IBM
7 3 (10.00%) Lotus
7 3 (10.00%) JBoss