The first table below looks at the demand for Ubuntu skills in IT jobs advertised for the Worcestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Ubuntu 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 Worcestershire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ubuntu Linux
Rank - - 33
Permanent jobs citing Ubuntu 0 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcestershire - - 0.995%
As % of the Operating Systems category - - 3.125%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 2
Average salary - - £28,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
All Operating Systems
Worcestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
45 79 64
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcestershire 20.45% 28.73% 31.84%
Number of salaries quoted 43 65 58
Average salary £35,000 £26,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+34.61% -5.45%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £19,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Ubuntu
West Midlands

Ubuntu
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Worcestershire Ubuntu Jobs Demand Trend

Ubuntu
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Ubuntu across the Worcestershire region.

Worcestershire Ubuntu Salary Trend

Ubuntu
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcestershire region citing Ubuntu 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 Ubuntu.

1 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) XSL
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Git (software)
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) PHP
2 1 (50.00%) Symfony
2 1 (50.00%) OOP

Ubuntu
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcestershire region citing Ubuntu 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 Ubuntu. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) XSL
2 1 (50.00%) Symfony
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git (software)
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Junior
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Junior Developer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) PHP