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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 21 22 19
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -3
Permanent jobs citing Linux 514 458 523
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 9.423% 8.823% 10.34%
As % of the Operating Systems category 37.09% 36.15% 37.52%
Number of salaries quoted 381 353 421
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £24,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +6.94%
All Operating Systems
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
1386 1267 1394
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 25.41% 24.41% 27.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1084 1018 1164
Average salary £32,000 £34,000 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +9.67%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £20,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £44,200 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Linux
England

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

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

Yorkshire Linux Salary Histogram

Linux
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
West Yorkshire -4 282 £35,000 -
North Yorkshire +18 130 £32,000 -20.00%
South Yorkshire -1 65 £37,500 +10.29%
East Yorkshire +1 22 £27,500 -
Linux
England

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

1 541 (49.45%) UNIX
2 305 (27.88%) Windows
3 262 (23.95%) Java
4 237 (21.66%) Oracle
5 229 (20.93%) Apache
5 229 (20.93%) TCP/IP
6 225 (20.57%) VMware
7 215 (19.65%) MySQL
8 209 (19.10%) SQL
9 205 (18.74%) PHP
10 204 (18.65%) Microsoft
11 198 (18.10%) Red Hat
12 172 (15.72%) ITIL
13 159 (14.53%) SAN
14 142 (12.98%) DNS
15 135 (12.34%) Firewall
16 133 (12.16%) JavaScript
17 130 (11.88%) MS Excel
18 119 (10.88%) Cisco
19 110 (10.05%) HTTP
20 109 (9.963%) VMware Infrastructure
21 102 (9.324%) E-Commerce
21 102 (9.324%) XML
22 100 (9.141%) Perl
22 100 (9.141%) HTML
23 99 (9.049%) C++
24 97 (8.867%) SQL Server
24 97 (8.867%) Internet
24 97 (8.867%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
25 96 (8.775%) Active Directory

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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
1 102 (9.324%) XML
2 100 (9.141%) HTML
3 96 (8.775%) CSS
4 81 (7.404%) LAMP
5 75 (6.856%) WebSphere
5 75 (6.856%) jQuery
6 55 (5.027%) Web Services
7 54 (4.936%) J2EE
8 52 (4.753%) Middleware
9 48 (4.388%) .NET
10 45 (4.113%) Spring
11 44 (4.022%) Java EE
12 42 (3.839%) SOAP
13 39 (3.565%) HTML5
14 34 (3.108%) XSL
15 33 (3.016%) Ajax
16 30 (2.742%) XHTML
17 26 (2.377%) REST
18 25 (2.285%) Hibernate
19 24 (2.194%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 229 (20.93%) Apache
2 93 (8.501%) Tomcat
3 84 (7.678%) WebLogic
4 70 (6.399%) IIS
5 57 (5.210%) MS Exchange
6 40 (3.656%) nginx
7 31 (2.834%) WebSphere Application Server
8 30 (2.742%) Jetty
9 29 (2.651%) Exchange Server 2010
10 28 (2.559%) Magento
11 27 (2.468%) Exchange Server 2007
12 24 (2.194%) Amazon AWS
12 24 (2.194%) SharePoint
13 18 (1.645%) Amazon EC2
14 16 (1.463%) CMS
15 15 (1.371%) WordPress
16 14 (1.280%) Amazon S3
16 14 (1.280%) Exchange Server 2003
17 13 (1.188%) Drupal
18 12 (1.097%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 130 (11.88%) MS Excel
2 25 (2.285%) MS Office
3 5 (0.457%) Google Apps
4 4 (0.366%) QuarkXPress
4 4 (0.366%) InDesign
5 3 (0.274%) Adobe Captivate
5 3 (0.274%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.274%) MS Project
6 2 (0.183%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.183%) MS PowerPoint
7 1 (0.091%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 34 (3.108%) Oracle BPM
2 4 (0.366%) Oracle 11i
2 4 (0.366%) SAP BPC
2 4 (0.366%) Google Analytics
3 1 (0.091%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
3 1 (0.091%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 229 (20.93%) TCP/IP
2 159 (14.53%) SAN
3 142 (12.98%) DNS
4 135 (12.34%) Firewall
5 110 (10.05%) HTTP
6 97 (8.867%) Internet
7 58 (5.302%) NAS
8 56 (5.119%) DHCP
9 51 (4.662%) FTP
10 47 (4.296%) Network Security
11 36 (3.291%) VPN
12 31 (2.834%) VoIP
13 27 (2.468%) SSH
14 21 (1.920%) LAN
15 19 (1.737%) LDAP
15 19 (1.737%) DVB
16 16 (1.463%) UPnP
17 15 (1.371%) SSL
17 15 (1.371%) Broadband
18 14 (1.280%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 215 (19.65%) MySQL
2 97 (8.867%) SQL Server
3 70 (6.399%) Oracle 11g
4 60 (5.484%) Oracle 10g
5 32 (2.925%) SQL Server 2005
6 31 (2.834%) SQL Server 2008
7 26 (2.377%) MongoDB
8 22 (2.011%) PostgreSQL
9 20 (1.828%) NoSQL
10 18 (1.645%) RDBMS
11 15 (1.371%) Informix
12 14 (1.280%) DB2
12 14 (1.280%) Oracle 9i
13 11 (1.005%) Hadoop
14 10 (0.914%) Oracle Reports
15 9 (0.823%) Oracle 8/8i
16 5 (0.457%) SimpleDB
16 5 (0.457%) Oracle OWB
17 4 (0.366%) Crystal Reports
17 4 (0.366%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 56 (5.119%) Subversion
2 54 (4.936%) Maven
3 30 (2.742%) Git (software)
4 25 (2.285%) MSBuild
5 19 (1.737%) JUnit
6 18 (1.645%) Selenium
7 16 (1.463%) WebLOAD
8 14 (1.280%) Oracle APEX
9 10 (0.914%) Oracle Forms
9 10 (0.914%) Visual Studio
9 10 (0.914%) JBehave
9 10 (0.914%) Jenkins
10 8 (0.731%) Ant
11 7 (0.640%) VSS/SourceSafe
12 5 (0.457%) Hudson
12 5 (0.457%) JIRA
12 5 (0.457%) Eclipse
13 4 (0.366%) LoadRunner
13 4 (0.366%) Visual Studio Team System
14 3 (0.274%) PhoneGap
General
1 93 (8.501%) Finance
2 68 (6.216%) Telecoms
3 31 (2.834%) Electronics
4 23 (2.102%) Retail
5 19 (1.737%) Marketing
6 10 (0.914%) Banking
6 10 (0.914%) Publishing
7 8 (0.731%) Games
8 7 (0.640%) Financial Institution
8 7 (0.640%) Billing
9 5 (0.457%) Military
10 4 (0.366%) Advertising
10 4 (0.366%) French Language
10 4 (0.366%) German Language
10 4 (0.366%) Portuguese Language
10 4 (0.366%) Spanish Language
10 4 (0.366%) Swedish Language
11 1 (0.091%) Music
11 1 (0.091%) Interactive Media
11 1 (0.091%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 223 (20.38%) Developer
2 218 (19.93%) Administrator
3 136 (12.43%) Systems Administrator
4 106 (9.689%) Analyst
5 103 (9.415%) Software Engineer
6 97 (8.867%) PHP Developer
7 88 (8.044%) Linux Administrator
8 80 (7.313%) Linux Systems Administrator
9 61 (5.576%) DBA
10 60 (5.484%) Oracle DBA
11 56 (5.119%) Java Developer
12 55 (5.027%) Support Analyst
13 52 (4.753%) Web Developer
14 47 (4.296%) Embedded Software Engineer
15 46 (4.205%) Project Manager
16 44 (4.022%) Server Administrator
17 43 (3.931%) Support Engineer
18 41 (3.748%) UNIX Engineer
19 38 (3.473%) Architect
19 38 (3.473%) PHP Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 32 (2.925%) Cloud Computing
2 30 (2.742%) Computer Science
3 26 (2.377%) Management Information System
4 25 (2.285%) Clustering
5 23 (2.102%) Blackberry
6 22 (2.011%) STB
7 20 (1.828%) Open Source
7 20 (1.828%) Digital Media
7 20 (1.828%) Enterprise Storage
8 19 (1.737%) MPEG
9 18 (1.645%) Replication
9 18 (1.645%) Device Driver
9 18 (1.645%) Video on Demand
10 17 (1.554%) Client/Server
11 16 (1.463%) Firmware
11 16 (1.463%) IPTV
12 15 (1.371%) E-Learning
13 13 (1.188%) Derivative
13 13 (1.188%) SaaS
13 13 (1.188%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 541 (49.45%) UNIX
2 305 (27.88%) Windows
3 97 (8.867%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 88 (8.044%) Solaris
5 81 (7.404%) HPUX
6 79 (7.221%) Windows Server 2008
7 70 (6.399%) Windows Server 2003
8 66 (6.033%) Debian
9 61 (5.576%) AIX
10 44 (4.022%) Ubuntu
10 44 (4.022%) Embedded Linux
11 40 (3.656%) CentOS
12 25 (2.285%) Mac OS X
12 25 (2.285%) Android
13 15 (1.371%) SUSE
14 14 (1.280%) Windows 7
15 12 (1.097%) Windows XP
16 10 (0.914%) Windows Phone
17 7 (0.640%) Windows Vista
18 6 (0.548%) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (15.72%) ITIL
2 102 (9.324%) E-Commerce
3 83 (7.587%) Project Management
4 61 (5.576%) High Availability
5 57 (5.210%) Load Balancing
6 52 (4.753%) OO
7 49 (4.479%) TDD
8 47 (4.296%) Agile Software Development
9 46 (4.205%) Continuous Integration
10 42 (3.839%) Service Management
11 38 (3.473%) SOA
11 38 (3.473%) Disaster Recovery
12 36 (3.291%) Workflow
12 36 (3.291%) Change Control
13 35 (3.199%) Problem Management
14 33 (3.016%) MVC
15 32 (2.925%) Configuration Management
16 30 (2.742%) PRINCE2
17 28 (2.559%) Business Continuity
17 28 (2.559%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 262 (23.95%) Java
2 209 (19.10%) SQL
3 205 (18.74%) PHP
4 133 (12.16%) JavaScript
5 100 (9.141%) Perl
6 99 (9.049%) C++
7 90 (8.227%) Shell Script
8 82 (7.495%) C
9 77 (7.038%) Python
10 52 (4.753%) Bash shell
11 43 (3.931%) Embedded C
12 41 (3.748%) Embedded C++
13 40 (3.656%) PHP5
14 38 (3.473%) C#
15 37 (3.382%) PL/SQL
16 15 (1.371%) AWK
17 13 (1.188%) Objective-C
18 11 (1.005%) Ruby
19 10 (0.914%) PowerShell
20 9 (0.823%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 79 (7.221%) Degree
2 72 (6.581%) Security Cleared
3 33 (3.016%) Cisco Certification
4 26 (2.377%) CCNA
5 22 (2.011%) Microsoft Certification
6 20 (1.828%) SC Cleared
7 17 (1.554%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 16 (1.463%) CCNP
9 15 (1.371%) MCSE
10 14 (1.280%) ITIL Certification
11 12 (1.097%) MCP
12 11 (1.005%) Oracle Certification
12 11 (1.005%) ISEB
13 10 (0.914%) CCDA
14 9 (0.823%) OCP
15 8 (0.731%) ISTQB
16 5 (0.457%) MCITP
16 5 (0.457%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 5 (0.457%) HND
17 4 (0.366%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (6.124%) SLA
2 24 (2.194%) QA
3 17 (1.554%) PCI DSS
4 11 (1.005%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.183%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.091%) BS7799
System Software
1 109 (9.963%) VMware Infrastructure
2 96 (8.775%) Active Directory
3 52 (4.753%) Oracle RAC
4 47 (4.296%) vSphere
5 32 (2.925%) VMware ESX
6 21 (1.920%) XenServer
7 19 (1.737%) XenApp
8 18 (1.645%) Oracle RMAN
9 12 (1.097%) Hyper-V
10 9 (0.823%) VMware ESXi
11 8 (0.731%) Novell eDirectory
12 5 (0.457%) VMware Server
13 4 (0.366%) Veritas Volume Manager
14 3 (0.274%) Veritas Cluster Server
15 2 (0.183%) Snort
15 2 (0.183%) Xen
15 2 (0.183%) Varnish
16 1 (0.091%) SpamAssassin
16 1 (0.091%) Squid
16 1 (0.091%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 43 (3.931%) Data Guard
2 20 (1.828%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 19 (1.737%) Puppet
4 18 (1.645%) SCCM
5 17 (1.554%) Nagios
6 13 (1.188%) WSUS
7 12 (1.097%) Norton AntiVirus
7 12 (1.097%) NetBackup
8 11 (1.005%) Cacti
9 9 (0.823%) HP SiteScope
9 9 (0.823%) Oracle Statspack
10 8 (0.731%) MOM
11 7 (0.640%) SCOM
12 5 (0.457%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
12 5 (0.457%) Sysprep
12 5 (0.457%) ZABBIX
12 5 (0.457%) Foglight
12 5 (0.457%) OpenView
13 4 (0.366%) CiscoWorks
13 4 (0.366%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 237 (21.66%) Oracle
2 225 (20.57%) VMware
3 204 (18.65%) Microsoft
4 198 (18.10%) Red Hat
5 119 (10.88%) Cisco
6 61 (5.576%) JBoss
6 61 (5.576%) HP
7 56 (5.119%) Citrix
8 44 (4.022%) Sun
9 34 (3.108%) Juniper
10 27 (2.468%) Apple
11 25 (2.285%) EMC
12 24 (2.194%) Symantec
12 24 (2.194%) NetApp
13 22 (2.011%) CheckPoint
13 22 (2.011%) Zend
14 21 (1.920%) IBM
15 19 (1.737%) Dell
16 16 (1.463%) Adobe
16 16 (1.463%) F5
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