Linux Jobs in Kent

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent with a requirement for Linux skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 26 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Linux South East / Kent
Location	3 months to 26 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	23	28	29
Rank change year-on-year	+5	+1
Permanent jobs citing Linux	61	62	88
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Kent	9.09%	6.54%	8.14%
As % of the Operating Systems category	30.81%	26.27%	24.65%
Number of salaries quoted	48	45	79
Median salary	£40,000	£40,000	£40,000
90% offered a salary of more than	£26,200	£32,500	£30,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£52,500	£47,500	£65,000
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£42,500	£42,000
% change year-on-year	-	+1.19%

Linux is in the operating system skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent with a requirement for operating system skills.

Operating System Skills Kent
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills	198	236	357
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Kent	29.51%	24.89%	33.02%
Number of salaries quoted	168	212	310
Median salary	£32,500	£35,000	£35,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-7.14%	-
90% offered a salary of more than	£22,500	£22,500	£24,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£45,000	£58,500	£50,000
UK excluding London median salary	£37,500	£37,500	£37,500

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in Kent citing Linux as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Operating Systems category.

Linux
Salary Trend in Kent

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Linux in Kent.

Linux
Salary Histogram in Kent

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Linux in Kent over the 3 months to 26 June 2017.

Linux
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Kent region over the 3 months to 26 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Maidstone	-	9	£46,250	-
Tunbridge Wells	-7	7	£35,000	-45.31%	1
Folkestone	-7	6	£40,000	-5.88%	2
Whitstable	-	5	£32,750	-
Chatham	+5	4	£23,500	-12.96%
Canterbury	-9	4	£42,500	+33.85%	1
Sevenoaks	-	3	£52,500	-
West Malling	+11	2	£33,250	-26.11%	1
Dartford	-1	1	£22,500	-35.71%
Sittingbourne	-8	1	£40,000	-15.78%
Rochester	-	1	£42,000	-
Linux South East

Linux
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Kent

For the 6 months to 26 June 2017, IT jobs citing Linux also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the Kent region with a requirement for Linux.

1	63 (55.26%)	Windows
2	42 (36.84%)	Windows Server
3	37 (32.46%)	PHP
3	37 (32.46%)	SQL
4	30 (26.32%)	MySQL
4	30 (26.32%)	Java
5	26 (22.81%)	DevOps
6	23 (20.18%)	Unix
7	22 (19.30%)	Git (software)
8	21 (18.42%)	Opscode Chef
8	21 (18.42%)	Microsoft
9	19 (16.67%)	Cisco
9	19 (16.67%)	Jenkins
9	19 (16.67%)	Bash Shell
10	18 (15.79%)	High Availability

10	18 (15.79%)	Firewall
10	18 (15.79%)	Apache
11	17 (14.91%)	CentOS
12	16 (14.04%)	Puppet
12	16 (14.04%)	Python
12	16 (14.04%)	Cisco Certification
13	15 (13.16%)	LAMP
13	15 (13.16%)	Agile Software Development
13	15 (13.16%)	Ruby
13	15 (13.16%)	Continuous Integration
13	15 (13.16%)	IBM
13	15 (13.16%)	Red Hat
13	15 (13.16%)	SQL Server
13	15 (13.16%)	Amazon AWS
14	14 (12.28%)	JavaScript

Linux
Co-occurring IT Skills in Kent by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	18 (15.79%)	Apache
2	9 (7.89%)	Tomcat
3	8 (7.02%)	Cloud Foundry
4	7 (6.14%)	OpenStack
4	7 (6.14%)	WebSphere
5	6 (5.26%)	MS Exchange
6	4 (3.51%)	Exchange Server 2010
7	3 (2.63%)	IIS
7	3 (2.63%)	JBoss
7	3 (2.63%)	WebLogic
8	2 (1.75%)	SharePoint
8	2 (1.75%)	WordPress
9	1 (0.88%)	Blackberry Enterprise Server
9	1 (0.88%)	Exchange Server 2003
9	1 (0.88%)	Exchange Server 2007
9	1 (0.88%)	Exchange Server 2013
9	1 (0.88%)	nginx

Applications
1	12 (10.53%)	Microsoft Office
2	10 (8.77%)	Microsoft Excel

Business Applications
1	2 (1.75%)	SAP Oil and Gas
2	1 (0.88%)	OpenCart

Cloud Services
1	15 (13.16%)	Amazon AWS
2	7 (6.14%)	Google Cloud Platform
3	5 (4.39%)	Microsoft Azure
4	3 (2.63%)	Firebase
5	2 (1.75%)	Google App Engine
5	2 (1.75%)	Office 365
6	1 (0.88%)	Amazon CloudWatch
6	1 (0.88%)	Amazon EC2
6	1 (0.88%)	Amazon S3
6	1 (0.88%)	AWS CloudFormation
6	1 (0.88%)	AWS Elastic Beanstalk
6	1 (0.88%)	AWS Lambda
6	1 (0.88%)	IBM Cloud
6	1 (0.88%)	SoftLayer
6	1 (0.88%)	Sumo Logic
6	1 (0.88%)	Virtual Private Cloud

Communications & Networking
1	18 (15.79%)	Firewall
2	14 (12.28%)	Wireless
3	13 (11.40%)	LAN
3	13 (11.40%)	VPN
4	11 (9.65%)	Network Security
4	11 (9.65%)	WAN
5	10 (8.77%)	DHCP
5	10 (8.77%)	DNS
5	10 (8.77%)	VoIP
6	9 (7.89%)	F5 BIG-IP GTM
6	9 (7.89%)	F5 BIG-IP LTM
6	9 (7.89%)	TCP/IP
6	9 (7.89%)	VLAN
7	4 (3.51%)	CDMA
7	4 (3.51%)	GSM
7	4 (3.51%)	LTE
7	4 (3.51%)	UMTS
8	3 (2.63%)	LDAP
8	3 (2.63%)	SAN
8	3 (2.63%)	Unified Communications

Database & Business Intelligence
1	30 (26.32%)	MySQL
2	15 (13.16%)	SQL Server
3	12 (10.53%)	MariaDB
4	9 (7.89%)	Pentaho
5	6 (5.26%)	NoSQL
5	6 (5.26%)	Oracle Database
5	6 (5.26%)	Oracle9i Database
5	6 (5.26%)	PostgreSQL
6	4 (3.51%)	Big Data
6	4 (3.51%)	Redis
7	3 (2.63%)	CouchDB
7	3 (2.63%)	MongoDB
8	2 (1.75%)	BigQuery
8	2 (1.75%)	Crystal Reports
8	2 (1.75%)	DB2
8	2 (1.75%)	Hadoop
8	2 (1.75%)	SQL Server 2008
8	2 (1.75%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
9	1 (0.88%)	Amazon DynamoDB
9	1 (0.88%)	SQLite

Development Applications
1	22 (19.30%)	Git (software)
2	19 (16.67%)	Jenkins
3	8 (7.02%)	Vagrant
4	7 (6.14%)	JMeter
5	5 (4.39%)	Maven
5	5 (4.39%)	Subversion
6	3 (2.63%)	JIRA
6	3 (2.63%)	NetBeans
7	2 (1.75%)	Bitbucket
7	2 (1.75%)	TeamCity
8	1 (0.88%)	Team Foundation Server

General
1	13 (11.40%)	Games
2	8 (7.02%)	Finance
3	4 (3.51%)	Telecoms
4	3 (2.63%)	Marketing
5	2 (1.75%)	Electronics
5	2 (1.75%)	Legal
5	2 (1.75%)	Manufacturing

Job Titles
1	30 (26.32%)	Developer
2	16 (14.04%)	DevOps Engineer
2	16 (14.04%)	Infrastructure Engineer
3	10 (8.77%)	Administrator
4	9 (7.89%)	3rd Line Engineer
4	9 (7.89%)	AS400 Developer
4	9 (7.89%)	C# Developer
4	9 (7.89%)	Escalation Engineer
4	9 (7.89%)	Linux Engineer
4	9 (7.89%)	RPG Developer
5	8 (7.02%)	Systems Administrator
6	7 (6.14%)	IT Support
6	7 (6.14%)	Linux/Unix DevOps
6	7 (6.14%)	PHP Developer
6	7 (6.14%)	Software Engineer
7	6 (5.26%)	Cisco Engineer
8	5 (4.39%)	.NET Developer
8	5 (4.39%)	Cisco Network Engineer
8	5 (4.39%)	Junior
8	5 (4.39%)	Network Engineer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	15 (13.16%)	LAMP
2	13 (11.40%)	CSS
2	13 (11.40%)	HTML
3	9 (7.89%)	.NET
3	9 (7.89%)	EDI
3	9 (7.89%)	EDIFACT
3	9 (7.89%)	Spring
4	8 (7.02%)	Web Services
5	7 (6.14%)	SOAP
5	7 (6.14%)	XML
6	6 (5.26%)	ASP.NET
6	6 (5.26%)	XHTML
6	6 (5.26%)	XSLT
7	4 (3.51%)	FFmpeg
7	4 (3.51%)	J2EE
7	4 (3.51%)	LAPP Stack
8	3 (2.63%)	jQuery
8	3 (2.63%)	YAML
9	2 (1.75%)	Hibernate
9	2 (1.75%)	OAuth

Miscellaneous
1	11 (9.65%)	AS400
1	11 (9.65%)	iSeries
2	9 (7.89%)	Distributed Denial-of-Service
3	5 (4.39%)	Blog
4	4 (3.51%)	Data Centre
5	2 (1.75%)	Analytical Skills
5	2 (1.75%)	Computer Science
5	2 (1.75%)	Linux Command Line
5	2 (1.75%)	Xbox
6	1 (0.88%)	Blackberry
6	1 (0.88%)	Clustering
6	1 (0.88%)	Embedded Systems
6	1 (0.88%)	Greenfield Project
6	1 (0.88%)	HP StoreVirtual
6	1 (0.88%)	iPhone
6	1 (0.88%)	Management Information System
6	1 (0.88%)	Mobile Games
6	1 (0.88%)	PDA
6	1 (0.88%)	PKI

Operating Systems
1	63 (55.26%)	Windows
2	42 (36.84%)	Windows Server
3	23 (20.18%)	Unix
4	17 (14.91%)	CentOS
5	13 (11.40%)	Windows 7
5	13 (11.40%)	Windows Server 2008
6	12 (10.53%)	Ubuntu
7	11 (9.65%)	Solaris
7	11 (9.65%)	Windows Server 2012
8	10 (8.77%)	AIX
8	10 (8.77%)	Windows XP
9	8 (7.02%)	Mac OS
10	6 (5.26%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10	6 (5.26%)	Windows 2000 Server
11	4 (3.51%)	Windows 10
12	3 (2.63%)	Windows Server 2003
13	2 (1.75%)	Embedded Linux
13	2 (1.75%)	Oracle Linux
14	1 (0.88%)	Windows 8
14	1 (0.88%)	Windows Vista

Processes & Methodologies
1	26 (22.81%)	DevOps
2	18 (15.79%)	High Availability
3	15 (13.16%)	Agile Software Development
3	15 (13.16%)	Continuous Integration
4	13 (11.40%)	Disaster Recovery
5	11 (9.65%)	Business Intelligence
5	11 (9.65%)	Change Management
5	11 (9.65%)	ERP
6	10 (8.77%)	Continuous Delivery
7	9 (7.89%)	Business Analysis
7	9 (7.89%)	CRM
7	9 (7.89%)	Mentoring
7	9 (7.89%)	Performance Tuning
7	9 (7.89%)	Software Engineering
7	9 (7.89%)	Web Development
8	8 (7.02%)	ITIL
8	8 (7.02%)	OOP
8	8 (7.02%)	Scrum
8	8 (7.02%)	UML
9	7 (6.14%)	Software Testing

Programming Languages
1	37 (32.46%)	PHP
1	37 (32.46%)	SQL
2	30 (26.32%)	Java
3	19 (16.67%)	Bash Shell
4	16 (14.04%)	Python
5	15 (13.16%)	Ruby
6	14 (12.28%)	JavaScript
7	11 (9.65%)	C#
7	11 (9.65%)	RPG
7	11 (9.65%)	RPG IV
7	11 (9.65%)	VBA
8	9 (7.89%)	ActionScript
8	9 (7.89%)	ActionScript 2.0
9	8 (7.02%)	C++
9	8 (7.02%)	VB.NET
10	7 (6.14%)	Perl
11	6 (5.26%)	ECMAScript
11	6 (5.26%)	VB
12	5 (4.39%)	VBScript
13	3 (2.63%)	PowerShell

Qualifications
1	16 (14.04%)	Cisco Certification
2	14 (12.28%)	CCNP
3	9 (7.89%)	CCSE
4	8 (7.02%)	Degree
5	7 (6.14%)	CCNA
6	3 (2.63%)	CCIE
6	3 (2.63%)	CCIE Service Provider
6	3 (2.63%)	CCSP
7	2 (1.75%)	JNCIS
7	2 (1.75%)	MCSE
7	2 (1.75%)	Microsoft Certification
7	2 (1.75%)	RHCE
7	2 (1.75%)	VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8	1 (0.88%)	AWS Certification
8	1 (0.88%)	ITIL Certification
8	1 (0.88%)	Security Cleared

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	9 (7.89%)	SLA
2	1 (0.88%)	PCI DSS

System Software
1	14 (12.28%)	Active Directory
2	12 (10.53%)	Docker
3	7 (6.14%)	Xen
4	3 (2.63%)	NFS
4	3 (2.63%)	Virtual Servers
4	3 (2.63%)	VMware ESXi
4	3 (2.63%)	VMware Infrastructure
5	1 (0.88%)	Firmware
5	1 (0.88%)	Hyper-V
5	1 (0.88%)	XenApp
5	1 (0.88%)	XenDesktop

Systems Management
1	21 (18.42%)	Opscode Chef
2	16 (14.04%)	Puppet
3	7 (6.14%)	Ansible
3	7 (6.14%)	Terraform
4	5 (4.39%)	Kubernetes
5	4 (3.51%)	Packer
6	3 (2.63%)	Galera Cluster
7	1 (0.88%)	Backup Exec
7	1 (0.88%)	HAProxy
7	1 (0.88%)	Nagios

Vendors
1	21 (18.42%)	Microsoft
2	19 (16.67%)	Cisco
3	15 (13.16%)	IBM
3	15 (13.16%)	Red Hat
4	13 (11.40%)	Oracle
5	11 (9.65%)	CheckPoint
5	11 (9.65%)	F5
5	11 (9.65%)	Fortinet
6	9 (7.89%)	Aruba
6	9 (7.89%)	Blue Coat
6	9 (7.89%)	Cognos
6	9 (7.89%)	Forcepoint
6	9 (7.89%)	Palo Alto
6	9 (7.89%)	Sourcefire
7	8 (7.02%)	Google
8	7 (6.14%)	New Relic
9	5 (4.39%)	VMware
10	3 (2.63%)	Veeam
11	2 (1.75%)	SolarWinds
11	2 (1.75%)	Tableau