Ubuntu Jobs in the South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Ubuntu skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Ubuntu over the 3 months to 24 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Ubuntu Linux England / South East
Location	3 months to 24 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	288	324	350
Rank change year-on-year	+36	+26
Permanent jobs citing Ubuntu	108	119	130
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East	0.75%	0.64%	0.61%
As % of the Operating Systems category	2.58%	2.15%	2.06%
Number of salaries quoted	106	109	117
Median salary	£45,000	£42,500	£45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+5.88%	-5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than	£35,000	£32,500	£24,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£65,000	£67,500	£50,000
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£42,500	£45,000
% change year-on-year	-	-5.55%

Ubuntu 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 the South East with a requirement for operating system skills.

Operating System Skills South East
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills	4193	5525	6316
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East	28.99%	29.90%	29.57%
Number of salaries quoted	3571	4808	5330
Median salary	£40,000	£40,000	£40,000
90% offered a salary of more than	£23,500	£25,000	£23,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£60,000	£60,000	£60,000
UK excluding London median salary	£37,500	£37,500	£37,500

Ubuntu
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Ubuntu in the South East

Ubuntu
Salary Trend in the South East

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Ubuntu in the South East.

Salary trend for Ubuntu in the South East

Ubuntu
Salary Histogram in the South East

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Ubuntu in the South East over the 3 months to 24 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Ubuntu in the South East

Ubuntu
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ubuntu within the South East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Berkshire	+11	29	£59,500	+19.00%	5
Hampshire	+10	23	£40,000	+14.28%	1
East Sussex	+24	21	£45,000	-14.28%	1
Surrey	+27	19	£47,500	+13.09%	3
Buckinghamshire	+15	14	£55,000	+25.71%	2
Oxfordshire	+8	1	£62,500	+78.57%	1
Kent	-	1	£30,000	-
Ubuntu England

Ubuntu
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East

For the 6 months to 24 June 2017, IT jobs citing Ubuntu 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 South East region with a requirement for Ubuntu.

1	238 (100.00%)	Linux
2	122 (51.26%)	Python
3	98 (41.18%)	MySQL
4	94 (39.50%)	DevOps
5	88 (36.97%)	CentOS
6	75 (31.51%)	Debian
7	71 (29.83%)	Ansible
8	68 (28.57%)	Puppet
9	67 (28.15%)	PHP
10	64 (26.89%)	Apache
10	64 (26.89%)	Red Hat
10	64 (26.89%)	Agile Software Development
11	59 (24.79%)	Bash Shell
12	56 (23.53%)	Docker
13	55 (23.11%)	PostgreSQL

14	53 (22.27%)	Windows
14	53 (22.27%)	Amazon AWS
15	51 (21.43%)	Jenkins
16	50 (21.01%)	Opscode Chef
16	50 (21.01%)	nginx
17	49 (20.59%)	Java
18	47 (19.75%)	Scrum
19	46 (19.33%)	DNS
20	44 (18.49%)	SQL
21	43 (18.07%)	VMware
22	42 (17.65%)	Web Services
23	41 (17.23%)	LAMP
23	41 (17.23%)	Ruby
23	41 (17.23%)	Open Source
24	40 (16.81%)	HTML

Ubuntu
Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East 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	64 (26.89%)	Apache
2	50 (21.01%)	nginx
3	32 (13.45%)	OpenStack
4	23 (9.66%)	Elasticsearch
5	22 (9.24%)	uWSGI
6	15 (6.30%)	JBoss
7	13 (5.46%)	Tomcat
7	13 (5.46%)	WildFly
8	12 (5.04%)	IIS
9	8 (3.36%)	MS Exchange
10	7 (2.94%)	Cloud Foundry
10	7 (2.94%)	WebSphere
11	4 (1.68%)	Drupal
12	3 (1.26%)	Eucalyptus
12	3 (1.26%)	Exchange Server 2013
12	3 (1.26%)	WebLogic
12	3 (1.26%)	WordPress
13	2 (0.84%)	CMS
13	2 (0.84%)	Exchange Server 2010
13	2 (0.84%)	Kentico

Applications
1	7 (2.94%)	Microsoft Office
2	1 (0.42%)	SOLIDWORKS

Business Applications
1	2 (0.84%)	Magento
1	2 (0.84%)	Sentinel
2	1 (0.42%)	Epicor Vantage

Cloud Services
1	53 (22.27%)	Amazon AWS
2	24 (10.08%)	SaaS
3	12 (5.04%)	Microsoft Azure
4	8 (3.36%)	Amazon EC2
5	5 (2.10%)	Google Cloud Platform
6	3 (1.26%)	Amazon S3
6	3 (1.26%)	Firebase
6	3 (1.26%)	Office 365
7	2 (0.84%)	Datadog
7	2 (0.84%)	IBM Cloud
7	2 (0.84%)	SoftLayer
8	1 (0.42%)	AWS OpsWorks
8	1 (0.42%)	G Suite
8	1 (0.42%)	GitHub
8	1 (0.42%)	Heroku
8	1 (0.42%)	IaaS

Communications & Networking
1	46 (19.33%)	DNS
2	32 (13.45%)	TCP/IP
3	18 (7.56%)	Firewall
4	15 (6.30%)	DHCP
4	15 (6.30%)	SAN
5	14 (5.88%)	Internet
6	7 (2.94%)	SSL
6	7 (2.94%)	VLAN
7	6 (2.52%)	HTTP
7	6 (2.52%)	LDAP
7	6 (2.52%)	Network Security
8	5 (2.10%)	BGP
8	5 (2.10%)	SMTP
8	5 (2.10%)	VPN
9	4 (1.68%)	LAN
9	4 (1.68%)	SSH
10	3 (1.26%)	WAN
11	2 (0.84%)	FTP
11	2 (0.84%)	Intrusion Detection
11	2 (0.84%)	VoIP

Database & Business Intelligence
1	98 (41.18%)	MySQL
2	55 (23.11%)	PostgreSQL
3	31 (13.03%)	MongoDB
4	29 (12.18%)	Redis
5	22 (9.24%)	Apache Cassandra
6	17 (7.14%)	NoSQL
7	16 (6.72%)	SQL Server
8	15 (6.30%)	MariaDB
9	14 (5.88%)	Hadoop
10	12 (5.04%)	Neo4j
10	12 (5.04%)	Pentaho
11	10 (4.20%)	Big Data
12	8 (3.36%)	SQLite
13	6 (2.52%)	KDB
14	3 (1.26%)	CouchDB
15	2 (0.84%)	Amazon DynamoDB
15	2 (0.84%)	InfluxDB
16	1 (0.42%)	DB2
16	1 (0.42%)	Informix
16	1 (0.42%)	SQL Server 2008

Development Applications
1	51 (21.43%)	Jenkins
2	38 (15.97%)	Git (software)
3	22 (9.24%)	GitLab
4	12 (5.04%)	Talend Open Studio
5	7 (2.94%)	JIRA
5	7 (2.94%)	JMeter
5	7 (2.94%)	Vagrant
6	6 (2.52%)	Bower
6	6 (2.52%)	Cucumber
6	6 (2.52%)	Grunt
6	6 (2.52%)	NetBeans
7	4 (1.68%)	PhpStorm
7	4 (1.68%)	Sublime Text
8	3 (1.26%)	Subversion
9	2 (0.84%)	TeamCity
9	2 (0.84%)	Trac
10	1 (0.42%)	Eclipse
10	1 (0.42%)	Maven

General
1	25 (10.50%)	Finance
2	9 (3.78%)	Marketing
3	8 (3.36%)	Electronics
4	7 (2.94%)	Banking
5	4 (1.68%)	Automotive
5	4 (1.68%)	Games
5	4 (1.68%)	Manufacturing
6	2 (0.84%)	Front Office
6	2 (0.84%)	Italian Language
6	2 (0.84%)	Military
6	2 (0.84%)	Telecoms
7	1 (0.42%)	Back Office

Job Titles
1	72 (30.25%)	Developer
2	68 (28.57%)	Administrator
3	67 (28.15%)	Systems Administrator
4	63 (26.47%)	Linux Systems Administrator
5	62 (26.05%)	Linux Administrator
6	41 (17.23%)	Linux/Unix DevOps
7	32 (13.45%)	Linux Engineer
8	31 (13.03%)	DevOps Administrator
8	31 (13.03%)	Linux DevOps Administrator
9	28 (11.76%)	DevOps Engineer
10	24 (10.08%)	Systems Engineer
11	21 (8.82%)	Infrastructure Engineer
12	20 (8.40%)	Linux Systems Engineer
13	19 (7.98%)	Python Developer
14	17 (7.14%)	Linux DevOps Engineer
15	16 (6.72%)	Django Developer
15	16 (6.72%)	Python/Django Developer
16	14 (5.88%)	Java Developer
17	13 (5.46%)	Senior DevOps
17	13 (5.46%)	Senior DevOps Engineer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	42 (17.65%)	Web Services
2	41 (17.23%)	LAMP
3	40 (16.81%)	HTML
4	25 (10.50%)	AngularJS
5	24 (10.08%)	CSS
6	22 (9.24%)	Celery
6	22 (9.24%)	Django
6	22 (9.24%)	Flask
6	22 (9.24%)	RESTful
7	19 (7.98%)	jQuery
8	15 (6.30%)	Node.js
9	14 (5.88%)	Java EE
10	12 (5.04%)	ActiveMQ
10	12 (5.04%)	Apache Camel
10	12 (5.04%)	Apache CXF
10	12 (5.04%)	D3.js
10	12 (5.04%)	Drools
10	12 (5.04%)	jBPM
10	12 (5.04%)	Symfony
11	11 (4.62%)	HTML5

Miscellaneous
1	20 (8.40%)	Mobile App
2	16 (6.72%)	Fintech
3	14 (5.88%)	Data Centre
4	12 (5.04%)	User Experience
5	11 (4.62%)	Greenfield Project
6	8 (3.36%)	Linux Command Line
7	7 (2.94%)	Computer Science
8	6 (2.52%)	Mobile Payment
9	3 (1.26%)	Analytical Skills
9	3 (1.26%)	Embedded Systems
9	3 (1.26%)	Private Cloud
9	3 (1.26%)	Public Cloud
10	2 (0.84%)	Management Information System
10	2 (0.84%)	NHS
10	2 (0.84%)	Replication
11	1 (0.42%)	Digital Media
11	1 (0.42%)	Enterprise Software
11	1 (0.42%)	Mobile Banking
11	1 (0.42%)	Online Games
11	1 (0.42%)	Virtual Team

Operating Systems
1	238 (100.00%)	Linux
2	88 (36.97%)	CentOS
3	75 (31.51%)	Debian
4	53 (22.27%)	Windows
5	25 (10.50%)	Unix
6	17 (7.14%)	Windows Server
7	13 (5.46%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8	12 (5.04%)	Windows Server 2008
8	12 (5.04%)	Windows Server 2012
9	8 (3.36%)	Mac OS
10	3 (1.26%)	AIX
10	3 (1.26%)	Windows 10
10	3 (1.26%)	Windows Server 2003
11	2 (0.84%)	Android
11	2 (0.84%)	Fedora
11	2 (0.84%)	VMS
12	1 (0.42%)	Embedded Linux
12	1 (0.42%)	HPUX
12	1 (0.42%)	Mac OS X
12	1 (0.42%)	SUSE

Processes & Methodologies
1	94 (39.50%)	DevOps
2	64 (26.89%)	Agile Software Development
3	47 (19.75%)	Scrum
4	41 (17.23%)	Open Source
5	36 (15.13%)	TDD
6	29 (12.18%)	Web Development
7	25 (10.50%)	Software Engineering
8	23 (9.66%)	Configuration Management
8	23 (9.66%)	Unit Testing
9	22 (9.24%)	Information Architecture
10	18 (7.56%)	Continuous Integration
11	17 (7.14%)	Cybersecurity
12	14 (5.88%)	OOP
13	13 (5.46%)	Mentoring
14	12 (5.04%)	BDD
14	12 (5.04%)	Load Balancing
14	12 (5.04%)	Open Source Development
15	11 (4.62%)	E-Commerce
16	10 (4.20%)	Business Development
16	10 (4.20%)	Capacity Planning

Programming Languages
1	122 (51.26%)	Python
2	67 (28.15%)	PHP
3	59 (24.79%)	Bash Shell
4	49 (20.59%)	Java
5	44 (18.49%)	SQL
6	41 (17.23%)	Ruby
7	39 (16.39%)	Perl
8	34 (14.29%)	JavaScript
9	21 (8.82%)	PowerShell
10	12 (5.04%)	Jython
11	7 (2.94%)	C++
11	7 (2.94%)	PHP 5
12	6 (2.52%)	CoffeeScript
12	6 (2.52%)	TypeScript
13	3 (1.26%)	Embedded C++
14	2 (0.84%)	C
15	1 (0.42%)	C#
15	1 (0.42%)	C-shell
15	1 (0.42%)	PHP 7
15	1 (0.42%)	Scala

Qualifications
1	30 (12.61%)	Degree
2	16 (6.72%)	Security Cleared
3	15 (6.30%)	MCSE
3	15 (6.30%)	Microsoft Certification
4	11 (4.62%)	SC Cleared
5	8 (3.36%)	CCNA
5	8 (3.36%)	Cisco Certification
6	3 (1.26%)	CCENT
7	1 (0.42%)	HND
7	1 (0.42%)	MCP

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	22 (9.24%)	QA
2	8 (3.36%)	ISO 9001
3	7 (2.94%)	PCI DSS
4	2 (0.84%)	ISO/IEC 27001
4	2 (0.84%)	SLA

System Software
1	56 (23.53%)	Docker
2	35 (14.71%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	23 (9.66%)	KVM
4	22 (9.24%)	Active Directory
4	22 (9.24%)	Xen
5	15 (6.30%)	VMware ESXi
6	14 (5.88%)	Hyper-V
7	11 (4.62%)	Varnish
8	9 (3.78%)	VirtualBox
9	8 (3.36%)	vSphere
10	5 (2.10%)	NFS
11	4 (1.68%)	VMware Server
12	3 (1.26%)	Virtual Servers
13	2 (0.84%)	Apache ZooKeeper
13	2 (0.84%)	Gluster
13	2 (0.84%)	Terminal Services
14	1 (0.42%)	Ceph
14	1 (0.42%)	Postfix
14	1 (0.42%)	vCloud
14	1 (0.42%)	VMware Workstation

Systems Management
1	71 (29.83%)	Ansible
2	68 (28.57%)	Puppet
3	50 (21.01%)	Opscode Chef
4	21 (8.82%)	Nagios
5	8 (3.36%)	Cobbler
6	7 (2.94%)	FortiGate
6	7 (2.94%)	Pingdom
6	7 (2.94%)	Terraform
7	6 (2.52%)	Capistrano
7	6 (2.52%)	HAProxy
8	5 (2.10%)	cPanel
8	5 (2.10%)	Kubernetes
9	4 (1.68%)	Galera Cluster
9	4 (1.68%)	Packer
9	4 (1.68%)	ZABBIX
10	3 (1.26%)	Grafana
10	3 (1.26%)	Icinga
11	2 (0.84%)	FreeIPA
11	2 (0.84%)	Graphite
11	2 (0.84%)	logstash

Vendors
1	64 (26.89%)	Red Hat
2	43 (18.07%)	VMware
3	32 (13.45%)	Microsoft
4	18 (7.56%)	Cisco
5	14 (5.88%)	New Relic
6	12 (5.04%)	Talend
7	11 (4.62%)	Juniper
8	9 (3.78%)	IBM
8	9 (3.78%)	Rackspace
9	8 (3.36%)	CheckPoint
10	6 (2.52%)	Google
10	6 (2.52%)	Zend
11	5 (2.10%)	HP
11	5 (2.10%)	Oracle
12	3 (1.26%)	Brocade
13	2 (0.84%)	Apple
13	2 (0.84%)	CommVault
13	2 (0.84%)	Percona
13	2 (0.84%)	Sitecore
14	1 (0.42%)	Epicor