Linux Jobs in Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 28 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Linux UK / Wales
Location	3 months to 28 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	19	17	13
Rank change year-on-year	-2	-4
Permanent jobs citing Linux	107	128	172
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales	10.78%	9.75%	12.29%
As % of the Operating Systems category	45.53%	40.00%	44.44%
Number of salaries quoted	101	107	156
Median salary	£40,000	£38,500	£37,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+3.89%	+4.05%
90% offered a salary of more than	£29,402	£23,700	£26,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£55,242	£48,250	£47,500
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£42,500	£42,500

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 Wales with a requirement for operating system skills.

Operating System Skills Wales
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills	235	320	387
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Wales	23.67%	24.37%	27.66%
Number of salaries quoted	221	273	334
Median salary	£36,116	£35,000	£36,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+3.18%	-2.77%
90% offered a salary of more than	£23,000	£21,750	£24,300
10% offered a salary of more than	£52,163	£44,000	£45,000
UK excluding London median salary	£37,500	£37,500	£37,500

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Linux
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Linux
Salary Histogram in Wales

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Linux in Wales over the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

Linux
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Wales region over the 3 months to 28 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
South Wales	-6	76	£37,500	-2.59%	8
West Wales	-	31	£46,500	-	5
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Linux
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Wales

For the 6 months to 28 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 Wales region with a requirement for Linux.

1	84 (43.08%)	Windows
2	68 (34.87%)	Amazon AWS
3	62 (31.79%)	Agile Software Development
4	54 (27.69%)	DevOps
5	53 (27.18%)	Python
6	46 (23.59%)	Unix
7	45 (23.08%)	Puppet
8	40 (20.51%)	VMware
9	39 (20.00%)	Java
10	36 (18.46%)	PHP
10	36 (18.46%)	Windows Server
10	36 (18.46%)	Microsoft Azure
11	35 (17.95%)	Bash Shell
11	35 (17.95%)	Configuration Management
12	34 (17.44%)	Ansible

13	33 (16.92%)	Red Hat
14	32 (16.41%)	Firewall
14	32 (16.41%)	Jenkins
15	31 (15.90%)	VMware Infrastructure
16	29 (14.87%)	ITIL
17	28 (14.36%)	OO
17	28 (14.36%)	Microsoft
18	27 (13.85%)	Cisco
18	27 (13.85%)	Opscode Chef
19	26 (13.33%)	Oracle
20	25 (12.82%)	Perl
20	25 (12.82%)	Games
20	25 (12.82%)	CentOS
21	24 (12.31%)	Active Directory
22	23 (11.79%)	DNS

Linux
Co-occurring IT Skills in Wales 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	13 (6.67%)	Apache
2	11 (5.64%)	IIS
3	10 (5.13%)	JBoss
4	9 (4.62%)	Tomcat
5	8 (4.10%)	SharePoint
6	7 (3.59%)	Elasticsearch
7	6 (3.08%)	Exchange Server 2013
7	6 (3.08%)	MS Exchange
8	5 (2.56%)	WordPress
9	4 (2.05%)	Apache Spark
9	4 (2.05%)	OpenStack
10	3 (1.54%)	CMS
10	3 (1.54%)	nginx
11	2 (1.03%)	Cloud Foundry
11	2 (1.03%)	Confluence
11	2 (1.03%)	Exchange Server 2010
11	2 (1.03%)	Oracle SOA Suite
11	2 (1.03%)	WebLogic
12	1 (0.51%)	Drupal
12	1 (0.51%)	NetWeaver

Applications
1	7 (3.59%)	Microsoft Office
2	5 (2.56%)	Microsoft Excel

Business Applications
1	1 (0.51%)	Magento

Cloud Services
1	68 (34.87%)	Amazon AWS
2	36 (18.46%)	Microsoft Azure
3	12 (6.15%)	SaaS
4	11 (5.64%)	Office 365
5	9 (4.62%)	PaaS
6	7 (3.59%)	IaaS
7	6 (3.08%)	Amazon CloudWatch
8	5 (2.56%)	Amazon EC2
9	3 (1.54%)	AWS CloudFormation
9	3 (1.54%)	G Suite
10	2 (1.03%)	Azure Active Directory
11	1 (0.51%)	Amazon S3
11	1 (0.51%)	AWS OpsWorks
11	1 (0.51%)	CloudFront

Communications & Networking
1	32 (16.41%)	Firewall
2	23 (11.79%)	DNS
3	19 (9.74%)	VPN
4	17 (8.72%)	TCP/IP
5	16 (8.21%)	VoIP
6	10 (5.13%)	iSCSI
7	9 (4.62%)	DHCP
7	9 (4.62%)	HTTP
8	7 (3.59%)	Internet
9	6 (3.08%)	Cisco IOS
9	6 (3.08%)	Network Security
9	6 (3.08%)	VLAN
10	5 (2.56%)	IPv6
10	5 (2.56%)	SAN
11	4 (2.05%)	LAN
11	4 (2.05%)	MPLS
11	4 (2.05%)	RTP
11	4 (2.05%)	SSL
11	4 (2.05%)	WAN
11	4 (2.05%)	Wireshark

Database & Business Intelligence
1	23 (11.79%)	MySQL
2	17 (8.72%)	SQL Server
3	16 (8.21%)	NoSQL
3	16 (8.21%)	PostgreSQL
4	13 (6.67%)	MongoDB
5	5 (2.56%)	Hadoop
6	4 (2.05%)	Amazon DynamoDB
6	4 (2.05%)	Amazon RDS
6	4 (2.05%)	Big Data
7	3 (1.54%)	Apache Cassandra
7	3 (1.54%)	Oracle Database
8	2 (1.03%)	Couchbase
8	2 (1.03%)	Relational Database
8	2 (1.03%)	SQL Server 2008
9	1 (0.51%)	Amazon Redshift
9	1 (0.51%)	MariaDB
9	1 (0.51%)	Oracle Exadata
9	1 (0.51%)	SAP HANA
9	1 (0.51%)	SQL Server 2014
9	1 (0.51%)	SQL Server 2016

Development Applications
1	32 (16.41%)	Jenkins
2	16 (8.21%)	Git (software)
3	12 (6.15%)	Maven
4	4 (2.05%)	Ant
5	3 (1.54%)	Bitbucket
5	3 (1.54%)	Eclipse
5	3 (1.54%)	Selenium
5	3 (1.54%)	Sonatype Nexus
5	3 (1.54%)	Vagrant
6	2 (1.03%)	Atlassian Bamboo
7	1 (0.51%)	ClearCase
7	1 (0.51%)	JIRA
7	1 (0.51%)	JUnit
7	1 (0.51%)	Rational DOORS
7	1 (0.51%)	Visual Studio

General
1	25 (12.82%)	Games
2	19 (9.74%)	Finance
3	9 (4.62%)	Telecoms
4	8 (4.10%)	Marketing
5	6 (3.08%)	Law
6	5 (2.56%)	Automotive
7	4 (2.05%)	Advertising
8	3 (1.54%)	Multimedia
8	3 (1.54%)	Retail
9	2 (1.03%)	Military
9	2 (1.03%)	Welsh Language
10	1 (0.51%)	Financial Institution
10	1 (0.51%)	Manufacturing
10	1 (0.51%)	Publishing

Job Titles
1	42 (21.54%)	DevOps Engineer
2	28 (14.36%)	Infrastructure Engineer
3	27 (13.85%)	Developer
4	20 (10.26%)	Cloud Engineer
5	19 (9.74%)	Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6	16 (8.21%)	Java Developer
7	13 (6.67%)	Systems Engineer
8	12 (6.15%)	Administrator
9	10 (5.13%)	Linux Engineer
9	10 (5.13%)	Support Engineer
10	9 (4.62%)	Analyst
10	9 (4.62%)	Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11	8 (4.10%)	Support Analyst
12	7 (3.59%)	Senior Cloud Engineer
12	7 (3.59%)	Software Engineer
13	6 (3.08%)	IT Support
13	6 (3.08%)	Network Security Specialist
13	6 (3.08%)	Network Specialist
13	6 (3.08%)	Security Engineer
13	6 (3.08%)	Security Specialist

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	17 (8.72%)	Web Services
2	16 (8.21%)	HTML
3	15 (7.69%)	.NET
4	13 (6.67%)	HTML5
5	11 (5.64%)	CSS
5	11 (5.64%)	REST
6	10 (5.13%)	AngularJS
6	10 (5.13%)	Elastic Stack
7	7 (3.59%)	J2EE
8	6 (3.08%)	Hibernate
8	6 (3.08%)	Spring
9	5 (2.56%)	ASP.NET
9	5 (2.56%)	CSS3
9	5 (2.56%)	Middleware
10	4 (2.05%)	iOS SDK
10	4 (2.05%)	Sass
11	3 (1.54%)	jQuery
11	3 (1.54%)	JSON
11	3 (1.54%)	LAMP
11	3 (1.54%)	React

Miscellaneous
1	10 (5.13%)	Analytical Skills
2	8 (4.10%)	Computer Science
3	7 (3.59%)	Hybrid Cloud
3	7 (3.59%)	Management Information System
4	6 (3.08%)	CMDB
5	5 (2.56%)	Linux Command Line
5	5 (2.56%)	Public Cloud
6	4 (2.05%)	CUDA
7	3 (1.54%)	Greenfield Project
7	3 (1.54%)	Private Cloud
7	3 (1.54%)	User Experience
7	3 (1.54%)	Xbox
8	2 (1.03%)	BBC
8	2 (1.03%)	Clustering
8	2 (1.03%)	Data Centre
8	2 (1.03%)	Digital Media
8	2 (1.03%)	Distributed Denial-of-Service
9	1 (0.51%)	Device Driver
9	1 (0.51%)	Digital TV
9	1 (0.51%)	EPoS

Operating Systems
1	84 (43.08%)	Windows
2	46 (23.59%)	Unix
3	36 (18.46%)	Windows Server
4	25 (12.82%)	CentOS
5	21 (10.77%)	Ubuntu
6	17 (8.72%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6	17 (8.72%)	Windows Server 2012
7	11 (5.64%)	Debian
8	9 (4.62%)	Windows Server 2008
9	8 (4.10%)	AIX
9	8 (4.10%)	Android
10	6 (3.08%)	Apple iOS
11	5 (2.56%)	HPUX
11	5 (2.56%)	Mac OS
11	5 (2.56%)	Solaris
12	4 (2.05%)	Windows Server 2003
13	3 (1.54%)	OpenBSD
14	2 (1.03%)	VMS
15	1 (0.51%)	Embedded Linux
15	1 (0.51%)	SUSE

Processes & Methodologies
1	62 (31.79%)	Agile Software Development
2	54 (27.69%)	DevOps
3	35 (17.95%)	Configuration Management
4	29 (14.87%)	ITIL
5	28 (14.36%)	OO
6	23 (11.79%)	Continuous Integration
7	20 (10.26%)	Service Delivery
8	18 (9.23%)	Software Engineering
9	16 (8.21%)	SEO
10	15 (7.69%)	Continuous Improvement
10	15 (7.69%)	Scrum
11	14 (7.18%)	E-Commerce
11	14 (7.18%)	Server Virtualisation
12	13 (6.67%)	Open Source
13	12 (6.15%)	High Availability
14	10 (5.13%)	Change Management
14	10 (5.13%)	SDLC
15	9 (4.62%)	OOD
16	8 (4.10%)	Test Automation
17	7 (3.59%)	Waterfall

Programming Languages
1	53 (27.18%)	Python
2	39 (20.00%)	Java
3	36 (18.46%)	PHP
4	35 (17.95%)	Bash Shell
5	25 (12.82%)	Perl
6	22 (11.28%)	SQL
7	19 (9.74%)	C#
8	16 (8.21%)	JavaScript
9	15 (7.69%)	PowerShell
10	10 (5.13%)	C++
11	7 (3.59%)	C
11	7 (3.59%)	Shell Script
12	6 (3.08%)	Objective-C
13	4 (2.05%)	Groovy
14	1 (0.51%)	Scala
14	1 (0.51%)	T-SQL
14	1 (0.51%)	TypeScript
14	1 (0.51%)	VB
14	1 (0.51%)	VB.NET
14	1 (0.51%)	VB6

Qualifications
1	19 (9.74%)	Degree
2	11 (5.64%)	Computer Science Degree
3	6 (3.08%)	CCNA
3	6 (3.08%)	Cisco Certification
3	6 (3.08%)	MCSA
3	6 (3.08%)	MCSE
3	6 (3.08%)	Microsoft Certification
4	5 (2.56%)	CCNP
4	5 (2.56%)	GNVQ
5	3 (1.54%)	Security Cleared
6	2 (1.03%)	PRINCE2 Certification
6	2 (1.03%)	VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7	1 (0.51%)	AWS Certification
7	1 (0.51%)	CEH
7	1 (0.51%)	CISSP
7	1 (0.51%)	DV Cleared
7	1 (0.51%)	SC Cleared

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	21 (10.77%)	SLA
2	1 (0.51%)	ISO/IEC 27001

System Software
1	31 (15.90%)	VMware Infrastructure
2	24 (12.31%)	Active Directory
3	15 (7.69%)	Docker
4	7 (3.59%)	vSphere
5	6 (3.08%)	Snort
5	6 (3.08%)	Virtual Machines
6	5 (2.56%)	Firmware
6	5 (2.56%)	VMware ESXi
7	4 (2.05%)	Hyper-V
7	4 (2.05%)	pfSense
8	2 (1.03%)	vCloud
8	2 (1.03%)	XenApp
8	2 (1.03%)	XenDesktop

Systems Management
1	45 (23.08%)	Puppet
2	34 (17.44%)	Ansible
3	27 (13.85%)	Opscode Chef
4	13 (6.67%)	Terraform
5	8 (4.10%)	NetBackup
6	4 (2.05%)	ServiceCenter
6	4 (2.05%)	Tivoli
6	4 (2.05%)	Tivoli Storage Manager
7	2 (1.03%)	Grafana
7	2 (1.03%)	SCCM
8	1 (0.51%)	HAProxy
8	1 (0.51%)	Nagios
8	1 (0.51%)	Oracle Enterprise Manager
8	1 (0.51%)	Oracle RMAN
8	1 (0.51%)	Oracle ZFS
8	1 (0.51%)	Packer
8	1 (0.51%)	QRadar
8	1 (0.51%)	vRealize

Vendors
1	40 (20.51%)	VMware
2	33 (16.92%)	Red Hat
3	28 (14.36%)	Microsoft
4	27 (13.85%)	Cisco
5	26 (13.33%)	Oracle
6	11 (5.64%)	HP
7	9 (4.62%)	ServiceNow
8	6 (3.08%)	Dell
9	5 (2.56%)	Juniper
10	4 (2.05%)	Acme Packet
10	4 (2.05%)	BMC
10	4 (2.05%)	Brocade
10	4 (2.05%)	EMC
10	4 (2.05%)	EqualLogic
10	4 (2.05%)	IBM
10	4 (2.05%)	SolarWinds
10	4 (2.05%)	SonicWALL
10	4 (2.05%)	Splunk
11	3 (1.54%)	Google
11	3 (1.54%)	Sencha