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The table below looks at the demand for Linux skills within the Essex region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLinux
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank2939
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching permanent IT job ads9289
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.080 %0.045 %
As % of the category below21.96 %16.67 %
Salaries quoted8166
Average minimum salary£43,951£35,030
Average salary£45,384£38,489
% change on same period last year+17.91 %
Average maximum salary£46,817£41,947
UK excluding London average salary£36,187£35,747
% change on same period last year+1.22 %
Essex IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Essex
Matching permanent IT job ads419534
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.362 %0.273 %
Salaries quoted373443
Average minimum salary£31,799£30,762
Average salary£33,239£32,526
% change on same period last year+2.19 %
Average maximum salary£34,678£34,290
UK excluding London average salary£34,281£34,122
% change on same period last year+0.46 %
Linux East of EnglandLinux
East of England

Linux
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Linux across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Essex Linux Demand Trend

Linux
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Linux across the Essex region.

Essex Linux Salary Trend

Linux
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Linux across the Essex region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WithamNew entry-9£18,000-
Southend-on-SeaUp+74£38,000+15.50 %
BasildonDown-34£46,250+1.09 %
ColchesterUp+223£45,000+52.54 %
Saffron WaldenNew entry-1£21,000-
ChelmsfordUp+51£55,000+83.33 %
Linux East of EnglandLinux
East of England

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the Essex 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.

1134 (54.47 %)UNIX
2104 (42.28 %)Apache
389 (36.18 %)Red Hat
389 (36.18 %)Red Hat Linux
486 (34.96 %)Oracle
569 (28.05 %)MySQL
569 (28.05 %)Windows
661 (24.80 %)SQL
755 (22.36 %)Shell Script
852 (21.14 %)TCP/IP
951 (20.73 %)Finance
1048 (19.51 %)AIX
1146 (18.70 %)SAN
1244 (17.89 %)C
1341 (16.67 %)IBM
1439 (15.85 %)Java
1538 (15.45 %)iSeries
1636 (14.63 %)Solaris
1733 (13.41 %)Internet
1832 (13.01 %)Fedora
1931 (12.60 %)Extranet
1931 (12.60 %)Intranet
1931 (12.60 %)Sun
2030 (12.20 %)Windows Server 2003
2129 (11.79 %)PL/SQL
2129 (11.79 %)C++
2129 (11.79 %)Degree
2228 (11.38 %)Microsoft
2326 (10.57 %)Oracle 10g
2425 (10.16 %)J2EE

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the Essex 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.

Essex IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
125 (10.16 %)J2EE
214 (5.691 %)HTML
38 (3.252 %)CSS
47 (2.846 %)AJAX
56 (2.439 %)Struts
65 (2.033 %)WebServices
65 (2.033 %)WebSphere
74 (1.626 %)Flash
83 (1.220 %)LAMP
92 (0.813 %)XML
92 (0.813 %)JSP
92 (0.813 %)FIX Protocol
101 (0.407 %)Symfony
101 (0.407 %)CakePHP
101 (0.407 %)jQuery
101 (0.407 %)WAMP
101 (0.407 %)Servlets
101 (0.407 %)Ruby on Rails
101 (0.407 %)SWT
101 (0.407 %)XSL
Essex IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1104 (42.28 %)Apache
217 (6.911 %)Oracle Workflow
315 (6.098 %)MS Exchange
47 (2.846 %)IIS
56 (2.439 %)SharePoint
65 (2.033 %)Exchange Server 2003
65 (2.033 %)Exchange Server 2007
74 (1.626 %)WebSphere Application Server
74 (1.626 %)WPS
83 (1.220 %)Oracle Application Server
91 (0.407 %)Exchange Server 2000
91 (0.407 %)Tomcat
91 (0.407 %)Drupal
91 (0.407 %)Joomla!
Essex IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (1.220 %)MS Excel
22 (0.813 %)MS Office
Essex IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
152 (21.14 %)TCP/IP
246 (18.70 %)SAN
333 (13.41 %)Internet
431 (12.60 %)Extranet
431 (12.60 %)Intranet
523 (9.350 %)SSH
620 (8.130 %)SSL
712 (4.878 %)DNS
811 (4.472 %)LAN
811 (4.472 %)WAN
95 (2.033 %)VPN
104 (1.626 %)VoIP
104 (1.626 %)Firewall
113 (1.220 %)LDAP
121 (0.407 %)Broadband
121 (0.407 %)POP3
121 (0.407 %)SMTP
121 (0.407 %)DHCP
121 (0.407 %)FTP
121 (0.407 %)ICMP
Essex IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
169 (28.05 %)MySQL
226 (10.57 %)Oracle 10g
325 (10.16 %)SQL Server
417 (6.911 %)SQLPlus
513 (5.285 %)Oracle Reports
610 (4.065 %)Oracle 9i
76 (2.439 %)RDBMS
85 (2.033 %)Oracle 8/8i
92 (0.813 %)Crystal Reports
101 (0.407 %)MS Access
101 (0.407 %)SQL Server 2000
101 (0.407 %)SQL Server 2005
Essex IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
111 (4.472 %)JUnit
111 (4.472 %)Eclipse
27 (2.846 %)Ant
27 (2.846 %)PVCS
34 (1.626 %)Oracle Forms
Essex IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
151 (20.73 %)Finance
218 (7.317 %)Banking
314 (5.691 %)Electronics
413 (5.285 %)Education
57 (2.846 %)Telecoms
65 (2.033 %)Games
65 (2.033 %)Online Games
73 (1.220 %)Insurance
82 (0.813 %)Pensions
82 (0.813 %)Automotive
91 (0.407 %)Health
91 (0.407 %)Aerospace
Essex IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1106 (43.09 %)Administrator
287 (35.37 %)Systems Administrator
344 (17.89 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
344 (17.89 %)UNIX Administrator
433 (13.41 %)Developer
529 (11.79 %)Software Engineer
624 (9.756 %)Analyst
624 (9.756 %)Linux Systems Administrator
624 (9.756 %)Linux Administrator
721 (8.537 %)Embedded Software Engineer
820 (8.130 %)Oracle DBA
820 (8.130 %)DBA
917 (6.911 %)Support Analyst
1014 (5.691 %)Linux Engineer
1014 (5.691 %)Embedded Linux Software Engineer
1112 (4.878 %)Applications Support
1210 (4.065 %)Applications Support Analyst
138 (3.252 %)Java Developer
147 (2.846 %)Oracle Developer
147 (2.846 %)C++ Developer
Essex IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
138 (15.45 %)iSeries
217 (6.911 %)Replication
315 (6.098 %)AS400
412 (4.878 %)Device Driver
511 (4.472 %)Firmware
67 (2.846 %)N-Tier
76 (2.439 %)Mainframe
85 (2.033 %)Clustering
94 (1.626 %)Pocket PC
101 (0.407 %)IBM Mainframe
101 (0.407 %)SecurID
Essex IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1134 (54.47 %)UNIX
289 (36.18 %)Red Hat Linux
369 (28.05 %)Windows
448 (19.51 %)AIX
536 (14.63 %)Solaris
632 (13.01 %)Fedora
730 (12.20 %)Windows Server 2003
819 (7.724 %)Embedded Linux
915 (6.098 %)Windows XP
1014 (5.691 %)OS/400
1014 (5.691 %)VxWorks
1110 (4.065 %)Windows 2000
125 (2.033 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
134 (1.626 %)Windows CE
134 (1.626 %)Windows Vista
142 (0.813 %)Windows XP Embedded
142 (0.813 %)Windows 2000 Server
151 (0.407 %)Windows Server 2008
151 (0.407 %)Windows NT
151 (0.407 %)zOS
Essex IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
120 (8.130 %)Disaster Recovery
217 (6.911 %)Workflow
312 (4.878 %)UML
411 (4.472 %)Service Management
411 (4.472 %)Agile Software Development
411 (4.472 %)ITIL
58 (3.252 %)User Acceptance Testing
58 (3.252 %)OO
67 (2.846 %)Configuration Management
75 (2.033 %)Electronic Trading
84 (1.626 %)Migration
84 (1.626 %)Change Management
84 (1.626 %)CRM
84 (1.626 %)Web Development
93 (1.220 %)Technical Architecture
101 (0.407 %)Time Management
101 (0.407 %)Software Engineering
101 (0.407 %)E-Commerce
101 (0.407 %)Project Management
Essex IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
161 (24.80 %)SQL
255 (22.36 %)Shell Script
344 (17.89 %)C
439 (15.85 %)Java
529 (11.79 %)C++
529 (11.79 %)PL/SQL
621 (8.537 %)Embedded C
711 (4.472 %)PHP
810 (4.065 %)JavaScript
98 (3.252 %)Perl
104 (1.626 %)Assembly Language
104 (1.626 %)Korn
111 (0.407 %)VB6
111 (0.407 %)Ruby
111 (0.407 %)Embedded C++
111 (0.407 %)C#
111 (0.407 %)VB
111 (0.407 %)VB.NET
Essex IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
129 (11.79 %)Degree
29 (3.659 %)Sun Certification
38 (3.252 %)Microsoft Certification
38 (3.252 %)MCSE
46 (2.439 %)ITIL Certification
53 (1.220 %)MCSA
53 (1.220 %)MCP
53 (1.220 %)Cisco Certification
53 (1.220 %)RHCE
62 (0.813 %)CCNA
62 (0.813 %)Oracle Certification
71 (0.407 %)IBM Certification
Essex IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (0.813 %)SLA
12 (0.813 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
Essex IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
119 (7.724 %)Active Directory
218 (7.317 %)Oracle RMAN
37 (2.846 %)Terminal Services
41 (0.407 %)Samba
41 (0.407 %)MetaFrame
Essex IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
120 (8.130 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
217 (6.911 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
217 (6.911 %)Data Guard
32 (0.813 %)Nagios
41 (0.407 %)Tivoli
41 (0.407 %)MOM
41 (0.407 %)Netcool
Essex IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
189 (36.18 %)Red Hat
286 (34.96 %)Oracle
341 (16.67 %)IBM
431 (12.60 %)Sun
528 (11.38 %)Microsoft
619 (7.724 %)Cisco
619 (7.724 %)NetApp
79 (3.659 %)Intel
88 (3.252 %)QNX
88 (3.252 %)VMware
95 (2.033 %)Reuters
95 (2.033 %)Bloomberg
95 (2.033 %)Citrix
101 (0.407 %)Hyperion
101 (0.407 %)NEC
101 (0.407 %)Siemens
101 (0.407 %)VERITAS
101 (0.407 %)ILOG
101 (0.407 %)Fujitsu Siemens
101 (0.407 %)Zend