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IT skills watchIf you ever wondered whether you have the right skills set or what Linux/Unix related skills are currently highly on demand, now you have a chance to confirm if your current understating of IT skills market is correct. Apart of a fresh new look of our website we have introduced some new features such as "IT Skills Watch", which will keep you updated if the skills you posses still spark an interest of recruiters and employers. Such statistics will be regularly revised.

The statistics below are taken from approximately ten thousand job advertisement samples posted around the world between February and March 2013. Therefore, the data below reflects up to date, approximate IT skills demand leaning towards the Linux and Unix environment. We have considered approximately 150 IT skills, dozen operating systems and hundreds network protocols. The higher the score the more likely you are to find that particular skill, operating system or certification requirement on the job description you wish to apply for. It is important to point out that aiming for the top rank skills may increase your chances but does not ensure a successful interview. The right combination of various skills is more vital to your success.

We will periodically update and improve the below information to keep you in line with always changing job market and thus helping you to increase your changes to get you a job you have always wanted.

Current Results: April 2013
Volume of Analyzed Job Advertisements: 9877
Countries Included: USA, GBR, GER, CAN, AUS, BEL, POL, ESP, LUX, PHL
Next Update: July 2013

TOP 40 IT skills

RankSkillScore
1.MySQL3132
2.VMware2616
3.Apache2337
4.SAP1175
5.OraclePL/SQL1168
6.Tomcat1094
7.WebSphere1021
8.ActiveDirectory902
9.Subversion879
10.JBoss871
11.Weblogic832
12.Hadoop799
13.DB2759
14.JQuery758
15.MicrosoftSQL689
16.Git676
17.NAS652
18.LDAP643
19.Puppet613
20.IIS589
21.netAPP578
22.Eclipse515
23.ITIL499
24.ESX/ESXi495
25.AWS463
26.Nagios443
27.Citrix437
28.noSQL424
29.RAC414
30.Chef391
31.ANT385
32.Drupal381
33.PostgreSQL364
34.Juniper326
35.SYBASE325
36.Tivoli308
37.vSphere289
38.Netbackup287
39.EC2286
40.mongoDB262
Last Update: 05 April 2013

TOP 20 network protocols

RankProtocolScore
1.DNS1295
2.HTTP/HTTPS858
3.VOIP498
4.VPN478
5.DHCP450
6.NFS410
7.SNMP336
8.SSH325
9.FTP320
10.SMTP314
11.BGP195
12.SIP162
13.NIS124
14.CLEARCASE123
15.NTP102
16.CFENGINE97
17.SFTP66
18.KERBEROS62
19.TELNET54
20.IMAP42
Last Update: 05 April 2013

TOP 10 Certifications on demand

RankSkillScore
1.Cisco480
2.CISSP334
3.Microsoft298
4.Redhat183
5.CompTIA115
6.ITIL66
7.Oracle36
8.LPI24
9.GIAC16
10.Novell7
Last Update: 05 April 2013

TOP 20 Development Skills

RankSkillScore
1.Java8863
2.C/C++/C#5824
3.Perl3401
4.PHP3283
5.Python2867
6.Javascript2389
7.Embedded1882
8.J2EE1647
9.HTML1591
10.Ruby/Rails1413
11.CSS1188
12.Bash1025
13.Spring956
14..Net920
15.AJAX784
16.SOAP640
17.DevOps585
18.ASP340
19.Powershell265
20.KornShell235
Last Update: 05 April 2013

TOP Operating Systems

RankOSScore
1.Windows6803
2.Redhat2950
3.Solaris1734
4.AIX1054
5.Android711
6.CentOs632
7.MacOSx488
8.Ubuntu402
9.Suse292
10.Debian263
11.HP-UX208
12.BSD159
13.Fedora71
14.OEL38
15.Gentoo20
Last Update: 05 April 2013

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