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Demand For Linux Skills Growing Faster Than Talent Pool: Report
The Linux Foundation's 2015 Linux Jobs report says there is still a shortage of qualified Linux professionals.
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There is still a shortage of qualified Linux professionals even when 92 percent of hiring managers want to employ people with Linux skills in the next six months, according to the Linux Foundation's 2015 Linux Jobs report.
"The year-over-year data really underscores the trends we've all been witnessing: Linux has become the world's most ubiquitous operating system, and companies need more talent to support it," says the Linux Foundation's Amanda McPherson.
The study, based on surveys completed by 1,010 hiring managers and 3,446 Linux professionals, found 88 percent of respondents indicated it is very or somewhat difficult to find qualified Linux candidates.
"Linux is being used in so many places in so many ways that its pervasiveness in computing is growing faster than the pool of Linux talent," McPherson says.
The Linux Foundation is working on helping to increase the Linux talent pool by ensuring people pursuing Linux careers have access to the tools, training, and certification they need.
The study also found 55 percent of surveyed Linux professionals thought it would be very or fairly easy to find jobs in 2015.
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