Following hard on the heels of news from a few weeks ago that is a growing trend, three separate reports in recent days suggest a particularly rosy future for those with skills in Android, Linux, and open source software.

"" was the Friday headline at Linux.com, for example, in which author Jennifer Cloer reports on staffing and consulting firm Robert Half International's new Salary Guide listing the top five most lucrative tech jobs for 2013.

Mobile app developers, wireless network engineers, network engineers, data modelers, and portal administrators are the most promising jobs for salaries next year, the publication predicts, and "the most important thing they have in common is that they each require a fundamental understanding of Linux," Cloer notes.

Also on Friday there was the headline, "" over at ITworld, in which author Brian Proffitt mulls open source operating system Contiki.