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This section looks at the demand for UNIX skills across the UK with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited UNIX over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUNIX
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank1312
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching permanent IT job ads1730027651
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled9.313 %11.53 %
As % of the category below38.13 %45.81 %
Salaries quoted1392020551
Average minimum salary£41,766£43,613
Average salary£45,633£47,734
% change on same period last year-4.40 %
Average maximum salary£49,500£51,854
UK excluding London average salary£38,558£38,460
% change on same period last year+0.25 %
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads4537060361
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled24.42 %25.16 %
Salaries quoted3811447564
Average minimum salary£35,756£37,196
Average salary£38,630£40,204
% change on same period last year-3.91 %
Average maximum salary£41,503£43,211
UK excluding London average salary£33,991£34,646
% change on same period last year-1.88 %

UNIX
Demand Trend

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

UNIX Demand Trend

UNIX
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing UNIX within the UK.

UNIX Salary Trend

UNIX
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing UNIX over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 within the UK.

UNIX Salary Histogram

UNIX
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing UNIX within the UK over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-116560£45,902-4.43 %
LondonDown-58193£54,001-3.50 %
South EastDown-13512£40,110-0.95 %
City of LondonDown-22925£56,961-4.84 %
East of EnglandDown-11285£39,643+4.86 %
BerkshireDown-41065£41,850-1.62 %
North WestUp+2918£36,903+0.90 %
HampshireUp+5797£37,918+0.32 %
YorkshireDown-5794£36,439+5.66 %
South WestDown-13738£36,837-7.14 %
SurreyDown-6662£40,196-3.03 %
HertfordshireDown-1596£41,719+0.12 %
West MidlandsDown-9592£34,998+2.21 %
ScotlandDown-3459£37,282+8.14 %
CambridgeshireDown-4444£34,626+1.49 %
CheshireUp+13443£40,058+2.65 %
East MidlandsUp+8425£35,836+4.42 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1400£39,571+2.82 %
CambridgeDown-3364£35,249+5.15 %
West YorkshireDown-18312£35,058+6.11 %
ReadingDown-3310£39,456-8.76 %
ManchesterDown-1276£34,227-7.56 %
BasingstokeUp+10274£36,407-16.89 %
North YorkshireNo change0261£38,112+3.88 %
Canary WharfUp+2236£55,228-16.98 %
BristolDown-8222£38,107+9.19 %
Docklands, LondonDown-2217£56,935-2.90 %
OxfordshireDown-15216£33,895-2.21 %
LeedsDown-12214£36,144+2.74 %
GlasgowDown-3208£39,242+20.08 %

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs within the UK citing UNIX 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 UNIX.

112503 (33.21 %)Linux
212247 (32.53 %)Windows
312194 (32.39 %)SQL
412086 (32.10 %)Oracle
510202 (27.10 %)Finance
69220 (24.49 %)Java
77382 (19.61 %)Solaris
86479 (17.21 %)C++
95734 (15.23 %)Banking
105322 (14.14 %)Perl
114339 (11.52 %)Shell Script
124188 (11.12 %)SQL Server
134087 (10.86 %)Degree
143358 (8.919 %)C
153312 (8.797 %)J2EE
163278 (8.707 %)Sybase
172977 (7.907 %)XML
182916 (7.745 %)AIX
192889 (7.674 %)TCP/IP
202825 (7.504 %)PL/SQL
212747 (7.296 %)Microsoft
222731 (7.254 %)SAN
232640 (7.012 %)Apache
242522 (6.699 %)Oracle 10g
252490 (6.614 %)Sun
262432 (6.460 %)OO
272408 (6.396 %)Front Office
282281 (6.059 %)Investment Banking
292259 (6.000 %)Derivative
302208 (5.865 %)RDBMS

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs within the UK citing UNIX 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 UNIX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13312 (8.797 %)J2EE
22977 (7.907 %)XML
32105 (5.591 %).NET
41963 (5.214 %)WebSphere
51942 (5.158 %)HTML
61233 (3.275 %)JSP
71100 (2.922 %)Middleware
81002 (2.661 %)Spring
9976 (2.592 %)WebServices
10867 (2.303 %)CSS
11824 (2.189 %)Hibernate
12800 (2.125 %)STL
13643 (1.708 %)Servlets
14606 (1.610 %)JMS
15597 (1.586 %)AJAX
16587 (1.559 %)JDBC
17520 (1.381 %)Struts
18517 (1.373 %)J2SE
19477 (1.267 %)ASP
20474 (1.259 %)SOAP
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12640 (7.012 %)Apache
21618 (4.298 %)WebLogic
31298 (3.448 %)Tomcat
4824 (2.189 %)JBoss
5746 (1.981 %)IIS
6693 (1.841 %)MS Exchange
7456 (1.211 %)MQSeries
8400 (1.062 %)Exchange Server 2003
9379 (1.007 %)WebSphere Application Server
10365 (0.969 %)SAS
11345 (0.916 %)WebSphere MQ
12307 (0.815 %)Oracle Application Server
13212 (0.563 %)SharePoint
14174 (0.462 %)CMS
15166 (0.441 %)Oracle 10gAS
16147 (0.390 %)Lotus Notes
17130 (0.345 %)NetWeaver
18117 (0.311 %)Rendezvous
19106 (0.282 %)Oracle Workflow
20105 (0.279 %)BizTalk Server
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11416 (3.761 %)MS Excel
2610 (1.620 %)MS Office
3258 (0.685 %)MS Visio
486 (0.228 %)Photoshop
576 (0.202 %)MS Project
665 (0.173 %)MS PowerPoint
756 (0.149 %)MATLAB
854 (0.143 %)Spreadsheet
936 (0.096 %)SPSS
1024 (0.064 %)Acrobat
1024 (0.064 %)DOC1
1121 (0.056 %)XMetaL
1220 (0.053 %)Fireworks
1319 (0.050 %)PrintSoft PReS
1414 (0.037 %)CA Clarity
1513 (0.035 %)CATIA
1612 (0.032 %)AutoCAD
179 (0.024 %)FrameMaker
184 (0.011 %)NASTRAN
193 (0.008 %)S-PLUS
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1538 (1.429 %)Oracle Applications
2371 (0.985 %)Oracle 11i
3344 (0.914 %)Oracle EBS
4121 (0.321 %)RMDS
582 (0.218 %)Oracle Financials
678 (0.207 %)Summit
754 (0.143 %)Kondor+
846 (0.122 %)BASE24
943 (0.114 %)SAP R/3
1038 (0.101 %)Endur
1130 (0.080 %)Movex
1130 (0.080 %)Temenos Globus
1229 (0.077 %)Misys Opics
1328 (0.074 %)SAP Retail
1426 (0.069 %)Capstone
1524 (0.064 %)Temenos T24
1623 (0.061 %)Navision
1722 (0.058 %)Misys Midas
1819 (0.050 %)FRONT ARENA
1819 (0.050 %)MAXIMO
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12889 (7.674 %)TCP/IP
22731 (7.254 %)SAN
32200 (5.843 %)Internet
41929 (5.124 %)Firewall
51432 (3.804 %)DNS
61253 (3.328 %)LAN
71240 (3.294 %)WAN
8759 (2.016 %)VPN
9683 (1.814 %)HTTP
10568 (1.509 %)LDAP
11457 (1.214 %)VoIP
12381 (1.012 %)Network Security
13333 (0.884 %)FTP
14331 (0.879 %)DHCP
15328 (0.871 %)SMTP
16315 (0.837 %)Wireless
17276 (0.733 %)SNMP
18273 (0.725 %)Cisco PIX
19258 (0.685 %)SSL
20234 (0.622 %)Intranet
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14188 (11.12 %)SQL Server
22522 (6.699 %)Oracle 10g
32208 (5.865 %)RDBMS
41822 (4.839 %)Oracle 9i
51794 (4.765 %)MySQL
61238 (3.288 %)DB2
7941 (2.499 %)Datawarehouse
8847 (2.250 %)Oracle Reports
9838 (2.226 %)Oracle 8/8i
10617 (1.639 %)ETL
11491 (1.304 %)BusinessObjects
12477 (1.267 %)SQL Server 2005
13362 (0.962 %)Informix
14337 (0.895 %)SQL Server 2000
15305 (0.810 %)TOAD
16231 (0.614 %)Oracle 11g
17189 (0.502 %)Oracle Discoverer
18183 (0.486 %)Crystal Reports
19148 (0.393 %)GIS
20146 (0.388 %)PostgreSQL
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1631 (1.676 %)Oracle Forms
2566 (1.503 %)Ant
3479 (1.272 %)ClearCase
4390 (1.036 %)JUnit
5331 (0.879 %)Eclipse
6295 (0.784 %)Subversion
7290 (0.770 %)TestDirector
8191 (0.507 %)ProC
9171 (0.454 %)Visual Studio
10147 (0.390 %)WinRunner
11138 (0.367 %)QuickTest Pro
12131 (0.348 %)ClearQuest
13128 (0.340 %)LoadRunner
14110 (0.292 %)Flash
1582 (0.218 %)PVCS
1680 (0.212 %)JIRA
1778 (0.207 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1859 (0.157 %)JDeveloper
1958 (0.154 %)WebSpeed
2057 (0.151 %)CruiseControl
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110202 (27.10 %)Finance
25734 (15.23 %)Banking
32408 (6.396 %)Front Office
42281 (6.059 %)Investment Banking
52032 (5.397 %)Telecoms
61576 (4.186 %)Pensions
71218 (3.235 %)Health
8795 (2.112 %)Retail
9790 (2.098 %)Insurance
10781 (2.074 %)Education
11679 (1.804 %)Financial Institution
12666 (1.769 %)Back Office
13601 (1.596 %)Games
14547 (1.453 %)Government
15486 (1.291 %)Marketing
16224 (0.595 %)Billing
17173 (0.460 %)Publishing
18149 (0.396 %)Manufacturing
19125 (0.332 %)Construction
20123 (0.327 %)Electronics
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18757 (23.26 %)Developer
26105 (16.22 %)Analyst
34223 (11.22 %)Administrator
42628 (6.980 %)Support Analyst
52526 (6.709 %)Systems Administrator
62522 (6.699 %)Java Developer
72463 (6.542 %)DBA
82303 (6.117 %)C++ Developer
92218 (5.891 %)Applications Support
102147 (5.703 %)Consultant
111897 (5.039 %)Oracle DBA
121790 (4.754 %)UNIX Administrator
131506 (4.000 %)Architect
141481 (3.934 %)Software Engineer
151338 (3.554 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
161336 (3.549 %)Support Engineer
171161 (3.084 %)Team Leader
181154 (3.065 %)Programmer
191104 (2.932 %)Senior Developer
20900 (2.391 %)Software Developer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12259 (6.000 %)Derivative
21475 (3.918 %)Equities
31047 (2.781 %)Computer Science
41033 (2.744 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
5992 (2.635 %)Fixed Income
6860 (2.284 %)Mainframe
7846 (2.247 %)Multithreading
8814 (2.162 %)Clustering
9593 (1.575 %)Equity Derivative
10554 (1.471 %)Client/Server
11506 (1.344 %)Mathematics
12341 (0.906 %)Grid Computing
13330 (0.877 %)Replication
14301 (0.799 %)Credit Derivative
15277 (0.736 %)Management Information System
16271 (0.720 %)HACMP
17268 (0.712 %)French Language
18259 (0.688 %)N-Tier
19242 (0.643 %)German Language
20229 (0.608 %)AS400
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
112503 (33.21 %)Linux
212247 (32.53 %)Windows
37382 (19.61 %)Solaris
42916 (7.745 %)AIX
51922 (5.105 %)Red Hat Linux
61644 (4.367 %)Windows Server 2003
71504 (3.995 %)HPUX
81076 (2.858 %)Windows 2000
9873 (2.319 %)Windows XP
10457 (1.214 %)Windows NT
11450 (1.195 %)SUSE
12430 (1.142 %)Windows 2000 Server
13379 (1.007 %)VMS
14251 (0.667 %)Debian
15240 (0.637 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16190 (0.505 %)Windows Vista
17170 (0.452 %)FreeBSD
18158 (0.420 %)Tru64
19154 (0.409 %)CentOS
20125 (0.332 %)OpenVMS
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12432 (6.460 %)OO
22004 (5.323 %)ITIL
31587 (4.215 %)Project Management
41175 (3.121 %)UML
5884 (2.348 %)Disaster Recovery
6823 (2.186 %)E-Commerce
7799 (2.122 %)Agile Software Development
8789 (2.096 %)Business Intelligence
9772 (2.051 %)OOD
10770 (2.045 %)Security Cleared
11667 (1.772 %)Service Delivery
12610 (1.620 %)PRINCE2
13607 (1.612 %)Risk Management
14590 (1.567 %)Migration
14590 (1.567 %)Software Engineering
15585 (1.554 %)Electronic Trading
16567 (1.506 %)Change Management
17558 (1.482 %)Business Analysis
18544 (1.445 %)Web Development
19541 (1.437 %)Configuration Management
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112194 (32.39 %)SQL
29220 (24.49 %)Java
36479 (17.21 %)C++
45322 (14.14 %)Perl
54339 (11.52 %)Shell Script
63358 (8.919 %)C
72825 (7.504 %)PL/SQL
82001 (5.315 %)C#
91567 (4.162 %)JavaScript
101329 (3.530 %)PHP
111248 (3.315 %)VB
121045 (2.776 %)Python
13618 (1.641 %)VC++
14541 (1.437 %)VBA
15534 (1.418 %)Korn
16387 (1.028 %)VB.NET
17313 (0.831 %)Ruby
18304 (0.807 %)COBOL
19302 (0.802 %)Transact-SQL
20235 (0.624 %)VBScript
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14087 (10.86 %)Degree
2737 (1.958 %)Microsoft Certification
3646 (1.716 %)Cisco Certification
4642 (1.705 %)MCSE
5429 (1.139 %)ISEB
6368 (0.977 %)CCNA
7337 (0.895 %)Oracle Certification
8270 (0.717 %)CCNP
9229 (0.608 %)OCP
10224 (0.595 %)MCP
11207 (0.550 %)RHCE
12195 (0.518 %)ITIL Certification
13176 (0.467 %)CISSP
14150 (0.398 %)Sun Certification
14150 (0.398 %)PMP
15149 (0.396 %)PMI Certification
16143 (0.380 %)MCSA
17126 (0.335 %)HND
18108 (0.287 %)IBM AIX Certification
19100 (0.266 %)PhD
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11048 (2.784 %)QA
2646 (1.716 %)SLA
3134 (0.356 %)ISO27001
4124 (0.329 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
568 (0.181 %)COBIT
647 (0.125 %)ISO8583
741 (0.109 %)ISO17799
829 (0.077 %)Basel II
926 (0.069 %)BS7799
1020 (0.053 %)ISO9001
1119 (0.050 %)MiFID
1119 (0.050 %)WAI
1215 (0.040 %)PCI DSS
1310 (0.027 %)HMG Infosec
147 (0.019 %)JTAG
156 (0.016 %)ISO9000
165 (0.013 %)WCAG
165 (0.013 %)GxP
165 (0.013 %)JSP 440
174 (0.011 %)HL7
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11153 (3.062 %)Active Directory
21023 (2.717 %)Oracle RAC
3707 (1.878 %)Oracle RMAN
4618 (1.641 %)NetBackup
5455 (1.209 %)NFS
6439 (1.166 %)VMware Infrastructure
7185 (0.491 %)VMware ESX
8133 (0.353 %)Samba
9106 (0.282 %)ISA Server
1075 (0.199 %)Terminal Services
1172 (0.191 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1267 (0.178 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
1365 (0.173 %)Backup Exec
1464 (0.170 %)Squid
1551 (0.135 %)MetaFrame
1551 (0.135 %)Terminal Server
1635 (0.093 %)AquaLogic
1734 (0.090 %)Xen
1818 (0.048 %)Cronacle
1818 (0.048 %)VMware Server
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1692 (1.838 %)Tivoli
2347 (0.922 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
3285 (0.757 %)OpenView
4242 (0.643 %)AutoSys
5213 (0.566 %)Nagios
6190 (0.505 %)Legato
7179 (0.475 %)CONTROL-M
8139 (0.369 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
9127 (0.337 %)MOM
10124 (0.329 %)BMC PATROL
11109 (0.290 %)Netcool
12103 (0.274 %)EMC NetWorker
1385 (0.226 %)Oracle Statspack
1483 (0.220 %)HP Data Protector
1573 (0.194 %)Unicenter
1669 (0.183 %)SCOM
1758 (0.154 %)CiscoWorks
1850 (0.133 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
1946 (0.122 %)OMEGAMON
2044 (0.117 %)Tivoli Monitoring
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
112086 (32.10 %)Oracle
23278 (8.707 %)Sybase
32747 (7.296 %)Microsoft
42490 (6.614 %)Sun
52052 (5.450 %)Red Hat
62048 (5.440 %)Cisco
72027 (5.384 %)IBM
81940 (5.153 %)HP
91111 (2.951 %)VERITAS
101020 (2.709 %)VMware
11869 (2.308 %)Citrix
12726 (1.928 %)SAP
13694 (1.843 %)EMC
14662 (1.758 %)TIBCO
15543 (1.442 %)Remedy
16491 (1.304 %)Business Objects
17425 (1.129 %)Reuters
18396 (1.052 %)CheckPoint
19347 (0.922 %)Bloomberg
20327 (0.869 %)NetApp