Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills within the Hertfordshire region 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 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUNIX
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank1012
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching permanent IT job ads286419
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.247 %0.214 %
As % of the category below38.65 %39.49 %
Salaries quoted256368
Average minimum salary£41,389£36,944
Average salary£44,247£39,793
% change on same period last year+11.19 %
Average maximum salary£47,105£42,643
UK excluding London average salary£38,077£38,524
% change on same period last year-1.15 %
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Hertfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads7401061
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.640 %0.541 %
Salaries quoted669907
Average minimum salary£36,002£33,190
Average salary£38,603£35,628
% change on same period last year+8.35 %
Average maximum salary£41,205£38,066
UK excluding London average salary£34,281£34,122
% change on same period last year+0.46 %
UNIX East of EnglandUNIX
East of England

UNIX
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire UNIX Demand Trend

UNIX
Salary Trend

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

Hertfordshire UNIX Salary Trend

UNIX
Salary Histogram

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

Hertfordshire UNIX Salary Histogram

UNIX
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing UNIX within the Hertfordshire 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
WatfordUp+19124£42,409+27.23 %
St AlbansUp+225£50,280+21.64 %
StevenageDown-213£41,000+16.03 %
HitchinNew entry-6£31,250-
Welwyn Garden CityDown-103£50,000+78.57 %
HertfordUp+41£40,500+16.54 %
UNIX East of EnglandUNIX
East of England

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1264 (36.82 %)Linux
2234 (32.64 %)Windows
3198 (27.62 %)SAN
4195 (27.20 %)IBM
5171 (23.85 %)Oracle
6160 (22.32 %)AIX
7140 (19.53 %)SQL
8130 (18.13 %)Solaris
9119 (16.60 %)Java
10114 (15.90 %)Perl
11105 (14.64 %)TCP/IP
12100 (13.95 %)SQL Server
1396 (13.39 %)WebSphere
1482 (11.44 %)J2EE
1579 (11.02 %)Red Hat
1579 (11.02 %)Red Hat Linux
1672 (10.04 %)Middleware
1768 (9.484 %)Finance
1866 (9.205 %)E-Commerce
1965 (9.066 %)Shell Script
2062 (8.647 %)Brocade
2160 (8.368 %)Retail
2255 (7.671 %)DB2
2255 (7.671 %)WebSphere Application Server
2255 (7.671 %)C++
2354 (7.531 %)HP
2453 (7.392 %)Degree
2552 (7.252 %)Cisco
2552 (7.252 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
2650 (6.974 %)JBoss

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
196 (13.39 %)WebSphere
282 (11.44 %)J2EE
372 (10.04 %)Middleware
448 (6.695 %)XML
531 (4.324 %).NET
630 (4.184 %)JSP
722 (3.068 %)AJAX
820 (2.789 %)JSTL
919 (2.650 %)Servlets
919 (2.650 %)WebServices
1017 (2.371 %)CSS
1116 (2.232 %)JDBC
1116 (2.232 %)HTML
1215 (2.092 %)XSLT
1311 (1.534 %)CORBA
149 (1.255 %)SAP XI
149 (1.255 %)ASP.NET
149 (1.255 %)SOAP
158 (1.116 %)J2SE
167 (0.976 %)SAP PI
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
155 (7.671 %)WebSphere Application Server
250 (6.974 %)JBoss
335 (4.881 %)Apache
423 (3.208 %)WebLogic
423 (3.208 %)IBM HTTP Server
520 (2.789 %)MQSeries
614 (1.953 %)MS Exchange
614 (1.953 %)Tomcat
711 (1.534 %)IIS
89 (1.255 %)CMS
98 (1.116 %)SharePoint
107 (0.976 %)OpenEdge
107 (0.976 %)NetWeaver
116 (0.837 %)Exchange Server 5.5
124 (0.558 %)WebSphere MQ
124 (0.558 %)WebLogic Portal
124 (0.558 %)MTS
124 (0.558 %)Lotus Notes
132 (0.279 %)GroupWise
132 (0.279 %)Exchange Server 2000
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
126 (3.626 %)MS Excel
26 (0.837 %)MATLAB
33 (0.418 %)Simulink
33 (0.418 %)MS Office
41 (0.139 %)CA Clarity
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
18 (1.116 %)Oracle EBS
27 (0.976 %)BASE24
36 (0.837 %)Oracle Applications
36 (0.837 %)SAP Business One
42 (0.279 %)SAP Retail
51 (0.139 %)Oracle 11i
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1198 (27.62 %)SAN
2105 (14.64 %)TCP/IP
348 (6.695 %)HTTP
434 (4.742 %)Firewall
532 (4.463 %)DNS
630 (4.184 %)VPN
726 (3.626 %)Internet
824 (3.347 %)LAN
824 (3.347 %)WAN
915 (2.092 %)X.400
107 (0.976 %)DSL
107 (0.976 %)ISDN
116 (0.837 %)Intranet
125 (0.697 %)Network Security
125 (0.697 %)DHCP
125 (0.697 %)SSL
134 (0.558 %)VoIP
134 (0.558 %)Cisco PIX
143 (0.418 %)SNA
152 (0.279 %)SMTP
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1100 (13.95 %)SQL Server
255 (7.671 %)DB2
330 (4.184 %)Oracle 10g
429 (4.045 %)RDBMS
517 (2.371 %)Oracle 8/8i
615 (2.092 %)BusinessObjects
713 (1.813 %)Text Mining
812 (1.674 %)MySQL
99 (1.255 %)Oracle Reports
108 (1.116 %)Oracle 9i
117 (0.976 %)Data Mining
117 (0.976 %)SQL Server 2008
126 (0.837 %)Crystal Reports
135 (0.697 %)Informix
144 (0.558 %)SAP BW
144 (0.558 %)SQL Server 2005
152 (0.279 %)SQL Server 2000
152 (0.279 %)GIS
152 (0.279 %)Oracle Discoverer
161 (0.139 %)ETL
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (0.837 %)JUnit
24 (0.558 %)Oracle Forms
24 (0.558 %)Ant
33 (0.418 %)Eclipse
42 (0.279 %)MSI
42 (0.279 %)InstallShield
42 (0.279 %)WebSpeed
42 (0.279 %)Subversion
42 (0.279 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
51 (0.139 %)WinRunner
51 (0.139 %)TestDirector
51 (0.139 %)LoadRunner
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
168 (9.484 %)Finance
260 (8.368 %)Retail
344 (6.137 %)Insurance
438 (5.300 %)Health
535 (4.881 %)Pensions
632 (4.463 %)Telecoms
726 (3.626 %)Games
820 (2.789 %)Publishing
918 (2.510 %)Military
1017 (2.371 %)Education
1116 (2.232 %)Banking
1210 (1.395 %)Government
137 (0.976 %)Construction
146 (0.837 %)Back Office
155 (0.697 %)Wholesale Banking
155 (0.697 %)Marketing
163 (0.418 %)Aerospace
172 (0.279 %)Financial Institution
172 (0.279 %)Investment Banking
172 (0.279 %)General Ledger
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1160 (22.32 %)Administrator
288 (12.27 %)Analyst
379 (11.02 %)Applications Support
472 (10.04 %)UNIX Administrator
567 (9.344 %)Systems Administrator
657 (7.950 %)Support Specialist
753 (7.392 %)SAN Administrator
851 (7.113 %)Storage Administrator
950 (6.974 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
1048 (6.695 %)Applications Support Specialist
1048 (6.695 %)Applications Specialist
1048 (6.695 %)Architect
1143 (5.997 %)Developer
1143 (5.997 %)Consultant
1241 (5.718 %)Support Engineer
1338 (5.300 %)UNIX Support
1435 (4.881 %)Support Analyst
1530 (4.184 %)Software Engineer
1627 (3.766 %)UNIX Specialist
1726 (3.626 %)Technical Support
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
147 (6.555 %)HACMP
233 (4.603 %)Firmware
320 (2.789 %)CLARiiON
417 (2.371 %)Computer Science
516 (2.232 %)Mainframe
612 (1.674 %)Multithreading
75 (0.697 %)French Language
75 (0.697 %)Clustering
84 (0.558 %)Symmetrix
84 (0.558 %)Client/Server
92 (0.279 %)Replication
92 (0.279 %)Web 2.0
101 (0.139 %)Mathematics
101 (0.139 %)Physics
101 (0.139 %)Tandem
101 (0.139 %)IPTV
101 (0.139 %)Data Extraction
101 (0.139 %)APACS
101 (0.139 %)MPEG
101 (0.139 %)PMI
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1264 (36.82 %)Linux
2234 (32.64 %)Windows
3160 (22.32 %)AIX
4130 (18.13 %)Solaris
579 (11.02 %)Red Hat Linux
635 (4.881 %)HPUX
734 (4.742 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
826 (3.626 %)Windows Server 2003
916 (2.232 %)Windows 2000 Server
1012 (1.674 %)Windows 2000
117 (0.976 %)Windows Vista
117 (0.976 %)MVS
126 (0.837 %)OpenVMS
134 (0.558 %)Windows Server 2008
143 (0.418 %)Windows NT
152 (0.279 %)VMS
152 (0.279 %)Tru64
152 (0.279 %)NetWare
161 (0.139 %)zOS
161 (0.139 %)VxWorks
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
166 (9.205 %)E-Commerce
240 (5.579 %)ITIL
322 (3.068 %)Project Management
322 (3.068 %)Disaster Recovery
421 (2.929 %)UML
520 (2.789 %)Service Management
619 (2.650 %)E-business
619 (2.650 %)Performance Management
717 (2.371 %)Content Management
815 (2.092 %)Asset Management
815 (2.092 %)Service Delivery
913 (1.813 %)SysML
1012 (1.674 %)Technical Architecture
1012 (1.674 %)ERP
1111 (1.534 %)Software Testing
1210 (1.395 %)Web Development
139 (1.255 %)Business Analysis
148 (1.116 %)Systems Analysis
148 (1.116 %)Test Scripting
148 (1.116 %)Data Modelling
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1140 (19.53 %)SQL
2119 (16.60 %)Java
3114 (15.90 %)Perl
465 (9.066 %)Shell Script
555 (7.671 %)C++
631 (4.324 %)C
730 (4.184 %)Korn
821 (2.929 %)PL/SQL
920 (2.789 %)C#
1016 (2.232 %)JavaScript
1113 (1.813 %)VB.NET
1113 (1.813 %)Ada
129 (1.255 %)VB
137 (0.976 %)COBOL
146 (0.837 %)Delphi
146 (0.837 %)VB6
155 (0.697 %)AWK
164 (0.558 %)Transact-SQL
172 (0.279 %)VBScript
172 (0.279 %)Progress 4GL
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
153 (7.392 %)Degree
218 (2.510 %)Security Cleared
310 (1.395 %)Microsoft Certification
49 (1.255 %)RHCE
58 (1.116 %)CCNA
58 (1.116 %)Cisco Certification
67 (0.976 %)ISEB
67 (0.976 %)MCSE
75 (0.697 %)MCSA
75 (0.697 %)HND
84 (0.558 %)Sun Certification
84 (0.558 %)SC Cleared
84 (0.558 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
93 (0.418 %)ISTQB
93 (0.418 %)CCNP
93 (0.418 %)Oracle Certification
102 (0.279 %)MCP
102 (0.279 %)HP APS
111 (0.139 %)HNC
111 (0.139 %)MCDBA
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
118 (2.510 %)SLA
213 (1.813 %)QA
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
124 (3.347 %)Active Directory
216 (2.232 %)VMware Infrastructure
36 (0.837 %)VMware ESX
36 (0.837 %)NetBackup
43 (0.418 %)Oracle RAC
43 (0.418 %)Citrix Presentation Server
52 (0.279 %)Oracle RMAN
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
152 (7.252 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
239 (5.439 %)Tivoli
39 (1.255 %)HP Data Protector
43 (0.418 %)ZENworks
52 (0.279 %)BMC PATROL
61 (0.139 %)CONTROL-M
61 (0.139 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
61 (0.139 %)Legato
61 (0.139 %)EMC NetWorker
61 (0.139 %)Data Guard
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1195 (27.20 %)IBM
2171 (23.85 %)Oracle
379 (11.02 %)Red Hat
462 (8.647 %)Brocade
554 (7.531 %)HP
652 (7.252 %)Cisco
746 (6.416 %)Sun
844 (6.137 %)VMware
941 (5.718 %)EMC
1037 (5.160 %)Microsoft
1130 (4.184 %)BMC
1226 (3.626 %)SAP
1325 (3.487 %)Citrix
1415 (2.092 %)Sybase
1415 (2.092 %)Business Objects
1415 (2.092 %)VERITAS
1514 (1.953 %)NetApp
1610 (1.395 %)ATG
179 (1.255 %)Apple
187 (0.976 %)Micro Focus