Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills within the London 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
Rank1310
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching permanent IT job ads471210569
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled4.073 %5.394 %
As % of the category below41.29 %48.01 %
Salaries quoted38477985
Average minimum salary£48,318£48,676
Average salary£53,174£53,192
% change on same period last year-0.03 %
Average maximum salary£58,030£57,708
UK excluding London average salary£38,077£38,524
% change on same period last year-1.15 %
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
London
Matching permanent IT job ads1141122014
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled9.863 %11.23 %
Salaries quoted958717503
Average minimum salary£41,524£41,938
Average salary£44,892£45,315
% change on same period last year-0.93 %
Average maximum salary£48,260£48,693
UK excluding London average salary£34,281£34,122
% change on same period last year+0.46 %
UNIX EnglandUNIX
England

UNIX
Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London UNIX Salary Trend

UNIX
Salary Histogram

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

London 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 London 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
City of LondonDown-21692£55,065-0.62 %
Docklands, LondonDown-495£57,132+7.85 %
Canary WharfUp+293£52,375-13.40 %
HammersmithDown-523£45,688+7.60 %
EalingDown-714£39,571-24.02 %
CroydonDown-2413£33,615-19.01 %
UxbridgeUp+2512£37,350-16.38 %
HounslowDown-211£46,227+24.10 %
LutonDown-511£37,850-5.01 %
FelthamDown-128£36,313+10.87 %
HarrowUp+114£43,000+5.13 %
BrentfordDown-134£48,750+204.68 %
West DraytonNew entry-4£35,250-
NorthwoodNew entry-3--
OsterleyDown-22--
WestminsterNew entry-2£55,000-
BromleyDown-52£32,500+18.54 %
HayesNew entry-2£28,000-
GreenfordDown-32--
EnfieldNew entry-1£35,000-
New MaldenUp+11£25,000-35.06 %
SouthwarkNew entry-1£30,000-
ClaphamNew entry-1£62,500-
UNIX EnglandUNIX
England

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

15086 (40.01 %)Finance
24676 (36.78 %)SQL
34240 (33.35 %)Linux
43930 (30.91 %)Windows
53794 (29.84 %)Oracle
63277 (25.78 %)Java
73238 (25.47 %)Banking
82670 (21.00 %)C++
92469 (19.42 %)Solaris
102270 (17.86 %)Perl
111706 (13.42 %)Sybase
121612 (12.68 %)Shell Script
131590 (12.51 %)Investment Banking
141479 (11.63 %)Front Office
151470 (11.56 %)Derivative
161354 (10.65 %)Degree
171304 (10.26 %)J2EE
181243 (9.777 %)SQL Server
191169 (9.195 %)OO
201050 (8.259 %)XML
211038 (8.165 %)C#
22952 (7.488 %)Red Hat
23928 (7.300 %).NET
24919 (7.229 %)Equities
25899 (7.072 %)Apache
26888 (6.985 %)Red Hat Linux
27874 (6.875 %)TCP/IP
28839 (6.600 %)Oracle 10g
29806 (6.340 %)PL/SQL
30766 (6.025 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11304 (10.26 %)J2EE
21050 (8.259 %)XML
3928 (7.300 %).NET
4618 (4.861 %)HTML
5579 (4.554 %)STL
6528 (4.153 %)WebSphere
7453 (3.563 %)WebServices
8407 (3.201 %)Spring
9399 (3.139 %)Middleware
10332 (2.612 %)Hibernate
11290 (2.281 %)J2SE
12276 (2.171 %)CSS
13273 (2.147 %)JMS
14244 (1.919 %)ASP.NET
15240 (1.888 %)JSP
16235 (1.849 %)AJAX
17234 (1.841 %)FIX Protocol
18146 (1.148 %)JDBC
19141 (1.109 %)Struts
20139 (1.093 %)Swing
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1899 (7.072 %)Apache
2696 (5.475 %)WebLogic
3646 (5.081 %)Tomcat
4232 (1.825 %)IIS
5230 (1.809 %)JBoss
6197 (1.550 %)MS Exchange
7153 (1.203 %)MQSeries
8132 (1.038 %)WebSphere Application Server
9115 (0.905 %)CMS
10105 (0.826 %)Exchange Server 2003
1199 (0.779 %)TIBCO EMS
1298 (0.771 %)SAS
1390 (0.708 %)Rendezvous
1483 (0.653 %)SharePoint
1555 (0.433 %)NetWeaver
1555 (0.433 %)iPlanet
1652 (0.409 %)Lotus Notes
1747 (0.370 %)WebSphere MQ
1838 (0.299 %)Lightstreamer
1933 (0.260 %)Oracle Application Server
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1334 (2.627 %)MS Excel
2153 (1.203 %)MS Office
386 (0.676 %)MS Visio
450 (0.393 %)Spreadsheet
542 (0.330 %)Photoshop
639 (0.307 %)MS Project
722 (0.173 %)MS PowerPoint
814 (0.110 %)Fireworks
99 (0.071 %)Adobe Illustrator
107 (0.055 %)FreeHand
116 (0.047 %)MATLAB
125 (0.039 %)CA Clarity
131 (0.008 %)Doxygen
131 (0.008 %)Maya
131 (0.008 %)SPSS
London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
171 (0.558 %)Oracle Applications
268 (0.535 %)Endur
359 (0.464 %)Oracle EBS
456 (0.440 %)Summit
554 (0.425 %)BusinessWorks
652 (0.409 %)RMDS
749 (0.385 %)TIBCO iProcess
841 (0.323 %)Kondor+
940 (0.315 %)Oracle Financials
940 (0.315 %)Oracle 11i
1036 (0.283 %)SAP R/3
1124 (0.189 %)Misys Opics
1217 (0.134 %)Oracle ERP
1314 (0.110 %)ZaiNet
1314 (0.110 %)Oracle EBS R12
1411 (0.087 %)Temenos T24
1411 (0.087 %)Temenos Globus
1411 (0.087 %)Singl.eView
159 (0.071 %)SAP FI
159 (0.071 %)SAP CRM
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1874 (6.875 %)TCP/IP
2748 (5.884 %)SAN
3598 (4.704 %)Internet
4575 (4.523 %)Firewall
5434 (3.414 %)DNS
6364 (2.863 %)LAN
7351 (2.761 %)WAN
8262 (2.061 %)LDAP
9204 (1.605 %)HTTP
10192 (1.510 %)VPN
11138 (1.086 %)VoIP
12137 (1.078 %)Network Security
13123 (0.968 %)SNMP
14115 (0.905 %)DHCP
15112 (0.881 %)SSH
16108 (0.850 %)Intranet
1795 (0.747 %)SSL
1876 (0.598 %)OSPF
1975 (0.590 %)Cisco PIX
2071 (0.558 %)BGP
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11243 (9.777 %)SQL Server
2839 (6.600 %)Oracle 10g
3758 (5.962 %)RDBMS
4508 (3.996 %)MySQL
5492 (3.870 %)Oracle 9i
6277 (2.179 %)ETL
7261 (2.053 %)Datawarehouse
8192 (1.510 %)Oracle 8/8i
9164 (1.290 %)Oracle Reports
10160 (1.259 %)SQL Server 2005
11133 (1.046 %)Sybase ASE
12130 (1.023 %)BusinessObjects
13122 (0.960 %)DB2
14119 (0.936 %)Oracle 11g
1594 (0.739 %)SQL Server 2000
1676 (0.598 %)TOAD
1761 (0.480 %)PostgreSQL
1853 (0.417 %)Informix
1949 (0.385 %)Reference Data
2043 (0.338 %)Oracle Discoverer
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1230 (1.809 %)ClearCase
2202 (1.589 %)Ant
3179 (1.408 %)JUnit
4111 (0.873 %)Subversion
594 (0.739 %)Eclipse
594 (0.739 %)TestDirector
676 (0.598 %)Oracle Forms
754 (0.425 %)QuickTest Pro
850 (0.393 %)LoadRunner
850 (0.393 %)ProC
948 (0.378 %)ClearQuest
948 (0.378 %)WinRunner
1042 (0.330 %)Log4j
1140 (0.315 %)CruiseControl
1232 (0.252 %)PowerBuilder
1329 (0.228 %)Visual Studio
1428 (0.220 %)JIRA
1523 (0.181 %)PVCS
1523 (0.181 %)MSI
1621 (0.165 %)Selenium
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15086 (40.01 %)Finance
23238 (25.47 %)Banking
31590 (12.51 %)Investment Banking
41479 (11.63 %)Front Office
5453 (3.563 %)Telecoms
6437 (3.437 %)Back Office
7326 (2.564 %)Insurance
8313 (2.462 %)Financial Institution
9306 (2.407 %)Education
10287 (2.258 %)Health
11249 (1.959 %)Games
12232 (1.825 %)Pensions
13163 (1.282 %)Retail
14147 (1.156 %)Marketing
15105 (0.826 %)Government
1667 (0.527 %)Publishing
1759 (0.464 %)Billing
1854 (0.425 %)Construction
1952 (0.409 %)Legal
2051 (0.401 %)Electric
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13608 (28.38 %)Developer
22235 (17.58 %)Analyst
31429 (11.24 %)Administrator
41260 (9.911 %)C++ Developer
51107 (8.708 %)Support Analyst
61057 (8.314 %)Applications Support
7972 (7.646 %)Java Developer
8924 (7.268 %)Systems Administrator
9765 (6.017 %)DBA
10727 (5.719 %)UNIX Administrator
11586 (4.609 %)Consultant
12547 (4.303 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
13535 (4.208 %)Senior Developer
14520 (4.090 %)Oracle DBA
15381 (2.997 %)Applications Support Analyst
16338 (2.659 %)Team Leader
17316 (2.486 %)Architect
18311 (2.446 %)Programmer
19254 (1.998 %)Support Engineer
20234 (1.841 %)Oracle Developer
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11470 (11.56 %)Derivative
2919 (7.229 %)Equities
3766 (6.025 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
4665 (5.231 %)Fixed Income
5655 (5.152 %)Multithreading
6354 (2.785 %)Computer Science
7307 (2.415 %)Equity Derivative
8256 (2.014 %)Replication
9247 (1.943 %)Clustering
10191 (1.502 %)Mathematics
11189 (1.487 %)Credit Derivative
12182 (1.432 %)Mainframe
13178 (1.400 %)Grid Computing
14137 (1.078 %)Client/Server
15122 (0.960 %)Management Information System
16100 (0.787 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1796 (0.755 %)Market Risk
1895 (0.747 %)N-Tier
1990 (0.708 %)Credit Risk
2079 (0.621 %)French Language
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14240 (33.35 %)Linux
23930 (30.91 %)Windows
32469 (19.42 %)Solaris
4888 (6.985 %)Red Hat Linux
5471 (3.705 %)AIX
6441 (3.469 %)HPUX
7432 (3.398 %)Windows Server 2003
8247 (1.943 %)Windows 2000
9219 (1.723 %)Windows XP
10199 (1.565 %)Windows NT
11165 (1.298 %)VMS
12128 (1.007 %)SUSE
13121 (0.952 %)Windows 2000 Server
1483 (0.653 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1574 (0.582 %)Debian
1653 (0.417 %)OpenVMS
1653 (0.417 %)Mac OS X
1747 (0.370 %)Windows Vista
1828 (0.220 %)Windows Server 2008
1828 (0.220 %)Ubuntu
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11169 (9.195 %)OO
2611 (4.806 %)Project Management
3563 (4.429 %)ITIL
4531 (4.177 %)Electronic Trading
5392 (3.083 %)OOD
6391 (3.076 %)Algorithmic Trading
7381 (2.997 %)Agile Software Development
8364 (2.863 %)UML
9345 (2.714 %)Risk Management
10329 (2.588 %)SOA
10329 (2.588 %)E-Commerce
11292 (2.297 %)Disaster Recovery
12217 (1.707 %)Migration
13205 (1.613 %)Asset Management
14204 (1.605 %)Investment Management
15203 (1.597 %)Data Modelling
16178 (1.400 %)Business Analysis
17175 (1.377 %)Problem Management
18173 (1.361 %)OOP
19167 (1.314 %)Release Management
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14676 (36.78 %)SQL
23277 (25.78 %)Java
32670 (21.00 %)C++
42270 (17.86 %)Perl
51612 (12.68 %)Shell Script
61038 (8.165 %)C#
7806 (6.340 %)PL/SQL
8647 (5.089 %)C
9518 (4.075 %)JavaScript
10409 (3.217 %)Python
11396 (3.115 %)PHP
12391 (3.076 %)VB
13352 (2.769 %)VBA
14306 (2.407 %)Korn
15228 (1.793 %)VC++
16133 (1.046 %)Transact-SQL
17100 (0.787 %)Ruby
1899 (0.779 %)VB.NET
1985 (0.669 %)Tcl
2082 (0.645 %)VBScript
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11354 (10.65 %)Degree
2158 (1.243 %)Cisco Certification
3118 (0.928 %)Microsoft Certification
4110 (0.865 %)ISEB
5106 (0.834 %)Security Cleared
6105 (0.826 %)MCSE
787 (0.684 %)CCNA
880 (0.629 %)CCNP
977 (0.606 %)ITIL Certification
1073 (0.574 %)RHCE
1164 (0.503 %)Oracle Certification
1256 (0.440 %)SC Cleared
1354 (0.425 %)RHCT
1450 (0.393 %)OCP
1546 (0.362 %)CISSP
1636 (0.283 %)PhD
1734 (0.267 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1833 (0.260 %)PMP
1833 (0.260 %)PMI Certification
1932 (0.252 %)HND
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1385 (3.028 %)QA
2174 (1.369 %)SLA
342 (0.330 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
423 (0.181 %)Basel II
514 (0.110 %)MiFID
613 (0.102 %)ISO17799
710 (0.079 %)ISO27001
88 (0.063 %)ISO9001
95 (0.039 %)BS7799
104 (0.031 %)HIPAA
113 (0.024 %)WCAG
113 (0.024 %)WAI
113 (0.024 %)COBIT
122 (0.016 %)RosettaNet
122 (0.016 %)ISO8583
131 (0.008 %)PCI DSS
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1323 (2.541 %)Active Directory
2293 (2.305 %)Oracle RMAN
3252 (1.982 %)Oracle RAC
4228 (1.793 %)NetBackup
5159 (1.251 %)VMware Infrastructure
6130 (1.023 %)NFS
768 (0.535 %)VMware ESX
842 (0.330 %)Backup Exec
937 (0.291 %)Samba
1023 (0.181 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
1121 (0.165 %)Squid
1219 (0.149 %)Terminal Server
1318 (0.142 %)Xen
148 (0.063 %)Cronacle
157 (0.055 %)AquaLogic
157 (0.055 %)MetaFrame
166 (0.047 %)Citrix Presentation Server
166 (0.047 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
175 (0.039 %)Orbix
184 (0.031 %)MSMQ
London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1204 (1.605 %)Data Guard
2150 (1.180 %)AutoSys
3127 (0.999 %)Tivoli
4110 (0.865 %)Nagios
581 (0.637 %)OpenView
679 (0.621 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
776 (0.598 %)CONTROL-M
863 (0.496 %)BMC PATROL
961 (0.480 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1044 (0.346 %)HP Data Protector
1130 (0.236 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
1226 (0.205 %)Netcool
1325 (0.197 %)Legato
1419 (0.149 %)BMC Performance Manager
1518 (0.142 %)MOM
1616 (0.126 %)EMC NetWorker
1715 (0.118 %)EMC TimeFinder
1814 (0.110 %)Unicenter
1913 (0.102 %)ARCserve
2010 (0.079 %)OMEGAMON
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13794 (29.84 %)Oracle
21706 (13.42 %)Sybase
3952 (7.488 %)Red Hat
4613 (4.822 %)Sun
5576 (4.531 %)Microsoft
6572 (4.499 %)Cisco
7570 (4.484 %)HP
8446 (3.508 %)VERITAS
9430 (3.382 %)IBM
10388 (3.052 %)TIBCO
11343 (2.698 %)VMware
12247 (1.943 %)Bloomberg
13233 (1.833 %)EMC
14231 (1.817 %)Reuters
15210 (1.652 %)Citrix
16177 (1.392 %)Remedy
17176 (1.384 %)SAP
18153 (1.203 %)Murex
19140 (1.101 %)BEA
20130 (1.023 %)Business Objects