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The table below 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUNIX
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank1512
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching permanent IT job ads1369024129
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled8.832 %10.80 %
As % of the category below36.38 %43.12 %
Salaries quoted1116818573
Average minimum salary£41,451£42,500
Average salary£45,277£46,509
% change on same period last year-2.64 %
Average maximum salary£49,104£50,518
UK excluding London average salary£38,339£38,283
% change on same period last year+0.14 %
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads3762855958
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled24.28 %25.05 %
Salaries quoted3203945289
Average minimum salary£35,885£36,405
Average salary£38,707£39,386
% change on same period last year-1.72 %
Average maximum salary£41,529£42,367
UK excluding London average salary£34,385£34,225
% change on same period last year+0.46 %

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 21 November 2008 within the UK.

UNIX Salary Histogram

UNIX
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 21 November 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-313076£45,567-2.63 %
LondonDown-46725£53,265-1.72 %
South EastDown-22627£39,651-2.91 %
City of LondonDown-42258£55,111-2.21 %
East of EnglandUp+11031£40,114+2.46 %
BerkshireDown-3942£39,839-7.25 %
North WestDown-5663£34,281-7.39 %
South WestDown-15650£36,436-5.43 %
YorkshireDown-7567£35,672+9.99 %
HampshireUp+6553£37,697+3.66 %
SurreyDown-3536£38,744-6.26 %
West MidlandsDown-13406£35,943+5.40 %
ScotlandDown-1402£37,446+11.98 %
HertfordshireUp+2353£43,213+6.39 %
CambridgeshireUp+4340£35,547-3.04 %
East MidlandsUp+1331£40,893+31.62 %
ReadingUp+5316£37,930-12.35 %
CambridgeDown-1262£36,467-1.65 %
ManchesterDown-11259£35,019-7.47 %
West YorkshireDown-17255£34,813+9.69 %
BristolDown-8253£37,149+7.58 %
BuckinghamshireDown-5198£38,795+0.24 %
SloughUp+3196£39,325-3.37 %
CheshireDown-13182£36,498+1.76 %
Docklands, LondonDown-4175£55,516-2.87 %
Canary WharfNo change0166£51,681-15.83 %
GlasgowDown-4160£37,142+10.44 %
EssexUp+13158£46,157+19.96 %
LeedsDown-15147£32,819-5.52 %
NottinghamshireUp+6142£45,092+46.45 %

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 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.

110797 (34.82 %)Linux
210395 (33.53 %)Windows
39946 (32.08 %)Oracle
49838 (31.73 %)SQL
58085 (26.08 %)Finance
67359 (23.74 %)Java
76131 (19.77 %)Solaris
85062 (16.33 %)C++
94537 (14.63 %)Perl
104282 (13.81 %)Banking
113635 (11.72 %)SQL Server
123464 (11.17 %)Shell Script
133324 (10.72 %)Degree
142928 (9.444 %)J2EE
152707 (8.731 %)TCP/IP
162626 (8.470 %)C
172608 (8.412 %)XML
182424 (7.818 %)AIX
192356 (7.599 %)Sybase
202344 (7.560 %)Apache
212303 (7.428 %)PL/SQL
222261 (7.293 %)SAN
232192 (7.070 %)Microsoft
242095 (6.757 %)Oracle 10g
252049 (6.609 %)Sun
261999 (6.448 %)Red Hat
271996 (6.438 %)OO
281944 (6.270 %).NET
291890 (6.096 %)IBM
301873 (6.041 %)Red Hat Linux

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 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
12928 (9.444 %)J2EE
22608 (8.412 %)XML
31944 (6.270 %).NET
41702 (5.490 %)HTML
51534 (4.948 %)WebSphere
61062 (3.425 %)WebServices
7927 (2.990 %)Middleware
8832 (2.684 %)JSP
9793 (2.558 %)CSS
10757 (2.442 %)Spring
11673 (2.171 %)Hibernate
12634 (2.045 %)STL
13620 (2.000 %)AJAX
14490 (1.580 %)Servlets
15479 (1.545 %)J2SE
16474 (1.529 %)JMS
17431 (1.390 %)ASP.NET
18396 (1.277 %)Struts
19391 (1.261 %)SOAP
20350 (1.129 %)EJB
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12344 (7.560 %)Apache
21437 (4.635 %)WebLogic
31299 (4.190 %)Tomcat
4757 (2.442 %)JBoss
5653 (2.106 %)IIS
6564 (1.819 %)MS Exchange
7346 (1.116 %)SAS
8344 (1.110 %)WebSphere Application Server
9304 (0.981 %)MQSeries
10303 (0.977 %)Exchange Server 2003
11250 (0.806 %)WebSphere MQ
12228 (0.735 %)SharePoint
13216 (0.697 %)Oracle Application Server
14188 (0.606 %)CMS
15151 (0.487 %)NetWeaver
16130 (0.419 %)Lotus Notes
17116 (0.374 %)Rendezvous
18114 (0.368 %)TIBCO EMS
19107 (0.345 %)Oracle 10gAS
20103 (0.332 %)Oracle Workflow
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11192 (3.845 %)MS Excel
2486 (1.568 %)MS Office
3225 (0.726 %)MS Visio
468 (0.219 %)MS Project
566 (0.213 %)Photoshop
661 (0.197 %)Spreadsheet
756 (0.181 %)MATLAB
851 (0.164 %)MS PowerPoint
926 (0.084 %)Acrobat
1023 (0.074 %)CATIA
1121 (0.068 %)XMetaL
1216 (0.052 %)CA Clarity
1216 (0.052 %)Fireworks
1310 (0.032 %)SPSS
1310 (0.032 %)Simulink
148 (0.026 %)Adobe Illustrator
156 (0.019 %)AutoCAD
165 (0.016 %)FreeHand
165 (0.016 %)NASTRAN
174 (0.013 %)DOC1
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1436 (1.406 %)Oracle Applications
2289 (0.932 %)Oracle 11i
3282 (0.910 %)Oracle EBS
485 (0.274 %)Oracle EBS R12
575 (0.242 %)Endur
669 (0.223 %)SAP R/3
767 (0.216 %)Oracle Financials
857 (0.184 %)BusinessWorks
955 (0.177 %)Summit
1053 (0.171 %)TIBCO iProcess
1145 (0.145 %)RMDS
1145 (0.145 %)Kondor+
1230 (0.097 %)BASE24
1328 (0.090 %)SAP CRM
1425 (0.081 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
1425 (0.081 %)Temenos Globus
1425 (0.081 %)Temenos T24
1524 (0.077 %)Misys Opics
1617 (0.055 %)Oracle HRMS
1714 (0.045 %)Movex
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12707 (8.731 %)TCP/IP
22261 (7.293 %)SAN
31630 (5.257 %)Internet
41570 (5.064 %)Firewall
51248 (4.025 %)DNS
61118 (3.606 %)LAN
71098 (3.541 %)WAN
8608 (1.961 %)HTTP
9594 (1.916 %)VPN
10519 (1.674 %)LDAP
11391 (1.261 %)VoIP
12336 (1.084 %)Wireless
13329 (1.061 %)DHCP
14310 (1.000 %)Network Security
15296 (0.955 %)FTP
16288 (0.929 %)SMTP
17262 (0.845 %)SSL
18240 (0.774 %)SNMP
19208 (0.671 %)Intranet
20189 (0.610 %)SSH
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13635 (11.72 %)SQL Server
22095 (6.757 %)Oracle 10g
31777 (5.732 %)RDBMS
41537 (4.957 %)MySQL
51398 (4.509 %)Oracle 9i
6810 (2.613 %)Datawarehouse
7808 (2.606 %)DB2
8687 (2.216 %)Oracle 8/8i
9686 (2.213 %)Oracle Reports
10632 (2.038 %)ETL
11486 (1.568 %)SQL Server 2005
12412 (1.329 %)BusinessObjects
13360 (1.161 %)SQL Server 2000
14262 (0.845 %)Oracle 11g
15247 (0.797 %)TOAD
16215 (0.693 %)Informix
17163 (0.526 %)PostgreSQL
18162 (0.523 %)GIS
19159 (0.513 %)Oracle Discoverer
20153 (0.493 %)Sybase ASE
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1510 (1.645 %)Ant
2432 (1.393 %)Oracle Forms
3416 (1.342 %)ClearCase
4395 (1.274 %)JUnit
5286 (0.922 %)Eclipse
6222 (0.716 %)Subversion
7166 (0.535 %)TestDirector
8145 (0.468 %)Flash
9138 (0.445 %)Visual Studio
10124 (0.400 %)ClearQuest
11106 (0.342 %)QuickTest Pro
1291 (0.294 %)ProC
1389 (0.287 %)WinRunner
1487 (0.281 %)LoadRunner
1585 (0.274 %)PVCS
1671 (0.229 %)Rational Rose
1758 (0.187 %)JIRA
1856 (0.181 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1950 (0.161 %)CruiseControl
2048 (0.155 %)PowerBuilder
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18085 (26.08 %)Finance
24282 (13.81 %)Banking
31866 (6.019 %)Investment Banking
41686 (5.438 %)Front Office
51554 (5.012 %)Telecoms
61287 (4.151 %)Pensions
71002 (3.232 %)Health
8783 (2.525 %)Insurance
9631 (2.035 %)Education
10582 (1.877 %)Retail
11525 (1.693 %)Back Office
12492 (1.587 %)Financial Institution
13478 (1.542 %)Games
14441 (1.422 %)Government
15391 (1.261 %)Marketing
16160 (0.516 %)Manufacturing
17159 (0.513 %)Billing
18132 (0.426 %)Publishing
19126 (0.406 %)Electronics
20125 (0.403 %)FMCG
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16886 (22.21 %)Developer
24760 (15.35 %)Analyst
33479 (11.22 %)Administrator
42106 (6.793 %)Support Analyst
52091 (6.744 %)Systems Administrator
62021 (6.519 %)DBA
71854 (5.980 %)Java Developer
81811 (5.841 %)Applications Support
91759 (5.673 %)Consultant
101735 (5.596 %)C++ Developer
111577 (5.086 %)UNIX Administrator
121469 (4.738 %)Oracle DBA
131226 (3.954 %)Support Engineer
141221 (3.938 %)Software Engineer
151171 (3.777 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
161078 (3.477 %)Architect
171015 (3.274 %)Senior Developer
18978 (3.154 %)Programmer
19891 (2.874 %)Team Leader
20718 (2.316 %)Software Developer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11701 (5.486 %)Derivative
21032 (3.329 %)Equities
3949 (3.061 %)Computer Science
4811 (2.616 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
5796 (2.567 %)Fixed Income
6767 (2.474 %)Mainframe
7737 (2.377 %)Multithreading
8638 (2.058 %)Clustering
9428 (1.380 %)Client/Server
10372 (1.200 %)Replication
11369 (1.190 %)Mathematics
12340 (1.097 %)Equity Derivative
13295 (0.951 %)HACMP
14269 (0.868 %)French Language
15254 (0.819 %)Grid Computing
16221 (0.713 %)Management Information System
17216 (0.697 %)German Language
18214 (0.690 %)Credit Derivative
19204 (0.658 %)N-Tier
20161 (0.519 %)AS400
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110797 (34.82 %)Linux
210395 (33.53 %)Windows
36131 (19.77 %)Solaris
42424 (7.818 %)AIX
51873 (6.041 %)Red Hat Linux
61450 (4.677 %)Windows Server 2003
71367 (4.409 %)HPUX
8800 (2.580 %)Windows 2000
9665 (2.145 %)Windows XP
10407 (1.313 %)SUSE
11399 (1.287 %)Windows NT
12382 (1.232 %)Windows 2000 Server
13316 (1.019 %)VMS
14263 (0.848 %)Debian
15235 (0.758 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16175 (0.564 %)Windows Vista
17116 (0.374 %)Tru64
17116 (0.374 %)Mac OS X
18107 (0.345 %)MVS
19102 (0.329 %)Fedora
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11996 (6.438 %)OO
21699 (5.480 %)ITIL
31359 (4.383 %)Project Management
4956 (3.083 %)UML
5760 (2.451 %)Security Cleared
6716 (2.309 %)Disaster Recovery
7694 (2.238 %)Agile Software Development
8638 (2.058 %)E-Commerce
9630 (2.032 %)SOA
10617 (1.990 %)Business Intelligence
11608 (1.961 %)Electronic Trading
12588 (1.897 %)OOD
13564 (1.819 %)Migration
14529 (1.706 %)PRINCE2
15521 (1.680 %)Software Engineering
16513 (1.655 %)Web Development
17502 (1.619 %)Configuration Management
18501 (1.616 %)Service Delivery
19499 (1.609 %)Risk Management
20466 (1.503 %)Algorithmic Trading
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19838 (31.73 %)SQL
27359 (23.74 %)Java
35062 (16.33 %)C++
44537 (14.63 %)Perl
53464 (11.17 %)Shell Script
62626 (8.470 %)C
72303 (7.428 %)PL/SQL
81697 (5.473 %)C#
91442 (4.651 %)JavaScript
101155 (3.725 %)PHP
111024 (3.303 %)VB
12963 (3.106 %)Python
13603 (1.945 %)Korn
14450 (1.451 %)VBA
15373 (1.203 %)VC++
16298 (0.961 %)COBOL
17284 (0.916 %)Transact-SQL
18281 (0.906 %)VB.NET
19250 (0.806 %)VBScript
20228 (0.735 %)Ruby
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13324 (10.72 %)Degree
2598 (1.929 %)Microsoft Certification
3541 (1.745 %)Cisco Certification
4499 (1.609 %)MCSE
5334 (1.077 %)CCNA
6312 (1.006 %)ISEB
7303 (0.977 %)Oracle Certification
8194 (0.626 %)CCNP
9188 (0.606 %)ITIL Certification
10180 (0.581 %)OCP
11169 (0.545 %)RHCE
12162 (0.523 %)CISSP
13144 (0.464 %)MCP
14122 (0.393 %)Sun Certification
15115 (0.371 %)HND
16109 (0.352 %)IBM AIX Certification
1796 (0.310 %)PhD
1895 (0.306 %)PMP
1895 (0.306 %)PMI Certification
1985 (0.274 %)CCIE
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1829 (2.674 %)QA
2577 (1.861 %)SLA
3142 (0.458 %)ISO27001
4137 (0.442 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
559 (0.190 %)COBIT
634 (0.110 %)Basel II
731 (0.100 %)PCI DSS
827 (0.087 %)BS7799
925 (0.081 %)ISO17799
925 (0.081 %)MiFID
1020 (0.065 %)ISO9001
1020 (0.065 %)WAI
1119 (0.061 %)ISO8583
1216 (0.052 %)ISO9000
136 (0.019 %)HL7
145 (0.016 %)WCAG
154 (0.013 %)GxP
154 (0.013 %)JSP 440
154 (0.013 %)JTAG
162 (0.006 %)DICOM
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1977 (3.151 %)Active Directory
2746 (2.406 %)Oracle RAC
3668 (2.155 %)Oracle RMAN
4472 (1.522 %)NetBackup
5427 (1.377 %)VMware Infrastructure
6370 (1.193 %)NFS
7178 (0.574 %)VMware ESX
8114 (0.368 %)Samba
9112 (0.361 %)Terminal Services
1092 (0.297 %)Backup Exec
1177 (0.248 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
1266 (0.213 %)ISA Server
1346 (0.148 %)Squid
1436 (0.116 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1535 (0.113 %)Terminal Server
1632 (0.103 %)MetaFrame
1728 (0.090 %)AquaLogic
1822 (0.071 %)Xen
1915 (0.048 %)RACF
2014 (0.045 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1586 (1.890 %)Tivoli
2394 (1.271 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
3227 (0.732 %)Nagios
4215 (0.693 %)OpenView
5189 (0.610 %)AutoSys
6160 (0.516 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
7142 (0.458 %)CONTROL-M
8125 (0.403 %)Legato
9118 (0.381 %)BMC PATROL
1083 (0.268 %)HP Data Protector
1170 (0.226 %)EMC NetWorker
1262 (0.200 %)Netcool
1361 (0.197 %)MOM
1459 (0.190 %)Unicenter
1557 (0.184 %)Tivoli Monitoring
1649 (0.158 %)Nessus
1744 (0.142 %)CiscoWorks
1838 (0.123 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
1838 (0.123 %)Oracle Statspack
1937 (0.119 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
19946 (32.08 %)Oracle
22356 (7.599 %)Sybase
32192 (7.070 %)Microsoft
42049 (6.609 %)Sun
51999 (6.448 %)Red Hat
61890 (6.096 %)IBM
71733 (5.590 %)HP
81611 (5.196 %)Cisco
91038 (3.348 %)VERITAS
10944 (3.045 %)VMware
11669 (2.158 %)Citrix
12620 (2.000 %)SAP
13550 (1.774 %)EMC
14543 (1.751 %)TIBCO
15412 (1.329 %)Business Objects
16388 (1.251 %)Remedy
17342 (1.103 %)CheckPoint
18325 (1.048 %)NetApp
19320 (1.032 %)Reuters
20296 (0.955 %)BEA