The first table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited UNIX over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
UNIX
Rank 48 36 35
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -1
Permanent jobs citing UNIX 1 3 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 0.398% 1.485% 1.829%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.099% 5.172% 10.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 2
Average salary £32,000 £40,000 £33,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00% +18.51%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £39,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.56%
All Operating Systems
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
91 58 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 36.25% 28.71% 17.68%
Number of salaries quoted 88 54 27
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £22,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £47,500 £53,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
UNIX
Bedfordshire

UNIX
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing UNIX across the Bedford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Bedford UNIX Jobs Demand Trend

UNIX
Salary Trend

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

Bedford UNIX Salary Trend

UNIX
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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.

1 5 (62.50%) Linux
1 5 (62.50%) TCP/IP
2 4 (50.00%) NFS
2 4 (50.00%) RHCE
2 4 (50.00%) DNS
2 4 (50.00%) Shell Script
2 4 (50.00%) Samba
2 4 (50.00%) Degree
2 4 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (50.00%) NAS
2 4 (50.00%) C-shell
2 4 (50.00%) Bash shell
3 3 (37.50%) Project Planning
3 3 (37.50%) IP Telephony
3 3 (37.50%) Project Management
3 3 (37.50%) PMI
3 3 (37.50%) PMP
3 3 (37.50%) PMI Certification
3 3 (37.50%) PRINCE
4 1 (12.50%) SSL
4 1 (12.50%) Windows
4 1 (12.50%) VPN
4 1 (12.50%) ISDN
4 1 (12.50%) VoIP
4 1 (12.50%) Ethernet
4 1 (12.50%) Data Security
4 1 (12.50%) Frame Relay
4 1 (12.50%) NGN

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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.

Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) TCP/IP
2 4 (50.00%) DNS
2 4 (50.00%) NAS
3 3 (37.50%) IP Telephony
4 1 (12.50%) SSL
4 1 (12.50%) VPN
4 1 (12.50%) ISDN
4 1 (12.50%) VoIP
4 1 (12.50%) Ethernet
4 1 (12.50%) Frame Relay
4 1 (12.50%) NGN
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Systems Administrator
1 4 (50.00%) Administrator
1 4 (50.00%) Linux Systems Administrator
1 4 (50.00%) Linux Administrator
2 3 (37.50%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
2 3 (37.50%) Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
2 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure Manager
2 3 (37.50%) Senior Project Manager
2 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 3 (37.50%) Senior Manager
2 3 (37.50%) Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Network Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Network Support
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (37.50%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Project Planning
1 3 (37.50%) Project Management
1 3 (37.50%) PRINCE
2 1 (12.50%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) Shell Script
1 4 (50.00%) C-shell
1 4 (50.00%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) RHCE
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (37.50%) PMP
2 3 (37.50%) PMI Certification
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) NFS
1 4 (50.00%) Samba