Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills within the Belfast 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 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUNIX
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank45
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads2629
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.018 %0.013 %
As % of the category below86.67 %52.73 %
Salaries quoted621
Average minimum salary£29,333£34,857
Average salary£31,000£39,024
% change on same period last year-20.56 %
Average maximum salary£32,667£43,190
UK excluding London average salary£38,147£38,351
% change on same period last year-0.53 %
Belfast IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Belfast
Matching permanent IT job ads3055
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.020 %0.025 %
Salaries quoted941
Average minimum salary£25,563£29,400
Average salary£27,094£32,706
% change on same period last year-17.15 %
Average maximum salary£28,625£36,011
UK excluding London average salary£34,403£34,132
% change on same period last year+0.79 %
UNIX County AntrimUNIX
County Antrim

UNIX
Demand Trend

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

Belfast 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 Belfast region.

Belfast UNIX Salary Trend

UNIX
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing UNIX across the Belfast region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008.

Belfast UNIX Salary Histogram

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT jobs across the Belfast 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.

132 (66.67 %)Perl
231 (64.58 %)Java
330 (62.50 %)Sybase
425 (52.08 %)Finance
523 (47.92 %)Linux
618 (37.50 %)Spring
717 (35.42 %)Solaris
815 (31.25 %)Swing
914 (29.17 %)J2EE
1012 (25.00 %)SQL Server
1111 (22.92 %)Struts
1111 (22.92 %)Python
1111 (22.92 %)RDBMS
1111 (22.92 %)Configuration Management
1210 (20.83 %)HPUX
137 (14.58 %)TCP/IP
146 (12.50 %)AIX
146 (12.50 %)SQL
146 (12.50 %)SAN
146 (12.50 %)VERITAS
146 (12.50 %)NetBackup
155 (10.42 %)Korn
155 (10.42 %)jMock
155 (10.42 %)Shell Script
155 (10.42 %)Management Information System
155 (10.42 %)JUnit
155 (10.42 %)SOA
164 (8.333 %)Oracle
164 (8.333 %)HP
164 (8.333 %)Red Hat

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT jobs across the Belfast 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.

Belfast IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
118 (37.50 %)Spring
215 (31.25 %)Swing
314 (29.17 %)J2EE
411 (22.92 %)Struts
51 (2.083 %)XML
51 (2.083 %)Servlets
51 (2.083 %).NET
Belfast IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (4.167 %)WebLogic
12 (4.167 %)WebLogic Portal
12 (4.167 %)WebLogic Integration
Belfast IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (2.083 %)MS Excel
Belfast IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (4.167 %)Oracle EBS
21 (2.083 %)Oracle Applications
Belfast IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (14.58 %)TCP/IP
26 (12.50 %)SAN
31 (2.083 %)MGCP
31 (2.083 %)RTP
31 (2.083 %)Firewall
31 (2.083 %)SSH
31 (2.083 %)Intrusion Detection
31 (2.083 %)Cisco PIX
31 (2.083 %)Network Security
31 (2.083 %)VPN
31 (2.083 %)VoIP
31 (2.083 %)SMTP
31 (2.083 %)HTTP
31 (2.083 %)SNMP
Belfast IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (25.00 %)SQL Server
211 (22.92 %)RDBMS
33 (6.250 %)Oracle 10g
33 (6.250 %)Reference Data
42 (4.167 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (2.083 %)Oracle 9i
51 (2.083 %)SQL Server 2000
51 (2.083 %)SQL Server 2005
Belfast IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (10.42 %)JUnit
15 (10.42 %)jMock
Belfast IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
125 (52.08 %)Finance
24 (8.333 %)Banking
31 (2.083 %)Back Office
Belfast IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
128 (58.33 %)Developer
128 (58.33 %)Java Developer
211 (22.92 %)Senior Developer
211 (22.92 %)Senior Java Developer
39 (18.75 %)Junior Developer
39 (18.75 %)Junior Java Developer
39 (18.75 %)Junior
46 (12.50 %)UNIX Support
55 (10.42 %)J2EE Developer
55 (10.42 %)Java/J2EE Developer
64 (8.333 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
64 (8.333 %)Administrator
64 (8.333 %)Analyst
64 (8.333 %)Systems Administrator
64 (8.333 %)UNIX Administrator
73 (6.250 %)UNIX Engineer
73 (6.250 %)Senior UNIX Engineer
73 (6.250 %)Systems Engineer
73 (6.250 %)DBA
73 (6.250 %)Oracle DBA
Belfast IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (10.42 %)Management Information System
24 (8.333 %)Clustering
31 (2.083 %)Credit Risk
31 (2.083 %)Replication
Belfast IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
123 (47.92 %)Linux
217 (35.42 %)Solaris
310 (20.83 %)HPUX
46 (12.50 %)AIX
54 (8.333 %)Red Hat Linux
61 (2.083 %)Windows Server 2003
61 (2.083 %)Windows 2000 Server
61 (2.083 %)Windows
Belfast IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (22.92 %)Configuration Management
25 (10.42 %)SOA
34 (8.333 %)Information Management
42 (4.167 %)Agile Software Development
42 (4.167 %)Change Management
51 (2.083 %)Risk Management
Belfast IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
132 (66.67 %)Perl
231 (64.58 %)Java
311 (22.92 %)Python
46 (12.50 %)SQL
55 (10.42 %)Shell Script
55 (10.42 %)Korn
62 (4.167 %)Transact-SQL
62 (4.167 %)C++
71 (2.083 %)PL/SQL
Belfast IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (12.50 %)NetBackup
22 (4.167 %)Oracle RMAN
22 (4.167 %)AquaLogic
22 (4.167 %)Oracle RAC
Belfast IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (4.167 %)Tivoli
12 (4.167 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
Belfast IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
130 (62.50 %)Sybase
26 (12.50 %)VERITAS
34 (8.333 %)Red Hat
34 (8.333 %)HP
34 (8.333 %)Oracle
42 (4.167 %)BEA
51 (2.083 %)Cisco
51 (2.083 %)CheckPoint
51 (2.083 %)Websense
51 (2.083 %)SurfControl
51 (2.083 %)Blue Coat