The first table below looks at the demand for the UNIX Administrator role in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited UNIX Administrator in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Job Titles advertised for the Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
UNIX Administrator
Rank 110 95 -
Rank change year-on-year
-15 -
Permanent jobs requiring a UNIX Administrator 4 5 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.237% 0.345% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.250% 0.358% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 0
Average salary £37,500 £45,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.66% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £39,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+2.56% -8.23%
All Job Titles
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1598 1396 1246
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 94.78% 96.41% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1340 1245 1079
Average salary £41,250 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
UNIX Administrator
West Midlands

UNIX Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing UNIX Administrator across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Birmingham UNIX Administrator Jobs Demand Trend

UNIX Administrator
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham UNIX Administrator Salary Trend

UNIX Administrator
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing UNIX Administrator across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Birmingham UNIX Administrator Salary Histogram

UNIX Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region that cited UNIX Administrator in their job title 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 with UNIX Administrator in their job title.

1 9 (100.00%) UNIX
2 8 (88.89%) Solaris
2 8 (88.89%) Linux
2 8 (88.89%) Red Hat
3 7 (77.78%) AIX
4 6 (66.67%) Oracle
5 4 (44.44%) Finance
6 3 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (33.33%) ITIL
6 3 (33.33%) HPUX
6 3 (33.33%) Shell Script
6 3 (33.33%) SAN
7 2 (22.22%) Veritas
7 2 (22.22%) Sun
7 2 (22.22%) HACMP
7 2 (22.22%) TOAD
7 2 (22.22%) IBM
7 2 (22.22%) Veritas Volume Manager
7 2 (22.22%) Oracle Application Server
7 2 (22.22%) SUSE
7 2 (22.22%) VMware
7 2 (22.22%) Change Management
7 2 (22.22%) Foglight
7 2 (22.22%) LPAR
7 2 (22.22%) YUM
7 2 (22.22%) Capacity Management
8 1 (11.11%) HP Superdome
8 1 (11.11%) Korn
8 1 (11.11%) Veritas File System
8 1 (11.11%) Oracle 10g

UNIX Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region that cited UNIX Administrator in their job title 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 with UNIX Administrator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle Application Server
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) TOAD
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle 10g
General
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) HACMP
1 2 (22.22%) LPAR
2 1 (11.11%) HP Superdome
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) UNIX
2 8 (88.89%) Solaris
2 8 (88.89%) Linux
3 7 (77.78%) AIX
4 3 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (33.33%) HPUX
5 2 (22.22%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) ITIL
2 2 (22.22%) Change Management
2 2 (22.22%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) Shell Script
2 1 (11.11%) Korn
2 1 (11.11%) Perl
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Veritas Volume Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Veritas File System
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Foglight
1 2 (22.22%) YUM
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Red Hat
2 6 (66.67%) Oracle
3 2 (22.22%) Veritas
3 2 (22.22%) Sun
3 2 (22.22%) IBM
3 2 (22.22%) VMware
4 1 (11.11%) HP
4 1 (11.11%) EMC
Birmingham, West Midlands
Senior Unix Systems Administrator - £45-55,000 + Bonus + BenefitsOur prestigious Central Birmingham client is looking to recruit an experienced Unix Systems Administrator with a strong technical background and...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
The successful candidate should have experience of supporting Unix, Solaris and Linux Operating systems within large scale production environments. They should also have strong experience of Veritas (VxVM,...
TEKsystems
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
The successful candidate should have experience of supporting Unix, Solaris and Linux Operating systems within large scale production environments. They should also have strong experience of Veritas (VxVM,...
Aston Carter
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013