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The table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills within the Birmingham 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUNIX
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2318
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching permanent IT job ads131210
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.076 %0.090 %
As % of the category below27.93 %37.50 %
Salaries quoted116147
Average minimum salary£33,625£34,718
Average salary£37,042£37,747
% change on same period last year-1.86 %
Average maximum salary£40,459£40,776
UK excluding London average salary£38,672£38,330
% change on same period last year+0.89 %
Birmingham IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Birmingham
Matching permanent IT job ads469560
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.274 %0.240 %
Salaries quoted444441
Average minimum salary£31,459£28,958
Average salary£33,924£31,044
% change on same period last year+9.27 %
Average maximum salary£36,390£33,130
UK excluding London average salary£34,247£34,430
% change on same period last year-0.53 %
UNIX West MidlandsUNIX
West Midlands

UNIX
Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham UNIX Salary Trend

UNIX
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing UNIX across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Birmingham UNIX Salary Histogram

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

1143 (48.47 %)Oracle
2116 (39.32 %)Windows
3111 (37.63 %)Linux
490 (30.51 %)SQL
572 (24.41 %)Solaris
663 (21.36 %)Java
746 (15.59 %)HP
839 (13.22 %)HPUX
936 (12.20 %)AIX
936 (12.20 %)TCP/IP
1035 (11.86 %)Finance
1134 (11.53 %)Sun
1134 (11.53 %)SAN
1233 (11.19 %)Microsoft
1332 (10.85 %)Red Hat
1430 (10.17 %)Oracle 10g
1529 (9.831 %)SAP
1628 (9.492 %)HTML
1628 (9.492 %)WAN
1727 (9.153 %)LAN
1727 (9.153 %)IBM
1727 (9.153 %)ITIL
1826 (8.814 %)JSP
1925 (8.475 %)Telecoms
1925 (8.475 %)SQL Server
1925 (8.475 %)XML
1925 (8.475 %)Pensions
1925 (8.475 %)Red Hat Linux
2024 (8.136 %)Oracle RAC
2024 (8.136 %)Microsoft Certification

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Birmingham IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
128 (9.492 %)HTML
226 (8.814 %)JSP
325 (8.475 %)XML
423 (7.797 %)J2EE
521 (7.119 %)WebServices
617 (5.763 %).NET
716 (5.424 %)WebSphere
813 (4.407 %)Hibernate
912 (4.068 %)SAP Basis
912 (4.068 %)Struts
1011 (3.729 %)Spring
119 (3.051 %)XSLT
119 (3.051 %)Servlets
127 (2.373 %)CSS
127 (2.373 %)ASP
127 (2.373 %)XHTML
136 (2.034 %)SOAP
136 (2.034 %)Middleware
145 (1.695 %)CGI
145 (1.695 %)Acegi Security
Birmingham IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
112 (4.068 %)NetWeaver
210 (3.390 %)WebLogic
38 (2.712 %)WebSphere Application Server
38 (2.712 %)Oracle Application Server
38 (2.712 %)Oracle 9iAS
38 (2.712 %)Oracle 10gAS
47 (2.373 %)Apache
47 (2.373 %)MS Exchange
56 (2.034 %)SharePoint
56 (2.034 %)CMS
64 (1.356 %)Oracle Workflow
64 (1.356 %)Lotus Notes
72 (0.678 %)Tomcat
72 (0.678 %)Gentran
81 (0.339 %)Tamino
81 (0.339 %)Exchange Server 2000
81 (0.339 %)Exchange Server 2003
81 (0.339 %)MQSeries
81 (0.339 %)JBoss
Birmingham IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
112 (4.068 %)MS Office
112 (4.068 %)MS Excel
23 (1.017 %)MS Visio
Birmingham IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
114 (4.746 %)Oracle EBS
29 (3.051 %)Oracle 11i
29 (3.051 %)Oracle Applications
37 (2.373 %)Oracle Financials
45 (1.695 %)Remedy ITSM
52 (0.678 %)SAP CRM
61 (0.339 %)MFGPRO
61 (0.339 %)arcHouse
61 (0.339 %)Staffware
Birmingham IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
136 (12.20 %)TCP/IP
234 (11.53 %)SAN
328 (9.492 %)WAN
427 (9.153 %)LAN
523 (7.797 %)Internet
621 (7.119 %)Firewall
718 (6.102 %)VoIP
813 (4.407 %)VPN
97 (2.373 %)LDAP
106 (2.034 %)HTTP
106 (2.034 %)Network Security
115 (1.695 %)Ethernet
115 (1.695 %)ISDN
124 (1.356 %)SNMP
124 (1.356 %)SSL
124 (1.356 %)SS7
124 (1.356 %)Megaco
124 (1.356 %)Wireless
133 (1.017 %)IPCC
133 (1.017 %)Nortel Meridian
Birmingham IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
130 (10.17 %)Oracle 10g
225 (8.475 %)SQL Server
320 (6.780 %)Oracle 9i
416 (5.424 %)DB2
513 (4.407 %)RDBMS
612 (4.068 %)Oracle 8/8i
710 (3.390 %)BusinessObjects
88 (2.712 %)GIS
97 (2.373 %)Oracle Discoverer
106 (2.034 %)TOAD
113 (1.017 %)Informix
113 (1.017 %)Oracle 11g
122 (0.678 %)BusinessObjects XI
122 (0.678 %)SAP BI
131 (0.339 %)SQL Server 2005
131 (0.339 %)Oracle OLAP
131 (0.339 %)OLAP
131 (0.339 %)Datawarehouse
Birmingham IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (2.373 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
24 (1.356 %)Eclipse
32 (0.678 %)Log4j
32 (0.678 %)JUnit
41 (0.339 %)PVCS
41 (0.339 %)StarTeam
Birmingham IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
135 (11.86 %)Finance
225 (8.475 %)Telecoms
225 (8.475 %)Pensions
319 (6.441 %)Government
414 (4.746 %)Health
513 (4.407 %)Auditing
68 (2.712 %)Insurance
77 (2.373 %)Online Banking
77 (2.373 %)Banking
84 (1.356 %)FMCG
93 (1.017 %)Marketing
102 (0.678 %)Education
111 (0.339 %)Home Office
Birmingham IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
161 (20.68 %)Analyst
239 (13.22 %)Consultant
336 (12.20 %)Developer
426 (8.814 %)Support Analyst
523 (7.797 %)Administrator
620 (6.780 %)Java Developer
718 (6.102 %)Support Engineer
817 (5.763 %)DBA
817 (5.763 %)Customer Engineer
817 (5.763 %)Oracle DBA
817 (5.763 %)Customer Support Engineer
916 (5.424 %)UNIX Specialist
1015 (5.085 %)Database Analyst
1015 (5.085 %)SAP Consultant
1114 (4.746 %)Applications Support
1213 (4.407 %)Senior Developer
1312 (4.068 %)Architect
1312 (4.068 %)Senior Java Developer
1411 (3.729 %)IT Security Analyst
1411 (3.729 %)Security Analyst
Birmingham IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
113 (4.407 %)Client/Server
211 (3.729 %)Clustering
37 (2.373 %)Mainframe
44 (1.356 %)AS400
51 (0.339 %)Replication
51 (0.339 %)Management Information System
51 (0.339 %)N-Tier
51 (0.339 %)NHS
51 (0.339 %)Firmware
51 (0.339 %)HACMP
51 (0.339 %)IVR
51 (0.339 %)Computer Science
Birmingham IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1116 (39.32 %)Windows
2111 (37.63 %)Linux
372 (24.41 %)Solaris
439 (13.22 %)HPUX
536 (12.20 %)AIX
625 (8.475 %)Red Hat Linux
722 (7.458 %)Windows Server 2003
817 (5.763 %)SUSE
916 (5.424 %)Tru64
1013 (4.407 %)Windows 2000
1110 (3.390 %)Windows XP
126 (2.034 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
135 (1.695 %)Windows 2000 Server
144 (1.356 %)Windows NT
151 (0.339 %)VxWorks
151 (0.339 %)pSOS
151 (0.339 %)Embedded Linux
Birmingham IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
127 (9.153 %)ITIL
221 (7.119 %)Information Security
319 (6.441 %)SOA
319 (6.441 %)Service Management
417 (5.763 %)Project Management
515 (5.085 %)Business Intelligence
515 (5.085 %)Disaster Recovery
613 (4.407 %)Security Cleared
712 (4.068 %)Risk Management
712 (4.068 %)OO
811 (3.729 %)CRM
811 (3.729 %)Web Development
99 (3.051 %)UML
99 (3.051 %)OOD
108 (2.712 %)ERP
108 (2.712 %)Content Management
117 (2.373 %)RAD
117 (2.373 %)Service Delivery
117 (2.373 %)SC Cleared
126 (2.034 %)EAI
Birmingham IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
190 (30.51 %)SQL
263 (21.36 %)Java
321 (7.119 %)C++
417 (5.763 %)PL/SQL
515 (5.085 %)Perl
611 (3.729 %)Shell Script
710 (3.390 %)C
89 (3.051 %)C#
97 (2.373 %)JavaScript
97 (2.373 %)VB
106 (2.034 %)VB.NET
115 (1.695 %)ABAP
115 (1.695 %)VBA
123 (1.017 %)XPath
132 (0.678 %)JCL
132 (0.678 %)Embedded C
132 (0.678 %)Embedded C++
Birmingham IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
124 (8.136 %)Microsoft Certification
220 (6.780 %)MCSE
38 (2.712 %)Cisco Certification
46 (2.034 %)CCNA
46 (2.034 %)Degree
55 (1.695 %)MCP
64 (1.356 %)ITIL Certification
73 (1.017 %)HND
82 (0.678 %)CCNP
91 (0.339 %)ISEB
91 (0.339 %)MCSA
91 (0.339 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
91 (0.339 %)Oracle Certification
Birmingham IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
120 (6.780 %)ISO27001
215 (5.085 %)SLA
312 (4.068 %)QA
410 (3.390 %)COBIT
57 (2.373 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
Birmingham IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
124 (8.136 %)Oracle RAC
211 (3.729 %)NetBackup
310 (3.390 %)Active Directory
48 (2.712 %)Terminal Server
57 (2.373 %)Oracle RMAN
66 (2.034 %)Terminal Services
75 (1.695 %)VMware Infrastructure
81 (0.339 %)Citrix Presentation Server
81 (0.339 %)AquaLogic
Birmingham IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
19 (3.051 %)Legato
27 (2.373 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
36 (2.034 %)BMC PATROL
44 (1.356 %)Foglight
44 (1.356 %)HP Data Protector
52 (0.678 %)EMC NetWorker
61 (0.339 %)OpenView
61 (0.339 %)Nagios
Birmingham IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1143 (48.47 %)Oracle
246 (15.59 %)HP
334 (11.53 %)Sun
433 (11.19 %)Microsoft
532 (10.85 %)Red Hat
629 (9.831 %)SAP
727 (9.153 %)IBM
820 (6.780 %)VERITAS
915 (5.085 %)VMware
1014 (4.746 %)Cisco
1113 (4.407 %)BMC
1211 (3.729 %)Remedy
1211 (3.729 %)Dell
1211 (3.729 %)Citrix
1310 (3.390 %)Business Objects
1310 (3.390 %)Lotus
148 (2.712 %)BEA
156 (2.034 %)Compaq
156 (2.034 %)NetApp
156 (2.034 %)FatWire