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This section looks at the demand for UNIX skills within the Blackburn 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 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUNIX
Location
3 months to 24 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank1618
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching permanent IT job ads165
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.002 %
As % of the category below26.23 %12.50 %
Salaries quoted165
Average minimum salary£34,250£26,600
Average salary£36,969£30,500
% change on same period last year+21.20 %
Average maximum salary£39,688£34,400
UK excluding London average salary£38,450£38,365
% change on same period last year+0.22 %
Blackburn IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Blackburn
Matching permanent IT job ads6140
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.032 %0.016 %
Salaries quoted5236
Average minimum salary£26,790£24,607
Average salary£29,265£26,679
% change on same period last year+9.69 %
Average maximum salary£31,740£28,750
UK excluding London average salary£34,479£34,989
% change on same period last year-1.45 %
UNIX LancashireUNIX
Lancashire

UNIX
Demand Trend

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

Blackburn 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 Blackburn region.

Blackburn UNIX Salary Trend

UNIX
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing UNIX across the Blackburn region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

Blackburn UNIX Salary Histogram

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the Blackburn 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.

117 (53.13 %)Oracle
117 (53.13 %)AIX
211 (34.38 %)SQL Server
39 (28.13 %)SQL
48 (25.00 %)Solaris
48 (25.00 %)Shell Script
48 (25.00 %)Performance Management
57 (21.88 %)Windows
57 (21.88 %)Linux
66 (18.75 %)CRM
66 (18.75 %)ERP
66 (18.75 %)WebSphere Message Broker
66 (18.75 %)WebSphere
66 (18.75 %)CMS
75 (15.63 %)Perl
84 (12.50 %)PHP
84 (12.50 %)MySQL
84 (12.50 %)OO
84 (12.50 %)JavaScript
84 (12.50 %)CSS
84 (12.50 %)XHTML
84 (12.50 %)Migration
84 (12.50 %)Web Development
84 (12.50 %)AJAX
84 (12.50 %)PHP5
84 (12.50 %)PHP4
93 (9.375 %)Pensions
93 (9.375 %)DB2 UDB
93 (9.375 %)Health
93 (9.375 %)Oracle 10g

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the Blackburn 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.

Blackburn IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (18.75 %)WebSphere
24 (12.50 %)CSS
24 (12.50 %)XHTML
24 (12.50 %)AJAX
Blackburn IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (18.75 %)CMS
16 (18.75 %)WebSphere Message Broker
Blackburn IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (6.250 %)Oracle 11i
12 (6.250 %)Oracle Applications
Blackburn IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (34.38 %)SQL Server
24 (12.50 %)MySQL
33 (9.375 %)DB2 UDB
33 (9.375 %)DB2
33 (9.375 %)Oracle 9i
33 (9.375 %)Oracle 10g
42 (6.250 %)SQL Server 2000
42 (6.250 %)SQL Server 2005
Blackburn IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (6.250 %)Oracle Forms
Blackburn IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (9.375 %)Health
13 (9.375 %)Pensions
22 (6.250 %)Automotive
Blackburn IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (37.50 %)Developer
210 (31.25 %)Administrator
38 (25.00 %)UNIX Administrator
38 (25.00 %)AIX Administrator
47 (21.88 %)DBA
55 (15.63 %)WebSphere Developer
64 (12.50 %)Web Developer
64 (12.50 %)PHP Web Developer
64 (12.50 %)PHP Developer
73 (9.375 %)Oracle DBA
82 (6.250 %)Oracle Developer
82 (6.250 %)SQL Server DBA
82 (6.250 %)MySQL Developer
82 (6.250 %)SQL DBA
82 (6.250 %)Systems Developer
91 (3.125 %)Software Tester
91 (3.125 %)Test Engineer
91 (3.125 %)Senior Tester
91 (3.125 %)Tester
91 (3.125 %)Test Manager
Blackburn IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
117 (53.13 %)AIX
28 (25.00 %)Solaris
37 (21.88 %)Linux
37 (21.88 %)Windows
Blackburn IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (25.00 %)Performance Management
26 (18.75 %)CRM
26 (18.75 %)ERP
34 (12.50 %)Migration
34 (12.50 %)Web Development
34 (12.50 %)OO
42 (6.250 %)Data Analysis
42 (6.250 %)Software Testing
51 (3.125 %)Test Scripting
51 (3.125 %)Regression Testing
51 (3.125 %)Validation
Blackburn IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (28.13 %)SQL
28 (25.00 %)Shell Script
35 (15.63 %)Perl
44 (12.50 %)PHP
44 (12.50 %)PHP5
44 (12.50 %)PHP4
44 (12.50 %)JavaScript
52 (6.250 %)PL/SQL
61 (3.125 %)C++
61 (3.125 %)Java
61 (3.125 %)Python
Blackburn IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
117 (53.13 %)Oracle
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