The first table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bolton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited UNIX over the 3 months to 20 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 Bolton region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
UNIX
Rank - 37 5
Permanent jobs citing UNIX 0 1 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton - 0.730% 34.48%
As % of the Operating Systems category - 2.000% 58.82%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 20
Average salary - £27,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -8.33%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Operating Systems
Bolton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
30 50 34
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 25.00% 36.50% 58.62%
Number of salaries quoted 23 50 34
Average salary £29,250 £37,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.00% +25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £15,500 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £37,250 £37,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
UNIX
Manchester

UNIX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bolton 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 Bolton region.

Bolton UNIX Salary Trend

UNIX
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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 8 (88.89%) Linux
2 5 (55.56%) NHS
2 5 (55.56%) SQL
2 5 (55.56%) SQL Server
3 3 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (33.33%) Retail
3 3 (33.33%) Degree
3 3 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 3 (33.33%) PEAR
3 3 (33.33%) MySQL
3 3 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 3 (33.33%) PHP
4 1 (11.11%) VMware
4 1 (11.11%) Marketing
4 1 (11.11%) Business Development
4 1 (11.11%) VTSP
4 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 1 (11.11%) Sun
4 1 (11.11%) CCSP
4 1 (11.11%) Citrix
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (11.11%) Windows

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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.

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (55.56%) SQL Server
2 3 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (33.33%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) PEAR
General
1 3 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (11.11%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Analyst
1 5 (55.56%) Support Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Web Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Web Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Sales Manager
4 1 (11.11%) PHP Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Business Manager
4 1 (11.11%) PHP Web Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Account Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) NHS
2 3 (33.33%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 8 (88.89%) Linux
2 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) E-Commerce
1 3 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (11.11%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) SQL
2 3 (33.33%) PHP
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) VTSP
2 1 (11.11%) CCSP
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) Sun
1 1 (11.11%) Citrix
1 1 (11.11%) VMware