Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited UNIX over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the Cambridgeshire region.

 UNIX
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank262521
Rank change year-on-year
Down-1Down-4
Matching permanent IT job ads151170334
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire6.382 %7.583 %7.746 %
As % of the Operating Systems category23.48 %30.14 %27.40 %
Salaries quoted136161263
Average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£24,300
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£42,500£62,500£47,500
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£37,500£36,500
% change year-on-year
+6.660 %+2.730 %
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
6435641219
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire27.18 %25.16 %28.27 %
Salaries quoted5925071038
Average salary£35,000£32,500£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.690 %-7.140 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,800£22,500£22,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£43,500£45,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£33,500£32,500£32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.070 %-
UNIX East of EnglandUNIX
East of England

UNIX
Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire UNIX Salary Trend

UNIX
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing UNIX across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Cambridgeshire UNIX Salary Histogram

UNIX
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing UNIX within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CambridgeDown-4122£32,500-4.41 %
PeterboroughUp+162£35,000-39.13 %
HuntingdonNo change01£26,000+36.84 %
UNIX East of EnglandUNIX
East of England

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

1193 (62.06 %)Linux
2150 (48.23 %)Windows
391 (29.26 %)SQL
478 (25.08 %)Perl
576 (24.44 %)Java
673 (23.47 %)C
770 (22.51 %)C++
865 (20.90 %)JavaScript
865 (20.90 %)Solaris
963 (20.26 %)Degree
1056 (18.01 %)MySQL
1154 (17.36 %)XML
1251 (16.40 %)Cisco
1344 (14.15 %)Red Hat
1344 (14.15 %)Red Hat Linux
1442 (13.50 %)HTML
1535 (11.25 %)Oracle
1535 (11.25 %)Internet
1633 (10.61 %)SAN
1633 (10.61 %)Python
1732 (10.29 %)RHCE
1732 (10.29 %)Computer Science
1732 (10.29 %)RHCT
1732 (10.29 %)Bash shell
1829 (9.325 %)Cisco Certification
1829 (9.325 %)CCNP
1829 (9.325 %)CCNA
1829 (9.325 %)OO
1928 (9.003 %)AIX
2027 (8.682 %)SQL Server

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
154 (17.36 %)XML
242 (13.50 %)HTML
323 (7.395 %).NET
323 (7.395 %)CSS
420 (6.431 %)J2EE
420 (6.431 %)ODBC
519 (6.109 %)JSP
614 (4.502 %)SOAP
712 (3.859 %)XHTML
811 (3.537 %)Web Services
811 (3.537 %)XSLT
910 (3.215 %)DHTML
910 (3.215 %)Tapestry
109 (2.894 %)JSF
109 (2.894 %)Struts
109 (2.894 %)Apache Wicket
118 (2.572 %)Servlets
118 (2.572 %)J2SE
125 (1.608 %)AJAX
125 (1.608 %)STL
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
126 (8.360 %)Apache
225 (8.039 %)IIS
316 (5.145 %)Tomcat
46 (1.929 %)MS Exchange
55 (1.608 %)Lotus Domino
55 (1.608 %)Exchange Server 2003
55 (1.608 %)Oracle 10gAS
55 (1.608 %)Exchange Server 2007
63 (0.965 %)Oracle 9iAS
72 (0.643 %)WebSphere Application Server
81 (0.322 %)WebLogic
81 (0.322 %)Smallworld
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
113 (4.180 %)MS Excel
27 (2.251 %)MS Office
32 (0.643 %)MS Visio
32 (0.643 %)Acrobat
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (1.608 %)Oracle EBS
15 (1.608 %)Oracle HRMS
15 (1.608 %)Oracle EBS R12
23 (0.965 %)Oracle 11i
32 (0.643 %)Oracle Financials
32 (0.643 %)Oracle Applications
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
135 (11.25 %)Internet
233 (10.61 %)SAN
327 (8.682 %)HTTP
421 (6.752 %)SMTP
520 (6.431 %)LAN
616 (5.145 %)SNMP
616 (5.145 %)Firewall
714 (4.502 %)NAS
812 (3.859 %)TCP/IP
99 (2.894 %)DNS
108 (2.572 %)LDAP
108 (2.572 %)DHCP
117 (2.251 %)Network Security
126 (1.929 %)WAN
135 (1.608 %)Ethereal
144 (1.286 %)TETRA
144 (1.286 %)VPN
153 (0.965 %)GPRS
153 (0.965 %)GSM
153 (0.965 %)RIP
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
156 (18.01 %)MySQL
227 (8.682 %)SQL Server
313 (4.180 %)RDBMS
410 (3.215 %)Oracle 10g
57 (2.251 %)Oracle 11g
65 (1.608 %)Oracle 9i
65 (1.608 %)Oracle Discoverer
73 (0.965 %)Oracle Reports
82 (0.643 %)Oracle 8/8i
82 (0.643 %)ETL
82 (0.643 %)Datawarehouse
82 (0.643 %)Oracle OWB
91 (0.322 %)PostgreSQL
91 (0.322 %)Text Mining
91 (0.322 %)GIS
91 (0.322 %)Data Mining
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
117 (5.466 %)Subversion
213 (4.180 %)Ant
310 (3.215 %)Eclipse
48 (2.572 %)JIRA
57 (2.251 %)Oracle Forms
57 (2.251 %)LoadRunner
66 (1.929 %)QuickTest Pro
75 (1.608 %)Oracle APEX
75 (1.608 %)JDeveloper
84 (1.286 %)TeamCity
93 (0.965 %)TestComplete
93 (0.965 %)JUnit
102 (0.643 %)ClearCase
102 (0.643 %)ProC
102 (0.643 %)ClearQuest
102 (0.643 %)Rational Performance Tester
102 (0.643 %)Maven
102 (0.643 %)SilkPerformer
111 (0.322 %)InstallShield
111 (0.322 %)JMeter
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
125 (8.039 %)Education
219 (6.109 %)Finance
39 (2.894 %)Games
46 (1.929 %)Financial Institution
46 (1.929 %)Electronics
55 (1.608 %)Telecoms
55 (1.608 %)Publishing
55 (1.608 %)3D Graphics
64 (1.286 %)Health
64 (1.286 %)Pharmaceutical
64 (1.286 %)Online Games
73 (0.965 %)Manufacturing
73 (0.965 %)Pensions
82 (0.643 %)Retail
82 (0.643 %)Interactive Media
91 (0.322 %)Insurance
91 (0.322 %)Music
91 (0.322 %)Auditing
91 (0.322 %)Electric
91 (0.322 %)Back Office
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
178 (25.08 %)Developer
274 (23.79 %)Administrator
359 (18.97 %)Systems Administrator
435 (11.25 %)Software Developer
533 (10.61 %)Analyst
533 (10.61 %)Graduate
631 (9.968 %)Java Developer
726 (8.360 %)Graduate Developer
825 (8.039 %)Software Engineer
922 (7.074 %)Support Engineer
922 (7.074 %)Linux Administrator
1021 (6.752 %)Linux Systems Administrator
1118 (5.788 %)NOC Engineer
1118 (5.788 %)Technical Support
1217 (5.466 %)Java Software Developer
1316 (5.145 %)Technical Engineer
1316 (5.145 %)Technical Support Engineer
1413 (4.180 %)C++ Developer
1511 (3.537 %)Junior Developer
1511 (3.537 %)Junior
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
132 (10.29 %)Computer Science
220 (6.431 %)Client/Server
39 (2.894 %)Verilog
39 (2.894 %)Mathematics
47 (2.251 %)VHDL
47 (2.251 %)Open Source
56 (1.929 %)Statistics
65 (1.608 %)Physics
65 (1.608 %)Learning Management System
74 (1.286 %)Device Driver
83 (0.965 %)N-Tier
83 (0.965 %)Management Information System
83 (0.965 %)Clustering
83 (0.965 %)Economics
92 (0.643 %)Data Protection Act
92 (0.643 %)Informatics
92 (0.643 %)Biology
92 (0.643 %)Biotechnology
92 (0.643 %)E-Learning
92 (0.643 %)ASIC
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1193 (62.06 %)Linux
2150 (48.23 %)Windows
365 (20.90 %)Solaris
444 (14.15 %)Red Hat Linux
528 (9.003 %)AIX
610 (3.215 %)Windows XP
76 (1.929 %)Windows Server 2003
85 (1.608 %)HPUX
85 (1.608 %)Windows Server 2008
94 (1.286 %)Ubuntu
103 (0.965 %)Debian
112 (0.643 %)Mac OS X
112 (0.643 %)Windows 2000
112 (0.643 %)Windows Vista
112 (0.643 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
112 (0.643 %)Mac OS
121 (0.322 %)Windows 7
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
129 (9.325 %)OO
224 (7.717 %)Software Engineering
316 (5.145 %)Agile Software Development
413 (4.180 %)E-Commerce
58 (2.572 %)Configuration Management
67 (2.251 %)Network Design
67 (2.251 %)Test Scripting
76 (1.929 %)Test Management
76 (1.929 %)Image Processing
76 (1.929 %)Load Balancing
85 (1.608 %)OOP
85 (1.608 %)Unit Testing
85 (1.608 %)System Testing
94 (1.286 %)Disaster Recovery
94 (1.286 %)CRM
94 (1.286 %)ITIL
94 (1.286 %)Software Testing
94 (1.286 %)Refactoring
94 (1.286 %)Bioinformatics
103 (0.965 %)Systems Analysis
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
191 (29.26 %)SQL
278 (25.08 %)Perl
376 (24.44 %)Java
473 (23.47 %)C
570 (22.51 %)C++
665 (20.90 %)JavaScript
733 (10.61 %)Python
832 (10.29 %)Bash shell
926 (8.360 %)PHP
1025 (8.039 %)C#
1025 (8.039 %)Shell Script
1122 (7.074 %)VC++
128 (2.572 %)Assembly Language
135 (1.608 %)Ruby
135 (1.608 %)PL/SQL
135 (1.608 %)VB
143 (0.965 %)Embedded C
152 (0.643 %)Objective-C
152 (0.643 %)ActionScript
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
163 (20.26 %)Degree
232 (10.29 %)RHCT
232 (10.29 %)RHCE
329 (9.325 %)Cisco Certification
329 (9.325 %)CCNP
329 (9.325 %)CCNA
410 (3.215 %)ISEB
57 (2.251 %)Microsoft Certification
64 (1.286 %)MCSE
73 (0.965 %)MCSA
73 (0.965 %)MCP
82 (0.643 %)CISSP
82 (0.643 %)PhD
91 (0.322 %)CCA
91 (0.322 %)Citrix Certification
91 (0.322 %)ITIL Certification
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (0.965 %)QA
22 (0.643 %)PCI DSS
22 (0.643 %)SLA
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
14 (1.286 %)VMware ESX
23 (0.965 %)Active Directory
32 (0.643 %)Oracle RAC
41 (0.322 %)Citrix Presentation Server
41 (0.322 %)VMware Infrastructure
41 (0.322 %)XenServer
41 (0.322 %)Oracle RMAN
41 (0.322 %)Xen
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (0.965 %)NetBackup
22 (0.643 %)HP Quality Center
31 (0.322 %)Data Guard
31 (0.322 %)Tivoli
31 (0.322 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
31 (0.322 %)MSI
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
151 (16.40 %)Cisco
244 (14.15 %)Red Hat
335 (11.25 %)Oracle
423 (7.395 %)Microsoft
518 (5.788 %)Juniper
69 (2.894 %)JBoss
78 (2.572 %)NetApp
86 (1.929 %)HP
86 (1.929 %)VMware
95 (1.608 %)Adobe
104 (1.286 %)Salesforce.com
104 (1.286 %)Atlassian
113 (0.965 %)Sun
113 (0.965 %)Agresso
113 (0.965 %)CheckPoint
113 (0.965 %)Veritas
113 (0.965 %)Citrix
113 (0.965 %)IBM
122 (0.643 %)Remedy
131 (0.322 %)Brocade