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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

 UNIX
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank191011
Rank change year-on-year
Down-9Up+1
Matching permanent IT job ads98186326
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire6.722 %13.03 %10.05 %
As % of the Operating Systems category31.31 %46.85 %35.28 %
Salaries quoted95170300
Average salary£40,000£40,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+6.660 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,000£31,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,500£45,000£58,500
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£37,500£36,500
% change year-on-year
+6.660 %+2.730 %
Cheshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
313397924
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire21.47 %27.80 %28.48 %
Salaries quoted290363848
Average salary£40,000£36,000£33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11 %+9.090 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,900£22,000£18,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£45,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£33,500£32,500£32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.070 %-
UNIX North WestUNIX
North West

UNIX
Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire UNIX Salary Trend

UNIX
Salary Histogram

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire 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
KnutsfordDown-1213£39,250-1.87 %
WarringtonDown-16£42,500+34.92 %
ChesterUp+175£56,500+50.66 %
RuncornUp+22£45,000+26.76 %
NorthwichNew entry-2£37,500-
UNIX North WestUNIX
North West

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

187 (48.07 %)Finance
283 (45.86 %)Windows
368 (37.57 %)Linux
461 (33.70 %)Middleware
552 (28.73 %)Oracle
647 (25.97 %)Shell Script
746 (25.41 %)ITIL
845 (24.86 %)Mainframe
944 (24.31 %)Change Management
1041 (22.65 %)IBM
1135 (19.34 %)AIX
1135 (19.34 %)SQL Server
1234 (18.78 %)Solaris
1333 (18.23 %)SQL
1432 (17.68 %)ITIL Certification
1432 (17.68 %)Internet
1530 (16.57 %)Spring
1530 (16.57 %)WebSphere
1628 (15.47 %)Tandem
1727 (14.92 %)Business Continuity
1823 (12.71 %)Korn
1823 (12.71 %)Perl
1922 (12.15 %)WebSphere Application Server
2021 (11.60 %)VMware
2119 (10.50 %)Windows Server 2003
2119 (10.50 %)Citrix
2119 (10.50 %)SAN
2119 (10.50 %)SSL
2218 (9.945 %)RDBMS
2316 (8.840 %)Cisco

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Cheshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
161 (33.70 %)Middleware
230 (16.57 %)Spring
230 (16.57 %)WebSphere
316 (8.840 %)XML
48 (4.420 %)JMX
57 (3.867 %)DHTML
66 (3.315 %)HTML
75 (2.762 %).NET
84 (2.210 %)J2EE
84 (2.210 %)FIX Protocol
93 (1.657 %)Oracle Fusion
93 (1.657 %)ASP.NET
102 (1.105 %)CSS
102 (1.105 %)Web Services
111 (0.552 %)JSP
111 (0.552 %)Apache CXF
111 (0.552 %)Stripes Framework
111 (0.552 %)Velocity
111 (0.552 %)JSON
111 (0.552 %)JSTL
Cheshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
122 (12.15 %)WebSphere Application Server
28 (4.420 %)MS Exchange
37 (3.867 %)MQSeries
37 (3.867 %)IIS
37 (3.867 %)WebSphere MQ
37 (3.867 %)WebSphere Process Server
37 (3.867 %)ESB
37 (3.867 %)Drupal
46 (3.315 %)Tuxedo
46 (3.315 %)Apache
54 (2.210 %)Tomcat
63 (1.657 %)Oracle Application Server
71 (0.552 %)CMS
71 (0.552 %)Joomla!
71 (0.552 %)WebLogic
71 (0.552 %)SharePoint
71 (0.552 %)SAS
Cheshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
19 (4.972 %)MS Excel
24 (2.210 %)MS Office
Cheshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
17 (3.867 %)Oracle Applications
26 (3.315 %)Oracle EBS
26 (3.315 %)Oracle 11i
31 (0.552 %)WebTrends
Cheshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
132 (17.68 %)Internet
219 (10.50 %)SSL
219 (10.50 %)SAN
316 (8.840 %)DNS
48 (4.420 %)Firewall
48 (4.420 %)TCP/IP
57 (3.867 %)VoIP
66 (3.315 %)WAN
66 (3.315 %)LAN
66 (3.315 %)Wireless
66 (3.315 %)Cisco PIX
66 (3.315 %)Network Security
66 (3.315 %)Cisco ASA
75 (2.762 %)LDAP
82 (1.105 %)SNMP
91 (0.552 %)DHCP
91 (0.552 %)Ethernet
91 (0.552 %)FTP
91 (0.552 %)HTTP
91 (0.552 %)WAAS
Cheshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
135 (19.34 %)SQL Server
218 (9.945 %)RDBMS
314 (7.735 %)Datawarehouse
411 (6.077 %)MySQL
58 (4.420 %)Oracle 8/8i
67 (3.867 %)DB2
76 (3.315 %)ETL
85 (2.762 %)OLTP
85 (2.762 %)Ingres
94 (2.210 %)Crystal Reports
94 (2.210 %)Informix
94 (2.210 %)Oracle Reports
94 (2.210 %)SQL Server 2000
94 (2.210 %)SQL Server 2005
101 (0.552 %)DB2 UDB
101 (0.552 %)Oracle 11g
101 (0.552 %)PostgreSQL
101 (0.552 %)OLAP
Cheshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
110 (5.525 %)Ant
29 (4.972 %)JUnit
36 (3.315 %)Subversion
44 (2.210 %)PowerBuilder
51 (0.552 %)Selenium
51 (0.552 %)WebDriver
Cheshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
187 (48.07 %)Finance
27 (3.867 %)Health
35 (2.762 %)Banking
44 (2.210 %)Pensions
53 (1.657 %)Investment Banking
62 (1.105 %)Pharmaceutical
71 (0.552 %)Telecoms
71 (0.552 %)Manufacturing
71 (0.552 %)Retail
71 (0.552 %)Billing
Cheshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
128 (15.47 %)Analyst
227 (14.92 %)DBA
321 (11.60 %)Developer
417 (9.392 %)Support Engineer
515 (8.287 %)Consultant
610 (5.525 %)Oracle DBA
79 (4.972 %)Administrator
79 (4.972 %)Applications Support
79 (4.972 %)Applications Specialist
79 (4.972 %)Java Developer
79 (4.972 %)Server Analyst
88 (4.420 %)Architect
88 (4.420 %)Support Analyst
97 (3.867 %)PHP Developer
97 (3.867 %)WebSphere Specialist
97 (3.867 %)Server Specialist
97 (3.867 %)Designer
106 (3.315 %)UNIX Support
106 (3.315 %)Environment Manager
106 (3.315 %)Senior Support Engineer
Cheshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
145 (24.86 %)Mainframe
228 (15.47 %)Tandem
312 (6.630 %)IBM Mainframe
49 (4.972 %)Blackberry
58 (4.420 %)HACMP
64 (2.210 %)AS400
64 (2.210 %)Multithreading
73 (1.657 %)Equities
81 (0.552 %)FMCG
Cheshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
183 (45.86 %)Windows
268 (37.57 %)Linux
335 (19.34 %)AIX
434 (18.78 %)Solaris
519 (10.50 %)Windows Server 2003
68 (4.420 %)Windows 2000 Server
74 (2.210 %)Red Hat Linux
74 (2.210 %)Windows 2000
83 (1.657 %)VMS
83 (1.657 %)Windows Server 2008
92 (1.105 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
92 (1.105 %)Windows XP
92 (1.105 %)SUSE
92 (1.105 %)Debian
92 (1.105 %)Fedora
92 (1.105 %)Ubuntu
92 (1.105 %)Windows Vista
101 (0.552 %)HPUX
Cheshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
146 (25.41 %)ITIL
244 (24.31 %)Change Management
327 (14.92 %)Business Continuity
414 (7.735 %)Disaster Recovery
510 (5.525 %)SOA
69 (4.972 %)Data Security
76 (3.315 %)Service Management
76 (3.315 %)Software Testing
85 (2.762 %)Project Management
94 (2.210 %)Test Management
94 (2.210 %)Performance Management
94 (2.210 %)Data Protection
103 (1.657 %)Capacity Planning
103 (1.657 %)Incident Management
103 (1.657 %)OO
112 (1.105 %)Regression Testing
112 (1.105 %)Release Management
121 (0.552 %)Load Testing
121 (0.552 %)WFM
121 (0.552 %)Load Balancing
Cheshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
147 (25.97 %)Shell Script
233 (18.23 %)SQL
323 (12.71 %)Perl
323 (12.71 %)Korn
415 (8.287 %)Java
511 (6.077 %)C++
610 (5.525 %)PHP
79 (4.972 %)JavaScript
88 (4.420 %)C#
97 (3.867 %)ActionScript
105 (2.762 %)PL/SQL
105 (2.762 %)VB
114 (2.210 %)C
114 (2.210 %)JCL
114 (2.210 %)VB6
121 (0.552 %)SAS Macro
121 (0.552 %)ActionScript 3.0
Cheshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
132 (17.68 %)ITIL Certification
210 (5.525 %)HND
210 (5.525 %)Citrix Certification
38 (4.420 %)Degree
47 (3.867 %)Microsoft Certification
47 (3.867 %)MCSE
53 (1.657 %)IBM Certification
62 (1.105 %)CCNA
62 (1.105 %)Cisco Certification
71 (0.552 %)OCA
71 (0.552 %)Oracle Certification
71 (0.552 %)CCA
71 (0.552 %)MCSA
Cheshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (2.210 %)ISO9000
21 (0.552 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
21 (0.552 %)COBIT
21 (0.552 %)QA
Cheshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
115 (8.287 %)Active Directory
211 (6.077 %)VMware Infrastructure
39 (4.972 %)Citrix Presentation Server
48 (4.420 %)MetaFrame
57 (3.867 %)XenServer
64 (2.210 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
73 (1.657 %)Oracle RMAN
73 (1.657 %)Oracle RAC
Cheshire IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
112 (6.630 %)Tivoli
24 (2.210 %)HP Quality Center
33 (1.657 %)Data Guard
41 (0.552 %)OpenView
41 (0.552 %)CiscoWorks
41 (0.552 %)MSI
41 (0.552 %)HP NNM
41 (0.552 %)SCOM
Cheshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
152 (28.73 %)Oracle
241 (22.65 %)IBM
321 (11.60 %)VMware
419 (10.50 %)Citrix
516 (8.840 %)Cisco
614 (7.735 %)Microsoft
79 (4.972 %)3Com
87 (3.867 %)CheckPoint
87 (3.867 %)Juniper
96 (3.315 %)Sybase
96 (3.315 %)Blue Coat
105 (2.762 %)Sun
105 (2.762 %)BEA
114 (2.210 %)Red Hat
114 (2.210 %)Teradata
123 (1.657 %)HP
132 (1.105 %)JBoss
132 (1.105 %)NetApp
141 (0.552 %)Nokia
141 (0.552 %)BMC