The first table below looks at the demand for the UNIX Systems Administrator role in IT jobs advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited UNIX Systems Administrator in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Job Titles advertised for the East of England region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
UNIX System Administrator (UNIX SA)
Rank 254 260 268
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a UNIX Systems Administrator 8 12 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.098% 0.138% 0.155%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.102% 0.142% 0.163%
Number of salaries quoted 3 11 15
Average salary £42,500 £32,500 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.76% -10.95%
90% offered a salary of more than £39,300 £32,500 £30,388
10% offered a salary of more than £46,500 £35,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £39,000 £41,500
% change year-on-year
+2.56% -6.02%
All Job Titles
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7811 8433 9185
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 95.35% 96.65% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 6806 7055 7869
Average salary £39,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
UNIX Systems Administrator
England

UNIX Systems Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing UNIX Systems Administrator across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

East of England UNIX Systems Administrator Jobs Demand Trend

UNIX Systems Administrator
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing UNIX Systems Administrator across the East of England region.

East of England UNIX Systems Administrator Salary Trend

UNIX Systems Administrator
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing UNIX Systems Administrator within the East of England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cambridgeshire +7 7 £40,500 +24.61%
Bedfordshire - 1 £47,500 -
UNIX Systems Administrator
England

UNIX Systems Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region that cited UNIX Systems Administrator in their job title 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 with UNIX Systems Administrator in their job title.

1 11 (100.00%) UNIX
2 9 (81.82%) Linux
3 4 (36.36%) Apache
3 4 (36.36%) Windows
3 4 (36.36%) TCP/IP
3 4 (36.36%) DNS
3 4 (36.36%) Solaris
3 4 (36.36%) Red Hat
3 4 (36.36%) Shell Script
4 3 (27.27%) HP
4 3 (27.27%) Perl
4 3 (27.27%) Information Security
4 3 (27.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (18.18%) Sendmail
5 2 (18.18%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 2 (18.18%) Bourne shell
5 2 (18.18%) iSCSI
5 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
5 2 (18.18%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (18.18%) Online Games
5 2 (18.18%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (18.18%) Veritas
5 2 (18.18%) Games
5 2 (18.18%) Debian
5 2 (18.18%) VMware
5 2 (18.18%) Kerberos
5 2 (18.18%) Cisco
5 2 (18.18%) AIX
5 2 (18.18%) HPUX
5 2 (18.18%) Python

UNIX Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region that cited UNIX Systems Administrator in their job title 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 with UNIX Systems Administrator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (9.091%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 4 (36.36%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) TCP/IP
1 4 (36.36%) DNS
2 2 (18.18%) iSCSI
2 2 (18.18%) Cisco IOS
2 2 (18.18%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (18.18%) Kerberos
2 2 (18.18%) SAN
2 2 (18.18%) Fibre Channel
3 1 (9.091%) LDAP
3 1 (9.091%) SSH
3 1 (9.091%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) MySQL
General
1 2 (18.18%) Games
2 1 (9.091%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Online Games
1 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (9.091%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) UNIX
2 9 (81.82%) Linux
3 4 (36.36%) Windows
3 4 (36.36%) Solaris
4 3 (27.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (18.18%) Debian
5 2 (18.18%) AIX
5 2 (18.18%) HPUX
6 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (9.091%) Ubuntu
6 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Information Security
2 2 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (9.091%) Incident Management
3 1 (9.091%) Electronic Design Automation
3 1 (9.091%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) Shell Script
2 3 (27.27%) Perl
3 2 (18.18%) Bourne shell
3 2 (18.18%) Python
4 1 (9.091%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.091%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.091%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Sendmail
1 2 (18.18%) Veritas Cluster Server
2 1 (9.091%) Cygwin
2 1 (9.091%) NFS
2 1 (9.091%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (9.091%) SCCM
1 1 (9.091%) SCOM
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Red Hat
2 3 (27.27%) HP
3 2 (18.18%) Veritas
3 2 (18.18%) VMware
3 2 (18.18%) Cisco
3 2 (18.18%) Juniper
4 1 (9.091%) Isilon
4 1 (9.091%) NetApp
4 1 (9.091%) Citrix
4 1 (9.091%) Perforce
Cambridge, East Anglia
In this position as a Unix System Administrator you will be responsible for managing and providing support for all aspects of the client's website and infrastructure... Required...
montreal
Salary: Attractive Salary Package
Posted: 2 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Experience with administration of Linux systems on modern HP server hardware and SAN disk systems... The main technical skills needed are Red Hat Linux and Net App Storage.
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Watford, Hertfordshire
For this position Unix / Linux Systems Administrators will need to have a strong experience of Solaris, Linux administration and scripting. A proven experience of Unix System administration, Enterprise.....
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum canteen, shares, good benefits packa
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
A leading software company based in Cambridge require a Systems Administrator with Linux experience and solid networking knowledge... Experience required The ideal candidate will have a broad experience...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: Excellent salary and Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Great new role for an experienced Linux Systems Administration Engineer to join a flourishing Cambridge enterprise... You'll be ideally degree educated and be comfortable installing, configuring and...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Great Base+Prospects
Posted: 22 May 2013