The first table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited UNIX over the 3 months to 24 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 Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
UNIX
Rank 33 26 27
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +1
Permanent jobs citing UNIX 63 87 109
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 5.882% 6.388% 6.947%
As % of the Operating Systems category 26.03% 28.25% 34.49%
Number of salaries quoted 41 62 71
Average salary £45,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.57% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,500 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £40,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £39,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.56%
All Operating Systems
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
242 308 316
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 22.60% 22.61% 20.14%
Number of salaries quoted 162 231 215
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £22,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
UNIX
Scotland

UNIX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh UNIX Salary Trend

UNIX
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing UNIX across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Edinburgh UNIX Salary Histogram

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 70 (49.30%) Linux
2 59 (41.55%) Finance
3 52 (36.62%) Windows
4 37 (26.06%) SQL
5 36 (25.35%) Degree
6 32 (22.54%) Java
7 29 (20.42%) Perl
7 29 (20.42%) Mainframe
8 25 (17.61%) Oracle
9 21 (14.79%) Solaris
10 20 (14.08%) .NET
10 20 (14.08%) C++
10 20 (14.08%) Project Management
10 20 (14.08%) Microsoft
10 20 (14.08%) Banking
11 19 (13.38%) WebSphere
12 18 (12.68%) Middleware
13 17 (11.97%) MS Excel
14 15 (10.56%) C#
14 15 (10.56%) IBM
15 14 (9.859%) Shell Script
15 14 (9.859%) SAS
15 14 (9.859%) Computer Science
16 13 (9.155%) Unit Testing
16 13 (9.155%) Python
16 13 (9.155%) C
17 12 (8.451%) VMware
17 12 (8.451%) Data Warehouse
17 12 (8.451%) VMware Infrastructure
18 11 (7.746%) JavaScript

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Application Development
1 20 (14.08%) .NET
2 19 (13.38%) WebSphere
3 18 (12.68%) Middleware
4 11 (7.746%) CSS
5 9 (6.338%) HTML
6 8 (5.634%) jQuery
7 7 (4.930%) HTML5
8 6 (4.225%) OpenGL
8 6 (4.225%) Sass
8 6 (4.225%) LESS
8 6 (4.225%) Qt
9 5 (3.521%) WPF
9 5 (3.521%) Direct3D
9 5 (3.521%) MFC
9 5 (3.521%) XML
10 4 (2.817%) Web Services
10 4 (2.817%) DHTML
11 3 (2.113%) ASP.NET
11 3 (2.113%) Ajax
12 2 (1.408%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 14 (9.859%) SAS
2 9 (6.338%) Apache
2 9 (6.338%) WebSphere MQ
3 8 (5.634%) IBM HTTP Server
3 8 (5.634%) WebSphere Application Server
3 8 (5.634%) WebSphere Portal
4 7 (4.930%) WebSphere Process Server
5 6 (4.225%) Amazon EC2
6 5 (3.521%) MS Exchange
6 5 (3.521%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 4 (2.817%) MQSeries
7 4 (2.817%) Adobe CQ
8 2 (1.408%) OpenROAD
8 2 (1.408%) WebLogic
8 2 (1.408%) IIS
8 2 (1.408%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.704%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 17 (11.97%) MS Excel
2 3 (2.113%) MS Office
3 1 (0.704%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (0.704%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.634%) TCP/IP
2 7 (4.930%) Internet
2 7 (4.930%) HTTP
3 6 (4.225%) DNS
4 5 (3.521%) Ethernet
4 5 (3.521%) SAN
4 5 (3.521%) VPN
4 5 (3.521%) Firewall
5 4 (2.817%) VoIP
5 4 (2.817%) NAS
6 3 (2.113%) VLAN
7 2 (1.408%) IPsec
7 2 (1.408%) Wireless
7 2 (1.408%) WAN
7 2 (1.408%) EIGRP
7 2 (1.408%) LAN
7 2 (1.408%) Network Security
7 2 (1.408%) Wireless Security
7 2 (1.408%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.704%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.451%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (7.042%) SQL Server
2 10 (7.042%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 9 (6.338%) Base SAS
4 6 (4.225%) RDBMS
5 5 (3.521%) MySQL
5 5 (3.521%) DB2
6 3 (2.113%) Oracle 11g
6 3 (2.113%) Informix
6 3 (2.113%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (2.113%) Ingres
6 3 (2.113%) Crystal Reports
6 3 (2.113%) Oracle 10g
7 2 (1.408%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.408%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.704%) SQL Server 2008
8 1 (0.704%) Oracle 8/8i
8 1 (0.704%) OLAP
8 1 (0.704%) PowerCenter
8 1 (0.704%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 10 (7.042%) Subversion
2 7 (4.930%) Git (software)
3 6 (4.225%) PhoneGap
3 6 (4.225%) Appcelerator Titanium
4 5 (3.521%) Visual Studio
4 5 (3.521%) QuickTest Pro
5 3 (2.113%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.704%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.704%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.704%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.704%) Hudson
6 1 (0.704%) ClearCase
6 1 (0.704%) Ant
6 1 (0.704%) ClearQuest
6 1 (0.704%) Bugzilla
General
1 59 (41.55%) Finance
2 20 (14.08%) Banking
3 9 (6.338%) Retail
4 8 (5.634%) Telecoms
5 7 (4.930%) Retail Banking
5 7 (4.930%) Electronics
5 7 (4.930%) Games
6 3 (2.113%) Advertising
7 2 (1.408%) Billing
8 1 (0.704%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 23 (16.20%) Analyst
2 19 (13.38%) Developer
3 13 (9.155%) Support Engineer
4 12 (8.451%) Software Engineer
4 12 (8.451%) Consultant
5 10 (7.042%) Applications Support
5 10 (7.042%) SAS Consultant
5 10 (7.042%) Middleware Engineer
6 9 (6.338%) Infrastructure Manager
6 9 (6.338%) Administrator
7 8 (5.634%) Project Manager
8 7 (4.930%) Front-End Developer
8 7 (4.930%) Systems Administrator
9 6 (4.225%) Senior Analyst
9 6 (4.225%) UNIX Administrator
9 6 (4.225%) Applications Support Engineer
10 5 (3.521%) Designer
10 5 (3.521%) UNIX Systems Administrator
10 5 (3.521%) Senior Test Analyst
10 5 (3.521%) Infrastructure Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 29 (20.42%) Mainframe
2 14 (9.859%) Computer Science
3 8 (5.634%) Mathematics
4 7 (4.930%) SWIFT
5 5 (3.521%) CUDA
5 5 (3.521%) Visualisation
5 5 (3.521%) Blackberry
6 4 (2.817%) Replication
7 3 (2.113%) Physics
7 3 (2.113%) Symmetrix
8 2 (1.408%) Clustering
8 2 (1.408%) CLARiiON
8 2 (1.408%) Symmetrix DMX
8 2 (1.408%) Celerra
9 1 (0.704%) Data Integration
9 1 (0.704%) Open Source
9 1 (0.704%) HACMP
9 1 (0.704%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 70 (49.30%) Linux
2 52 (36.62%) Windows
3 21 (14.79%) Solaris
4 9 (6.338%) AIX
5 7 (4.930%) Android
5 7 (4.930%) Apple iOS
5 7 (4.930%) zOS
6 6 (4.225%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (3.521%) Windows XP
8 4 (2.817%) Windows Server 2003
8 4 (2.817%) HPUX
8 4 (2.817%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (2.113%) Windows 7
10 2 (1.408%) Windows 2000
10 2 (1.408%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.704%) Windows 2000 Server
11 1 (0.704%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (14.08%) Project Management
2 13 (9.155%) Unit Testing
3 11 (7.746%) Migration
3 11 (7.746%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (6.338%) Asset Management
4 9 (6.338%) Disaster Recovery
5 8 (5.634%) Service Management
5 8 (5.634%) Agile Software Development
5 8 (5.634%) Incident Management
5 8 (5.634%) Software Testing
5 8 (5.634%) Data Management
6 7 (4.930%) ITIL
6 7 (4.930%) PRINCE2
6 7 (4.930%) TDD
6 7 (4.930%) MVC
7 6 (4.225%) OO
8 5 (3.521%) Time Management
8 5 (3.521%) Capacity Planning
8 5 (3.521%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (3.521%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 37 (26.06%) SQL
2 32 (22.54%) Java
3 29 (20.42%) Perl
4 20 (14.08%) C++
5 15 (10.56%) C#
6 14 (9.859%) Shell Script
7 13 (9.155%) Python
7 13 (9.155%) C
8 11 (7.746%) JavaScript
9 7 (4.930%) PHP
10 5 (3.521%) VC++
11 4 (2.817%) VB.NET
11 4 (2.817%) Korn
12 3 (2.113%) PL/SQL
12 3 (2.113%) VB
12 3 (2.113%) Ruby
12 3 (2.113%) Jython
13 2 (1.408%) AWK
13 2 (1.408%) Delphi
13 2 (1.408%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 36 (25.35%) Degree
2 9 (6.338%) ISEB
3 3 (2.113%) PhD
3 3 (2.113%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.408%) CCSA
4 2 (1.408%) JNCIA
4 2 (1.408%) CCNA
4 2 (1.408%) CISSP
5 1 (0.704%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.704%) HND
5 1 (0.704%) Avaya Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.225%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 6 (4.225%) QA
2 1 (0.704%) PCI DSS
2 1 (0.704%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (8.451%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (5.634%) Active Directory
3 4 (2.817%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (2.113%) Oracle RAC
4 3 (2.113%) Samba
5 2 (1.408%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (1.408%) Nmap
6 1 (0.704%) Squid
6 1 (0.704%) Xen
6 1 (0.704%) Sendmail
6 1 (0.704%) XenDesktop
6 1 (0.704%) NFS
6 1 (0.704%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 3 (2.113%) Data Guard
2 2 (1.408%) NetBackup
2 2 (1.408%) Legato
2 2 (1.408%) Tivoli
2 2 (1.408%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 2 (1.408%) Puppet
2 2 (1.408%) EMC NetWorker
3 1 (0.704%) SCCM
3 1 (0.704%) SCOM
3 1 (0.704%) Ionix
3 1 (0.704%) EMC TimeFinder
Vendors
1 25 (17.61%) Oracle
2 20 (14.08%) Microsoft
3 15 (10.56%) IBM
4 12 (8.451%) VMware
5 8 (5.634%) JBoss
6 6 (4.225%) Cisco
6 6 (4.225%) EMC
7 4 (2.817%) Adobe
7 4 (2.817%) NetApp
7 4 (2.817%) Informatica
7 4 (2.817%) Intel
7 4 (2.817%) Symantec
8 3 (2.113%) Netezza
8 3 (2.113%) Veritas
8 3 (2.113%) Red Hat
8 3 (2.113%) Ab Initio
9 2 (1.408%) Blue Coat
9 2 (1.408%) Sun
9 2 (1.408%) Juniper
9 2 (1.408%) CheckPoint
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