Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Computer Operator role in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Computer Operator in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the England region.

 Computer Operator
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank660634837
Rank change year-on-year
Down-26Up+203
Matching permanent IT job ads623111
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England0.007 %0.029 %0.058 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.008 %0.031 %0.061 %
Salaries quoted219105
Average salary£37,500£21,875£25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+71.42 %-12.50 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£33,500£17,500£21,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£41,500£25,200£35,000
UK excluding London average salary-£21,900£23,000
% change year-on-year
--4.780 %
England IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7589675176181611
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England93.39 %93.75 %94.42 %
Salaries quoted6330862231149646
Average salary£41,500£38,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.790 %-3.750 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£72,500£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,556£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.580 %-
Computer Operator UKComputer Operator
UK

Computer Operator
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Computer Operator across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England Computer Operator Demand Trend

Computer Operator
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Computer Operator across the England region.

England Computer Operator Salary Trend

Computer Operator
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Operator within the England 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
LondonDown-405£37,500+78.57 %
South EastDown-41--
Computer Operator UKComputer Operator
UK

Computer Operator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the England region that cited Computer Operator 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 Computer Operator in their job title.

110 (37.04 %)UNIX
29 (33.33 %)AS400
38 (29.63 %)Linux
47 (25.93 %)AIX
56 (22.22 %)Solaris
56 (22.22 %)iSeries
65 (18.52 %)Retail
65 (18.52 %)IBM
65 (18.52 %)Windows
74 (14.81 %)OS/400
74 (14.81 %)Shell Script
74 (14.81 %)Mainframe
74 (14.81 %)Finance
74 (14.81 %)Red Hat
74 (14.81 %)Korn
74 (14.81 %)Red Hat Linux
83 (11.11 %)Banking
83 (11.11 %)HP
83 (11.11 %)Tivoli
83 (11.11 %)NetBackup
83 (11.11 %)SLA
83 (11.11 %)ITIL
83 (11.11 %)SQL
92 (7.407 %)VB
92 (7.407 %)MS Office
92 (7.407 %)ASP
92 (7.407 %)Microsoft
92 (7.407 %)HPUX
92 (7.407 %)Windows 2000
92 (7.407 %)MS Access

Computer Operator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the England region that cited Computer Operator 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 Computer Operator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
12 (7.407 %)ASP
21 (3.704 %)HTML
England IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (7.407 %)MS Office
England IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (3.704 %)assyst
England IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (7.407 %)MS Access
England IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
15 (18.52 %)Retail
24 (14.81 %)Finance
33 (11.11 %)Banking
41 (3.704 %)Financial Institution
41 (3.704 %)Front Office
41 (3.704 %)Investment Banking
England IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
19 (33.33 %)AS400
26 (22.22 %)iSeries
34 (14.81 %)Mainframe
41 (3.704 %)IBM Mainframe
England IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
110 (37.04 %)UNIX
28 (29.63 %)Linux
37 (25.93 %)AIX
46 (22.22 %)Solaris
55 (18.52 %)Windows
64 (14.81 %)OS/400
64 (14.81 %)Red Hat Linux
72 (7.407 %)zOS
72 (7.407 %)Windows 2000
72 (7.407 %)HPUX
81 (3.704 %)MVS
England IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
13 (11.11 %)ITIL
22 (7.407 %)Change Management
31 (3.704 %)Investment Management
31 (3.704 %)Performance Management
England IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
14 (14.81 %)Shell Script
14 (14.81 %)Korn
23 (11.11 %)SQL
32 (7.407 %)VB
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (11.11 %)SLA
England IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (3.704 %)Active Directory
11 (3.704 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
England IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (11.11 %)Tivoli
13 (11.11 %)NetBackup
21 (3.704 %)Tivoli Monitoring
21 (3.704 %)CONTROL-M
England IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
15 (18.52 %)IBM
24 (14.81 %)Red Hat
33 (11.11 %)HP
42 (7.407 %)Microsoft