England POSIX Jobs

This section looks at the demand for Portable Operating System Interface for UNIX (POSIX) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT job ads that have cited POSIX over the 3 months to 9 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Portable Operating System Interface for UNIX (POSIX)
Location City of London East of England England Hampshire Hertfordshire London Potters Bar South East UK	3 months to 9 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	882	950
Rank change on same period last year	+68
Matching permanent IT job ads	30	12
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.015 %	0.005 %
As % of the category below	0.049 %	0.017 %
Salaries quoted	29	9
Average minimum salary	£42,966	£46,667
Average salary	£48,690	£48,889
% change on same period last year	-0.40 %
Average maximum salary	£54,414	£51,111
UK excluding London average salary	£37,462	£45,000
% change on same period last year	-16.75 %
Application Development England
Matching permanent IT job ads	60670	71471
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	31.17 %	29.77 %
Salaries quoted	52167	59014
Average minimum salary	£37,171	£38,930
Average salary	£40,757	£42,749
% change on same period last year	-4.65 %
Average maximum salary	£44,344	£46,568
UK excluding London average salary	£35,877	£36,793
% change on same period last year	-2.49 %
POSIX UK

POSIX
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing POSIX across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

POSIX
Salary Trend

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

POSIX
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing POSIX across the England region over the 3 months to 9 July 2008.

POSIX
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT job ads citing POSIX within the England region over the 3 months to 9 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
London	+64	17	£57,813	+2.02 %
East of England	-	11	£39,364	-
South East	+28	2	£27,000	-40.00 %

POSIX UK

POSIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 July 2008, IT jobs across the England region citing POSIX 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 POSIX.

1 49 (83.05 %) C++ 2 31 (52.54 %) Linux 3 27 (45.76 %) UML 4 24 (40.68 %) Unix 5 22 (37.29 %) C 5 22 (37.29 %) STL 6 19 (32.20 %) PHP 6 19 (32.20 %) SQL 6 19 (32.20 %) TCP/IP 6 19 (32.20 %) Finance 7 17 (28.81 %) MySQL 8 15 (25.42 %) XML 8 15 (25.42 %) Zend 9 14 (23.73 %) SNMP 10 13 (22.03 %) XSLT

10 13 (22.03 %) WebServices 10 13 (22.03 %) SOAP 11 12 (20.34 %) QNX 11 12 (20.34 %) Degree 12 11 (18.64 %) Perl 12 11 (18.64 %) C# 12 11 (18.64 %) Embedded C++ 13 10 (16.95 %) Internet 13 10 (16.95 %) PhD 14 9 (15.25 %) Multithreading 14 9 (15.25 %) Financial Institution 15 8 (13.56 %) Grid Computing 15 8 (13.56 %) Equities 15 8 (13.56 %) Electronic Trading 15 8 (13.56 %) N-Tier

POSIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 July 2008, IT jobs across the England region citing POSIX 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 POSIX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 22 (37.29 %) STL 2 15 (25.42 %) XML 3 13 (22.03 %) XSLT 3 13 (22.03 %) WebServices 3 13 (22.03 %) SOAP 4 2 (3.390 %) HTML 4 2 (3.390 %) WML 4 2 (3.390 %) CSS 4 2 (3.390 %) XHTML 4 2 (3.390 %) MVC 4 2 (3.390 %) DOM	Application Platforms 1 4 (6.780 %) Apache
Applications 1 2 (3.390 %) MS Visio	Communications & Networking 1 19 (32.20 %) TCP/IP 2 14 (23.73 %) SNMP 3 10 (16.95 %) Internet 4 8 (13.56 %) VPN 5 7 (11.86 %) VoIP 5 7 (11.86 %) Broadband 6 3 (5.085 %) HTTP 7 2 (3.390 %) RIP 7 2 (3.390 %) SMS 7 2 (3.390 %) POP3 7 2 (3.390 %) SMTP 7 2 (3.390 %) DNS 7 2 (3.390 %) SSL 7 2 (3.390 %) SAN 7 2 (3.390 %) BGP 7 2 (3.390 %) L2TP 7 2 (3.390 %) ADSL 7 2 (3.390 %) Firewall 8 1 (1.695 %) IGMP 8 1 (1.695 %) RTCP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 17 (28.81 %) MySQL	Development Applications 1 2 (3.390 %) Subversion 1 2 (3.390 %) Zend Studio
General 1 19 (32.20 %) Finance 2 9 (15.25 %) Financial Institution 3 4 (6.780 %) Multimedia 4 3 (5.085 %) Music 4 3 (5.085 %) Telecoms 4 3 (5.085 %) Games 5 2 (3.390 %) Banking 5 2 (3.390 %) Construction 6 1 (1.695 %) Government 6 1 (1.695 %) Aerospace 6 1 (1.695 %) Automotive	Job Titles 1 31 (52.54 %) Developer 2 18 (30.51 %) Software Engineer 3 14 (23.73 %) Senior Software Engineer 4 13 (22.03 %) Software Developer 5 12 (20.34 %) C++ Software Engineer 5 12 (20.34 %) Embedded Software Engineer 5 12 (20.34 %) Senior C++ Software Engineer 6 11 (18.64 %) C++ Developer 7 10 (16.95 %) C++ Team Leader 7 10 (16.95 %) Team Leader 7 10 (16.95 %) Senior Embedded Software Engineer 7 10 (16.95 %) Embedded C++ Engineer 7 10 (16.95 %) Embedded C++ Software Engineer 7 10 (16.95 %) Software Team Leader 8 9 (15.25 %) Senior Developer 9 7 (11.86 %) Senior C++ Developer 10 3 (5.085 %) C Developer 11 2 (3.390 %) 2nd Line Support 11 2 (3.390 %) Administrator 11 2 (3.390 %) Graduate
Miscellaneous 1 9 (15.25 %) Multithreading 2 8 (13.56 %) N-Tier 2 8 (13.56 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 2 8 (13.56 %) Grid Computing 2 8 (13.56 %) Equities 3 4 (6.780 %) MPEG 4 2 (3.390 %) AS400 4 2 (3.390 %) Computer Science 4 2 (3.390 %) Social Network 5 1 (1.695 %) Device Driver	Operating Systems 1 31 (52.54 %) Linux 2 24 (40.68 %) Unix 3 2 (3.390 %) AIX 3 2 (3.390 %) HPUX 4 1 (1.695 %) Solaris 4 1 (1.695 %) Windows 4 1 (1.695 %) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies 1 27 (45.76 %) UML 2 8 (13.56 %) OOD 2 8 (13.56 %) Electronic Trading 3 6 (10.17 %) Data Management 3 6 (10.17 %) Data Analysis 4 4 (6.780 %) OO 5 3 (5.085 %) Data Security 6 2 (3.390 %) E-Commerce 6 2 (3.390 %) OOP 7 1 (1.695 %) Software Engineering 7 1 (1.695 %) ITIL	Programming Languages 1 49 (83.05 %) C++ 2 22 (37.29 %) C 3 19 (32.20 %) PHP 3 19 (32.20 %) SQL 4 11 (18.64 %) C# 4 11 (18.64 %) Embedded C++ 4 11 (18.64 %) Perl 5 4 (6.780 %) VC++ 6 3 (5.085 %) Embedded C 6 3 (5.085 %) Shell Script 7 2 (3.390 %) PHP5 7 2 (3.390 %) JavaScript
Qualifications 1 12 (20.34 %) Degree 2 10 (16.95 %) PhD 3 2 (3.390 %) CCNP 3 2 (3.390 %) CCNA 3 2 (3.390 %) Cisco Certification 3 2 (3.390 %) Microsoft Certification 3 2 (3.390 %) MCSE 3 2 (3.390 %) MCP 4 1 (1.695 %) HND	Systems Management 1 2 (3.390 %) Nagios
Vendors 1 15 (25.42 %) Zend 2 12 (20.34 %) QNX 3 4 (6.780 %) Red Hat 4 2 (3.390 %) Cisco 5 1 (1.695 %) HP