The first table below looks at the demand for POSIX skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited POSIX over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Application Development category for the England region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Portable Operating System Interface for UNIX (POSIX)
Rank 816 845 832
Rank change year-on-year
+29 -13
Permanent jobs citing POSIX 35 19 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.034% 0.017% 0.024%
As % of the Application Development category 0.084% 0.040% 0.059%
Number of salaries quoted 17 19 28
Average salary £35,000 £41,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.66% +3.75%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £41,500 £36,250
% change year-on-year
-15.66% +14.48%
All Application Development
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
41801 47057 49570
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 40.50% 42.26% 40.63%
Number of salaries quoted 36675 41935 44108
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £28,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £64,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
POSIX
UK

POSIX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England POSIX Jobs Demand Trend

POSIX
Salary Trend

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

England POSIX Salary Trend

POSIX
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing POSIX across the England region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

England POSIX Salary Histogram

POSIX
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing POSIX within the England region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
South East +6 10 £50,000 +20.48% 1
London +25 9 - -
East of England - 9 - -
South West - 7 £35,000 - 1
POSIX
UK

POSIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, 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 68 (87.18%) C
2 67 (85.90%) Linux
3 41 (52.56%) STB
4 38 (48.72%) C++
5 32 (41.03%) DVB
6 31 (39.74%) Degree
6 31 (39.74%) Software Architecture
7 29 (37.18%) DTV
8 25 (32.05%) Middleware
9 24 (30.77%) Broadband
10 20 (25.64%) Embedded C
10 20 (25.64%) Computer Science
11 19 (24.36%) Embedded Linux
12 18 (23.08%) Software Engineering
13 17 (21.79%) Multithreading
14 16 (20.51%) UML
14 16 (20.51%) Java
15 14 (17.95%) SQL
15 14 (17.95%) XML
15 14 (17.95%) OO
15 14 (17.95%) Python
15 14 (17.95%) LAN
16 12 (15.38%) TCP/IP
16 12 (15.38%) PL/SQL
17 10 (12.82%) HTTP
18 9 (11.54%) Embedded C++
18 9 (11.54%) VxWorks
18 9 (11.54%) Finance
18 9 (11.54%) MySQL
18 9 (11.54%) Client/Server

POSIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, 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 25 (32.05%) Middleware
2 14 (17.95%) XML
3 4 (5.128%) Silverlight
3 4 (5.128%) .NET Framework
3 4 (5.128%) GStreamer
3 4 (5.128%) Web Services
3 4 (5.128%) .NET
4 2 (2.564%) JSON
4 2 (2.564%) Core Animation
4 2 (2.564%) HTML5
4 2 (2.564%) Pthreads
4 2 (2.564%) RESTful
4 2 (2.564%) Cocoa Touch
4 2 (2.564%) OpenGL
4 2 (2.564%) DirectX
4 2 (2.564%) Cocoa
Application Platforms
1 8 (10.26%) Apache
2 6 (7.692%) CM System
Communications & Networking
1 32 (41.03%) DVB
2 24 (30.77%) Broadband
3 14 (17.95%) LAN
4 12 (15.38%) TCP/IP
5 10 (12.82%) HTTP
6 8 (10.26%) DNS
7 3 (3.846%) WLAN
7 3 (3.846%) Ethernet
8 2 (2.564%) UPnP
8 2 (2.564%) DLNA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (11.54%) MySQL
2 4 (5.128%) Oracle 11g
2 4 (5.128%) Oracle 9i
2 4 (5.128%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (1.282%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (8.974%) Subversion
2 6 (7.692%) ClearCase
3 5 (6.410%) PVCS
4 4 (5.128%) JIRA
4 4 (5.128%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (2.564%) Xcode
6 1 (1.282%) GDB
6 1 (1.282%) Git (software)
General
1 9 (11.54%) Finance
2 8 (10.26%) Telecoms
3 5 (6.410%) Electronics
4 1 (1.282%) Games
Job Titles
1 45 (57.69%) Software Engineer
2 14 (17.95%) Developer
2 14 (17.95%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 14 (17.95%) Senior Software Engineer
3 12 (15.38%) Embedded C Engineer
4 9 (11.54%) C Software Engineer
4 9 (11.54%) Embedded C Software Engineer
5 8 (10.26%) C++ Developer
5 8 (10.26%) DevOps Engineer
5 8 (10.26%) Systems Administrator
5 8 (10.26%) Systems Engineer
6 6 (7.692%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
6 6 (7.692%) Embedded C++ Engineer
7 5 (6.410%) Development Manager
7 5 (6.410%) Software Manager
7 5 (6.410%) Software Development Manager
8 4 (5.128%) Graduate
9 3 (3.846%) Broadcast Engineer
9 3 (3.846%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
9 3 (3.846%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 41 (52.56%) STB
2 29 (37.18%) DTV
3 20 (25.64%) Computer Science
4 9 (11.54%) Client/Server
5 8 (10.26%) Digital Media
5 8 (10.26%) Embedded Systems
6 7 (8.974%) MPEG
7 4 (5.128%) Open Source
7 4 (5.128%) Streaming Video
8 3 (3.846%) MHEG
8 3 (3.846%) IPTV
9 2 (2.564%) Cryptography
9 2 (2.564%) Animation
9 2 (2.564%) iPhone
9 2 (2.564%) iPad
9 2 (2.564%) Device Driver
10 1 (1.282%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 67 (85.90%) Linux
2 19 (24.36%) Embedded Linux
3 9 (11.54%) VxWorks
3 9 (11.54%) UNIX
4 5 (6.410%) Windows
5 4 (5.128%) Solaris
6 2 (2.564%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (39.74%) Software Architecture
2 18 (23.08%) Software Engineering
3 17 (21.79%) Multithreading
4 16 (20.51%) UML
5 14 (17.95%) OO
6 8 (10.26%) Continuous Integration
7 6 (7.692%) Configuration Management
8 4 (5.128%) Software Testing
8 4 (5.128%) Network Management
8 4 (5.128%) SOA
9 3 (3.846%) TDD
10 2 (2.564%) Agile Software Development
10 2 (2.564%) Automated Testing
10 2 (2.564%) Unit Testing
10 2 (2.564%) Memory Management
10 2 (2.564%) OOA/OOD
10 2 (2.564%) Scrum
10 2 (2.564%) Workflow
10 2 (2.564%) MVC
11 1 (1.282%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 68 (87.18%) C
2 38 (48.72%) C++
3 20 (25.64%) Embedded C
4 16 (20.51%) Java
5 14 (17.95%) SQL
5 14 (17.95%) Python
6 12 (15.38%) PL/SQL
7 9 (11.54%) Embedded C++
8 8 (10.26%) Fortran
9 7 (8.974%) C#
10 6 (7.692%) JavaScript
11 5 (6.410%) Perl
12 4 (5.128%) AWK
13 3 (3.846%) Ada
14 2 (2.564%) Objective-C
15 1 (1.282%) VBScript
15 1 (1.282%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 31 (39.74%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.128%) QA
System Software
1 8 (10.26%) Varnish
Vendors
1 8 (10.26%) Perforce
2 4 (5.128%) Oracle
2 4 (5.128%) Apple
3 2 (2.564%) QNX
Crawley, West Sussex
Fluency with C/C++ (Fortran also preferred) is essential for the role, as well as Object Oriented / API, UNIX /POSIX programming, debugging and profiling, optimizing experience and client /...
CGG Veritas
Salary: Competitve Salary dependant on experience plus benefits
Posted: 30 May 2013
Bristol, South West
Experience in Python, C and MySQL is desirable as is experience of Apache, Varnish and HAProxy.This role offers a rewarding and challenging opportunity for the right candidate...
Novate IT
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 10 June 2013