The first table below looks at the demand for the UNIX Administrator role in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited UNIX Administrator in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
UNIX Administrator
Rank 682 640 544
Rank change year-on-year
-42 -96
Permanent jobs requiring a UNIX Administrator 165 222 335
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.162% 0.195% 0.290%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.172% 0.206% 0.307%
Number of salaries quoted 133 185 251
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,500 £33,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £67,500 £55,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £39,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+2.56% -8.23%
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
95965 107840 108961
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.44% 94.79% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 80782 93186 92537
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
UNIX Administrator
UK

UNIX Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England UNIX Administrator Jobs Demand Trend

UNIX Administrator
Salary Trend

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

England UNIX Administrator Salary Trend

UNIX Administrator
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing UNIX Administrator across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England UNIX Administrator Salary Histogram

UNIX Administrator
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing UNIX Administrator within the England region over the 3 months to 21 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
London -21 74 £50,000 -12.66%
South East -6 31 £45,500 +13.75%
South West +13 16 £39,750 +17.77%
Yorkshire -4 14 £50,000 +31.57%
East of England -1 12 £40,000 +14.28%
North West -18 6 £40,000 +6.66%
West Midlands -24 6 £35,000 -6.66%
East Midlands +3 5 £30,250 +10.00%
Midlands - 1 £35,000 -
UNIX Administrator
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UNIX Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited UNIX 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 Administrator in their job title.

1 433 (100.00%) UNIX
2 317 (73.21%) Linux
3 258 (59.58%) Solaris
4 213 (49.19%) Red Hat
5 175 (40.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 145 (33.49%) Perl
7 138 (31.87%) AIX
8 136 (31.41%) SAN
9 135 (31.18%) Shell Script
10 120 (27.71%) Finance
11 105 (24.25%) Sun
12 104 (24.02%) Veritas
13 95 (21.94%) Oracle
14 84 (19.40%) IBM
15 76 (17.55%) Clustering
16 74 (17.09%) TCP/IP
17 72 (16.63%) HP
18 70 (16.17%) DNS
19 67 (15.47%) VMware
20 66 (15.24%) HPUX
21 64 (14.78%) EMC
22 55 (12.70%) Windows
22 55 (12.70%) Apache
23 50 (11.55%) Banking
24 48 (11.09%) ITIL
24 48 (11.09%) Veritas Volume Manager
25 47 (10.85%) Bash shell
25 47 (10.85%) C
26 46 (10.62%) HTTP
27 44 (10.16%) Java

UNIX Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited UNIX 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 Administrator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 25 (5.774%) WebSphere
2 15 (3.464%) FIX Protocol
3 10 (2.309%) Ruby on Rails
4 8 (1.848%) HTML
5 7 (1.617%) XML
6 6 (1.386%) Middleware
7 5 (1.155%) Web Services
7 5 (1.155%) LAMP
7 5 (1.155%) SWT
8 1 (0.231%) Java EE
8 1 (0.231%) FastCGI
Application Platforms
1 55 (12.70%) Apache
2 38 (8.776%) Tomcat
3 15 (3.464%) WebSphere MQ
4 10 (2.309%) Amazon AWS
4 10 (2.309%) MS Exchange
5 8 (1.848%) GlassFish
5 8 (1.848%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.693%) WebSphere Application Server
7 2 (0.462%) Oracle Application Server
7 2 (0.462%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 2 (0.462%) IIS
7 2 (0.462%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.231%) OpenEdge
8 1 (0.231%) Lotus Notes
8 1 (0.231%) CMS
8 1 (0.231%) Jetty
8 1 (0.231%) WordPress
8 1 (0.231%) Magento
8 1 (0.231%) lighttpd
Applications
1 9 (2.079%) MS Excel
2 6 (1.386%) MS Office
3 1 (0.231%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.462%) Oracle 11i
2 1 (0.231%) RMDS
2 1 (0.231%) assyst
2 1 (0.231%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 136 (31.41%) SAN
2 74 (17.09%) TCP/IP
3 70 (16.17%) DNS
4 46 (10.62%) HTTP
5 36 (8.314%) Internet
6 32 (7.390%) DHCP
7 28 (6.467%) LDAP
8 24 (5.543%) Firewall
9 15 (3.464%) NAS
10 14 (3.233%) SMTP
11 12 (2.771%) LAN
12 11 (2.540%) WAN
13 8 (1.848%) iSCSI
14 7 (1.617%) SSH
15 6 (1.386%) FTP
16 5 (1.155%) Broadband
16 5 (1.155%) HTTPS
16 5 (1.155%) VPN
17 4 (0.924%) Fibre Channel
17 4 (0.924%) snoop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (6.005%) MySQL
2 20 (4.619%) OLTP
3 16 (3.695%) SQL Server
3 16 (3.695%) Oracle 8/8i
4 13 (3.002%) VLDB
5 9 (2.079%) Oracle 11g
6 6 (1.386%) DB2
7 2 (0.462%) Informix
7 2 (0.462%) TOAD
8 1 (0.231%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.231%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.231%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.231%) Oracle 10g
8 1 (0.231%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.231%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 23 (5.312%) Subversion
2 11 (2.540%) Git (software)
3 7 (1.617%) Maven
3 7 (1.617%) MSBuild
4 2 (0.462%) Visual Studio
General
1 120 (27.71%) Finance
2 50 (11.55%) Banking
3 19 (4.388%) Investment Banking
4 11 (2.540%) Financial Institution
5 7 (1.617%) Telecoms
6 5 (1.155%) Law
7 4 (0.924%) Marketing
7 4 (0.924%) French Language
7 4 (0.924%) German Language
8 3 (0.693%) Publishing
8 3 (0.693%) Multimedia
8 3 (0.693%) Retail
9 2 (0.462%) Games
10 1 (0.231%) Electronics
10 1 (0.231%) Advertising
10 1 (0.231%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 76 (17.55%) Clustering
2 29 (6.697%) CLARiiON
3 23 (5.312%) Replication
4 16 (3.695%) HACMP
5 15 (3.464%) EMC Centera
6 13 (3.002%) Open Source
6 13 (3.002%) New Media
7 12 (2.771%) Enterprise Storage
8 8 (1.848%) iSeries
9 7 (1.617%) SaaS
9 7 (1.617%) Computer Science
10 6 (1.386%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (1.386%) Mobile Banking
10 6 (1.386%) Management Information System
10 6 (1.386%) Mainframe
11 5 (1.155%) Semantic Web
11 5 (1.155%) Informatics
12 4 (0.924%) Hedge funds
13 3 (0.693%) SWIFT
13 3 (0.693%) LPAR
Operating Systems
1 433 (100.00%) UNIX
2 317 (73.21%) Linux
3 258 (59.58%) Solaris
4 175 (40.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 138 (31.87%) AIX
6 66 (15.24%) HPUX
7 55 (12.70%) Windows
8 25 (5.774%) SUSE
9 21 (4.850%) Debian
10 20 (4.619%) CentOS
11 15 (3.464%) Windows 7
12 13 (3.002%) Windows XP
12 13 (3.002%) Ubuntu
13 10 (2.309%) VMS
14 5 (1.155%) Windows Server 2003
14 5 (1.155%) Windows Server 2008
15 4 (0.924%) Mac OS X
16 3 (0.693%) Fedora
16 3 (0.693%) OpenBSD
16 3 (0.693%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (11.09%) ITIL
2 40 (9.238%) Disaster Recovery
3 38 (8.776%) Change Management
4 32 (7.390%) Problem Management
5 27 (6.236%) Load Balancing
6 21 (4.850%) Configuration Management
7 20 (4.619%) Capacity Planning
8 19 (4.388%) Asset Management
9 18 (4.157%) High Availability
10 16 (3.695%) Root Cause Analysis
11 15 (3.464%) Budget Control
12 14 (3.233%) Business Continuity
13 11 (2.540%) Benchmarking
14 9 (2.079%) E-Commerce
14 9 (2.079%) Capacity Management
15 8 (1.848%) Service Delivery
15 8 (1.848%) Project Management
16 7 (1.617%) Migration
16 7 (1.617%) Incident Management
16 7 (1.617%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 145 (33.49%) Perl
2 135 (31.18%) Shell Script
3 47 (10.85%) Bash shell
3 47 (10.85%) C
4 44 (10.16%) Java
5 31 (7.159%) PHP
6 30 (6.928%) Korn
7 26 (6.005%) Python
8 23 (5.312%) Bourne shell
9 21 (4.850%) AWK
10 14 (3.233%) Ruby
10 14 (3.233%) SQL
11 8 (1.848%) sed
12 5 (1.155%) VBScript
13 3 (0.693%) C++
14 1 (0.231%) JavaScript
14 1 (0.231%) VB
14 1 (0.231%) ActionScript
14 1 (0.231%) REXX
14 1 (0.231%) JCL
Qualifications
1 31 (7.159%) Security Cleared
2 21 (4.850%) RHCE
3 18 (4.157%) DV Cleared
4 12 (2.771%) Degree
5 9 (2.079%) OCP
5 9 (2.079%) Oracle Certification
5 9 (2.079%) Sun Certification
6 7 (1.617%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 6 (1.386%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (1.386%) IBM Certification
8 2 (0.462%) RHCT
9 1 (0.231%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.231%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (9.007%) SLA
2 13 (3.002%) QA
3 9 (2.079%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 48 (11.09%) Veritas Volume Manager
2 32 (7.390%) Veritas Cluster Server
3 30 (6.928%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (5.774%) Veritas File System
5 21 (4.850%) Sendmail
6 19 (4.388%) Squid
7 17 (3.926%) Postfix
8 14 (3.233%) Samba
9 13 (3.002%) VMware ESX
10 12 (2.771%) NFS
11 11 (2.540%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
12 10 (2.309%) qmail
12 10 (2.309%) ISA Server
13 9 (2.079%) Oracle RMAN
14 8 (1.848%) vSphere
15 6 (1.386%) Oracle RAC
15 6 (1.386%) Active Directory
16 5 (1.155%) Xen
17 4 (0.924%) Varnish
18 3 (0.693%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 39 (9.007%) NetBackup
2 20 (4.619%) Puppet
3 14 (3.233%) Tivoli
4 13 (3.002%) BMC PATROL
5 11 (2.540%) Cobbler
6 10 (2.309%) Veritas Storage Foundation
6 10 (2.309%) CFEngine
7 9 (2.079%) YUM
7 9 (2.079%) Data Guard
8 6 (1.386%) Legato
9 5 (1.155%) Nagios
9 5 (1.155%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 4 (0.924%) HP Data Protector
11 2 (0.462%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.462%) HP SIM
11 2 (0.462%) Red Hat Satellite
11 2 (0.462%) Red Hat Spacewalk
11 2 (0.462%) BladeLogic
11 2 (0.462%) Opalis
11 2 (0.462%) Foglight
Vendors
1 213 (49.19%) Red Hat
2 105 (24.25%) Sun
3 104 (24.02%) Veritas
4 95 (21.94%) Oracle
5 84 (19.40%) IBM
6 72 (16.63%) HP
7 67 (15.47%) VMware
8 64 (14.78%) EMC
9 30 (6.928%) NetApp
10 27 (6.236%) Cisco
11 22 (5.081%) Symantec
12 16 (3.695%) BMC
12 16 (3.695%) Microsoft
13 15 (3.464%) Juniper
14 14 (3.233%) Brocade
15 9 (2.079%) JBoss
15 9 (2.079%) Joyent
15 9 (2.079%) Rackspace
15 9 (2.079%) F5
16 7 (1.617%) NetIQ
West London
UNIX Systems AdministratorCurrently we are recruiting for a Unix/Linux Systems Administrator to work for a multinational organisation based in West London.
E-Resourcing
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
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
Telford, West Midlands
We have an excellent opportunity for a Unix Administrator with strong experience in HP-UX to join our global client based in Telford-Ideally we are looking for...
GSA Techsource
Salary: Negotiable DOE + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Senior Unix Systems Administrator - £45-55,000 + Bonus + BenefitsOur prestigious Central Birmingham client is looking to recruit an experienced Unix Systems Administrator with a strong technical background and...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
The successful candidate should have experience of supporting Unix, Solaris and Linux Operating systems within large scale production environments. They should also have strong experience of Veritas (VxVM,...
TEKsystems
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
The successful candidate should have experience of supporting Unix, Solaris and Linux Operating systems within large scale production environments. They should also have strong experience of Veritas (VxVM,...
Aston Carter
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 18 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
Shropshire
You will be ITIL certified and have in-depth technical knowledge of Unix Administration. Ideally you will have experience of HP-UX and HP Superdome but this is...
ReThink Recruitment
Salary: £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Brighton, East Sussex
In addition you will require the following: -DNS, SMTP, HTTP -Scripting: Either Shell, Perl, Ruby, Python -PostgreSQL or MySQL Working in a Java environment Additional experience of Puppet,...
ARC IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £32000 Per Annum £32,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Maidenhead, Berkshire
This will be a task oriented role dealing with the day to day running and support of a Unix server system(working to ITIL standards) using the following...
Atos
Salary: £1 - £2 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 25 April 2013
London
Unix systems administrator, Java web applications, Glassfish, Sun Application Server, Tomcat, Apache, Solaris 10, SPARC , to join to this world class business in the mobile telecom / financial space...
Parallel Consulting
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013