The first table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills in IT jobs advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited UNIX over the 3 months to 19 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 Operating Systems category for the Essex region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
UNIX
Rank 78 58 33
Rank change year-on-year
-20 -25
Permanent jobs citing UNIX 13 55 83
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 1.237% 4.287% 6.505%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.467% 13.68% 25.15%
Number of salaries quoted 6 47 56
Average salary £42,250 £40,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.62% -20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,500 £25,000 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £62,500 £61,250
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Operating Systems
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
375 402 330
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 35.68% 31.33% 25.86%
Number of salaries quoted 311 344 276
Average salary £38,500 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
UNIX
East of England

UNIX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex UNIX Salary Trend

UNIX
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing UNIX across the Essex region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Essex UNIX Salary Histogram

UNIX
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing UNIX within the Essex region over the 3 months to 19 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
Chelmsford +10 2 £55,000 +15.78%
Colchester +9 2 £42,250 -15.50%
Basildon 0 2 £30,500 -46.95%
UNIX
East of England

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 24 (75.00%) Linux
2 14 (43.75%) Windows
3 13 (40.63%) Finance
4 11 (34.38%) C++
5 10 (31.25%) C
5 10 (31.25%) Device Driver
6 9 (28.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (28.13%) SQL
6 9 (28.13%) Firmware
7 8 (25.00%) Workflow
8 7 (21.88%) Regression Testing
8 7 (21.88%) Risk Management
8 7 (21.88%) ISEB
8 7 (21.88%) Oracle
8 7 (21.88%) ETL
8 7 (21.88%) Broadband
8 7 (21.88%) Automated Testing
8 7 (21.88%) Software Testing
8 7 (21.88%) Stress Testing
8 7 (21.88%) Test Scripting
8 7 (21.88%) Publishing
8 7 (21.88%) STB
9 6 (18.75%) Oracle Application Server
9 6 (18.75%) Oracle RMAN
9 6 (18.75%) Oracle Workflow
9 6 (18.75%) Replication
9 6 (18.75%) Oracle 11g
9 6 (18.75%) Data Guard
9 6 (18.75%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 6 (18.75%) RDBMS

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 1 (3.125%) Web Services
1 1 (3.125%) XML
1 1 (3.125%) Qt
Application Platforms
1 6 (18.75%) Oracle Application Server
1 6 (18.75%) Oracle Workflow
1 6 (18.75%) Apache
2 2 (6.250%) Documentum
3 1 (3.125%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (3.125%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (21.88%) Broadband
2 6 (18.75%) SAN
3 2 (6.250%) TCP/IP
4 1 (3.125%) SMTP
4 1 (3.125%) DHCP
4 1 (3.125%) DNS
4 1 (3.125%) RFID
4 1 (3.125%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (18.75%) Oracle 11g
1 6 (18.75%) RDBMS
1 6 (18.75%) SQL Server
1 6 (18.75%) MySQL
1 6 (18.75%) Oracle Reports
1 6 (18.75%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 6 (18.75%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (3.125%) Git (software)
General
1 13 (40.63%) Finance
2 7 (21.88%) Publishing
3 4 (12.50%) Manufacturing
4 2 (6.250%) Banking
5 1 (3.125%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.125%) Law
5 1 (3.125%) Electronics
5 1 (3.125%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (28.13%) Software Engineer
2 6 (18.75%) Oracle DBA
2 6 (18.75%) DBA
3 5 (15.63%) Test Leader
4 4 (12.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 4 (12.50%) Systems Analyst
4 4 (12.50%) Analyst
5 3 (9.375%) Business Analyst
5 3 (9.375%) Systems Administrator
5 3 (9.375%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (9.375%) Server Engineer
5 3 (9.375%) Linux Administrator
5 3 (9.375%) Linux Systems Administrator
5 3 (9.375%) Server Administrator
6 2 (6.250%) IT Business Analyst
6 2 (6.250%) C Software Engineer
6 2 (6.250%) C++ Software Engineer
6 2 (6.250%) Software Tester
6 2 (6.250%) Tester
6 2 (6.250%) Business Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (31.25%) Device Driver
2 9 (28.13%) Firmware
3 7 (21.88%) STB
4 6 (18.75%) Replication
5 4 (12.50%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (3.125%) Client/Server
6 1 (3.125%) Reference Data
6 1 (3.125%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 24 (75.00%) Linux
2 14 (43.75%) Windows
3 9 (28.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (6.250%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (6.250%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (6.250%) VxWorks
5 1 (3.125%) Windows XP
5 1 (3.125%) Solaris
5 1 (3.125%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (3.125%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (25.00%) Workflow
2 7 (21.88%) Regression Testing
2 7 (21.88%) Risk Management
2 7 (21.88%) ETL
2 7 (21.88%) Automated Testing
2 7 (21.88%) Software Testing
2 7 (21.88%) Stress Testing
2 7 (21.88%) Test Scripting
3 2 (6.250%) Business Analysis
3 2 (6.250%) Document Management
3 2 (6.250%) Use Case
3 2 (6.250%) ITIL
4 1 (3.125%) OO
4 1 (3.125%) OOD
4 1 (3.125%) Project Management
4 1 (3.125%) Service Management
4 1 (3.125%) CMMI
4 1 (3.125%) Software Distribution
4 1 (3.125%) System Testing
4 1 (3.125%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (34.38%) C++
2 10 (31.25%) C
3 9 (28.13%) SQL
4 6 (18.75%) PL/SQL
4 6 (18.75%) Java
4 6 (18.75%) Shell Script
5 1 (3.125%) PHP
Qualifications
1 7 (21.88%) ISEB
2 1 (3.125%) Degree
System Software
1 6 (18.75%) Oracle RMAN
2 2 (6.250%) Active Directory
3 1 (3.125%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (18.75%) Data Guard
1 6 (18.75%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 6 (18.75%) Tivoli
2 2 (6.250%) SCCM
3 1 (3.125%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (3.125%) SCOM
Vendors
1 7 (21.88%) Oracle
2 4 (12.50%) VMware
3 3 (9.375%) Red Hat
4 2 (6.250%) QNX
4 2 (6.250%) Citrix
4 2 (6.250%) Microsoft
4 2 (6.250%) HP
5 1 (3.125%) Intel
5 1 (3.125%) IBM
5 1 (3.125%) PeopleSoft
5 1 (3.125%) FrontRange
5 1 (3.125%) Altiris
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