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The table below looks at the demand for the UNIX Systems Administrator role in IT jobs within the Kent region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited UNIX Systems Administrator in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 UNIX System Administrator
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank90106
Rank change on same period last yearUp+16
Matching permanent IT job ads143
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.001 %
As % of the category below1.119 %0.196 %
Salaries quoted130
Average minimum salary£44,231-
Average salary£44,615-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£45,000-
UK excluding London average salary£42,657£37,342
% change on same period last year+14.23 %
Kent IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Kent
Matching permanent IT job ads12511533
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.724 %0.660 %
Salaries quoted10591265
Average minimum salary£32,547£31,869
Average salary£35,133£34,350
% change on same period last year+2.28 %
Average maximum salary£37,720£36,830
UK excluding London average salary£38,208£39,261
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
UNIX Systems Administrator South EastUNIX Systems Administrator
South East

UNIX Systems Administrator
Demand Trend

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

Kent UNIX Systems Administrator Demand Trend

UNIX Systems Administrator
Salary Trend

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

Kent UNIX Systems Administrator Salary Trend

UNIX Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing UNIX Systems Administrator across the Kent region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Kent UNIX Systems Administrator Salary Histogram

UNIX Systems Administrator
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing UNIX Systems Administrator within the Kent region over the 3 months to 10 October 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.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CanterburyNew entry-1--
UNIX Systems Administrator South EastUNIX Systems Administrator
South East

UNIX Systems Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Kent region that cited UNIX Systems 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 Systems Administrator in their job title.

123 (100.00 %)UNIX
219 (82.61 %)Solaris
314 (60.87 %)VERITAS
314 (60.87 %)Sun Certification
48 (34.78 %)DNS
56 (26.09 %)Apache
56 (26.09 %)Perl
56 (26.09 %)WebServices
65 (21.74 %)TCP/IP
65 (21.74 %)Shell Script
74 (17.39 %)Firewall
74 (17.39 %)Penetration Testing
74 (17.39 %)Cisco PIX
74 (17.39 %)VPN
74 (17.39 %)Linux
74 (17.39 %)Java
74 (17.39 %)Oracle
74 (17.39 %)C
74 (17.39 %)B2B
74 (17.39 %)Cisco
74 (17.39 %)Sun
74 (17.39 %)DMZ
82 (8.696 %)Service Delivery
82 (8.696 %)HTML
82 (8.696 %)MySQL
82 (8.696 %)CSS
82 (8.696 %)Windows
82 (8.696 %)VMware Infrastructure
82 (8.696 %)Web Development
82 (8.696 %)VMware Server

UNIX Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Kent region that cited UNIX Systems 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 Systems Administrator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Kent IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (26.09 %)WebServices
22 (8.696 %)HTML
22 (8.696 %)CSS
Kent IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (26.09 %)Apache
Kent IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (4.348 %)MS Excel
Kent IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (34.78 %)DNS
25 (21.74 %)TCP/IP
34 (17.39 %)VPN
34 (17.39 %)DMZ
34 (17.39 %)Firewall
34 (17.39 %)Cisco PIX
42 (8.696 %)SSH
42 (8.696 %)SAN
51 (4.348 %)DHCP
Kent IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (8.696 %)MySQL
Kent IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (4.348 %)Legal
Kent IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
123 (100.00 %)UNIX
219 (82.61 %)Solaris
34 (17.39 %)Linux
42 (8.696 %)Windows
51 (4.348 %)AIX
Kent IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (17.39 %)Penetration Testing
14 (17.39 %)B2B
22 (8.696 %)Service Delivery
22 (8.696 %)Web Design
22 (8.696 %)Web Development
31 (4.348 %)SC Cleared
31 (4.348 %)Security Cleared
31 (4.348 %)Disaster Recovery
Kent IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (26.09 %)Perl
25 (21.74 %)Shell Script
34 (17.39 %)C
34 (17.39 %)Java
Kent IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
114 (60.87 %)Sun Certification
21 (4.348 %)IBM AIX Certification
Kent IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (8.696 %)Samba
12 (8.696 %)VMware Server
12 (8.696 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (4.348 %)Active Directory
Kent IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (4.348 %)Tivoli
11 (4.348 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
Kent IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
114 (60.87 %)VERITAS
24 (17.39 %)Sun
24 (17.39 %)Oracle
24 (17.39 %)Cisco
32 (8.696 %)VMware
41 (4.348 %)IBM
41 (4.348 %)Microsoft