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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Computer Operator role in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Computer Operator in their job title over the 3 months to 17 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the London region.

 Computer Operator
Location
3 months to
17 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank474460622
Rank change year-on-year
Down-14Up+162
Matching permanent IT job ads5241
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London0.013 %0.006 %0.049 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.014 %0.007 %0.052 %
Salaries quoted2141
Average salary£37,500£21,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+78.57 %-40.00 %
UK excluding London average salary-£21,875£23,000
% change year-on-year
--4.890 %
London IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
357902965678652
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London92.32 %93.17 %93.86 %
Salaries quoted291282404463557
Average salary£51,500£45,000£50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.44 %-10.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£29,000£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£85,000£75,000£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.420 %-
Computer Operator EnglandComputer Operator
England

Computer Operator
Demand Trend

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

London Computer Operator Demand Trend

Computer Operator
Salary Trend

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

London Computer Operator Salary Trend

Computer Operator
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Operator within the London region over the 3 months to 17 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonNew entry-5£37,500-
Computer Operator EnglandComputer Operator
England

Computer Operator
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT jobs across the London region that cited Computer Operator 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 Computer Operator in their job title.

18 (88.89 %)UNIX
26 (66.67 %)Linux
35 (55.56 %)Finance
44 (44.44 %)Banking
44 (44.44 %)Korn
44 (44.44 %)Red Hat Linux
44 (44.44 %)AIX
44 (44.44 %)Solaris
44 (44.44 %)Red Hat
44 (44.44 %)Shell Script
53 (33.33 %)Windows
53 (33.33 %)NetBackup
62 (22.22 %)SQL
62 (22.22 %)Change Management
71 (11.11 %)Financial Institution
71 (11.11 %)Front Office
71 (11.11 %)CONTROL-M
71 (11.11 %)T-SQL
71 (11.11 %)SLA
71 (11.11 %)Active Directory
71 (11.11 %)HP
71 (11.11 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
71 (11.11 %)Summit
71 (11.11 %)Investment Banking
71 (11.11 %)assyst
71 (11.11 %)Derivative
71 (11.11 %)Investment Management
71 (11.11 %)Performance Management

Computer Operator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT jobs across the London region that cited Computer Operator 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 Computer Operator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (11.11 %)Summit
11 (11.11 %)assyst
London IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
15 (55.56 %)Finance
24 (44.44 %)Banking
31 (11.11 %)Financial Institution
31 (11.11 %)Front Office
31 (11.11 %)Investment Banking
London IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (11.11 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 (11.11 %)Derivative
London IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
18 (88.89 %)UNIX
26 (66.67 %)Linux
34 (44.44 %)Red Hat Linux
34 (44.44 %)AIX
34 (44.44 %)Solaris
43 (33.33 %)Windows
London IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12 (22.22 %)Change Management
21 (11.11 %)Investment Management
21 (11.11 %)Performance Management
London IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
14 (44.44 %)Korn
14 (44.44 %)Shell Script
22 (22.22 %)SQL
31 (11.11 %)T-SQL
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (11.11 %)SLA
London IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (11.11 %)Active Directory
London IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (33.33 %)NetBackup
21 (11.11 %)CONTROL-M
London IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
14 (44.44 %)Red Hat
21 (11.11 %)HP