The first table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills in IT jobs advertised for the Macclesfield region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited UNIX over the 3 months to 18 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 Macclesfield region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
UNIX
Rank 21 19 29
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +10
Permanent jobs citing UNIX 27 16 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Macclesfield 13.64% 9.877% 6.604%
As % of the Operating Systems category 34.18% 64.00% 31.11%
Number of salaries quoted 25 4 1
Average salary £34,000 £43,000 £43,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.93% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Operating Systems
Macclesfield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
79 25 45
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Macclesfield 39.90% 15.43% 21.23%
Number of salaries quoted 67 12 27
Average salary £32,500 £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.33% +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,650 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
UNIX
Cheshire

UNIX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Macclesfield 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 Macclesfield region.

Macclesfield UNIX Salary Trend

UNIX
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing UNIX across the Macclesfield region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Macclesfield UNIX Salary Histogram

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Macclesfield 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 32 (94.12%) Linux
2 31 (91.18%) Java
3 24 (70.59%) C
4 18 (52.94%) Shell Script
5 17 (50.00%) Telecoms
5 17 (50.00%) Degree
6 12 (35.29%) HTTP
7 10 (29.41%) TCP/IP
8 8 (23.53%) Handset
8 8 (23.53%) IMAP
8 8 (23.53%) Computer Science
8 8 (23.53%) QA
8 8 (23.53%) LDAP
9 5 (14.71%) SMS
9 5 (14.71%) SMTP
9 5 (14.71%) Internet
10 3 (8.824%) Red Hat
10 3 (8.824%) Solaris
10 3 (8.824%) Fedora
10 3 (8.824%) Ubuntu
10 3 (8.824%) CentOS
10 3 (8.824%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (8.824%) Software Engineering
10 3 (8.824%) Bash shell
11 2 (5.882%) Network Management
11 2 (5.882%) Mac OS
11 2 (5.882%) SQL
11 2 (5.882%) MS Excel
11 2 (5.882%) MS Access
11 2 (5.882%) E-Commerce

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Macclesfield 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.

Applications
1 2 (5.882%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 12 (35.29%) HTTP
2 10 (29.41%) TCP/IP
3 8 (23.53%) LDAP
3 8 (23.53%) IMAP
4 5 (14.71%) SMTP
4 5 (14.71%) Internet
4 5 (14.71%) SMS
5 2 (5.882%) VPN
5 2 (5.882%) DNS
6 1 (2.941%) WAN
6 1 (2.941%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.882%) MS Access
General
1 17 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (61.76%) Support Engineer
2 13 (38.24%) Senior Support Engineer
3 11 (32.35%) Applications Support
4 9 (26.47%) Senior Technical Support
4 9 (26.47%) Technical Support
4 9 (26.47%) Technical Support Engineer
4 9 (26.47%) Technical Engineer
4 9 (26.47%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
4 9 (26.47%) Senior Technical Engineer
5 8 (23.53%) Analyst
5 8 (23.53%) Support Analyst
6 7 (20.59%) Applications Support Engineer
7 3 (8.824%) Trainee
7 3 (8.824%) 3rd Line Support
7 3 (8.824%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
7 3 (8.824%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 2 (5.882%) 1st Line Support Analyst
8 2 (5.882%) 1st Line Support Engineer
8 2 (5.882%) Administrator
8 2 (5.882%) DBA
Miscellaneous
1 8 (23.53%) Handset
1 8 (23.53%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 32 (94.12%) Linux
2 3 (8.824%) Fedora
2 3 (8.824%) Ubuntu
2 3 (8.824%) CentOS
2 3 (8.824%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (8.824%) Solaris
3 2 (5.882%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (8.824%) Software Engineering
2 2 (5.882%) E-Commerce
2 2 (5.882%) Network Management
3 1 (2.941%) SOA
3 1 (2.941%) Network Design
3 1 (2.941%) OOA/OOD
3 1 (2.941%) OO
3 1 (2.941%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (2.941%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (2.941%) Product Management
3 1 (2.941%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 31 (91.18%) Java
2 24 (70.59%) C
3 18 (52.94%) Shell Script
4 3 (8.824%) Bash shell
5 2 (5.882%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (23.53%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (8.824%) Red Hat
2 2 (5.882%) Symantec
2 2 (5.882%) McAfee
2 2 (5.882%) Cisco
2 2 (5.882%) Microsoft