The first table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills in IT jobs advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited UNIX over the 3 months to 20 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 Middlesex region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
UNIX
Rank 15 27 15
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -12
Permanent jobs citing UNIX 42 27 81
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex 8.015% 5.378% 11.82%
As % of the Operating Systems category 27.45% 21.43% 38.57%
Number of salaries quoted 30 20 58
Average salary £58,750 £45,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+29.12% +1.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,000 £37,500 £37,200
10% offered a salary of more than £88,500 £74,250 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Operating Systems
Middlesex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
153 126 210
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex 29.20% 25.10% 30.66%
Number of salaries quoted 106 110 152
Average salary £50,000 £45,000 £43,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% +4.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £60,000 £58,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
UNIX
South East

UNIX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex UNIX Salary Trend

UNIX
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing UNIX across the Middlesex region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Middlesex UNIX Salary Histogram

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Middlesex 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 60 (78.95%) Linux
2 29 (38.16%) Windows
3 28 (36.84%) Apache
4 26 (34.21%) MySQL
4 26 (34.21%) Oracle
5 25 (32.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 24 (31.58%) Java
7 22 (28.95%) ITIL
8 21 (27.63%) DNS
8 21 (27.63%) Red Hat
8 21 (27.63%) SQL
9 18 (23.68%) Solaris
10 17 (22.37%) CentOS
11 16 (21.05%) TCP/IP
12 13 (17.11%) Firewall
12 13 (17.11%) nginx
13 12 (15.79%) Nagios
13 12 (15.79%) LAN
13 12 (15.79%) WAN
13 12 (15.79%) SQL Server
13 12 (15.79%) HTML
14 11 (14.47%) XML
14 11 (14.47%) Finance
14 11 (14.47%) Git (software)
14 11 (14.47%) Ruby
15 10 (13.16%) Xen
15 10 (13.16%) Windows Server 2008
15 10 (13.16%) JavaScript
15 10 (13.16%) MS Excel
16 9 (11.84%) Python

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Middlesex 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 12 (15.79%) HTML
2 11 (14.47%) XML
3 8 (10.53%) Web Services
4 7 (9.211%) CSS
4 7 (9.211%) J2EE
5 5 (6.579%) Hibernate
6 4 (5.263%) LAMP
7 3 (3.947%) J2SE
7 3 (3.947%) Ajax
7 3 (3.947%) Grails
7 3 (3.947%) JSON
7 3 (3.947%) Spring MVC
7 3 (3.947%) Spring
7 3 (3.947%) HTML5
7 3 (3.947%) REST
8 1 (1.316%) ASP
8 1 (1.316%) ASP.NET
8 1 (1.316%) ATL
8 1 (1.316%) COM
8 1 (1.316%) JDBC
Application Platforms
1 28 (36.84%) Apache
2 13 (17.11%) nginx
3 8 (10.53%) Tomcat
4 5 (6.579%) MS Exchange
4 5 (6.579%) CMS
5 3 (3.947%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 3 (3.947%) Oracle Application Server
5 3 (3.947%) Rackspace Cloud
5 3 (3.947%) OpenStack
6 2 (2.632%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (2.632%) WebLogic
7 1 (1.316%) IIS
7 1 (1.316%) SharePoint
7 1 (1.316%) Exchange Server 2003
7 1 (1.316%) ESB
7 1 (1.316%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (1.316%) Sonic ESB
7 1 (1.316%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 10 (13.16%) MS Excel
2 3 (3.947%) MS Office
3 1 (1.316%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.632%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (1.316%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.316%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 21 (27.63%) DNS
2 16 (21.05%) TCP/IP
3 13 (17.11%) Firewall
4 12 (15.79%) LAN
4 12 (15.79%) WAN
5 9 (11.84%) SAN
6 8 (10.53%) OpenLDAP
7 6 (7.895%) HTTP
8 5 (6.579%) SSH
9 4 (5.263%) Cisco Nexus
9 4 (5.263%) BIG-IP
9 4 (5.263%) Cisco ASA
9 4 (5.263%) Intranet
9 4 (5.263%) Internet
9 4 (5.263%) Wireless
9 4 (5.263%) Broadband
10 3 (3.947%) SMTP
10 3 (3.947%) FTP
11 1 (1.316%) VoIP
11 1 (1.316%) DVB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (34.21%) MySQL
2 12 (15.79%) SQL Server
3 8 (10.53%) Oracle 11g
4 3 (3.947%) Data Mining
4 3 (3.947%) Oracle 10g
4 3 (3.947%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (3.947%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (2.632%) SQL Server 2012
6 1 (1.316%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (1.316%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.316%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (1.316%) RDBMS
6 1 (1.316%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (1.316%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.316%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (14.47%) Git (software)
2 7 (9.211%) Selenium
2 7 (9.211%) WebDriver
3 6 (7.895%) Subversion
4 5 (6.579%) JIRA
5 4 (5.263%) JMeter
5 4 (5.263%) JUnit
6 3 (3.947%) HttpUnit
6 3 (3.947%) EasyMock
6 3 (3.947%) Mockito
7 2 (2.632%) AppScan
8 1 (1.316%) Ant
General
1 11 (14.47%) Finance
2 5 (6.579%) Telecoms
3 3 (3.947%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.316%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 22 (28.95%) Administrator
2 16 (21.05%) Systems Administrator
3 15 (19.74%) Linux Systems Administrator
3 15 (19.74%) Linux Administrator
4 9 (11.84%) Team Leader
5 8 (10.53%) UNIX Team Leader
5 8 (10.53%) Consultant
6 7 (9.211%) Developer
7 6 (7.895%) Server Administrator
7 6 (7.895%) Infrastructure Manager
7 6 (7.895%) DBA
8 5 (6.579%) Support Engineer
8 5 (6.579%) Applications Support
8 5 (6.579%) Architect
8 5 (6.579%) UNIX Administrator
8 5 (6.579%) Applications Support Engineer
8 5 (6.579%) UNIX Systems Administrator
8 5 (6.579%) Oracle DBA
9 4 (5.263%) Software Tester
9 4 (5.263%) Process Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.579%) Replication
1 5 (6.579%) Open Source
2 4 (5.263%) Video on Demand
3 3 (3.947%) AS400
3 3 (3.947%) Digital Media
3 3 (3.947%) Inversion of Control
4 1 (1.316%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.316%) Blackberry
4 1 (1.316%) DTV
4 1 (1.316%) IPTV
4 1 (1.316%) Mathematics
4 1 (1.316%) Physics
4 1 (1.316%) Chemistry
4 1 (1.316%) Computer Science
4 1 (1.316%) SecurID
4 1 (1.316%) Clustering
4 1 (1.316%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 60 (78.95%) Linux
2 29 (38.16%) Windows
3 25 (32.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 18 (23.68%) Solaris
5 17 (22.37%) CentOS
6 10 (13.16%) Windows Server 2008
7 9 (11.84%) Windows Server 2003
8 6 (7.895%) Oracle Linux
8 6 (7.895%) Windows 7
8 6 (7.895%) AIX
9 5 (6.579%) SUSE
10 3 (3.947%) Mac OS X
10 3 (3.947%) Fedora
11 1 (1.316%) Windows XP
11 1 (1.316%) Debian
11 1 (1.316%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (28.95%) ITIL
2 7 (9.211%) Service Management
2 7 (9.211%) Project Management
2 7 (9.211%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (5.263%) Automated Testing
3 4 (5.263%) Software Engineering
3 4 (5.263%) Problem Management
3 4 (5.263%) Requirements Analysis
3 4 (5.263%) Test Automation
3 4 (5.263%) Multithreading
3 4 (5.263%) Process Management
3 4 (5.263%) Data Modelling
3 4 (5.263%) OO
3 4 (5.263%) PRINCE2
4 3 (3.947%) MVC
4 3 (3.947%) Service Delivery
4 3 (3.947%) Performance Testing
4 3 (3.947%) Unit Testing
4 3 (3.947%) Continuous Integration
4 3 (3.947%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 24 (31.58%) Java
2 21 (27.63%) SQL
3 11 (14.47%) Ruby
4 10 (13.16%) JavaScript
5 9 (11.84%) Python
5 9 (11.84%) Perl
6 8 (10.53%) Shell Script
7 6 (7.895%) Bash shell
7 6 (7.895%) PL/SQL
8 5 (6.579%) C++
9 4 (5.263%) PHP
10 3 (3.947%) C
10 3 (3.947%) Groovy
10 3 (3.947%) Scala
11 1 (1.316%) C#
11 1 (1.316%) T-SQL
11 1 (1.316%) VBA
11 1 (1.316%) Fortran
11 1 (1.316%) VC++
11 1 (1.316%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 5 (6.579%) Degree
2 3 (3.947%) CISSP
3 1 (1.316%) Postgraduate
3 1 (1.316%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.316%) Oracle Certification
3 1 (1.316%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (1.316%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.579%) SLA
2 3 (3.947%) COBIT
3 2 (2.632%) QA
3 2 (2.632%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (13.16%) Xen
2 8 (10.53%) Samba
2 8 (10.53%) Sendmail
2 8 (10.53%) XenServer
3 6 (7.895%) Oracle RAC
4 4 (5.263%) Active Directory
5 3 (3.947%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (3.947%) qmail
5 3 (3.947%) Postfix
5 3 (3.947%) Oracle RMAN
6 2 (2.632%) vSphere
7 1 (1.316%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 12 (15.79%) Nagios
2 7 (9.211%) Puppet
3 1 (1.316%) Backup Exec
3 1 (1.316%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 26 (34.21%) Oracle
2 21 (27.63%) Red Hat
3 8 (10.53%) IBM
3 8 (10.53%) Sun
4 7 (9.211%) Cisco
4 7 (9.211%) Citrix
4 7 (9.211%) VMware
5 6 (7.895%) Brocade
5 6 (7.895%) HP
5 6 (7.895%) Microsoft
6 4 (5.263%) F5
6 4 (5.263%) CheckPoint
6 4 (5.263%) JBoss
7 3 (3.947%) Canoo
7 3 (3.947%) Fortinet
7 3 (3.947%) Rackspace
8 2 (2.632%) Tripwire
8 2 (2.632%) Dell
9 1 (1.316%) Symantec
9 1 (1.316%) Intel
Middlesex
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Salary: £10000 - £50000 per annum + benefits, bonus and pension
Posted: 18 June 2013
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