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This section looks at the demand for the UNIX Support role in IT jobs within the North West 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 Support in their job title over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 UNIX Support
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank236265
Rank change on same period last yearUp+29
Matching permanent IT job ads3313
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.018 %0.005 %
As % of the category below0.321 %0.104 %
Salaries quoted2712
Average minimum salary£30,630£29,667
Average salary£34,704£31,625
% change on same period last year+9.73 %
Average maximum salary£38,778£33,583
UK excluding London average salary£35,859£34,188
% change on same period last year+4.88 %
North West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
North West
Matching permanent IT job ads1028612513
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled5.616 %5.254 %
Salaries quoted877810454
Average minimum salary£32,320£34,312
Average salary£36,118£37,942
% change on same period last year-4.80 %
Average maximum salary£39,917£41,572
UK excluding London average salary£38,060£39,458
% change on same period last year-3.54 %
UNIX Support EnglandUNIX Support
England

UNIX Support
Demand Trend

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

North West UNIX Support Demand Trend

UNIX Support
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing UNIX Support across the North West region.

North West UNIX Support Salary Trend

UNIX Support
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing UNIX Support across the North West region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

North West UNIX Support Salary Histogram

UNIX Support
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing UNIX Support within the North West region over the 3 months to 29 August 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
CheshireUp+1423£35,522+3.86 %
ManchesterUp+287£30,000-0.82 %
LancashireDown-73--
UNIX Support EnglandUNIX Support
England

UNIX Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the North West region that cited UNIX Support 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 Support in their job title.

147 (100.00 %)UNIX
230 (63.83 %)Solaris
322 (46.81 %)Sun
418 (38.30 %)Oracle
515 (31.91 %)AIX
515 (31.91 %)Tivoli
614 (29.79 %)Linux
713 (27.66 %)Perl
713 (27.66 %)WebSphere
812 (25.53 %)ITIL
911 (23.40 %)Finance
1010 (21.28 %)Banking
119 (19.15 %)Pensions
119 (19.15 %)Windows
119 (19.15 %)WebLogic
119 (19.15 %)JBoss
119 (19.15 %)Tomcat
119 (19.15 %)LDAP
119 (19.15 %)HPUX
119 (19.15 %)Middleware
128 (17.02 %)C
128 (17.02 %)Degree
128 (17.02 %)Problem Management
137 (14.89 %)SQL
146 (12.77 %)Mainframe
146 (12.77 %)RACF
146 (12.77 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
146 (12.77 %)SAN
146 (12.77 %)Apache
146 (12.77 %)Health

UNIX Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the North West region that cited UNIX Support 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 Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
113 (27.66 %)WebSphere
29 (19.15 %)Middleware
31 (2.128 %)HTML
31 (2.128 %)ASP
31 (2.128 %)JSP
31 (2.128 %)XML
North West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (19.15 %)WebLogic
19 (19.15 %)JBoss
19 (19.15 %)Tomcat
26 (12.77 %)Apache
34 (8.511 %)WebSphere Application Server
43 (6.383 %)WebSphere MQ
51 (2.128 %)Exchange Server 2003
51 (2.128 %)MS Exchange
North West IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (2.128 %)MS Office
North West IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (10.64 %)Oracle Applications
21 (2.128 %)Axapta
North West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (19.15 %)LDAP
26 (12.77 %)SAN
34 (8.511 %)Broadband
43 (6.383 %)Internet
51 (2.128 %)LAN
51 (2.128 %)WAN
North West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (10.64 %)Datawarehouse
24 (8.511 %)Oracle 10g
24 (8.511 %)MySQL
33 (6.383 %)SQL Server
41 (2.128 %)DB2
North West IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (8.511 %)Introscope
North West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (23.40 %)Finance
210 (21.28 %)Banking
39 (19.15 %)Pensions
46 (12.77 %)Health
55 (10.64 %)Billing
55 (10.64 %)Telecoms
63 (6.383 %)Online Banking
71 (2.128 %)Pharmaceutical
71 (2.128 %)Back Office
North West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (12.77 %)Mainframe
24 (8.511 %)Computer Science
31 (2.128 %)Clustering
North West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
147 (100.00 %)UNIX
230 (63.83 %)Solaris
315 (31.91 %)AIX
414 (29.79 %)Linux
59 (19.15 %)HPUX
59 (19.15 %)Windows
64 (8.511 %)Tru64
64 (8.511 %)Debian
64 (8.511 %)Fedora
64 (8.511 %)CentOS
71 (2.128 %)Windows 2000 Server
71 (2.128 %)Windows XP
71 (2.128 %)Windows Server 2003
North West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (25.53 %)ITIL
28 (17.02 %)Problem Management
35 (10.64 %)Time Management
35 (10.64 %)Service Management
44 (8.511 %)Project Management
44 (8.511 %)Software Engineering
53 (6.383 %)Logistics
61 (2.128 %)Service Delivery
North West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113 (27.66 %)Perl
28 (17.02 %)C
37 (14.89 %)SQL
45 (10.64 %)PL/SQL
54 (8.511 %)C++
61 (2.128 %)Tcl
North West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (17.02 %)Degree
24 (8.511 %)CCNA
24 (8.511 %)Cisco Certification
24 (8.511 %)ITIL Certification
North West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (6.383 %)SLA
North West IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (12.77 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
16 (12.77 %)RACF
21 (2.128 %)NetBackup
21 (2.128 %)Active Directory
North West IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
115 (31.91 %)Tivoli
21 (2.128 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
North West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
122 (46.81 %)Sun
218 (38.30 %)Oracle
34 (8.511 %)Juniper
34 (8.511 %)Redback
43 (6.383 %)Citrix
52 (4.255 %)IBM
52 (4.255 %)Microsoft
61 (2.128 %)HP
61 (2.128 %)Intel
61 (2.128 %)NetApp
61 (2.128 %)Symantec