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The table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills within the Oxfordshire region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited UNIX over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUNIX
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank4223
Rank change on same period last yearDown-19
Matching permanent IT job ads112227
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.075 %0.101 %
As % of the category below20.29 %27.52 %
Salaries quoted94199
Average minimum salary£33,282£33,864
Average salary£36,983£35,702
% change on same period last year+3.58 %
Average maximum salary£40,684£37,540
UK excluding London average salary£38,193£38,350
% change on same period last year-0.40 %
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Oxfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads552825
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.369 %0.368 %
Salaries quoted494749
Average minimum salary£31,835£31,831
Average salary£34,811£34,090
% change on same period last year+2.11 %
Average maximum salary£37,787£36,350
UK excluding London average salary£34,399£34,145
% change on same period last year+0.74 %
UNIX South EastUNIX
South East

UNIX
Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire UNIX Demand Trend

UNIX
Salary Trend

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

Oxfordshire UNIX Salary Trend

UNIX
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing UNIX across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Oxfordshire UNIX Salary Histogram

UNIX
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing UNIX within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
OxfordDown-2758£36,215+0.36 %
BanburyDown-29£36,000-0.68 %
BicesterNew entry-8£37,333-
AbingdonDown-37£31,714-4.76 %
WallingfordUp+26£26,000-7.03 %
KidlingtonNew entry-2£33,900-
ThameUp+41£30,000-40.00 %
UNIX South EastUNIX
South East

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

1158 (48.17 %)Linux
2124 (37.80 %)Oracle
392 (28.05 %)SQL
472 (21.95 %)Windows
571 (21.65 %)C++
662 (18.90 %)Perl
760 (18.29 %)Java
858 (17.68 %)Solaris
953 (16.16 %)Python
1051 (15.55 %)C
1051 (15.55 %)Cisco
1149 (14.94 %)SAN
1243 (13.11 %)Software Testing
1243 (13.11 %)Degree
1341 (12.50 %)HPUX
1440 (12.20 %)SQL Server
1539 (11.89 %)MySQL
1539 (11.89 %)Sun
1638 (11.59 %)HP
1736 (10.98 %)Apache
1835 (10.67 %)TCP/IP
1934 (10.37 %)Red Hat
2032 (9.756 %)Red Hat Linux
2128 (8.537 %)QA
2227 (8.232 %)LAN
2227 (8.232 %)ITIL
2326 (7.927 %)DB2
2326 (7.927 %)Education
2326 (7.927 %)Debian
2424 (7.317 %)Internet

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
118 (5.488 %)J2EE
212 (3.659 %)XML
39 (2.744 %)WebSphere
48 (2.439 %).NET
55 (1.524 %)HTML
55 (1.524 %)JSP
55 (1.524 %)Software Packaging
64 (1.220 %)Ruby on Rails
64 (1.220 %)CSS
64 (1.220 %)Servlets
73 (0.915 %)J2ME
73 (0.915 %)JSF
82 (0.610 %)AJAX
82 (0.610 %)EDIFACT
82 (0.610 %)Hibernate
82 (0.610 %)Spring
82 (0.610 %)JDBC
82 (0.610 %)EJB
82 (0.610 %)J2SE
82 (0.610 %)EDI
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
136 (10.98 %)Apache
217 (5.183 %)SharePoint
316 (4.878 %)Tomcat
48 (2.439 %)WebLogic
57 (2.134 %)MS Exchange
66 (1.829 %)JBoss
74 (1.220 %)IIS
82 (0.610 %)BizTalk Server
82 (0.610 %)CMS
91 (0.305 %)WebSphere Application Server
91 (0.305 %)GroupWise
91 (0.305 %)Lotus Domino
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
118 (5.488 %)MS Excel
24 (1.220 %)MS Office
32 (0.610 %)CATIA
32 (0.610 %)MS PowerPoint
41 (0.305 %)NASTRAN
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (1.220 %)Unica Affinium
22 (0.610 %)Oracle 11i
22 (0.610 %)Oracle Applications
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
149 (14.94 %)SAN
235 (10.67 %)TCP/IP
327 (8.232 %)LAN
424 (7.317 %)Internet
521 (6.402 %)VoIP
619 (5.793 %)DNS
718 (5.488 %)Firewall
815 (4.573 %)Cisco IOS
815 (4.573 %)Cisco PIX
911 (3.354 %)SMTP
911 (3.354 %)SNMP
1010 (3.049 %)DHCP
117 (2.134 %)WAN
124 (1.220 %)Intrusion Detection
132 (0.610 %)DSL
132 (0.610 %)FTP
132 (0.610 %)VPN
141 (0.305 %)Ethernet
141 (0.305 %)Intranet
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
140 (12.20 %)SQL Server
239 (11.89 %)MySQL
326 (7.927 %)DB2
417 (5.183 %)Oracle Reports
515 (4.573 %)Oracle 9i
68 (2.439 %)Oracle 8/8i
68 (2.439 %)Oracle OWB
76 (1.829 %)Oracle Discoverer
85 (1.524 %)Oracle 10g
92 (0.610 %)InterSystems Cache
101 (0.305 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
101 (0.305 %)SQL Server Integration Services
101 (0.305 %)BusinessObjects XI
101 (0.305 %)BusinessObjects
101 (0.305 %)RDBMS
101 (0.305 %)MS Access
101 (0.305 %)Crystal Reports
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
124 (7.317 %)Ant
210 (3.049 %)Oracle Forms
37 (2.134 %)Eclipse
46 (1.829 %)JUnit
53 (0.915 %)Subversion
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
126 (7.927 %)Education
221 (6.402 %)Pensions
312 (3.659 %)Music
312 (3.659 %)Music Industry
410 (3.049 %)Health
59 (2.744 %)Marketing
68 (2.439 %)Finance
76 (1.829 %)Electric
84 (1.220 %)Government
84 (1.220 %)Automotive
84 (1.220 %)Publishing
84 (1.220 %)Telecoms
92 (0.610 %)Insurance
92 (0.610 %)Advertising
101 (0.305 %)Banking
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
150 (15.24 %)Developer
236 (10.98 %)Administrator
335 (10.67 %)Analyst
432 (9.756 %)Software Engineer
530 (9.146 %)UNIX Engineer
624 (7.317 %)Systems Engineer
723 (7.012 %)Systems Administrator
822 (6.707 %)Test Engineer
921 (6.402 %)Tester
921 (6.402 %)QA Engineer
1016 (4.878 %)Applications Support
1115 (4.573 %)Oracle Developer
1115 (4.573 %)UNIX Administrator
1214 (4.268 %)Support Analyst
1214 (4.268 %)Software Developer
1214 (4.268 %)Consultant
1214 (4.268 %)Operations Analyst
1311 (3.354 %)Linux Administrator
1410 (3.049 %)Network Specialist
1410 (3.049 %)Cisco Specialist
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
124 (7.317 %)Computer Science
215 (4.573 %)Physics
37 (2.134 %)Mathematics
45 (1.524 %)Device Driver
54 (1.220 %)Mainframe
63 (0.915 %)NHS
72 (0.610 %)Client/Server
72 (0.610 %)Cryptography
72 (0.610 %)PKI
81 (0.305 %)Contract for Difference
81 (0.305 %)Data Extraction
81 (0.305 %)Management Information System
81 (0.305 %)Replication
81 (0.305 %)Grid Computing
81 (0.305 %)Clustering
81 (0.305 %)PACS
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1158 (48.17 %)Linux
272 (21.95 %)Windows
358 (17.68 %)Solaris
441 (12.50 %)HPUX
532 (9.756 %)Red Hat Linux
626 (7.927 %)Debian
721 (6.402 %)CentOS
818 (5.488 %)AIX
914 (4.268 %)VMS
914 (4.268 %)Windows Server 2003
1011 (3.354 %)VxWorks
1011 (3.354 %)Windows 2000
115 (1.524 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
122 (0.610 %)Windows XP
122 (0.610 %)SUSE
122 (0.610 %)Windows 2000 Server
131 (0.305 %)Windows NT
131 (0.305 %)NetWare
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
143 (13.11 %)Software Testing
227 (8.232 %)ITIL
324 (7.317 %)Logistics
423 (7.012 %)Automated Testing
520 (6.098 %)Project Management
618 (5.488 %)Test Scripting
716 (4.878 %)OO
815 (4.573 %)Security Cleared
912 (3.659 %)UML
109 (2.744 %)Software Engineering
118 (2.439 %)Unit Testing
126 (1.829 %)CRM
135 (1.524 %)Business Intelligence
135 (1.524 %)Service Delivery
135 (1.524 %)Manual Testing
144 (1.220 %)System Testing
144 (1.220 %)Configuration Management
144 (1.220 %)Marketing Intelligence
144 (1.220 %)Customer Intelligence
153 (0.915 %)OOD
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
192 (28.05 %)SQL
271 (21.65 %)C++
362 (18.90 %)Perl
460 (18.29 %)Java
553 (16.16 %)Python
651 (15.55 %)C
722 (6.707 %)PHP
821 (6.402 %)VBScript
920 (6.098 %)Lua
1019 (5.793 %)PL/SQL
1115 (4.573 %)VB
1210 (3.049 %)Shell Script
139 (2.744 %)Ruby
148 (2.439 %)DCL
157 (2.134 %)VC++
164 (1.220 %)VB6
164 (1.220 %)C#
164 (1.220 %)COBOL
172 (0.610 %)MUMPS
172 (0.610 %)Korn
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
143 (13.11 %)Degree
220 (6.098 %)HNC
220 (6.098 %)HND
37 (2.134 %)ISEB
45 (1.524 %)Microsoft Certification
54 (1.220 %)PhD
54 (1.220 %)MCSE
63 (0.915 %)MCSA
71 (0.305 %)Postgraduate
71 (0.305 %)CCA
71 (0.305 %)Citrix Certification
71 (0.305 %)CCEA
71 (0.305 %)CISSP
71 (0.305 %)MCP
71 (0.305 %)HP ASE
71 (0.305 %)CNE
71 (0.305 %)Novell Certification
71 (0.305 %)RHCE
71 (0.305 %)Sun Certification
71 (0.305 %)LPIC
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
128 (8.537 %)QA
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
115 (4.573 %)VMware Infrastructure
28 (2.439 %)Active Directory
34 (1.220 %)Oracle RAC
43 (0.915 %)NetBackup
51 (0.305 %)Oracle RMAN
51 (0.305 %)Squid
51 (0.305 %)Terminal Server
51 (0.305 %)ISA Server
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
111 (3.354 %)Tivoli
28 (2.439 %)OpenView
35 (1.524 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
43 (0.915 %)Legato
43 (0.915 %)EMC NetWorker
51 (0.305 %)MOM
51 (0.305 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
51 (0.305 %)ARCserve
51 (0.305 %)Norton AntiVirus
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1124 (37.80 %)Oracle
251 (15.55 %)Cisco
339 (11.89 %)Sun
438 (11.59 %)HP
534 (10.37 %)Red Hat
623 (7.012 %)Microsoft
720 (6.098 %)Hummingbird
815 (4.573 %)VMware
914 (4.268 %)Citrix
1010 (3.049 %)IBM
1010 (3.049 %)Sage
1010 (3.049 %)Pegasus
118 (2.439 %)NetIQ
126 (1.829 %)SAP
135 (1.524 %)CA
144 (1.220 %)VERITAS
144 (1.220 %)Epiphany
144 (1.220 %)Teradata
144 (1.220 %)Alterian
144 (1.220 %)Unica