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The table below looks at the demand for the UNIX Systems Administrator role in IT jobs within the Scotland 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 Systems Administrator in their job title over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 UNIX System Administrator
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank141164
Rank change on same period last yearUp+23
Matching permanent IT job ads1612
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.005 %
As % of the category below0.478 %0.229 %
Salaries quoted53
Average minimum salary£36,800£29,667
Average salary£37,300£31,833
% change on same period last year+17.17 %
Average maximum salary£37,800£34,000
UK excluding London average salary£42,797£37,289
% change on same period last year+14.77 %
Scotland IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Scotland
Matching permanent IT job ads33465235
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.943 %2.253 %
Salaries quoted23803286
Average minimum salary£34,425£31,831
Average salary£37,853£34,864
% change on same period last year+8.57 %
Average maximum salary£41,282£37,898
UK excluding London average salary£38,156£39,208
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
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UNIX Systems Administrator
Demand Trend

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

Scotland UNIX Systems Administrator Demand Trend

UNIX Systems Administrator
Salary Trend

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

Scotland UNIX Systems Administrator Salary Trend

UNIX Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing UNIX Systems Administrator across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Scotland UNIX Systems Administrator Salary Histogram

UNIX Systems Administrator
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing UNIX Systems Administrator within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 13 October 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
GlasgowUp+199£40,000+25.65 %
EdinburghUp+305--
West LothianNew entry-1£40,000-
Scottish BordersNew entry-1£26,500-
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UNIX Systems Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited UNIX Systems Administrator 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 Systems Administrator in their job title.

125 (100.00 %)UNIX
223 (92.00 %)Solaris
314 (56.00 %)HPUX
411 (44.00 %)Linux
510 (40.00 %)VERITAS
510 (40.00 %)Finance
69 (36.00 %)AIX
77 (28.00 %)Red Hat
77 (28.00 %)Red Hat Linux
86 (24.00 %)Clustering
86 (24.00 %)EMC
86 (24.00 %)Shell Script
95 (20.00 %)Sun
95 (20.00 %)Oracle
95 (20.00 %)Banking
104 (16.00 %)HP
104 (16.00 %)Legato
113 (12.00 %)LDAP
113 (12.00 %)Disaster Recovery
113 (12.00 %)Investment Banking
113 (12.00 %)Problem Management
122 (8.000 %)Pensions
122 (8.000 %)Workflow
122 (8.000 %)SAN
122 (8.000 %)Health
122 (8.000 %)TCP/IP
122 (8.000 %)Tivoli
122 (8.000 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
122 (8.000 %)IBM
131 (4.000 %)SSL

UNIX Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited UNIX Systems Administrator 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 Systems Administrator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (4.000 %)WebSphere
Scotland IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (12.00 %)LDAP
22 (8.000 %)TCP/IP
22 (8.000 %)SAN
31 (4.000 %)SSL
Scotland IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (40.00 %)Finance
25 (20.00 %)Banking
33 (12.00 %)Investment Banking
42 (8.000 %)Health
42 (8.000 %)Pensions
51 (4.000 %)Insurance
Scotland IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (24.00 %)Clustering
21 (4.000 %)Replication
Scotland IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
125 (100.00 %)UNIX
223 (92.00 %)Solaris
314 (56.00 %)HPUX
411 (44.00 %)Linux
59 (36.00 %)AIX
67 (28.00 %)Red Hat Linux
71 (4.000 %)Windows
71 (4.000 %)SUSE
71 (4.000 %)Debian
Scotland IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (12.00 %)Disaster Recovery
13 (12.00 %)Problem Management
22 (8.000 %)Workflow
31 (4.000 %)Load Balancing
31 (4.000 %)Change Management
Scotland IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (24.00 %)Shell Script
Scotland IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (8.000 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Scotland IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (16.00 %)Legato
22 (8.000 %)Tivoli
31 (4.000 %)CA SiteMinder
Scotland IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (40.00 %)VERITAS
27 (28.00 %)Red Hat
36 (24.00 %)EMC
45 (20.00 %)Oracle
45 (20.00 %)Sun
54 (16.00 %)HP
62 (8.000 %)IBM
71 (4.000 %)Atos Origin