The first table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills in IT jobs advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited UNIX over the 3 months to 21 May 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 Somerset region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
UNIX
Rank 54 47 39
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -8
Permanent jobs citing UNIX 10 12 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 1.560% 2.649% 3.656%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.246% 18.75% 20.48%
Number of salaries quoted 10 10 17
Average salary £40,500 £34,750 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.54% -7.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,300 £24,750 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,750 £42,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Operating Systems
Somerset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
138 64 83
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 21.53% 14.13% 17.85%
Number of salaries quoted 128 60 82
Average salary £32,000 £29,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.34% -10.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £25,000 £21,250
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £43,750 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
UNIX
South West

UNIX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset UNIX Salary Trend

UNIX
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing UNIX across the Somerset region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Somerset 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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bath -5 4 £32,000 -11.11%
Taunton - 2 £41,000 -
Yeovil +2 1 £45,000 -10.00%
Bridgwater - 1 £45,000 -
UNIX
South West

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 42 (61.76%) Oracle
2 41 (60.29%) SQL
2 41 (60.29%) Java
3 28 (41.18%) PHP
4 23 (33.82%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (33.82%) ETL
5 20 (29.41%) Internet
5 20 (29.41%) PL/SQL
5 20 (29.41%) XML
5 20 (29.41%) Agile Software Development
6 19 (27.94%) HTML
7 18 (26.47%) OLAP
7 18 (26.47%) Business Objects
7 18 (26.47%) Oracle OLAP
8 17 (25.00%) Finance
9 16 (23.53%) JavaScript
10 15 (22.06%) Linux
10 15 (22.06%) Business Intelligence
10 15 (22.06%) Salesforce.com
10 15 (22.06%) Validation
10 15 (22.06%) QlikView
10 15 (22.06%) Data Management
10 15 (22.06%) Software Engineering
10 15 (22.06%) Degree
10 15 (22.06%) Change Control
11 13 (19.12%) ASP.NET
11 13 (19.12%) .NET
12 11 (16.18%) C#
12 11 (16.18%) IIS
12 11 (16.18%) Microsoft

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 20 (29.41%) XML
2 19 (27.94%) HTML
3 13 (19.12%) ASP.NET
3 13 (19.12%) .NET
4 9 (13.24%) SOAP
4 9 (13.24%) .NET Framework
5 8 (11.76%) JSTL
5 8 (11.76%) Ajax
5 8 (11.76%) Spring
5 8 (11.76%) Ext JS
5 8 (11.76%) jQuery
5 8 (11.76%) Google Maps API
5 8 (11.76%) Bing Maps
5 8 (11.76%) Web Services
5 8 (11.76%) JSP
5 8 (11.76%) ASP
5 8 (11.76%) XML Schema
5 8 (11.76%) Hibernate
6 4 (5.882%) Middleware
7 1 (1.471%) Oracle Fusion
Application Platforms
1 11 (16.18%) IIS
2 8 (11.76%) SharePoint
2 8 (11.76%) OpenROAD
3 4 (5.882%) WebLogic
4 1 (1.471%) WordPress
4 1 (1.471%) Apache
4 1 (1.471%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 9 (13.24%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.471%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (4.412%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 20 (29.41%) Internet
2 6 (8.824%) TCP/IP
3 5 (7.353%) VPN
3 5 (7.353%) DNS
3 5 (7.353%) LAN
3 5 (7.353%) MPLS
3 5 (7.353%) BGP
3 5 (7.353%) EIGRP
3 5 (7.353%) Firewall
4 4 (5.882%) IPsec
4 4 (5.882%) L2TP
4 4 (5.882%) TACACS
4 4 (5.882%) NetScreen
4 4 (5.882%) OSPF
4 4 (5.882%) 3G
4 4 (5.882%) ADSL
4 4 (5.882%) ISDN
4 4 (5.882%) SDH
4 4 (5.882%) WAN
4 4 (5.882%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (33.82%) Data Warehouse
2 18 (26.47%) OLAP
2 18 (26.47%) Oracle OLAP
3 15 (22.06%) QlikView
4 8 (11.76%) SQL Server 2005
4 8 (11.76%) SQL Server 2008
4 8 (11.76%) SQL Server
4 8 (11.76%) Ingres
4 8 (11.76%) RDBMS
5 2 (2.941%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (2.941%) MySQL
6 1 (1.471%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 8 (11.76%) jMock
1 8 (11.76%) Hudson
1 8 (11.76%) Ant
1 8 (11.76%) JUnit
General
1 17 (25.00%) Finance
2 4 (5.882%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.471%) Music
3 1 (1.471%) Games
3 1 (1.471%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 23 (33.82%) DBA
2 19 (27.94%) Developer
2 19 (27.94%) Administrator
3 17 (25.00%) Oracle DBA
4 16 (23.53%) Analyst
5 10 (14.71%) Software Developer
6 9 (13.24%) Senior Analyst
7 8 (11.76%) Senior Analyst Developer
7 8 (11.76%) Analyst Developer
7 8 (11.76%) Senior Developer
8 4 (5.882%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 4 (5.882%) Software Engineer
8 4 (5.882%) C Software Engineer
8 4 (5.882%) Linux Engineer
9 3 (4.412%) Software Programmer
9 3 (4.412%) Software Analyst
9 3 (4.412%) Technical Engineer
9 3 (4.412%) Infrastructure Manager
9 3 (4.412%) Operations Engineer
9 3 (4.412%) Applications Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 11 (16.18%) Management Information System
1 11 (16.18%) Computer Science
2 8 (11.76%) Digital Media
3 2 (2.941%) AS400
3 2 (2.941%) iSeries
3 2 (2.941%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.471%) Blackberry
4 1 (1.471%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 15 (22.06%) Linux
2 7 (10.29%) Windows
3 2 (2.941%) AIX
4 1 (1.471%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.471%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.471%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (1.471%) Windows 2000
4 1 (1.471%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (33.82%) ETL
2 20 (29.41%) Agile Software Development
3 15 (22.06%) Business Intelligence
3 15 (22.06%) Validation
3 15 (22.06%) Data Management
3 15 (22.06%) Software Engineering
3 15 (22.06%) Change Control
4 9 (13.24%) Data Modelling
5 8 (11.76%) TDD
5 8 (11.76%) Unit Testing
5 8 (11.76%) Continuous Integration
5 8 (11.76%) UML
5 8 (11.76%) Migration
6 5 (7.353%) CRM
6 5 (7.353%) ITIL
7 3 (4.412%) Network Management
7 3 (4.412%) Fault Management
7 3 (4.412%) Process Management
7 3 (4.412%) Change Management
8 2 (2.941%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 41 (60.29%) SQL
1 41 (60.29%) Java
2 28 (41.18%) PHP
3 20 (29.41%) PL/SQL
4 16 (23.53%) JavaScript
5 11 (16.18%) C#
6 9 (13.24%) VB
7 8 (11.76%) VB6
7 8 (11.76%) VB.NET
7 8 (11.76%) C++
8 7 (10.29%) C
9 4 (5.882%) Assembly Language
9 4 (5.882%) Embedded C
10 3 (4.412%) X++
11 1 (1.471%) PowerShell
11 1 (1.471%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 15 (22.06%) Degree
2 6 (8.824%) Security Cleared
3 4 (5.882%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (5.882%) ITIL Certification
3 4 (5.882%) CCNA
3 4 (5.882%) CCNP
4 3 (4.412%) CCIP
4 3 (4.412%) CCDP
5 2 (2.941%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (1.471%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (1.471%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.71%) QA
2 3 (4.412%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.471%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 42 (61.76%) Oracle
2 18 (26.47%) Business Objects
3 15 (22.06%) Salesforce.com
4 11 (16.18%) Microsoft
5 8 (11.76%) Google
5 8 (11.76%) Trapeze
5 8 (11.76%) JBoss
6 5 (7.353%) Cisco
6 5 (7.353%) Juniper
6 5 (7.353%) CheckPoint
7 4 (5.882%) ATG
7 4 (5.882%) Atmel
8 3 (4.412%) Foundry
9 1 (1.471%) SolarWinds
9 1 (1.471%) Zend
9 1 (1.471%) Cognos
9 1 (1.471%) Red Hat
9 1 (1.471%) VMware
9 1 (1.471%) Teradata
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