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The table below looks at the demand for AWK skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited AWK over the 3 months to 18 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAWK
Location
3 months to
18 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank403471
Rank change on same period last yearUp+68
Matching permanent IT job ads3441
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.022 %0.018 %
As % of the category below0.247 %0.206 %
Salaries quoted2135
Average minimum salary£41,357£33,780
Average salary£44,214£37,171
% change on same period last year+18.94 %
Average maximum salary£47,071£40,561
UK excluding London average salary£41,865£38,650
% change on same period last year+8.31 %
South East IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
South East
Matching permanent IT job ads1373819929
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled8.892 %8.886 %
Salaries quoted1187516772
Average minimum salary£34,728£34,627
Average salary£38,258£37,978
% change on same period last year+0.73 %
Average maximum salary£41,787£41,329
UK excluding London average salary£35,693£35,932
% change on same period last year-0.66 %
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England

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing AWK across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

South East AWK Demand Trend

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Salary Trend

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

South East AWK Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing AWK across the South East region over the 3 months to 18 November 2008.

South East AWK Salary Histogram

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Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AWK within the South East region over the 3 months to 18 November 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
BerkshireUp+5632£43,684+4.15 %
OxfordshireNew entry-1£70,000-
BuckinghamshireUp+241£28,500-12.75 %
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England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs across the South East region citing AWK 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 AWK.

169 (98.57 %)Perl
267 (95.71 %)UNIX
360 (85.71 %)Linux
452 (74.29 %)Windows
551 (72.86 %)JavaScript
551 (72.86 %)VBScript
551 (72.86 %)Python
641 (58.57 %)Wireless
740 (57.14 %)Performance Management
839 (55.71 %)NFS
839 (55.71 %)DNS
937 (52.86 %)RDBMS
937 (52.86 %)DHCP
937 (52.86 %)Internet
1034 (48.57 %)Validation
1125 (35.71 %)Change Management
1219 (27.14 %)Problem Management
1316 (22.86 %)Telecoms
1415 (21.43 %)Oracle
1510 (14.29 %)C
169 (12.86 %)C++
169 (12.86 %)Solaris
169 (12.86 %)Apache
169 (12.86 %)LDAP
178 (11.43 %)Shell Script
178 (11.43 %)SQL
187 (10.00 %)HTML
187 (10.00 %)HPUX
187 (10.00 %)Sun
187 (10.00 %)HP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs across the South East region citing AWK 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 AWK. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South East IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (10.00 %)HTML
17 (10.00 %)WebSphere
22 (2.857 %)CGI
22 (2.857 %)ASP
South East IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (12.86 %)Apache
22 (2.857 %)MS Exchange
22 (2.857 %)IIS
South East IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
141 (58.57 %)Wireless
239 (55.71 %)DNS
337 (52.86 %)DHCP
337 (52.86 %)Internet
49 (12.86 %)LDAP
56 (8.571 %)Wireshark
56 (8.571 %)GGSN
56 (8.571 %)SGSN
56 (8.571 %)2.5G
56 (8.571 %)3G
56 (8.571 %)GPRS
56 (8.571 %)3GPP
56 (8.571 %)TCP/IP
62 (2.857 %)IMAP
62 (2.857 %)SSH
62 (2.857 %)HTTP
62 (2.857 %)SMTP
South East IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
137 (52.86 %)RDBMS
22 (2.857 %)SQL Server
31 (1.429 %)Oracle Reports
South East IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (1.429 %)Oracle Forms
South East IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
116 (22.86 %)Telecoms
21 (1.429 %)Banking
21 (1.429 %)Education
South East IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
114 (20.00 %)Infrastructure Specialist
213 (18.57 %)Linux Specialist
39 (12.86 %)Systems Engineer
47 (10.00 %)Analyst
47 (10.00 %)Senior Analyst
56 (8.571 %)Infrastructure Engineer
56 (8.571 %)UNIX Specialist
56 (8.571 %)Consultant
65 (7.143 %)Administrator
73 (4.286 %)Systems Administrator
73 (4.286 %)Management Consultant
73 (4.286 %)Linux Administrator
73 (4.286 %)Linux Engineer
82 (2.857 %)Senior Systems Administrator
91 (1.429 %)Senior Developer
91 (1.429 %)Developer
91 (1.429 %)Linux Systems Administrator
South East IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (1.429 %)Speech Recognition
11 (1.429 %)Replication
11 (1.429 %)Computer Science
South East IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
167 (95.71 %)UNIX
260 (85.71 %)Linux
352 (74.29 %)Windows
49 (12.86 %)Solaris
57 (10.00 %)HPUX
57 (10.00 %)Red Hat Linux
66 (8.571 %)Windows Server 2003
72 (2.857 %)FreeBSD
South East IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
140 (57.14 %)Performance Management
234 (48.57 %)Validation
325 (35.71 %)Change Management
419 (27.14 %)Problem Management
51 (1.429 %)Security Cleared
South East IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
169 (98.57 %)Perl
251 (72.86 %)JavaScript
251 (72.86 %)VBScript
251 (72.86 %)Python
310 (14.29 %)C
49 (12.86 %)C++
58 (11.43 %)Shell Script
58 (11.43 %)SQL
South East IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (2.857 %)Microsoft Certification
12 (2.857 %)MCSE
21 (1.429 %)PhD
21 (1.429 %)Degree
South East IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
139 (55.71 %)NFS
22 (2.857 %)Terminal Services
South East IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (21.43 %)Oracle
27 (10.00 %)Sun
27 (10.00 %)HP
27 (10.00 %)VERITAS
27 (10.00 %)Red Hat
27 (10.00 %)Ab Initio
27 (10.00 %)Fujitsu
32 (2.857 %)Microsoft
41 (1.429 %)Sybase