The first table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills in IT jobs advertised for the Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
UNIX
Rank 33 16 25
Rank change year-on-year
-17 +9
Permanent jobs citing UNIX 21 56 35
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon 4.497% 10.89% 7.216%
As % of the Operating Systems category 19.09% 40.00% 25.74%
Number of salaries quoted 21 47 34
Average salary £37,500 £33,500 £41,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.94% -18.78%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £25,000 £32,300
10% offered a salary of more than £49,000 £45,000 £48,700
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Operating Systems
Swindon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
110 140 136
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon 23.55% 27.24% 28.04%
Number of salaries quoted 100 108 126
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £20,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £47,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
UNIX
Wiltshire

UNIX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon UNIX Salary Trend

UNIX
Salary Histogram

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

Swindon UNIX Salary Histogram

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon 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 47 (71.21%) SQL
2 26 (39.39%) Oracle
3 23 (34.85%) Linux
4 20 (30.30%) Java
5 16 (24.24%) Solaris
6 13 (19.70%) TCP/IP
7 12 (18.18%) XML
7 12 (18.18%) ITIL
8 11 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
9 10 (15.15%) CSS
9 10 (15.15%) HTML
9 10 (15.15%) Sun
10 9 (13.64%) Shell Script
10 9 (13.64%) JavaScript
10 9 (13.64%) OOD
10 9 (13.64%) JUnit
10 9 (13.64%) OOA/OOD
10 9 (13.64%) Apache
10 9 (13.64%) Tomcat
10 9 (13.64%) Subversion
10 9 (13.64%) Spring
10 9 (13.64%) Hibernate
10 9 (13.64%) Unit Testing
11 8 (12.12%) Red Hat
11 8 (12.12%) SAN
12 7 (10.61%) Windows
12 7 (10.61%) QA
13 6 (9.091%) Automated Testing
14 5 (7.576%) Retail
14 5 (7.576%) Service Delivery

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon 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 12 (18.18%) XML
2 10 (15.15%) CSS
2 10 (15.15%) HTML
3 9 (13.64%) Spring
3 9 (13.64%) Hibernate
4 2 (3.030%) Web Services
5 1 (1.515%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 9 (13.64%) Apache
1 9 (13.64%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (3.030%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.515%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (1.515%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 13 (19.70%) TCP/IP
2 8 (12.12%) SAN
3 2 (3.030%) Network Security
3 2 (3.030%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (1.515%) Connectrix
4 1 (1.515%) Firewall
4 1 (1.515%) LDAP
4 1 (1.515%) VPN
4 1 (1.515%) LAN
4 1 (1.515%) WAN
4 1 (1.515%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.061%) Oracle 10g
2 2 (3.030%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (3.030%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.515%) Oracle OWB
3 1 (1.515%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (1.515%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.515%) OLTP
3 1 (1.515%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.515%) OLAP
3 1 (1.515%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (1.515%) Oracle BI EE
3 1 (1.515%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.515%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (1.515%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 9 (13.64%) JUnit
1 9 (13.64%) Subversion
2 3 (4.545%) QuickTest Pro
3 2 (3.030%) SilkPerformer
3 2 (3.030%) LoadRunner
General
1 5 (7.576%) Retail
2 4 (6.061%) Finance
3 2 (3.030%) Legal
3 2 (3.030%) Manufacturing
3 2 (3.030%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.515%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 23 (34.85%) Analyst
2 17 (25.76%) Support Analyst
3 12 (18.18%) Applications Support
3 12 (18.18%) Applications Support Analyst
4 9 (13.64%) Java Developer
4 9 (13.64%) Developer
5 6 (9.091%) Quality Engineer
5 6 (9.091%) QA Engineer
6 4 (6.061%) Architect
6 4 (6.061%) DBA
7 3 (4.545%) Oracle DBA
7 3 (4.545%) Security Engineer
7 3 (4.545%) UNIX Engineer
7 3 (4.545%) Help Desk Analyst
7 3 (4.545%) Graduate
8 2 (3.030%) Non-Functional Tester
8 2 (3.030%) UNIX Support
8 2 (3.030%) Linux Support
8 2 (3.030%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
8 2 (3.030%) Graduate Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.545%) Clustering
1 3 (4.545%) Mainframe
1 3 (4.545%) EPoS
1 3 (4.545%) EFT
2 2 (3.030%) Open Source
2 2 (3.030%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.030%) Economics
3 1 (1.515%) Replication
3 1 (1.515%) CLARiiON
3 1 (1.515%) Symmetrix DMX
Operating Systems
1 23 (34.85%) Linux
2 16 (24.24%) Solaris
3 7 (10.61%) Windows
4 5 (7.576%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (3.030%) CentOS
5 2 (3.030%) AIX
6 1 (1.515%) HPUX
6 1 (1.515%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (1.515%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (1.515%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (18.18%) ITIL
2 11 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
3 9 (13.64%) OOD
3 9 (13.64%) OOA/OOD
3 9 (13.64%) Unit Testing
4 6 (9.091%) Automated Testing
5 5 (7.576%) Service Delivery
5 5 (7.576%) Incident Management
5 5 (7.576%) Fault Management
6 4 (6.061%) SOA
6 4 (6.061%) TOGAF
7 3 (4.545%) ERP
7 3 (4.545%) Root Cause Analysis
8 2 (3.030%) Software Testing
8 2 (3.030%) V-Model
8 2 (3.030%) Test Automation
8 2 (3.030%) Usability Testing
8 2 (3.030%) Test Management
8 2 (3.030%) Waterfall
8 2 (3.030%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 47 (71.21%) SQL
2 20 (30.30%) Java
3 9 (13.64%) Shell Script
3 9 (13.64%) JavaScript
4 3 (4.545%) VBScript
5 2 (3.030%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.515%) Python
6 1 (1.515%) VB
6 1 (1.515%) Perl
6 1 (1.515%) C
6 1 (1.515%) C#
Qualifications
1 5 (7.576%) Security Cleared
2 4 (6.061%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.545%) Degree
4 2 (3.030%) ISEB
4 2 (3.030%) CISSP
4 2 (3.030%) OCP
4 2 (3.030%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (1.515%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (1.515%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.61%) QA
2 2 (3.030%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.515%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (4.545%) RACF
2 2 (3.030%) Oracle RAC
2 2 (3.030%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.515%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (6.061%) NetBackup
2 2 (3.030%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (1.515%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 26 (39.39%) Oracle
2 10 (15.15%) Sun
3 8 (12.12%) Red Hat
4 5 (7.576%) HP
5 3 (4.545%) Symantec
5 3 (4.545%) Remedy
5 3 (4.545%) IBM
6 2 (3.030%) Google
6 2 (3.030%) Cisco
6 2 (3.030%) EMC
6 2 (3.030%) Epicor
6 2 (3.030%) NetApp
6 2 (3.030%) Borland
6 2 (3.030%) VMware
7 1 (1.515%) BMC
7 1 (1.515%) Nokia
7 1 (1.515%) Veritas
7 1 (1.515%) Sophos
7 1 (1.515%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.515%) Juniper
Swindon, South West
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Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + private medical cover, pension
Posted: 10 May 2013
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Questor Resourcing
Salary: To £22,500 + Bonus to 8% + Laptop
Posted: 14 May 2013
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Java Software Engineers- to £45k (d.o.e) plus benefits - Swindon Java Engineer opportunities with Java and OOA/OOD to work in a fast paced and dynamic environment...
Colston Consulting
Salary: £30k - 45k per year
Posted: 17 May 2013
Swindon
The role of the Oracle Database and Unix Specialist: Information, Systems & Technology (IST) is a division of NERC providing IT support, project management, information systems and data management...
Natural Environment Research Council
Salary: £26,450 - £29,710
Posted: 20 May 2013
Berkshire Wilts Oxon Newbury Swindon, Thames...
To develop and maintain some Manual test scripts in HP QC to supplement the test AUTOMATION scripts. - Mentor other QA staff in the use of HP QTP, test...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: up to £37,000 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013