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The first part of the 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 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the Swindon region.

 UNIX
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank42113
Rank change year-on-year
Up+17Down-8
Matching permanent IT job ads8230118
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon17.30 %5.859 %10.53 %
As % of the Operating Systems category66.13 %33.33 %44.03 %
Salaries quoted812969
Average salary£37,500£28,000£42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.92 %-34.11 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,000£24,000£26,300
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£47,500£46,500
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£37,500£36,500
% change year-on-year
+6.660 %+2.730 %
Swindon IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
Swindon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
12490268
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon26.16 %17.58 %23.91 %
Salaries quoted11980190
Average salary£33,000£33,750£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.220 %-10.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£21,500£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£55,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£33,500£32,500£32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.070 %-
UNIX WiltshireUNIX
Wiltshire

UNIX
Demand Trend

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon UNIX Salary Trend

UNIX
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing UNIX across the Swindon region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Swindon UNIX Salary Histogram

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

189 (68.99 %)Oracle
245 (34.88 %)Java
344 (34.11 %)SQL
440 (31.01 %)XML
440 (31.01 %)Solaris
537 (28.68 %)JavaScript
537 (28.68 %)Sun
634 (26.36 %)SLA
634 (26.36 %)CSS
634 (26.36 %)JUnit
634 (26.36 %)Shell Script
732 (24.81 %)HTML
732 (24.81 %)Agile Software Development
830 (23.26 %)Apache
830 (23.26 %)Hibernate
929 (22.48 %)OOA/OOD
929 (22.48 %)Spring
929 (22.48 %)Insurance
1028 (21.71 %)Tomcat
1028 (21.71 %)Finance
1126 (20.16 %)ITIL
1218 (13.95 %)Linux
1317 (13.18 %)Microsoft
1414 (10.85 %)Automated Testing
1512 (9.302 %)Cisco
1512 (9.302 %)MySQL
1611 (8.527 %)EFT
1710 (7.752 %)MS Exchange
1710 (7.752 %)SQL Server
1710 (7.752 %)Sybase

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

Swindon IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
140 (31.01 %)XML
234 (26.36 %)CSS
332 (24.81 %)HTML
430 (23.26 %)Hibernate
529 (22.48 %)Spring
66 (4.651 %)J2EE
75 (3.876 %)WebSphere
82 (1.550 %)Web Services
82 (1.550 %)AJAX
91 (0.775 %)Flash
91 (0.775 %)LAMP
Swindon IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
130 (23.26 %)Apache
228 (21.71 %)Tomcat
310 (7.752 %)MS Exchange
45 (3.876 %)WebLogic
51 (0.775 %)Exchange Server 2003
51 (0.775 %)Exchange Server 2007
51 (0.775 %)SharePoint
Swindon IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
14 (3.101 %)MS Excel
22 (1.550 %)MS Office
31 (0.775 %)CATIA
Swindon IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
14 (3.101 %)Firewall
23 (2.326 %)TCP/IP
23 (2.326 %)NAS
32 (1.550 %)Wireless
32 (1.550 %)Nortel Alteon
32 (1.550 %)Cisco PIX
32 (1.550 %)Network Security
32 (1.550 %)Cisco ASA
32 (1.550 %)LAN
32 (1.550 %)WAN
32 (1.550 %)SSL
32 (1.550 %)SAN
41 (0.775 %)MPLS
41 (0.775 %)OSPF
41 (0.775 %)BGP
41 (0.775 %)DHCP
41 (0.775 %)Ethernet
41 (0.775 %)FTP
41 (0.775 %)SNMP
41 (0.775 %)LDAP
Swindon IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (9.302 %)MySQL
210 (7.752 %)SQL Server
31 (0.775 %)Oracle Reports
Swindon IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
134 (26.36 %)JUnit
24 (3.101 %)LoadRunner
24 (3.101 %)SilkTest
Swindon IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
129 (22.48 %)Insurance
228 (21.71 %)Finance
310 (7.752 %)Banking
44 (3.101 %)Government
53 (2.326 %)Telecoms
61 (0.775 %)Retail
61 (0.775 %)Multimedia
Swindon IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
143 (33.33 %)Team Leader
224 (18.60 %)Java Team Leader
319 (14.73 %)Analyst
416 (12.40 %)Applications Support
515 (11.63 %)Support Analyst
611 (8.527 %)Applications Support Analyst
79 (6.977 %)Support Engineer
79 (6.977 %)Software Team Leader
88 (6.202 %)1st Line Support
88 (6.202 %)Technical Support
88 (6.202 %)Helpdesk Support
97 (5.426 %)Test Team Leader
97 (5.426 %)Developer
106 (4.651 %)UNIX Team Leader
106 (4.651 %)Support Supervisor
115 (3.876 %)Oracle Team Leader
115 (3.876 %)Support Team Leader
115 (3.876 %)Operations Team Leader
115 (3.876 %)Tester
115 (3.876 %)Helpdesk Manager
Swindon IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
111 (8.527 %)EFT
23 (2.326 %)Symmetrix DMX
31 (0.775 %)Mainframe
31 (0.775 %)CLARiiON
31 (0.775 %)Symmetrix
31 (0.775 %)Clustering
31 (0.775 %)E-Learning
31 (0.775 %)Computer Science
31 (0.775 %)Celerra
Swindon IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
140 (31.01 %)Solaris
218 (13.95 %)Linux
36 (4.651 %)Windows
43 (2.326 %)AIX
43 (2.326 %)Red Hat Linux
51 (0.775 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
51 (0.775 %)VMS
51 (0.775 %)OpenVMS
51 (0.775 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (0.775 %)Windows Server 2008
Swindon IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
132 (24.81 %)Agile Software Development
229 (22.48 %)OOA/OOD
326 (20.16 %)ITIL
414 (10.85 %)Automated Testing
56 (4.651 %)SOA
65 (3.876 %)Process Management
73 (2.326 %)Project Management
82 (1.550 %)Web Testing
82 (1.550 %)Load Balancing
82 (1.550 %)Software Testing
82 (1.550 %)Project Planning
82 (1.550 %)E-Commerce
91 (0.775 %)ERP
91 (0.775 %)TOGAF
91 (0.775 %)Logistics
91 (0.775 %)Risk Management
91 (0.775 %)Workflow
91 (0.775 %)Programme Management
91 (0.775 %)PRINCE
91 (0.775 %)CAD
Swindon IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
145 (34.88 %)Java
244 (34.11 %)SQL
337 (28.68 %)JavaScript
434 (26.36 %)Shell Script
52 (1.550 %)PHP
61 (0.775 %)C
61 (0.775 %)C++
61 (0.775 %)ActionScript 3.0
61 (0.775 %)VB
61 (0.775 %)ActionScript
Swindon IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
17 (5.426 %)Degree
26 (4.651 %)Security Cleared
26 (4.651 %)ISEB
33 (2.326 %)SC Cleared
41 (0.775 %)Cisco Certification
41 (0.775 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (0.775 %)Sun Certification
41 (0.775 %)MCDST
41 (0.775 %)MCP
41 (0.775 %)MCSE
41 (0.775 %)MCSA
41 (0.775 %)CCIE
41 (0.775 %)CCSP
41 (0.775 %)CCNP
41 (0.775 %)CCDP
Swindon IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
134 (26.36 %)SLA
26 (4.651 %)QA
31 (0.775 %)ISO/IEC 20000
31 (0.775 %)COBIT
Swindon IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (2.326 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (0.775 %)Sendmail
21 (0.775 %)Veritas Volume Manager
21 (0.775 %)NFS
21 (0.775 %)Active Directory
21 (0.775 %)Samba
Swindon IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (2.326 %)NetBackup
22 (1.550 %)CONTROL-M
31 (0.775 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
31 (0.775 %)BMC PATROL
Swindon IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
189 (68.99 %)Oracle
237 (28.68 %)Sun
317 (13.18 %)Microsoft
412 (9.302 %)Cisco
510 (7.752 %)Sybase
65 (3.876 %)JBoss
74 (3.101 %)VMware
83 (2.326 %)Veritas
83 (2.326 %)Red Hat
83 (2.326 %)CheckPoint
83 (2.326 %)EMC
92 (1.550 %)Nortel
92 (1.550 %)Remedy
101 (0.775 %)HP
101 (0.775 %)Citrix
101 (0.775 %)BMC
101 (0.775 %)NetApp