The first table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills in IT jobs advertised for the Thames Valley region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited UNIX over the 3 months to 17 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 Thames Valley region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
UNIX
Rank 6 13 -
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -
Permanent jobs citing UNIX 4 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Thames Valley 16.67% 2.041% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 36.36% 25.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 0
Average salary £50,000 £65,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.07% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Operating Systems
Thames Valley
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
11 4 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Thames Valley 45.83% 8.163% 6.522%
Number of salaries quoted 10 4 3
Average salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.09% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
UNIX
South East

UNIX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Thames Valley 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 Thames Valley region.

Thames Valley UNIX Salary Trend

UNIX
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing UNIX across the Thames Valley region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Thames Valley UNIX Salary Histogram

UNIX
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Thames Valley 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 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) HP
2 3 (75.00%) Information Security
2 3 (75.00%) Apache
2 3 (75.00%) WebLogic
2 3 (75.00%) IIS
2 3 (75.00%) IBM
2 3 (75.00%) AppDetective
2 3 (75.00%) Security Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (25.00%) System Testing
3 1 (25.00%) NAS
3 1 (25.00%) Product Management
3 1 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (25.00%) VLAN
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) QA
3 1 (25.00%) IPv6
3 1 (25.00%) Client/Server
3 1 (25.00%) NFS
3 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (25.00%) Veritas
3 1 (25.00%) Legato

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Thames Valley 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 Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) WebLogic
1 3 (75.00%) IIS
1 3 (75.00%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (25.00%) IPv6
1 1 (25.00%) VLAN
1 1 (25.00%) NAS
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Tester
1 3 (75.00%) Security Tester
2 2 (50.00%) Applications Tester
3 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Software Tester
3 1 (25.00%) Test Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Systems Test Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) QA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Security Testing
1 3 (75.00%) Information Security
2 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (25.00%) System Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Product Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) NFS
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) AppDetective
2 1 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (25.00%) Legato
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) HP
2 3 (75.00%) IBM
3 1 (25.00%) Veritas