The first table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills in IT jobs advertised for the Tyne and Wear region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited UNIX over the 3 months to 23 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
UNIX
Rank 37 16 23
Rank change year-on-year
-21 +7
Permanent jobs citing UNIX 26 65 39
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 4.676% 11.07% 7.130%
As % of the Operating Systems category 16.77% 39.63% 27.66%
Number of salaries quoted 24 40 28
Average salary £52,500 £31,000 £33,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+69.35% -8.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £27,150 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £59,250 £45,000 £53,200
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £39,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.26%
All Operating Systems
Tyne and Wear
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
155 164 141
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 27.88% 27.94% 25.78%
Number of salaries quoted 140 133 125
Average salary £34,000 £30,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% -7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,800 £22,200 £22,550
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £38,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
UNIX
North East

UNIX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear UNIX Salary Trend

UNIX
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing UNIX across the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 23 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -15 25 £52,500 +79.48%
UNIX
North East

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 21 (48.84%) Java
1 21 (48.84%) SQL
2 20 (46.51%) Windows
3 15 (34.88%) HTML
3 15 (34.88%) Linux
4 14 (32.56%) Telecoms
5 12 (27.91%) HTML5
6 11 (25.58%) JavaScript
7 10 (23.26%) OO
7 10 (23.26%) MS Excel
8 9 (20.93%) Release Management
8 9 (20.93%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (20.93%) Waterfall
9 8 (18.60%) NAS
9 8 (18.60%) MS Exchange
9 8 (18.60%) Oracle
9 8 (18.60%) TCP/IP
9 8 (18.60%) SAN
9 8 (18.60%) Windows Server 2003
10 7 (16.28%) DNS
10 7 (16.28%) SLA
10 7 (16.28%) VMware
10 7 (16.28%) VMware ESX
10 7 (16.28%) Firewall
10 7 (16.28%) Web Development
10 7 (16.28%) VMware Infrastructure
10 7 (16.28%) Windows Server 2008
11 6 (13.95%) iSCSI
11 6 (13.95%) Hyper-V
11 6 (13.95%) Exchange Server 2010

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 15 (34.88%) HTML
2 12 (27.91%) HTML5
3 6 (13.95%) J2EE
4 5 (11.63%) XML
4 5 (11.63%) XSLT
4 5 (11.63%) CSS
4 5 (11.63%) JSP
5 4 (9.302%) WebSphere
6 2 (4.651%) Middleware
6 2 (4.651%) Hibernate
7 1 (2.326%) Spring
7 1 (2.326%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 8 (18.60%) MS Exchange
2 6 (13.95%) Exchange Server 2010
2 6 (13.95%) Exchange Server 2007
2 6 (13.95%) Exchange Server 2003
3 5 (11.63%) Tomcat
4 1 (2.326%) Lotus Notes
4 1 (2.326%) Apache
Applications
1 10 (23.26%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.326%) Hyperion Planning
Communications & Networking
1 9 (20.93%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (18.60%) NAS
2 8 (18.60%) TCP/IP
2 8 (18.60%) SAN
3 7 (16.28%) DNS
3 7 (16.28%) Firewall
4 6 (13.95%) iSCSI
4 6 (13.95%) DHCP
5 4 (9.302%) LAN
5 4 (9.302%) WAN
6 3 (6.977%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (6.977%) VLAN
7 1 (2.326%) Fibre Channel
7 1 (2.326%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (2.326%) Network Security
7 1 (2.326%) Wireless
7 1 (2.326%) SNMP
7 1 (2.326%) OSPF
7 1 (2.326%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.326%) Oracle 11g
1 1 (2.326%) Essbase
1 1 (2.326%) Data Mining
1 1 (2.326%) Oracle 9i
1 1 (2.326%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (11.63%) Ant
2 1 (2.326%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (2.326%) ProC
General
1 14 (32.56%) Telecoms
2 6 (13.95%) German Language
3 4 (9.302%) Billing
3 4 (9.302%) Italian Language
3 4 (9.302%) French Language
4 2 (4.651%) Finance
4 2 (4.651%) Banking
5 1 (2.326%) Spanish Language
5 1 (2.326%) Hebrew Language
5 1 (2.326%) Legal
Job Titles
1 13 (30.23%) Development Manager
1 13 (30.23%) Software Development Manager
1 13 (30.23%) Software Manager
2 9 (20.93%) Support Engineer
3 7 (16.28%) Developer
4 6 (13.95%) Java Developer
5 4 (9.302%) Systems Administrator
5 4 (9.302%) Technical Support
5 4 (9.302%) Administrator
5 4 (9.302%) Technical Engineer
5 4 (9.302%) Technical Support Engineer
6 3 (6.977%) Senior Network Engineer
6 3 (6.977%) Network Administrator
6 3 (6.977%) Team Leader
6 3 (6.977%) Network Engineer
7 1 (2.326%) Essbase Consultant
7 1 (2.326%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 1 (2.326%) Oracle Team Leader
7 1 (2.326%) J2EE Team Leader
7 1 (2.326%) SAN Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.302%) Mainframe
2 1 (2.326%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.326%) Symmetrix DMX
2 1 (2.326%) Celerra
2 1 (2.326%) CLARiiON
2 1 (2.326%) Clustering
2 1 (2.326%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 20 (46.51%) Windows
2 15 (34.88%) Linux
3 8 (18.60%) Windows Server 2003
4 7 (16.28%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (4.651%) Solaris
6 1 (2.326%) CentOS
6 1 (2.326%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (23.26%) OO
2 9 (20.93%) Release Management
2 9 (20.93%) Waterfall
3 7 (16.28%) Web Development
4 6 (13.95%) Scrum
4 6 (13.95%) Project Management
5 5 (11.63%) UML
5 5 (11.63%) RUP
5 5 (11.63%) Network Management
5 5 (11.63%) Problem Management
6 4 (9.302%) Content Management
7 3 (6.977%) PRINCE2
8 2 (4.651%) E-Commerce
8 2 (4.651%) Migration
8 2 (4.651%) Performance Management
8 2 (4.651%) Infrastructure Management
9 1 (2.326%) Continuous Improvement
9 1 (2.326%) Root Cause Analysis
9 1 (2.326%) Capacity Management
9 1 (2.326%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 21 (48.84%) Java
1 21 (48.84%) SQL
2 11 (25.58%) JavaScript
3 2 (4.651%) Shell Script
3 2 (4.651%) PL/SQL
4 1 (2.326%) Perl
4 1 (2.326%) T-SQL
4 1 (2.326%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (11.63%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (9.302%) Sun Certification
2 4 (9.302%) Degree
3 3 (6.977%) CCNP
3 3 (6.977%) CCNA
4 2 (4.651%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (4.651%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.651%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.326%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.326%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (16.28%) SLA
2 1 (2.326%) QA
System Software
1 7 (16.28%) VMware ESX
1 7 (16.28%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (13.95%) Hyper-V
2 6 (13.95%) NFS
3 3 (6.977%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.326%) Veritas Storage Foundation
1 1 (2.326%) Nagios
Vendors
1 8 (18.60%) Oracle
2 7 (16.28%) VMware
3 6 (13.95%) Cisco
3 6 (13.95%) Symantec
4 3 (6.977%) Microsoft
4 3 (6.977%) Citrix
5 2 (4.651%) Apple
6 1 (2.326%) Juniper
6 1 (2.326%) HP
6 1 (2.326%) EMC
6 1 (2.326%) Hyperion
6 1 (2.326%) Veritas
6 1 (2.326%) Lotus
6 1 (2.326%) Red Hat
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