Demand Trend Salary Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Computer Operator role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Computer Operator in their job title over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

Computer Operator
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank869836744
Rank change year-on-year
Down-33Down-92
Matching permanent IT job ads10228
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.008 %0.018 %0.008 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.009 %0.019 %0.009 %
Number of salaries quoted7208
Average salary£22,000£23,500£24,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.38 %-4.08 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£21,200£18,175£18,027
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£29,400£36,600£26,200
UK excluding London average salary£25,000£22,500£24,500
% change year-on-year
+11.11 %-8.16 %
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
11478411495588866
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK94.71 %94.21 %93.33 %
Number of salaries quoted984679705973610
Average salary£42,500£42,500£42,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£75,000£72,500
UK excluding London average salary£38,000£37,500£36,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33 %+2.73 %

Computer Operator
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Computer Operator within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Computer Operator Demand Trend

Computer Operator
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Computer Operator within the UK.

Computer Operator Salary Trend

Computer Operator
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Operator within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandNo change010£22,000-11.11 %
YorkshireDown-84£22,000+11.11 %
West YorkshireNew entry-4£22,000-
LeedsNew entry-4£22,000-
West MidlandsDown-92£29,750+13.33 %
South EastDown-192--
LondonDown-242£20,000-48.71 %
WarwickshireNew entry-2£29,750-
HampshireDown-101--
BuckinghamshireNew entry-1--
Milton KeynesNew entry-1--

Computer Operator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK that cited Computer Operator in their job title 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 with Computer Operator in their job title.

115 (65.22 %)UNIX
213 (56.52 %)BMC
213 (56.52 %)BMC PATROL
213 (56.52 %)Control-M
213 (56.52 %)SC Cleared
213 (56.52 %)Security Cleared
35 (21.74 %)Legato
35 (21.74 %)Veritas
35 (21.74 %)EMC
35 (21.74 %)Client/Server
43 (13.04 %)AIX
43 (13.04 %)Cisco Certification
43 (13.04 %)CCNA
43 (13.04 %)Finance
43 (13.04 %)Mainframe
52 (8.696 %)Management Information System
52 (8.696 %)Acxiom
52 (8.696 %)MVS
52 (8.696 %)Solaris
52 (8.696 %)Windows
52 (8.696 %)Data Mining
52 (8.696 %)IBM
61 (4.348 %)Microsoft
61 (4.348 %)OS/400
61 (4.348 %)Lotus Notes
61 (4.348 %)CICS
61 (4.348 %)Lotus
61 (4.348 %)OS/390
61 (4.348 %)IBM Mainframe
61 (4.348 %)Banking

Computer Operator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK that cited Computer Operator in their job title 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 with Computer Operator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (4.348 %)Lotus Notes
11 (4.348 %)CICS
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (8.696 %)Data Mining
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
13 (13.04 %)Finance
21 (4.348 %)Banking
21 (4.348 %)Retail
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
15 (21.74 %)Client/Server
23 (13.04 %)Mainframe
32 (8.696 %)Management Information System
41 (4.348 %)IBM Mainframe
41 (4.348 %)iSeries
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
115 (65.22 %)UNIX
23 (13.04 %)AIX
32 (8.696 %)MVS
32 (8.696 %)Solaris
32 (8.696 %)Windows
41 (4.348 %)OS/400
41 (4.348 %)OS/390
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
11 (4.348 %)Service Delivery
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
113 (56.52 %)SC Cleared
113 (56.52 %)Security Cleared
23 (13.04 %)Cisco Certification
23 (13.04 %)CCNA
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
113 (56.52 %)BMC PATROL
113 (56.52 %)Control-M
25 (21.74 %)Legato
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
113 (56.52 %)BMC
25 (21.74 %)Veritas
25 (21.74 %)EMC
32 (8.696 %)Acxiom
32 (8.696 %)IBM
41 (4.348 %)Microsoft
41 (4.348 %)Lotus
41 (4.348 %)Remedy