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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Shell Script skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Shell Script over the 3 months to 22 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 Programming Languages category.

LinkShell Script
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank158176155
Rank change year-on-year
Up+18Down-21
Matching permanent IT job ads12249372537
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK1.415 %1.101 %1.246 %
As % of the Programming Languages category2.895 %2.339 %2.729 %
Salaries quoted10397061969
Average salary£47,500£45,000£43,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.550 %+3.440 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,200£30,000£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£72,500£65,000£62,500
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
-+14.28 %
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
422824005292956
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK48.88 %47.05 %45.67 %
Salaries quoted363033383877791
Average salary£40,000£36,500£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.580 %-2.660 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£25,000£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£60,000£62,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %

Shell Script
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Shell Script within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Shell Script Demand Trend

Shell Script
Salary Trend

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

Shell Script Salary Trend

Shell Script
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Shell Script over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 within the UK.

Shell Script Salary Histogram

Shell Script
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Shell Script within the UK over the 3 months to 22 March 2010. 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
EnglandUp+251190£47,500+5.55 %
LondonUp+25739£55,000+4.76 %
City of LondonUp+5296£55,000-
South EastUp+5180£40,000+4.74 %
East of EnglandUp+2076£45,000-5.26 %
North WestUp+1874£40,000-
BerkshireUp+465£42,500-10.52 %
SurreyUp+3960£40,000+12.67 %
South WestUp+3557£50,000+44.92 %
CheshireUp+3353£40,000-
WiltshireUp+2951£50,000+47.05 %
HertfordshireUp+1245£47,500-5.00 %
SwindonNew entry-33£50,000-
YorkshireUp+631£30,000-25.00 %
ReadingUp+2327£42,500+6.25 %
South YorkshireUp+2221£30,000-33.33 %
West MidlandsUp+1420£33,500+8.06 %
ScotlandDown-2718£35,000-20.45 %
SheffieldUp+917£31,500-30.00 %
ManchesterDown-817£42,500+21.42 %
Docklands, LondonDown-1116£62,500+4.16 %
HampshireDown-2516£55,000+44.02 %
CambridgeshireUp+815£20,000-41.17 %
GlasgowUp+314£24,000-45.14 %
GuildfordUp+4013£35,500+1.42 %
EssexUp+2513£50,000-9.09 %
CambridgeDown-213£20,000-41.17 %
BracknellUp+912£40,000-27.27 %
M4 CorridorNew entry-12£40,000-
SloughDown-611£30,000-25.00 %

Shell Script
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing Shell Script 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 Shell Script.

11540 (74.50 %)UNIX
2926 (44.80 %)Linux
3823 (39.82 %)SQL
4778 (37.64 %)Perl
5640 (30.96 %)Java
6618 (29.90 %)Finance
7562 (27.19 %)Solaris
8530 (25.64 %)Oracle
9415 (20.08 %)Windows
10364 (17.61 %)Apache
11323 (15.63 %)Banking
12320 (15.48 %)XML
13276 (13.35 %)PL/SQL
14247 (11.95 %)HTML
15246 (11.90 %)Red Hat
16239 (11.56 %)C++
17237 (11.47 %)Red Hat Linux
18229 (11.08 %)SQL Server
19227 (10.98 %)Tomcat
20225 (10.89 %)Front Office
21222 (10.74 %)Sybase
22219 (10.60 %)Degree
23210 (10.16 %)TCP/IP
24206 (9.966 %)JavaScript
25188 (9.095 %)MySQL
25188 (9.095 %)Investment Banking
26183 (8.853 %)AIX
27167 (8.079 %)PHP
28163 (7.886 %)CSS
29162 (7.837 %)SAN

Shell Script
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing Shell Script 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 Shell Script. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1320 (15.48 %)XML
2247 (11.95 %)HTML
3163 (7.886 %)CSS
4145 (7.015 %)J2EE
5142 (6.870 %)Middleware
6110 (5.322 %)Spring
7101 (4.886 %).NET
894 (4.548 %)Hibernate
970 (3.387 %)WebSphere
1069 (3.338 %)Web Services
1163 (3.048 %)JMS
1163 (3.048 %)AJAX
1250 (2.419 %)JSP
1347 (2.274 %)JDBC
1445 (2.177 %)LAMP
1544 (2.129 %)XSLT
1642 (2.032 %)ASP
1734 (1.645 %)SOAP
1826 (1.258 %)EJB
1925 (1.209 %)FIX Protocol
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1364 (17.61 %)Apache
2227 (10.98 %)Tomcat
378 (3.774 %)IIS
473 (3.532 %)WebLogic
536 (1.742 %)MQSeries
536 (1.742 %)Rendezvous
634 (1.645 %)CMS
732 (1.548 %)MS Exchange
830 (1.451 %)SharePoint
830 (1.451 %)WebSphere MQ
927 (1.306 %)Oracle Workflow
1018 (0.871 %)Oracle Application Server
1116 (0.774 %)Exchange Server 2003
1116 (0.774 %)WebSphere Application Server
1215 (0.726 %)ColdFusion
1312 (0.581 %)WebSphere Message Broker
1411 (0.532 %)Lightstreamer
1510 (0.484 %)Drupal
1510 (0.484 %)Confluence
1510 (0.484 %)Oracle 10gAS
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
145 (2.177 %)MS Excel
225 (1.209 %)MS Visio
315 (0.726 %)MS Office
413 (0.629 %)MATLAB
59 (0.435 %)Photoshop
62 (0.097 %)MS Project
62 (0.097 %)RoboHelp
62 (0.097 %)MS PowerPoint
71 (0.048 %)Fireworks
71 (0.048 %)CATIA
71 (0.048 %)QuarkXPress
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
146 (2.225 %)RMDS
216 (0.774 %)Microsoft CRM
313 (0.629 %)Oracle Applications
412 (0.581 %)Oracle EBS
511 (0.532 %)Global One
69 (0.435 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
78 (0.387 %)SAP R/3
78 (0.387 %)Oracle 11i
87 (0.339 %)Sophis RISQUE
87 (0.339 %)Siebel Analytics
87 (0.339 %)Loan IQ
96 (0.290 %)Oracle EBS R12
96 (0.290 %)Oracle iProcurement
103 (0.145 %)Kondor+
103 (0.145 %)Capstone
112 (0.097 %)Oracle ERP
112 (0.097 %)SAP Business One
121 (0.048 %)Oracle Financials
121 (0.048 %)Endur
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1210 (10.16 %)TCP/IP
2162 (7.837 %)SAN
3127 (6.144 %)DNS
492 (4.451 %)Firewall
590 (4.354 %)Internet
664 (3.096 %)DHCP
744 (2.129 %)LDAP
837 (1.790 %)FTP
837 (1.790 %)NAS
935 (1.693 %)SMTP
1033 (1.597 %)HTTP
1132 (1.548 %)WAN
1229 (1.403 %)SSL
1326 (1.258 %)SSH
1424 (1.161 %)LAN
1522 (1.064 %)Wireless
1615 (0.726 %)SNMP
1713 (0.629 %)VPN
1713 (0.629 %)iSCSI
1812 (0.581 %)802.11
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1229 (11.08 %)SQL Server
2188 (9.095 %)MySQL
3153 (7.402 %)Oracle 10g
4126 (6.096 %)RDBMS
581 (3.919 %)Oracle 9i
677 (3.725 %)Datawarehouse
764 (3.096 %)SQLPlus
856 (2.709 %)Oracle 8/8i
955 (2.661 %)Oracle 11g
1049 (2.371 %)Oracle Reports
1145 (2.177 %)TOAD
1242 (2.032 %)ETL
1340 (1.935 %)SQL Server 2005
1340 (1.935 %)KDB
1435 (1.693 %)SQL Server 2000
1531 (1.500 %)PostgreSQL
1531 (1.500 %)DB2
1629 (1.403 %)BusinessObjects
1728 (1.355 %)Informix
1820 (0.968 %)Ingres
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
175 (3.628 %)JUnit
268 (3.290 %)Ant
352 (2.516 %)Subversion
439 (1.887 %)Maven
439 (1.887 %)Oracle Forms
534 (1.645 %)QuickTest Pro
625 (1.209 %)Dreamweaver
722 (1.064 %)ERwin
820 (0.968 %)PVCS
918 (0.871 %)ClearCase
1014 (0.677 %)Log4j
1113 (0.629 %)Selenium
1211 (0.532 %)WATIR
1211 (0.532 %)ClearQuest
1211 (0.532 %)TestDirector
1310 (0.484 %)JIRA
149 (0.435 %)Bugzilla
158 (0.387 %)InstallShield
158 (0.387 %)ProC
158 (0.387 %)LoadRunner
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1618 (29.90 %)Finance
2323 (15.63 %)Banking
3225 (10.89 %)Front Office
4188 (9.095 %)Investment Banking
572 (3.483 %)Telecoms
663 (3.048 %)Games
756 (2.709 %)Back Office
847 (2.274 %)Financial Institution
941 (1.984 %)Education
1037 (1.790 %)Pensions
1131 (1.500 %)Government
1228 (1.355 %)Retail
1327 (1.306 %)Online Games
1327 (1.306 %)Health
1421 (1.016 %)Insurance
1519 (0.919 %)Publishing
1611 (0.532 %)Law
1611 (0.532 %)Animation
1710 (0.484 %)Billing
189 (0.435 %)Marketing
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1493 (23.85 %)Developer
2374 (18.09 %)Administrator
3328 (15.87 %)Analyst
4266 (12.87 %)Systems Administrator
5177 (8.563 %)Support Analyst
6173 (8.370 %)Java Developer
7167 (8.079 %)Applications Support
8149 (7.209 %)Linux Administrator
9134 (6.483 %)DBA
10129 (6.241 %)Linux Systems Administrator
11101 (4.886 %)UNIX Administrator
1299 (4.790 %)Senior Developer
1384 (4.064 %)Oracle DBA
1478 (3.774 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
1576 (3.677 %)Consultant
1673 (3.532 %)Support Engineer
1770 (3.387 %)C++ Developer
1869 (3.338 %)Team Leader
1965 (3.145 %)Oracle Developer
2060 (2.903 %)Technical Support
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1143 (6.918 %)Fixed Income
2141 (6.821 %)Derivative
3129 (6.241 %)Equities
482 (3.967 %)Clustering
581 (3.919 %)Client/Server
674 (3.580 %)Open Source
766 (3.193 %)Computer Science
863 (3.048 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
948 (2.322 %)Equity Derivative
1043 (2.080 %)Replication
1126 (1.258 %)CLARiiON
1222 (1.064 %)Multithreading
1321 (1.016 %)SaaS
1419 (0.919 %)Web 2.0
1419 (0.919 %)Mainframe
1518 (0.871 %)Tandem
1615 (0.726 %)HACMP
1615 (0.726 %)Mathematics
1714 (0.677 %)N-Tier
1813 (0.629 %)AS400
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11540 (74.50 %)UNIX
2926 (44.80 %)Linux
3562 (27.19 %)Solaris
4415 (20.08 %)Windows
5237 (11.47 %)Red Hat Linux
6183 (8.853 %)AIX
764 (3.096 %)Windows Server 2003
862 (3.000 %)Debian
954 (2.612 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1053 (2.564 %)HPUX
1141 (1.984 %)Windows Server 2008
1239 (1.887 %)SUSE
1338 (1.838 %)CentOS
1429 (1.403 %)Windows XP
1525 (1.209 %)Windows NT
1614 (0.677 %)VMS
1712 (0.581 %)Mac OS X
189 (0.435 %)FreeBSD
198 (0.387 %)Windows 2000
207 (0.339 %)IRIX
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1129 (6.241 %)OO
2113 (5.467 %)Agile Software Development
3108 (5.225 %)ITIL
493 (4.499 %)Change Management
575 (3.628 %)E-Commerce
669 (3.338 %)Web Development
765 (3.145 %)Configuration Management
859 (2.854 %)Project Management
956 (2.709 %)TDD
1049 (2.371 %)Algorithmic Trading
1148 (2.322 %)Business Intelligence
1245 (2.177 %)OOA/OOD
1245 (2.177 %)Risk Management
1245 (2.177 %)Migration
1343 (2.080 %)Workflow
1343 (2.080 %)Data Modelling
1441 (1.984 %)Load Balancing
1537 (1.790 %)Scrum
1537 (1.790 %)Electronic Trading
1635 (1.693 %)UML
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1823 (39.82 %)SQL
2778 (37.64 %)Perl
3640 (30.96 %)Java
4276 (13.35 %)PL/SQL
5239 (11.56 %)C++
6206 (9.966 %)JavaScript
7167 (8.079 %)PHP
8154 (7.450 %)C#
9142 (6.870 %)C
10125 (6.047 %)Korn
11117 (5.660 %)Bash shell
12111 (5.370 %)Python
1376 (3.677 %)VB
1459 (2.854 %)Tcl
1553 (2.564 %)T-SQL
1647 (2.274 %)Bourne shell
1743 (2.080 %)VBScript
1840 (1.935 %)VBA
1939 (1.887 %)Ruby
2034 (1.645 %)AWK
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1219 (10.60 %)Degree
253 (2.564 %)Security Cleared
336 (1.742 %)Oracle Certification
432 (1.548 %)OCP
531 (1.500 %)ITIL Certification
628 (1.355 %)Microsoft Certification
727 (1.306 %)ISEB
824 (1.161 %)DV Cleared
922 (1.064 %)SC Cleared
1020 (0.968 %)MCSE
1119 (0.919 %)CISSP
1218 (0.871 %)MCTS
1316 (0.774 %)RHCE
1316 (0.774 %)MCSA
1414 (0.677 %)Cisco Certification
1513 (0.629 %)CEH
1612 (0.581 %)RHCT
1711 (0.532 %)Sun Certification
188 (0.387 %)CCNP
197 (0.339 %)CCNA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1124 (5.999 %)QA
261 (2.951 %)SLA
39 (0.435 %)MiFID
41 (0.048 %)HL7
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
199 (4.790 %)Active Directory
282 (3.967 %)Oracle RMAN
353 (2.564 %)Oracle RAC
450 (2.419 %)NFS
533 (1.597 %)Sendmail
630 (1.451 %)VMware Infrastructure
727 (1.306 %)Veritas Volume Manager
826 (1.258 %)Veritas Cluster Server
925 (1.209 %)Samba
1016 (0.774 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1115 (0.726 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
1214 (0.677 %)Postfix
138 (0.387 %)Xen
147 (0.339 %)Veritas File System
156 (0.290 %)VMware ESX
164 (0.194 %)NDS
164 (0.194 %)Snort
173 (0.145 %)Hyper-V
173 (0.145 %)SRDF
182 (0.097 %)OpenLDAP
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
159 (2.854 %)Nagios
254 (2.612 %)Data Guard
342 (2.032 %)NetBackup
441 (1.984 %)Tivoli
525 (1.209 %)Backup Exec
616 (0.774 %)Nessus
715 (0.726 %)AutoSys
715 (0.726 %)Zenoss
812 (0.581 %)Tivoli Monitoring
812 (0.581 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
911 (0.532 %)HP Quality Center
1010 (0.484 %)OpenView
119 (0.435 %)BMC PATROL
128 (0.387 %)CONTROL-M
137 (0.339 %)HP Data Protector
146 (0.290 %)Cacti
146 (0.290 %)MSI
146 (0.290 %)OpenView Configuration Management
155 (0.242 %)Legato
155 (0.242 %)EMC NetWorker
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1530 (25.64 %)Oracle
2246 (11.90 %)Red Hat
3222 (10.74 %)Sybase
4131 (6.338 %)Sun
5120 (5.806 %)IBM
6107 (5.177 %)HP
797 (4.693 %)Microsoft
888 (4.257 %)Cisco
984 (4.064 %)Veritas
984 (4.064 %)TIBCO
1081 (3.919 %)JBoss
1174 (3.580 %)VMware
1273 (3.532 %)EMC
1372 (3.483 %)Bloomberg
1468 (3.290 %)Reuters
1546 (2.225 %)Telerate
1636 (1.742 %)Citrix
1733 (1.597 %)Juniper
1832 (1.548 %)Remedy
1931 (1.500 %)Fidessa