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This section looks at the demand for the UNIX Engineer role in IT jobs across the UK compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited UNIX Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 UNIX Engineer
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank551551
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads415552
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.223 %0.230 %
As % of the category below0.247 %0.247 %
Salaries quoted282434
Average minimum salary£37,561£39,724
Average salary£41,687£42,993
% change on same period last year-3.03 %
Average maximum salary£45,813£46,262
UK excluding London average salary£36,064£38,026
% change on same period last year-5.15 %
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads167999223565
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled90.44 %93.19 %
Salaries quoted138679176982
Average minimum salary£39,022£40,911
Average salary£42,669£44,683
% change on same period last year-4.50 %
Average maximum salary£46,315£48,454
UK excluding London average salary£38,055£39,430
% change on same period last year-3.48 %

UNIX Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing UNIX Engineer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

UNIX Engineer Demand Trend

UNIX Engineer
Salary Trend

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

UNIX Engineer Salary Trend

UNIX Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing UNIX Engineer over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 within the UK.

UNIX Engineer Salary Histogram

UNIX Engineer
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing UNIX Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-9406£41,892-2.72 %
LondonUp+42166£52,547+3.56 %
South EastDown-3690£39,673-6.64 %
East of EnglandUp+4371£36,082+3.88 %
City of LondonDown-956£53,742+5.97 %
BerkshireDown-3948£41,143+1.33 %
HertfordshireUp+3040£35,743+15.30 %
South WestNo change026£35,519-6.33 %
CambridgeshireDown-822£31,952-18.07 %
CambridgeDown-1421£31,952-18.33 %
YorkshireDown-1720£34,425+2.69 %
OxfordshireUp+1119£28,833+10.89 %
ReadingDown-314£43,321+7.50 %
West MidlandsUp+214£31,170-10.47 %
West YorkshireUp+1613£28,450-20.83 %
North WestDown-1312£36,100+3.04 %
LeedsUp+2112£28,750-20.00 %
BicesterNew entry-11--
YorkDown-811£44,375+29.42 %
North YorkshireUp+411£44,375+35.59 %
KentUp+18£37,938+7.87 %
EssexNew entry-8£50,000-
West MallingDown-88£37,938+11.58 %
BasildonNew entry-8£50,000-
BristolDown-137£34,929+16.42 %
HampshireUp+37£38,667+26.77 %
ScotlandUp+307£31,000-6.76 %
East MidlandsUp+86£29,125+4.01 %
HerefordshireDown-66£34,167+1.68 %
DorsetUp+76£37,500-10.71 %

UNIX Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs within the UK that cited UNIX Engineer 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 UNIX Engineer in their job title.

1778 (100.00 %)UNIX
2462 (59.38 %)Solaris
3420 (53.98 %)Linux
4196 (25.19 %)Sun
5188 (24.16 %)TCP/IP
6184 (23.65 %)Perl
7162 (20.82 %)Red Hat Linux
8161 (20.69 %)Red Hat
9146 (18.77 %)Apache
10143 (18.38 %)Finance
11131 (16.84 %)AIX
11131 (16.84 %)DNS
12126 (16.20 %)Oracle
12126 (16.20 %)Windows
13115 (14.78 %)Java
14107 (13.75 %)SAN
15106 (13.62 %)HPUX
16105 (13.50 %)Shell Script
17101 (12.98 %)HP
1889 (11.44 %)Internet
1987 (11.18 %)Firewall
2085 (10.93 %)C
2181 (10.41 %)Banking
2280 (10.28 %)C++
2375 (9.640 %)SQL
2468 (8.740 %)WebLogic
2566 (8.483 %)WebSphere
2664 (8.226 %)Cisco
2761 (7.841 %)LAN
2860 (7.712 %)WAN

UNIX Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs within the UK that cited UNIX Engineer 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 UNIX Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
166 (8.483 %)WebSphere
240 (5.141 %)XML
331 (3.985 %)J2EE
429 (3.728 %)FIX Protocol
528 (3.599 %)WebServices
624 (3.085 %)Middleware
711 (1.414 %)HTML
85 (0.643 %)XSLT
94 (0.514 %)JMS
94 (0.514 %)X-Windows
103 (0.386 %)LAMP
103 (0.386 %)CSS
112 (0.257 %)Servlets
112 (0.257 %)STL
112 (0.257 %)WAP
112 (0.257 %)Software Packaging
112 (0.257 %)OpenGL
112 (0.257 %)DirectX
121 (0.129 %)CGI
121 (0.129 %)SAP Basis
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1146 (18.77 %)Apache
268 (8.740 %)WebLogic
351 (6.555 %)JBoss
351 (6.555 %)Tomcat
49 (1.157 %)Oracle Application Server
56 (0.771 %)iPlanet
63 (0.386 %)WebSphere MQ
63 (0.386 %)WebSphere Application Server
72 (0.257 %)Rendezvous
72 (0.257 %)CMS
72 (0.257 %)MS Exchange
81 (0.129 %)ColdFusion
81 (0.129 %)Tuxedo
81 (0.129 %)MQSeries
81 (0.129 %)TIBCO EMS
81 (0.129 %)WebSphere Message Broker
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (0.386 %)MS Office
13 (0.386 %)MS Excel
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
19 (1.157 %)RMDS
21 (0.129 %)BASE24
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1188 (24.16 %)TCP/IP
2131 (16.84 %)DNS
3107 (13.75 %)SAN
489 (11.44 %)Internet
587 (11.18 %)Firewall
661 (7.841 %)LAN
760 (7.712 %)WAN
846 (5.913 %)LDAP
944 (5.656 %)VPN
1029 (3.728 %)VLAN
1119 (2.442 %)DMZ
1218 (2.314 %)SMTP
1218 (2.314 %)Network Security
1317 (2.185 %)DHCP
1317 (2.185 %)FTP
1413 (1.671 %)HTTP
1511 (1.414 %)ISDN
1511 (1.414 %)DSL
1511 (1.414 %)X.500
169 (1.157 %)SNMP
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
156 (7.198 %)MySQL
221 (2.699 %)RDBMS
316 (2.057 %)SQL Server
415 (1.928 %)DB2
58 (1.028 %)Reference Data
67 (0.900 %)Oracle 8/8i
73 (0.386 %)Oracle 9i
81 (0.129 %)Oracle 10g
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
127 (3.470 %)Ant
215 (1.928 %)Subversion
38 (1.028 %)ClearCase
42 (0.257 %)Eclipse
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1143 (18.38 %)Finance
281 (10.41 %)Banking
349 (6.298 %)Retail
443 (5.527 %)Telecoms
531 (3.985 %)FMCG
629 (3.728 %)Pensions
726 (3.342 %)Investment Banking
819 (2.442 %)Health
912 (1.542 %)Insurance
1010 (1.285 %)Front Office
117 (0.900 %)Back Office
117 (0.900 %)Financial Institution
126 (0.771 %)Education
135 (0.643 %)Government
135 (0.643 %)Publishing
135 (0.643 %)Police
135 (0.643 %)Auditing
142 (0.257 %)Manufacturing
142 (0.257 %)Billing
151 (0.129 %)Games
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
132 (4.113 %)Clustering
219 (2.442 %)SecurID
219 (2.442 %)Computer Science
315 (1.928 %)Equities
315 (1.928 %)HACMP
413 (1.671 %)Derivative
512 (1.542 %)Mathematics
69 (1.157 %)CLARiiON
77 (0.900 %)Mainframe
77 (0.900 %)Statistics
77 (0.900 %)French Language
86 (0.771 %)IPTV
86 (0.771 %)Fixed Income
95 (0.643 %)Replication
95 (0.643 %)Client/Server
104 (0.514 %)Grid Computing
113 (0.386 %)Management Information System
122 (0.257 %)Thin Client
122 (0.257 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
122 (0.257 %)Symmetrix
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1778 (100.00 %)UNIX
2462 (59.38 %)Solaris
3420 (53.98 %)Linux
4162 (20.82 %)Red Hat Linux
5131 (16.84 %)AIX
6126 (16.20 %)Windows
7106 (13.62 %)HPUX
831 (3.985 %)Fedora
925 (3.213 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1023 (2.956 %)SUSE
1116 (2.057 %)Debian
1116 (2.057 %)CentOS
1215 (1.928 %)Windows 2000
1311 (1.414 %)Windows Server 2003
149 (1.157 %)Ubuntu
156 (0.771 %)Windows XP
156 (0.771 %)Mac OS X
164 (0.514 %)Windows Vista
173 (0.386 %)Windows 2000 Server
173 (0.386 %)VMS
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
159 (7.584 %)ITIL
233 (4.242 %)Security Cleared
326 (3.342 %)Agile Software Development
423 (2.956 %)B2B
521 (2.699 %)Service Delivery
521 (2.699 %)Disaster Recovery
620 (2.571 %)Logistics
719 (2.442 %)Identity Management
719 (2.442 %)Load Balancing
813 (1.671 %)SC Cleared
912 (1.542 %)Release Management
1010 (1.285 %)Problem Management
1010 (1.285 %)Network Design
119 (1.157 %)Project Management
119 (1.157 %)Electronic Trading
128 (1.028 %)User Acceptance Testing
128 (1.028 %)Regression Testing
137 (0.900 %)OO
137 (0.900 %)E-Commerce
146 (0.771 %)Incident Management
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1184 (23.65 %)Perl
2115 (14.78 %)Java
3105 (13.50 %)Shell Script
485 (10.93 %)C
580 (10.28 %)C++
675 (9.640 %)SQL
756 (7.198 %)Python
818 (2.314 %)Ruby
98 (1.028 %)JavaScript
106 (0.771 %)Korn
114 (0.514 %)PHP
114 (0.514 %)PL/SQL
123 (0.386 %)AWK
132 (0.257 %)VC++
132 (0.257 %)C#
132 (0.257 %)Tcl
141 (0.129 %)Lisp
141 (0.129 %)Embedded C
141 (0.129 %)Embedded C++
141 (0.129 %)Haskell
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
151 (6.555 %)Degree
217 (2.185 %)Sun Certification
39 (1.157 %)RHCE
39 (1.157 %)Cisco Certification
48 (1.028 %)PhD
48 (1.028 %)CCNA
55 (0.643 %)ITIL Certification
55 (0.643 %)Microsoft Certification
55 (0.643 %)HNC
64 (0.514 %)MCSE
64 (0.514 %)CCNP
64 (0.514 %)RHCT
73 (0.386 %)SCSA
81 (0.129 %)HP APS
81 (0.129 %)IBM AIX Certification
81 (0.129 %)CCIP
81 (0.129 %)MCP
81 (0.129 %)HND
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
122 (2.828 %)SLA
28 (1.028 %)QA
31 (0.129 %)HMG Infosec
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
135 (4.499 %)NetBackup
214 (1.799 %)NFS
310 (1.285 %)Active Directory
310 (1.285 %)VMware ESX
310 (1.285 %)Oracle RAC
46 (0.771 %)VMware Infrastructure
52 (0.257 %)Samba
52 (0.257 %)Squid
52 (0.257 %)Xen
61 (0.129 %)Backup Exec
61 (0.129 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
61 (0.129 %)Citrix Presentation Server
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
135 (4.499 %)Tivoli
213 (1.671 %)Nagios
310 (1.285 %)OpenView
49 (1.157 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
58 (1.028 %)AutoSys
66 (0.771 %)BMC PATROL
75 (0.643 %)Unicenter
82 (0.257 %)CONTROL-M
82 (0.257 %)Tivoli Monitoring
91 (0.129 %)Legato
91 (0.129 %)CiscoWorks
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1196 (25.19 %)Sun
2161 (20.69 %)Red Hat
3126 (16.20 %)Oracle
4101 (12.98 %)HP
564 (8.226 %)Cisco
648 (6.170 %)VERITAS
742 (5.398 %)IBM
827 (3.470 %)Reuters
827 (3.470 %)VMware
922 (2.828 %)Bloomberg
922 (2.828 %)EMC
1017 (2.185 %)Microsoft
1114 (1.799 %)CheckPoint
1212 (1.542 %)CA
1310 (1.285 %)TIBCO
149 (1.157 %)Citrix
158 (1.028 %)NetApp
167 (0.900 %)BMC
176 (0.771 %)Brocade
185 (0.643 %)Remedy