The first table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills in IT jobs advertised for the Walton-on-Thames region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited UNIX over the 3 months to 22 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 Walton-on-Thames region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
UNIX
Rank 11 4 4
Rank change year-on-year
-7 0
Permanent jobs citing UNIX 3 9 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Walton-on-Thames 13.64% 23.68% 23.08%
As % of the Operating Systems category 20.00% 81.82% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3 9 5
Average salary £26,000 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-42.22% +5.88%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Operating Systems
Walton-on-Thames
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
15 11 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Walton-on-Thames 68.18% 28.95% 23.08%
Number of salaries quoted 15 11 5
Average salary £26,000 £42,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-38.82% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
UNIX
Surrey

UNIX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Walton-on-Thames 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 Walton-on-Thames region.

Walton-on-Thames UNIX Salary Trend

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Walton-on-Thames 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%) Degree
2 3 (75.00%) Mathematics
2 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (75.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (75.00%) Solaris
2 3 (75.00%) Linux
2 3 (75.00%) C
2 3 (75.00%) C++
2 3 (75.00%) Java
2 3 (75.00%) Perl
2 3 (75.00%) Python
2 3 (75.00%) ISEB
2 3 (75.00%) XML
2 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) Backup Exec
3 1 (25.00%) Citrix
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Terminal Services
3 1 (25.00%) Symantec
3 1 (25.00%) MPLS
3 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
3 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (25.00%) SLA
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco
3 1 (25.00%) CCNA

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Walton-on-Thames 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 3 (75.00%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (25.00%) Lync
1 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) MPLS
1 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (25.00%) Unified Communications
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
General
1 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Tester
1 3 (75.00%) Software Tester
2 2 (50.00%) Systems Tester
3 1 (25.00%) Junior Tester
3 1 (25.00%) Junior
3 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Junior Software Tester
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (75.00%) Solaris
2 3 (75.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) C
1 3 (75.00%) C++
1 3 (75.00%) Java
1 3 (75.00%) Perl
1 3 (75.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 3 (75.00%) ISEB
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (25.00%) CCNA
3 1 (25.00%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Terminal Services
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (25.00%) XenApp
1 1 (25.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Backup Exec
1 1 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Citrix
1 1 (25.00%) Symantec
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco
1 1 (25.00%) Dell
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle
Walton-On-Thames, Surrey
Desktop Software Testing. on Windows with some Solaris 10, RHEL-5 UNIX Linux and Windows-7 basic administrative experience... Programming skills with Python, Perl and XML are desirable.
Go IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £24,000 to £28,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013