The first table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills in IT jobs advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited UNIX over the 3 months to 17 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 Watford region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
UNIX
Rank 16 9 21
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +12
Permanent jobs citing UNIX 36 85 60
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 12.50% 23.81% 14.02%
As % of the Operating Systems category 31.58% 48.57% 34.48%
Number of salaries quoted 23 31 14
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Operating Systems
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
114 175 174
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 39.58% 49.02% 40.65%
Number of salaries quoted 95 105 106
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £26,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £51,500 £65,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
UNIX
Hertfordshire

UNIX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford UNIX Salary Trend

UNIX
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing UNIX across the Watford region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Watford UNIX Salary Histogram

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 86 (62.77%) Retail
2 79 (57.66%) Oracle
3 77 (56.20%) Finance
4 76 (55.47%) DB2
5 74 (54.01%) Linux
6 73 (53.28%) SQL
7 70 (51.09%) Games
8 69 (50.36%) E-Commerce
9 67 (48.91%) Windows
10 65 (47.45%) WebSphere
11 63 (45.99%) IBM
12 62 (45.26%) Java
13 61 (44.53%) WebSphere Application Server
14 52 (37.96%) AIX
15 49 (35.77%) J2EE
16 48 (35.04%) HTTP
17 44 (32.12%) IIS
17 44 (32.12%) IBM HTTP Server
18 43 (31.39%) MQSeries
19 39 (28.47%) Tomcat
20 29 (21.17%) Perl
21 27 (19.71%) Sun
21 27 (19.71%) Web Development
22 26 (18.98%) Firewall
23 21 (15.33%) JDBC
23 21 (15.33%) ITIL
23 21 (15.33%) Bash shell
24 20 (14.60%) JavaScript
24 20 (14.60%) HP
24 20 (14.60%) Project Management

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 65 (47.45%) WebSphere
2 49 (35.77%) J2EE
3 21 (15.33%) JDBC
4 19 (13.87%) HTML
4 19 (13.87%) Middleware
5 18 (13.14%) XML
5 18 (13.14%) .NET
6 17 (12.41%) JSP
6 17 (12.41%) CSS
7 10 (7.299%) XHTML
7 10 (7.299%) Struts
7 10 (7.299%) Web Services
7 10 (7.299%) JSTL
8 8 (5.839%) SAP BSP
9 5 (3.650%) Servlets
9 5 (3.650%) EJB
9 5 (3.650%) Web Dynpro
10 3 (2.190%) Hibernate
10 3 (2.190%) Flash
10 3 (2.190%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 61 (44.53%) WebSphere Application Server
2 44 (32.12%) IIS
2 44 (32.12%) IBM HTTP Server
3 43 (31.39%) MQSeries
4 39 (28.47%) Tomcat
5 18 (13.14%) Apache
6 10 (7.299%) MS Exchange
7 5 (3.650%) NetWeaver
7 5 (3.650%) CMS
7 5 (3.650%) ESB
8 2 (1.460%) Liferay
Applications
1 11 (8.029%) MS Excel
2 10 (7.299%) MS Office
3 2 (1.460%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 7 (5.109%) SAP BPC
2 2 (1.460%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.730%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 48 (35.04%) HTTP
2 26 (18.98%) Firewall
3 15 (10.95%) Internet
4 14 (10.22%) SAN
5 10 (7.299%) VPN
5 10 (7.299%) LAN
5 10 (7.299%) VoIP
5 10 (7.299%) WAN
5 10 (7.299%) FTP
6 5 (3.650%) DNS
7 2 (1.460%) SNMP
7 2 (1.460%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.730%) Network Security
8 1 (0.730%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (55.47%) DB2
2 7 (5.109%) Informix
2 7 (5.109%) RDBMS
2 7 (5.109%) SAP BW
3 4 (2.920%) Oracle 10g
4 3 (2.190%) DbVisualizer
5 1 (0.730%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 15 (10.95%) Rational Application Developer
2 13 (9.489%) Jenkins
2 13 (9.489%) Subversion
2 13 (9.489%) Ant
3 12 (8.759%) JUnit
3 12 (8.759%) Eclipse
4 10 (7.299%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
5 3 (2.190%) QuickTest Pro
5 3 (2.190%) LoadRunner
General
1 86 (62.77%) Retail
2 77 (56.20%) Finance
3 70 (51.09%) Games
4 14 (10.22%) Manufacturing
5 10 (7.299%) Advertising
6 3 (2.190%) Legal
6 3 (2.190%) Electronics
6 3 (2.190%) Multimedia
6 3 (2.190%) Marketing
7 2 (1.460%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.730%) Banking
8 1 (0.730%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 28 (20.44%) Analyst
2 27 (19.71%) Developer
3 26 (18.98%) Support Analyst
4 23 (16.79%) Architect
5 13 (9.489%) Infrastructure Architect
6 12 (8.759%) Applications Support
7 11 (8.029%) Java Developer
7 11 (8.029%) Operations Analyst
7 11 (8.029%) Operations Support Analyst
8 10 (7.299%) Technical Delivery Manager
8 10 (7.299%) Java/J2EE Developer
8 10 (7.299%) Delivery Manager
8 10 (7.299%) Technical Services Manager
8 10 (7.299%) Developer Analyst
8 10 (7.299%) Technical Manager
8 10 (7.299%) J2EE Developer
8 10 (7.299%) Administrator
8 10 (7.299%) Services Delivery Manager
8 10 (7.299%) Service Manager
8 10 (7.299%) IT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.489%) Management Information System
2 8 (5.839%) FMCG
3 4 (2.920%) Online Games
4 3 (2.190%) SaaS
4 3 (2.190%) ASIC
4 3 (2.190%) 3D Graphics
4 3 (2.190%) VHDL
4 3 (2.190%) Verilog
4 3 (2.190%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
5 1 (0.730%) Statistics
5 1 (0.730%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.730%) Device Driver
5 1 (0.730%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (0.730%) DataPower
Operating Systems
1 74 (54.01%) Linux
2 67 (48.91%) Windows
3 52 (37.96%) AIX
4 18 (13.14%) SUSE
4 18 (13.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (8.029%) Solaris
6 1 (0.730%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (50.36%) E-Commerce
2 27 (19.71%) Web Development
3 21 (15.33%) ITIL
4 20 (14.60%) Project Management
5 15 (10.95%) MVC
6 14 (10.22%) Service Delivery
7 12 (8.759%) CRM
8 11 (8.029%) SOA
9 10 (7.299%) RAD
9 10 (7.299%) Content Management
9 10 (7.299%) Continuous Integration
10 6 (4.380%) Performance Testing
10 6 (4.380%) Web Application Development
10 6 (4.380%) UML
11 5 (3.650%) OO
11 5 (3.650%) Information Management
11 5 (3.650%) SAP ESA
11 5 (3.650%) Validation
11 5 (3.650%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (3.650%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 73 (53.28%) SQL
2 62 (45.26%) Java
3 29 (21.17%) Perl
4 21 (15.33%) Bash shell
5 20 (14.60%) JavaScript
6 13 (9.489%) Shell Script
7 11 (8.029%) ABAP
8 3 (2.190%) Tcl
8 3 (2.190%) C-shell
8 3 (2.190%) C
9 2 (1.460%) C++
9 2 (1.460%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.460%) VB
9 2 (1.460%) Korn
Qualifications
1 10 (7.299%) MCP
1 10 (7.299%) MCSE
1 10 (7.299%) Microsoft Certification
1 10 (7.299%) Sun Certification
1 10 (7.299%) MCTS
1 10 (7.299%) MCITP
1 10 (7.299%) Security Cleared
2 7 (5.109%) Degree
3 3 (2.190%) CISM
3 3 (2.190%) CISSP
4 2 (1.460%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.730%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.190%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (2.190%) PCI DSS
2 2 (1.460%) SLA
2 2 (1.460%) QA
System Software
1 10 (7.299%) VMware Server
1 10 (7.299%) VMware Infrastructure
1 10 (7.299%) vSphere
2 4 (2.920%) Oracle RMAN
2 4 (2.920%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 4 (2.920%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 1 (0.730%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 79 (57.66%) Oracle
2 63 (45.99%) IBM
3 27 (19.71%) Sun
4 20 (14.60%) HP
5 18 (13.14%) Red Hat
6 17 (12.41%) Dell
7 15 (10.95%) SAP
8 11 (8.029%) Microsoft
9 10 (7.299%) CheckPoint
9 10 (7.299%) Remedy
9 10 (7.299%) Avaya
9 10 (7.299%) VMware
10 6 (4.380%) JBoss
11 2 (1.460%) Perforce
12 1 (0.730%) Intel
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