The first table below looks at the demand for the UNIX Systems Administrator role in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited UNIX Systems Administrator in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
UNIX System Administrator (UNIX SA)
Rank 191 183 -
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -
Permanent jobs requiring a UNIX Systems Administrator 11 11 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.209% 0.230% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.219% 0.241% -
Number of salaries quoted 11 10 0
Average salary £50,000 £35,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+42.85% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £39,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year
+2.56% -11.36%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5030 4566 4118
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 95.37% 95.50% 95.13%
Number of salaries quoted 4188 4010 3490
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
UNIX Systems Administrator
England

UNIX Systems Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing UNIX Systems Administrator across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Midlands UNIX Systems Administrator Jobs Demand Trend

UNIX Systems Administrator
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing UNIX Systems Administrator across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands UNIX Systems Administrator Salary Trend

UNIX Systems Administrator
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing UNIX Systems Administrator within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
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Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
Birmingham -10 11 £50,000 +42.85% 2
UNIX Systems Administrator
England

UNIX Systems Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited UNIX Systems Administrator 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 Systems Administrator in their job title.

1 28 (100.00%) UNIX
2 27 (96.43%) Linux
3 25 (89.29%) AIX
3 25 (89.29%) Solaris
4 22 (78.57%) Oracle
4 22 (78.57%) Red Hat
5 20 (71.43%) SAN
6 19 (67.86%) Veritas
6 19 (67.86%) Shell Script
6 19 (67.86%) Finance
6 19 (67.86%) VMware
6 19 (67.86%) Veritas Volume Manager
7 18 (64.29%) SUSE
7 18 (64.29%) Sun
8 17 (60.71%) EMC
8 17 (60.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 17 (60.71%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 17 (60.71%) Korn
9 16 (57.14%) Veritas File System
9 16 (57.14%) ITIL
10 15 (53.57%) Perl
10 15 (53.57%) RDF
10 15 (53.57%) Banking
10 15 (53.57%) Symmetrix DMX
11 14 (50.00%) Oracle Exadata
12 13 (46.43%) Wiki
12 13 (46.43%) SharePoint
13 10 (35.71%) Sybase
13 10 (35.71%) Change Management
13 10 (35.71%) Investment Banking

UNIX Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited UNIX Systems Administrator 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 Systems Administrator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 13 (46.43%) SharePoint
2 8 (28.57%) SAS
3 2 (7.143%) Oracle Application Server
Communications & Networking
1 20 (71.43%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (50.00%) Oracle Exadata
2 2 (7.143%) TOAD
3 1 (3.571%) Oracle 10g
General
1 19 (67.86%) Finance
2 15 (53.57%) Banking
3 10 (35.71%) Investment Banking
4 6 (21.43%) Financial Institution
5 2 (7.143%) Corporate Banking
Miscellaneous
1 15 (53.57%) Symmetrix DMX
2 13 (46.43%) Wiki
3 4 (14.29%) LPAR
4 2 (7.143%) HACMP
Operating Systems
1 28 (100.00%) UNIX
2 27 (96.43%) Linux
3 25 (89.29%) AIX
3 25 (89.29%) Solaris
4 18 (64.29%) SUSE
5 17 (60.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (10.71%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (57.14%) ITIL
2 15 (53.57%) RDF
3 10 (35.71%) Change Management
4 9 (32.14%) Problem Management
5 8 (28.57%) Risk Analysis
6 2 (7.143%) Wealth Management
6 2 (7.143%) Fund Management
6 2 (7.143%) Capacity Management
6 2 (7.143%) Business Transformation
Programming Languages
1 19 (67.86%) Shell Script
2 17 (60.71%) Korn
3 15 (53.57%) Perl
Qualifications
1 8 (28.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.143%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (67.86%) Veritas Volume Manager
2 17 (60.71%) Veritas Cluster Server
3 16 (57.14%) Veritas File System
4 6 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (3.571%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 2 (7.143%) Foglight
1 2 (7.143%) YUM
Vendors
1 22 (78.57%) Oracle
1 22 (78.57%) Red Hat
2 19 (67.86%) Veritas
2 19 (67.86%) VMware
3 18 (64.29%) Sun
4 17 (60.71%) EMC
5 10 (35.71%) Sybase
6 4 (14.29%) IBM
7 1 (3.571%) HP
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
This role will see you working in the support team and you will be responsible for the monitoring, maintenance and support of AIX Unix and Linux servers running...
Spring Technology
Salary: £35000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + Plus benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Skills required: - Solaris 10 (and earlier releases) - Solaris 10 Zones - Linux (Red hat, SUSE, VMware) - Veritas Cluster Server (Support & Architecture/Deployments) - Veritas Volume Manager (including advanced troubleshooting) - Veritas...
Scope AT Ltd
Salary: £45 - £55 per annum + benefits, bonus
Posted: 21 May 2013