Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills within the West Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited UNIX over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUNIX
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank3618
Rank change on same period last yearDown-18
Matching permanent IT job ads244490
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.163 %0.219 %
As % of the category below23.78 %34.39 %
Salaries quoted173372
Average minimum salary£32,877£29,738
Average salary£35,587£32,255
% change on same period last year+10.33 %
Average maximum salary£38,298£34,771
UK excluding London average salary£38,193£38,350
% change on same period last year-0.40 %
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
West Yorkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads10261425
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.686 %0.636 %
Salaries quoted8611204
Average minimum salary£29,081£26,542
Average salary£30,961£28,619
% change on same period last year+8.18 %
Average maximum salary£32,842£30,696
UK excluding London average salary£34,399£34,145
% change on same period last year+0.74 %
UNIX YorkshireUNIX
Yorkshire

UNIX
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing UNIX across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

West Yorkshire UNIX Demand Trend

UNIX
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing UNIX across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire UNIX Salary Trend

UNIX
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing UNIX across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

West Yorkshire UNIX Salary Histogram

UNIX
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing UNIX within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
LeedsDown-19131£33,450-4.92 %
BradfordUp+1256£40,519+29.34 %
HalifaxDown-2616£31,000+16.07 %
HuddersfieldDown-79£40,889+68.96 %
EllandNew entry-9£29,556-
WakefieldDown-138£50,000+82.92 %
PontefractUp+96--
CastlefordDown-21£28,000+5.66 %
UNIX YorkshireUNIX
Yorkshire

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

1211 (40.04 %)Linux
2150 (28.46 %)Oracle
3143 (27.13 %)Java
4142 (26.94 %)Windows
5108 (20.49 %)SQL
685 (16.13 %)Solaris
775 (14.23 %)Finance
874 (14.04 %)SQL Server
971 (13.47 %)XML
1067 (12.71 %)Apache
1166 (12.52 %)HP
1264 (12.14 %)PHP
1361 (11.57 %)ITIL
1458 (11.01 %)J2EE
1458 (11.01 %)Degree
1556 (10.63 %)AIX
1652 (9.867 %).NET
1751 (9.677 %)MySQL
1850 (9.488 %)TCP/IP
1949 (9.298 %)HPUX
1949 (9.298 %)C#
2047 (8.918 %)Perl
2142 (7.970 %)C++
2241 (7.780 %)HTML
2339 (7.400 %)Internet
2339 (7.400 %)JavaScript
2438 (7.211 %)WebLogic
2537 (7.021 %)Mainframe
2537 (7.021 %)Project Management
2635 (6.641 %)SLA

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
171 (13.47 %)XML
258 (11.01 %)J2EE
352 (9.867 %).NET
441 (7.780 %)HTML
533 (6.262 %)CSS
627 (5.123 %)WebSphere
722 (4.175 %)XHTML
821 (3.985 %)XSLT
920 (3.795 %)WebServices
1016 (3.036 %)JSP
1016 (3.036 %)AJAX
1113 (2.467 %)Adobe Flex
1212 (2.277 %)Adobe AIR
1212 (2.277 %).NET Framework
1311 (2.087 %)Servlets
1410 (1.898 %)SOAP
157 (1.328 %)ASP
166 (1.139 %)Hibernate
166 (1.139 %)Middleware
166 (1.139 %)J2SE
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
167 (12.71 %)Apache
238 (7.211 %)WebLogic
314 (2.657 %)TeamSite
49 (1.708 %)OpenEdge
49 (1.708 %)SonicMQ
49 (1.708 %)JBoss
49 (1.708 %)WebSphere Message Broker
55 (0.949 %)SharePoint
64 (0.759 %)MS Exchange
64 (0.759 %)Tomcat
64 (0.759 %)WebSphere Application Server
64 (0.759 %)IIS
64 (0.759 %)ESB
73 (0.569 %)MQSeries
73 (0.569 %)SAS
82 (0.380 %)Tuxedo
82 (0.380 %)Oracle Application Server
82 (0.380 %)Exchange Server 2000
82 (0.380 %)Exchange Server 2003
82 (0.380 %)NetWeaver
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
112 (2.277 %)MS Excel
26 (1.139 %)MS Project
34 (0.759 %)MS Office
43 (0.569 %)Photoshop
52 (0.380 %)MS PowerPoint
61 (0.190 %)MS Visio
61 (0.190 %)Fireworks
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
111 (2.087 %)Oracle Applications
28 (1.518 %)Oracle EBS
28 (1.518 %)JDE EnterpriseOne
36 (1.139 %)Oracle Financials
45 (0.949 %)Movex
52 (0.380 %)SAP R/3
52 (0.380 %)Staffware
61 (0.190 %)Oracle ERP
61 (0.190 %)Oracle iRecruitment
61 (0.190 %)Oracle Financial Analyzer
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
150 (9.488 %)TCP/IP
239 (7.400 %)Internet
334 (6.452 %)SAN
432 (6.072 %)Firewall
530 (5.693 %)DNS
621 (3.985 %)LAN
720 (3.795 %)FTP
817 (3.226 %)WAN
915 (2.846 %)HTTP
1012 (2.277 %)VLAN
119 (1.708 %)iSCSI
119 (1.708 %)VPN
119 (1.708 %)MPLS
126 (1.139 %)SMTP
135 (0.949 %)LDAP
135 (0.949 %)Broadband
135 (0.949 %)SNMP
135 (0.949 %)Wireless
144 (0.759 %)ICMP
144 (0.759 %)HTTPS
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
174 (14.04 %)SQL Server
251 (9.677 %)MySQL
334 (6.452 %)RDBMS
426 (4.934 %)SQL Server 2005
520 (3.795 %)DB2
617 (3.226 %)SQL Server 2000
713 (2.467 %)SQLPlus
713 (2.467 %)Oracle 10g
811 (2.087 %)Oracle 8/8i
98 (1.518 %)Oracle 9i
106 (1.139 %)ETL
114 (0.759 %)Datawarehouse
114 (0.759 %)PostgreSQL
122 (0.380 %)Oracle Reports
122 (0.380 %)BusinessObjects
122 (0.380 %)Oracle OWB
122 (0.380 %)Oracle BI EE
122 (0.380 %)SQL Server 2008
131 (0.190 %)Oracle 11g
131 (0.190 %)SAS Enterprise Guide
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (1.708 %)WebSpeed
28 (1.518 %)Subversion
37 (1.328 %)JUnit
45 (0.949 %)Flash
45 (0.949 %)Ant
53 (0.569 %)Eclipse
62 (0.380 %)Visual Studio
71 (0.190 %)LoadRunner
71 (0.190 %)WebLOAD
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
175 (14.23 %)Finance
233 (6.262 %)Telecoms
332 (6.072 %)Retail
332 (6.072 %)Pensions
425 (4.744 %)Health
514 (2.657 %)Manufacturing
613 (2.467 %)Marketing
710 (1.898 %)Financial Institution
87 (1.328 %)Multimedia
96 (1.139 %)Automotive
105 (0.949 %)Insurance
114 (0.759 %)Banking
114 (0.759 %)Education
114 (0.759 %)Electronics
123 (0.569 %)Publishing
132 (0.380 %)Pharmaceutical
132 (0.380 %)Government
141 (0.190 %)Construction
141 (0.190 %)Billing
141 (0.190 %)Auditing
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1130 (24.67 %)Developer
261 (11.57 %)Analyst
350 (9.488 %)Administrator
440 (7.590 %)Architect
539 (7.400 %)Project Manager
636 (6.831 %)Support Analyst
735 (6.641 %)Junior
832 (6.072 %)Support Engineer
930 (5.693 %)Graduate
1028 (5.313 %)DBA
1028 (5.313 %)Junior Developer
1028 (5.313 %)UNIX Support
1127 (5.123 %)Graduate Developer
1226 (4.934 %)Systems Administrator
1325 (4.744 %)Oracle DBA
1325 (4.744 %)PHP Developer
1423 (4.364 %)Technical Architect
1522 (4.175 %)UNIX Administrator
1621 (3.985 %)UNIX Specialist
1719 (3.605 %)Infrastructure Manager
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
137 (7.021 %)Mainframe
222 (4.175 %)Firmware
313 (2.467 %)Management Information System
412 (2.277 %)iSeries
511 (2.087 %)PKI
610 (1.898 %)Web 2.0
79 (1.708 %)Computer Science
87 (1.328 %)Client/Server
94 (0.759 %)Social Network
103 (0.569 %)Mathematics
103 (0.569 %)iPhone
112 (0.380 %)CMDB
112 (0.380 %)Statistics
112 (0.380 %)Clustering
121 (0.190 %)Economics
121 (0.190 %)PDA
121 (0.190 %)NHS
121 (0.190 %)Grid Computing
121 (0.190 %)Credit Risk
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1211 (40.04 %)Linux
2142 (26.94 %)Windows
385 (16.13 %)Solaris
456 (10.63 %)AIX
549 (9.298 %)HPUX
633 (6.262 %)Windows Server 2003
727 (5.123 %)Red Hat Linux
815 (2.846 %)Windows XP
914 (2.657 %)Windows 2000
106 (1.139 %)VMS
106 (1.139 %)OS/390
115 (0.949 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
115 (0.949 %)Windows 2000 Server
124 (0.759 %)Tru64
133 (0.569 %)SUSE
133 (0.569 %)Embedded Linux
133 (0.569 %)Windows Vista
133 (0.569 %)Mac OS X
141 (0.190 %)FreeBSD
141 (0.190 %)Windows NT
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
161 (11.57 %)ITIL
237 (7.021 %)Project Management
332 (6.072 %)ERP
424 (4.554 %)PRINCE2
424 (4.554 %)OO
523 (4.364 %)Software Engineering
616 (3.036 %)RUP
616 (3.036 %)Disaster Recovery
616 (3.036 %)Scrum
715 (2.846 %)Load Balancing
813 (2.467 %)Information Security
813 (2.467 %)Security Management
813 (2.467 %)Service Delivery
813 (2.467 %)DSDM
912 (2.277 %)Integration Testing
1010 (1.898 %)Configuration Management
1010 (1.898 %)Agile Software Development
119 (1.708 %)OOA/OOD
119 (1.708 %)SOA
128 (1.518 %)Performance Management
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1143 (27.13 %)Java
2108 (20.49 %)SQL
364 (12.14 %)PHP
449 (9.298 %)C#
547 (8.918 %)Perl
642 (7.970 %)C++
739 (7.400 %)JavaScript
832 (6.072 %)C
929 (5.503 %)VB
1025 (4.744 %)Ruby
1119 (3.605 %)Shell Script
1218 (3.416 %)COBOL
1316 (3.036 %)PL/SQL
1411 (2.087 %)Python
1510 (1.898 %)RPG
169 (1.708 %)Progress 4GL
169 (1.708 %)Assembly Language
177 (1.328 %)ActionScript
186 (1.139 %)VB6
195 (0.949 %)VB.NET
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
158 (11.01 %)Degree
212 (2.277 %)Microsoft Certification
39 (1.708 %)PRINCE2 Certification
48 (1.518 %)Oracle Certification
56 (1.139 %)HND
65 (0.949 %)MCSE
65 (0.949 %)MCP
73 (0.569 %)OCP
73 (0.569 %)OCA
73 (0.569 %)ITIL Certification
73 (0.569 %)MCSA
82 (0.380 %)Cisco Certification
82 (0.380 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
91 (0.190 %)CISA
91 (0.190 %)QiCA
91 (0.190 %)RHCE
91 (0.190 %)Sun Certification
91 (0.190 %)CCIE
91 (0.190 %)CCNP
91 (0.190 %)CCNA
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
135 (6.641 %)SLA
214 (2.657 %)ISO27001
312 (2.277 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
49 (1.708 %)COBIT
49 (1.708 %)PCI DSS
56 (1.139 %)QA
61 (0.190 %)ISO9001
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
116 (3.036 %)Active Directory
212 (2.277 %)Oracle RAC
311 (2.087 %)Oracle RMAN
410 (1.898 %)Terminal Services
57 (1.328 %)VMware Infrastructure
64 (0.759 %)NetBackup
73 (0.569 %)Squid
82 (0.380 %)AquaLogic
82 (0.380 %)Terminal Server
91 (0.190 %)ISA Server
91 (0.190 %)MSMQ
91 (0.190 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
128 (5.313 %)OpenView
26 (1.139 %)Tivoli
34 (0.759 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
34 (0.759 %)NNM
43 (0.569 %)HP Data Protector
43 (0.569 %)Unicenter
52 (0.380 %)Nagios
61 (0.190 %)OVPI
61 (0.190 %)MOM
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1150 (28.46 %)Oracle
266 (12.52 %)HP
335 (6.641 %)Sun
434 (6.452 %)Microsoft
530 (5.693 %)Citrix
628 (5.313 %)IBM
727 (5.123 %)Red Hat
820 (3.795 %)Dell
916 (3.036 %)Cisco
1013 (2.467 %)Adobe
1110 (1.898 %)Interwoven
129 (1.708 %)Progress
129 (1.708 %)VMware
138 (1.518 %)JD Edwards
146 (1.139 %)EMC
146 (1.139 %)Apple
154 (0.759 %)BEA
154 (0.759 %)ATG
163 (0.569 %)StorageTek
163 (0.569 %)VERITAS