The first table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wolverhampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited UNIX over the 3 months to 23 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 Wolverhampton region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
UNIX
Rank 16 19 18
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -1
Permanent jobs citing UNIX 4 1 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 6.349% 1.389% 4.918%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.79% 4.348% 8.824%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 3
Average salary £28,750 £30,500 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.73% +35.55%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £39,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.26%
All Operating Systems
Wolverhampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
29 23 34
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 46.03% 31.94% 55.74%
Number of salaries quoted 28 23 32
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £29,000 £22,050
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £35,450 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
UNIX
West Midlands

UNIX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wolverhampton 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 Wolverhampton region.

Wolverhampton UNIX Salary Trend

UNIX
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wolverhampton 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%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle
2 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Service Management
2 3 (75.00%) Release Management
2 3 (75.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (25.00%) MCITP
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) Windows
3 1 (25.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) MCSE
3 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) WAN
3 1 (25.00%) VPN
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) CCNA
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Internet
3 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wolverhampton 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.

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) WAN
1 1 (25.00%) VPN
1 1 (25.00%) Internet
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Release Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Configuration Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Deployment Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Systems Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) Service Management
2 3 (75.00%) Release Management
2 3 (75.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) MCITP
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) MCSE
1 1 (25.00%) CCNA
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft