Unix Jobs in Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for Unix skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Unix over the 3 months to 24 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Unix North West / Manchester
Location	3 months to 24 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	83	75	97
Rank change year-on-year	-8	+22
Permanent jobs citing Unix	146	115	90
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester	3.53%	3.30%	2.69%
As % of the Operating Systems category	14.04%	15.19%	11.57%
Number of salaries quoted	126	91	70
Median salary	£52,500	£40,000	£37,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	+31.25%	+6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than	£32,500	£26,000	£23,900
10% offered a salary of more than	£66,400	£47,500	£60,250
UK excluding London median salary	£45,000	£44,500	£45,000
% change year-on-year	+1.12%	-1.11%

Unix is in the operating system skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for operating system skills.

Operating System Skills Manchester
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills	1040	757	778
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester	25.16%	21.70%	23.23%
Number of salaries quoted	914	660	648
Median salary	£37,500	£37,500	£34,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	+8.69%
90% offered a salary of more than	£23,500	£24,000	£22,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£55,000	£52,500	£50,000
UK excluding London median salary	£37,500	£37,500	£37,500

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in Manchester citing Unix as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Operating Systems category.

Job vacancy trend for Unix in Manchester

Unix
Salary Trend in Manchester

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Unix in Manchester.

Unix
Salary Histogram in Manchester

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Unix in Manchester over the 3 months to 24 June 2017.

Unix
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unix within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 24 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Stockport	-7	12	£32,500	-2.25%	5
Altrincham	-4	3	£45,000	-5.26%	1
Salford	-	3	-	-
Oldham	+1	2	£43,750	-
Rochdale	-1	2	£30,000	+11.11%
Wigan	-	1	£60,000	-
Unix North West

Unix
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Manchester

For the 6 months to 24 June 2017, IT jobs citing Unix also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the Manchester region with a requirement for Unix.

1	161 (61.69%)	Linux
2	136 (52.11%)	SQL
3	118 (45.21%)	Puppet
4	114 (43.68%)	DevOps
5	101 (38.70%)	Opscode Chef
6	95 (36.40%)	Python
7	90 (34.48%)	Agile Software Development
8	85 (32.57%)	Windows
9	79 (30.27%)	Shell Script
10	70 (26.82%)	Configuration Management
11	65 (24.90%)	Finance
12	61 (23.37%)	Continuous Integration
13	60 (22.99%)	Oracle
13	60 (22.99%)	Java
14	59 (22.61%)	Ansible

15	56 (21.46%)	SQL Server
16	49 (18.77%)	Open Source
17	48 (18.39%)	Amazon AWS
18	46 (17.62%)	Red Hat
18	46 (17.62%)	Scrum
19	43 (16.48%)	Telecoms
19	43 (16.48%)	Relational Database
19	43 (16.48%)	Hadoop
19	43 (16.48%)	Ruby
20	42 (16.09%)	OpenStack
20	42 (16.09%)	Business Intelligence
21	40 (15.33%)	.NET
21	40 (15.33%)	C++
21	40 (15.33%)	Bash Shell
22	38 (14.56%)	Big Data

Unix
Co-occurring IT Skills in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	42 (16.09%)	OpenStack
2	29 (11.11%)	CloudStack
3	22 (8.43%)	Apache Spark
4	12 (4.60%)	Apache
5	9 (3.45%)	Tomcat
5	9 (3.45%)	WebLogic
5	9 (3.45%)	WebSphere
6	8 (3.07%)	nginx
7	6 (2.30%)	Oracle Workflow
7	6 (2.30%)	SAS
8	5 (1.92%)	JBoss
8	5 (1.92%)	Oracle SOA Suite
8	5 (1.92%)	SharePoint
9	4 (1.53%)	Exchange Server 2010
9	4 (1.53%)	Exchange Server 2013
9	4 (1.53%)	GlassFish
9	4 (1.53%)	MS Exchange
9	4 (1.53%)	SharePoint 2013
10	2 (0.77%)	Apache Solr
10	2 (0.77%)	Elasticsearch

Applications
1	3 (1.15%)	Microsoft Office

Business Applications
1	32 (12.26%)	SAP Oil and Gas
2	6 (2.30%)	Oracle Applications
2	6 (2.30%)	Oracle EBS
3	5 (1.92%)	Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4	3 (1.15%)	Oracle EBS R12
5	2 (0.77%)	Oracle Financials
6	1 (0.38%)	Dynamics CRM
6	1 (0.38%)	Oracle Retail
6	1 (0.38%)	SAP Business One
6	1 (0.38%)	SAP ERP

Cloud Services
1	48 (18.39%)	Amazon AWS
2	30 (11.49%)	Google Cloud Platform
2	30 (11.49%)	Microsoft Azure
3	8 (3.07%)	OpenShift
3	8 (3.07%)	PaaS
4	5 (1.92%)	Cloud Computing
5	4 (1.53%)	GitHub
6	2 (0.77%)	Google App Engine
6	2 (0.77%)	SaaS
7	1 (0.38%)	Amazon EC2
7	1 (0.38%)	Amazon Kinesis
7	1 (0.38%)	Amazon SQS
7	1 (0.38%)	AWS Lambda

Communications & Networking
1	18 (6.90%)	Firewall
2	15 (5.75%)	MPLS
3	11 (4.21%)	VPN
4	9 (3.45%)	Internet
5	8 (3.07%)	BGP
5	8 (3.07%)	DNS
5	8 (3.07%)	Ethernet
5	8 (3.07%)	OSPF
5	8 (3.07%)	SAN
5	8 (3.07%)	VoIP
6	7 (2.68%)	Broadband
6	7 (2.68%)	LAN
6	7 (2.68%)	TCP/IP
7	6 (2.30%)	HTTP
7	6 (2.30%)	L2TP
8	5 (1.92%)	BT 21CN
8	5 (1.92%)	Cisco IOS
8	5 (1.92%)	IPsec
8	5 (1.92%)	Network Security
8	5 (1.92%)	RSVP

Database & Business Intelligence
1	56 (21.46%)	SQL Server
2	43 (16.48%)	Hadoop
2	43 (16.48%)	Relational Database
3	38 (14.56%)	Big Data
4	27 (10.34%)	MySQL
5	14 (5.36%)	Oracle Database
6	12 (4.60%)	PostgreSQL
7	6 (2.30%)	Oracle BI Publisher
7	6 (2.30%)	Oracle Reports
8	5 (1.92%)	Oracle ODI
9	4 (1.53%)	SAS Visual Analytics
10	3 (1.15%)	Apache Hive
11	2 (0.77%)	Cloudera CDH
11	2 (0.77%)	CouchDB
11	2 (0.77%)	MongoDB
11	2 (0.77%)	NoSQL
11	2 (0.77%)	Oracle BI EE
11	2 (0.77%)	Oracle Discoverer
12	1 (0.38%)	Amazon DynamoDB
12	1 (0.38%)	Oracle Database 12c

Development Applications
1	19 (7.28%)	Jenkins
2	13 (4.98%)	Git (software)
3	11 (4.21%)	Bitbucket
4	8 (3.07%)	JIRA
5	7 (2.68%)	Subversion
6	6 (2.30%)	Oracle Forms
6	6 (2.30%)	Visual Studio
7	5 (1.92%)	TeamCity
7	5 (1.92%)	Toad
8	4 (1.53%)	JUnit
9	3 (1.15%)	Vagrant
10	2 (0.77%)	Codeception
10	2 (0.77%)	PHPUnit
11	1 (0.38%)	Bundler
11	1 (0.38%)	Burp Suite
11	1 (0.38%)	GoCD
11	1 (0.38%)	Gradle
11	1 (0.38%)	gulp
11	1 (0.38%)	Maven
11	1 (0.38%)	Selenium

General
1	65 (24.90%)	Finance
2	43 (16.48%)	Telecoms
3	34 (13.03%)	Manufacturing
4	32 (12.26%)	Electronics
4	32 (12.26%)	Marketing
5	8 (3.07%)	Banking
5	8 (3.07%)	Retail
6	4 (1.53%)	Billing
6	4 (1.53%)	Corporate Banking
7	1 (0.38%)	Legal
7	1 (0.38%)	Local Government
7	1 (0.38%)	Music Industry

Job Titles
1	70 (26.82%)	DevOps Engineer
2	39 (14.94%)	Platform Engineer
3	34 (13.03%)	Developer
4	29 (11.11%)	Architect
4	29 (11.11%)	Cloud Architect
5	27 (10.34%)	Administrator
6	26 (9.96%)	Systems Administrator
7	24 (9.20%)	Linux Administrator
7	24 (9.20%)	Linux Systems Administrator
8	22 (8.43%)	Lead DevOps
9	21 (8.05%)	DevOps Architect
10	16 (6.13%)	Applications Support
11	15 (5.75%)	Analyst
11	15 (5.75%)	Support Engineer
12	14 (5.36%)	PHP Developer
13	13 (4.98%)	Cloud Engineer
14	12 (4.60%)	Linux Engineer
14	12 (4.60%)	Software Engineer
15	11 (4.21%)	Consultant
16	10 (3.83%)	Support Analyst

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	40 (15.33%)	.NET
2	22 (8.43%)	RabbitMQ
3	21 (8.05%)	MSMQ
4	19 (7.28%)	HTML
5	18 (6.90%)	CSS
6	16 (6.13%)	XML
7	13 (4.98%)	LAMP
8	8 (3.07%)	jQuery
8	8 (3.07%)	Web Services
9	7 (2.68%)	Ajax
10	6 (2.30%)	ATL
10	6 (2.30%)	CakePHP
10	6 (2.30%)	HTML5
10	6 (2.30%)	JSON
10	6 (2.30%)	Laravel
10	6 (2.30%)	RESTful
10	6 (2.30%)	SOAP
10	6 (2.30%)	Symfony
10	6 (2.30%)	Twitter Bootstrap
11	5 (1.92%)	AngularJS

Miscellaneous
1	34 (13.03%)	Public Cloud
2	16 (6.13%)	Clustering
2	16 (6.13%)	iPad
3	14 (5.36%)	Analytical Skills
4	12 (4.60%)	Management Information System
5	11 (4.21%)	Enterprise Software
6	7 (2.68%)	Blog
7	6 (2.30%)	N-Tier
8	5 (1.92%)	Data Centre
8	5 (1.92%)	Handset
8	5 (1.92%)	Private Cloud
9	4 (1.53%)	Linux Command Line
9	4 (1.53%)	Mobile Computing
9	4 (1.53%)	Smartphone
10	3 (1.15%)	Security Operations Centre
11	2 (0.77%)	Cyber Attack
12	1 (0.38%)	Computer Science
12	1 (0.38%)	Greenfield Project
12	1 (0.38%)	iPhone
12	1 (0.38%)	User Experience

Operating Systems
1	161 (61.69%)	Linux
2	85 (32.57%)	Windows
3	22 (8.43%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4	15 (5.75%)	HPUX
4	15 (5.75%)	Windows Server
5	13 (4.98%)	CentOS
6	12 (4.60%)	AIX
6	12 (4.60%)	Ubuntu
7	11 (4.21%)	Solaris
8	7 (2.68%)	Mac OS X
8	7 (2.68%)	SUSE
9	6 (2.30%)	Windows Server 2008
9	6 (2.30%)	Windows Server 2012
10	5 (1.92%)	Debian
10	5 (1.92%)	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11	4 (1.53%)	Windows Server 2003
12	2 (0.77%)	Android
12	2 (0.77%)	Apple iOS
13	1 (0.38%)	Data ONTAP
13	1 (0.38%)	FreeBSD

Processes & Methodologies
1	114 (43.68%)	DevOps
2	90 (34.48%)	Agile Software Development
3	70 (26.82%)	Configuration Management
4	61 (23.37%)	Continuous Integration
5	49 (18.77%)	Open Source
6	46 (17.62%)	Scrum
7	42 (16.09%)	Business Intelligence
8	33 (12.64%)	Programme Management
9	32 (12.26%)	Digital Marketing
9	32 (12.26%)	Machine Learning
10	30 (11.49%)	DSDM
10	30 (11.49%)	ITIL
10	30 (11.49%)	RUP
11	25 (9.58%)	Analytics
12	19 (7.28%)	High Availability
13	18 (6.90%)	OO
13	18 (6.90%)	Software Engineering
14	15 (5.75%)	Change Management
15	12 (4.60%)	Continuous Delivery
15	12 (4.60%)	Cybersecurity

Programming Languages
1	136 (52.11%)	SQL
2	95 (36.40%)	Python
3	79 (30.27%)	Shell Script
4	60 (22.99%)	Java
5	43 (16.48%)	Ruby
6	40 (15.33%)	Bash Shell
6	40 (15.33%)	C++
7	31 (11.88%)	Go
8	22 (8.43%)	JavaScript
9	18 (6.90%)	Perl
10	16 (6.13%)	PHP
11	12 (4.60%)	PL/SQL
12	8 (3.07%)	C
13	7 (2.68%)	C#
14	4 (1.53%)	Korn
14	4 (1.53%)	PowerShell
15	3 (1.15%)	AWK
15	3 (1.15%)	sed
16	2 (0.77%)	ANSI SQL
16	2 (0.77%)	VB

Qualifications
1	32 (12.26%)	Degree
2	15 (5.75%)	Cisco Certification
3	13 (4.98%)	CCNP
3	13 (4.98%)	JNCIP
4	4 (1.53%)	ISEB
4	4 (1.53%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
5	3 (1.15%)	CISA
5	3 (1.15%)	ITIL Certification
6	2 (0.77%)	CCNA
6	2 (0.77%)	CEH
6	2 (0.77%)	CISM
6	2 (0.77%)	CISSP
6	2 (0.77%)	CREST Certified
6	2 (0.77%)	MCSA
6	2 (0.77%)	MCSE
6	2 (0.77%)	Microsoft Certification
6	2 (0.77%)	RHCT
7	1 (0.38%)	ACCA
7	1 (0.38%)	AWS Certification
7	1 (0.38%)	SANS

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	8 (3.07%)	SLA
2	6 (2.30%)	ISO 9000
3	4 (1.53%)	QA
4	2 (0.77%)	GCP
4	2 (0.77%)	ISO/IEC 27001
4	2 (0.77%)	PCI DSS
5	1 (0.38%)	ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5	1 (0.38%)	Sarbanes-Oxley

System Software
1	34 (13.03%)	vSphere
2	31 (11.88%)	Docker
3	29 (11.11%)	Xen
3	29 (11.11%)	XenServer
4	19 (7.28%)	VMware Infrastructure
5	9 (3.45%)	PowerHA
6	7 (2.68%)	Active Directory
7	4 (1.53%)	Hyper-V
8	3 (1.15%)	HDFS
8	3 (1.15%)	KVM
8	3 (1.15%)	NFS
9	2 (0.77%)	VMware ESXi
10	1 (0.38%)	OpenSIPS
10	1 (0.38%)	XenApp

Systems Management
1	118 (45.21%)	Puppet
2	101 (38.70%)	Opscode Chef
3	59 (22.61%)	Ansible
4	30 (11.49%)	Cobbler
4	30 (11.49%)	Tivoli
5	21 (8.05%)	Mesos
6	13 (4.98%)	Nagios
7	11 (4.21%)	Packer
8	9 (3.45%)	CFEngine
9	8 (3.07%)	Kubernetes
10	7 (2.68%)	FortiGate
11	6 (2.30%)	Terraform
12	5 (1.92%)	Cacti
12	5 (1.92%)	SolarWinds Orion
13	4 (1.53%)	AirWatch
13	4 (1.53%)	Control-M
13	4 (1.53%)	Kibana
13	4 (1.53%)	logstash
13	4 (1.53%)	Nessus
13	4 (1.53%)	Nmap

Vendors
1	60 (22.99%)	Oracle
2	46 (17.62%)	Red Hat
3	34 (13.03%)	SAP
4	29 (11.11%)	EnterpriseDB
4	29 (11.11%)	Google
5	28 (10.73%)	VMware
6	21 (8.05%)	Microsoft
7	16 (6.13%)	Cisco
8	10 (3.83%)	Juniper
9	9 (3.45%)	IBM
9	9 (3.45%)	Veritas
10	7 (2.68%)	Ericsson
11	6 (2.30%)	HP
12	5 (1.92%)	Aquila
12	5 (1.92%)	BroadSoft
12	5 (1.92%)	BT
12	5 (1.92%)	Citrix
12	5 (1.92%)	GENBAND
12	5 (1.92%)	SolarWinds
12	5 (1.92%)	Sonus