Unix Jobs in the West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 30 May 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Unix England / West Midlands
Location	3 months to 30 May 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	91	73	48
Rank change year-on-year	-18	-25
Permanent jobs citing Unix	150	209	263
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands	3.00%	3.42%	4.87%
As % of the Operating Systems category	14.14%	17.71%	21.77%
Number of salaries quoted	110	134	242
Median salary	£45,000	£42,250	£44,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	+6.50%	-5.05%
90% offered a salary of more than	£34,900	£30,000	£26,050
10% offered a salary of more than	£55,150	£62,050	£65,000
UK excluding London median salary	£45,000	£45,000	£44,750
% change year-on-year	-	+0.55%

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 the West Midlands with a requirement for operating system skills.

Operating System Skills West Midlands
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills	1061	1180	1208
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands	21.25%	19.32%	22.36%
Number of salaries quoted	904	982	1076
Median salary	£36,000	£35,000	£35,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+2.85%	-
90% offered a salary of more than	£25,000	£22,000	£22,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£49,000	£54,000	£50,000
UK excluding London median salary	£37,500	£37,500	£37,500

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in the West Midlands 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 the West Midlands

Unix
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Unix in the West Midlands

Unix
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Unix in the West Midlands over the 3 months to 30 May 2017.

Salary histogram for Unix in the West Midlands

Unix
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unix within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 30 May 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
Birmingham	-10	53	£45,000	-10.00%	5
Shropshire	+9	38	£45,000	+45.16%	2
Coventry	-1	31	£49,500	+10.00%	5
Worcestershire	+5	10	£43,477	+58.09%
Warwickshire	-4	5	£35,000	-11.39%	2
Solihull	-7	2	£33,250	+3.10%
Staffordshire	+7	1	£25,000	-60.00%	2
Unix England

Unix
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 30 May 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 West Midlands region with a requirement for Unix.

1	176 (57.89%)	Linux
2	148 (48.68%)	Windows
3	98 (32.24%)	Java
4	90 (29.61%)	SQL
5	89 (29.28%)	Oracle
6	74 (24.34%)	ITIL
7	57 (18.75%)	Agile Software Development
8	54 (17.76%)	Finance
9	49 (16.12%)	Firewall
10	47 (15.46%)	Data Centre
11	46 (15.13%)	Red Hat
12	43 (14.14%)	Analytical Skills
13	37 (12.17%)	Microsoft
14	32 (10.53%)	WAN
14	32 (10.53%)	SAN

14	32 (10.53%)	SQL Server
14	32 (10.53%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15	31 (10.20%)	TCP/IP
15	31 (10.20%)	VMware
16	30 (9.87%)	MySQL
16	30 (9.87%)	Windows Server
17	29 (9.54%)	SIEM
17	29 (9.54%)	SLA
18	27 (8.88%)	SCOM
19	26 (8.55%)	Cisco
20	25 (8.22%)	Test Automation
20	25 (8.22%)	SDLC
21	24 (7.89%)	NetApp
21	24 (7.89%)	Middleware
21	24 (7.89%)	.NET

Unix
Co-occurring IT Skills in the West Midlands 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	16 (5.26%)	WebLogic
2	11 (3.62%)	Tomcat
3	8 (2.63%)	JBoss
4	4 (1.32%)	Oracle SOA Suite
4	4 (1.32%)	SAS
4	4 (1.32%)	WebSphere
5	3 (0.99%)	Apache
6	2 (0.66%)	Elasticsearch
6	2 (0.66%)	IBM Notes
6	2 (0.66%)	IIS
6	2 (0.66%)	MS Exchange
7	1 (0.33%)	Confluence
7	1 (0.33%)	Jetty
7	1 (0.33%)	Oracle Workflow
7	1 (0.33%)	SharePoint

Applications
1	12 (3.95%)	Microsoft Excel
2	9 (2.96%)	Microsoft Office
3	8 (2.63%)	Microsoft Project
4	6 (1.97%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
4	6 (1.97%)	MS Visio

Business Applications
1	13 (4.28%)	assyst
2	5 (1.64%)	Northgate Housing
3	1 (0.33%)	iTrent
3	1 (0.33%)	Oracle Applications

Cloud Services
1	14 (4.61%)	Amazon AWS
2	7 (2.30%)	Cloud Computing
3	5 (1.64%)	SaaS
4	3 (0.99%)	Microsoft Azure
5	2 (0.66%)	Google Cloud Platform
6	1 (0.33%)	IaaS
6	1 (0.33%)	Office 365
6	1 (0.33%)	PaaS

Communications & Networking
1	49 (16.12%)	Firewall
2	32 (10.53%)	SAN
2	32 (10.53%)	WAN
3	31 (10.20%)	TCP/IP
4	18 (5.92%)	LAN
4	18 (5.92%)	Network Security
5	16 (5.26%)	VPN
6	15 (4.93%)	DNS
6	15 (4.93%)	Internet
7	12 (3.95%)	BGP
7	12 (3.95%)	MPLS
7	12 (3.95%)	OSPF
8	11 (3.62%)	DHCP
8	11 (3.62%)	IP Telephony
8	11 (3.62%)	SNMP
8	11 (3.62%)	VPLS
9	10 (3.29%)	Cisco ASA
9	10 (3.29%)	VLAN
10	9 (2.96%)	Intrusion Detection
11	8 (2.63%)	Wireless

Database & Business Intelligence
1	32 (10.53%)	SQL Server
2	30 (9.87%)	MySQL
3	18 (5.92%)	MongoDB
4	15 (4.93%)	DB2
5	14 (4.61%)	Relational Database
6	12 (3.95%)	Oracle Database
7	11 (3.62%)	Big Data
8	8 (2.63%)	Amazon DynamoDB
9	6 (1.97%)	NoSQL
9	6 (1.97%)	PostgreSQL
10	4 (1.32%)	RDBMS
11	3 (0.99%)	Hadoop
11	3 (0.99%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
12	2 (0.66%)	Base SAS
12	2 (0.66%)	Oracle Database 11g
12	2 (0.66%)	Oracle OWB
12	2 (0.66%)	Power BI
12	2 (0.66%)	QlikView
12	2 (0.66%)	SAS Data Integration Studio
12	2 (0.66%)	SAS Enterprise Guide

Development Applications
1	18 (5.92%)	Selenium
2	12 (3.95%)	SoapUI
3	11 (3.62%)	Git (software)
3	11 (3.62%)	JUnit
4	10 (3.29%)	Cucumber
4	10 (3.29%)	Subversion
5	9 (2.96%)	Maven
6	6 (1.97%)	Mercurial
7	5 (1.64%)	DbUnit
7	5 (1.64%)	jMock
7	5 (1.64%)	Mockito
8	4 (1.32%)	Eclipse
8	4 (1.32%)	eggPlant
8	4 (1.32%)	JBehave
8	4 (1.32%)	JMeter
8	4 (1.32%)	Ranorex
8	4 (1.32%)	SpecFlow
8	4 (1.32%)	WATIR
9	3 (0.99%)	Concordion
9	3 (0.99%)	Gatling

General
1	54 (17.76%)	Finance
2	14 (4.61%)	Retail
3	7 (2.30%)	Banking
4	6 (1.97%)	Pharmaceutical
5	5 (1.64%)	Marketing
6	4 (1.32%)	International Banking
7	3 (0.99%)	Games
8	2 (0.66%)	Back Office
8	2 (0.66%)	Local Government
9	1 (0.33%)	Aerospace
9	1 (0.33%)	Electronics
9	1 (0.33%)	Financial Institution
9	1 (0.33%)	Investment Banking
9	1 (0.33%)	Legal

Job Titles
1	56 (18.42%)	Analyst
2	51 (16.78%)	Developer
3	21 (6.91%)	Administrator
4	20 (6.58%)	Java Developer
5	16 (5.26%)	Applications Support
5	16 (5.26%)	PHP Developer
6	15 (4.93%)	Network Engineer
6	15 (4.93%)	Senior Developer
7	13 (4.28%)	Data Centre Engineer
7	13 (4.28%)	Linux Administrator
7	13 (4.28%)	Monitoring Engineer
7	13 (4.28%)	PHP Web Developer
7	13 (4.28%)	Senior PHP Developer
7	13 (4.28%)	Senior PHP Web Developer
7	13 (4.28%)	Senior Web Developer
7	13 (4.28%)	Web Developer
8	12 (3.95%)	Operations Analyst
8	12 (3.95%)	Security Analyst
8	12 (3.95%)	SOC Analyst
8	12 (3.95%)	Team Leader

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	24 (7.89%)	.NET
1	24 (7.89%)	Middleware
2	16 (5.26%)	HTML
3	15 (4.93%)	CSS
4	13 (4.28%)	XML
5	11 (3.62%)	SOAP
6	10 (3.29%)	Spring
7	8 (2.63%)	J2EE
7	8 (2.63%)	Java EE
8	6 (1.97%)	JMS
9	5 (1.64%)	Apache CXF
9	5 (1.64%)	Flash
9	5 (1.64%)	PowerMock
10	4 (1.32%)	Gherkin
10	4 (1.32%)	JSON
10	4 (1.32%)	RESTful
10	4 (1.32%)	Web Services
11	3 (0.99%)	DirectX
11	3 (0.99%)	OpenGL
11	3 (0.99%)	WSDL

Miscellaneous
1	47 (15.46%)	Data Centre
2	43 (14.14%)	Analytical Skills
3	16 (5.26%)	Fintech
4	12 (3.95%)	Security Operations Centre
5	11 (3.62%)	Replication
6	9 (2.96%)	Enterprise Software
7	7 (2.30%)	Computer Science
7	7 (2.30%)	Driving Licence
7	7 (2.30%)	Management Information System
8	6 (1.97%)	Cyberthreat
9	4 (1.32%)	IBM XIV
9	4 (1.32%)	iPad
10	3 (0.99%)	Data Structures
11	2 (0.66%)	Clustering
11	2 (0.66%)	Credit Risk
11	2 (0.66%)	Mainframe
11	2 (0.66%)	Mobile Banking
11	2 (0.66%)	PKI
12	1 (0.33%)	Field-Programmable Gate Array
12	1 (0.33%)	VHDL

Operating Systems
1	176 (57.89%)	Linux
2	148 (48.68%)	Windows
3	32 (10.53%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4	30 (9.87%)	Windows Server
5	17 (5.59%)	Solaris
6	14 (4.61%)	HPUX
7	11 (3.62%)	AIX
8	7 (2.30%)	VyOS
9	5 (1.64%)	Mac OS
10	4 (1.32%)	Mac OS X
11	3 (0.99%)	Data ONTAP
12	2 (0.66%)	Apple iOS
12	2 (0.66%)	CentOS
12	2 (0.66%)	MVS
12	2 (0.66%)	SUSE
12	2 (0.66%)	Windows Server 2003
12	2 (0.66%)	Windows Server 2008
12	2 (0.66%)	Windows Server 2012
12	2 (0.66%)	Windows XP
13	1 (0.33%)	Kali Linux

Processes & Methodologies
1	74 (24.34%)	ITIL
2	57 (18.75%)	Agile Software Development
3	29 (9.54%)	SIEM
4	25 (8.22%)	SDLC
4	25 (8.22%)	Test Automation
5	24 (7.89%)	Project Management
6	23 (7.57%)	Capacity Planning
6	23 (7.57%)	Continuous Integration
7	22 (7.24%)	Service Delivery
7	22 (7.24%)	SOA
8	21 (6.91%)	Change Management
8	21 (6.91%)	DevOps
9	20 (6.58%)	Software Engineering
10	19 (6.25%)	Service Management
11	17 (5.59%)	Continuous Improvement
11	17 (5.59%)	MVC
11	17 (5.59%)	Network Monitoring
11	17 (5.59%)	Scrum
12	16 (5.26%)	Change Control
12	16 (5.26%)	Migration

Programming Languages
1	98 (32.24%)	Java
2	90 (29.61%)	SQL
3	24 (7.89%)	JavaScript
4	23 (7.57%)	Shell Script
5	21 (6.91%)	PHP
6	19 (6.25%)	C
7	18 (5.92%)	Perl
8	15 (4.93%)	C++
9	14 (4.61%)	Korn
10	10 (3.29%)	COBOL
11	8 (2.63%)	C#
11	8 (2.63%)	PL/SQL
11	8 (2.63%)	Python
12	5 (1.64%)	PowerShell
13	3 (0.99%)	Bash Shell
14	2 (0.66%)	JCL
15	1 (0.33%)	Assembly Language
15	1 (0.33%)	Erlang
15	1 (0.33%)	Haskell
15	1 (0.33%)	MATLAB

Qualifications
1	18 (5.92%)	Degree
2	14 (4.61%)	GIAC
2	14 (4.61%)	ISTQB
3	13 (4.28%)	ITIL Certification
3	13 (4.28%)	SANS
3	13 (4.28%)	Security Cleared
4	12 (3.95%)	Cisco Certification
4	12 (3.95%)	GCIA
4	12 (3.95%)	GCIH
4	12 (3.95%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
5	11 (3.62%)	CCNA
5	11 (3.62%)	CISSP
5	11 (3.62%)	ISEB
6	9 (2.96%)	CREST Certified
7	8 (2.63%)	CCNP
7	8 (2.63%)	CEH
7	8 (2.63%)	GREM
7	8 (2.63%)	PMI Certification
7	8 (2.63%)	PMP
8	7 (2.30%)	SC Cleared

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	29 (9.54%)	SLA
2	23 (7.57%)	QA
3	5 (1.64%)	PMO
4	4 (1.32%)	ISO/IEC 27001
5	1 (0.33%)	PCI DSS

System Software
1	14 (4.61%)	Active Directory
2	13 (4.28%)	Hyper-V
3	10 (3.29%)	Docker
3	10 (3.29%)	Snort
3	10 (3.29%)	VMware Infrastructure
4	9 (2.96%)	NFS
5	4 (1.32%)	Veritas Volume Manager
6	3 (0.99%)	Firmware
6	3 (0.99%)	GPFS
6	3 (0.99%)	pfSense
7	2 (0.66%)	Job Entry Subsystem
7	2 (0.66%)	Time Sharing Option
8	1 (0.33%)	Apache ZooKeeper
8	1 (0.33%)	Virtual Desktop
8	1 (0.33%)	VMware ESXi
8	1 (0.33%)	VMware Server
8	1 (0.33%)	XenApp
8	1 (0.33%)	XenDesktop
8	1 (0.33%)	XenServer

Systems Management
1	27 (8.88%)	SCOM
2	22 (7.24%)	Tivoli
3	21 (6.91%)	SCCM
4	19 (6.25%)	Nagios
5	8 (2.63%)	Puppet
6	7 (2.30%)	Ansible
7	5 (1.64%)	Netcool
7	5 (1.64%)	Netcool/OMNIbus
8	4 (1.32%)	Oracle ZFS
8	4 (1.32%)	SCOrch
9	3 (0.99%)	Nessus
9	3 (0.99%)	NetApp OnCommand
9	3 (0.99%)	SnapMirror
10	2 (0.66%)	Opscode Chef
10	2 (0.66%)	Oracle RMAN
10	2 (0.66%)	QRadar
11	1 (0.33%)	HP Fortify
11	1 (0.33%)	ITRS Geneos
11	1 (0.33%)	Kibana
11	1 (0.33%)	SELinux

Vendors
1	89 (29.28%)	Oracle
2	46 (15.13%)	Red Hat
3	37 (12.17%)	Microsoft
4	31 (10.20%)	VMware
5	26 (8.55%)	Cisco
6	24 (7.89%)	NetApp
7	20 (6.58%)	SolarWinds
8	19 (6.25%)	HP
9	17 (5.59%)	Sybase
10	13 (4.28%)	Brocade
10	13 (4.28%)	Citrix
10	13 (4.28%)	LogRhythm
11	11 (3.62%)	ProCurve
12	10 (3.29%)	CommVault
12	10 (3.29%)	IBM
13	9 (2.96%)	ArcSight
13	9 (2.96%)	CheckPoint
14	7 (2.30%)	Aruba
14	7 (2.30%)	SonicWALL
14	7 (2.30%)	Ubiquiti