The first table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills in IT contracts advertised for the Basildon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited UNIX over the 3 months to 22 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 Basildon region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
UNIX
Rank 14 6 4
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -2
Contract jobs citing UNIX 1 8 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Basildon 2.326% 22.86% 31.48%
As % of the Operating Systems category 33.33% 42.11% 94.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 9
Average daily rate - £288 £213
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +35.29%
UK excluding London average daily rate £354 £375 £350
% change year-on-year
-5.54% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
Average hourly rate £32.50 £29.75 £29.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.24% +1.70%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-7.69% -
All Operating Systems
Basildon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
3 19 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Basildon 6.977% 54.29% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 13 9
Average daily rate - £265 £213
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +24.70%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
Average hourly rate £21.50 £27.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.37% -10.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
UNIX
Essex

UNIX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Basildon UNIX Jobs Demand Trend

UNIX
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing UNIX across the Basildon region.

Basildon UNIX Daily Rate Trend

UNIX
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing UNIX across the Basildon region.

Basildon UNIX Hourly Rate Trend

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Basildon 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited UNIX.

1 6 (85.71%) HTML
1 6 (85.71%) Java
1 6 (85.71%) JavaScript
1 6 (85.71%) XML
2 4 (57.14%) PL/SQL
2 4 (57.14%) SQL
2 4 (57.14%) Oracle
3 3 (42.86%) Ant
3 3 (42.86%) CSS
3 3 (42.86%) JSP
3 3 (42.86%) J2EE
3 3 (42.86%) Linux
3 3 (42.86%) OO
3 3 (42.86%) RAD
3 3 (42.86%) Ajax
3 3 (42.86%) WebSphere
3 3 (42.86%) Web Development
3 3 (42.86%) XHTML
3 3 (42.86%) SOA
3 3 (42.86%) IBM
3 3 (42.86%) Sun
3 3 (42.86%) Sun Certification
3 3 (42.86%) C++
4 2 (28.57%) Automotive
5 1 (14.29%) Oracle Application Server
5 1 (14.29%) Oracle 10gAS
5 1 (14.29%) Shell Script
5 1 (14.29%) Oracle 10g
5 1 (14.29%) Oracle Discoverer
5 1 (14.29%) OOD

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Basildon 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited UNIX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (85.71%) HTML
1 6 (85.71%) XML
2 3 (42.86%) CSS
2 3 (42.86%) JSP
2 3 (42.86%) J2EE
2 3 (42.86%) Ajax
2 3 (42.86%) WebSphere
2 3 (42.86%) XHTML
3 1 (14.29%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Application Server
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle 10gAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle 10g
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Discoverer
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle 9i
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Ant
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle Forms
General
1 2 (28.57%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (42.86%) SQL Developer
3 2 (28.57%) PL/SQL Developer
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Linux
2 1 (14.29%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) OO
1 3 (42.86%) RAD
1 3 (42.86%) Web Development
1 3 (42.86%) SOA
2 1 (14.29%) OOD
2 1 (14.29%) UML
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) Java
1 6 (85.71%) JavaScript
2 4 (57.14%) PL/SQL
2 4 (57.14%) SQL
3 3 (42.86%) C++
4 1 (14.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Sun Certification
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Oracle
2 3 (42.86%) IBM
2 3 (42.86%) Sun
3 1 (14.29%) Business Objects