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The table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills within the Bedford region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited UNIX over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUNIX
Location
3 months to
1 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank66
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads34
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.004 %
As % of the category below37.50 %26.67 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£250-
Average daily rate£275-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£300-
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£340
% change on same period last year+1.92 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.11£32.48
% change on same period last year-7.31 %
Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Bedford
Matching contract IT job ads815
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.016 %
Daily rates quoted30
Average minimum daily rate£233-
Average daily rate£252-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£272-
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£320
% change on same period last year-1.12 %
Hourly rates quoted29
Average minimum hourly rate£12.25£14.35
Average hourly rate£14.13£14.66
% change on same period last year-3.62 %
Average maximum hourly rate£16.00£14.96
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.95£21.94
% change on same period last year+0.07 %
UNIX BedfordshireUNIX
Bedfordshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

UNIX
Demand Trend

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

Bedford UNIX Demand Trend

UNIX
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bedford UNIX Daily Rate Trend

UNIX
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing UNIX across the Bedford region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

Bedford UNIX Daily Rate Histogram

UNIX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bedford UNIX Hourly Rate Trend

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bedford 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.

12 (50.00 %)HTML
12 (50.00 %)JavaScript
12 (50.00 %)XML
12 (50.00 %)MS Access
12 (50.00 %)Ingres
12 (50.00 %)SQL Server
12 (50.00 %)Government
21 (25.00 %)SSH
21 (25.00 %)Business Analysis
21 (25.00 %)Local Government
21 (25.00 %)PKI
21 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2008
21 (25.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
21 (25.00 %)Service Management
21 (25.00 %)Finance
21 (25.00 %)MS Office
21 (25.00 %)OpenView
21 (25.00 %)HP
21 (25.00 %)ITIL Certification
21 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (25.00 %)Internet
21 (25.00 %)Tivoli
21 (25.00 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
21 (25.00 %)Project Management
21 (25.00 %)ITIL
21 (25.00 %)Windows
21 (25.00 %)AIX
21 (25.00 %)Solaris
21 (25.00 %)Linux
21 (25.00 %)MS Excel

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bedford 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.

Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (50.00 %)HTML
12 (50.00 %)XML
Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (25.00 %)MS Office
11 (25.00 %)MS Excel
Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (25.00 %)Internet
11 (25.00 %)SSH
Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (50.00 %)SQL Server
12 (50.00 %)MS Access
12 (50.00 %)Ingres
Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (50.00 %)Government
21 (25.00 %)Local Government
21 (25.00 %)Finance
Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Applications Developer
12 (50.00 %)Developer
21 (25.00 %)Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Server Support
21 (25.00 %)Support Engineer
21 (25.00 %)3rd Line Support
21 (25.00 %)Server Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Operations Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Server Support Engineer
21 (25.00 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)PKI
Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (25.00 %)Windows
11 (25.00 %)AIX
11 (25.00 %)Solaris
11 (25.00 %)Linux
11 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2008
11 (25.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)ITIL
11 (25.00 %)Project Management
11 (25.00 %)Service Management
11 (25.00 %)Business Analysis
Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (50.00 %)JavaScript
21 (25.00 %)Perl
21 (25.00 %)SQL
Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (25.00 %)ITIL Certification
Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (25.00 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (25.00 %)OpenView
11 (25.00 %)Tivoli
Bedford IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (25.00 %)HP