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This section looks at the demand for HP-UX skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited HPUX over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHP-UX
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank10951
Rank change on same period last yearDown-58
Matching contract IT job ads20143
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.026 %0.142 %
As % of the category below2.381 %10.15 %
Daily rates quoted154
Average minimum daily rate£300£361
Average daily rate£300£375
% change on same period last year-20.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£390
UK excluding London average daily rate£371£372
% change on same period last year-0.09 %
Hourly rates quoted119
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00£24.26
Average hourly rate£50.00£26.59
% change on same period last year+88.02 %
Average maximum hourly rate£65.00£28.92
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.82£30.11
% change on same period last year+2.34 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads8401409
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.109 %1.403 %
Daily rates quoted177500
Average minimum daily rate£343£350
Average daily rate£365£372
% change on same period last year-1.89 %
Average maximum daily rate£386£394
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£336
% change on same period last year-2.15 %
Hourly rates quoted119183
Average minimum hourly rate£25.43£25.15
Average hourly rate£27.32£26.53
% change on same period last year+2.96 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.21£27.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.12£22.83
% change on same period last year-3.10 %
HPUX South EastHPUX
South East

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.

HPUX
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire HPUX Demand Trend

HPUX
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire HPUX Daily Rate Trend

HPUX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire HPUX Hourly Rate Trend

HPUX
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HPUX within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ReadingDown-1712£300-28.88 %
BracknellUp+11--
HPUX South EastHPUX
South East

HPUX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing HPUX 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 HPUX.

133 (76.74 %)UNIX
230 (69.77 %)Solaris
329 (67.44 %)HP
418 (41.86 %)Windows
516 (37.21 %)SQL
615 (34.88 %)Oracle
712 (27.91 %)Sun
811 (25.58 %)OpenView
811 (25.58 %)Windows Server 2003
910 (23.26 %)Replication
109 (20.93 %)Microsoft
118 (18.60 %)IBM
118 (18.60 %)Perl
118 (18.60 %)Shell Script
127 (16.28 %)Migration
127 (16.28 %)Linux
127 (16.28 %)Tivoli
136 (13.95 %)Oracle RAC
136 (13.95 %)Load Balancing
136 (13.95 %)Security Cleared
136 (13.95 %)BMC
136 (13.95 %)TCP/IP
136 (13.95 %)C
136 (13.95 %)Clustering
136 (13.95 %)BMC PATROL
145 (11.63 %)AWK
145 (11.63 %)Front Office
145 (11.63 %)Back Office
145 (11.63 %)Retail
145 (11.63 %)Billing

HPUX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing HPUX 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 HPUX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (6.977 %).NET
13 (6.977 %).NET Framework
22 (4.651 %)Middleware
31 (2.326 %)XML
31 (2.326 %)J2EE
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (4.651 %)IIS
21 (2.326 %)WebLogic
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (6.977 %)MS Office
22 (4.651 %)MS Excel
31 (2.326 %)Shockwave
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (13.95 %)TCP/IP
24 (9.302 %)SAN
33 (6.977 %)DNS
41 (2.326 %)SS7
41 (2.326 %)X.400
41 (2.326 %)X.500
41 (2.326 %)SSH
41 (2.326 %)Internet
41 (2.326 %)GPRS
41 (2.326 %)GSM
41 (2.326 %)UMTS
41 (2.326 %)SMTP
41 (2.326 %)FTP
41 (2.326 %)HTTP
41 (2.326 %)LDAP
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (11.63 %)Oracle 8/8i
24 (9.302 %)Informix
32 (4.651 %)SQL Server
41 (2.326 %)TOAD
41 (2.326 %)BusinessObjects
41 (2.326 %)Oracle 9i
41 (2.326 %)MySQL
41 (2.326 %)Oracle 11g
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (4.651 %)ERwin
21 (2.326 %)ProC
21 (2.326 %)Flash
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (11.63 %)Front Office
15 (11.63 %)Back Office
15 (11.63 %)Retail
15 (11.63 %)Billing
24 (9.302 %)Government
33 (6.977 %)Telecoms
33 (6.977 %)Finance
41 (2.326 %)Legal
41 (2.326 %)Banking
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
113 (30.23 %)Administrator
210 (23.26 %)Systems Administrator
37 (16.28 %)UNIX Engineer
37 (16.28 %)Consultant
45 (11.63 %)Support Engineer
45 (11.63 %)Infrastructure Engineer
45 (11.63 %)UNIX Support Engineer
45 (11.63 %)UNIX Administrator
45 (11.63 %)UNIX Support
53 (6.977 %)Tester
53 (6.977 %)Technical Support
53 (6.977 %)Architect
53 (6.977 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
53 (6.977 %)Infrastructure Support Engineer
62 (4.651 %)Technical Support Engineer
62 (4.651 %)Technical Engineer
62 (4.651 %)IT Administrator
62 (4.651 %)Systems Engineer
71 (2.326 %)Programme Manager
71 (2.326 %)Analyst
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
110 (23.26 %)Replication
26 (13.95 %)Clustering
32 (4.651 %)PKI
41 (2.326 %)Cryptography
41 (2.326 %)Data Conversion
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
133 (76.74 %)UNIX
230 (69.77 %)Solaris
318 (41.86 %)Windows
411 (25.58 %)Windows Server 2003
57 (16.28 %)Linux
65 (11.63 %)AIX
74 (9.302 %)Red Hat Linux
82 (4.651 %)Windows XP
82 (4.651 %)SUSE
91 (2.326 %)Tru64
91 (2.326 %)Windows NT
91 (2.326 %)Windows 2000
91 (2.326 %)Windows Server 2008
91 (2.326 %)Windows Vista
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (16.28 %)Migration
26 (13.95 %)Load Balancing
26 (13.95 %)Security Cleared
35 (11.63 %)SC Cleared
43 (6.977 %)Service Management
52 (4.651 %)Test Scripting
52 (4.651 %)Project Management
52 (4.651 %)Configuration Management
61 (2.326 %)Service Delivery
61 (2.326 %)Change Management
61 (2.326 %)Business Intelligence
61 (2.326 %)Data Modelling
61 (2.326 %)SOA
61 (2.326 %)ITIL
61 (2.326 %)PRINCE2
61 (2.326 %)DV Cleared
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
116 (37.21 %)SQL
28 (18.60 %)Perl
28 (18.60 %)Shell Script
36 (13.95 %)C
45 (11.63 %)AWK
53 (6.977 %)Java
61 (2.326 %)PL/SQL
61 (2.326 %)Korn
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (2.326 %)MCSE
11 (2.326 %)Microsoft Certification
11 (2.326 %)ISEB
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (6.977 %)QA
22 (4.651 %)SLA
22 (4.651 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (13.95 %)Oracle RAC
24 (9.302 %)Active Directory
32 (4.651 %)Citrix Presentation Server
32 (4.651 %)Terminal Services
32 (4.651 %)ISA Server
32 (4.651 %)NetBackup
41 (2.326 %)Oracle RMAN
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
111 (25.58 %)OpenView
27 (16.28 %)Tivoli
36 (13.95 %)BMC PATROL
45 (11.63 %)Tivoli Monitoring
51 (2.326 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
129 (67.44 %)HP
215 (34.88 %)Oracle
312 (27.91 %)Sun
49 (20.93 %)Microsoft
58 (18.60 %)IBM
66 (13.95 %)BMC
75 (11.63 %)CA
75 (11.63 %)VERITAS
84 (9.302 %)Red Hat
93 (6.977 %)Citrix
102 (4.651 %)Siebel
102 (4.651 %)Baan
102 (4.651 %)Adobe
111 (2.326 %)Sophos
111 (2.326 %)ICL
111 (2.326 %)Cisco
111 (2.326 %)BEA
111 (2.326 %)EMC
111 (2.326 %)Unisys
111 (2.326 %)Business Objects