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The table below looks at the demand for the UNIX Support role in IT contracts within the Berkshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited UNIX Support in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 UNIX Support
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank-139
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads03
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.083 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£268£332
% change on same period last year-19.16 %
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£37.09£31.60
% change on same period last year+17.40 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads24713622
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.892 %3.881 %
Daily rates quoted6651004
Average minimum daily rate£341£334
Average daily rate£363£354
% change on same period last year+2.56 %
Average maximum daily rate£385£374
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted179429
Average minimum hourly rate£21.41£25.90
Average hourly rate£22.81£27.38
% change on same period last year-16.69 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.21£28.87
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
UNIX Support South EastUNIX Support
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.

UNIX Support
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing UNIX Support across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Berkshire UNIX Support Demand Trend

UNIX Support
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire UNIX Support Daily Rate Trend

UNIX Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire UNIX Support Hourly Rate Trend

UNIX Support
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited UNIX Support in their job title 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 with UNIX Support in their job title.

14 (100.00 %)UNIX
14 (100.00 %)Solaris
23 (75.00 %)Front Office
23 (75.00 %)Back Office
23 (75.00 %)Microsoft
23 (75.00 %)Sun
23 (75.00 %)OpenView
23 (75.00 %)HP
23 (75.00 %)HPUX
32 (50.00 %)Telecoms
41 (25.00 %)Finance
41 (25.00 %)Change Management
41 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
41 (25.00 %)DNS
41 (25.00 %)SAN
41 (25.00 %)Configuration Management
41 (25.00 %)AIX
41 (25.00 %)J2EE
41 (25.00 %)Oracle
41 (25.00 %)Korn

UNIX Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited UNIX Support in their job title 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 with UNIX Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (25.00 %)J2EE
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (25.00 %)DNS
11 (25.00 %)SAN
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (75.00 %)Front Office
13 (75.00 %)Back Office
22 (50.00 %)Telecoms
31 (25.00 %)Finance
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (100.00 %)UNIX
14 (100.00 %)Solaris
23 (75.00 %)HPUX
31 (25.00 %)AIX
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)Configuration Management
11 (25.00 %)Change Management
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (25.00 %)Korn
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (75.00 %)OpenView
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (75.00 %)Microsoft
13 (75.00 %)Sun
13 (75.00 %)HP
21 (25.00 %)Oracle