Berkshire UNIX Systems Engineer Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the UNIX Systems Engineer 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 Systems Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

UNIX System Engineer
Location Basildon Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Cheltenham City of London East of England England Essex Gloucestershire Hampshire Kent Knaresborough London Manchester North West North Yorkshire South East South West Southampton UK West Malling West Midlands Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	116	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	1	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.002 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.040 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£328	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£39.50	£25.00
% change on same period last year	+58.00 %
Job Titles Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	2471	3622
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	3.892 %	3.881 %
Daily rates quoted	665	1004
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 quoted	179	429
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 Systems Engineer 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 Systems Engineer
Demand Trend

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

UNIX Systems Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

UNIX Systems Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

UNIX Systems Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UNIX Systems Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 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.

Location	Rank 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
Bracknell	-	1	-	-

UNIX Systems Engineer South East

UNIX Systems Engineer
Top 15 Related IT Skills

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

1 2 (100.00 %) UNIX 1 2 (100.00 %) Windows 1 2 (100.00 %) HPUX 1 2 (100.00 %) Solaris 1 2 (100.00 %) Linux 1 2 (100.00 %) Windows 2000 1 2 (100.00 %) Windows NT 1 2 (100.00 %) FTP 1 2 (100.00 %) HTTP 1 2 (100.00 %) Sophos 1 2 (100.00 %) Tru64 1 2 (100.00 %) Government 1 2 (100.00 %) Test Scripting 1 2 (100.00 %) DV Cleared 1 2 (100.00 %) Security Cleared

UNIX Systems Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking 1 2 (100.00 %) FTP 1 2 (100.00 %) HTTP	General 1 2 (100.00 %) Government
Operating Systems 1 2 (100.00 %) UNIX 1 2 (100.00 %) Windows 1 2 (100.00 %) HPUX 1 2 (100.00 %) Solaris 1 2 (100.00 %) Linux 1 2 (100.00 %) Windows 2000 1 2 (100.00 %) Windows NT 1 2 (100.00 %) Tru64	Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (100.00 %) Test Scripting 1 2 (100.00 %) DV Cleared 1 2 (100.00 %) Security Cleared
Vendors 1 2 (100.00 %) Sophos