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This section looks at the demand for IBM AIX skills within the Birmingham region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited AIX over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM AIX
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank5257
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads110
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.010 %
As % of the category below1.010 %4.630 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£325-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£350-
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£391
% change on same period last year-2.75 %
Hourly rates quoted06
Average minimum hourly rate-£32.42
Average hourly rate-£33.54
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£34.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.15£35.68
% change on same period last year-1.48 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads99216
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.131 %0.215 %
Daily rates quoted2623
Average minimum daily rate£225£312
Average daily rate£249£322
% change on same period last year-22.81 %
Average maximum daily rate£272£333
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£336
% change on same period last year-2.14 %
Hourly rates quoted2182
Average minimum hourly rate£15.70£15.30
Average hourly rate£16.36£16.10
% change on same period last year+1.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate£17.01£16.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.93£22.83
% change on same period last year-3.96 %
AIX West MidlandsAIX
West Midlands

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.

AIX
Demand Trend

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

Birmingham AIX Demand Trend

AIX
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham AIX Daily Rate Trend

AIX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham AIX Hourly Rate Trend

AIX
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing AIX 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 AIX.

14 (66.67 %)UNIX
23 (50.00 %)IBM
31 (16.67 %)AJAX
31 (16.67 %)JSR 168
31 (16.67 %)Change Management
31 (16.67 %)VERITAS
31 (16.67 %)Solaris
31 (16.67 %)Java
31 (16.67 %)JSP
31 (16.67 %)SOAP
31 (16.67 %)Struts

AIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing AIX 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 AIX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (16.67 %)AJAX
11 (16.67 %)JSR 168
11 (16.67 %)JSP
11 (16.67 %)SOAP
11 (16.67 %)Struts
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (50.00 %)Consultant
22 (33.33 %)Administrator
22 (33.33 %)AIX Administrator
31 (16.67 %)Solaris Administrator
31 (16.67 %)Java Developer
31 (16.67 %)Solaris Systems Administrator
31 (16.67 %)Developer
31 (16.67 %)Systems Administrator
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (66.67 %)UNIX
21 (16.67 %)Solaris
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (16.67 %)Change Management
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (16.67 %)Java
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (50.00 %)IBM
21 (16.67 %)VERITAS