The first table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills in IT contracts advertised for the Blackpool region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited UNIX over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the Blackpool region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
UNIX
Rank 10 13 13
Rank change year-on-year
+3 0
Contract jobs citing UNIX 1 1 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Blackpool 4.167% 2.222% 10.87%
As % of the Operating Systems category 33.33% 14.29% 19.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 4
Average daily rate - £450 £255
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +76.47%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £350
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £32.25 £30.00
% change year-on-year
-6.97% +7.50%
All Operating Systems
Blackpool
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
3 7 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Blackpool 12.50% 15.56% 56.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 13
Average daily rate - £450 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +63.63%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 6
Average hourly rate £22.50 £21.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.65% -33.84%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
UNIX
Lancashire

UNIX
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing UNIX across the Blackpool region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Blackpool UNIX Jobs Demand Trend

UNIX
Daily Rate Trend

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

Blackpool UNIX Daily Rate Trend

UNIX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Blackpool UNIX Hourly Rate Trend

UNIX
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Blackpool 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.

1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) RAD
1 1 (100.00%) SSADM
1 1 (100.00%) DSDM
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) ATM
1 1 (100.00%) ISDN
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) MVS
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) CESG
1 1 (100.00%) CESG CLAS
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) VME
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) BC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Blackpool 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.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) ATM
1 1 (100.00%) ISDN
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CESG
1 1 (100.00%) CESG CLAS
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) MVS
1 1 (100.00%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) RAD
1 1 (100.00%) SSADM
1 1 (100.00%) DSDM
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) BC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft