The first table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bradford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited UNIX over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Bradford 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
UNIX
Rank 11 19 21
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +2
Contract jobs citing UNIX 20 8 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bradford 11.05% 4.819% 1.587%
As % of the Operating Systems category 48.78% 19.51% 10.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 0
Average daily rate £279 £220 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+26.70% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
+3.57% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+9.09% -15.38%
All Operating Systems
Bradford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
41 41 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bradford 22.65% 24.70% 15.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 12 10
Average daily rate £225 £211 £238
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.50% -11.05%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £99 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £335 £275 £363
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 0
Average hourly rate £15.25 £32.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-53.07% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
UNIX
West Yorkshire

UNIX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bradford 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 Bradford region.

Bradford UNIX Daily Rate Trend

UNIX
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing UNIX across the Bradford region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Bradford UNIX Daily Rate Histogram

UNIX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bradford UNIX Hourly Rate Trend

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bradford 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 25 (73.53%) Oracle
2 14 (41.18%) Windows
3 11 (32.35%) SQL
3 11 (32.35%) Oracle 11g
4 10 (29.41%) Oracle RAC
5 9 (26.47%) Finance
5 9 (26.47%) PL/SQL
6 8 (23.53%) Oracle 10g
6 8 (23.53%) HP
6 8 (23.53%) Retail
7 6 (17.65%) Disaster Recovery
7 6 (17.65%) ITIL
7 6 (17.65%) Oracle 8/8i
8 5 (14.71%) Linux
8 5 (14.71%) SOA
8 5 (14.71%) Shell Script
8 5 (14.71%) Oracle RMAN
8 5 (14.71%) Oracle Retail
9 4 (11.76%) Information Security
9 4 (11.76%) Firewall
9 4 (11.76%) Migration
9 4 (11.76%) Perforce
9 4 (11.76%) Load Balancing
9 4 (11.76%) VLAN
9 4 (11.76%) Oracle BI EE
9 4 (11.76%) Internet
9 4 (11.76%) Cisco
9 4 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (11.76%) RDF
9 4 (11.76%) CCNA

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bradford 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 4 (11.76%) .NET
2 2 (5.882%) Oracle ADF
3 1 (2.941%) ASP.NET
3 1 (2.941%) J2EE
3 1 (2.941%) WebSphere MQ
3 1 (2.941%) WebSphere
3 1 (2.941%) FIX Protocol
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.882%) WebLogic
2 1 (2.941%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (2.941%) IIS
2 1 (2.941%) Lotus Domino
2 1 (2.941%) Oracle Service Bus
Applications
1 1 (2.941%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (14.71%) Oracle Retail
2 3 (8.824%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (8.824%) Oracle BPM
3 2 (5.882%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (2.941%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.76%) Firewall
1 4 (11.76%) VLAN
1 4 (11.76%) Internet
1 4 (11.76%) SSL
1 4 (11.76%) LAN
1 4 (11.76%) VoIP
1 4 (11.76%) WAN
1 4 (11.76%) DHCP
1 4 (11.76%) VPN
1 4 (11.76%) DNS
2 3 (8.824%) MPLS
2 3 (8.824%) SAN
3 1 (2.941%) FTP
3 1 (2.941%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.941%) Intranet
3 1 (2.941%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (32.35%) Oracle 11g
2 8 (23.53%) Oracle 10g
3 6 (17.65%) Oracle 8/8i
4 4 (11.76%) Oracle BI EE
4 4 (11.76%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (11.76%) RDBMS
4 4 (11.76%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (11.76%) SQL Server
5 3 (8.824%) DB2
5 3 (8.824%) Oracle 9i
6 2 (5.882%) Oracle ODI
6 2 (5.882%) Oracle OWB
6 2 (5.882%) SQL Server 2005
6 2 (5.882%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 4 (11.76%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (5.882%) Oracle APEX
General
1 9 (26.47%) Finance
2 8 (23.53%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (35.29%) DBA
2 9 (26.47%) Oracle DBA
3 6 (17.65%) Analyst
4 3 (8.824%) Test Manager
4 3 (8.824%) Security Consultant
4 3 (8.824%) Developer
4 3 (8.824%) Consultant
4 3 (8.824%) Oracle Developer
5 2 (5.882%) Communications Analyst
5 2 (5.882%) Support Manager
5 2 (5.882%) Infrastructure Architect
5 2 (5.882%) Information Security Consultant
5 2 (5.882%) Network Engineer
5 2 (5.882%) Technical Architect
5 2 (5.882%) Architect
6 1 (2.941%) Service Analyst
6 1 (2.941%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 1 (2.941%) Administrator
6 1 (2.941%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
6 1 (2.941%) Software Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.882%) Data Integration
1 2 (5.882%) NHS
2 1 (2.941%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 14 (41.18%) Windows
2 5 (14.71%) Linux
3 3 (8.824%) HPUX
3 3 (8.824%) Windows 7
4 2 (5.882%) Windows 8
5 1 (2.941%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (2.941%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (17.65%) Disaster Recovery
1 6 (17.65%) ITIL
2 5 (14.71%) SOA
3 4 (11.76%) Information Security
3 4 (11.76%) Migration
3 4 (11.76%) Load Balancing
3 4 (11.76%) RDF
3 4 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (8.824%) Test Management
4 3 (8.824%) System Testing
4 3 (8.824%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 3 (8.824%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (8.824%) Business Continuity
4 3 (8.824%) Database Security
5 2 (5.882%) Software Deployment
5 2 (5.882%) Service Delivery
5 2 (5.882%) Change Management
5 2 (5.882%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (5.882%) Incident Management
5 2 (5.882%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (32.35%) SQL
2 9 (26.47%) PL/SQL
3 5 (14.71%) Shell Script
4 2 (5.882%) COBOL
5 1 (2.941%) Perl
5 1 (2.941%) VBScript
5 1 (2.941%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (11.76%) CCNA
2 2 (5.882%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.941%) MCP
3 1 (2.941%) MCSE
3 1 (2.941%) MCSA
3 1 (2.941%) OCP
3 1 (2.941%) Oracle Certification
3 1 (2.941%) MCITP
3 1 (2.941%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.941%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (29.41%) Oracle RAC
2 5 (14.71%) Oracle RMAN
3 2 (5.882%) Active Directory
4 1 (2.941%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.941%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 3 (8.824%) Data Guard
2 2 (5.882%) OVSD
2 2 (5.882%) OpenView
2 2 (5.882%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 1 (2.941%) MOM
Vendors
1 25 (73.53%) Oracle
2 8 (23.53%) HP
3 4 (11.76%) Perforce
3 4 (11.76%) Cisco
4 2 (5.882%) VMware
4 2 (5.882%) IBM
5 1 (2.941%) JBoss
5 1 (2.941%) Citrix
5 1 (2.941%) Avaya
5 1 (2.941%) Retek
5 1 (2.941%) SolarWinds
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