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The table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills within the Brentwood region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited UNIX over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUNIX
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank42
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads110
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.011 %
As % of the category below33.33 %90.91 %
Daily rates quoted04
Average minimum daily rate-£390
Average daily rate-£395
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£341
% change on same period last year+1.97 %
Hourly rates quoted13
Average minimum hourly rate£12.00£48.33
Average hourly rate£14.50£48.33
% change on same period last year-69.99 %
Average maximum hourly rate£17.00£48.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.12£32.61
% change on same period last year-7.60 %
Brentwood IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Brentwood
Matching contract IT job ads311
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.012 %
Daily rates quoted04
Average minimum daily rate-£388
Average daily rate-£394
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£316£319
% change on same period last year-0.84 %
Hourly rates quoted34
Average minimum hourly rate£13.71£41.25
Average hourly rate£15.79£41.25
% change on same period last year-61.73 %
Average maximum hourly rate£17.86£41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.97£21.93
% change on same period last year+0.17 %
UNIX EssexUNIX
Essex

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
Demand Trend

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

Brentwood UNIX Demand Trend

UNIX
Daily Rate Trend

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

Brentwood UNIX Daily Rate Trend

UNIX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Brentwood UNIX Hourly Rate Trend

UNIX
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Brentwood 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.

11 (100.00 %)SQL
11 (100.00 %)MS Office
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)Windows 2000
11 (100.00 %)ERP
11 (100.00 %)Windows XP
11 (100.00 %)MS Exchange
11 (100.00 %)Sage
11 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (100.00 %)Intranet
11 (100.00 %)Blackberry
11 (100.00 %)Exchange Server 2003

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Brentwood 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.

Brentwood IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (100.00 %)MS Exchange
11 (100.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
Brentwood IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (100.00 %)MS Office
Brentwood IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (100.00 %)Intranet
Brentwood IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Systems Administrator
11 (100.00 %)Systems Support
11 (100.00 %)Administrator
11 (100.00 %)IT Administrator
Brentwood IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (100.00 %)Blackberry
Brentwood IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)Windows 2000
11 (100.00 %)Windows XP
11 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Brentwood IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)ERP
Brentwood IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)SQL
Brentwood IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)Sage