The first table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited UNIX over the 3 months to 24 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 Bristol 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
UNIX
Rank 25 49 38
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -11
Contract jobs citing UNIX 25 15 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 4.845% 1.794% 1.858%
As % of the Operating Systems category 19.69% 11.63% 13.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 7 7
Average daily rate £310 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.48% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £278 £300 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £371 £470 £635
UK excluding London average daily rate £362 £370 £350
% change year-on-year
-2.29% +5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £22.50 - £14.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £32.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -1.53%
All Operating Systems
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
127 129 91
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 24.61% 15.43% 14.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 63 35
Average daily rate £310 £315 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.58% -3.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £259 £165 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £421 £423
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 12 19
Average hourly rate £12.50 £21.00 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-40.47% +68.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.00 £14.50 £10.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.50 £32.00 £37.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
UNIX
South West

UNIX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol UNIX Hourly Rate Trend

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 (67.57%) Linux
2 21 (56.76%) Windows
3 20 (54.05%) HP
4 8 (21.62%) SQL
5 5 (13.51%) Shell Script
5 5 (13.51%) Oracle
6 4 (10.81%) ITIL
6 4 (10.81%) Apache
6 4 (10.81%) Migration
6 4 (10.81%) Data Migration
7 3 (8.108%) Continuous Integration
7 3 (8.108%) Oracle 11g
7 3 (8.108%) PowerShell
7 3 (8.108%) MSBuild
7 3 (8.108%) CentOS
7 3 (8.108%) ITIL V3
7 3 (8.108%) CruiseControl
7 3 (8.108%) Subversion
7 3 (8.108%) Degree
7 3 (8.108%) Oracle 10g
7 3 (8.108%) RDBMS
7 3 (8.108%) IBM
7 3 (8.108%) Microsoft
7 3 (8.108%) PL/SQL
7 3 (8.108%) SQL Server
7 3 (8.108%) .NET
7 3 (8.108%) NetApp
8 2 (5.405%) Tivoli
8 2 (5.405%) SAN
8 2 (5.405%) Change Management

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 3 (8.108%) .NET
2 1 (2.703%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (2.703%) XML
2 1 (2.703%) J2EE
2 1 (2.703%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 4 (10.81%) Apache
2 2 (5.405%) WebLogic
3 1 (2.703%) Oracle Service Bus
3 1 (2.703%) LiveCycle
3 1 (2.703%) Oracle Application Server
3 1 (2.703%) SAS
3 1 (2.703%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 1 (2.703%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.405%) SAN
1 2 (5.405%) Firewall
1 2 (5.405%) NAS
2 1 (2.703%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.108%) Oracle 11g
1 3 (8.108%) Oracle 10g
1 3 (8.108%) RDBMS
1 3 (8.108%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.703%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (2.703%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (2.703%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (2.703%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (2.703%) OLTP
2 1 (2.703%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.703%) DTS
2 1 (2.703%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.703%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 3 (8.108%) MSBuild
1 3 (8.108%) CruiseControl
1 3 (8.108%) Subversion
2 1 (2.703%) COOL:Gen
2 1 (2.703%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (2.703%) Selenium
2 1 (2.703%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (2.703%) PVCS
2 1 (2.703%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 2 (5.405%) Finance
2 1 (2.703%) Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (35.14%) Consultant
2 12 (32.43%) Storage Consultant
2 12 (32.43%) Backup Consultant
3 7 (18.92%) Administrator
4 6 (16.22%) Implementation Consultant
5 5 (13.51%) Linux Administrator
5 5 (13.51%) Developer
6 3 (8.108%) Configuration Manager
6 3 (8.108%) Software Configuration Manager
6 3 (8.108%) Software Manager
6 3 (8.108%) Support Engineer
7 2 (5.405%) DBA
7 2 (5.405%) UNIX Support
7 2 (5.405%) UNIX Engineer
7 2 (5.405%) UNIX Support Engineer
7 2 (5.405%) Storage Administrator
7 2 (5.405%) Oracle DBA
7 2 (5.405%) AIX Engineer
7 2 (5.405%) Backup Administrator
8 1 (2.703%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.703%) Replication
1 1 (2.703%) CLARiiON
1 1 (2.703%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 25 (67.57%) Linux
2 21 (56.76%) Windows
3 3 (8.108%) CentOS
4 2 (5.405%) AIX
5 1 (2.703%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (2.703%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (10.81%) ITIL
1 4 (10.81%) Migration
1 4 (10.81%) Data Migration
2 3 (8.108%) Continuous Integration
2 3 (8.108%) ITIL V3
3 2 (5.405%) Change Management
3 2 (5.405%) ETL
4 1 (2.703%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (2.703%) System Testing
4 1 (2.703%) Dimensional Modelling
4 1 (2.703%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (2.703%) Web Application Development
4 1 (2.703%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (2.703%) SIEM
4 1 (2.703%) Validation
4 1 (2.703%) Incident Management
4 1 (2.703%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (2.703%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (2.703%) Information Security
4 1 (2.703%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (21.62%) SQL
2 5 (13.51%) Shell Script
3 3 (8.108%) PowerShell
3 3 (8.108%) PL/SQL
4 1 (2.703%) Bash shell
4 1 (2.703%) Korn
4 1 (2.703%) XPath
4 1 (2.703%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (8.108%) Degree
2 1 (2.703%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.703%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.703%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.405%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.703%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (2.703%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.703%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 2 (5.405%) Tivoli
2 1 (2.703%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (2.703%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (2.703%) NetBackup
2 1 (2.703%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 20 (54.05%) HP
2 5 (13.51%) Oracle
3 3 (8.108%) IBM
3 3 (8.108%) Microsoft
3 3 (8.108%) NetApp
4 2 (5.405%) VMware
4 2 (5.405%) JBoss
5 1 (2.703%) Ab Initio
5 1 (2.703%) Northgate
5 1 (2.703%) Adobe
5 1 (2.703%) EMC
5 1 (2.703%) Intel
5 1 (2.703%) CheckPoint
5 1 (2.703%) Mercator
5 1 (2.703%) Symantec
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