The first table below looks at the demand for Shell Script skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Shell Script over the 3 months to 22 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 Programming Languages category for the Cambridge 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Shell Script
Rank 32 43 31
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -12
Contract jobs citing Shell Script 5 6 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 1.488% 1.402% 1.195%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.762% 2.214% 2.055%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
Average daily rate - £166 £175
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.28%
UK excluding London average daily rate £354 £411 £333
% change year-on-year
-13.98% +23.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
Average hourly rate £48.25 £52.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.09% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.10 £37.00 £39.25
% change year-on-year
-13.24% -5.73%
All Programming Languages
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
181 271 146
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 53.87% 63.32% 58.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 140 74
Average daily rate £300 £305 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.63% +1.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £215 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £410 £402
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 32 25
Average hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% +15.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £35.00 £14.23
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £60.00 £39.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
Shell Script
Cambridgeshire

Shell Script
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Shell Script across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Cambridge Shell Script Jobs Demand Trend

Shell Script
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Shell Script Daily Rate Trend

Shell Script
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Shell Script Hourly Rate Trend

Shell Script
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing Shell Script 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 Shell Script.

1 17 (89.47%) UNIX
2 12 (63.16%) Windows
3 11 (57.89%) Python
4 10 (52.63%) C#
5 9 (47.37%) Linux
6 8 (42.11%) Perl
6 8 (42.11%) DHCP
6 8 (42.11%) TCP/IP
6 8 (42.11%) DNS
7 7 (36.84%) BIG-IP
7 7 (36.84%) Infrastructure Management
7 7 (36.84%) Java
7 7 (36.84%) IIS
7 7 (36.84%) JBoss
7 7 (36.84%) Apache
7 7 (36.84%) Tomcat
8 6 (31.58%) SNMP
8 6 (31.58%) Internet
8 6 (31.58%) Cryptography
9 5 (26.32%) Validation
9 5 (26.32%) Embedded Software Development
10 4 (21.05%) VMware Infrastructure
10 4 (21.05%) Windows Server 2008
10 4 (21.05%) NAS
10 4 (21.05%) VMware
10 4 (21.05%) VLAN
10 4 (21.05%) Middleware
10 4 (21.05%) Active Directory
10 4 (21.05%) SAN
10 4 (21.05%) NetApp

Shell Script
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing Shell Script 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 Shell Script. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (21.05%) Middleware
2 3 (15.79%) Web Services
3 1 (5.263%) POSIX
3 1 (5.263%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 7 (36.84%) IIS
1 7 (36.84%) Apache
1 7 (36.84%) Tomcat
2 3 (15.79%) Amazon AWS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (42.11%) DHCP
1 8 (42.11%) TCP/IP
1 8 (42.11%) DNS
2 7 (36.84%) BIG-IP
3 6 (31.58%) SNMP
3 6 (31.58%) Internet
4 4 (21.05%) NAS
4 4 (21.05%) VLAN
4 4 (21.05%) SAN
5 1 (5.263%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 1 (5.263%) NUnit
1 1 (5.263%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 1 (5.263%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (5.263%) Aerospace
1 1 (5.263%) Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Systems Administrator
1 8 (42.11%) Administrator
2 5 (26.32%) Test Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Test Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Consultant
3 3 (15.79%) Integration Consultant
3 3 (15.79%) Test Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) Test and Integration Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Integration Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Software Integration Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Software Test Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Tester
4 2 (10.53%) Software Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Systems Tester
5 1 (5.263%) Linux Systems Administrator
5 1 (5.263%) Linux Administrator
5 1 (5.263%) Non-Functional Tester
Miscellaneous
1 6 (31.58%) Cryptography
2 1 (5.263%) Client/Server
2 1 (5.263%) N-Tier
2 1 (5.263%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 17 (89.47%) UNIX
2 12 (63.16%) Windows
3 9 (47.37%) Linux
4 4 (21.05%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (5.263%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) Infrastructure Management
2 5 (26.32%) Validation
2 5 (26.32%) Embedded Software Development
3 3 (15.79%) Configuration Management
3 3 (15.79%) System Testing
4 1 (5.263%) Project Management
4 1 (5.263%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (57.89%) Python
2 10 (52.63%) C#
3 8 (42.11%) Perl
4 7 (36.84%) Java
5 2 (10.53%) C++
6 1 (5.263%) PHP
6 1 (5.263%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.263%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 4 (21.05%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (21.05%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) Puppet
Vendors
1 7 (36.84%) JBoss
2 4 (21.05%) VMware
2 4 (21.05%) NetApp
3 3 (15.79%) Akamai
4 1 (5.263%) Perforce