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The table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills within the Cambridgeshire 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUNIX
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank137
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching contract IT job ads60150
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.085 %0.151 %
As % of the category below26.79 %40.87 %
Daily rates quoted823
Average minimum daily rate£256£294
Average daily rate£287£324
% change on same period last year-11.24 %
Average maximum daily rate£319£353
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£356
% change on same period last year-1.95 %
Hourly rates quoted1325
Average minimum hourly rate£31.46£33.64
Average hourly rate£33.73£36.20
% change on same period last year-6.82 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.00£38.76
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.83£31.63
% change on same period last year-2.52 %
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads224367
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.318 %0.371 %
Daily rates quoted3061
Average minimum daily rate£242£291
Average daily rate£258£311
% change on same period last year-17.12 %
Average maximum daily rate£274£332
UK excluding London average daily rate£328£332
% change on same period last year-1.28 %
Hourly rates quoted7380
Average minimum hourly rate£23.21£29.68
Average hourly rate£24.88£32.06
% change on same period last year-22.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.55£34.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.94£22.31
% change on same period last year+2.84 %
UNIX East of EnglandUNIX
East of England

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 Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire UNIX Daily Rate Trend

UNIX
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing UNIX across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Cambridgeshire UNIX Daily Rate Histogram

UNIX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire UNIX Hourly Rate Trend

UNIX
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing UNIX across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Cambridgeshire UNIX Hourly Rate Histogram

UNIX
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UNIX within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CambridgeDown-441£230-28.97 %
PeterboroughDown-22--
HuntingdonNew entry-2--
UNIX East of EnglandUNIX
East of England

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

166 (57.39 %)Linux
255 (47.83 %)Windows
337 (32.17 %)C++
433 (28.70 %)C
528 (24.35 %)Active Directory
622 (19.13 %)Solaris
622 (19.13 %)OO
720 (17.39 %)Windows Server 2003
819 (16.52 %)OOD
917 (14.78 %)3G
1016 (13.91 %)Java
1016 (13.91 %)Telecoms
1115 (13.04 %)SQL
1115 (13.04 %)Windows XP
1115 (13.04 %)GSM
1115 (13.04 %)Python
1214 (12.17 %)Microsoft Certification
1214 (12.17 %)MCSE
1214 (12.17 %)MS Exchange
1214 (12.17 %)Software Engineering
1313 (11.30 %)RNC
1313 (11.30 %)Perl
1412 (10.43 %)SS7
1412 (10.43 %)Citrix
1412 (10.43 %)TCP/IP
1412 (10.43 %)2G
1511 (9.565 %)UML
1511 (9.565 %)SQL Server
1511 (9.565 %)HPUX
1610 (8.696 %)Oracle

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (6.087 %)XML
17 (6.087 %)HTML
26 (5.217 %)J2EE
35 (4.348 %)WebSphere
44 (3.478 %)JSP
44 (3.478 %)Spring
44 (3.478 %)Hibernate
52 (1.739 %)STL
52 (1.739 %)AJAX
61 (0.870 %)JavaBeans
61 (0.870 %)OpenGL
61 (0.870 %).NET
61 (0.870 %)Struts
61 (0.870 %)XSL
61 (0.870 %)Servlets
61 (0.870 %)CSS
61 (0.870 %)XHTML
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
114 (12.17 %)MS Exchange
29 (7.826 %)Exchange Server 2003
36 (5.217 %)Lotus Notes
36 (5.217 %)Apache
45 (4.348 %)WebSphere Application Server
52 (1.739 %)SAS
52 (1.739 %)Tomcat
52 (1.739 %)IIS
52 (1.739 %)Oracle Application Server
61 (0.870 %)CMS
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (3.478 %)MS Excel
14 (3.478 %)MS Office
21 (0.870 %)Pro/ENGINEER
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.870 %)Teamcenter
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
117 (14.78 %)3G
215 (13.04 %)GSM
313 (11.30 %)RNC
412 (10.43 %)SS7
412 (10.43 %)TCP/IP
412 (10.43 %)2G
510 (8.696 %)SMS
67 (6.087 %)Internet
75 (4.348 %)VPN
75 (4.348 %)LAN
75 (4.348 %)WAN
83 (2.609 %)Firewall
83 (2.609 %)DNS
83 (2.609 %)GPRS
92 (1.739 %)DHCP
92 (1.739 %)Intranet
92 (1.739 %)UMTS
92 (1.739 %)IP Telephony
92 (1.739 %)VLAN
101 (0.870 %)Cisco PIX
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (9.565 %)SQL Server
25 (4.348 %)MySQL
33 (2.609 %)MS Access
33 (2.609 %)Oracle Reports
42 (1.739 %)DB2
42 (1.739 %)Oracle Discoverer
42 (1.739 %)RDBMS
51 (0.870 %)GIS
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (5.217 %)Subversion
24 (3.478 %)Eclipse
24 (3.478 %)Ant
24 (3.478 %)Bugzilla
33 (2.609 %)ProC
33 (2.609 %)JUnit
33 (2.609 %)Oracle Forms
42 (1.739 %)IntelliJ
42 (1.739 %)CruiseControl
42 (1.739 %)Atlassian Bamboo
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
116 (13.91 %)Telecoms
210 (8.696 %)Finance
34 (3.478 %)Banking
42 (1.739 %)Government
42 (1.739 %)Insurance
42 (1.739 %)Pensions
51 (0.870 %)Aerospace
51 (0.870 %)Retail
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
127 (23.48 %)Software Engineer
218 (15.65 %)Support Engineer
315 (13.04 %)Administrator
315 (13.04 %)Developer
413 (11.30 %)Systems Administrator
510 (8.696 %)Analyst
69 (7.826 %)Java Developer
77 (6.087 %)IT Support Engineer
86 (5.217 %)Support Analyst
86 (5.217 %)2nd Line Support
95 (4.348 %)Windows Systems Administrator
95 (4.348 %)Senior Software Engineer
95 (4.348 %)Windows Administrator
104 (3.478 %)Helpdesk Support
104 (3.478 %)C++ Developer
113 (2.609 %)2nd Line Support Analyst
113 (2.609 %)C++ Software Engineer
113 (2.609 %)Helpdesk Analyst
113 (2.609 %)Systems Engineer
122 (1.739 %)Software Developer
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (3.478 %)Computer Science
23 (2.609 %)Client/Server
32 (1.739 %)Mainframe
32 (1.739 %)Replication
32 (1.739 %)Data Extraction
32 (1.739 %)Life Science
32 (1.739 %)Biotechnology
32 (1.739 %)Statistics
32 (1.739 %)Mathematics
41 (0.870 %)Biology
41 (0.870 %)PKI
41 (0.870 %)Wiki
41 (0.870 %)Video Conferencing
41 (0.870 %)VHDL
41 (0.870 %)Verilog
41 (0.870 %)Cryptography
41 (0.870 %)Blackberry
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
166 (57.39 %)Linux
255 (47.83 %)Windows
322 (19.13 %)Solaris
420 (17.39 %)Windows Server 2003
515 (13.04 %)Windows XP
611 (9.565 %)HPUX
79 (7.826 %)Windows 2000
88 (6.957 %)AIX
88 (6.957 %)Mac OS X
97 (6.087 %)Windows NT
106 (5.217 %)Red Hat Linux
114 (3.478 %)CentOS
123 (2.609 %)SUSE
132 (1.739 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
132 (1.739 %)Windows Vista
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
122 (19.13 %)OO
219 (16.52 %)OOD
314 (12.17 %)Software Engineering
411 (9.565 %)UML
510 (8.696 %)Change Management
65 (4.348 %)ITIL
74 (3.478 %)E-Commerce
74 (3.478 %)Disaster Recovery
74 (3.478 %)Service Delivery
74 (3.478 %)Security Cleared
83 (2.609 %)Data Protection
83 (2.609 %)Migration
83 (2.609 %)Identity Management
92 (1.739 %)BCP
92 (1.739 %)Information Security Management
92 (1.739 %)Data Security
92 (1.739 %)Security Management
92 (1.739 %)Information Security
92 (1.739 %)Continuous Integration
92 (1.739 %)Biostatistics
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
137 (32.17 %)C++
233 (28.70 %)C
316 (13.91 %)Java
415 (13.04 %)SQL
415 (13.04 %)Python
513 (11.30 %)Perl
66 (5.217 %)Shell Script
74 (3.478 %)PHP
83 (2.609 %)JavaScript
92 (1.739 %)C#
101 (0.870 %)DHTML
101 (0.870 %)PL/SQL
101 (0.870 %)VB
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
114 (12.17 %)Microsoft Certification
114 (12.17 %)MCSE
28 (6.957 %)Degree
37 (6.087 %)MCP
43 (2.609 %)MCSA
51 (0.870 %)ISEB
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (4.348 %)PCI DSS
15 (4.348 %)ISO27001
22 (1.739 %)QA
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
128 (24.35 %)Active Directory
29 (7.826 %)Terminal Server
35 (4.348 %)VMware Infrastructure
42 (1.739 %)NFS
42 (1.739 %)Oracle RMAN
51 (0.870 %)VMware Server
51 (0.870 %)Samba
51 (0.870 %)Terminal Services
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (1.739 %)OpenView
21 (0.870 %)Nagios
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (10.43 %)Citrix
210 (8.696 %)Oracle
210 (8.696 %)Microsoft
39 (7.826 %)Cisco
47 (6.087 %)VMware
56 (5.217 %)Lotus
56 (5.217 %)Red Hat
64 (3.478 %)IBM
64 (3.478 %)HP
73 (2.609 %)Remedy
73 (2.609 %)Sun
73 (2.609 %)Sybase
82 (1.739 %)NetApp
91 (0.870 %)Macrovision
91 (0.870 %)Intel
91 (0.870 %)Cognos