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The table below looks at the demand for the UNIX Support role in IT contracts within the Canary Wharf region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited UNIX Support in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 UNIX Support
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank35-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.444 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£400-
Average daily rate£425-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£450-
UK excluding London average daily rate£268£332
% change on same period last year-19.16 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.09£31.60
% change on same period last year+17.40 %
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Canary Wharf
Matching contract IT job ads225525
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.354 %0.563 %
Daily rates quoted83273
Average minimum daily rate£373£452
Average daily rate£390£479
% change on same period last year-18.44 %
Average maximum daily rate£408£505
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted717
Average minimum hourly rate£24.06£16.97
Average hourly rate£25.38£19.02
% change on same period last year+33.43 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.69£21.06
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
UNIX Support LondonUNIX Support
London

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 Support
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing UNIX Support across the Canary Wharf region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Canary Wharf UNIX Support Demand Trend

UNIX Support
Daily Rate Trend

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

Canary Wharf UNIX Support Daily Rate Trend

UNIX Support
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region that cited UNIX Support in their job title 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 with UNIX Support in their job title.

12 (100.00 %)UNIX
12 (100.00 %)Linux
12 (100.00 %)Finance
21 (50.00 %)Fixed Income
21 (50.00 %)Banking
21 (50.00 %)VAX
21 (50.00 %)Java
21 (50.00 %)Perl
21 (50.00 %)SQL
21 (50.00 %)Sybase
21 (50.00 %)JSP
21 (50.00 %)Servlets
21 (50.00 %)XML
21 (50.00 %)Apache
21 (50.00 %)Tomcat
21 (50.00 %)LDAP
21 (50.00 %)VMS
21 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
21 (50.00 %)RDBMS
21 (50.00 %)SLA
21 (50.00 %)Microsoft
21 (50.00 %)Shell Script
21 (50.00 %)Remedy
21 (50.00 %)Configuration Management
21 (50.00 %)Financial Institution
21 (50.00 %)Front Office

UNIX Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region that cited UNIX Support in their job title 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 with UNIX Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (50.00 %)JSP
11 (50.00 %)Servlets
11 (50.00 %)XML
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)Apache
11 (50.00 %)Tomcat
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (50.00 %)LDAP
11 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)RDBMS
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (100.00 %)Finance
21 (50.00 %)Banking
21 (50.00 %)Financial Institution
21 (50.00 %)Front Office
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)Fixed Income
11 (50.00 %)VAX
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (100.00 %)UNIX
12 (100.00 %)Linux
21 (50.00 %)VMS
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)Configuration Management
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)Java
11 (50.00 %)Perl
11 (50.00 %)SQL
11 (50.00 %)Shell Script
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (50.00 %)SLA
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Sybase
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft
11 (50.00 %)Remedy