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This section looks at the demand for UNIX skills within the Canary Wharf 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUNIX
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank78
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads6383
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.084 %0.084 %
As % of the category below55.26 %67.48 %
Daily rates quoted3134
Average minimum daily rate£491£473
Average daily rate£510£498
% change on same period last year+2.42 %
Average maximum daily rate£530£524
UK excluding London average daily rate£361£363
% change on same period last year-0.65 %
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£32.35£31.77
% change on same period last year+1.82 %
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Canary Wharf
Matching contract IT job ads114123
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.152 %0.124 %
Daily rates quoted6047
Average minimum daily rate£447£438
Average daily rate£467£455
% change on same period last year+2.71 %
Average maximum daily rate£487£472
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£337
% change on same period last year-0.77 %
Hourly rates quoted49
Average minimum hourly rate£25.14£27.85
Average hourly rate£26.00£29.00
% change on same period last year-10.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.86£30.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.08£23.44
% change on same period last year-5.80 %
UNIX LondonUNIX
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
Demand Trend

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

Canary Wharf 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 Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf 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 Canary Wharf region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Canary Wharf 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 Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf UNIX Hourly Rate Trend

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf 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.

151 (40.16 %)Banking
242 (33.07 %)Finance
339 (30.71 %)Java
437 (29.13 %)SQL
437 (29.13 %)Investment Banking
535 (27.56 %)Linux
633 (25.98 %)Windows
633 (25.98 %)Oracle
633 (25.98 %)Perl
732 (25.20 %)Solaris
830 (23.62 %)Shell Script
929 (22.83 %)Front Office
1022 (17.32 %)C++
1121 (16.54 %)Sybase
1215 (11.81 %)Equities
1215 (11.81 %)Derivative
1313 (10.24 %)Microsoft
1412 (9.449 %)Sun
1412 (9.449 %)PL/SQL
1412 (9.449 %)JMS
1511 (8.661 %)Windows NT
1511 (8.661 %)ClearCase
1511 (8.661 %)XML
1610 (7.874 %)Ant
1610 (7.874 %)WebLogic
1610 (7.874 %)Degree
179 (7.087 %)FIX Protocol
179 (7.087 %)Global One
179 (7.087 %)Configuration Management
188 (6.299 %)Disaster Recovery

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf 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.

Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (9.449 %)JMS
211 (8.661 %)XML
39 (7.087 %)FIX Protocol
47 (5.512 %)J2EE
56 (4.724 %)WebSphere
56 (4.724 %)J2SE
65 (3.937 %)HTML
65 (3.937 %).NET
65 (3.937 %)STL
65 (3.937 %)Swing
74 (3.150 %)Middleware
74 (3.150 %)Spring
83 (2.362 %)XSD
83 (2.362 %)ASP
92 (1.575 %)ASP.NET
92 (1.575 %)JSP
92 (1.575 %)Servlets
92 (1.575 %)MFC
92 (1.575 %)CORBA
92 (1.575 %)WebServices
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
110 (7.874 %)WebLogic
25 (3.937 %)JBoss
34 (3.150 %)MQSeries
43 (2.362 %)TIBCO EMS
52 (1.575 %)WebSphere MQ
52 (1.575 %)CMS
52 (1.575 %)Oracle Workflow
61 (0.787 %)Gentran
61 (0.787 %)Oracle Application Server
61 (0.787 %)SAS
61 (0.787 %)Apache
61 (0.787 %)WebLogic Portal
61 (0.787 %)WebLogic Integration
61 (0.787 %)Office Communications Server
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (3.150 %)MS Excel
21 (0.787 %)MS Office
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
19 (7.087 %)Global One
23 (2.362 %)RMDS
32 (1.575 %)SunGard GMI
41 (0.787 %)FRONT ARENA
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (5.512 %)SAN
25 (3.937 %)Internet
34 (3.150 %)LDAP
34 (3.150 %)TCP/IP
42 (1.575 %)VPN
42 (1.575 %)DNS
42 (1.575 %)LAN
42 (1.575 %)WAN
42 (1.575 %)OSPF
42 (1.575 %)BGP
42 (1.575 %)Kerberos
42 (1.575 %)Network Security
51 (0.787 %)TELNET
51 (0.787 %)Firewall
51 (0.787 %)Connectrix
51 (0.787 %)BIG-IP
51 (0.787 %)FTP
51 (0.787 %)HTTP
51 (0.787 %)VoIP
51 (0.787 %)HTTPS
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (5.512 %)Oracle 9i
26 (4.724 %)Oracle 10g
34 (3.150 %)BusinessObjects
34 (3.150 %)RDBMS
43 (2.362 %)ETL
43 (2.362 %)Datawarehouse
43 (2.362 %)SQL Server
52 (1.575 %)DB2
52 (1.575 %)Oracle Reports
52 (1.575 %)PowerCenter
61 (0.787 %)PostgreSQL
61 (0.787 %)Oracle 8/8i
61 (0.787 %)DTS
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
111 (8.661 %)ClearCase
210 (7.874 %)Ant
34 (3.150 %)ClearQuest
34 (3.150 %)Visual Studio
43 (2.362 %)LoadRunner
52 (1.575 %)Subversion
61 (0.787 %)JUnit
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
151 (40.16 %)Banking
242 (33.07 %)Finance
337 (29.13 %)Investment Banking
429 (22.83 %)Front Office
55 (3.937 %)Financial Institution
64 (3.150 %)Back Office
73 (2.362 %)Education
82 (1.575 %)Health
91 (0.787 %)Games
91 (0.787 %)Private Banking
91 (0.787 %)Construction
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
150 (39.37 %)Developer
224 (18.90 %)Analyst
312 (9.449 %)Senior Developer
411 (8.661 %)Administrator
411 (8.661 %)Java Developer
59 (7.087 %)Architect
68 (6.299 %)Technical Analyst
77 (5.512 %)C++ Developer
77 (5.512 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
77 (5.512 %)UNIX Administrator
77 (5.512 %)Systems Administrator
77 (5.512 %)Programmer
86 (4.724 %)Support Analyst
86 (4.724 %)Analyst Developer
86 (4.724 %)UNIX Engineer
95 (3.937 %)Senior Java Developer
95 (3.937 %)Senior Technical Analyst
95 (3.937 %)Senior Technical Architect
95 (3.937 %)Senior Analyst Developer
95 (3.937 %)Senior Analyst
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
115 (11.81 %)Equities
115 (11.81 %)Derivative
26 (4.724 %)Equity Derivative
26 (4.724 %)Computer Science
26 (4.724 %)Market Risk
34 (3.150 %)Replication
34 (3.150 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
34 (3.150 %)Mainframe
43 (2.362 %)Management Information System
52 (1.575 %)Fixed Income
52 (1.575 %)Tandem
52 (1.575 %)VAX
52 (1.575 %)Celerra
52 (1.575 %)Credit Risk
61 (0.787 %)Multithreading
61 (0.787 %)CMDB
61 (0.787 %)Client/Server
61 (0.787 %)Credit Derivative
61 (0.787 %)Mathematics
61 (0.787 %)Interest Rate Derivative
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
135 (27.56 %)Linux
233 (25.98 %)Windows
332 (25.20 %)Solaris
411 (8.661 %)Windows NT
57 (5.512 %)AIX
66 (4.724 %)VMS
75 (3.937 %)HPUX
83 (2.362 %)Windows 2000
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (7.087 %)Configuration Management
28 (6.299 %)Disaster Recovery
28 (6.299 %)OO
28 (6.299 %)User Acceptance Testing
36 (4.724 %)Performance Testing
36 (4.724 %)Change Management
45 (3.937 %)Risk Management
45 (3.937 %)Project Management
45 (3.937 %)Benchmarking
54 (3.150 %)ITIL
54 (3.150 %)Test Scripting
63 (2.362 %)Load Testing
63 (2.362 %)Migration
63 (2.362 %)Systems Analysis
63 (2.362 %)Wealth Management
63 (2.362 %)Algorithmic Trading
63 (2.362 %)Quality Management
63 (2.362 %)Volume Testing
63 (2.362 %)Monte Carlo Method
72 (1.575 %)Greeks
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
139 (30.71 %)Java
237 (29.13 %)SQL
333 (25.98 %)Perl
430 (23.62 %)Shell Script
522 (17.32 %)C++
612 (9.449 %)PL/SQL
77 (5.512 %)Python
77 (5.512 %)Korn
86 (4.724 %)C#
93 (2.362 %)VBA
102 (1.575 %)VB
102 (1.575 %)AWK
102 (1.575 %)C
102 (1.575 %)JavaScript
111 (0.787 %)VBScript
111 (0.787 %)Jython
111 (0.787 %)Ruby
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
110 (7.874 %)Degree
23 (2.362 %)Cisco Certification
32 (1.575 %)OCP
32 (1.575 %)Oracle Certification
32 (1.575 %)Sun Certification
32 (1.575 %)CISSP
32 (1.575 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
41 (0.787 %)SCSA
41 (0.787 %)OCA
41 (0.787 %)CCNP
41 (0.787 %)CCNA
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (3.937 %)SLA
15 (3.937 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
21 (0.787 %)Basel II
21 (0.787 %)QA
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (3.937 %)Active Directory
23 (2.362 %)NetBackup
32 (1.575 %)Oracle RAC
32 (1.575 %)Orbix
41 (0.787 %)Samba
41 (0.787 %)VMware GSX
41 (0.787 %)VMware ESX
41 (0.787 %)Oracle RMAN
41 (0.787 %)AquaLogic
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (2.362 %)Tivoli
13 (2.362 %)AutoSys
22 (1.575 %)BMC PATROL
22 (1.575 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
22 (1.575 %)CiscoWorks
22 (1.575 %)Legato
22 (1.575 %)OMEGAMON
31 (0.787 %)EMC NetWorker
31 (0.787 %)DiskXtender
31 (0.787 %)RepliStor
31 (0.787 %)EMC TimeFinder
31 (0.787 %)EMC Navisphere
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
133 (25.98 %)Oracle
221 (16.54 %)Sybase
313 (10.24 %)Microsoft
412 (9.449 %)Sun
58 (6.299 %)VERITAS
58 (6.299 %)TIBCO
66 (4.724 %)Informatica
75 (3.937 %)Cisco
84 (3.150 %)EMC
84 (3.150 %)Business Objects
84 (3.150 %)Red Hat
93 (2.362 %)Reuters
93 (2.362 %)Bloomberg
93 (2.362 %)VMware
93 (2.362 %)IBM
102 (1.575 %)BMC
102 (1.575 %)Cognizant
102 (1.575 %)Citrix
102 (1.575 %)SAP
102 (1.575 %)Siebel
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