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The table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills within the Canterbury 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 8 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUNIX
Location
3 months to
8 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank-4
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads01
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.000 %33.33 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£356
% change on same period last year-1.63 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£11.00
Average hourly rate-£12.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£13.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.85£31.62
% change on same period last year-2.43 %
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Canterbury
Matching contract IT job ads53
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.003 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£325-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£350-
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£331
% change on same period last year-1.08 %
Hourly rates quoted12
Average minimum hourly rate£13.65£11.57
Average hourly rate£13.65£12.86
% change on same period last year+6.16 %
Average maximum hourly rate£13.65£14.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.92£22.28
% change on same period last year+2.86 %
UNIX KentUNIX
Kent

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

Canterbury 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 Canterbury region.

Canterbury UNIX Daily Rate Trend

UNIX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Canterbury UNIX Hourly Rate Trend

UNIX
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canterbury 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.

12 (100.00 %)Windows
12 (100.00 %)MS Excel
12 (100.00 %)LAN
12 (100.00 %)WAN
12 (100.00 %)NDS
12 (100.00 %)Microsoft
12 (100.00 %)Citrix
12 (100.00 %)SAN
12 (100.00 %)Novell
12 (100.00 %)GroupWise
12 (100.00 %)Health
21 (50.00 %)Clustering
21 (50.00 %)Network Security
21 (50.00 %)Terminal Services
21 (50.00 %)Cisco Certification
21 (50.00 %)CCNA
21 (50.00 %)Active Directory
21 (50.00 %)DNS
21 (50.00 %)Cisco
21 (50.00 %)DHCP
21 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
21 (50.00 %)AIX
21 (50.00 %)Linux

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canterbury 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.

Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (100.00 %)GroupWise
21 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (100.00 %)MS Excel
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (100.00 %)LAN
12 (100.00 %)WAN
12 (100.00 %)SAN
21 (50.00 %)Network Security
21 (50.00 %)DHCP
21 (50.00 %)DNS
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (100.00 %)Health
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Network Engineer
11 (50.00 %)3rd Line Support
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)Clustering
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (100.00 %)Windows
21 (50.00 %)AIX
21 (50.00 %)Linux
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (50.00 %)CCNA
11 (50.00 %)Cisco Certification
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (100.00 %)NDS
21 (50.00 %)Active Directory
21 (50.00 %)Terminal Services
Canterbury IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (100.00 %)Microsoft
12 (100.00 %)Citrix
12 (100.00 %)Novell
21 (50.00 %)Cisco