The first table below looks at the demand for Shell Script skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cardiff region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Shell Script over the 3 months to 24 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 Cardiff 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Shell Script
Rank 26 31 30
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -1
Contract jobs citing Shell Script 3 4 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 1.630% 1.778% 2.066%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.692% 6.452% 6.667%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 3
Average daily rate £375 £425 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.76% +13.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £351 £410 £335
% change year-on-year
-14.32% +22.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.10 £37.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year
-13.24% -2.63%
All Programming Languages
Cardiff
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
39 62 75
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 21.20% 27.56% 30.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 42 41
Average daily rate £375 £275 £337
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+36.36% -18.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £211 £200 £228
10% offered a daily rate of more than £478 £500 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
Average hourly rate £36.25 - £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
Shell Script
South Wales

Shell Script
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff Shell Script Hourly Rate Trend

Shell Script
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 10 (100.00%) COBOL
1 10 (100.00%) IIS
1 10 (100.00%) UNIX
1 10 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 9 (90.00%) IBM
2 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (90.00%) MS Office
2 9 (90.00%) Project Management
3 8 (80.00%) Finance
3 8 (80.00%) iSeries
4 7 (70.00%) OS/400
4 7 (70.00%) RPG
4 7 (70.00%) DB2
5 6 (60.00%) SQL Server
5 6 (60.00%) AIX
6 5 (50.00%) UML
6 5 (50.00%) OO
6 5 (50.00%) MS Project
6 5 (50.00%) TestDirector
6 5 (50.00%) AS400
7 4 (40.00%) Degree
7 4 (40.00%) Windows
8 3 (30.00%) Banking
9 2 (20.00%) Rackspace
9 2 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
9 2 (20.00%) SLA
10 1 (10.00%) SQL

Shell Script
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 10 (100.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 10 (100.00%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (90.00%) MS Office
2 5 (50.00%) MS Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (70.00%) DB2
2 6 (60.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (50.00%) TestDirector
General
1 8 (80.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (90.00%) Analyst
2 8 (80.00%) Applications Support
3 7 (70.00%) Applications Support Analyst
3 7 (70.00%) Support Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Analyst Programmer
4 1 (10.00%) Programmer
4 1 (10.00%) Windows Support Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) AS400 Support
Miscellaneous
1 8 (80.00%) iSeries
2 5 (50.00%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) UNIX
2 7 (70.00%) OS/400
3 6 (60.00%) AIX
4 4 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Project Management
2 5 (50.00%) UML
2 5 (50.00%) OO
3 2 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) COBOL
2 7 (70.00%) RPG
3 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) IBM
1 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) Rackspace