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The table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills within the Cardiff 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUNIX
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank115
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching contract IT job ads1429
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.022 %0.031 %
As % of the category below38.89 %49.15 %
Daily rates quoted19
Average minimum daily rate£300£217
Average daily rate£300£318
% change on same period last year-5.67 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£419
UK excluding London average daily rate£346£342
% change on same period last year+1.16 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£23.00-
Average hourly rate£23.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£23.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.78£33.06
% change on same period last year-6.91 %
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Cardiff
Matching contract IT job ads3659
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.057 %0.063 %
Daily rates quoted413
Average minimum daily rate£386£244
Average daily rate£386£317
% change on same period last year+21.80 %
Average maximum daily rate£386£389
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£321
% change on same period last year-1.26 %
Hourly rates quoted47
Average minimum hourly rate£20.64£25.54
Average hourly rate£20.99£26.84
% change on same period last year-21.81 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.33£28.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.36£22.18
% change on same period last year+0.80 %
UNIX South WalesUNIX
South Wales

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Cardiff UNIX Hourly Rate Histogram

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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.

110 (50.00 %)SQL
27 (35.00 %)Oracle
27 (35.00 %)Windows
36 (30.00 %)Linux
36 (30.00 %)Perl
36 (30.00 %)zOS
36 (30.00 %)CONTROL-M
36 (30.00 %)Shell Script
36 (30.00 %)JCL
45 (25.00 %)Mainframe
54 (20.00 %)Software Engineering
54 (20.00 %)Middleware
54 (20.00 %)Sun
54 (20.00 %)VERITAS
54 (20.00 %)N-Tier
54 (20.00 %)C
54 (20.00 %)OO
54 (20.00 %)AIX
54 (20.00 %)Solaris
54 (20.00 %)XML
54 (20.00 %)QA
54 (20.00 %)Security Cleared
63 (15.00 %)Apache
63 (15.00 %)COBOL
63 (15.00 %)HTML
63 (15.00 %)Micro Focus
63 (15.00 %)Change Management
72 (10.00 %)Migration
72 (10.00 %)Clustering
72 (10.00 %)NetBackup

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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.

Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (20.00 %)XML
14 (20.00 %)Middleware
23 (15.00 %)HTML
32 (10.00 %)WebSphere
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (15.00 %)Apache
22 (10.00 %)SAS
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (5.000 %)Oracle Financials
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (10.00 %)SAN
21 (5.000 %)SSH
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (10.00 %)Oracle 8/8i
21 (5.000 %)RDBMS
21 (5.000 %)SQL Server
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (5.000 %)ERwin
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (10.00 %)Marketing
21 (5.000 %)Finance
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (30.00 %)Analyst
25 (25.00 %)Support Engineer
25 (25.00 %)Operations Analyst
34 (20.00 %)Developer
34 (20.00 %)Perl Developer
43 (15.00 %)3rd Line Support
43 (15.00 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
52 (10.00 %)Oracle Consultant
52 (10.00 %)Solaris Administrator
52 (10.00 %)Administrator
52 (10.00 %)Programmer
52 (10.00 %)SAS Programmer
52 (10.00 %)Consultant
61 (5.000 %)Computer Operator
61 (5.000 %)Server Support
61 (5.000 %)Database Consultant
61 (5.000 %)Desktop Support
61 (5.000 %)Senior Consultant
61 (5.000 %)Server Engineer
61 (5.000 %)Desktop Support Engineer
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (25.00 %)Mainframe
24 (20.00 %)N-Tier
32 (10.00 %)Clustering
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (35.00 %)Windows
26 (30.00 %)Linux
26 (30.00 %)zOS
34 (20.00 %)AIX
34 (20.00 %)Solaris
42 (10.00 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (5.000 %)Windows 2000
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (20.00 %)OO
14 (20.00 %)Software Engineering
14 (20.00 %)Security Cleared
23 (15.00 %)Change Management
32 (10.00 %)Migration
32 (10.00 %)SC Cleared
41 (5.000 %)ITIL
41 (5.000 %)Performance Management
41 (5.000 %)Data Modelling
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (50.00 %)SQL
26 (30.00 %)Shell Script
26 (30.00 %)JCL
26 (30.00 %)Perl
34 (20.00 %)C
43 (15.00 %)COBOL
52 (10.00 %)PL/SQL
52 (10.00 %)Korn
61 (5.000 %)Java
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (20.00 %)QA
21 (5.000 %)SLA
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (10.00 %)Active Directory
12 (10.00 %)NetBackup
21 (5.000 %)NFS
21 (5.000 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (30.00 %)CONTROL-M
21 (5.000 %)Tivoli
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (35.00 %)Oracle
24 (20.00 %)Sun
24 (20.00 %)VERITAS
33 (15.00 %)Micro Focus
42 (10.00 %)Sybase
51 (5.000 %)EMC
51 (5.000 %)Thunderhead
51 (5.000 %)Symantec