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This section looks at the demand for UNIX skills within the Cheltenham 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUNIX
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank78
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads3330
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.044 %0.030 %
As % of the category below32.35 %44.12 %
Daily rates quoted1719
Average minimum daily rate£365£435
Average daily rate£377£435
% change on same period last year-13.35 %
Average maximum daily rate£389£435
UK excluding London average daily rate£351£363
% change on same period last year-3.16 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£45.00-
Average hourly rate£45.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£45.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.42£31.29
% change on same period last year+3.63 %
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Cheltenham
Matching contract IT job ads10268
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.136 %0.068 %
Daily rates quoted5944
Average minimum daily rate£378£430
Average daily rate£385£431
% change on same period last year-10.68 %
Average maximum daily rate£392£432
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£335
% change on same period last year-1.62 %
Hourly rates quoted43
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00£15.70
Average hourly rate£30.71£17.20
% change on same period last year+78.57 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.43£18.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.51£22.79
% change on same period last year-1.22 %
UNIX GloucestershireUNIX
Gloucestershire

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

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham UNIX Hourly Rate Trend

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham 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.

146 (85.19 %)Security Cleared
232 (59.26 %)Solaris
331 (57.41 %)DV Cleared
420 (37.04 %)Perl
518 (33.33 %)Windows
616 (29.63 %)Linux
616 (29.63 %)Government
715 (27.78 %)ITIL
715 (27.78 %)HPUX
811 (20.37 %)Shell Script
910 (18.52 %)Service Management
910 (18.52 %)Windows 2000
109 (16.67 %)ClearCase
109 (16.67 %)Korn
118 (14.81 %)Windows Vista
118 (14.81 %)Clustering
118 (14.81 %)Telecoms
118 (14.81 %)C
127 (12.96 %)PRINCE2
127 (12.96 %)TCP/IP
127 (12.96 %)DNS
127 (12.96 %)Microsoft
127 (12.96 %)HP
127 (12.96 %)SAN
127 (12.96 %)Configuration Management
136 (11.11 %)NFS
136 (11.11 %)DHCP
145 (9.259 %)MS Exchange
145 (9.259 %)SQL Server
145 (9.259 %)Exchange Server 2003

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham 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.

Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (1.852 %)HTML
11 (1.852 %)J2EE
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (9.259 %)MS Exchange
15 (9.259 %)Exchange Server 2003
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (1.852 %)MS Office
11 (1.852 %)MS Excel
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (12.96 %)TCP/IP
17 (12.96 %)DNS
17 (12.96 %)SAN
26 (11.11 %)DHCP
31 (1.852 %)FTP
31 (1.852 %)HTTP
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (9.259 %)SQL Server
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (16.67 %)ClearCase
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
116 (29.63 %)Government
28 (14.81 %)Telecoms
34 (7.407 %)Finance
34 (7.407 %)Electric
34 (7.407 %)Legal
41 (1.852 %)Auditing
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
119 (35.19 %)Administrator
214 (25.93 %)Consultant
214 (25.93 %)Systems Administrator
311 (20.37 %)UNIX Consultant
49 (16.67 %)UNIX Administrator
57 (12.96 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
57 (12.96 %)Solaris Systems Administrator
57 (12.96 %)Solaris Administrator
66 (11.11 %)Project Manager
75 (9.259 %)UNIX Support
84 (7.407 %)Support Specialist
84 (7.407 %)Configuration Manager
84 (7.407 %)UNIX Specialist
93 (5.556 %)UNIX Engineer
93 (5.556 %)Architect
93 (5.556 %)Analyst
102 (3.704 %)Systems Engineer
102 (3.704 %)UNIX Systems Engineer
102 (3.704 %)AIX Administrator
102 (3.704 %)Security Architect
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (14.81 %)Clustering
25 (9.259 %)PKI
32 (3.704 %)Fat Client
32 (3.704 %)Thin Client
41 (1.852 %)Smartcard
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
132 (59.26 %)Solaris
218 (33.33 %)Windows
316 (29.63 %)Linux
415 (27.78 %)HPUX
510 (18.52 %)Windows 2000
68 (14.81 %)Windows Vista
74 (7.407 %)Windows NT
74 (7.407 %)Tru64
74 (7.407 %)Red Hat Linux
74 (7.407 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
83 (5.556 %)Windows Server 2008
92 (3.704 %)AIX
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
146 (85.19 %)Security Cleared
231 (57.41 %)DV Cleared
315 (27.78 %)ITIL
410 (18.52 %)Service Management
57 (12.96 %)PRINCE2
57 (12.96 %)Configuration Management
65 (9.259 %)V-Model
74 (7.407 %)Problem Management
74 (7.407 %)Test Scripting
82 (3.704 %)Project Management
91 (1.852 %)RUP
91 (1.852 %)Unified Process
91 (1.852 %)Automated Testing
91 (1.852 %)Incident Management
91 (1.852 %)SC Cleared
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
120 (37.04 %)Perl
211 (20.37 %)Shell Script
39 (16.67 %)Korn
48 (14.81 %)C
51 (1.852 %)C++
51 (1.852 %)Java
51 (1.852 %)SQL
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (7.407 %)HNC
14 (7.407 %)Degree
21 (1.852 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (11.11 %)NFS
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (12.96 %)Microsoft
17 (12.96 %)HP
24 (7.407 %)Sun
33 (5.556 %)Oracle
33 (5.556 %)IBM
41 (1.852 %)Sophos