The first table below looks at the demand for AIX skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited AIX 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 Operating Systems category for the Cheshire 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
IBM AIX
Rank 24 21 18
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -3
Contract jobs citing AIX 42 52 68
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 5.801% 6.508% 7.018%
As % of the Operating Systems category 21.65% 25.74% 22.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 17 36
Average daily rate £375 £414 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.42% +10.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £340 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £407 £375
% change year-on-year
-7.86% +8.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.00 £40.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
-7.50% +33.33%
All Operating Systems
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
194 202 303
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 26.80% 25.28% 31.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 88 184
Average daily rate £325 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £194 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 9 9
Average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.50% +42.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.35 £14.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £30.00 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
AIX
North West

AIX
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing AIX across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Cheshire AIX Jobs Demand Trend

AIX
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing AIX across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire AIX Daily Rate Trend

AIX
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing AIX across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cheshire AIX Daily Rate Histogram

AIX
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing AIX across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire AIX Hourly Rate Trend

AIX
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AIX within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Chester +3 18 £463 +19.35%
Knutsford -8 5 £300 -24.90%
AIX
North West

AIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing AIX 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 AIX.

1 48 (76.19%) UNIX
2 39 (61.90%) Linux
3 25 (39.68%) Oracle
4 24 (38.10%) Windows
5 16 (25.40%) SAP
6 15 (23.81%) Project Management
7 14 (22.22%) ITIL
7 14 (22.22%) VMware
8 13 (20.63%) Migration
8 13 (20.63%) DB2
8 13 (20.63%) Shell Script
9 12 (19.05%) Citrix
10 11 (17.46%) Middleware
10 11 (17.46%) Tivoli
10 11 (17.46%) Stakeholder Management
11 10 (15.87%) IBM
11 10 (15.87%) PRINCE2
12 9 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 9 (14.29%) Finance
13 8 (12.70%) Clustering
13 8 (12.70%) SSL
13 8 (12.70%) SQL
14 7 (11.11%) WebSphere MQ
14 7 (11.11%) Service Management
14 7 (11.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
14 7 (11.11%) Red Hat
14 7 (11.11%) Tivoli Storage Manager
15 6 (9.524%) Banking
15 6 (9.524%) Problem Management
15 6 (9.524%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux

AIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing AIX 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 AIX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (17.46%) Middleware
2 4 (6.349%) SAP Basis
3 3 (4.762%) Tivoli Directory Integrator
4 2 (3.175%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 7 (11.11%) WebSphere MQ
2 6 (9.524%) MS Exchange
3 5 (7.937%) WebSphere Message Broker
3 5 (7.937%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (3.175%) IBM HTTP Server
4 2 (3.175%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 6 (9.524%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.175%) SAP R/3
2 1 (1.587%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 8 (12.70%) SSL
2 6 (9.524%) SAN
2 6 (9.524%) DNS
3 4 (6.349%) Firewall
4 2 (3.175%) HTTP
5 1 (1.587%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.587%) LAN
5 1 (1.587%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (20.63%) DB2
2 5 (7.937%) Oracle Reports
2 5 (7.937%) Oracle 11g
3 2 (3.175%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 9 (14.29%) Finance
2 6 (9.524%) Banking
3 2 (3.175%) Legal
4 1 (1.587%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.587%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (22.22%) Architect
2 11 (17.46%) Project Manager
2 11 (17.46%) Consultant
2 11 (17.46%) Infrastructure Manager
3 10 (15.87%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 8 (12.70%) Technical Architect
5 7 (11.11%) Administrator
5 7 (11.11%) SAP Consultant
6 5 (7.937%) Solutions Architect
6 5 (7.937%) Technical Solutions Architect
6 5 (7.937%) UNIX Specialist
7 3 (4.762%) Programme Manager
7 3 (4.762%) SAP Architect
7 3 (4.762%) Infrastructure Architect
7 3 (4.762%) Infrastructure Specialist
7 3 (4.762%) Migration Consultant
7 3 (4.762%) Identity Management Specialist
8 2 (3.175%) Security Analyst
8 2 (3.175%) WebSphere Administrator
8 2 (3.175%) Migration Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.70%) Clustering
2 4 (6.349%) Mainframe
3 3 (4.762%) HACMP
4 2 (3.175%) FMCG
5 1 (1.587%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 48 (76.19%) UNIX
2 39 (61.90%) Linux
3 24 (38.10%) Windows
4 6 (9.524%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (9.524%) Solaris
5 5 (7.937%) zOS
5 5 (7.937%) Tru64
6 2 (3.175%) HPUX
7 1 (1.587%) VMS
7 1 (1.587%) Windows 7
7 1 (1.587%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (23.81%) Project Management
2 14 (22.22%) ITIL
3 13 (20.63%) Migration
4 11 (17.46%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (15.87%) PRINCE2
6 7 (11.11%) Service Management
7 6 (9.524%) Problem Management
8 5 (7.937%) Configuration Management
8 5 (7.937%) Change Management
9 4 (6.349%) Identity Management
10 3 (4.762%) Information Security
10 3 (4.762%) Programme Management
11 2 (3.175%) Change Control
11 2 (3.175%) Service Delivery
11 2 (3.175%) Capacity Planning
11 2 (3.175%) Data Migration
11 2 (3.175%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 1 (1.587%) ERP
12 1 (1.587%) Business Analysis
12 1 (1.587%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 13 (20.63%) Shell Script
2 8 (12.70%) SQL
3 6 (9.524%) VB
3 6 (9.524%) C++
4 4 (6.349%) Perl
5 3 (4.762%) Java
5 3 (4.762%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 9 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 4 (6.349%) SAP Certification
3 3 (4.762%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (4.762%) CISSP
4 2 (3.175%) IBM WebSphere Certification
5 1 (1.587%) CISA
5 1 (1.587%) Degree
5 1 (1.587%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.587%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.937%) QA
System Software
1 7 (11.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
2 3 (4.762%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (4.762%) Tivoli Directory Server
2 3 (4.762%) PowerHA
3 2 (3.175%) VMware ESX
4 1 (1.587%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.587%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (17.46%) Tivoli
2 7 (11.11%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 4 (6.349%) Tivoli Identity Manager
4 3 (4.762%) BladeLogic
5 1 (1.587%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 25 (39.68%) Oracle
2 16 (25.40%) SAP
3 14 (22.22%) VMware
4 12 (19.05%) Citrix
5 10 (15.87%) IBM
6 7 (11.11%) Red Hat
7 3 (4.762%) Brocade
8 2 (3.175%) Hitachi
8 2 (3.175%) Microsoft
9 1 (1.587%) HP
9 1 (1.587%) NetApp
9 1 (1.587%) Veritas
9 1 (1.587%) BMC
9 1 (1.587%) CheckPoint
9 1 (1.587%) ArcSight
Chester, Cheshire
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Posted: 20 May 2013