The first table below looks at the demand for Shell Script skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Shell Script over the 3 months to 21 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 City of London 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Shell Script
Rank 128 126 87
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -39
Contract jobs citing Shell Script 76 95 183
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 1.183% 1.208% 1.890%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.834% 3.316% 4.496%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 68 144
Average daily rate £438 £406 £465
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -12.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £329 £312 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £533 £618
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £411 £333
% change year-on-year
-14.89% +23.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £34.50 - £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.10 £37.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year
-13.24% -2.63%
All Programming Languages
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2682 2865 4070
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 41.74% 36.44% 42.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 2072 2145 3086
Average daily rate £450 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £312 £275 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 33 35
Average hourly rate £39.51 £32.50 £28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.55% +16.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.81 £15.00 £18.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.00 £50.00 £57.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
Shell Script
London

Shell Script
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Shell Script Daily Rate Trend

Shell Script
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Shell Script across the City of London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

City of London Shell Script Daily Rate Histogram

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 City of London region.

City of London Shell Script Hourly Rate Trend

Shell Script
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Shell Script across the City of London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

City of London Shell Script Hourly Rate Histogram

Shell Script
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 95 (69.34%) UNIX
2 70 (51.09%) Linux
3 66 (48.18%) Oracle
4 60 (43.80%) SQL
5 58 (42.34%) Java
6 52 (37.96%) Finance
7 29 (21.17%) Red Hat
8 28 (20.44%) PL/SQL
9 26 (18.98%) Solaris
9 26 (18.98%) XML
10 25 (18.25%) Perl
10 25 (18.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 24 (17.52%) SAN
12 23 (16.79%) Banking
13 21 (15.33%) Oracle 11g
13 21 (15.33%) Windows
14 18 (13.14%) Oracle EBS
14 18 (13.14%) Oracle 10g
14 18 (13.14%) Business Intelligence
15 17 (12.41%) Data Warehouse
15 17 (12.41%) SQL Server
16 15 (10.95%) JavaScript
17 14 (10.22%) C
17 14 (10.22%) HTML
17 14 (10.22%) Sybase
17 14 (10.22%) WebLogic
18 13 (9.489%) JSP
18 13 (9.489%) C++
18 13 (9.489%) Apache
18 13 (9.489%) DNS

Shell Script
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 26 (18.98%) XML
2 14 (10.22%) HTML
3 13 (9.489%) JSP
4 11 (8.029%) Web Services
5 10 (7.299%) Spring
5 10 (7.299%) XSLT
6 9 (6.569%) JMS
6 9 (6.569%) jQuery
7 8 (5.839%) WebSphere
7 8 (5.839%) Middleware
8 7 (5.109%) Hibernate
8 7 (5.109%) SOAP
9 6 (4.380%) Servlets
9 6 (4.380%) CSS
10 5 (3.650%) XHTML
10 5 (3.650%) HTML5
11 4 (2.920%) JPA
11 4 (2.920%) Java EE
11 4 (2.920%) Ajax
12 3 (2.190%) JAXB
Application Platforms
1 14 (10.22%) WebLogic
2 13 (9.489%) Apache
3 9 (6.569%) SAS
4 8 (5.839%) Oracle Workflow
5 6 (4.380%) SharePoint
6 5 (3.650%) WebLogic Portal
6 5 (3.650%) WebSphere Application Server
6 5 (3.650%) Tomcat
7 4 (2.920%) Oracle Application Server
8 3 (2.190%) CMS
8 3 (2.190%) IIS
8 3 (2.190%) Apache Pig
8 3 (2.190%) CloudStack
9 2 (1.460%) Confluence
9 2 (1.460%) IBM HTTP Server
9 2 (1.460%) WebSphere MQ
10 1 (0.730%) TIBCO EMS
10 1 (0.730%) Oracle 10gAS
10 1 (0.730%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (2.190%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.460%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (1.460%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 18 (13.14%) Oracle EBS
2 10 (7.299%) Oracle EBS R12
3 4 (2.920%) Oracle Financials
4 3 (2.190%) Oracle Applications
4 3 (2.190%) RMDS
4 3 (2.190%) ION MarketView
5 2 (1.460%) Oracle iProcurement
5 2 (1.460%) Kondor+
5 2 (1.460%) Khalix
5 2 (1.460%) HFM
5 2 (1.460%) Oracle 11i
5 2 (1.460%) LongView
6 1 (0.730%) BusinessWorks
6 1 (0.730%) FLEXCUBE
Communications & Networking
1 24 (17.52%) SAN
2 13 (9.489%) DNS
3 11 (8.029%) LDAP
4 9 (6.569%) HTTP
5 6 (4.380%) TCP/IP
5 6 (4.380%) Firewall
6 4 (2.920%) Fibre Channel
7 3 (2.190%) SMTP
7 3 (2.190%) BIG-IP
7 3 (2.190%) NAS
7 3 (2.190%) Network Security
7 3 (2.190%) FWSM
8 2 (1.460%) SSH
8 2 (1.460%) DHCP
8 2 (1.460%) LAN
9 1 (0.730%) DMZ
9 1 (0.730%) Intranet
9 1 (0.730%) Internet
9 1 (0.730%) Extranet
9 1 (0.730%) POP3
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (15.33%) Oracle 11g
2 18 (13.14%) Oracle 10g
3 17 (12.41%) Data Warehouse
3 17 (12.41%) SQL Server
4 10 (7.299%) Oracle Reports
5 9 (6.569%) Oracle 8/8i
6 8 (5.839%) MySQL
7 7 (5.109%) OLAP
8 6 (4.380%) PowerCenter
9 4 (2.920%) Hadoop
9 4 (2.920%) Apache Hive
9 4 (2.920%) Big Data
9 4 (2.920%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
9 4 (2.920%) Oracle 9i
10 3 (2.190%) SQLPlus
10 3 (2.190%) Essbase
10 3 (2.190%) RDBMS
10 3 (2.190%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (2.190%) Sybase ASE
10 3 (2.190%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 8 (5.839%) Oracle Forms
1 8 (5.839%) JUnit
2 5 (3.650%) Subversion
3 4 (2.920%) Git (software)
4 3 (2.190%) JDeveloper
4 3 (2.190%) Eclipse
4 3 (2.190%) JIRA
4 3 (2.190%) GDB
5 2 (1.460%) Mercurial
5 2 (1.460%) Redmine
5 2 (1.460%) FogBugz
5 2 (1.460%) Trac
5 2 (1.460%) Oracle APEX
5 2 (1.460%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 2 (1.460%) PowerBuilder
5 2 (1.460%) ERwin
6 1 (0.730%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.730%) Ant
6 1 (0.730%) Maven
6 1 (0.730%) TeamCity
General
1 52 (37.96%) Finance
2 23 (16.79%) Banking
3 13 (9.489%) Investment Banking
4 4 (2.920%) Advertising
5 3 (2.190%) Financial Institution
5 3 (2.190%) Front Office
6 2 (1.460%) General Ledger
6 2 (1.460%) Back Office
6 2 (1.460%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.460%) Publishing
7 1 (0.730%) Music
Job Titles
1 38 (27.74%) Developer
2 23 (16.79%) DBA
3 19 (13.87%) Administrator
4 17 (12.41%) Oracle DBA
5 14 (10.22%) Java Developer
5 14 (10.22%) Systems Administrator
6 11 (8.029%) Analyst
6 11 (8.029%) Senior Developer
7 10 (7.299%) UNIX Systems Administrator
7 10 (7.299%) UNIX Administrator
8 9 (6.569%) Senior Java Developer
9 6 (4.380%) Linux Engineer
9 6 (4.380%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (4.380%) Oracle Developer
9 6 (4.380%) UNIX Engineer
9 6 (4.380%) Consultant
9 6 (4.380%) Architect
10 4 (2.920%) Support Analyst
10 4 (2.920%) Tester
11 3 (2.190%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.299%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 8 (5.839%) Equities
3 7 (5.109%) Fixed Income
3 7 (5.109%) Computer Science
4 5 (3.650%) Clustering
4 5 (3.650%) CLARiiON
4 5 (3.650%) Mathematics
4 5 (3.650%) Open Source
5 4 (2.920%) Derivative
6 3 (2.190%) Symmetrix DMX
7 2 (1.460%) Machine Learning
7 2 (1.460%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.460%) Equity Derivative
7 2 (1.460%) Firmware
7 2 (1.460%) Replication
8 1 (0.730%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.730%) Symmetrix
8 1 (0.730%) EMC Centera
8 1 (0.730%) PKI
8 1 (0.730%) DataPower
Operating Systems
1 95 (69.34%) UNIX
2 70 (51.09%) Linux
3 26 (18.98%) Solaris
4 25 (18.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 21 (15.33%) Windows
6 10 (7.299%) SUSE
7 7 (5.109%) AIX
8 4 (2.920%) HPUX
9 3 (2.190%) Debian
10 2 (1.460%) Windows 7
10 2 (1.460%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.730%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (13.14%) Business Intelligence
2 11 (8.029%) ITIL
3 9 (6.569%) E-Commerce
3 9 (6.569%) ETL
4 8 (5.839%) High Availability
4 8 (5.839%) Workflow
5 7 (5.109%) Change Management
5 7 (5.109%) Migration
6 6 (4.380%) Agile Software Development
6 6 (4.380%) Data Modelling
6 6 (4.380%) SOA
7 5 (3.650%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (3.650%) TDD
7 5 (3.650%) Load Balancing
7 5 (3.650%) Electronic Trading
8 4 (2.920%) Investment Management
8 4 (2.920%) OO
9 3 (2.190%) Configuration Management
9 3 (2.190%) MVC
9 3 (2.190%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 60 (43.80%) SQL
2 58 (42.34%) Java
3 28 (20.44%) PL/SQL
4 25 (18.25%) Perl
5 15 (10.95%) JavaScript
6 14 (10.22%) C
7 13 (9.489%) C++
8 12 (8.759%) PHP
9 10 (7.299%) Bash shell
10 7 (5.109%) Python
10 7 (5.109%) Korn
11 4 (2.920%) Scala
11 4 (2.920%) C#
12 3 (2.190%) PHP5
13 2 (1.460%) Ruby
13 2 (1.460%) T-SQL
13 2 (1.460%) Jython
14 1 (0.730%) AWK
14 1 (0.730%) VB
14 1 (0.730%) VBA
Qualifications
1 11 (8.029%) Security Cleared
1 11 (8.029%) Degree
2 9 (6.569%) DV Cleared
3 3 (2.190%) CCNA
3 3 (2.190%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.460%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.460%) MCITP
4 2 (1.460%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (1.460%) MCSE
4 2 (1.460%) PhD
4 2 (1.460%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.460%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (1.460%) PMP
4 2 (1.460%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.730%) OCP
5 1 (0.730%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (0.730%) RHCE
5 1 (0.730%) SCSA
5 1 (0.730%) RHCT
5 1 (0.730%) HP ASE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.920%) QA
2 2 (1.460%) SLA
3 1 (0.730%) Solvency II
3 1 (0.730%) Data Quality
System Software
1 12 (8.759%) Oracle RAC
1 12 (8.759%) Oracle RMAN
2 11 (8.029%) NFS
3 10 (7.299%) Veritas Volume Manager
4 8 (5.839%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (2.920%) vSphere
6 3 (2.190%) Apache Flume
6 3 (2.190%) vCloud
6 3 (2.190%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 2 (1.460%) SRDF
7 2 (1.460%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.460%) VMware ESX
8 1 (0.730%) qmail
8 1 (0.730%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.730%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.730%) Veritas File System
Systems Management
1 12 (8.759%) Nagios
2 10 (7.299%) Data Guard
3 4 (2.920%) Zenoss
4 3 (2.190%) BladeLogic
5 2 (1.460%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (1.460%) Control-M
6 1 (0.730%) CA SiteMinder
6 1 (0.730%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.730%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 1 (0.730%) TIBCO Hawk
6 1 (0.730%) Veritas Storage Foundation
6 1 (0.730%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.730%) Splunk
6 1 (0.730%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.730%) Puppet
Vendors
1 66 (48.18%) Oracle
2 29 (21.17%) Red Hat
3 14 (10.22%) Sybase
4 11 (8.029%) Business Objects
5 10 (7.299%) Sun
5 10 (7.299%) EMC
5 10 (7.299%) Informatica
5 10 (7.299%) VMware
6 9 (6.569%) HP
7 8 (5.839%) Cisco
7 8 (5.839%) IBM
8 6 (4.380%) NetApp
8 6 (4.380%) Veritas
9 4 (2.920%) Cognos
9 4 (2.920%) Microsoft
10 3 (2.190%) CheckPoint
10 3 (2.190%) webMethods
10 3 (2.190%) FatWire
10 3 (2.190%) Salesforce.com
10 3 (2.190%) ION Trading
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