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The table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills within the Coventry 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 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUNIX
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank2417
Rank change on same period last yearDown-7
Matching contract IT job ads617
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.019 %
As % of the category below30.00 %27.42 %
Daily rates quoted15
Average minimum daily rate£320£312
Average daily rate£320£333
% change on same period last year-3.90 %
Average maximum daily rate£320£354
UK excluding London average daily rate£348£341
% change on same period last year+2.07 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£20.00-
Average hourly rate£22.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£25.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.93£32.61
% change on same period last year-8.19 %
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Coventry
Matching contract IT job ads2062
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.032 %0.068 %
Daily rates quoted312
Average minimum daily rate£262£223
Average daily rate£268£237
% change on same period last year+13.15 %
Average maximum daily rate£274£251
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£319
% change on same period last year-0.63 %
Hourly rates quoted514
Average minimum hourly rate£15.71£15.57
Average hourly rate£16.64£16.64
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£17.57£17.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.93£21.93
% change on same period last year+0.02 %
UNIX West MidlandsUNIX
West Midlands

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry UNIX Hourly Rate Trend

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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.

17 (53.85 %)Linux
26 (46.15 %)IBM
26 (46.15 %)Mainframe
26 (46.15 %)IBM Mainframe
35 (38.46 %)Solaris
44 (30.77 %)AS400
44 (30.77 %)Windows
44 (30.77 %)AIX
44 (30.77 %)Oracle
53 (23.08 %)DB2
53 (23.08 %)J2EE
53 (23.08 %)C++
53 (23.08 %)Java
53 (23.08 %)HPUX
53 (23.08 %)HP
53 (23.08 %)CICS
62 (15.38 %)JCL
62 (15.38 %)PL/1
62 (15.38 %)Microsoft
62 (15.38 %)Active Directory
62 (15.38 %)COBOL
62 (15.38 %)VB
62 (15.38 %).NET
62 (15.38 %)SAP
62 (15.38 %)ITIL
71 (7.692 %)MS Office
71 (7.692 %)C
71 (7.692 %)Delphi
71 (7.692 %)HTML
71 (7.692 %)JavaScript

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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.

Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (23.08 %)J2EE
22 (15.38 %).NET
31 (7.692 %)HTML
31 (7.692 %)WebSphere
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (23.08 %)CICS
21 (7.692 %)Lotus Notes
21 (7.692 %)MQSeries
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (7.692 %)MS Office
11 (7.692 %)MS Excel
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (7.692 %)LAN
11 (7.692 %)WAN
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (23.08 %)DB2
21 (7.692 %)Data Cleansing
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (7.692 %)Pharmaceutical
11 (7.692 %)Automotive
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (23.08 %)Analyst
22 (15.38 %)Architect
22 (15.38 %)Consultant
22 (15.38 %)Systems Administrator
22 (15.38 %)Principle Consultant
22 (15.38 %)Administrator
31 (7.692 %)Technical Analyst
31 (7.692 %)Infrastructure Architect
31 (7.692 %)Applications Architect
31 (7.692 %)Data Migration Specialist
31 (7.692 %)Linux Systems Administrator
31 (7.692 %)Infrastructure Consultant
31 (7.692 %)Linux Administrator
31 (7.692 %)Computer Operator
31 (7.692 %)Helpdesk Analyst
31 (7.692 %)Applications Consultant
31 (7.692 %)Developer
31 (7.692 %)Test Analyst
31 (7.692 %)Systems Analyst
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (46.15 %)Mainframe
16 (46.15 %)IBM Mainframe
24 (30.77 %)AS400
31 (7.692 %)Client/Server
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (53.85 %)Linux
25 (38.46 %)Solaris
34 (30.77 %)Windows
34 (30.77 %)AIX
43 (23.08 %)HPUX
51 (7.692 %)Windows XP
51 (7.692 %)Red Hat Linux
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (15.38 %)ITIL
21 (7.692 %)Change Management
21 (7.692 %)Validation
21 (7.692 %)Migration
21 (7.692 %)Stakeholder Management
21 (7.692 %)Test Management
21 (7.692 %)Data Migration
21 (7.692 %)Data Validation
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (23.08 %)Java
13 (23.08 %)C++
22 (15.38 %)COBOL
22 (15.38 %)VB
22 (15.38 %)PL/1
22 (15.38 %)JCL
31 (7.692 %)Delphi
31 (7.692 %)JavaScript
31 (7.692 %)Perl
31 (7.692 %)SQL
31 (7.692 %)C
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (15.38 %)Active Directory
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (46.15 %)IBM
24 (30.77 %)Oracle
33 (23.08 %)HP
42 (15.38 %)SAP
42 (15.38 %)Microsoft
51 (7.692 %)CA
51 (7.692 %)Lotus
51 (7.692 %)Red Hat