The first table below looks at the demand for Shell Script skills in IT contracts advertised for the Docklands, 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 23 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 Docklands, 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Shell Script
Rank 21 28 32
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +4
Contract jobs citing Shell Script 8 4 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 4.624% 1.860% 4.419%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.12% 5.970% 8.940%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 16
Average daily rate £475 £600 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.83% +41.17%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £600 £383
10% offered a daily rate of more than £508 £600 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £413 £335
% change year-on-year
-15.15% +23.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.10 £37.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year
-13.24% -2.63%
All Programming Languages
Docklands, London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
66 67 302
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 38.15% 31.16% 49.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 38 132
Average daily rate £450 £488 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £224 £355 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
Average hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% +6.66%
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 Docklands, London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Docklands, 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London Shell Script Daily Rate Trend

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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London Shell Script Hourly Rate Trend

Shell Script
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, 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 9 (100.00%) UNIX
2 8 (88.89%) Banking
3 7 (77.78%) Investment Banking
3 7 (77.78%) Perl
3 7 (77.78%) Equities
4 5 (55.56%) SAN
4 5 (55.56%) Solaris
4 5 (55.56%) Linux
4 5 (55.56%) LDAP
5 4 (44.44%) NFS
5 4 (44.44%) DNS
5 4 (44.44%) Red Hat
5 4 (44.44%) Veritas Volume Manager
5 4 (44.44%) SUSE
6 3 (33.33%) Derivative
6 3 (33.33%) JIRA
6 3 (33.33%) FIX Protocol
6 3 (33.33%) QA
6 3 (33.33%) Test Scripting
6 3 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
6 3 (33.33%) Automated Testing
6 3 (33.33%) Confluence
6 3 (33.33%) Regression Testing
6 3 (33.33%) C
6 3 (33.33%) C++
6 3 (33.33%) Java
7 2 (22.22%) Python
7 2 (22.22%) Ruby
8 1 (11.11%) Tivoli Directory Integrator
8 1 (11.11%) Tivoli Directory Server

Shell Script
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, 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 3 (33.33%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (11.11%) Tivoli Directory Integrator
Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) SAN
1 5 (55.56%) LDAP
2 4 (44.44%) DNS
3 1 (11.11%) BIG-IP
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 8 (88.89%) Banking
2 7 (77.78%) Investment Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) UNIX Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Consultant
3 2 (22.22%) QA Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Systems Tester
4 1 (11.11%) UNIX Systems Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) UNIX Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) Tivoli Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) Security Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Equities
2 3 (33.33%) Derivative
3 1 (11.11%) Cryptography
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) UNIX
2 5 (55.56%) Solaris
2 5 (55.56%) Linux
3 4 (44.44%) SUSE
4 1 (11.11%) AIX
4 1 (11.11%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Test Scripting
1 3 (33.33%) Automated Testing
1 3 (33.33%) Regression Testing
2 1 (11.11%) Electronic Trading
2 1 (11.11%) Investment Management
2 1 (11.11%) E-Commerce
2 1 (11.11%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) Perl
2 3 (33.33%) C
2 3 (33.33%) C++
2 3 (33.33%) Java
3 2 (22.22%) Python
3 2 (22.22%) Ruby
4 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) NFS
1 4 (44.44%) Veritas Volume Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Tivoli Directory Server
2 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (11.11%) Tivoli
2 1 (11.11%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Red Hat
2 1 (11.11%) IBM
2 1 (11.11%) Sun
2 1 (11.11%) HP
2 1 (11.11%) EMC
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) Sybase
2 1 (11.11%) Veritas