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The table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills within the Dorset 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 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUNIX
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank294
Rank change on same period last yearDown-25
Matching contract IT job ads1263
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.017 %0.064 %
As % of the category below11.11 %30.88 %
Daily rates quoted123
Average minimum daily rate£250£323
Average daily rate£298£343
% change on same period last year-13.27 %
Average maximum daily rate£345£363
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£356
% change on same period last year-1.87 %
Hourly rates quoted14
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00£27.50
Average hourly rate£28.50£31.25
% change on same period last year-8.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.00£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.74£31.62
% change on same period last year-2.78 %
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Dorset
Matching contract IT job ads108204
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.153 %0.207 %
Daily rates quoted1565
Average minimum daily rate£222£288
Average daily rate£233£303
% change on same period last year-23.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£244£318
UK excluding London average daily rate£326£331
% change on same period last year-1.66 %
Hourly rates quoted4144
Average minimum hourly rate£28.22£22.67
Average hourly rate£29.52£24.99
% change on same period last year+18.10 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.81£27.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.97£22.20
% change on same period last year+3.45 %
UNIX South WestUNIX
South West

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset UNIX Hourly Rate Trend

UNIX
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UNIX within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
PooleDown-96--
BournemouthDown-121--
UNIX South WestUNIX
South West

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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.

120 (35.71 %)SQL
219 (33.93 %)Solaris
314 (25.00 %)Finance
412 (21.43 %)Mainframe
511 (19.64 %)Shell Script
610 (17.86 %)AutoSys
610 (17.86 %)AIX
79 (16.07 %)Oracle
79 (16.07 %)Datawarehouse
88 (14.29 %)Linux
88 (14.29 %)Performance Management
97 (12.50 %)Banking
97 (12.50 %)Teradata
97 (12.50 %)Windows
97 (12.50 %)Sun
106 (10.71 %)VERITAS
106 (10.71 %)PL/SQL
106 (10.71 %)SQL Server
106 (10.71 %)LDAP
115 (8.929 %)NetBackup
115 (8.929 %)Oracle 9i
115 (8.929 %)JCL
124 (7.143 %)CA
124 (7.143 %)Oracle 10g
124 (7.143 %)MVS
124 (7.143 %)AS400
133 (5.357 %)VMware
133 (5.357 %)VMware ESX
133 (5.357 %)Investment Banking
133 (5.357 %)Veritas Storage Foundation

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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.

Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (5.357 %)Middleware
22 (3.571 %)WebSphere
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (3.571 %)MQSeries
12 (3.571 %)WebSphere MQ
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (1.786 %)Summit
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (10.71 %)LDAP
22 (3.571 %)DNS
22 (3.571 %)SAN
22 (3.571 %)Intranet
22 (3.571 %)Internet
31 (1.786 %)BIG-IP
31 (1.786 %)Network Security
31 (1.786 %)SMS
31 (1.786 %)DHCP
31 (1.786 %)Ethernet
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (16.07 %)Datawarehouse
26 (10.71 %)SQL Server
35 (8.929 %)Oracle 9i
44 (7.143 %)Oracle 10g
53 (5.357 %)TOAD
53 (5.357 %)OLTP
62 (3.571 %)Oracle 8/8i
62 (3.571 %)SQLPlus
71 (1.786 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
71 (1.786 %)Sybase ASE
71 (1.786 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
71 (1.786 %)BusinessObjects
71 (1.786 %)SQL Server 2000
71 (1.786 %)OLAP
71 (1.786 %)DTS
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (1.786 %)WinRunner
11 (1.786 %)TestDirector
11 (1.786 %)LoadRunner
11 (1.786 %)ProC
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
114 (25.00 %)Finance
27 (12.50 %)Banking
33 (5.357 %)Investment Banking
42 (3.571 %)Telecoms
51 (1.786 %)Retail
51 (1.786 %)Multimedia
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
117 (30.36 %)DBA
28 (14.29 %)Administrator
37 (12.50 %)Consultant
46 (10.71 %)Systems Administrator
46 (10.71 %)Analyst
46 (10.71 %)Oracle DBA
55 (8.929 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
55 (8.929 %)UNIX Administrator
64 (7.143 %)SQL Server DBA
64 (7.143 %)SQL DBA
73 (5.357 %)Performance Manager
82 (3.571 %)Capacity Manager
82 (3.571 %)Developer
82 (3.571 %)Architect
82 (3.571 %)Computer Operator
82 (3.571 %)Systems Support
91 (1.786 %)Network Security Engineer
91 (1.786 %)Technical Consultant
91 (1.786 %)Systems Manager
91 (1.786 %)Solutions Architect
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (21.43 %)Mainframe
24 (7.143 %)AS400
33 (5.357 %)N-Tier
41 (1.786 %)IBM Mainframe
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
119 (33.93 %)Solaris
210 (17.86 %)AIX
38 (14.29 %)Linux
47 (12.50 %)Windows
54 (7.143 %)MVS
62 (3.571 %)Red Hat Linux
62 (3.571 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (14.29 %)Performance Management
22 (3.571 %)ITIL
22 (3.571 %)Change Management
22 (3.571 %)Penetration Testing
31 (1.786 %)Incident Management
31 (1.786 %)Problem Management
31 (1.786 %)Unit Testing
31 (1.786 %)Migration
31 (1.786 %)Stakeholder Management
31 (1.786 %)CRM
31 (1.786 %)Service Delivery
31 (1.786 %)Dimensional Modelling
31 (1.786 %)Data Protection
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
120 (35.71 %)SQL
211 (19.64 %)Shell Script
36 (10.71 %)PL/SQL
45 (8.929 %)JCL
53 (5.357 %)Korn
62 (3.571 %)Transact-SQL
62 (3.571 %)Java
71 (1.786 %)Perl
71 (1.786 %)C
71 (1.786 %)C++
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (8.929 %)NetBackup
23 (5.357 %)VMware ESX
32 (3.571 %)Oracle RAC
32 (3.571 %)NFS
41 (1.786 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
110 (17.86 %)AutoSys
23 (5.357 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
32 (3.571 %)ServiceCenter
41 (1.786 %)Unicenter
41 (1.786 %)Tivoli
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (16.07 %)Oracle
27 (12.50 %)Sun
27 (12.50 %)Teradata
36 (10.71 %)VERITAS
44 (7.143 %)CA
53 (5.357 %)IBM
53 (5.357 %)VMware
53 (5.357 %)Sybase
62 (3.571 %)HP
62 (3.571 %)NetApp
62 (3.571 %)Peregrine
62 (3.571 %)Fujitsu
71 (1.786 %)Infovista
71 (1.786 %)Brocade
71 (1.786 %)EMC
71 (1.786 %)Citrix
71 (1.786 %)Business Objects
71 (1.786 %)Cisco