The first table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited UNIX over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Dorset 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
UNIX
Rank 19 9 14
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +5
Contract jobs citing UNIX 15 34 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 6.608% 12.14% 9.214%
As % of the Operating Systems category 21.43% 39.08% 38.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 21 22
Average daily rate £425 £375 £361
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% +3.80%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £356 £320 £302
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £425 £387
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
+3.57% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £31.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+9.09% -15.38%
All Operating Systems
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
70 87 88
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 30.84% 31.07% 23.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 46 48
Average daily rate £280 £360 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.22% -1.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £110 £260 £171
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £425 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 7
Average hourly rate £14.02 £40.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-64.95% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.73 £12.03
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £44.80 £115.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
UNIX
South West

UNIX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset UNIX Jobs Demand Trend

UNIX
Daily Rate Trend

This 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
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing UNIX across the Dorset region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Dorset UNIX Daily Rate Histogram

UNIX
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Bournemouth -6 15 £425 +13.33%
Poole - - - -
UNIX
South West

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

1 23 (85.19%) Linux
2 17 (62.96%) SQL
3 16 (59.26%) Oracle
4 12 (44.44%) Finance
5 11 (40.74%) Java
6 9 (33.33%) Banking
7 8 (29.63%) Test Management
7 8 (29.63%) WebLogic
7 8 (29.63%) Windows
7 8 (29.63%) TOAD
7 8 (29.63%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (29.63%) Middleware
8 7 (25.93%) PL/SQL
8 7 (25.93%) HP Quality Center
9 6 (22.22%) Oracle 11g
9 6 (22.22%) Oracle 10g
9 6 (22.22%) HTTP
9 6 (22.22%) LoadRunner
10 5 (18.52%) QuickTest Pro
10 5 (18.52%) HP
10 5 (18.52%) ISEB
10 5 (18.52%) Shell Script
10 5 (18.52%) HTTPS
10 5 (18.52%) OLTP
10 5 (18.52%) Solaris
10 5 (18.52%) Oracle 8/8i
10 5 (18.52%) SQL Server
10 5 (18.52%) JDBC
10 5 (18.52%) ODBC
10 5 (18.52%) QA

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 8 (29.63%) Middleware
2 5 (18.52%) JDBC
2 5 (18.52%) ODBC
3 3 (11.11%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (7.407%) WebSphere
5 1 (3.704%) SOAP
5 1 (3.704%) XML
5 1 (3.704%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 8 (29.63%) WebLogic
2 4 (14.81%) Oracle Application Server
3 1 (3.704%) CMS
3 1 (3.704%) MQSeries
Applications
1 1 (3.704%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.704%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (3.704%) Temenos T24
Communications & Networking
1 6 (22.22%) HTTP
2 5 (18.52%) HTTPS
3 2 (7.407%) FTP
3 2 (7.407%) Internet
4 1 (3.704%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (29.63%) TOAD
1 8 (29.63%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (22.22%) Oracle 11g
2 6 (22.22%) Oracle 10g
3 5 (18.52%) OLTP
3 5 (18.52%) Oracle 8/8i
3 5 (18.52%) SQL Server
4 4 (14.81%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (11.11%) Oracle Discoverer
5 3 (11.11%) Star Schema
6 1 (3.704%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (3.704%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 6 (22.22%) LoadRunner
2 5 (18.52%) QuickTest Pro
2 5 (18.52%) Introscope
3 4 (14.81%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (7.407%) JProfiler
4 2 (7.407%) Subversion
4 2 (7.407%) JProbe
5 1 (3.704%) TestDirector
General
1 12 (44.44%) Finance
2 9 (33.33%) Banking
3 3 (11.11%) Investment Banking
4 2 (7.407%) Advertising
5 1 (3.704%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 6 (22.22%) Developer
1 6 (22.22%) DBA
2 5 (18.52%) Analyst
3 4 (14.81%) Oracle DBA
4 3 (11.11%) Consultant
4 3 (11.11%) Oracle Developer
5 2 (7.407%) QA Leader
5 2 (7.407%) Infrastructure Support Consultant
5 2 (7.407%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 2 (7.407%) Technical Leader
5 2 (7.407%) Support Consultant
5 2 (7.407%) Test Analyst
6 1 (3.704%) Senior Developer
6 1 (3.704%) Administrator
6 1 (3.704%) QA Manager
6 1 (3.704%) Software Developer
6 1 (3.704%) Architect
6 1 (3.704%) Business Analyst
6 1 (3.704%) Senior Analyst Developer
6 1 (3.704%) Server Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 5 (18.52%) Clustering
1 5 (18.52%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 23 (85.19%) Linux
2 8 (29.63%) Windows
3 5 (18.52%) Solaris
4 4 (14.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (29.63%) Test Management
2 5 (18.52%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (14.81%) Test Strategy
3 4 (14.81%) Business Analysis
3 4 (14.81%) Software Testing
3 4 (14.81%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (11.11%) Migration
4 3 (11.11%) Configuration Management
4 3 (11.11%) Data Modelling
4 3 (11.11%) Data Analysis
4 3 (11.11%) Release Management
4 3 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (7.407%) Change Control
5 2 (7.407%) Stress Testing
5 2 (7.407%) Time Management
5 2 (7.407%) Data Migration
6 1 (3.704%) Scrum
6 1 (3.704%) UML
6 1 (3.704%) Systems Analysis
6 1 (3.704%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 17 (62.96%) SQL
2 11 (40.74%) Java
3 7 (25.93%) PL/SQL
4 5 (18.52%) Shell Script
5 3 (11.11%) C++
6 2 (7.407%) C
6 2 (7.407%) VB
6 2 (7.407%) Python
7 1 (3.704%) VBScript
7 1 (3.704%) Perl
7 1 (3.704%) Ruby
7 1 (3.704%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 5 (18.52%) ISEB
2 4 (14.81%) ISTQB
3 3 (11.11%) Degree
4 2 (7.407%) HND
5 1 (3.704%) SC Cleared
5 1 (3.704%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (18.52%) QA
System Software
1 2 (7.407%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (7.407%) VMware Server
2 1 (3.704%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (3.704%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 7 (25.93%) HP Quality Center
2 5 (18.52%) HP SiteScope
3 1 (3.704%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 16 (59.26%) Oracle
2 5 (18.52%) HP
3 4 (14.81%) Red Hat
4 2 (7.407%) FalconStor
4 2 (7.407%) VMware
4 2 (7.407%) Symantec
5 1 (3.704%) EMC
5 1 (3.704%) webMethods
5 1 (3.704%) JBoss
5 1 (3.704%) Temenos