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The table below looks at the demand for the UNIX Administrator role in IT contracts within the East Midlands region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited UNIX Administrator in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 UNIX Administrator
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank8978
Rank change on same period last yearDown-11
Matching contract IT job ads115
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.015 %
As % of the category below0.060 %0.789 %
Daily rates quoted13
Average minimum daily rate£275£287
Average daily rate£300£295
% change on same period last year+1.69 %
Average maximum daily rate£325£303
UK excluding London average daily rate£361£340
% change on same period last year+6.04 %
Hourly rates quoted06
Average minimum hourly rate-£31.08
Average hourly rate-£32.13
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£33.18
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.70£32.40
% change on same period last year+16.34 %
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads16771900
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.267 %1.874 %
Daily rates quoted506369
Average minimum daily rate£348£330
Average daily rate£368£347
% change on same period last year+5.95 %
Average maximum daily rate£389£365
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£355
% change on same period last year-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted199287
Average minimum hourly rate£18.39£20.73
Average hourly rate£19.79£22.34
% change on same period last year-11.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.20£23.96
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.85£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.14 %
UNIX Administrator EnglandUNIX Administrator
England

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 Administrator
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing UNIX Administrator across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

East Midlands UNIX Administrator Demand Trend

UNIX Administrator
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing UNIX Administrator across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands UNIX Administrator Daily Rate Trend

UNIX Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing UNIX Administrator across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands UNIX Administrator Hourly Rate Trend

UNIX Administrator
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UNIX Administrator within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
LeicestershireNew entry-1£300-
UNIX Administrator EnglandUNIX Administrator
England

UNIX Administrator
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region that cited UNIX Administrator in their job title 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 with UNIX Administrator in their job title.

17 (100.00 %)UNIX
26 (85.71 %)AIX
35 (71.43 %)IBM
44 (57.14 %)Middleware
44 (57.14 %)Finance
44 (57.14 %)WebSphere Application Server
44 (57.14 %)WebSphere
53 (42.86 %)Solaris
62 (28.57 %)VERITAS
62 (28.57 %)Red Hat
62 (28.57 %)NetBackup
71 (14.29 %)SUSE
71 (14.29 %)IPTV
71 (14.29 %)Red Hat Linux
71 (14.29 %)Internet
71 (14.29 %)Security Management
71 (14.29 %)Telecoms
71 (14.29 %)Linux
71 (14.29 %)Apache
71 (14.29 %)FreeBSD
71 (14.29 %)LDAP
71 (14.29 %)DNS
71 (14.29 %)Sun
71 (14.29 %)HPUX

UNIX Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region that cited UNIX Administrator in their job title 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 with UNIX Administrator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (57.14 %)Middleware
14 (57.14 %)WebSphere
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (57.14 %)WebSphere Application Server
21 (14.29 %)Apache
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (14.29 %)LDAP
11 (14.29 %)DNS
11 (14.29 %)Internet
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (57.14 %)Finance
21 (14.29 %)Telecoms
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (14.29 %)IPTV
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (100.00 %)UNIX
26 (85.71 %)AIX
33 (42.86 %)Solaris
41 (14.29 %)Linux
41 (14.29 %)FreeBSD
41 (14.29 %)SUSE
41 (14.29 %)Red Hat Linux
41 (14.29 %)HPUX
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (14.29 %)Security Management
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (28.57 %)NetBackup
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (71.43 %)IBM
22 (28.57 %)VERITAS
22 (28.57 %)Red Hat
31 (14.29 %)Sun