The first table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands 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 East Midlands 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 31 31 22
Rank change year-on-year
0 -9
Contract jobs citing UNIX 63 58 81
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 4.922% 4.341% 5.466%
As % of the Operating Systems category 22.50% 26.01% 24.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 26 32
Average daily rate £325 £350 £354
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -1.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £231 £275 £190
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £488 £448
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
+3.57% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 1
Average hourly rate £27.50 £55.00 £49.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-50.00% +12.24%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+9.09% -15.38%
All Operating Systems
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
280 223 325
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 21.88% 16.69% 21.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 94 117
Average daily rate £290 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.33% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £175 £94
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £475 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 49 46
Average hourly rate £12.50 £13.77 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.22% -19.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £8.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £55.00 £49.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
UNIX
England

UNIX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands UNIX Hourly Rate Trend

UNIX
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

East Midlands UNIX Hourly Rate Histogram

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 East Midlands 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
Nottinghamshire +11 33 £350 -6.35% 13
Leicestershire -3 9 £400 +20.75% 3
Northamptonshire -8 7 £155 -63.52% 3
Derbyshire +3 4 £275 -42.10% 3
Lincolnshire - - - - 3
UNIX
England

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 53 (50.00%) Linux
2 49 (46.23%) SQL
3 46 (43.40%) Oracle
4 42 (39.62%) Windows
5 35 (33.02%) IBM
6 30 (28.30%) WebSphere
7 24 (22.64%) Java
8 21 (19.81%) DB2
9 20 (18.87%) XML
10 19 (17.92%) VMware
11 18 (16.98%) Finance
11 18 (16.98%) HTML
11 18 (16.98%) OO
12 17 (16.04%) JavaScript
12 17 (16.04%) Tivoli
13 16 (15.09%) RDBMS
13 16 (15.09%) J2EE
13 16 (15.09%) Telecoms
14 15 (14.15%) Continuous Integration
14 15 (14.15%) Perl
14 15 (14.15%) EJB
14 15 (14.15%) CSS
14 15 (14.15%) JUnit
15 14 (13.21%) WebSphere Application Server
15 14 (13.21%) JDBC
15 14 (13.21%) JSP
15 14 (13.21%) Servlets
15 14 (13.21%) RAD
15 14 (13.21%) UML
15 14 (13.21%) XHTML

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 30 (28.30%) WebSphere
2 20 (18.87%) XML
3 18 (16.98%) HTML
4 16 (15.09%) J2EE
5 15 (14.15%) EJB
5 15 (14.15%) CSS
6 14 (13.21%) JDBC
6 14 (13.21%) JSP
6 14 (13.21%) Servlets
6 14 (13.21%) XHTML
7 9 (8.491%) Web Services
8 5 (4.717%) Middleware
8 5 (4.717%) WebSphere MQ
9 3 (2.830%) WSDL
10 2 (1.887%) XSD
10 2 (1.887%) XSLT
10 2 (1.887%) SOAP
10 2 (1.887%) Struts
10 2 (1.887%) DHTML
10 2 (1.887%) XML Schema
Application Platforms
1 14 (13.21%) WebSphere Application Server
2 9 (8.491%) Apache
3 6 (5.660%) IIS
4 5 (4.717%) WebSphere Portal
4 5 (4.717%) WebLogic
5 3 (2.830%) Tomcat
6 2 (1.887%) SharePoint
6 2 (1.887%) Commerce Server
6 2 (1.887%) Papyrus
6 2 (1.887%) WebSphere Message Broker
6 2 (1.887%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.943%) MQSeries
Applications
1 6 (5.660%) MS Excel
2 5 (4.717%) MS Office
3 4 (3.774%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (2.830%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.943%) Google Apps
Business Applications
1 2 (1.887%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.943%) Oracle Retail
2 1 (0.943%) Oracle ERP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.660%) HTTPS
1 6 (5.660%) Cisco Nexus
2 5 (4.717%) SAN
3 4 (3.774%) Network Security
4 3 (2.830%) SSL
4 3 (2.830%) FTP
4 3 (2.830%) TCP/IP
4 3 (2.830%) VoIP
4 3 (2.830%) LAN
5 2 (1.887%) WAN
5 2 (1.887%) HTTP
5 2 (1.887%) Internet
5 2 (1.887%) Firewall
6 1 (0.943%) NetScaler
6 1 (0.943%) NAS
6 1 (0.943%) BIG-IP
6 1 (0.943%) Intranet
6 1 (0.943%) DMZ
6 1 (0.943%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (19.81%) DB2
2 16 (15.09%) RDBMS
3 9 (8.491%) SQL Server
4 7 (6.604%) Oracle 10g
5 6 (5.660%) Oracle 11g
6 3 (2.830%) SQL Server 2008
6 3 (2.830%) SQL Server 2000
6 3 (2.830%) Oracle 8/8i
6 3 (2.830%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (1.887%) Oracle 9i
8 1 (0.943%) TOAD
8 1 (0.943%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 15 (14.15%) JUnit
2 14 (13.21%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
2 14 (13.21%) Eclipse
3 9 (8.491%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 3 (2.830%) Hudson
4 3 (2.830%) Maven
4 3 (2.830%) ProC
4 3 (2.830%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (1.887%) Selenium
5 2 (1.887%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.943%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.943%) Subversion
6 1 (0.943%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 18 (16.98%) Finance
2 16 (15.09%) Telecoms
3 13 (12.26%) Banking
4 10 (9.434%) Investment Banking
5 9 (8.491%) Retail
6 4 (3.774%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (1.887%) Marketing
8 1 (0.943%) Danish Language
8 1 (0.943%) French Language
8 1 (0.943%) Swedish Language
8 1 (0.943%) Billing
Job Titles
1 24 (22.64%) Developer
2 19 (17.92%) Systems Engineer
3 14 (13.21%) WebSphere Developer
4 10 (9.434%) Analyst
5 9 (8.491%) Test Engineer
6 8 (7.547%) Administrator
7 5 (4.717%) Test Analyst
7 5 (4.717%) Consultant
7 5 (4.717%) DBA
7 5 (4.717%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 5 (4.717%) Oracle DBA
7 5 (4.717%) Infrastructure Manager
7 5 (4.717%) Project Manager
8 4 (3.774%) Software Test Engineer
8 4 (3.774%) Oracle Developer
8 4 (3.774%) Software Engineer
8 4 (3.774%) Systems Administrator
8 4 (3.774%) Network Engineer
9 3 (2.830%) QA Leader
9 3 (2.830%) Migration Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (2.830%) DataPower
2 2 (1.887%) Client/Server
2 2 (1.887%) Mainframe
2 2 (1.887%) Clustering
2 2 (1.887%) Computer Science
3 1 (0.943%) IaaS
3 1 (0.943%) Life Science
3 1 (0.943%) Statistics
3 1 (0.943%) Open Source
3 1 (0.943%) SaaS
3 1 (0.943%) Smart Meter
3 1 (0.943%) Management Information System
3 1 (0.943%) NHS
3 1 (0.943%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 53 (50.00%) Linux
2 42 (39.62%) Windows
3 11 (10.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (5.660%) AIX
4 6 (5.660%) HPUX
5 5 (4.717%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (4.717%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (2.830%) MVS
7 2 (1.887%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (16.98%) OO
2 15 (14.15%) Continuous Integration
3 14 (13.21%) RAD
3 14 (13.21%) UML
3 14 (13.21%) Content Management
3 14 (13.21%) MVC
4 12 (11.32%) Validation
5 9 (8.491%) User Acceptance Testing
6 8 (7.547%) Service Delivery
7 7 (6.604%) Migration
7 7 (6.604%) Project Management
7 7 (6.604%) E-Commerce
8 6 (5.660%) SOA
8 6 (5.660%) ITIL
8 6 (5.660%) Manual Testing
8 6 (5.660%) Logistics
8 6 (5.660%) Software Testing
9 5 (4.717%) Configuration Management
10 4 (3.774%) Scrum
10 4 (3.774%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 49 (46.23%) SQL
2 24 (22.64%) Java
3 17 (16.04%) JavaScript
4 15 (14.15%) Perl
5 14 (13.21%) Bash shell
6 12 (11.32%) PL/SQL
7 6 (5.660%) ActionScript
7 6 (5.660%) ActionScript 2.0
8 5 (4.717%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.887%) C
9 2 (1.887%) C++
9 2 (1.887%) REXX
9 2 (1.887%) JCL
9 2 (1.887%) XPath
10 1 (0.943%) C#
10 1 (0.943%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.943%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (11.32%) Sun Certification
2 6 (5.660%) ISEB
3 3 (2.830%) Degree
4 2 (1.887%) MCSE
4 2 (1.887%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.887%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.943%) RHCA
5 1 (0.943%) CISSP
5 1 (0.943%) PMP
5 1 (0.943%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.943%) OCP
5 1 (0.943%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (0.943%) RHCE
5 1 (0.943%) CCNP
5 1 (0.943%) CCNA
5 1 (0.943%) MCP
5 1 (0.943%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.547%) ISO 9001
2 7 (6.604%) TickIT
3 6 (5.660%) QA
4 3 (2.830%) SLA
5 1 (0.943%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.943%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (11.32%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (5.660%) MetaFrame
3 4 (3.774%) vSphere
4 2 (1.887%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.943%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.943%) Veritas Volume Manager
5 1 (0.943%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.943%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 17 (16.04%) Tivoli
2 10 (9.434%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 5 (4.717%) Tivoli Identity Manager
4 3 (2.830%) Tivoli Monitoring
5 2 (1.887%) BMC PATROL
5 2 (1.887%) HP SIM
6 1 (0.943%) Control-M
Vendors
1 46 (43.40%) Oracle
2 35 (33.02%) IBM
3 19 (17.92%) VMware
4 14 (13.21%) Cisco
5 13 (12.26%) Sun
5 13 (12.26%) Citrix
6 11 (10.38%) Microsoft
6 11 (10.38%) Red Hat
7 9 (8.491%) HP
8 5 (4.717%) EMC
8 5 (4.717%) NetApp
9 4 (3.774%) PlateSpin
10 3 (2.830%) F5
10 3 (2.830%) Novell
10 3 (2.830%) Retek
11 2 (1.887%) SAP
11 2 (1.887%) BMC
12 1 (0.943%) Isilon
12 1 (0.943%) Google
12 1 (0.943%) hybris
Glossop, Derbyshire
English speaking environment) €350 per day As a J2EE developer / JAVA developer you will be responsible for:: - corrective services - adaptive maintenance services (modifications needed to follow technical changes) -...
Connectus
Rate: £300.06 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
WebSphere - WebSphere Commerce - WCS - JAVA - J2EE... * Experience of Web technologies such as Javascript, CSS, HTML, XHTML ? Working knowledge of IBM WebSphere Application Server preferred but other platforms accepted *...
Computer People
Rate: Good Daily Rates
Posted: 17 June 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Environment Manager- Unix, Test, Technical. Our prestigious client currently requires the services of a Environment Manager to work for a well respected client based in Nottingham.
Rullion IT Plus
Posted: 14 June 2013
View UNIX jobs Nationwide