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The table below looks at the demand for AWK skills within the England region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited AWK over the 3 months to 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAWK
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank498582
Rank change on same period last yearUp+84
Matching contract IT job ads1540
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.024 %0.044 %
As % of the category below0.081 %0.130 %
Daily rates quoted1116
Average minimum daily rate£447£400
Average daily rate£482£429
% change on same period last year+12.29 %
Average maximum daily rate£517£458
UK excluding London average daily rate-£369
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted04
Average minimum hourly rate-£41.25
Average hourly rate-£43.38
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£45.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£42.00
% change on same period last year-
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
England
Matching contract IT job ads1852130700
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled29.91 %33.49 %
Daily rates quoted61519926
Average minimum daily rate£353£396
Average daily rate£378£422
% change on same period last year-10.29 %
Average maximum daily rate£403£447
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£330
% change on same period last year-4.10 %
Hourly rates quoted15122206
Average minimum hourly rate£28.73£30.68
Average hourly rate£30.63£32.90
% change on same period last year-6.89 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.53£35.12
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.95£32.68
% change on same period last year-5.27 %
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UK

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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing AWK across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

England AWK Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing AWK across the England region.

England AWK Daily Rate Trend

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing AWK across the England region over the 3 months to 3 December 2008.

England AWK Daily Rate Histogram

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing AWK across the England region.

England AWK Hourly Rate Trend

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AWK within the England region over the 3 months to 3 December 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
LondonUp+6412£482-8.94 %
South EastUp+503--
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UK

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing AWK 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 AWK.

138 (64.41 %)Shell Script
235 (59.32 %)UNIX
333 (55.93 %)Perl
428 (47.46 %)SQL
518 (30.51 %)PL/SQL
617 (28.81 %)SQLPlus
617 (28.81 %)Migration
716 (27.12 %)Solaris
716 (27.12 %)VERITAS
815 (25.42 %)Linux
914 (23.73 %)Oracle
1011 (18.64 %)Java
1011 (18.64 %)EMC
1110 (16.95 %)TCP/IP
129 (15.25 %)GPRS
129 (15.25 %)3GPP
129 (15.25 %)2.5G
129 (15.25 %)Finance
129 (15.25 %)3G
129 (15.25 %)Configuration Management
129 (15.25 %)GGSN
129 (15.25 %)SGSN
129 (15.25 %)Korn
129 (15.25 %)Data Migration
138 (13.56 %)NetApp
138 (13.56 %)SLA
138 (13.56 %)Sun
147 (11.86 %)StorageTek
147 (11.86 %)SAN
147 (11.86 %)Oracle 8/8i

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing AWK 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 AWK. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (8.475 %)J2EE
24 (6.780 %).NET
24 (6.780 %)XML
33 (5.085 %)Swing
33 (5.085 %)J2SE
33 (5.085 %)JMS
33 (5.085 %)HTML
41 (1.695 %)COM
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (1.695 %)JBoss
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (5.085 %)MS Visio
22 (3.390 %)MS PowerPoint
31 (1.695 %)MS Office
31 (1.695 %)MS Excel
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (3.390 %)Adaptiv
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (16.95 %)TCP/IP
29 (15.25 %)3G
29 (15.25 %)3GPP
29 (15.25 %)GPRS
29 (15.25 %)2.5G
29 (15.25 %)GGSN
29 (15.25 %)SGSN
37 (11.86 %)Wireshark
37 (11.86 %)SAN
45 (8.475 %)Wireless
53 (5.085 %)DNS
53 (5.085 %)LAN
53 (5.085 %)HTTP
62 (3.390 %)WAN
62 (3.390 %)VPN
62 (3.390 %)Firewall
71 (1.695 %)Internet
71 (1.695 %)Broadband
71 (1.695 %)SMTP
71 (1.695 %)FTP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
117 (28.81 %)SQLPlus
27 (11.86 %)Oracle 8/8i
35 (8.475 %)SQL Server
44 (6.780 %)Oracle 10g
53 (5.085 %)KDB
62 (3.390 %)BusinessObjects
62 (3.390 %)Oracle 9i
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (5.085 %)Ant
21 (1.695 %)ClearCase
21 (1.695 %)Subversion
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (15.25 %)Finance
25 (8.475 %)Banking
25 (8.475 %)Front Office
25 (8.475 %)Insurance
34 (6.780 %)Financial Institution
41 (1.695 %)Back Office
41 (1.695 %)Investment Banking
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
118 (30.51 %)DBA
216 (27.12 %)Development DBA
39 (15.25 %)Consultant
48 (13.56 %)Systems Administrator
48 (13.56 %)Developer
48 (13.56 %)Administrator
57 (11.86 %)Management Consultant
57 (11.86 %)Storage Specialist
57 (11.86 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
57 (11.86 %)UNIX Administrator
65 (8.475 %)Oracle DBA
74 (6.780 %)Analyst
74 (6.780 %)Solaris Systems Administrator
74 (6.780 %)UNIX Specialist
74 (6.780 %)UNIX Engineer
74 (6.780 %)Solaris Administrator
83 (5.085 %)Oracle Development DBA
83 (5.085 %)Support Analyst
92 (3.390 %)Applications Support
92 (3.390 %)Technical Consultant
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (11.86 %)Symmetrix
25 (8.475 %)Market Risk
33 (5.085 %)Equities
41 (1.695 %)Credit Risk
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
135 (59.32 %)UNIX
216 (27.12 %)Solaris
315 (25.42 %)Linux
46 (10.17 %)Windows
55 (8.475 %)Red Hat Linux
63 (5.085 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
63 (5.085 %)HPUX
72 (3.390 %)AIX
72 (3.390 %)Windows Server 2003
81 (1.695 %)SUSE
81 (1.695 %)Windows 2000 Server
81 (1.695 %)Windows 2000
81 (1.695 %)Windows XP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
117 (28.81 %)Migration
29 (15.25 %)Configuration Management
29 (15.25 %)Data Migration
37 (11.86 %)Performance Management
46 (10.17 %)OO
54 (6.780 %)Validation
54 (6.780 %)Algorithmic Trading
62 (3.390 %)Risk Management
71 (1.695 %)Resource Management
71 (1.695 %)Data Modelling
71 (1.695 %)Disaster Recovery
71 (1.695 %)Security Management
71 (1.695 %)User Acceptance Testing
71 (1.695 %)Unit Testing
71 (1.695 %)ERD
71 (1.695 %)Monte Carlo Method
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
138 (64.41 %)Shell Script
233 (55.93 %)Perl
328 (47.46 %)SQL
418 (30.51 %)PL/SQL
511 (18.64 %)Java
69 (15.25 %)Korn
76 (10.17 %)C
85 (8.475 %)C#
94 (6.780 %)C++
94 (6.780 %)JavaScript
94 (6.780 %)VBScript
94 (6.780 %)Python
102 (3.390 %)VBA
111 (1.695 %)PHP
111 (1.695 %)Tcl
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (1.695 %)Oracle Certification
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (13.56 %)SLA
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (11.86 %)NetBackup
25 (8.475 %)NFS
31 (1.695 %)Active Directory
31 (1.695 %)Oracle RMAN
31 (1.695 %)Oracle RAC
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (1.695 %)AutoSys
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
116 (27.12 %)VERITAS
214 (23.73 %)Oracle
311 (18.64 %)EMC
48 (13.56 %)NetApp
48 (13.56 %)Sun
57 (11.86 %)StorageTek
57 (11.86 %)Brocade
65 (8.475 %)Red Hat
65 (8.475 %)Sybase
73 (5.085 %)Fidessa
73 (5.085 %)Portware
82 (3.390 %)Patsystems
82 (3.390 %)GL TRADE
82 (3.390 %)SunGard
82 (3.390 %)Business Objects
82 (3.390 %)Cisco
82 (3.390 %)Reuters
82 (3.390 %)Bloomberg
82 (3.390 %)NYFIX
82 (3.390 %)EasyScreen