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The table below looks at the demand for the UNIX Specialist role in IT contracts within the England 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 Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 UNIX Specialist
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank496580
Rank change on same period last yearUp+84
Matching contract IT job ads2345
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.036 %0.048 %
As % of the category below0.044 %0.057 %
Daily rates quoted811
Average minimum daily rate£337£366
Average daily rate£343£391
% change on same period last year-12.51 %
Average maximum daily rate£348£417
UK excluding London average daily rate£328£363
% change on same period last year-9.85 %
Hourly rates quoted13
Average minimum hourly rate£20.00£35.00
Average hourly rate£25.00£37.50
% change on same period last year-33.33 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£44.64£37.50
% change on same period last year+19.04 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
England
Matching contract IT job ads5225079626
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled82.30 %85.32 %
Daily rates quoted1686424512
Average minimum daily rate£366£390
Average daily rate£392£414
% change on same period last year-5.34 %
Average maximum daily rate£417£438
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted51377273
Average minimum hourly rate£22.14£23.57
Average hourly rate£23.59£25.15
% change on same period last year-6.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.04£26.74
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
UNIX Specialist UKUNIX Specialist
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.

UNIX Specialist
Demand Trend

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

England UNIX Specialist Demand Trend

UNIX Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

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

England UNIX Specialist Daily Rate Trend

UNIX Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing UNIX Specialist across the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

England UNIX Specialist Daily Rate Histogram

UNIX Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England UNIX Specialist Hourly Rate Trend

UNIX Specialist
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UNIX Specialist within the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 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+959£388-16.96 %
South WestNew entry-7£314-
East of EnglandUp+294£360-10.00 %
North WestUp+12£350+13.82 %
South EastUp+331--
UNIX Specialist UKUNIX Specialist
UK

UNIX Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited UNIX Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title.

174 (100.00 %)UNIX
242 (56.76 %)AIX
339 (52.70 %)Solaris
426 (35.14 %)SAN
523 (31.08 %)HACMP
620 (27.03 %)HPUX
718 (24.32 %)Linux
718 (24.32 %)Shell Script
816 (21.62 %)Migration
915 (20.27 %)Sun
915 (20.27 %)Windows
915 (20.27 %)Perl
1013 (17.57 %)VERITAS
1013 (17.57 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1013 (17.57 %)Finance
1111 (14.86 %)Tivoli
1111 (14.86 %)IBM
1210 (13.51 %)Oracle
139 (12.16 %)HP
139 (12.16 %)Red Hat
139 (12.16 %)Banking
148 (10.81 %)SNA
157 (9.459 %)ITIL
157 (9.459 %)Oracle 10g
157 (9.459 %)Middleware
157 (9.459 %)Red Hat Linux
166 (8.108 %)Security Cleared
166 (8.108 %)SSH
166 (8.108 %)NetBackup
166 (8.108 %)Tivoli Monitoring

UNIX Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited UNIX Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (9.459 %)Middleware
22 (2.703 %)WebSphere
22 (2.703 %)J2EE
31 (1.351 %)ATL
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (5.405 %)MS Exchange
14 (5.405 %)Exchange Server 2003
22 (2.703 %)Gentran
22 (2.703 %)JBoss
31 (1.351 %)WebSphere Application Server
31 (1.351 %)Jetty
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (1.351 %)Oracle Applications
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
126 (35.14 %)SAN
28 (10.81 %)SNA
36 (8.108 %)Kerberos
36 (8.108 %)TCP/IP
36 (8.108 %)LDAP
36 (8.108 %)SSH
44 (5.405 %)Wireless
52 (2.703 %)LAN
52 (2.703 %)WAN
61 (1.351 %)DHCP
61 (1.351 %)DNS
61 (1.351 %)Internet
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (9.459 %)Oracle 10g
24 (5.405 %)SQL Server
31 (1.351 %)Oracle 9i
31 (1.351 %)MySQL
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
113 (17.57 %)Finance
29 (12.16 %)Banking
34 (5.405 %)Electric
41 (1.351 %)Financial Institution
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
123 (31.08 %)HACMP
24 (5.405 %)PKI
33 (4.054 %)Clustering
42 (2.703 %)Tandem
42 (2.703 %)Mainframe
51 (1.351 %)Client/Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
174 (100.00 %)UNIX
242 (56.76 %)AIX
339 (52.70 %)Solaris
420 (27.03 %)HPUX
518 (24.32 %)Linux
615 (20.27 %)Windows
77 (9.459 %)Red Hat Linux
85 (6.757 %)Windows Vista
85 (6.757 %)Windows 2000
94 (5.405 %)SUSE
102 (2.703 %)Tru64
102 (2.703 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
111 (1.351 %)Windows Server 2003
111 (1.351 %)IRIX
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
116 (21.62 %)Migration
27 (9.459 %)ITIL
36 (8.108 %)Security Cleared
44 (5.405 %)Service Management
44 (5.405 %)Problem Management
44 (5.405 %)Validation
52 (2.703 %)DV Cleared
52 (2.703 %)Change Management
52 (2.703 %)Project Management
61 (1.351 %)SC Cleared
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
118 (24.32 %)Shell Script
215 (20.27 %)Perl
34 (5.405 %)JavaScript
34 (5.405 %)AWK
34 (5.405 %)Korn
34 (5.405 %)VBScript
34 (5.405 %)Python
42 (2.703 %)SQL
51 (1.351 %)C
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (5.405 %)HNC
14 (5.405 %)Degree
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (2.703 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
21 (1.351 %)QA
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (8.108 %)NetBackup
24 (5.405 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
31 (1.351 %)NFS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
113 (17.57 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
211 (14.86 %)Tivoli
36 (8.108 %)Tivoli Monitoring
42 (2.703 %)Unicenter
42 (2.703 %)BMC PATROL
42 (2.703 %)CONTROL-M
51 (1.351 %)OMEGAMON
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (20.27 %)Sun
213 (17.57 %)VERITAS
311 (14.86 %)IBM
410 (13.51 %)Oracle
59 (12.16 %)HP
59 (12.16 %)Red Hat
64 (5.405 %)Microsoft
73 (4.054 %)EMC
82 (2.703 %)BMC
82 (2.703 %)VMware
91 (1.351 %)Orchard
91 (1.351 %)Citrix