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The table below looks at the demand for the UNIX Support Analyst 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 Support Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 UNIX Support Analyst
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank501585
Rank change on same period last yearUp+84
Matching contract IT job ads1840
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.028 %0.043 %
As % of the category below0.034 %0.050 %
Daily rates quoted114
Average minimum daily rate£550£341
Average daily rate£595£379
% change on same period last year+57.16 %
Average maximum daily rate£640£416
UK excluding London average daily rate-£318
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted1412
Average minimum hourly rate£26.14£30.58
Average hourly rate£28.29£34.12
% change on same period last year-17.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.43£37.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£38.65£34.50
% change on same period last year+12.02 %
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 Support Analyst UKUNIX Support Analyst
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 Support Analyst
Demand Trend

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

England UNIX Support Analyst Demand Trend

UNIX Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

England UNIX Support Analyst Daily Rate Trend

UNIX Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England UNIX Support Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

UNIX Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

England UNIX Support Analyst Hourly Rate Histogram

UNIX Support Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UNIX Support Analyst 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+8714£595+45.12 %
South EastUp+323--
West MidlandsUp+111--
UNIX Support Analyst UKUNIX Support Analyst
UK

UNIX Support Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

152 (100.00 %)UNIX
226 (50.00 %)Solaris
325 (48.08 %)Oracle
423 (44.23 %)SQL
522 (42.31 %)Finance
619 (36.54 %)VERITAS
718 (34.62 %)Banking
718 (34.62 %)Retail
817 (32.69 %)Investment Management
817 (32.69 %)Retail Banking
817 (32.69 %)NetBackup
817 (32.69 %)RDBMS
817 (32.69 %)NFS
817 (32.69 %)Windows
916 (30.77 %)Informix
916 (30.77 %)Red Hat
916 (30.77 %)Red Hat Linux
916 (30.77 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1013 (25.00 %)Linux
119 (17.31 %)Sybase
128 (15.38 %)Telecoms
135 (9.615 %)QA
144 (7.692 %)Shell Script
153 (5.769 %)Remedy
153 (5.769 %)SLA
153 (5.769 %)Microsoft
153 (5.769 %)VMS
153 (5.769 %)VAX
162 (3.846 %)Clustering
162 (3.846 %)TCP/IP

UNIX Support Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (1.923 %)WebLogic
11 (1.923 %)PegaRULES
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (3.846 %)TCP/IP
21 (1.923 %)DNS
21 (1.923 %)Firewall
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
117 (32.69 %)RDBMS
216 (30.77 %)Informix
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
122 (42.31 %)Finance
218 (34.62 %)Banking
218 (34.62 %)Retail
317 (32.69 %)Retail Banking
48 (15.38 %)Telecoms
51 (1.923 %)Financial Institution
51 (1.923 %)Government
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (5.769 %)VAX
22 (3.846 %)Clustering
31 (1.923 %)Equities
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
152 (100.00 %)UNIX
226 (50.00 %)Solaris
317 (32.69 %)Windows
416 (30.77 %)Red Hat Linux
416 (30.77 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
513 (25.00 %)Linux
63 (5.769 %)VMS
72 (3.846 %)AIX
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
117 (32.69 %)Investment Management
22 (3.846 %)Configuration Management
31 (1.923 %)Service Delivery
31 (1.923 %)BC Cleared
31 (1.923 %)Security Cleared
31 (1.923 %)RUP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
123 (44.23 %)SQL
24 (7.692 %)Shell Script
31 (1.923 %)Java
31 (1.923 %)JavaScript
31 (1.923 %)Perl
31 (1.923 %)PL/SQL
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (9.615 %)QA
23 (5.769 %)SLA
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
117 (32.69 %)NFS
117 (32.69 %)NetBackup
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
125 (48.08 %)Oracle
219 (36.54 %)VERITAS
316 (30.77 %)Red Hat
49 (17.31 %)Sybase
53 (5.769 %)Microsoft
53 (5.769 %)Remedy
62 (3.846 %)Sun
71 (1.923 %)Fidessa
71 (1.923 %)IBM
71 (1.923 %)GL TRADE
71 (1.923 %)Pega