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The table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills within the Essex region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited UNIX over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUNIX
Location
3 months to
1 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank169
Rank change on same period last yearDown-7
Matching contract IT job ads5195
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.081 %0.101 %
As % of the category below26.02 %36.54 %
Daily rates quoted934
Average minimum daily rate£393£319
Average daily rate£401£348
% change on same period last year+15.22 %
Average maximum daily rate£408£377
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£340
% change on same period last year+1.92 %
Hourly rates quoted1231
Average minimum hourly rate£26.03£32.79
Average hourly rate£31.11£33.01
% change on same period last year-5.74 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.20£33.23
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.11£32.48
% change on same period last year-7.31 %
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Essex
Matching contract IT job ads196260
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.311 %0.277 %
Daily rates quoted7095
Average minimum daily rate£217£230
Average daily rate£224£245
% change on same period last year-8.58 %
Average maximum daily rate£231£260
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£320
% change on same period last year-1.12 %
Hourly rates quoted4358
Average minimum hourly rate£19.28£25.19
Average hourly rate£23.03£25.65
% change on same period last year-10.20 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.78£26.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.95£21.94
% change on same period last year+0.07 %
UNIX East of EnglandUNIX
East of 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
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing UNIX across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Essex UNIX Demand Trend

UNIX
Daily Rate Trend

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

Essex UNIX Daily Rate Trend

UNIX
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing UNIX across the Essex region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

Essex UNIX Daily Rate Histogram

UNIX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Essex UNIX Hourly Rate Trend

UNIX
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing UNIX across the Essex region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 1 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
BasildonUp+816£409-9.16 %
ChelmsfordUp+104--
ColchesterDown-64--
BenfleetNew entry-2--
BrentwoodDown-31--
BraintreeNew entry-1--
UNIX East of EnglandUNIX
East of England

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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.

152 (50.49 %)Oracle
245 (43.69 %)Linux
335 (33.98 %)SQL
434 (33.01 %)Solaris
533 (32.04 %)J2EE
632 (31.07 %)Sun
729 (28.16 %)IBM
729 (28.16 %)Java
822 (21.36 %)SAN
921 (20.39 %)Oracle 9i
1020 (19.42 %)Oracle Reports
1119 (18.45 %)Oracle 10g
1217 (16.50 %)Windows
1315 (14.56 %)AIX
1414 (13.59 %)Finance
1414 (13.59 %)Servlets
1513 (12.62 %)Disaster Recovery
1513 (12.62 %)Replication
1513 (12.62 %)Oracle Application Server
1612 (11.65 %)NetApp
1612 (11.65 %)Configuration Management
1612 (11.65 %)JSP
1612 (11.65 %)OO
1612 (11.65 %)Apache
1612 (11.65 %)Oracle 8/8i
1711 (10.68 %)N-Tier
1711 (10.68 %)PL/SQL
1711 (10.68 %)Ant
1711 (10.68 %)Red Hat
1711 (10.68 %)Mainframe

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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.

Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
133 (32.04 %)J2EE
214 (13.59 %)Servlets
312 (11.65 %)JSP
410 (9.709 %)XML
410 (9.709 %)JRules
59 (8.738 %)WebSphere
59 (8.738 %)JavaBeans
59 (8.738 %).NET
67 (6.796 %)ASP.NET
75 (4.854 %)CSS
75 (4.854 %)Struts
84 (3.883 %)HTML
93 (2.913 %)Middleware
102 (1.942 %)SAX
102 (1.942 %)XHTML
102 (1.942 %)JMS
111 (0.971 %)XSLT
111 (0.971 %)MVC
111 (0.971 %)EJB
111 (0.971 %).NET Framework
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
113 (12.62 %)Oracle Application Server
212 (11.65 %)Apache
38 (7.767 %)Tuxedo
47 (6.796 %)WebLogic
47 (6.796 %)Oracle HTTP Server
47 (6.796 %)IBM HTTP Server
53 (2.913 %)WebSphere Application Server
62 (1.942 %)MQSeries
71 (0.971 %)MS Exchange
71 (0.971 %)Exchange Server 2003
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (1.942 %)CATIA
21 (0.971 %)MS Office
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (3.883 %)Oracle Applications
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
122 (21.36 %)SAN
27 (6.796 %)HTTP
32 (1.942 %)Intranet
41 (0.971 %)LAN
41 (0.971 %)WAN
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
121 (20.39 %)Oracle 9i
220 (19.42 %)Oracle Reports
319 (18.45 %)Oracle 10g
412 (11.65 %)Oracle 8/8i
56 (5.825 %)SQL Server
56 (5.825 %)Crystal Reports
65 (4.854 %)SQL Server 2008
65 (4.854 %)SQL Server 2000
65 (4.854 %)SQL Server 2005
73 (2.913 %)BusinessObjects
73 (2.913 %)Ingres
82 (1.942 %)RDBMS
91 (0.971 %)Oracle OLAP
91 (0.971 %)Oracle 11g
91 (0.971 %)Oracle Discoverer
91 (0.971 %)MySQL
91 (0.971 %)OLAP
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
111 (10.68 %)Ant
28 (7.767 %)PVCS
32 (1.942 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
41 (0.971 %)Subversion
41 (0.971 %)VSS/SourceSafe
41 (0.971 %)Oracle Forms
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
114 (13.59 %)Finance
28 (7.767 %)Government
37 (6.796 %)Marketing
44 (3.883 %)Automotive
52 (1.942 %)Electronics
61 (0.971 %)Education
61 (0.971 %)Health
61 (0.971 %)Legal
61 (0.971 %)Manufacturing
61 (0.971 %)Banking
61 (0.971 %)Retail
61 (0.971 %)Insurance
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
119 (18.45 %)Developer
215 (14.56 %)Administrator
39 (8.738 %)Oracle DBA
39 (8.738 %)UNIX Administrator
39 (8.738 %)Architect
39 (8.738 %)Systems Administrator
39 (8.738 %)DBA
48 (7.767 %)UNIX Engineer
48 (7.767 %)Implementation Engineer
57 (6.796 %)Analyst
57 (6.796 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
65 (4.854 %)Consultant
65 (4.854 %)Systems Engineer
65 (4.854 %)UNIX Specialist
74 (3.883 %)Environment Manager
74 (3.883 %)Support Engineer
74 (3.883 %)Applications Support
83 (2.913 %)Support Analyst
83 (2.913 %)Configuration Manager
83 (2.913 %)UNIX Systems Engineer
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
113 (12.62 %)Replication
211 (10.68 %)N-Tier
211 (10.68 %)Mainframe
35 (4.854 %)HACMP
44 (3.883 %)Client/Server
53 (2.913 %)Clustering
53 (2.913 %)Celerra
61 (0.971 %)IBM Mainframe
61 (0.971 %)iSeries
61 (0.971 %)Blackberry
61 (0.971 %)AS400
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
145 (43.69 %)Linux
234 (33.01 %)Solaris
317 (16.50 %)Windows
415 (14.56 %)AIX
511 (10.68 %)Red Hat Linux
68 (7.767 %)SUSE
76 (5.825 %)HPUX
84 (3.883 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
93 (2.913 %)Windows Server 2003
93 (2.913 %)Windows 2000
101 (0.971 %)Windows NT
101 (0.971 %)Windows XP
101 (0.971 %)zOS
101 (0.971 %)Windows 2000 Server
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (12.62 %)Disaster Recovery
212 (11.65 %)OO
212 (11.65 %)Configuration Management
310 (9.709 %)Enterprise Architecture
47 (6.796 %)RUP
56 (5.825 %)UML
56 (5.825 %)Security Cleared
64 (3.883 %)Migration
73 (2.913 %)Validation
82 (1.942 %)CAD
82 (1.942 %)Change Management
82 (1.942 %)BC Cleared
82 (1.942 %)DV Cleared
91 (0.971 %)Technical Architecture
91 (0.971 %)User Acceptance Testing
91 (0.971 %)Time Management
91 (0.971 %)ITIL
91 (0.971 %)E-Commerce
91 (0.971 %)ERP
91 (0.971 %)ITSM
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
135 (33.98 %)SQL
229 (28.16 %)Java
311 (10.68 %)PL/SQL
49 (8.738 %)C
58 (7.767 %)C#
58 (7.767 %)VB
58 (7.767 %)VB.NET
66 (5.825 %)Perl
66 (5.825 %)Shell Script
66 (5.825 %)VB6
74 (3.883 %)JavaScript
82 (1.942 %)C++
91 (0.971 %)VC++
91 (0.971 %)Python
91 (0.971 %)Korn
91 (0.971 %)PHP5
91 (0.971 %)PHP4
91 (0.971 %)PHP
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (5.825 %)Degree
22 (1.942 %)HNC
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
110 (9.709 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
21 (0.971 %)QA
21 (0.971 %)SLA
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
110 (9.709 %)NetBackup
21 (0.971 %)Oracle RMAN
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (2.913 %)EMC Navisphere
21 (0.971 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
21 (0.971 %)Tivoli
21 (0.971 %)MOM
21 (0.971 %)Netcool
21 (0.971 %)Nagios
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
152 (50.49 %)Oracle
232 (31.07 %)Sun
329 (28.16 %)IBM
412 (11.65 %)NetApp
511 (10.68 %)Red Hat
511 (10.68 %)Brocade
610 (9.709 %)ILOG
78 (7.767 %)BEA
87 (6.796 %)Microsoft
96 (5.825 %)HP
105 (4.854 %)VERITAS
113 (2.913 %)FatWire
113 (2.913 %)EMC
113 (2.913 %)Business Objects
113 (2.913 %)Cisco
121 (0.971 %)Intel
121 (0.971 %)VMware
121 (0.971 %)Sage
121 (0.971 %)Fujitsu