The first table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills in IT contracts advertised for the Gatwick region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited UNIX over the 3 months to 23 May 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 Gatwick 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
UNIX
Rank 10 - 22
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing UNIX 2 0 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gatwick 6.061% - 6.122%
As % of the Operating Systems category 16.67% - 13.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
Average daily rate £475 - £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £375 £350
% change year-on-year
-4.13% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £32.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -1.53%
All Operating Systems
Gatwick
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
12 15 46
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gatwick 36.36% 14.85% 46.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 14
Average daily rate £585 £258 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+127.18% -35.62%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 10
Average hourly rate - - £24.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
UNIX
West Sussex

UNIX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gatwick 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 Gatwick region.

Gatwick UNIX Daily Rate Trend

UNIX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Gatwick UNIX Hourly Rate Trend

UNIX
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gatwick 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 2 (66.67%) DMZ
1 2 (66.67%) Internet
1 2 (66.67%) DRM
1 2 (66.67%) Data Security
1 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
1 2 (66.67%) Supplier Management
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
1 2 (66.67%) PCI DSS
1 2 (66.67%) F5
1 2 (66.67%) Business Objects
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) BMC
2 1 (33.33%) LAMP

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gatwick 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 1 (33.33%) LAMP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) DMZ
1 2 (66.67%) Internet
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Project Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Project Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Specialist
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) DRM
1 2 (66.67%) Data Security
1 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
1 2 (66.67%) Supplier Management
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) F5
1 2 (66.67%) Business Objects
2 1 (33.33%) BMC