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This section looks at the demand for the UNIX Administrator role in IT contracts within the Gloucestershire 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 Administrator in their job title over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 UNIX Administrator
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank4849
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads75
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.005 %
As % of the category below1.280 %0.883 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£200-
Average daily rate£250-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£300-
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£341
% change on same period last year+5.02 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£45.00-
Average hourly rate£45.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£45.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£38.18£30.87
% change on same period last year+23.70 %
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Gloucestershire
Matching contract IT job ads547566
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.722 %0.564 %
Daily rates quoted163174
Average minimum daily rate£361£354
Average daily rate£374£366
% change on same period last year+2.17 %
Average maximum daily rate£388£378
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted6278
Average minimum hourly rate£23.29£21.20
Average hourly rate£25.58£22.21
% change on same period last year+15.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.88£23.22
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.60£25.69
% change on same period last year-8.13 %
UNIX Administrator South WestUNIX Administrator
South West

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 Administrator
Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire UNIX Administrator Demand Trend

UNIX Administrator
Daily Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire UNIX Administrator Daily Rate Trend

UNIX Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire UNIX Administrator Hourly Rate Trend

UNIX Administrator
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing UNIX Administrator across the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Gloucestershire UNIX Administrator Hourly Rate Histogram

UNIX Administrator
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UNIX Administrator within the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 21 August 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
CheltenhamNew entry-4--
GloucesterDown-23£250-
UNIX Administrator South WestUNIX Administrator
South West

UNIX Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire region that cited UNIX Administrator 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 Administrator in their job title.

118 (100.00 %)UNIX
118 (100.00 %)Solaris
29 (50.00 %)HPUX
38 (44.44 %)Sun
47 (38.89 %)Security Cleared
56 (33.33 %)Shell Script
56 (33.33 %)Oracle 8/8i
56 (33.33 %)Oracle
65 (27.78 %)DV Cleared
74 (22.22 %)Red Hat Linux
74 (22.22 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
74 (22.22 %)Korn
74 (22.22 %)AIX
74 (22.22 %)Linux
74 (22.22 %)HP
74 (22.22 %)IBM
82 (11.11 %)Government
82 (11.11 %)Telecoms
82 (11.11 %)SUSE
82 (11.11 %)VERITAS
82 (11.11 %)Red Hat
91 (5.556 %)Windows NT
91 (5.556 %)FTP
91 (5.556 %)HTTP
91 (5.556 %)Windows 2000
91 (5.556 %)C
91 (5.556 %)Windows
91 (5.556 %)NetBackup
91 (5.556 %)Oracle RMAN
91 (5.556 %)Finance

UNIX Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (5.556 %)FTP
11 (5.556 %)HTTP
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (33.33 %)Oracle 8/8i
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (11.11 %)Government
12 (11.11 %)Telecoms
21 (5.556 %)Finance
21 (5.556 %)Legal
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
118 (100.00 %)UNIX
118 (100.00 %)Solaris
29 (50.00 %)HPUX
34 (22.22 %)Red Hat Linux
34 (22.22 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
34 (22.22 %)AIX
34 (22.22 %)Linux
42 (11.11 %)SUSE
51 (5.556 %)Windows NT
51 (5.556 %)Windows 2000
51 (5.556 %)Windows
51 (5.556 %)Tru64
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (38.89 %)Security Cleared
25 (27.78 %)DV Cleared
31 (5.556 %)Service Management
31 (5.556 %)Test Scripting
31 (5.556 %)Information Management
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (33.33 %)Shell Script
24 (22.22 %)Korn
31 (5.556 %)C
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (5.556 %)NetBackup
11 (5.556 %)Oracle RMAN
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (44.44 %)Sun
26 (33.33 %)Oracle
34 (22.22 %)HP
34 (22.22 %)IBM
42 (11.11 %)VERITAS
42 (11.11 %)Red Hat
51 (5.556 %)Symantec
51 (5.556 %)Sophos