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The table below looks at the demand for the UNIX Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 UNIX Engineer
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank4546
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads125
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.017 %0.005 %
As % of the category below2.206 %0.912 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£342£337
% change on same period last year+1.35 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£40.83£24.69
% change on same period last year+65.40 %
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Gloucestershire
Matching contract IT job ads544548
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.773 %0.553 %
Daily rates quoted145170
Average minimum daily rate£367£351
Average daily rate£381£365
% change on same period last year+4.45 %
Average maximum daily rate£394£378
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year-0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted5066
Average minimum hourly rate£19.48£24.60
Average hourly rate£21.32£25.85
% change on same period last year-17.52 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.17£27.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.69£25.18
% change on same period last year-5.93 %
UNIX Engineer South WestUNIX Engineer
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 Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire UNIX Engineer Demand Trend

UNIX Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UNIX Engineer within the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 7 October 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-2--
UNIX Engineer South WestUNIX Engineer
South West

UNIX Engineer
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire region that cited UNIX Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title.

115 (100.00 %)UNIX
115 (100.00 %)HPUX
115 (100.00 %)Solaris
115 (100.00 %)Linux
115 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
214 (93.33 %)DV Cleared
313 (86.67 %)Service Management
313 (86.67 %)C
313 (86.67 %)Shell Script
412 (80.00 %)NFS
412 (80.00 %)TCP/IP
412 (80.00 %)DNS
412 (80.00 %)Perl
412 (80.00 %)DHCP
412 (80.00 %)SAN
412 (80.00 %)Clustering
511 (73.33 %)HP
67 (46.67 %)Government
72 (13.33 %)Test Scripting
72 (13.33 %)FTP
72 (13.33 %)HTTP
72 (13.33 %)Sophos
72 (13.33 %)Tru64
72 (13.33 %)Windows
72 (13.33 %)Windows 2000
72 (13.33 %)Windows NT

UNIX Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire region that cited UNIX Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (80.00 %)DHCP
112 (80.00 %)TCP/IP
112 (80.00 %)DNS
112 (80.00 %)SAN
22 (13.33 %)FTP
22 (13.33 %)HTTP
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (46.67 %)Government
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (80.00 %)Clustering
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
115 (100.00 %)HPUX
115 (100.00 %)Solaris
115 (100.00 %)Linux
115 (100.00 %)UNIX
22 (13.33 %)Windows
22 (13.33 %)Windows 2000
22 (13.33 %)Windows NT
22 (13.33 %)Tru64
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
115 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
214 (93.33 %)DV Cleared
313 (86.67 %)Service Management
42 (13.33 %)Test Scripting
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113 (86.67 %)C
113 (86.67 %)Shell Script
212 (80.00 %)Perl
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
112 (80.00 %)NFS
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (73.33 %)HP
22 (13.33 %)Sophos