The first table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills in IT contracts advertised for the Guildford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited UNIX over the 3 months to 24 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 Guildford 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
UNIX
Rank 30 19 17
Rank change year-on-year
-11 -2
Contract jobs citing UNIX 2 3 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 0.917% 2.479% 3.008%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.878% 9.677% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £300 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £362 £370 £350
% change year-on-year
-2.29% +5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
Average hourly rate - £35.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -6.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £32.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -1.53%
All Operating Systems
Guildford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
41 31 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 18.81% 25.62% 21.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 12 7
Average daily rate £335 £235 £255
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+42.55% -7.84%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 9
Average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +141.37%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.75 £17.50 £11.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.90 £43.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
UNIX
Surrey

UNIX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Guildford UNIX Hourly Rate Trend

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford 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 4 (57.14%) 3G
1 4 (57.14%) 2G
2 3 (42.86%) Military
2 3 (42.86%) Telecoms
2 3 (42.86%) C++
2 3 (42.86%) STL
2 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) Solaris
2 3 (42.86%) Linux
2 3 (42.86%) GSM
3 2 (28.57%) Tomcat
3 2 (28.57%) XML
3 2 (28.57%) WebLogic
3 2 (28.57%) JSP
3 2 (28.57%) Java
3 2 (28.57%) J2EE
3 2 (28.57%) WebSphere
3 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) LTE
4 1 (14.29%) Resource Management
4 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (14.29%) BT
4 1 (14.29%) Degree
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
4 1 (14.29%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (14.29%) SQL

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford 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 3 (42.86%) STL
2 2 (28.57%) XML
2 2 (28.57%) JSP
2 2 (28.57%) J2EE
2 2 (28.57%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) Tomcat
1 2 (28.57%) WebLogic
2 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) 3G
1 4 (57.14%) 2G
2 3 (42.86%) GSM
3 1 (14.29%) LTE
3 1 (14.29%) UMTS
3 1 (14.29%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
1 1 (14.29%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (14.29%) MS Access
General
1 3 (42.86%) Military
1 3 (42.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Software Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) C++ Software Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Java Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Java/J2EE Developer
3 1 (14.29%) OSS Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Data Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Architect
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
1 3 (42.86%) Solaris
1 3 (42.86%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Resource Management
1 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
1 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
1 1 (14.29%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) C++
2 2 (28.57%) Java
3 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) BT
1 1 (14.29%) Sun
1 1 (14.29%) HP
1 1 (14.29%) Citrix