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This section looks at the demand for UNIX skills within the Hampshire 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUNIX
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank108
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads189308
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.252 %0.312 %
As % of the category below31.76 %37.15 %
Daily rates quoted36111
Average minimum daily rate£375£363
Average daily rate£383£371
% change on same period last year+3.27 %
Average maximum daily rate£392£380
UK excluding London average daily rate£361£363
% change on same period last year-0.65 %
Hourly rates quoted2027
Average minimum hourly rate£33.20£34.54
Average hourly rate£35.60£36.66
% change on same period last year-2.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate£38.00£38.78
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.35£31.77
% change on same period last year+1.82 %
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Hampshire
Matching contract IT job ads595829
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.793 %0.839 %
Daily rates quoted83172
Average minimum daily rate£337£342
Average daily rate£350£353
% change on same period last year-1.05 %
Average maximum daily rate£362£365
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£337
% change on same period last year-0.77 %
Hourly rates quoted154202
Average minimum hourly rate£23.93£26.27
Average hourly rate£25.93£27.82
% change on same period last year-6.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.94£29.37
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.08£23.44
% change on same period last year-5.80 %
UNIX South EastUNIX
South East

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 Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Hampshire UNIX Hourly Rate Histogram

UNIX
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UNIX within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
BasingstokeDown-836£398+7.10 %
PortsmouthUp+815£450-
SouthamptonUp+312£329-
HavantNew entry-9--
FarehamUp+37£388-3.12 %
WinchesterDown-26£348+7.07 %
FarnboroughUp+25£396+13.09 %
EastleighNew entry-2--
AndoverUp+21--
AldershotNew entry-1--
UNIX South EastUNIX
South East

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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.

1143 (33.81 %)Windows
2136 (32.15 %)Solaris
3105 (24.82 %)Linux
489 (21.04 %)AIX
588 (20.80 %)Java
678 (18.44 %)WebSphere
774 (17.49 %)Shell Script
774 (17.49 %)Finance
860 (14.18 %)Oracle
959 (13.95 %)Tivoli
1055 (13.00 %)SQL
1153 (12.53 %)C++
1252 (12.29 %)Sun
1347 (11.11 %)IBM
1445 (10.64 %)J2EE
1542 (9.929 %)C
1542 (9.929 %)ITIL
1637 (8.747 %)Telecoms
1735 (8.274 %)Mainframe
1735 (8.274 %)SAN
1833 (7.801 %)Security Cleared
1932 (7.565 %)DB2
2030 (7.092 %)JDBC
2129 (6.856 %)WebSphere MQ
2228 (6.619 %)CONTROL-M
2228 (6.619 %)SAP
2228 (6.619 %)Perl
2327 (6.383 %)WebServices
2327 (6.383 %)Korn
2426 (6.147 %)Windows 2000

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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.

Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
178 (18.44 %)WebSphere
245 (10.64 %)J2EE
330 (7.092 %)JDBC
427 (6.383 %)WebServices
520 (4.728 %).NET
612 (2.837 %)HTML
612 (2.837 %)ASP.NET
77 (1.655 %)JSP
77 (1.655 %)JMS
77 (1.655 %)Spring
86 (1.418 %)XML
95 (1.182 %)ISPF
104 (0.946 %)JNI
104 (0.946 %)JavaBeans
104 (0.946 %)Middleware
104 (0.946 %)VXML
113 (0.709 %)Struts
122 (0.473 %)ASP
122 (0.473 %)XSL
122 (0.473 %)Hibernate
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
129 (6.856 %)WebSphere MQ
217 (4.019 %)WebSphere Application Server
310 (2.364 %)MQSeries
49 (2.128 %)Lotus Notes
58 (1.891 %)Apache
66 (1.418 %)WebLogic
66 (1.418 %)SAS
73 (0.709 %)Rendezvous
73 (0.709 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
73 (0.709 %)ArcIMS
73 (0.709 %)Oracle Application Server
82 (0.473 %)Oracle Spatial
82 (0.473 %)MS Exchange
82 (0.473 %)Tomcat
82 (0.473 %)IBM HTTP Server
91 (0.236 %)Oracle 9iAS
91 (0.236 %)NetWeaver
91 (0.236 %)IIS
91 (0.236 %)MTS
91 (0.236 %)ESB
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
121 (4.965 %)MS Excel
210 (2.364 %)MS Office
34 (0.946 %)MS PowerPoint
42 (0.473 %)MS Project
42 (0.473 %)MS Visio
42 (0.473 %)S-PLUS
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (1.418 %)Oracle EBS
23 (0.709 %)Oracle Applications
31 (0.236 %)SAP SRM
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
135 (8.274 %)SAN
225 (5.910 %)TCP/IP
315 (3.546 %)Firewall
414 (3.310 %)VPN
511 (2.600 %)LDAP
511 (2.600 %)Cisco PIX
610 (2.364 %)Network Security
79 (2.128 %)Internet
79 (2.128 %)DNS
88 (1.891 %)SMTP
88 (1.891 %)Intrusion Detection
97 (1.655 %)SMS
106 (1.418 %)HTTP
115 (1.182 %)LAN
115 (1.182 %)SSH
124 (0.946 %)DHCP
133 (0.709 %)WAN
133 (0.709 %)VoIP
133 (0.709 %)SSL
133 (0.709 %)IMAP
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
132 (7.565 %)DB2
225 (5.910 %)SQL Server
225 (5.910 %)BusinessObjects
315 (3.546 %)MySQL
414 (3.310 %)SQL Server 2005
511 (2.600 %)RDBMS
69 (2.128 %)Oracle 10g
69 (2.128 %)Oracle Reports
76 (1.418 %)Oracle 8/8i
76 (1.418 %)Oracle 9i
76 (1.418 %)SQL Server 2000
83 (0.709 %)SQLPlus
92 (0.473 %)GIS
92 (0.473 %)DataStage
92 (0.473 %)TOAD
101 (0.236 %)OLTP
101 (0.236 %)SQL Server 7
101 (0.236 %)UniData
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
111 (2.600 %)ClearCase
210 (2.364 %)ClearQuest
39 (2.128 %)VSS/SourceSafe
47 (1.655 %)TestDirector
53 (0.709 %)QuickTest Pro
53 (0.709 %)CruiseControl
53 (0.709 %)Subversion
62 (0.473 %)LoadRunner
62 (0.473 %)WinRunner
62 (0.473 %)Oracle Forms
71 (0.236 %)Ant
71 (0.236 %)Visual Studio
71 (0.236 %)PVCS
71 (0.236 %)COOL:Gen
71 (0.236 %)Atlassian Bamboo
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
174 (17.49 %)Finance
237 (8.747 %)Telecoms
321 (4.965 %)Banking
416 (3.783 %)Aerospace
514 (3.310 %)Government
68 (1.891 %)Retail
68 (1.891 %)Billing
75 (1.182 %)Insurance
84 (0.946 %)Military
93 (0.709 %)Education
102 (0.473 %)Auditing
111 (0.236 %)Investment Banking
111 (0.236 %)Electric
111 (0.236 %)Health
111 (0.236 %)Publishing
111 (0.236 %)Financial Institution
111 (0.236 %)Front Office
111 (0.236 %)Back Office
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
187 (20.57 %)Developer
262 (14.66 %)Administrator
340 (9.456 %)Systems Administrator
435 (8.274 %)UNIX Administrator
531 (7.329 %)Analyst
630 (7.092 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
725 (5.910 %)WebSphere Developer
820 (4.728 %)DBA
918 (4.255 %)Software Engineer
918 (4.255 %)Consultant
1016 (3.783 %)Tester
1115 (3.546 %)Project Manager
1115 (3.546 %)Oracle DBA
1214 (3.310 %)Applications Developer
1312 (2.837 %)C++ Developer
1410 (2.364 %)Team Leader
1410 (2.364 %)Java Developer
1410 (2.364 %)Configuration Manager
1410 (2.364 %)Systems Engineer
1410 (2.364 %)UNIX Consultant
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
135 (8.274 %)Mainframe
216 (3.783 %)Clustering
37 (1.655 %)HACMP
44 (0.946 %)Replication
52 (0.473 %)Derivative
52 (0.473 %)IBM Mainframe
52 (0.473 %)PKI
52 (0.473 %)Management Information System
61 (0.236 %)Handset
61 (0.236 %)PDA
61 (0.236 %)ASIC
61 (0.236 %)Client/Server
61 (0.236 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1143 (33.81 %)Windows
2136 (32.15 %)Solaris
3105 (24.82 %)Linux
489 (21.04 %)AIX
526 (6.147 %)Windows 2000
624 (5.674 %)HPUX
719 (4.492 %)Tru64
815 (3.546 %)MVS
815 (3.546 %)OpenVMS
98 (1.891 %)Windows NT
107 (1.655 %)zOS
107 (1.655 %)SUSE
115 (1.182 %)VMS
123 (0.709 %)Windows XP
132 (0.473 %)Windows Server 2003
141 (0.236 %)Debian
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
142 (9.929 %)ITIL
233 (7.801 %)Security Cleared
324 (5.674 %)SC Cleared
324 (5.674 %)Change Management
421 (4.965 %)Migration
520 (4.728 %)Configuration Management
614 (3.310 %)OO
711 (2.600 %)Release Management
810 (2.364 %)Software Engineering
99 (2.128 %)Performance Management
108 (1.891 %)User Acceptance Testing
108 (1.891 %)Project Management
108 (1.891 %)PRINCE2
117 (1.655 %)Service Management
117 (1.655 %)Service Delivery
126 (1.418 %)Agile Software Development
126 (1.418 %)Test Scripting
135 (1.182 %)Incident Management
135 (1.182 %)IC Design
135 (1.182 %)Risk Analysis
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
188 (20.80 %)Java
274 (17.49 %)Shell Script
355 (13.00 %)SQL
453 (12.53 %)C++
542 (9.929 %)C
628 (6.619 %)Perl
727 (6.383 %)Korn
818 (4.255 %)VBScript
915 (3.546 %)VB
1014 (3.310 %)VC++
1111 (2.600 %)REXX
126 (1.418 %)PHP
126 (1.418 %)PL/SQL
135 (1.182 %)JCL
143 (0.709 %)Embedded C
143 (0.709 %)Python
152 (0.473 %)Embedded C++
152 (0.473 %)JavaScript
152 (0.473 %)Jython
152 (0.473 %)PHP5
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
122 (5.201 %)ISEB
28 (1.891 %)Degree
36 (1.418 %)Sun Certification
44 (0.946 %)HNC
53 (0.709 %)CCNP
53 (0.709 %)Cisco Certification
62 (0.473 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
62 (0.473 %)IBM AIX Certification
71 (0.236 %)CISM
71 (0.236 %)ISEB Practitioner
71 (0.236 %)Citrix Certification
71 (0.236 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (2.600 %)QA
26 (1.418 %)ISO9000
26 (1.418 %)SLA
35 (1.182 %)ISO27001
44 (0.946 %)ISO8583
53 (0.709 %)BS7799
62 (0.473 %)ISO9001
71 (0.236 %)PCI DSS
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
111 (2.600 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
25 (1.182 %)NFS
34 (0.946 %)Oracle RMAN
43 (0.709 %)Oracle RAC
43 (0.709 %)VMware Infrastructure
52 (0.473 %)Samba
52 (0.473 %)NetBackup
52 (0.473 %)Active Directory
52 (0.473 %)Terminal Services
61 (0.236 %)ISA Server
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
159 (13.95 %)Tivoli
228 (6.619 %)CONTROL-M
319 (4.492 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
45 (1.182 %)Oracle Statspack
54 (0.946 %)BMC PATROL
54 (0.946 %)OpenView
62 (0.473 %)CiscoWorks
62 (0.473 %)MOM
62 (0.473 %)AutoSys
62 (0.473 %)CA SiteMinder
62 (0.473 %)OMEGAMON
71 (0.236 %)EMC NetWorker
71 (0.236 %)AllFusion Endevor
71 (0.236 %)Unicenter
71 (0.236 %)Legato
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
160 (14.18 %)Oracle
252 (12.29 %)Sun
347 (11.11 %)IBM
428 (6.619 %)SAP
525 (5.910 %)Business Objects
623 (5.437 %)HP
623 (5.437 %)Remedy
719 (4.492 %)Microsoft
818 (4.255 %)Cisco
915 (3.546 %)Red Hat
1014 (3.310 %)CheckPoint
119 (2.128 %)Lotus
128 (1.891 %)BMC
137 (1.655 %)Novell
137 (1.655 %)Ab Initio
137 (1.655 %)VMware
145 (1.182 %)ESRI
154 (0.946 %)Cadence
154 (0.946 %)Compaq
163 (0.709 %)Serena
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