The first table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills in IT contracts advertised for the Herefordshire 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 Herefordshire 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 2 9 -
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -
Contract jobs citing UNIX 8 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Herefordshire 47.06% 5.263% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 66.67% 50.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
Average daily rate £320 £281 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.87% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £362 £370 £350
% change year-on-year
-2.29% +5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Average hourly rate £27.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £32.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -1.53%
All Operating Systems
Herefordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
12 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Herefordshire 70.59% 10.53% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 0
Average daily rate £300 £281 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.76% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
Average hourly rate £27.50 £11.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+150.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
UNIX
West Midlands

UNIX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Herefordshire 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 Herefordshire region.

Herefordshire UNIX Daily Rate Trend

UNIX
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing UNIX across the Herefordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Herefordshire UNIX Daily Rate Histogram

UNIX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Herefordshire UNIX Hourly Rate Trend

UNIX
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UNIX within the Herefordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Hereford - 7 £340 -
UNIX
West Midlands

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Herefordshire 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 12 (92.31%) Linux
1 12 (92.31%) Windows
2 11 (84.62%) MS Exchange
3 8 (61.54%) VMware
4 7 (53.85%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (53.85%) NAS
4 7 (53.85%) Exchange Server 2010
4 7 (53.85%) Active Directory
4 7 (53.85%) SAN
4 7 (53.85%) Windows Server 2003
4 7 (53.85%) SharePoint
5 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
6 4 (30.77%) DV Cleared
6 4 (30.77%) Exchange Server 5.5
6 4 (30.77%) Exchange Server 2003
6 4 (30.77%) Solaris
6 4 (30.77%) HP
6 4 (30.77%) Shell Script
6 4 (30.77%) Sun
6 4 (30.77%) X.500
7 3 (23.08%) HPUX
7 3 (23.08%) WAN
7 3 (23.08%) Perl
7 3 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2000
7 3 (23.08%) Windows 2000 Server
7 3 (23.08%) Finance
7 3 (23.08%) Samba
8 2 (15.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
8 2 (15.38%) Red Hat

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Herefordshire 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 (7.692%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 11 (84.62%) MS Exchange
2 7 (53.85%) Exchange Server 2010
2 7 (53.85%) SharePoint
3 4 (30.77%) Exchange Server 5.5
3 4 (30.77%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2000
5 1 (7.692%) WebSphere MQ
5 1 (7.692%) Apache
5 1 (7.692%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (7.692%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 7 (53.85%) NAS
1 7 (53.85%) SAN
2 4 (30.77%) X.500
3 3 (23.08%) WAN
4 1 (7.692%) LAN
4 1 (7.692%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (7.692%) ClearQuest
1 1 (7.692%) ClearCase
General
1 3 (23.08%) Finance
2 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
3 1 (7.692%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Support Engineer
2 7 (53.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (53.85%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 7 (53.85%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (7.692%) Administrator
3 1 (7.692%) UNIX Administrator
3 1 (7.692%) Linux Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) WebSphere Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 12 (92.31%) Linux
1 12 (92.31%) Windows
2 7 (53.85%) Windows Server 2008
2 7 (53.85%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (30.77%) Solaris
4 3 (23.08%) HPUX
4 3 (23.08%) Windows 2000 Server
5 2 (15.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (7.692%) ITIL
1 1 (7.692%) Load Balancing
1 1 (7.692%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) Shell Script
2 3 (23.08%) Perl
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 4 (30.77%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 7 (53.85%) Active Directory
2 3 (23.08%) Samba
Vendors
1 8 (61.54%) VMware
2 4 (30.77%) HP
2 4 (30.77%) Sun
3 2 (15.38%) Red Hat
4 1 (7.692%) Cisco
4 1 (7.692%) IBM
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