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This section looks at the demand for Shell Script skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Shell Script over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkShell Script
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank4082
Rank change on same period last yearUp+42
Matching contract IT job ads4211
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.055 %0.011 %
As % of the category below9.567 %1.760 %
Daily rates quoted210
Average minimum daily rate£353-
Average daily rate£385-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£417-
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£369
% change on same period last year-3.71 %
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£42.54£31.57
% change on same period last year+34.74 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads439625
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.579 %0.622 %
Daily rates quoted170252
Average minimum daily rate£340£311
Average daily rate£365£330
% change on same period last year+10.46 %
Average maximum daily rate£390£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£335
% change on same period last year-1.38 %
Hourly rates quoted4452
Average minimum hourly rate£33.32£29.42
Average hourly rate£34.22£31.58
% change on same period last year+8.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.13£33.74
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.40£33.03
% change on same period last year+1.11 %
Shell Script East of EnglandShell Script
East of England

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.

Shell Script
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Shell Script across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Hertfordshire Shell Script Demand Trend

Shell Script
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Shell Script across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Shell Script Daily Rate Trend

Shell Script
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Shell Script across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Hertfordshire Shell Script Daily Rate Histogram

Shell Script
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Shell Script across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Shell Script Hourly Rate Trend

Shell Script
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Shell Script within the Hertfordshire 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
RickmansworthNew entry-4£450-
WatfordUp+133--
Shell Script East of EnglandShell Script
East of England

Shell Script
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Shell Script 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 Shell Script.

146 (57.50 %)Solaris
245 (56.25 %)UNIX
336 (45.00 %)Perl
428 (35.00 %)WebLogic
526 (32.50 %)SLA
526 (32.50 %)Sun
526 (32.50 %)Finance
625 (31.25 %)Middleware
724 (30.00 %)IBM
822 (27.50 %)Brocade
822 (27.50 %)EMC
822 (27.50 %)StorageTek
822 (27.50 %)VERITAS
919 (23.75 %)NetApp
919 (23.75 %)AWK
919 (23.75 %)NetBackup
1018 (22.50 %)Symmetrix
1018 (22.50 %)J2EE
1117 (21.25 %)Financial Institution
1215 (18.75 %)MQSeries
1314 (17.50 %)WebSphere
1413 (16.25 %)Apache
1413 (16.25 %)SQL
1511 (13.75 %)Java
1511 (13.75 %)Configuration Management
1610 (12.50 %)VB
1610 (12.50 %)Windows
1610 (12.50 %)Linux
1610 (12.50 %)QA
1610 (12.50 %)Continuous Integration

Shell Script
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Shell Script 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 Shell Script. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
125 (31.25 %)Middleware
218 (22.50 %)J2EE
314 (17.50 %)WebSphere
49 (11.25 %).NET
55 (6.250 %)Apache Axis
55 (6.250 %)WebServices
64 (5.000 %)J2SE
72 (2.500 %)Hibernate
81 (1.250 %)Spring
81 (1.250 %)JNDI
81 (1.250 %)EJB
81 (1.250 %)JDBC
81 (1.250 %)WSDL
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
128 (35.00 %)WebLogic
215 (18.75 %)MQSeries
313 (16.25 %)Apache
46 (7.500 %)WebSphere Application Server
55 (6.250 %)Resin
55 (6.250 %)Tomcat
64 (5.000 %)JBoss
71 (1.250 %)WebSphere MQ
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (8.750 %)MS Excel
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (11.25 %)Internet
25 (6.250 %)SMPP
32 (2.500 %)SAN
41 (1.250 %)Broadband
41 (1.250 %)SMS
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (7.500 %)ETL
25 (6.250 %)DB2
25 (6.250 %)MySQL
25 (6.250 %)Datawarehouse
32 (2.500 %)Oracle Reports
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (8.750 %)Ant
17 (8.750 %)InstallShield
22 (2.500 %)Eclipse
22 (2.500 %)JUnit
22 (2.500 %)CheckStyle
22 (2.500 %)FitNesse
31 (1.250 %)ClearCase
31 (1.250 %)ClearQuest
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
126 (32.50 %)Finance
217 (21.25 %)Financial Institution
37 (8.750 %)Telecoms
37 (8.750 %)Retail
41 (1.250 %)Banking
41 (1.250 %)Games
41 (1.250 %)Pharmaceutical
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
123 (28.75 %)Storage Specialist
29 (11.25 %)Analyst
38 (10.00 %)Administrator
47 (8.750 %)Support Specialist
56 (7.500 %)Support Analyst
65 (6.250 %)Applications Support
65 (6.250 %)Developer
65 (6.250 %)Senior Analyst
65 (6.250 %)Senior Support Analyst
74 (5.000 %)Applications Support Specialist
74 (5.000 %)Applications Specialist
83 (3.750 %)WebLogic Administrator
83 (3.750 %)Consultant
83 (3.750 %)Systems Administrator
92 (2.500 %)WebLogic Specialist
92 (2.500 %)WebLogic Consultant
92 (2.500 %)Linux Administrator
92 (2.500 %)Release Manager
92 (2.500 %)UNIX Administrator
92 (2.500 %)Java Developer
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
118 (22.50 %)Symmetrix
21 (1.250 %)Wiki
21 (1.250 %)PKI
21 (1.250 %)PMI
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
146 (57.50 %)Solaris
245 (56.25 %)UNIX
310 (12.50 %)Windows
310 (12.50 %)Linux
47 (8.750 %)AIX
56 (7.500 %)Red Hat Linux
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (13.75 %)Configuration Management
210 (12.50 %)Continuous Integration
36 (7.500 %)ITIL
45 (6.250 %)SOA
52 (2.500 %)OOA/OOD
52 (2.500 %)OO
52 (2.500 %)RUP
52 (2.500 %)Incident Management
61 (1.250 %)Agile Software Development
61 (1.250 %)Scrum
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
136 (45.00 %)Perl
219 (23.75 %)AWK
313 (16.25 %)SQL
411 (13.75 %)Java
510 (12.50 %)VB
510 (12.50 %)PowerShell
65 (6.250 %)PHP
72 (2.500 %)PL/SQL
81 (1.250 %)C#
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (2.500 %)RHCE
12 (2.500 %)ITIL Certification
21 (1.250 %)Degree
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
126 (32.50 %)SLA
210 (12.50 %)QA
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
119 (23.75 %)NetBackup
21 (1.250 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (2.500 %)Tivoli
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
126 (32.50 %)Sun
224 (30.00 %)IBM
322 (27.50 %)Brocade
322 (27.50 %)EMC
322 (27.50 %)StorageTek
322 (27.50 %)VERITAS
419 (23.75 %)NetApp
58 (10.00 %)Oracle
66 (7.500 %)Red Hat
75 (6.250 %)Ab Initio
84 (5.000 %)BEA
93 (3.750 %)Netezza
93 (3.750 %)Chordiant
102 (2.500 %)HP
102 (2.500 %)Informatica
102 (2.500 %)VMware