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The table below looks at the demand for the UNIX Administrator role in IT contracts within the Hertfordshire 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 Administrator in their job title over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 UNIX Administrator
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank6984
Rank change on same period last yearUp+15
Matching contract IT job ads211
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.012 %
As % of the category below0.217 %0.688 %
Daily rates quoted14
Average minimum daily rate£350£313
Average daily rate£350£333
% change on same period last year+5.26 %
Average maximum daily rate£350£353
UK excluding London average daily rate£332£298
% change on same period last year+11.26 %
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£45.33£34.31
% change on same period last year+32.12 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads9211599
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.480 %1.717 %
Daily rates quoted284619
Average minimum daily rate£337£324
Average daily rate£357£344
% change on same period last year+3.85 %
Average maximum daily rate£378£364
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£352
% change on same period last year+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted112194
Average minimum hourly rate£26.57£23.77
Average hourly rate£27.67£24.98
% change on same period last year+10.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.76£26.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.10£24.04
% change on same period last year-3.88 %
UNIX Administrator East of EnglandUNIX Administrator
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.

UNIX Administrator
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire UNIX Administrator Demand Trend

UNIX Administrator
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire UNIX Administrator Daily Rate Trend

UNIX Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire UNIX Administrator Hourly Rate Trend

UNIX Administrator
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited UNIX Administrator 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 Administrator in their job title.

15 (100.00 %)UNIX
24 (80.00 %)Solaris
32 (40.00 %)Windows
32 (40.00 %)AIX
32 (40.00 %)Oracle
32 (40.00 %)HP
41 (20.00 %)RTSP
41 (20.00 %)Degree
41 (20.00 %)Performance Management
41 (20.00 %)HP Data Protector
41 (20.00 %)SAN
41 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (20.00 %)Shell Script
41 (20.00 %)Blackberry
41 (20.00 %)MySQL
41 (20.00 %)Finance
41 (20.00 %)NetBackup
41 (20.00 %)HPUX
41 (20.00 %)Linux
41 (20.00 %)SMTP
41 (20.00 %)FTP
41 (20.00 %)HTTP
41 (20.00 %)DNS
41 (20.00 %)Sun

UNIX Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited UNIX Administrator 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 Administrator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (20.00 %)SMTP
11 (20.00 %)FTP
11 (20.00 %)HTTP
11 (20.00 %)DNS
11 (20.00 %)SAN
11 (20.00 %)RTSP
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (20.00 %)MySQL
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (20.00 %)Finance
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (20.00 %)Blackberry
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (100.00 %)UNIX
24 (80.00 %)Solaris
32 (40.00 %)Windows
32 (40.00 %)AIX
41 (20.00 %)HPUX
41 (20.00 %)Linux
41 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (20.00 %)Performance Management
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (20.00 %)Shell Script
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (20.00 %)Degree
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (20.00 %)NetBackup
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (20.00 %)HP Data Protector
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (40.00 %)Oracle
12 (40.00 %)HP
21 (20.00 %)Sun