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The table below looks at the demand for the UNIX Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 UNIX Specialist
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£324
% change on same period last year+2.62 %
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£39.07£35.00
% change on same period last year+11.62 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads10891601
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.540 %1.621 %
Daily rates quoted385654
Average minimum daily rate£343£328
Average daily rate£366£348
% change on same period last year+5.31 %
Average maximum daily rate£390£367
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.18 %
Hourly rates quoted138182
Average minimum hourly rate£25.89£24.29
Average hourly rate£27.01£25.55
% change on same period last year+5.72 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.14£26.81
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.71£25.14
% change on same period last year-5.69 %
UNIX Specialist East of EnglandUNIX Specialist
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 Specialist
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire UNIX Specialist Demand Trend

UNIX Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire UNIX Specialist Daily Rate Trend

UNIX Specialist
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited UNIX Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title.

12 (100.00 %)UNIX
12 (100.00 %)Shell Script
21 (50.00 %)Middleware
21 (50.00 %)Pharmaceutical
21 (50.00 %)NetBackup
21 (50.00 %)WebSphere
21 (50.00 %)Red Hat Linux
21 (50.00 %)AIX
21 (50.00 %)Solaris
21 (50.00 %)Linux
21 (50.00 %)JBoss
21 (50.00 %)J2SE
21 (50.00 %)IBM
21 (50.00 %)Red Hat
21 (50.00 %)Java
21 (50.00 %)Perl
21 (50.00 %)SQL
21 (50.00 %)J2EE
21 (50.00 %)DB2
21 (50.00 %)WebSphere Application Server

UNIX Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited UNIX Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (50.00 %)J2EE
11 (50.00 %)J2SE
11 (50.00 %)Middleware
11 (50.00 %)WebSphere
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
11 (50.00 %)JBoss
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)DB2
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Pharmaceutical
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (100.00 %)UNIX
21 (50.00 %)AIX
21 (50.00 %)Solaris
21 (50.00 %)Linux
21 (50.00 %)Red Hat Linux
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)Shell Script
21 (50.00 %)Java
21 (50.00 %)Perl
21 (50.00 %)SQL
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (50.00 %)NetBackup
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)IBM
11 (50.00 %)Red Hat