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

 UNIX System Administrator
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank-87
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads08
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.009 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.500 %
Daily rates quoted03
Average minimum daily rate-£342
Average daily rate-£356
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£370
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£302
% change on same period last year+10.90 %
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£43.71£38.35
% change on same period last year+13.98 %
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 Systems Administrator East of EnglandUNIX Systems 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 Systems Administrator
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire UNIX Systems Administrator Demand Trend

UNIX Systems Administrator
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire UNIX Systems Administrator Daily Rate Trend

UNIX Systems Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire UNIX Systems Administrator Hourly Rate Trend

UNIX Systems Administrator
Top 16 Related IT Skills

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

12 (100.00 %)Solaris
12 (100.00 %)UNIX
21 (50.00 %)RTSP
21 (50.00 %)Degree
21 (50.00 %)Finance
21 (50.00 %)Windows
21 (50.00 %)AIX
21 (50.00 %)MySQL
21 (50.00 %)Oracle
21 (50.00 %)SMTP
21 (50.00 %)FTP
21 (50.00 %)HTTP
21 (50.00 %)DNS
21 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (50.00 %)Shell Script
21 (50.00 %)Blackberry

UNIX Systems 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 Systems 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 Systems Administrator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (50.00 %)SMTP
11 (50.00 %)FTP
11 (50.00 %)HTTP
11 (50.00 %)DNS
11 (50.00 %)RTSP
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)MySQL
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Finance
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)Blackberry
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (100.00 %)UNIX
12 (100.00 %)Solaris
21 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (50.00 %)Windows
21 (50.00 %)AIX
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)Shell Script
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (50.00 %)Degree
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Oracle