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The table below looks at the demand for IBM AIX skills within the Kent region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited AIX over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM AIX
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank4543
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads39
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.010 %
As % of the category below3.030 %7.031 %
Daily rates quoted12
Average minimum daily rate£350£400
Average daily rate£375£425
% change on same period last year-11.76 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£394£396
% change on same period last year-0.47 %
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£34.29£35.65
% change on same period last year-3.81 %
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads99128
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.159 %0.137 %
Daily rates quoted2321
Average minimum daily rate£233£295
Average daily rate£244£330
% change on same period last year-26.03 %
Average maximum daily rate£255£365
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£321
% change on same period last year-1.38 %
Hourly rates quoted2718
Average minimum hourly rate£17.55£22.67
Average hourly rate£18.23£23.71
% change on same period last year-23.13 %
Average maximum hourly rate£18.91£24.76
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.91£21.94
% change on same period last year-0.17 %
AIX South EastAIX
South East

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.

AIX
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing AIX across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Kent AIX Demand Trend

AIX
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent AIX Daily Rate Trend

AIX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Kent AIX Hourly Rate Trend

AIX
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AIX within the Kent region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
West MallingNew entry-2£375-
AIX South EastAIX
South East

AIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing AIX 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 AIX.

15 (100.00 %)Linux
15 (100.00 %)UNIX
24 (80.00 %)VERITAS
24 (80.00 %)Disaster Recovery
24 (80.00 %)Solaris
24 (80.00 %)NetBackup
33 (60.00 %)Windows
33 (60.00 %)Cisco
33 (60.00 %)SAN
33 (60.00 %)SC Cleared
33 (60.00 %)Security Cleared
42 (40.00 %)Brocade
42 (40.00 %)Korn
42 (40.00 %)NetApp
42 (40.00 %)Sun
42 (40.00 %)HP
42 (40.00 %)IBM
42 (40.00 %)HPUX
42 (40.00 %)Clustering
42 (40.00 %)Shell Script
51 (20.00 %)GroupWise
51 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (20.00 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
51 (20.00 %)Health
51 (20.00 %)Migration
51 (20.00 %)Microsoft
51 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
51 (20.00 %)MS Excel
51 (20.00 %)LAN
51 (20.00 %)WAN

AIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing AIX 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 AIX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (20.00 %)GroupWise
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (20.00 %)MS Excel
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (60.00 %)SAN
21 (20.00 %)LAN
21 (20.00 %)WAN
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (20.00 %)Health
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (40.00 %)Server Support
12 (40.00 %)Support Engineer
12 (40.00 %)Server Engineer
12 (40.00 %)Server Support Engineer
12 (40.00 %)UNIX Engineer
12 (40.00 %)UNIX Support Engineer
12 (40.00 %)UNIX Support
21 (20.00 %)Storage Administrator
21 (20.00 %)Storage Consultant
21 (20.00 %)Administrator
21 (20.00 %)Consultant
21 (20.00 %)Network Engineer
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (40.00 %)Clustering
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (100.00 %)UNIX
15 (100.00 %)Linux
24 (80.00 %)Solaris
33 (60.00 %)Windows
42 (40.00 %)HPUX
51 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
51 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (80.00 %)Disaster Recovery
23 (60.00 %)SC Cleared
23 (60.00 %)Security Cleared
31 (20.00 %)Migration
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (40.00 %)Shell Script
12 (40.00 %)Korn
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (20.00 %)CCNA
11 (20.00 %)Cisco Certification
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (80.00 %)NetBackup
21 (20.00 %)NDS
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (20.00 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (80.00 %)VERITAS
23 (60.00 %)Cisco
32 (40.00 %)IBM
32 (40.00 %)NetApp
32 (40.00 %)Sun
32 (40.00 %)HP
32 (40.00 %)Brocade
41 (20.00 %)EMC
41 (20.00 %)Citrix
41 (20.00 %)Novell
41 (20.00 %)Microsoft