The first table below looks at the demand for AIX skills in IT contracts advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited AIX over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the Kent region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM AIX
Rank 30 27 39
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +12
Contract jobs citing AIX 6 9 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 2.091% 3.409% 0.331%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.667% 12.00% 1.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 0
Average daily rate £500 £488 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.56% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £407 £375
% change year-on-year
-7.86% +8.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £43.25 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.00 £40.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
-7.50% +33.33%
All Operating Systems
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
90 75 96
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 31.36% 28.41% 31.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 34 55
Average daily rate £345 £250 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+38.00% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £138 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £370 £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 19 6
Average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.57% +2.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.25 £13.50 £7.19
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.40 £67.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
AIX
South East

AIX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent AIX Jobs Demand Trend

AIX
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This 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
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 17 (100.00%) Linux
2 16 (94.12%) Oracle
2 16 (94.12%) Oracle RAC
3 14 (82.35%) Oracle 11g
3 14 (82.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 13 (76.47%) Red Hat
5 11 (64.71%) UNIX
6 10 (58.82%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 10 (58.82%) Finance
7 5 (29.41%) PL/SQL
7 5 (29.41%) SQL
8 4 (23.53%) Shell Script
9 3 (17.65%) SAN
9 3 (17.65%) Investment Management
10 2 (11.76%) SQL Server 2008
10 2 (11.76%) Oracle 8/8i
10 2 (11.76%) HTTP
10 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
11 1 (5.882%) DB2
11 1 (5.882%) SAP
11 1 (5.882%) Windows
11 1 (5.882%) Financial Institution
11 1 (5.882%) Disaster Recovery
11 1 (5.882%) Fund Management
11 1 (5.882%) Migration
11 1 (5.882%) Replication
11 1 (5.882%) Oracle RMAN
11 1 (5.882%) SAP Basis
11 1 (5.882%) Data Guard
11 1 (5.882%) R

AIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 1 (5.882%) SAP Basis
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) SAN
2 2 (11.76%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (82.35%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (11.76%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (11.76%) Oracle 8/8i
2 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
3 1 (5.882%) DB2
General
1 10 (58.82%) Finance
2 1 (5.882%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 16 (94.12%) DBA
1 16 (94.12%) Oracle DBA
2 7 (41.18%) Senior Oracle DBA
2 7 (41.18%) Senior DBA
3 1 (5.882%) Consultant
3 1 (5.882%) Oracle Team Leader
3 1 (5.882%) SAP Basis Consultant
3 1 (5.882%) SAP Consultant
3 1 (5.882%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.882%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 17 (100.00%) Linux
2 14 (82.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 11 (64.71%) UNIX
4 1 (5.882%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (17.65%) Investment Management
2 1 (5.882%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (5.882%) Fund Management
2 1 (5.882%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 5 (29.41%) PL/SQL
1 5 (29.41%) SQL
2 4 (23.53%) Shell Script
3 1 (5.882%) R
System Software
1 16 (94.12%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (5.882%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 10 (58.82%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (5.882%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 16 (94.12%) Oracle
2 13 (76.47%) Red Hat
3 1 (5.882%) SAP
Kent, South East
Oracle DBA - DB2 ExperienceLocation: KentDuration: Initial 3 MonthsRate: NegotiableMy client, a leading Fund Management company, is looking for a Senior Oracle DBA with extensive Production Support experience, good...
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 11 May 2013
Kent, South East
Senior Oracle DBA Key Skills Required:*Oracle Database 11gR2 both standalone and RAC.*Oracle Golden Gate experience. *Oracle Grid Infrastructure 11gR2 including Clusterware, ASM and Oracle Restart.*Oracle...
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013