The first table below looks at the demand for Bourne shell 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 Bourne shell over the 3 months to 21 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 Programming Languages 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Bourne shell
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Bourne shell 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent - - -
As % of the Programming Languages category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £500 - £338
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £29.00
All Programming Languages
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
110 76 111
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 36.54% 28.46% 35.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 30 65
Average daily rate £300 £300 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +4.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £254 £213 £189
10% offered a daily rate of more than £443 £325 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 3
Average hourly rate £35.79 £17.50 £93.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+104.48% -81.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.37 £17.50 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £90.00 £30.00 £170.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
Bourne shell
South East

Bourne shell
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Bourne shell across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Kent Bourne shell Jobs Demand Trend

Bourne shell
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing Bourne shell 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 Bourne shell.

1 5 (100.00%) Linux
1 5 (100.00%) Shell Script
2 4 (80.00%) Python
2 4 (80.00%) Perl
2 4 (80.00%) PHP
2 4 (80.00%) MySQL
2 4 (80.00%) Replication
3 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (20.00%) UNIX
3 1 (20.00%) AIX
3 1 (20.00%) Solaris
3 1 (20.00%) Red Hat

Bourne shell
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing Bourne shell 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 Bourne shell. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) MySQL
General
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) DBA
1 3 (60.00%) MySQL DBA
2 1 (20.00%) UNIX Systems Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Linux Systems Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) MySQL Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (20.00%) UNIX
2 1 (20.00%) AIX
2 1 (20.00%) Solaris
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Shell Script
2 4 (80.00%) Python
2 4 (80.00%) Perl
2 4 (80.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Red Hat