The first table below looks at the demand for Shell Script skills in IT contracts advertised for the Knutsford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Shell Script over the 3 months to 20 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 Knutsford 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Shell Script
Rank 19 10 16
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +6
Contract jobs citing Shell Script 3 6 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Knutsford 3.030% 8.108% 6.410%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.00% 27.27% 27.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 8
Average daily rate £300 £336 £354
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.58% -5.15%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £425 £336
% change year-on-year
-17.64% +26.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.10 £37.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year
-13.24% -2.63%
All Programming Languages
Knutsford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
20 22 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Knutsford 20.20% 29.73% 23.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 7 28
Average daily rate £388 £306 £295
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+26.53% +3.81%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £184 £275 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £393 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £30.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
Shell Script
Cheshire

Shell Script
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Knutsford Shell Script Jobs Demand Trend

Shell Script
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Shell Script across the Knutsford region.

Knutsford Shell Script Daily Rate Trend

Shell Script
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Knutsford region citing Shell Script 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 Shell Script.

1 3 (100.00%) UNIX
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) AIX
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) WebSphere MQ
2 2 (66.67%) Middleware
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) TestDirector
3 1 (33.33%) Perl
3 1 (33.33%) Ant
3 1 (33.33%) PVCS

Shell Script
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Knutsford region citing Shell Script 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 Shell Script. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (66.67%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) WebSphere MQ
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Ant
1 1 (33.33%) PVCS
1 1 (33.33%) TestDirector
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Configuration Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Change Manager
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) UNIX
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) AIX
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Perl