The first table below looks at the demand for UNIX 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 UNIX 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
UNIX
Rank 11 4 4
Rank change year-on-year
-7 0
Contract jobs citing UNIX 14 15 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Knutsford 13.86% 20.83% 21.52%
As % of the Operating Systems category 41.18% 62.50% 47.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 32
Average daily rate £300 £320 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% -8.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £207 £256
10% offered a daily rate of more than £381 £331 £424
UK excluding London average daily rate £362 £370 £350
% change year-on-year
-2.29% +5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £32.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -1.53%
All Operating Systems
Knutsford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
34 24 72
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Knutsford 33.66% 33.33% 45.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 8 65
Average daily rate £300 £320 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +2.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £275 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £390 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
UNIX
Cheshire

UNIX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Knutsford UNIX Jobs Demand Trend

UNIX
Daily Rate Trend

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

Knutsford UNIX Daily Rate Trend

UNIX
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing UNIX across the Knutsford region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Knutsford UNIX Daily Rate Histogram

UNIX
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing UNIX across the Knutsford region.

Knutsford UNIX Hourly Rate Trend

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Knutsford region citing UNIX 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 UNIX.

1 13 (54.17%) Finance
2 11 (45.83%) Windows
3 10 (41.67%) Linux
4 9 (37.50%) Middleware
5 8 (33.33%) Migration
5 8 (33.33%) Banking
6 7 (29.17%) Mainframe
6 7 (29.17%) IBM
6 7 (29.17%) AIX
6 7 (29.17%) Oracle
7 5 (20.83%) SQL
8 4 (16.67%) Project Management
8 4 (16.67%) Tivoli
8 4 (16.67%) ITIL
8 4 (16.67%) DB2
8 4 (16.67%) Retail
8 4 (16.67%) Replication
9 3 (12.50%) Brocade
9 3 (12.50%) WebSphere
9 3 (12.50%) Perl
9 3 (12.50%) WebSphere MQ
9 3 (12.50%) Shell Script
9 3 (12.50%) SAN
10 2 (8.333%) Tivoli Identity Manager
10 2 (8.333%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 2 (8.333%) LDAP
10 2 (8.333%) C++
10 2 (8.333%) VB
10 2 (8.333%) Siebel
10 2 (8.333%) Stakeholder Engagement

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Knutsford region citing UNIX 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 UNIX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (37.50%) Middleware
2 3 (12.50%) WebSphere
3 1 (4.167%) Tivoli Directory Integrator
Application Platforms
1 3 (12.50%) WebSphere MQ
2 1 (4.167%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (4.167%) MS Visio
1 1 (4.167%) MS Project
1 1 (4.167%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.167%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) SAN
2 2 (8.333%) LDAP
3 1 (4.167%) DNS
3 1 (4.167%) SSL
3 1 (4.167%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.67%) DB2
2 1 (4.167%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (4.167%) TOAD
2 1 (4.167%) RDBMS
2 1 (4.167%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (4.167%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.167%) Ant
1 1 (4.167%) PVCS
1 1 (4.167%) TestDirector
General
1 13 (54.17%) Finance
2 8 (33.33%) Banking
3 4 (16.67%) Retail
4 1 (4.167%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.167%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (20.83%) Project Manager
2 3 (12.50%) Designer
2 3 (12.50%) Architect
2 3 (12.50%) Technical Architect
3 2 (8.333%) Consultant
3 2 (8.333%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (8.333%) Programme Manager
3 2 (8.333%) Infrastructure Designer
3 2 (8.333%) Technical Solutions Architect
3 2 (8.333%) Implementation Manager
3 2 (8.333%) Migration Engineer
3 2 (8.333%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 1 (4.167%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (4.167%) Technical Manager
4 1 (4.167%) Storage Consultant
4 1 (4.167%) Change Manager
4 1 (4.167%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (4.167%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (4.167%) Business Architect
4 1 (4.167%) Test Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 7 (29.17%) Mainframe
2 4 (16.67%) Replication
3 2 (8.333%) Tandem
4 1 (4.167%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.167%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 11 (45.83%) Windows
2 10 (41.67%) Linux
3 7 (29.17%) AIX
4 1 (4.167%) Windows 2000
4 1 (4.167%) Solaris
4 1 (4.167%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (33.33%) Migration
2 4 (16.67%) Project Management
2 4 (16.67%) ITIL
3 2 (8.333%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (8.333%) Project Planning
3 2 (8.333%) Workflow
3 2 (8.333%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (8.333%) Identity Management
3 2 (8.333%) Risk Management
3 2 (8.333%) Information Security
4 1 (4.167%) Validation
4 1 (4.167%) Business Analysis
4 1 (4.167%) Data Management
4 1 (4.167%) Information Management
4 1 (4.167%) Data Analysis
4 1 (4.167%) Test Management
4 1 (4.167%) Time Management
4 1 (4.167%) Data Migration
4 1 (4.167%) Change Control
4 1 (4.167%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.83%) SQL
2 3 (12.50%) Perl
2 3 (12.50%) Shell Script
3 2 (8.333%) C++
3 2 (8.333%) VB
4 1 (4.167%) Java
4 1 (4.167%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.167%) PL/SQL
4 1 (4.167%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (4.167%) GIAC
1 1 (4.167%) CISSP
1 1 (4.167%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.167%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.167%) PowerHA
1 1 (4.167%) Tivoli Directory Server
1 1 (4.167%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.167%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 4 (16.67%) Tivoli
2 2 (8.333%) Tivoli Identity Manager
2 2 (8.333%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 1 (4.167%) BladeLogic
3 1 (4.167%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (4.167%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 7 (29.17%) IBM
1 7 (29.17%) Oracle
2 3 (12.50%) Brocade
3 2 (8.333%) Siebel
4 1 (4.167%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.167%) HP
4 1 (4.167%) BMC
4 1 (4.167%) Hitachi
4 1 (4.167%) Informatica
4 1 (4.167%) MicroStrategy
4 1 (4.167%) NetApp