The first table below looks at the demand for Shell Script skills in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Shell Script 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 Programming Languages category for the Lancashire 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
Shell Script
Rank 33 41 26
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -15
Contract jobs citing Shell Script 1 1 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 0.474% 0.243% 2.586%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.389% 0.699% 6.897%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 6
Average daily rate - £375 £268
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +39.92%
UK excluding London average daily rate £351 £410 £335
% change year-on-year
-14.32% +22.38%
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
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
72 143 87
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 34.12% 34.71% 37.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 81 51
Average daily rate £280 £361 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.43% +20.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £275 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £469 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 14
Average hourly rate £37.50 £20.00 £37.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+87.50% -45.94%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
Shell Script
North West

Shell Script
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire Shell Script Daily Rate Trend

Shell Script
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Lancashire Shell Script Hourly Rate Trend

Shell Script
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Shell Script within the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Lytham St Annes - 1 - -
Shell Script
North West

Shell Script
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 7 (87.50%) SQL
1 7 (87.50%) Informatica
1 7 (87.50%) PowerExchange
2 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared
3 5 (62.50%) Oracle
4 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
4 4 (50.00%) Change Data Capture
5 3 (37.50%) ETL
6 2 (25.00%) XML
6 2 (25.00%) UNIX
6 2 (25.00%) BC Cleared
6 2 (25.00%) Workflow
6 2 (25.00%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (12.50%) Perl
7 1 (12.50%) Migration
7 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (12.50%) Windows
7 1 (12.50%) AIX
7 1 (12.50%) HPUX
7 1 (12.50%) Solaris
7 1 (12.50%) Linux
7 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
7 1 (12.50%) VB
7 1 (12.50%) HP
7 1 (12.50%) CA
7 1 (12.50%) Unicenter
7 1 (12.50%) Red Hat
7 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (12.50%) Tivoli

Shell Script
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 (25.00%) XML
Application Platforms
1 7 (87.50%) PowerExchange
2 2 (25.00%) Oracle Workflow
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Informatica Specialist
2 4 (50.00%) Exchange Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Consultant
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) UNIX
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) AIX
2 1 (12.50%) HPUX
2 1 (12.50%) Solaris
2 1 (12.50%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Change Data Capture
2 3 (37.50%) ETL
3 2 (25.00%) Workflow
4 1 (12.50%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) Perl
2 1 (12.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) BC Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Unicenter
1 1 (12.50%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Informatica
2 5 (62.50%) Oracle
3 1 (12.50%) HP
3 1 (12.50%) CA
3 1 (12.50%) Red Hat