The first table below looks at the demand for Shell Script skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Shell Script over the 3 months to 23 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 Leicestershire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Shell Script
Rank 29 23 30
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +7
Contract jobs citing Shell Script 1 3 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 0.474% 1.395% 1.702%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.053% 4.286% 3.540%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Average daily rate £425 £331 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.30% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £413 £335
% change year-on-year
-15.15% +23.13%
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
Leicestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
95 70 113
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 45.02% 32.56% 48.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 27 26
Average daily rate £328 £300 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.35% +20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £276 £150 £190
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £431 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 24
Average hourly rate £35.00 £18.00 £33.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+94.44% -46.26%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
Shell Script
East Midlands

Shell Script
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Leicester -5 1 £425 +28.30%
Shell Script
East Midlands

Shell Script
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (66.67%) VMware
1 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle 10g
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) BMC
2 1 (33.33%) Retek
2 1 (33.33%) BMC PATROL
2 1 (33.33%) ProC
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless
2 1 (33.33%) AIX
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 1 (33.33%) UNIX
2 1 (33.33%) PL/SQL
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle

Shell Script
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Retail
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle 10g
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) ProC
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Network Administrator
1 1 (33.33%) Network Support
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Server Support
1 1 (33.33%) Administrator
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (33.33%) AIX
2 1 (33.33%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PL/SQL
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) BMC
2 1 (33.33%) Retek
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle