The first table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills in IT contracts advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited UNIX 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 Operating Systems category for the Middlesex 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
UNIX
Rank 17 21 8
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -13
Contract jobs citing UNIX 5 12 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 2.475% 3.822% 10.95%
As % of the Operating Systems category 14.29% 25.53% 55.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 17
Average daily rate £570 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+62.85% -12.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £375 £350
% change year-on-year
-4.13% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £29.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £32.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -1.53%
All Operating Systems
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
35 47 68
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 17.33% 14.97% 19.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 22 25
Average daily rate £450 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £247 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £495 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 9 17
Average hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +103.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.00 £24.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.25 £39.00 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
UNIX
South East

UNIX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex UNIX Hourly Rate Trend

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 10 (55.56%) Oracle
2 9 (50.00%) SQL
2 9 (50.00%) Windows
3 8 (44.44%) SAN
4 7 (38.89%) ITIL
4 7 (38.89%) SAP
4 7 (38.89%) High Availability
5 6 (33.33%) Degree
6 5 (27.78%) STL
6 5 (27.78%) C++
6 5 (27.78%) Tomcat
6 5 (27.78%) RDBMS
7 4 (22.22%) SAP Certification
7 4 (22.22%) Linux
7 4 (22.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (22.22%) Apache
8 3 (16.67%) Solaris
8 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
8 3 (16.67%) EMC
8 3 (16.67%) NetApp
9 2 (11.11%) Red Hat
9 2 (11.11%) Citrix
9 2 (11.11%) Middleware
9 2 (11.11%) JBoss
9 2 (11.11%) Java
9 2 (11.11%) SQL Server
9 2 (11.11%) WebLogic
9 2 (11.11%) WebSphere
9 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
9 2 (11.11%) Oracle Application Server

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 5 (27.78%) STL
2 2 (11.11%) Middleware
2 2 (11.11%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 5 (27.78%) Tomcat
2 4 (22.22%) Apache
3 2 (11.11%) WebLogic
3 2 (11.11%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (5.556%) SAP Web AS
4 1 (5.556%) Documentum
Business Applications
1 1 (5.556%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 8 (44.44%) SAN
2 1 (5.556%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (27.78%) RDBMS
2 2 (11.11%) SQL Server
3 1 (5.556%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
2 1 (5.556%) Finance
2 1 (5.556%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) C++ Developer
1 5 (27.78%) Developer
2 2 (11.11%) Architect
2 2 (11.11%) Analyst
2 2 (11.11%) Administrator
2 2 (11.11%) SAP Manager
2 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Architect
2 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (5.556%) Security Manager
3 1 (5.556%) Documentum Analyst
3 1 (5.556%) Documentum Administrator
3 1 (5.556%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (5.556%) Technical Administrator
3 1 (5.556%) Applications Support Analyst
3 1 (5.556%) UNIX Systems Administrator
3 1 (5.556%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (5.556%) UNIX Administrator
3 1 (5.556%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (5.556%) Support Analyst
3 1 (5.556%) Applications Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.556%) Clustering
1 1 (5.556%) Management Information System
1 1 (5.556%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (5.556%) Smart Meter
1 1 (5.556%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 9 (50.00%) Windows
2 4 (22.22%) Linux
2 4 (22.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (16.67%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) ITIL
1 7 (38.89%) High Availability
2 1 (5.556%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (5.556%) Content Management
2 1 (5.556%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (5.556%) Information Security
2 1 (5.556%) Waterfall
2 1 (5.556%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 9 (50.00%) SQL
2 5 (27.78%) C++
3 2 (11.11%) Java
4 1 (5.556%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) Degree
2 4 (22.22%) SAP Certification
3 1 (5.556%) SCSA
3 1 (5.556%) CISM
3 1 (5.556%) RHCE
3 1 (5.556%) CISSP
Systems Management
1 1 (5.556%) Puppet
1 1 (5.556%) Nagios
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Oracle
2 7 (38.89%) SAP
3 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (16.67%) EMC
3 3 (16.67%) NetApp
4 2 (11.11%) Red Hat
4 2 (11.11%) Citrix
4 2 (11.11%) JBoss