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The table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills within the Milton Keynes region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited UNIX over the 3 months to 4 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUNIX
Location
3 months to
4 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank2918
Rank change on same period last yearDown-11
Matching contract IT job ads4066
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.054 %0.066 %
As % of the category below16.88 %23.32 %
Daily rates quoted69
Average minimum daily rate£292£277
Average daily rate£312£307
% change on same period last year+1.90 %
Average maximum daily rate£333£337
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£363
% change on same period last year-3.52 %
Hourly rates quoted15
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00£32.40
Average hourly rate£30.00£33.45
% change on same period last year-10.31 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00£34.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.67£31.44
% change on same period last year+3.90 %
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Milton Keynes
Matching contract IT job ads237283
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.319 %0.283 %
Daily rates quoted7668
Average minimum daily rate£327£262
Average daily rate£341£286
% change on same period last year+19.30 %
Average maximum daily rate£354£309
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£336
% change on same period last year-1.78 %
Hourly rates quoted3743
Average minimum hourly rate£22.09£24.04
Average hourly rate£23.98£24.96
% change on same period last year-3.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.88£25.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.67£22.57
% change on same period last year+0.44 %
UNIX BuckinghamshireUNIX
Buckinghamshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

UNIX
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing UNIX across the Milton Keynes region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Milton Keynes UNIX Demand Trend

UNIX
Daily Rate Trend

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

Milton Keynes UNIX Daily Rate Trend

UNIX
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing UNIX across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 4 September 2008.

Milton Keynes UNIX Daily Rate Histogram

UNIX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Milton Keynes UNIX Hourly Rate Trend

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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.

158 (42.03 %)Finance
244 (31.88 %)Oracle
342 (30.43 %)DB2
432 (23.19 %)Windows
530 (21.74 %)Solaris
629 (21.01 %)SQL
724 (17.39 %)Banking
821 (15.22 %)FreeBSD
920 (14.49 %)PowerCenter
1019 (13.77 %)IBM
1019 (13.77 %)AIX
1118 (13.04 %)Retail
1118 (13.04 %)HTML
1216 (11.59 %)Linux
1216 (11.59 %)SQL Server
1315 (10.87 %)JavaScript
1413 (9.420 %)Middleware
1413 (9.420 %)Sun
1413 (9.420 %)MQSeries
1413 (9.420 %)Retail Banking
1512 (8.696 %)NetBackup
1512 (8.696 %)Java
1512 (8.696 %)C++
1512 (8.696 %)Project Management
1611 (7.971 %)Financial Institution
1611 (7.971 %)Mainframe
1611 (7.971 %)PL/SQL
1611 (7.971 %)XML
1611 (7.971 %)Windows NT
1611 (7.971 %)Content Management

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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.

Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
118 (13.04 %)HTML
213 (9.420 %)Middleware
311 (7.971 %)XML
311 (7.971 %)WebSphere
410 (7.246 %)ASP
54 (2.899 %)WebServices
62 (1.449 %)J2EE
71 (0.725 %)SAP XI
71 (0.725 %)Struts
71 (0.725 %).NET
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
113 (9.420 %)MQSeries
210 (7.246 %)Tuxedo
210 (7.246 %)BizTalk Server
37 (5.072 %)CMS
44 (2.899 %)SAS
52 (1.449 %)CICS
52 (1.449 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
61 (0.725 %)ESB
61 (0.725 %)Apache
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (0.725 %)MS Project
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.725 %)Oracle EBS
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (7.246 %)Intranet
29 (6.522 %)Internet
34 (2.899 %)LLU
42 (1.449 %)Wireless
42 (1.449 %)LDAP
42 (1.449 %)VPN
51 (0.725 %)DNS
51 (0.725 %)SSL
51 (0.725 %)SAN
51 (0.725 %)LAN
51 (0.725 %)SMS
51 (0.725 %)WAN
51 (0.725 %)DHCP
51 (0.725 %)HTTP
51 (0.725 %)BSS
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
142 (30.43 %)DB2
220 (14.49 %)PowerCenter
316 (11.59 %)SQL Server
48 (5.797 %)BusinessObjects
57 (5.072 %)Oracle 8/8i
57 (5.072 %)DB2 UDB
66 (4.348 %)Datawarehouse
66 (4.348 %)ETL
74 (2.899 %)Oracle Reports
81 (0.725 %)Ingres
81 (0.725 %)Oracle Discoverer
81 (0.725 %)BusinessObjects XI
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (5.072 %)FrontPage
23 (2.174 %)Oracle Forms
32 (1.449 %)Rational Rose
32 (1.449 %)PVCS
41 (0.725 %)Visual Studio
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
158 (42.03 %)Finance
224 (17.39 %)Banking
318 (13.04 %)Retail
413 (9.420 %)Retail Banking
511 (7.971 %)Financial Institution
65 (3.623 %)Telecoms
74 (2.899 %)Investment Banking
74 (2.899 %)Auditing
82 (1.449 %)Construction
91 (0.725 %)Government
91 (0.725 %)Legal
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
136 (26.09 %)Analyst
225 (18.12 %)Developer
319 (13.77 %)Team Leader
417 (12.32 %)Administrator
514 (10.14 %)Support Analyst
514 (10.14 %)Systems Analyst
612 (8.696 %)Systems Administrator
711 (7.971 %)Project Manager
810 (7.246 %)UNIX Administrator
99 (6.522 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
107 (5.072 %)DBA
116 (4.348 %)Technical Team Leader
125 (3.623 %)MIS Manager
134 (2.899 %)Senior Systems Administrator
134 (2.899 %)ETL Developer
134 (2.899 %)Senior UNIX Administrator
134 (2.899 %)Senior UNIX Systems Administrator
143 (2.174 %)UNIX Specialist
143 (2.174 %)UNIX Engineer
143 (2.174 %)Security Administrator
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (7.971 %)Mainframe
29 (6.522 %)Clustering
38 (5.797 %)Management Information System
47 (5.072 %)IBM Mainframe
56 (4.348 %)IPTV
62 (1.449 %)Blackberry
71 (0.725 %)Biometrics
71 (0.725 %)Spanish Language
71 (0.725 %)Celerra
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
132 (23.19 %)Windows
230 (21.74 %)Solaris
321 (15.22 %)FreeBSD
419 (13.77 %)AIX
516 (11.59 %)Linux
611 (7.971 %)Windows NT
78 (5.797 %)Windows Server 2003
87 (5.072 %)HPUX
92 (1.449 %)Red Hat Linux
101 (0.725 %)Windows 2000 Server
101 (0.725 %)Windows 2000
101 (0.725 %)NetWare
101 (0.725 %)zOS
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (8.696 %)Project Management
211 (7.971 %)Content Management
38 (5.797 %)Systems Analysis
47 (5.072 %)Disaster Recovery
47 (5.072 %)ITIL
56 (4.348 %)CRM
56 (4.348 %)Incident Management
65 (3.623 %)Release Management
65 (3.623 %)RAD
74 (2.899 %)Data Security
83 (2.174 %)Migration
83 (2.174 %)Process Management
83 (2.174 %)PRINCE2
83 (2.174 %)Security Cleared
92 (1.449 %)Resource Management
92 (1.449 %)Service Management
92 (1.449 %)Service Delivery
101 (0.725 %)Business Analysis
101 (0.725 %)Agile Software Development
101 (0.725 %)TOGAF
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
129 (21.01 %)SQL
215 (10.87 %)JavaScript
312 (8.696 %)C++
312 (8.696 %)Java
411 (7.971 %)PL/SQL
58 (5.797 %)VBScript
66 (4.348 %)COBOL
75 (3.623 %)C
84 (2.899 %)Perl
93 (2.174 %)Shell Script
101 (0.725 %)PHP
101 (0.725 %)VB
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (2.174 %)MCSE
13 (2.174 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (1.449 %)ITIL Certification
31 (0.725 %)CNE
31 (0.725 %)Novell Certification
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (4.348 %)SLA
22 (1.449 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
31 (0.725 %)Basel II
31 (0.725 %)QA
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
112 (8.696 %)NetBackup
210 (7.246 %)Active Directory
37 (5.072 %)Oracle RMAN
42 (1.449 %)VMware Infrastructure
42 (1.449 %)VMware ESX
51 (0.725 %)RACF
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
17 (5.072 %)BMC Performance Manager
26 (4.348 %)CONTROL-M
34 (2.899 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
43 (2.174 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
52 (1.449 %)Unicenter
61 (0.725 %)Tivoli
61 (0.725 %)OVOU
61 (0.725 %)OpenView
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
144 (31.88 %)Oracle
219 (13.77 %)IBM
313 (9.420 %)Sun
48 (5.797 %)Business Objects
57 (5.072 %)Sybase
57 (5.072 %)BMC
57 (5.072 %)Tridion
57 (5.072 %)Cisco
65 (3.623 %)Remedy
74 (2.899 %)Microsoft
83 (2.174 %)EMC
92 (1.449 %)Informatica
92 (1.449 %)VERITAS
92 (1.449 %)Red Hat
92 (1.449 %)HP
92 (1.449 %)VMware
101 (0.725 %)Netezza
101 (0.725 %)PlateSpin
101 (0.725 %)SAP
101 (0.725 %)Chordiant