The first table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills in IT contracts advertised for the Norfolk 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 Norfolk 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 31 18 18
Rank change year-on-year
-13 0
Contract jobs citing UNIX 1 14 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Norfolk 0.546% 5.323% 7.170%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.125% 23.73% 29.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 9
Average daily rate - £244 £245
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -0.51%
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
Norfolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
32 59 65
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Norfolk 17.49% 22.43% 24.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 25 16
Average daily rate £100 £258 £245
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-61.16% +5.10%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 14
Average hourly rate £19.00 £19.63 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.18% +40.17%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.20 £14.00 £7.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.00 £21.75 £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
UNIX
East of England

UNIX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Norfolk 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 Norfolk region.

Norfolk UNIX Daily Rate Trend

UNIX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Norfolk UNIX Hourly Rate Trend

UNIX
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UNIX within the Norfolk 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
Norwich -9 1 - -
UNIX
East of England

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Norfolk 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 5 (83.33%) Shell Script
1 5 (83.33%) WebSphere
2 4 (66.67%) WebSphere Application Server
2 4 (66.67%) Perl
2 4 (66.67%) Tivoli
3 3 (50.00%) Java EE
4 2 (33.33%) Migration
4 2 (33.33%) Java
4 2 (33.33%) AIX
5 1 (16.67%) Linux
5 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (16.67%) ETL
5 1 (16.67%) Eclipse
5 1 (16.67%) IBM
5 1 (16.67%) Red Hat
5 1 (16.67%) DataStage
5 1 (16.67%) C
5 1 (16.67%) Tivoli Identity Manager
5 1 (16.67%) SQL
5 1 (16.67%) .NET
5 1 (16.67%) J2EE
5 1 (16.67%) Oracle
5 1 (16.67%) Data Management
5 1 (16.67%) Korn
5 1 (16.67%) Finance
5 1 (16.67%) QA
5 1 (16.67%) Data Integration
5 1 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (16.67%) Build Forge
5 1 (16.67%) Bourne shell

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Norfolk 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 (83.33%) WebSphere
2 3 (50.00%) Java EE
3 1 (16.67%) .NET
3 1 (16.67%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 4 (66.67%) WebSphere Application Server
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (16.67%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Eclipse
1 1 (16.67%) Build Forge
1 1 (16.67%) Rational Application Developer
General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Tivoli Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Applications Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Security Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Lead Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) AIX
2 1 (16.67%) Linux
2 1 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) ETL
2 1 (16.67%) Data Management
2 1 (16.67%) Master Data Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) Shell Script
2 4 (66.67%) Perl
3 2 (33.33%) Java
4 1 (16.67%) C
4 1 (16.67%) SQL
4 1 (16.67%) Korn
4 1 (16.67%) Bourne shell
4 1 (16.67%) Bash shell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (66.67%) Tivoli
2 1 (16.67%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) IBM
1 1 (16.67%) Red Hat
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle