North West AIX Contracts

This section looks at the demand for IBM AIX skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited AIX over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

IBM AIX
Location Abingdon Basingstoke Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Bournemouth Bridgend Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Docklands, London Dorset Dudley Durham Ealing East Anglia East Kilbride East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Farnborough Faversham Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Halifax Hampshire Harlow Havant Hayes Hertfordshire Hinckley Home Counties Horsham Ipswich Kent Knutsford Lanarkshire Lancashire Leatherhead Leicester Leicestershire Leighton Buzzard London Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Peterborough Portsmouth Prescot Reading Romford Rugby Runcorn Scotland Sheffield Shrewsbury Shropshire Slough Somerset South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southend-on-Sea Southport Staines Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swansea Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford Wellingborough West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Winchester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 8 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	12	68
Rank change on same period last year	+56
Matching contract IT job ads	343	71
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.452 %	0.074 %
As % of the category below	33.50 %	9.847 %
Daily rates quoted	110	11
Average minimum daily rate	£412	£364
Average daily rate	£436	£381
% change on same period last year	+14.21 %
Average maximum daily rate	£459	£399
UK excluding London average daily rate	£405	£378
% change on same period last year	+7.30 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	7
Average minimum hourly rate	£40.00	£47.14
Average hourly rate	£41.25	£54.64
% change on same period last year	-24.50 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£42.50	£62.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£37.15	£37.20
% change on same period last year	-0.13 %
Operating Systems North West
Matching contract IT job ads	1024	721
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.350 %	0.754 %
Daily rates quoted	255	102
Average minimum daily rate	£389	£276
Average daily rate	£411	£284
% change on same period last year	+44.60 %
Average maximum daily rate	£432	£291
UK excluding London average daily rate	£340	£336
% change on same period last year	+1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted	130	124
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.37	£20.03
Average hourly rate	£18.60	£21.92
% change on same period last year	-15.16 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£19.82	£23.82
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.92	£23.72
% change on same period last year	-7.56 %
AIX England

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.

AIX
Demand Trend

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

AIX
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing AIX across the North West region.

AIX
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing AIX across the North West region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

AIX
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing AIX across the North West region.

AIX
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing AIX across the North West region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

AIX
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing AIX within the North West region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Cheshire	+25	171	£453	+3.74 %
Manchester	+35	126	£411	+15.35 %
Lancashire	+15	14	£430	+81.07 %
Merseyside	-12	3	£320	-8.57 %

AIX England

AIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing AIX 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 AIX.

1 362 (80.98 %) Unix 2 242 (54.14 %) Middleware 3 214 (47.87 %) Tivoli 4 203 (45.41 %) Solaris 5 180 (40.27 %) HPUX 6 144 (32.21 %) Shell Script 7 135 (30.20 %) Mainframe 8 130 (29.08 %) Windows 9 127 (28.41 %) HACMP 10 125 (27.96 %) WebSphere 11 121 (27.07 %) Tandem 12 114 (25.50 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 13 105 (23.49 %) OMEGAMON 14 99 (22.15 %) Finance 15 95 (21.25 %) Change Management

16 89 (19.91 %) Tivoli Workload Scheduler 17 88 (19.69 %) TCP/IP 18 86 (19.24 %) Perl 19 74 (16.55 %) WebSphere MQ 20 71 (15.88 %) SNA 21 69 (15.44 %) WebSphere Application Server 22 67 (14.99 %) VERITAS 22 67 (14.99 %) IBM 23 63 (14.09 %) Korn 24 50 (11.19 %) WBIMB 25 47 (10.51 %) Oracle 26 45 (10.07 %) Cisco 27 41 (9.172 %) SSL 28 39 (8.725 %) Gentran 29 24 (5.369 %) Banking

AIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing AIX 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 AIX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 242 (54.14 %) Middleware 2 125 (27.96 %) WebSphere 3 50 (11.19 %) WBIMB 4 6 (1.342 %) HTML 5 5 (1.119 %) J2EE 6 2 (0.447 %) .NET 6 2 (0.447 %) WebServices 6 2 (0.447 %) SAP XI 6 2 (0.447 %) SAP Basis 6 2 (0.447 %) Spring 7 1 (0.224 %) XML 7 1 (0.224 %) Servlets	Application Platforms 1 74 (16.55 %) WebSphere MQ 2 69 (15.44 %) WebSphere Application Server 3 39 (8.725 %) Gentran 4 15 (3.356 %) MQSeries 5 9 (2.013 %) MQSI 6 4 (0.895 %) WPS 6 4 (0.895 %) Oracle Application Server 7 3 (0.671 %) Oracle 10gAS 7 3 (0.671 %) CICS 7 3 (0.671 %) Apache 8 2 (0.447 %) Tomcat 8 2 (0.447 %) NetWeaver 8 2 (0.447 %) Oracle Workflow 9 1 (0.224 %) IIS 9 1 (0.224 %) SAS
Applications 1 1 (0.224 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 6 (1.342 %) Oracle EBS 2 2 (0.447 %) Oracle Applications 3 1 (0.224 %) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking 1 88 (19.69 %) TCP/IP 2 71 (15.88 %) SNA 3 41 (9.172 %) SSL 4 18 (4.027 %) SAN 4 18 (4.027 %) Firewall 5 17 (3.803 %) HTTP 6 10 (2.237 %) LDAP 7 4 (0.895 %) Internet 8 3 (0.671 %) SSH 8 3 (0.671 %) LAN 8 3 (0.671 %) WAN 9 2 (0.447 %) ATM 9 2 (0.447 %) DNS 9 2 (0.447 %) Kerberos 9 2 (0.447 %) DMZ 10 1 (0.224 %) Network Security 10 1 (0.224 %) ISDN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 12 (2.685 %) Oracle 10g 1 12 (2.685 %) DB2 2 5 (1.119 %) Oracle 8/8i 3 3 (0.671 %) SQL Server 3 3 (0.671 %) RDBMS 4 2 (0.447 %) Oracle Discoverer 4 2 (0.447 %) BusinessObjects 4 2 (0.447 %) SQL Server 2000 5 1 (0.224 %) Base SAS 5 1 (0.224 %) Oracle 11g 5 1 (0.224 %) DB2 UDB 5 1 (0.224 %) GIS 5 1 (0.224 %) Oracle Reports 5 1 (0.224 %) TOAD 5 1 (0.224 %) Oracle 9i 5 1 (0.224 %) Datawarehouse
Development Applications 1 9 (2.013 %) MSI 2 1 (0.224 %) VisiBroker 2 1 (0.224 %) ProC 2 1 (0.224 %) Rational Rose	General 1 99 (22.15 %) Finance 2 24 (5.369 %) Banking 3 6 (1.342 %) Government 4 5 (1.119 %) Retail 5 4 (0.895 %) Financial Institution 6 3 (0.671 %) Retail Banking 6 3 (0.671 %) Telecoms 7 2 (0.447 %) Health 8 1 (0.224 %) Online Banking 8 1 (0.224 %) Auditing 8 1 (0.224 %) Billing 8 1 (0.224 %) Pensions
Job Titles 1 142 (31.77 %) Administrator 2 89 (19.91 %) AIX Administrator 3 71 (15.88 %) Systems Administrator 4 65 (14.54 %) Consultant 5 41 (9.172 %) UNIX Administrator 5 41 (9.172 %) Infrastructure Specialist 6 37 (8.277 %) WebSphere Specialist 7 24 (5.369 %) Technical Specialist 8 21 (4.698 %) Analyst 9 20 (4.474 %) UNIX Systems Administrator 10 18 (4.027 %) UNIX Specialist 11 14 (3.132 %) Infrastructure Analyst 11 14 (3.132 %) WebSphere Consultant 12 13 (2.908 %) WebSphere Administrator 13 11 (2.461 %) Architect 13 11 (2.461 %) Developer 13 11 (2.461 %) DBA 14 9 (2.013 %) UNIX Technical Specialist 14 9 (2.013 %) Technical Analyst 14 9 (2.013 %) Oracle DBA	Miscellaneous 1 135 (30.20 %) Mainframe 2 127 (28.41 %) HACMP 3 121 (27.07 %) Tandem 4 21 (4.698 %) Clustering 5 4 (0.895 %) Data Integration 6 2 (0.447 %) VSAM 6 2 (0.447 %) Statistics 7 1 (0.224 %) German Language 7 1 (0.224 %) Replication 7 1 (0.224 %) Management Information System 7 1 (0.224 %) NHS 7 1 (0.224 %) Client/Server
Operating Systems 1 362 (80.98 %) Unix 2 203 (45.41 %) Solaris 3 180 (40.27 %) HPUX 4 130 (29.08 %) Windows 5 20 (4.474 %) Linux 6 13 (2.908 %) Windows NT 7 10 (2.237 %) Windows 2000 8 9 (2.013 %) NetWare 9 2 (0.447 %) VMS 9 2 (0.447 %) MVS 10 1 (0.224 %) Tru64 10 1 (0.224 %) zOS	Processes & Methodologies 1 95 (21.25 %) Change Management 2 13 (2.908 %) Migration 3 10 (2.237 %) Load Balancing 3 10 (2.237 %) Problem Management 4 9 (2.013 %) Security Cleared 5 7 (1.566 %) Service Delivery 5 7 (1.566 %) Project Management 6 4 (0.895 %) Business Intelligence 6 4 (0.895 %) ITIL 7 3 (0.671 %) SC Cleared 7 3 (0.671 %) Test Scripting 7 3 (0.671 %) Service Management 7 3 (0.671 %) E-business 8 2 (0.447 %) Workflow 8 2 (0.447 %) ITSM 8 2 (0.447 %) Validation 9 1 (0.224 %) Time Management 9 1 (0.224 %) Data Migration 9 1 (0.224 %) Release Management 9 1 (0.224 %) Fault Management
Programming Languages 1 144 (32.21 %) Shell Script 2 86 (19.24 %) Perl 3 63 (14.09 %) Korn 4 18 (4.027 %) Java 5 13 (2.908 %) SQL 6 10 (2.237 %) C 7 9 (2.013 %) PL/SQL 8 6 (1.342 %) JavaScript 9 2 (0.447 %) ABAP 9 2 (0.447 %) JCL 10 1 (0.224 %) SAS Macro 10 1 (0.224 %) Jython 10 1 (0.224 %) C++ 10 1 (0.224 %) VBScript 10 1 (0.224 %) VB	Qualifications 1 3 (0.671 %) Cisco Certification 1 3 (0.671 %) CCNA 2 2 (0.447 %) Microsoft Certification 2 2 (0.447 %) Oracle Certification 2 2 (0.447 %) CISSP 3 1 (0.224 %) Degree 3 1 (0.224 %) IBM Certification 3 1 (0.224 %) IBM AIX Certification 3 1 (0.224 %) MCP 3 1 (0.224 %) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (0.447 %) SLA 1 2 (0.447 %) HL7	System Software 1 89 (19.91 %) Tivoli Workload Scheduler 2 9 (2.013 %) Terminal Server 2 9 (2.013 %) MetaFrame 3 5 (1.119 %) Oracle RMAN 4 3 (0.671 %) Active Directory 5 2 (0.447 %) NetBackup 6 1 (0.224 %) Orbix
Systems Management 1 214 (47.87 %) Tivoli 2 114 (25.50 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 3 105 (23.49 %) OMEGAMON 4 9 (2.013 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 4 9 (2.013 %) ZENworks 5 3 (0.671 %) Tivoli Identity Manager 6 2 (0.447 %) Tivoli Monitoring 7 1 (0.224 %) Netcool 7 1 (0.224 %) BMC PATROL 7 1 (0.224 %) Nagios 7 1 (0.224 %) Oracle Enterprise Manager 7 1 (0.224 %) OpenView	Vendors 1 67 (14.99 %) VERITAS 1 67 (14.99 %) IBM 2 47 (10.51 %) Oracle 3 45 (10.07 %) Cisco 4 24 (5.369 %) HP 5 13 (2.908 %) Sun 5 13 (2.908 %) Microsoft 6 11 (2.461 %) Citrix 7 10 (2.237 %) Red Hat 8 4 (0.895 %) Siebel 8 4 (0.895 %) Intel 9 2 (0.447 %) Business Objects 9 2 (0.447 %) SAP 9 2 (0.447 %) Crossbeam 10 1 (0.224 %) ESRI 10 1 (0.224 %) Autodesk 10 1 (0.224 %) Reuters 10 1 (0.224 %) Bloomberg 10 1 (0.224 %) CheckPoint 10 1 (0.224 %) Mapinfo