Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for AIX skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited AIX over the 3 months to 17 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the North West region.

 IBM AIX
Location
3 months to
17 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank504651
Rank change year-on-year
Down-4Up+5
Matching contract IT job ads6953100
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West3.030 %2.327 %2.550 %
As % of the Operating Systems category16.01 %16.51 %14.97 %
Daily rates quoted502531
Average daily rate£288£425£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-32.35 %+6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£163£235
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£402£465£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£340£400
% change year-on-year
-4.410 %-15.00 %
Hourly rates quoted101
Average hourly rate£45.00-£57.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£26.00£40.00
% change year-on-year
-3.840 %-35.00 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
431321668
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West18.93 %14.09 %17.04 %
Daily rates quoted19687117
Average daily rate£288£320£326
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.06 %-2.010 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£212£125£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£413£450£440
UK excluding London average daily rate£313£310£335
% change year-on-year
+0.800 %-7.460 %
Hourly rates quoted7260115
Average hourly rate£15.00£16.50£12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.090 %+37.50 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.00£10.42£10.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£27.85£32.50£32.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.00£17.75£18.00
% change year-on-year
-15.49 %-1.380 %
AIX EnglandAIX
England

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.

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.

North West AIX Demand Trend

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.

North West AIX Daily Rate Trend

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 17 March 2010.

North West AIX Daily Rate Histogram

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.

North West AIX Hourly Rate Trend

AIX
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AIX within the North West region over the 3 months to 17 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
CheshireUp+2344£300-33.33 %
LancashireUp+1410£266-23.45 %
ManchesterDown-455£225-47.05 %
AIX EnglandAIX
England

AIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, 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.

158 (63.74 %)UNIX
240 (43.96 %)IBM
339 (42.86 %)Oracle
430 (32.97 %)Windows
524 (26.37 %)Finance
623 (25.27 %)SAN
721 (23.08 %)Linux
820 (21.98 %)ITIL
918 (19.78 %)WebSphere
1015 (16.48 %)Tivoli
1114 (15.38 %)E-Commerce
1213 (14.29 %)Java
1213 (14.29 %)Replication
1312 (13.19 %)Hitachi
1411 (12.09 %)EMC
1411 (12.09 %)Brocade
1510 (10.99 %)Retail
1510 (10.99 %)Cisco
1510 (10.99 %)SAP
169 (9.890 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
169 (9.890 %)Project Management
169 (9.890 %)Mainframe
169 (9.890 %)SQL Server
169 (9.890 %)NetApp
169 (9.890 %)Banking
178 (8.791 %)DB2
178 (8.791 %)Solaris
178 (8.791 %)Shell Script
187 (7.692 %)Middleware
187 (7.692 %)Internet

AIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, 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.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
118 (19.78 %)WebSphere
27 (7.692 %)Middleware
35 (5.495 %)J2EE
44 (4.396 %)Spring
52 (2.198 %)Struts
52 (2.198 %)Web Services
61 (1.099 %)AJAX
61 (1.099 %).NET
61 (1.099 %)EJB
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
17 (7.692 %)WebSphere Application Server
24 (4.396 %)CICS
24 (4.396 %)Apache
33 (3.297 %)IBM HTTP Server
33 (3.297 %)WebLogic
33 (3.297 %)Tomcat
42 (2.198 %)Oracle HTTP Server
42 (2.198 %)Tuxedo
42 (2.198 %)WebSphere MQ
42 (2.198 %)CMS
42 (2.198 %)WebSphere Message Broker
51 (1.099 %)Oracle Workflow
51 (1.099 %)MQSeries
51 (1.099 %)Lotus Notes
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (3.297 %)MS Visio
22 (2.198 %)MS Excel
31 (1.099 %)MS PowerPoint
31 (1.099 %)MS Project
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (1.099 %)Oracle EBS R12
11 (1.099 %)Oracle EBS
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
123 (25.27 %)SAN
27 (7.692 %)Internet
34 (4.396 %)HTTP
34 (4.396 %)Network Security
43 (3.297 %)Firewall
43 (3.297 %)DNS
43 (3.297 %)DHCP
52 (2.198 %)SMTP
61 (1.099 %)TCP/IP
61 (1.099 %)SNA
61 (1.099 %)Ethernet
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (9.890 %)SQL Server
28 (8.791 %)DB2
35 (5.495 %)Oracle 10g
44 (4.396 %)RDBMS
44 (4.396 %)Oracle 11g
53 (3.297 %)Ingres
62 (2.198 %)PerformancePoint
71 (1.099 %)DB2 UDB
71 (1.099 %)Oracle 8/8i
71 (1.099 %)Oracle Reports
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (1.099 %)StarTeam
11 (1.099 %)ClearCase
11 (1.099 %)Oracle Forms
11 (1.099 %)WinRunner
11 (1.099 %)TestDirector
11 (1.099 %)QuickTest Pro
11 (1.099 %)LoadRunner
North West IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
124 (26.37 %)Finance
210 (10.99 %)Retail
39 (9.890 %)Banking
43 (3.297 %)Retail Banking
43 (3.297 %)Government
52 (2.198 %)Auditing
61 (1.099 %)Local Government
61 (1.099 %)Insurance
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
129 (31.87 %)Architect
214 (15.38 %)Administrator
313 (14.29 %)Infrastructure Architect
412 (13.19 %)Solutions Architect
511 (12.09 %)Storage Engineer
610 (10.99 %)DBA
79 (9.890 %)Consultant
88 (8.791 %)Analyst
97 (7.692 %)Technical Architect
106 (6.593 %)Technical Support
115 (5.495 %)Designer
115 (5.495 %)Systems Administrator
124 (4.396 %)UNIX Administrator
124 (4.396 %)Oracle DBA
124 (4.396 %)AIX Administrator
133 (3.297 %)UNIX Consultant
133 (3.297 %)DB2 DBA
133 (3.297 %)UNIX Specialist
133 (3.297 %)AIX Consultant
133 (3.297 %)Support Analyst
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
113 (14.29 %)Replication
29 (9.890 %)Mainframe
36 (6.593 %)Tandem
44 (4.396 %)Firmware
53 (3.297 %)Cryptography
53 (3.297 %)HACMP
62 (2.198 %)Cloud Computing
71 (1.099 %)Web 2.0
71 (1.099 %)PKI
71 (1.099 %)IBM Mainframe
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
158 (63.74 %)UNIX
230 (32.97 %)Windows
321 (23.08 %)Linux
48 (8.791 %)Solaris
54 (4.396 %)HPUX
54 (4.396 %)zOS
63 (3.297 %)Red Hat Linux
63 (3.297 %)Windows NT
72 (2.198 %)VMS
72 (2.198 %)Tru64
81 (1.099 %)Windows 2000
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
120 (21.98 %)ITIL
214 (15.38 %)E-Commerce
39 (9.890 %)Project Management
47 (7.692 %)Migration
56 (6.593 %)TOGAF
56 (6.593 %)Content Management
65 (5.495 %)Service Management
74 (4.396 %)Test Management
83 (3.297 %)Capacity Planning
83 (3.297 %)PRINCE2
92 (2.198 %)ERP
92 (2.198 %)Mobile Commerce
92 (2.198 %)Validation
92 (2.198 %)Load Balancing
92 (2.198 %)Release Management
92 (2.198 %)Agile Software Development
92 (2.198 %)E-business
92 (2.198 %)Enterprise Architecture
101 (1.099 %)Business Analysis
101 (1.099 %)Penetration Testing
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
113 (14.29 %)Java
28 (8.791 %)Shell Script
36 (6.593 %)SQL
44 (4.396 %)Perl
53 (3.297 %)Jython
53 (3.297 %)C
61 (1.099 %)Korn
61 (1.099 %)C++
61 (1.099 %)PL/SQL
61 (1.099 %)Assembly Language
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
14 (4.396 %)OCP
14 (4.396 %)Oracle Certification
14 (4.396 %)ITIL Certification
North West IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
14 (4.396 %)Oracle RMAN
22 (2.198 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
115 (16.48 %)Tivoli
29 (9.890 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
34 (4.396 %)Foglight
34 (4.396 %)Data Guard
42 (2.198 %)Legato
42 (2.198 %)SCOM
51 (1.099 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
51 (1.099 %)NetBackup
51 (1.099 %)BMC PATROL
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
140 (43.96 %)IBM
239 (42.86 %)Oracle
312 (13.19 %)Hitachi
411 (12.09 %)EMC
411 (12.09 %)Brocade
510 (10.99 %)Cisco
510 (10.99 %)SAP
69 (9.890 %)NetApp
77 (7.692 %)Sun
85 (5.495 %)BladeLogic
94 (4.396 %)Microsoft
103 (3.297 %)Red Hat
103 (3.297 %)HP
112 (2.198 %)BEA
121 (1.099 %)Siebel
121 (1.099 %)Veritas
121 (1.099 %)Lotus