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The table below looks at the demand for Korn shell (ksh) skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Korn over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkKorn shell (ksh)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank124142
Rank change on same period last yearUp+18
Matching contract IT job ads35
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.005 %
As % of the category below0.246 %0.364 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£350
Average daily rate-£400
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£348£363
% change on same period last year-4.19 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£43.25£35.25
% change on same period last year+22.70 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
North West
Matching contract IT job ads12211375
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.719 %1.390 %
Daily rates quoted236226
Average minimum daily rate£287£314
Average daily rate£303£331
% change on same period last year-8.32 %
Average maximum daily rate£319£348
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£334
% change on same period last year-2.98 %
Hourly rates quoted160157
Average minimum hourly rate£26.79£26.09
Average hourly rate£28.87£27.59
% change on same period last year+4.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.95£29.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.24£32.80
% change on same period last year-1.70 %
Korn EnglandKorn
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.

Korn
Demand Trend

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

North West Korn Demand Trend

Korn
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Korn Daily Rate Trend

Korn
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Korn Hourly Rate Trend

Korn
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Korn within the North West region over the 3 months to 10 October 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.

LocationRank 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
ManchesterDown-31--
LancashireNew entry-1--
CheshireNew entry-1--
Korn EnglandKorn
England

Korn
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Korn 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 Korn.

165 (95.59 %)UNIX
165 (95.59 %)AIX
264 (94.12 %)Middleware
363 (92.65 %)Solaris
363 (92.65 %)Perl
462 (91.18 %)Tivoli
462 (91.18 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
462 (91.18 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
462 (91.18 %)HACMP
462 (91.18 %)TCP/IP
462 (91.18 %)SNA
559 (86.76 %)VERITAS
658 (85.29 %)HPUX
73 (4.412 %)Finance
73 (4.412 %)SQL
73 (4.412 %)Oracle
73 (4.412 %)Shell Script
82 (2.941 %)CICS
82 (2.941 %)SSL
82 (2.941 %)IBM
82 (2.941 %)WebSphere Application Server
82 (2.941 %)JDBC
82 (2.941 %)ODBC
82 (2.941 %)J2EE
82 (2.941 %)Datawarehouse
82 (2.941 %)ETL
82 (2.941 %)HTTP
82 (2.941 %)Ab Initio
82 (2.941 %)Clustering
82 (2.941 %)Jython

Korn
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Korn 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 Korn. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
164 (94.12 %)Middleware
22 (2.941 %)WebSphere
22 (2.941 %)J2EE
22 (2.941 %)JDBC
22 (2.941 %)ODBC
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (2.941 %)WebSphere Application Server
12 (2.941 %)CICS
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (1.471 %)MS Visio
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
162 (91.18 %)TCP/IP
162 (91.18 %)SNA
22 (2.941 %)SSL
22 (2.941 %)SSH
22 (2.941 %)HTTP
31 (1.471 %)LDAP
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (2.941 %)Datawarehouse
12 (2.941 %)ETL
21 (1.471 %)Oracle 10g
21 (1.471 %)GIS
21 (1.471 %)Oracle 9i
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (1.471 %)ProC
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (4.412 %)Finance
21 (1.471 %)Government
21 (1.471 %)Banking
21 (1.471 %)Telecoms
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
139 (57.35 %)Administrator
234 (50.00 %)AIX Administrator
321 (30.88 %)Systems Administrator
47 (10.29 %)UNIX Administrator
55 (7.353 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
55 (7.353 %)UNIX Specialist
64 (5.882 %)Consultant
72 (2.941 %)Solaris Administrator
72 (2.941 %)Technical Specialist
72 (2.941 %)Ab Initio Developer
72 (2.941 %)Developer
81 (1.471 %)Analyst
81 (1.471 %)Analyst Programmer
81 (1.471 %)Programmer
81 (1.471 %)Solaris Systems Administrator
81 (1.471 %)UNIX Consultant
81 (1.471 %)ETL Developer
81 (1.471 %)WebSphere Consultant
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
162 (91.18 %)HACMP
22 (2.941 %)Clustering
31 (1.471 %)Client/Server
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
165 (95.59 %)UNIX
165 (95.59 %)AIX
263 (92.65 %)Solaris
358 (85.29 %)HPUX
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (1.471 %)DV Cleared
11 (1.471 %)Security Cleared
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
163 (92.65 %)Perl
23 (4.412 %)SQL
23 (4.412 %)Shell Script
32 (2.941 %)Jython
41 (1.471 %)PL/SQL
41 (1.471 %)C
North West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
162 (91.18 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
21 (1.471 %)Active Directory
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
162 (91.18 %)Tivoli
162 (91.18 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
159 (86.76 %)VERITAS
23 (4.412 %)Oracle
32 (2.941 %)IBM
32 (2.941 %)Ab Initio
41 (1.471 %)Brio
41 (1.471 %)Hyperion
41 (1.471 %)Mapinfo
41 (1.471 %)Autodesk
41 (1.471 %)ESRI