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This section looks at the demand for Shell Script 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 job ads that have cited Shell Script over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkShell Script
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank41113
Rank change on same period last yearUp+72
Matching contract IT job ads14720
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.194 %0.021 %
As % of the category below9.953 %1.778 %
Daily rates quoted436
Average minimum daily rate£429£354
Average daily rate£450£369
% change on same period last year+21.97 %
Average maximum daily rate£471£384
UK excluding London average daily rate£373£359
% change on same period last year+4.00 %
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£41.45£31.02
% change on same period last year+33.63 %
Programming Languages North WestProgramming Languages
North West
Matching contract IT job ads14771125
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.948 %1.193 %
Daily rates quoted290165
Average minimum daily rate£336£300
Average daily rate£360£317
% change on same period last year+13.72 %
Average maximum daily rate£384£334
UK excluding London average daily rate£337£332
% change on same period last year+1.57 %
Hourly rates quoted145125
Average minimum hourly rate£27.08£25.39
Average hourly rate£29.45£28.66
% change on same period last year+2.73 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.82£31.93
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.13£33.16
% change on same period last year-0.07 %
Shell Script EnglandShell Script
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.

Shell Script
Demand Trend

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

North West Shell Script Demand Trend

Shell Script
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Shell Script Daily Rate Trend

Shell Script
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Shell Script across the North West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

North West Shell Script Daily Rate Histogram

Shell Script
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Shell Script Hourly Rate Trend

Shell Script
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Shell Script within the North West region over the 3 months to 4 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.

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
CheshireUp+3584£455+13.84 %
ManchesterUp+2252£453+20.80 %
MerseysideDown-131£375+4.16 %
Shell Script EnglandShell Script
England

Shell Script
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Shell Script 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 Shell Script.

1148 (82.68 %)Unix
2144 (80.45 %)AIX
3119 (66.48 %)Middleware
4118 (65.92 %)Tivoli
5112 (62.57 %)Solaris
6110 (61.45 %)Mainframe
7107 (59.78 %)Windows
8104 (58.10 %)OMEGAMON
9103 (57.54 %)HPUX
10101 (56.42 %)Tandem
1182 (45.81 %)Change Management
1275 (41.90 %)WebSphere
1357 (31.84 %)WebSphere MQ
1449 (27.37 %)WebSphere Application Server
1547 (26.26 %)Finance
1644 (24.58 %)SSL
1738 (21.23 %)WBIMB
1833 (18.44 %)Gentran
1833 (18.44 %)Cisco
1918 (10.06 %)Perl
2017 (9.497 %)Oracle
2115 (8.380 %)Banking
2213 (7.263 %)Firewall
2213 (7.263 %)HTTP
2312 (6.704 %)IBM
2411 (6.145 %)HP
2510 (5.587 %)SAN
2510 (5.587 %)Linux
2510 (5.587 %)SQL
269 (5.028 %)MQSeries

Shell Script
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Shell Script 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 Shell Script. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1119 (66.48 %)Middleware
275 (41.90 %)WebSphere
338 (21.23 %)WBIMB
42 (1.117 %)J2EE
51 (0.559 %)JSP
51 (0.559 %)Servlets
51 (0.559 %)SOAP
51 (0.559 %)XML
51 (0.559 %)AJAX
Application Platforms
157 (31.84 %)WebSphere MQ
249 (27.37 %)WebSphere Application Server
333 (18.44 %)Gentran
49 (5.028 %)MQSeries
54 (2.235 %)Oracle Application Server
63 (1.676 %)Oracle 10gAS
63 (1.676 %)Apache
71 (0.559 %)Tomcat
71 (0.559 %)MQSI
71 (0.559 %)WebSphere Message Broker
Applications
11 (0.559 %)MS Excel
11 (0.559 %)MS Visio
Communications & Networking
144 (24.58 %)SSL
213 (7.263 %)HTTP
213 (7.263 %)Firewall
310 (5.587 %)SAN
49 (5.028 %)LDAP
54 (2.235 %)TCP/IP
63 (1.676 %)SNA
72 (1.117 %)Kerberos
72 (1.117 %)SSH
81 (0.559 %)SMS
81 (0.559 %)TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
19 (5.028 %)Oracle 10g
24 (2.235 %)DB2
24 (2.235 %)ETL
33 (1.676 %)Datawarehouse
33 (1.676 %)BusinessObjects
42 (1.117 %)Crystal Reports
42 (1.117 %)Oracle Reports
42 (1.117 %)Oracle 9i
42 (1.117 %)MySQL
51 (0.559 %)GIS
51 (0.559 %)PostgreSQL
51 (0.559 %)DB2 UDB
Development Applications
11 (0.559 %)ProC
General
147 (26.26 %)Finance
215 (8.380 %)Banking
34 (2.235 %)Retail
43 (1.676 %)Financial Institution
52 (1.117 %)Billing
52 (1.117 %)Retail Banking
61 (0.559 %)Pensions
61 (0.559 %)Telecoms
61 (0.559 %)Government
61 (0.559 %)Health
Job Titles
137 (20.67 %)Consultant
234 (18.99 %)Infrastructure Specialist
331 (17.32 %)WebSphere Specialist
414 (7.821 %)Administrator
511 (6.145 %)WebSphere Consultant
610 (5.587 %)Developer
78 (4.469 %)Technical Specialist
78 (4.469 %)UNIX Specialist
86 (3.352 %)Systems Administrator
86 (3.352 %)UNIX Technical Specialist
94 (2.235 %)Solaris Administrator
94 (2.235 %)DBA
94 (2.235 %)Oracle DBA
103 (1.676 %)Analyst
103 (1.676 %)Infrastructure Consultant
103 (1.676 %)Infrastructure Manager
103 (1.676 %)Solaris Systems Administrator
103 (1.676 %)Java Developer
103 (1.676 %)WebSphere Administrator
112 (1.117 %)UNIX Administrator
Miscellaneous
1110 (61.45 %)Mainframe
2101 (56.42 %)Tandem
37 (3.911 %)HACMP
42 (1.117 %)Management Information System
42 (1.117 %)Spanish Language
51 (0.559 %)Web 2.0
51 (0.559 %)Clustering
51 (0.559 %)Client/Server
Operating Systems
1148 (82.68 %)Unix
2144 (80.45 %)AIX
3112 (62.57 %)Solaris
4107 (59.78 %)Windows
5103 (57.54 %)HPUX
610 (5.587 %)Linux
Processes & Methodologies
182 (45.81 %)Change Management
29 (5.028 %)Load Balancing
37 (3.911 %)Migration
43 (1.676 %)Systems Analysis
43 (1.676 %)Knowledge Management
52 (1.117 %)OO
52 (1.117 %)CRM
52 (1.117 %)User Acceptance Testing
52 (1.117 %)Data Migration
61 (0.559 %)Security Cleared
61 (0.559 %)Time Management
61 (0.559 %)Release Management
61 (0.559 %)Workflow
61 (0.559 %)Document Management
61 (0.559 %)Software Engineering
Programming Languages
118 (10.06 %)Perl
210 (5.587 %)SQL
34 (2.235 %)PL/SQL
34 (2.235 %)Korn
34 (2.235 %)Java
34 (2.235 %)C
42 (1.117 %)PHP
42 (1.117 %)Ruby
51 (0.559 %)VBScript
51 (0.559 %)JavaScript
51 (0.559 %)C++
51 (0.559 %)COBOL
51 (0.559 %)DHTML
Qualifications
11 (0.559 %)Degree
System Software
11 (0.559 %)Active Directory
Systems Management
1118 (65.92 %)Tivoli
2104 (58.10 %)OMEGAMON
34 (2.235 %)Tivoli Monitoring
34 (2.235 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
43 (1.676 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
51 (0.559 %)OpenView
51 (0.559 %)CiscoWorks
51 (0.559 %)NNM
Vendors
133 (18.44 %)Cisco
217 (9.497 %)Oracle
312 (6.704 %)IBM
411 (6.145 %)HP
56 (3.352 %)Sun
63 (1.676 %)Business Objects
72 (1.117 %)Ab Initio
72 (1.117 %)Teradata
81 (0.559 %)VMware
81 (0.559 %)Compuware
81 (0.559 %)Progress
81 (0.559 %)Microsoft
81 (0.559 %)Informatica
81 (0.559 %)Mapinfo
81 (0.559 %)Autodesk
81 (0.559 %)ESRI
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