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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited UNIX over the 3 months to 19 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 Reading region.

 UNIX
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank122322
Rank change year-on-year
Up+11Down-1
Matching contract IT job ads573252
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading9.253 %4.923 %6.096 %
As % of the Operating Systems category32.02 %20.65 %22.61 %
Daily rates quoted251213
Average daily rate£350£335£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.470 %-4.280 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£278£222
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£475£462
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£325£350
% change year-on-year
+3.070 %-7.140 %
Hourly rates quoted009
Average hourly rate--£15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.00£28.18£30.69
% change year-on-year
+6.470 %-8.190 %
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
178155230
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading28.90 %23.85 %26.96 %
Daily rates quoted613957
Average daily rate£360£340£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.880 %-2.850 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£280£218
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£425£560£465
UK excluding London average daily rate£313£310£335
% change year-on-year
+0.800 %-7.460 %
Hourly rates quoted191640
Average hourly rate£14.75£15.50£18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.830 %-13.88 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£9.00£9.00£12.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£51.15£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.00£17.50£18.00
% change year-on-year
-14.28 %-2.770 %
UNIX BerkshireUNIX
Berkshire

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.

UNIX
Demand Trend

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

Reading UNIX Demand Trend

UNIX
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading UNIX Daily Rate Trend

UNIX
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing UNIX across the Reading region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Reading UNIX Daily Rate Histogram

UNIX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading UNIX Hourly Rate Trend

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

133 (33.67 %)Java
232 (32.65 %)Oracle
331 (31.63 %)SQL
428 (28.57 %)Solaris
526 (26.53 %)Windows
526 (26.53 %)Security Cleared
623 (23.47 %)Perl
720 (20.41 %)Sun
819 (19.39 %)Windows Server 2003
819 (19.39 %)SC Cleared
917 (17.35 %)Microsoft
917 (17.35 %)XML
1016 (16.33 %)Linux
1016 (16.33 %)Telecoms
1114 (14.29 %)Web Services
1114 (14.29 %)HP
1213 (13.27 %)Apache
1213 (13.27 %)MySQL
1312 (12.24 %)Tomcat
1312 (12.24 %)Shell Script
1411 (11.22 %)Citrix
1411 (11.22 %)Finance
1411 (11.22 %)Migration
1510 (10.20 %)Oracle 10g
1510 (10.20 %)Windows XP
1510 (10.20 %)Ant
169 (9.184 %)PL/SQL
169 (9.184 %)OO
169 (9.184 %)Active Directory
169 (9.184 %)Automated Testing

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
117 (17.35 %)XML
214 (14.29 %)Web Services
37 (7.143 %).NET
37 (7.143 %)LAMP
46 (6.122 %)WebSphere
55 (5.102 %)J2EE
55 (5.102 %)ASP
55 (5.102 %)CGI
55 (5.102 %).NET Framework
64 (4.082 %)JSF
64 (4.082 %)JRules
64 (4.082 %)JSP
64 (4.082 %)SOAP
72 (2.041 %)WPF
72 (2.041 %)EDIFACT
72 (2.041 %)Hibernate
72 (2.041 %)J2SE
81 (1.020 %)SPML
81 (1.020 %)DHTML
81 (1.020 %)XSD
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
113 (13.27 %)Apache
212 (12.24 %)Tomcat
38 (8.163 %)IIS
45 (5.102 %)WebLogic
45 (5.102 %)WebSphere Message Broker
54 (4.082 %)WebLogic Portal
62 (2.041 %)ESB
62 (2.041 %)SharePoint Server 2007
62 (2.041 %)TIBCO EMS
62 (2.041 %)BizTalk Server
62 (2.041 %)WebSphere MQ
71 (1.020 %)AquaLogic
71 (1.020 %)Resin
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (3.061 %)MS Project
22 (2.041 %)MS Office
22 (2.041 %)MS Excel
31 (1.020 %)MS Visio
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
17 (7.143 %)Singl.eView
22 (2.041 %)Oracle Applications
31 (1.020 %)Oracle BPM
31 (1.020 %)AquaLogic BPM
31 (1.020 %)Oracle EBS R12
31 (1.020 %)Oracle 11i
31 (1.020 %)Oracle Financials
31 (1.020 %)BusinessWorks
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
18 (8.163 %)DNS
25 (5.102 %)HTTP
34 (4.082 %)TCP/IP
34 (4.082 %)LDAP
43 (3.061 %)Internet
52 (2.041 %)SSH
52 (2.041 %)Firewall
52 (2.041 %)2G
52 (2.041 %)SAN
52 (2.041 %)3G
52 (2.041 %)Network Security
61 (1.020 %)GSM
61 (1.020 %)PSTN
61 (1.020 %)SS7
61 (1.020 %)TCAP
61 (1.020 %)SCCP
61 (1.020 %)INAP
61 (1.020 %)OSPF
61 (1.020 %)BGP
61 (1.020 %)ASN.1
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (13.27 %)MySQL
210 (10.20 %)Oracle 10g
37 (7.143 %)SQL Server
37 (7.143 %)Oracle 9i
45 (5.102 %)Oracle 11g
53 (3.061 %)SQL Server 2008
53 (3.061 %)Datawarehouse
53 (3.061 %)Oracle 8/8i
53 (3.061 %)DB2
53 (3.061 %)SQLPlus
53 (3.061 %)SQL Server 2005
62 (2.041 %)BusinessObjects
71 (1.020 %)Oracle Discoverer
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
110 (10.20 %)Ant
27 (7.143 %)JUnit
27 (7.143 %)Maven
27 (7.143 %)HttpUnit
27 (7.143 %)Selenium
34 (4.082 %)WinRunner
43 (3.061 %)TestDirector
52 (2.041 %)XMLSpy
52 (2.041 %)ProC
52 (2.041 %)VSS/SourceSafe
52 (2.041 %)Oracle Forms
52 (2.041 %)ClearCase
61 (1.020 %)OpenSTA
61 (1.020 %)Eclipse
61 (1.020 %)Subversion
61 (1.020 %)StarTeam
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
116 (16.33 %)Telecoms
211 (11.22 %)Finance
36 (6.122 %)Banking
36 (6.122 %)Retail
45 (5.102 %)Government
45 (5.102 %)Billing
45 (5.102 %)Insurance
54 (4.082 %)Retail Banking
54 (4.082 %)Investment Banking
63 (3.061 %)Front Office
71 (1.020 %)Legal
71 (1.020 %)Back Office
71 (1.020 %)General Ledger
71 (1.020 %)Pensions
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
131 (31.63 %)Developer
210 (10.20 %)Designer
38 (8.163 %)Systems Engineer
47 (7.143 %)Analyst
47 (7.143 %)Architect
47 (7.143 %)Consultant
47 (7.143 %)Linux Engineer
56 (6.122 %)Perl Developer
65 (5.102 %)UNIX Engineer
65 (5.102 %)Tester
74 (4.082 %)WebSphere Developer
74 (4.082 %)Software Engineer
74 (4.082 %)UNIX Systems Engineer
74 (4.082 %)Test Engineer
74 (4.082 %)Senior Software Engineer
74 (4.082 %)Technical Analyst
83 (3.061 %)Oracle Developer
83 (3.061 %)QA Engineer
83 (3.061 %)Senior Linux Engineer
83 (3.061 %)Microstrategy Developer
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
16 (6.122 %)Fat Client
16 (6.122 %)Clustering
16 (6.122 %)Thin Client
24 (4.082 %)Replication
33 (3.061 %)Client/Server
42 (2.041 %)PKI
42 (2.041 %)Cryptography
51 (1.020 %)Open Source
51 (1.020 %)SaaS
51 (1.020 %)Equities
51 (1.020 %)PDA
51 (1.020 %)Derivative
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
128 (28.57 %)Solaris
226 (26.53 %)Windows
319 (19.39 %)Windows Server 2003
416 (16.33 %)Linux
510 (10.20 %)Windows XP
68 (8.163 %)Windows Server 2008
77 (7.143 %)AIX
86 (6.122 %)HPUX
94 (4.082 %)IRIX
103 (3.061 %)Windows 2000
112 (2.041 %)Red Hat Linux
121 (1.020 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
121 (1.020 %)Windows 2000 Server
121 (1.020 %)CentOS
121 (1.020 %)Windows NT
121 (1.020 %)SUSE
121 (1.020 %)Debian
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
111 (11.22 %)Migration
29 (9.184 %)OO
29 (9.184 %)Automated Testing
38 (8.163 %)Test Automation
47 (7.143 %)UML
55 (5.102 %)Service Delivery
55 (5.102 %)Software Testing
64 (4.082 %)Integration Testing
64 (4.082 %)Test Scripting
64 (4.082 %)Load Balancing
64 (4.082 %)Unified Process
64 (4.082 %)CRM
64 (4.082 %)SOA
64 (4.082 %)Capacity Planning
73 (3.061 %)Scrum
73 (3.061 %)Business Analysis
82 (2.041 %)Technical Architecture
82 (2.041 %)AOP
82 (2.041 %)TDD
82 (2.041 %)TOGAF
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
133 (33.67 %)Java
231 (31.63 %)SQL
323 (23.47 %)Perl
412 (12.24 %)Shell Script
59 (9.184 %)PL/SQL
68 (8.163 %)Python
77 (7.143 %)VB
86 (6.122 %)C
94 (4.082 %)C++
94 (4.082 %)JavaScript
103 (3.061 %)Bash shell
112 (2.041 %)Korn
112 (2.041 %)Ruby
112 (2.041 %)C#
112 (2.041 %)Groovy
121 (1.020 %)C-shell
121 (1.020 %)VBA
121 (1.020 %)VBScript
121 (1.020 %)XQuery
121 (1.020 %)VB6
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
126 (26.53 %)Security Cleared
219 (19.39 %)SC Cleared
34 (4.082 %)Degree
34 (4.082 %)HNC
42 (2.041 %)DV Cleared
51 (1.020 %)BC Cleared
51 (1.020 %)ISEB
51 (1.020 %)Cisco Certification
51 (1.020 %)RHCE
51 (1.020 %)CCNA
51 (1.020 %)CCDA
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (6.122 %)QA
23 (3.061 %)SLA
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
19 (9.184 %)Active Directory
25 (5.102 %)NFS
34 (4.082 %)VMware Infrastructure
42 (2.041 %)ISA Server
42 (2.041 %)Oracle RAC
51 (1.020 %)Sendmail
51 (1.020 %)MetaFrame
51 (1.020 %)Oracle RMAN
51 (1.020 %)VMware Workstation
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (3.061 %)HP Quality Center
13 (3.061 %)OpenView Configuration Management
22 (2.041 %)Data Guard
31 (1.020 %)Sun Identity Manager
31 (1.020 %)Tivoli
31 (1.020 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
132 (32.65 %)Oracle
220 (20.41 %)Sun
317 (17.35 %)Microsoft
414 (14.29 %)HP
511 (11.22 %)Citrix
66 (6.122 %)VMware
74 (4.082 %)BEA
74 (4.082 %)ILOG
74 (4.082 %)SGI
74 (4.082 %)JBoss
83 (3.061 %)MicroStrategy
92 (2.041 %)Nokia
92 (2.041 %)Red Hat
92 (2.041 %)TIBCO
92 (2.041 %)Veritas
92 (2.041 %)Business Objects
101 (1.020 %)Nokia Siemens Networks
101 (1.020 %)PeopleSoft
101 (1.020 %)Borland
101 (1.020 %)Dell