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This section looks at the demand for Unix skills within the Reading region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Unix over the last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUnix
Location
3 months to 15 May 2008Same period last year
Rank3219
Rank change on same period last yearDown-13
Matching contract IT job ads3960
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.050 %0.067 %
As % of the category below18.75 %26.43 %
Daily rates quoted148
Average minimum daily rate£343£388
Average daily rate£375£408
% change on same period last year-7.98 %
Average maximum daily rate£407£428
UK excluding London average daily rate£371£356
% change on same period last year+4.29 %
Hourly rates quoted110
Average minimum hourly rate£40.00£31.40
Average hourly rate£45.00£31.85
% change on same period last year+41.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate£50.00£32.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.56£32.49
% change on same period last year-5.92 %
Operating Systems ReadingOperating Systems
Reading
Matching contract IT job ads208227
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.267 %0.255 %
Daily rates quoted4845
Average minimum daily rate£310£333
Average daily rate£339£345
% change on same period last year-1.71 %
Average maximum daily rate£369£358
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£332
% change on same period last year+3.64 %
Hourly rates quoted3835
Average minimum hourly rate£19.97£22.46
Average hourly rate£22.39£23.81
% change on same period last year-5.96 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.81£25.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.81£23.07
% change on same period last year-5.48 %
Unix BerkshireUnix
Berkshire

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.

Unix
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads 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 contract IT jobs ads 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 past 3 months.

Reading Unix Daily Rate Histogram

Unix
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading Unix Hourly Rate Trend

Unix
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Reading region citing Unix also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Unix.

130 (29.41 %)SQL
130 (29.41 %)Oracle
130 (29.41 %)Solaris
226 (25.49 %)AIX
323 (22.55 %)Java
422 (21.57 %)Windows
521 (20.59 %)Finance
617 (16.67 %)Oracle 10g
716 (15.69 %)J2EE
716 (15.69 %)WebSphere
813 (12.75 %)VERITAS
912 (11.76 %)TestDirector
1011 (10.78 %)Migration
1011 (10.78 %)ITIL
1110 (9.804 %)Sun
129 (8.824 %)Business Intelligence
129 (8.824 %)PL/SQL
129 (8.824 %)Linux
129 (8.824 %)MS Excel
129 (8.824 %)NetBackup
138 (7.843 %)Oracle Applications
138 (7.843 %)Oracle OWB
138 (7.843 %)Oracle 10gAS
138 (7.843 %)LDAP
138 (7.843 %)UML
138 (7.843 %)IBM
147 (6.863 %)Tivoli
147 (6.863 %)HACMP
147 (6.863 %)Remedy
147 (6.863 %)Microsoft

Unix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Reading region citing Unix also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Unix. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
116 (15.69 %)J2EE
116 (15.69 %)WebSphere
24 (3.922 %)HTML
33 (2.941 %)WebServices
42 (1.961 %)XML
42 (1.961 %).NET
42 (1.961 %)CSS
42 (1.961 %)Hibernate
42 (1.961 %)Spring
42 (1.961 %)AJAX
51 (0.980 %)SOAP
51 (0.980 %)ASP.NET
51 (0.980 %)EJB
51 (0.980 %)XHTML
51 (0.980 %)LAMP
Application Platforms
18 (7.843 %)Oracle 10gAS
24 (3.922 %)Apache
32 (1.961 %)IIS
41 (0.980 %)JBoss
41 (0.980 %)Lotus Notes
41 (0.980 %)Lotus Domino
41 (0.980 %)Tomcat
41 (0.980 %)MS Exchange
41 (0.980 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
41 (0.980 %)WebLogic
Applications
19 (8.824 %)MS Excel
26 (5.882 %)MS Visio
34 (3.922 %)MS PowerPoint
34 (3.922 %)MS Project
Business Applications
18 (7.843 %)Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
18 (7.843 %)LDAP
27 (6.863 %)TCP/IP
34 (3.922 %)LAN
34 (3.922 %)SAN
43 (2.941 %)Firewall
43 (2.941 %)ATM
43 (2.941 %)ISDN
43 (2.941 %)Ethernet
52 (1.961 %)RIP
52 (1.961 %)VPN
52 (1.961 %)WAN
52 (1.961 %)OSPF
61 (0.980 %)Internet
61 (0.980 %)Extranet
61 (0.980 %)DHCP
61 (0.980 %)DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
117 (16.67 %)Oracle 10g
28 (7.843 %)Oracle OWB
36 (5.882 %)SQL Server
36 (5.882 %)Oracle Discoverer
45 (4.902 %)MySQL
45 (4.902 %)DB2
53 (2.941 %)Oracle Reports
62 (1.961 %)Data Mining
62 (1.961 %)RDBMS
71 (0.980 %)Oracle 9i
71 (0.980 %)Informix
71 (0.980 %)SQL Server 2005
71 (0.980 %)BusinessObjects
71 (0.980 %)SQL Server 7
71 (0.980 %)SQLPlus
Development Applications
112 (11.76 %)TestDirector
26 (5.882 %)WinRunner
34 (3.922 %)Oracle Forms
34 (3.922 %)Eclipse
43 (2.941 %)Ant
43 (2.941 %)JUnit
52 (1.961 %)QuickTest Pro
61 (0.980 %)ClearQuest
61 (0.980 %)Subversion
61 (0.980 %)IntelliJ
General
121 (20.59 %)Finance
26 (5.882 %)Government
26 (5.882 %)Auditing
33 (2.941 %)Telecoms
42 (1.961 %)Back Office
51 (0.980 %)Financial Institution
51 (0.980 %)Construction
51 (0.980 %)Banking
Job Titles
127 (26.47 %)Analyst
220 (19.61 %)Developer
316 (15.69 %)Administrator
413 (12.75 %)Oracle Developer
512 (11.76 %)Tester
512 (11.76 %)Systems Administrator
512 (11.76 %)UNIX Administrator
611 (10.78 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
78 (7.843 %)Consultant
78 (7.843 %)Test Analyst
87 (6.863 %)Support Analyst
87 (6.863 %)PL/SQL Developer
87 (6.863 %)AIX Administrator
96 (5.882 %)Business Intelligence Developer
96 (5.882 %)Functional Analyst
96 (5.882 %)Functional Test Analyst
96 (5.882 %)SQL Developer
96 (5.882 %)Functional Tester
105 (4.902 %)Operations Analyst
105 (4.902 %)Applications Support
Miscellaneous
17 (6.863 %)HACMP
24 (3.922 %)Management Information System
24 (3.922 %)Clustering
32 (1.961 %)Replication
32 (1.961 %)Smartcard
32 (1.961 %)Mainframe
41 (0.980 %)Blackberry
41 (0.980 %)Derivative
41 (0.980 %)CMDB
41 (0.980 %)Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
130 (29.41 %)Solaris
226 (25.49 %)AIX
322 (21.57 %)Windows
49 (8.824 %)Linux
53 (2.941 %)HPUX
53 (2.941 %)MVS
62 (1.961 %)Windows XP
62 (1.961 %)SUSE
71 (0.980 %)Debian
71 (0.980 %)Embedded Linux
71 (0.980 %)Windows Server 2003
71 (0.980 %)FreeBSD
Processes & Methodologies
111 (10.78 %)ITIL
111 (10.78 %)Migration
29 (8.824 %)Business Intelligence
38 (7.843 %)UML
45 (4.902 %)Service Management
45 (4.902 %)Test Scripting
54 (3.922 %)ERP
54 (3.922 %)OO
54 (3.922 %)RUP
54 (3.922 %)DSDM
54 (3.922 %)Use Case
54 (3.922 %)Business Analysis
63 (2.941 %)E-business
63 (2.941 %)PRINCE2
63 (2.941 %)SSADM
63 (2.941 %)Performance Management
72 (1.961 %)Network Design
72 (1.961 %)Project Management
72 (1.961 %)Disaster Recovery
72 (1.961 %)E-Commerce
Programming Languages
130 (29.41 %)SQL
223 (22.55 %)Java
39 (8.824 %)PL/SQL
46 (5.882 %)Shell Script
55 (4.902 %)C
63 (2.941 %)JavaScript
72 (1.961 %)Perl
72 (1.961 %)PHP
72 (1.961 %)VB
72 (1.961 %)VBA
72 (1.961 %)C++
72 (1.961 %)VB6
72 (1.961 %)Korn
72 (1.961 %)PHP5
81 (0.980 %)PHP4
81 (0.980 %)AWK
81 (0.980 %)VC++
81 (0.980 %)Embedded C
81 (0.980 %)Embedded C++
81 (0.980 %)Assembly Language
Qualifications
15 (4.902 %)CCNA
15 (4.902 %)Cisco Certification
22 (1.961 %)CCDP
22 (1.961 %)ISEB
22 (1.961 %)CCIE
22 (1.961 %)CCNP
22 (1.961 %)CCIP
31 (0.980 %)MCSE
31 (0.980 %)CISSP
31 (0.980 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (0.980 %)CISA
31 (0.980 %)CISM
31 (0.980 %)CEH
31 (0.980 %)Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.980 %)ISO9000
11 (0.980 %)SLA
11 (0.980 %)ISO27001
System Software
19 (8.824 %)NetBackup
23 (2.941 %)NFS
32 (1.961 %)Active Directory
32 (1.961 %)Backup Exec
Systems Management
17 (6.863 %)Tivoli
21 (0.980 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
21 (0.980 %)CA SiteMinder
21 (0.980 %)OpenView
Vendors
130 (29.41 %)Oracle
213 (12.75 %)VERITAS
310 (9.804 %)Sun
48 (7.843 %)IBM
57 (6.863 %)Microsoft
57 (6.863 %)Remedy
66 (5.882 %)Cisco
74 (3.922 %)Red Hat
82 (1.961 %)HP
91 (0.980 %)EMC
91 (0.980 %)Citrix
91 (0.980 %)Juniper
91 (0.980 %)CA
91 (0.980 %)Business Objects
91 (0.980 %)SAP
91 (0.980 %)CheckPoint
91 (0.980 %)Lotus
91 (0.980 %)Ab Initio
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