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The table below looks at the demand for IBM AIX skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited AIX over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM AIX
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank6775
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching contract IT job ads2649
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.042 %0.053 %
As % of the category below5.485 %6.481 %
Daily rates quoted910
Average minimum daily rate£390£348
Average daily rate£409£364
% change on same period last year+12.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£428£379
UK excluding London average daily rate£394£396
% change on same period last year-0.47 %
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£34.29£35.65
% change on same period last year-3.81 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads474756
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.762 %0.812 %
Daily rates quoted115147
Average minimum daily rate£295£308
Average daily rate£313£320
% change on same period last year-2.39 %
Average maximum daily rate£330£333
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£321
% change on same period last year-1.38 %
Hourly rates quoted6193
Average minimum hourly rate£21.84£16.33
Average hourly rate£23.10£17.45
% change on same period last year+32.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.36£18.57
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.91£21.94
% change on same period last year-0.17 %
AIX UKAIX
UK

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.

AIX
Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
EdinburghUp+1919£415+26.28 %
GlasgowUp+32--
West LothianNew entry-1--
AIX UKAIX
UK

AIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

148 (75.00 %)UNIX
222 (34.38 %)Solaris
321 (32.81 %)Shell Script
420 (31.25 %)Linux
518 (28.13 %)Finance
617 (26.56 %)IBM
714 (21.88 %)HPUX
813 (20.31 %)Windows
813 (20.31 %)Sun
911 (17.19 %)HTTP
911 (17.19 %)Red Hat
911 (17.19 %)Oracle
911 (17.19 %)Clustering
1010 (15.63 %)VERITAS
1010 (15.63 %)WebSphere
1010 (15.63 %)Red Hat Linux
119 (14.06 %)IBM HTTP Server
119 (14.06 %)Perl
128 (12.50 %)SAN
128 (12.50 %)SSL
128 (12.50 %)Migration
128 (12.50 %)CA SiteMinder
128 (12.50 %)Load Balancing
137 (10.94 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
137 (10.94 %)HP
146 (9.375 %)EMC
146 (9.375 %)Banking
155 (7.813 %)Sun Certification
164 (6.250 %)Oracle 10g
164 (6.250 %)VMware

AIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (15.63 %)WebSphere
21 (1.563 %)J2EE
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (14.06 %)IBM HTTP Server
21 (1.563 %)WebSphere Application Server
21 (1.563 %)Lotus Domino
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
111 (17.19 %)HTTP
28 (12.50 %)SSL
28 (12.50 %)SAN
31 (1.563 %)Intrusion Detection
31 (1.563 %)IMAP
31 (1.563 %)SNMP
31 (1.563 %)LDAP
31 (1.563 %)SMTP
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (6.250 %)Oracle 10g
23 (4.688 %)Oracle 9i
31 (1.563 %)SQL Server
31 (1.563 %)Oracle 8/8i
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (1.563 %)PVCS
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
118 (28.13 %)Finance
26 (9.375 %)Banking
32 (3.125 %)Retail
32 (3.125 %)Pensions
32 (3.125 %)Retail Banking
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
114 (21.88 %)Administrator
211 (17.19 %)Systems Administrator
310 (15.63 %)Analyst
310 (15.63 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
49 (14.06 %)UNIX Administrator
58 (12.50 %)Technical Analyst
58 (12.50 %)DBA
58 (12.50 %)Oracle DBA
66 (9.375 %)Consultant
75 (7.813 %)Systems Engineer
75 (7.813 %)UNIX Systems Engineer
75 (7.813 %)UNIX Engineer
75 (7.813 %)Server Specialist
84 (6.250 %)UNIX Support
93 (4.688 %)Solaris Administrator
93 (4.688 %)Support Analyst
102 (3.125 %)Senior Systems Engineer
102 (3.125 %)Security Consultant
102 (3.125 %)Solaris Systems Administrator
102 (3.125 %)UNIX Specialist
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (17.19 %)Clustering
22 (3.125 %)Management Information System
31 (1.563 %)AS400
31 (1.563 %)IBM Mainframe
31 (1.563 %)Mainframe
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
148 (75.00 %)UNIX
222 (34.38 %)Solaris
320 (31.25 %)Linux
414 (21.88 %)HPUX
513 (20.31 %)Windows
610 (15.63 %)Red Hat Linux
77 (10.94 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
82 (3.125 %)zOS
82 (3.125 %)Tru64
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (12.50 %)Migration
18 (12.50 %)Load Balancing
24 (6.250 %)Dimensional Modelling
33 (4.688 %)Data Migration
42 (3.125 %)Problem Management
51 (1.563 %)Release Management
51 (1.563 %)Test Scripting
51 (1.563 %)Service Management
51 (1.563 %)Change Management
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
121 (32.81 %)Shell Script
29 (14.06 %)Perl
32 (3.125 %)C
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (7.813 %)Sun Certification
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (4.688 %)Active Directory
22 (3.125 %)NetBackup
22 (3.125 %)Oracle RAC
31 (1.563 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
18 (12.50 %)CA SiteMinder
23 (4.688 %)Tivoli
32 (3.125 %)Tivoli Monitoring
32 (3.125 %)Netcool
32 (3.125 %)Foglight
32 (3.125 %)ServiceCenter
32 (3.125 %)Legato
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
117 (26.56 %)IBM
213 (20.31 %)Sun
311 (17.19 %)Oracle
311 (17.19 %)Red Hat
410 (15.63 %)VERITAS
57 (10.94 %)HP
66 (9.375 %)EMC
74 (6.250 %)VMware
82 (3.125 %)CA
82 (3.125 %)Microsoft
91 (1.563 %)SAP
91 (1.563 %)StorageTek
91 (1.563 %)Brocade