The first table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills in IT contracts advertised for the Skelmersdale region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited UNIX over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the Skelmersdale region.

Note that 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.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
UNIX
Rank 1 5 3
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -2
Contract jobs citing UNIX 6 6 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Skelmersdale 60.00% 33.33% 30.77%
As % of the Operating Systems category 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £388 £375 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.33% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £362 £370 £350
% change year-on-year
-2.29% +5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £32.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -1.53%
All Operating Systems
Skelmersdale
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
6 6 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Skelmersdale 60.00% 33.33% 30.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £388 £375 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.33% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
UNIX
Lancashire

UNIX
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing UNIX across the Skelmersdale region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Skelmersdale UNIX Jobs Demand Trend

UNIX
Daily Rate Trend

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

Skelmersdale UNIX Daily Rate Trend

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Skelmersdale 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.

1 6 (85.71%) WebSphere
2 5 (71.43%) Mainframe
3 4 (57.14%) Firewall
3 4 (57.14%) Retail
3 4 (57.14%) ETL
3 4 (57.14%) Middleware
4 3 (42.86%) Windows
4 3 (42.86%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (42.86%) HP
4 3 (42.86%) FTP
4 3 (42.86%) HTTP
4 3 (42.86%) TCP/IP
4 3 (42.86%) Oracle
4 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
4 3 (42.86%) SOAP
4 3 (42.86%) PKI
4 3 (42.86%) Finance
4 3 (42.86%) Validation
4 3 (42.86%) VMware
4 3 (42.86%) HP Quality Center
5 2 (28.57%) Performance Testing
5 2 (28.57%) Banking
5 2 (28.57%) Web Services
5 2 (28.57%) TOAD
5 2 (28.57%) WebSphere Application Server
5 2 (28.57%) LoadRunner
6 1 (14.29%) zOS
6 1 (14.29%) JCL
6 1 (14.29%) Citrix
6 1 (14.29%) CICS

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Skelmersdale 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.

Application Development
1 6 (85.71%) WebSphere
2 4 (57.14%) Middleware
3 3 (42.86%) SOAP
4 2 (28.57%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (14.29%) CICS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Firewall
2 3 (42.86%) FTP
2 3 (42.86%) HTTP
2 3 (42.86%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
2 2 (28.57%) TOAD
3 1 (14.29%) DB2
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) LoadRunner
General
1 4 (57.14%) Retail
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Architect
1 4 (57.14%) Infrastructure Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Test Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Test Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Performance Test Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Tester
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Tester
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Test Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Performance Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Mainframe
2 3 (42.86%) PKI
3 1 (14.29%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) ETL
2 3 (42.86%) Validation
3 2 (28.57%) Performance Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Non-Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) JCL
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) HP
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle
1 3 (42.86%) VMware
2 1 (14.29%) Citrix