The first table below looks at the demand for Bash shell skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Bash shell over the 3 months to 17 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 Programming Languages category for the South East 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Bash shell
Rank 199 234 228
Rank change year-on-year
+35 -6
Contract jobs citing Bash shell 24 13 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.307% 0.128% 0.230%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.920% 0.424% 0.676%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 1 12
Average daily rate £463 £211 £395
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+119.19% -46.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £261 £211 £164
10% offered a daily rate of more than £560 £211 £540
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
-7.69% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 2
Average hourly rate £37.50 - £29.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 - £38.00
All Programming Languages
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2610 3067 3552
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 33.40% 30.19% 33.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1281 1505 1528
Average daily rate £340 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.61% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £240 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 203 295
Average hourly rate £35.00 £36.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.10% -2.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.13 £21.75 £26.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
Bash shell
England

Bash shell
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Bash shell across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

South East Bash shell Jobs Demand Trend

Bash shell
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Bash shell across the South East region.

South East Bash shell Daily Rate Trend

Bash shell
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Bash shell across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East Bash shell Daily Rate Histogram

Bash shell
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Bash shell across the South East region.

South East Bash shell Hourly Rate Trend

Bash shell
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Bash shell across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East Bash shell Hourly Rate Histogram

Bash shell
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Bash shell within the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Berkshire - 11 £480 -
Hampshire -3 7 £295 +39.81%
Middlesex - 4 - -
Surrey +21 2 £125 -
Bash shell
England

Bash shell
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Bash shell 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 Bash shell.

1 58 (90.63%) Linux
2 30 (46.88%) Perl
3 25 (39.06%) Windows
4 24 (37.50%) UNIX
5 22 (34.38%) Java
5 22 (34.38%) TCP/IP
6 21 (32.81%) Red Hat
7 18 (28.13%) HP
7 18 (28.13%) SQL
7 18 (28.13%) VMware
8 17 (26.56%) Python
9 16 (25.00%) Oracle
10 14 (21.88%) Shell Script
10 14 (21.88%) Telecoms
11 13 (20.31%) ITIL
11 13 (20.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 12 (18.75%) SMTP
13 11 (17.19%) Solaris
13 11 (17.19%) VMware Infrastructure
14 10 (15.63%) PowerShell
14 10 (15.63%) Test Scripting
14 10 (15.63%) Nagios
14 10 (15.63%) DNS
15 9 (14.06%) Tomcat
15 9 (14.06%) NFS
15 9 (14.06%) C++
15 9 (14.06%) Clustering
15 9 (14.06%) PostgreSQL
16 8 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
16 8 (12.50%) HTTP

Bash shell
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Bash shell 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 Bash shell. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (10.94%) XML
2 6 (9.375%) Middleware
2 6 (9.375%) WSH
3 5 (7.813%) HTML
4 4 (6.250%) JDBC
5 3 (4.688%) XSL
5 3 (4.688%) STL
5 3 (4.688%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 3 (4.688%) CGI
6 2 (3.125%) SOAP
6 2 (3.125%) WAP
6 2 (3.125%) jQuery
6 2 (3.125%) XSLT
6 2 (3.125%) Hibernate
6 2 (3.125%) Spring
7 1 (1.563%) WebSphere
7 1 (1.563%) Java EE
7 1 (1.563%) JSON
7 1 (1.563%) Velocity
7 1 (1.563%) FreeMarker
Application Platforms
1 9 (14.06%) Tomcat
2 8 (12.50%) Apache
3 4 (6.250%) Liferay
4 2 (3.125%) Jetty
4 2 (3.125%) WebLogic
5 1 (1.563%) IIS
5 1 (1.563%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (1.563%) WebLogic Portal
5 1 (1.563%) CMS
5 1 (1.563%) ActiveMQ
5 1 (1.563%) OpenStack
Applications
1 6 (9.375%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 22 (34.38%) TCP/IP
2 12 (18.75%) SMTP
3 10 (15.63%) DNS
4 8 (12.50%) HTTP
5 6 (9.375%) DVB
5 6 (9.375%) SAN
5 6 (9.375%) VLAN
6 5 (7.813%) Network Security
6 5 (7.813%) NAS
6 5 (7.813%) tcpdump
6 5 (7.813%) Kerberos
6 5 (7.813%) SNMP
6 5 (7.813%) LDAP
7 4 (6.250%) DHCP
7 4 (6.250%) TELNET
7 4 (6.250%) SSL
7 4 (6.250%) UPnP
7 4 (6.250%) iSCSI
8 3 (4.688%) IPv4
8 3 (4.688%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (14.06%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (10.94%) MySQL
3 5 (7.813%) Oracle 11g
4 4 (6.250%) Data Mining
4 4 (6.250%) MarkLogic
5 3 (4.688%) Ingres
5 3 (4.688%) Oracle 10g
6 1 (1.563%) Hadoop
6 1 (1.563%) DB2
6 1 (1.563%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (1.563%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 5 (7.813%) Git (software)
1 5 (7.813%) Hudson
1 5 (7.813%) Jenkins
2 4 (6.250%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (6.250%) ClearQuest
2 4 (6.250%) Subversion
3 2 (3.125%) Ant
3 2 (3.125%) JUnit
4 1 (1.563%) Maven
4 1 (1.563%) JIRA
4 1 (1.563%) dbdeploy
4 1 (1.563%) GCC
General
1 14 (21.88%) Telecoms
2 7 (10.94%) Banking
3 4 (6.250%) Finance
4 3 (4.688%) Back Office
5 2 (3.125%) Multimedia
5 2 (3.125%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.563%) Publishing
6 1 (1.563%) Military
6 1 (1.563%) Legal
6 1 (1.563%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (17.19%) Administrator
1 11 (17.19%) Test Engineer
2 9 (14.06%) Developer
3 7 (10.94%) Linux Administrator
4 6 (9.375%) Technical Leader
5 5 (7.813%) Software Engineer
5 5 (7.813%) Software Developer
5 5 (7.813%) Systems Engineer
6 4 (6.250%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (6.250%) Systems Administrator
6 4 (6.250%) Architect
6 4 (6.250%) Technical Architect
6 4 (6.250%) Linux Engineer
7 3 (4.688%) Configuration Engineer
7 3 (4.688%) Linux Systems Administrator
7 3 (4.688%) Technical Administrator
7 3 (4.688%) Software Test Engineer
8 2 (3.125%) Database Developer
8 2 (3.125%) UNIX Administrator
8 2 (3.125%) QA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.06%) Clustering
2 7 (10.94%) Management Information System
3 4 (6.250%) Streaming Video
3 4 (6.250%) STB
3 4 (6.250%) Cryptography
3 4 (6.250%) Embedded Systems
4 3 (4.688%) Wiki
4 3 (4.688%) Open Source
4 3 (4.688%) SaaS
4 3 (4.688%) MPEG
5 2 (3.125%) Mobile App
5 2 (3.125%) DTV
6 1 (1.563%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.563%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.563%) HACMP
6 1 (1.563%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
6 1 (1.563%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 58 (90.63%) Linux
2 25 (39.06%) Windows
3 24 (37.50%) UNIX
4 13 (20.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (17.19%) Solaris
6 4 (6.250%) AIX
6 4 (6.250%) Windows XP
7 3 (4.688%) Windows 2000
7 3 (4.688%) HPUX
7 3 (4.688%) CentOS
7 3 (4.688%) Debian
8 1 (1.563%) Ubuntu
8 1 (1.563%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (1.563%) NetWare
8 1 (1.563%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (20.31%) ITIL
2 10 (15.63%) Test Scripting
3 8 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
4 5 (7.813%) Requirements Analysis
4 5 (7.813%) Load Balancing
5 4 (6.250%) Migration
5 4 (6.250%) Scrum
5 4 (6.250%) Six Sigma
5 4 (6.250%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (6.250%) Unit Testing
5 4 (6.250%) Memory Management
6 3 (4.688%) Test Automation
6 3 (4.688%) CRM
6 3 (4.688%) Web Development
7 2 (3.125%) Project Management
7 2 (3.125%) Lean Six Sigma
7 2 (3.125%) Problem Management
7 2 (3.125%) Continuous Integration
7 2 (3.125%) ERP
7 2 (3.125%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 30 (46.88%) Perl
2 22 (34.38%) Java
3 18 (28.13%) SQL
4 17 (26.56%) Python
5 14 (21.88%) Shell Script
6 10 (15.63%) PowerShell
7 9 (14.06%) C++
8 7 (10.94%) Korn
9 6 (9.375%) JavaScript
9 6 (9.375%) VBScript
10 4 (6.250%) VB
10 4 (6.250%) AWK
10 4 (6.250%) sed
11 3 (4.688%) C
12 2 (3.125%) C-shell
13 1 (1.563%) Scala
13 1 (1.563%) Ruby
13 1 (1.563%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (9.375%) ITIL Certification
1 6 (9.375%) Degree
1 6 (9.375%) Security Cleared
2 2 (3.125%) ISEB
3 1 (1.563%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.563%) RHCE
3 1 (1.563%) SCSA
3 1 (1.563%) RHCT
3 1 (1.563%) CCNA
3 1 (1.563%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.375%) QA
2 1 (1.563%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (17.19%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (14.06%) NFS
3 5 (7.813%) vSphere
3 5 (7.813%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (6.250%) Postfix
4 4 (6.250%) Nmap
4 4 (6.250%) Squid
5 1 (1.563%) Xen
Systems Management
1 10 (15.63%) Nagios
2 7 (10.94%) HP Quality Center
3 6 (9.375%) Puppet
4 1 (1.563%) Legato
4 1 (1.563%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 21 (32.81%) Red Hat
2 18 (28.13%) HP
2 18 (28.13%) VMware
3 16 (25.00%) Oracle
4 6 (9.375%) JBoss
4 6 (9.375%) BMC
4 6 (9.375%) Veritas
5 5 (7.813%) EMC
5 5 (7.813%) NetApp
5 5 (7.813%) IBM
6 4 (6.250%) SAP
7 2 (3.125%) Microsoft
7 2 (3.125%) Sun
7 2 (3.125%) BT
7 2 (3.125%) Redknee
8 1 (1.563%) Greenplum
8 1 (1.563%) FatWire
8 1 (1.563%) Apple
8 1 (1.563%) Hitachi
8 1 (1.563%) Compaq
South East
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