The first table below looks at the demand for HPUX skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HPUX 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 Operating Systems category for the South West 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
HP-UX
Rank 112 93 108
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +15
Contract jobs citing HPUX 3 46 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.146% 1.388% 0.321%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.594% 6.371% 1.582%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 39 4
Average daily rate £350 £500 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-30.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £500 £340
% change year-on-year
-25.00% +47.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.00 - £27.50
All Operating Systems
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
505 722 569
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 24.66% 21.79% 20.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 265 354 238
Average daily rate £325 £450 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-27.77% +28.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £288 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 69 95
Average hourly rate £15.00 £21.00 £19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.57% +7.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.90 £13.00 £12.42
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.40 £41.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
HPUX
England

HPUX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West HPUX Jobs Demand Trend

HPUX
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West HPUX Daily Rate Trend

HPUX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West HPUX Hourly Rate Trend

HPUX
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HPUX within the South West 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
Gloucestershire -4 2 - -
Devon - 1 £350 -
HPUX
England

HPUX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing HPUX 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 HPUX.

1 8 (88.89%) Security Cleared
2 7 (77.78%) Oracle
2 7 (77.78%) Oracle Reports
3 6 (66.67%) Oracle 10g
3 6 (66.67%) HP
3 6 (66.67%) TOAD
3 6 (66.67%) Oracle Forms
3 6 (66.67%) ERP
3 6 (66.67%) PL/SQL
3 6 (66.67%) SQL
3 6 (66.67%) Oracle 11g
3 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 6 (66.67%) Oracle Application Server
4 3 (33.33%) Linux
5 2 (22.22%) Perl
5 2 (22.22%) DHCP
5 2 (22.22%) NFS
5 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
5 2 (22.22%) C
5 2 (22.22%) UNIX
5 2 (22.22%) Solaris
5 2 (22.22%) Shell Script
5 2 (22.22%) DNS
5 2 (22.22%) SAN
5 2 (22.22%) Red Hat
5 2 (22.22%) Clustering
5 2 (22.22%) Service Management
5 2 (22.22%) DV Cleared
6 1 (11.11%) Unit Testing
6 1 (11.11%) QMS

HPUX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (11.11%) Spring
1 1 (11.11%) WebSphere
1 1 (11.11%) Spring Security
Application Platforms
1 6 (66.67%) Oracle Application Server
2 1 (11.11%) Apache
2 1 (11.11%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) DHCP
1 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
1 2 (22.22%) DNS
1 2 (22.22%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (77.78%) Oracle Reports
2 6 (66.67%) TOAD
2 6 (66.67%) Oracle 10g
2 6 (66.67%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 6 (66.67%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (11.11%) Eclipse
2 1 (11.11%) NetBeans
2 1 (11.11%) Subversion
2 1 (11.11%) Maven
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (11.11%) Jenkins
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Developer
2 6 (66.67%) Consultant
2 6 (66.67%) Oracle Developer
2 6 (66.67%) Oracle Consultant
3 5 (55.56%) Oracle Forms Developer
4 2 (22.22%) Linux Engineer
4 2 (22.22%) UNIX Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Clustering
2 1 (11.11%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Linux
2 2 (22.22%) UNIX
2 2 (22.22%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) ERP
2 2 (22.22%) Service Management
3 1 (11.11%) Quality Management
3 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Business Continuity
3 1 (11.11%) Unit Testing
3 1 (11.11%) QMS
3 1 (11.11%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) PL/SQL
1 6 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (22.22%) Shell Script
2 2 (22.22%) C
2 2 (22.22%) Perl
3 1 (11.11%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) Security Cleared
2 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) DV Cleared
4 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) TickIT
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) NFS
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Oracle
2 6 (66.67%) HP
3 2 (22.22%) Red Hat
4 1 (11.11%) IBM