Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the South West region.

 HP-UX
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank8888128
Rank change year-on-year
No change0Up+40
Matching contract IT job ads241926
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West0.947 %0.684 %0.518 %
As % of the Operating Systems category5.042 %3.918 %2.945 %
Daily rates quoted1047
Average daily rate£340£300£425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.33 %-29.41 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£300£300£374
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£428£300£431
UK excluding London average daily rate£328£325£400
% change year-on-year
+0.760 %-18.75 %
Hourly rates quoted109
Average hourly rate£36.18-£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.50£42.50£35.00
% change year-on-year
-35.29 %+21.42 %
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
476485883
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West18.78 %17.45 %17.59 %
Daily rates quoted190112169
Average daily rate£320£318£366
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.620 %-13.11 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£213£223£245
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£423£425£470
UK excluding London average daily rate£313£310£335
% change year-on-year
+0.800 %-7.460 %
Hourly rates quoted62102201
Average hourly rate£15.00£16.50£22.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.090 %-25.84 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.50£10.00£12.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£35.00£32.50£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.00£17.50£18.00
% change year-on-year
-14.28 %-2.770 %
HPUX EnglandHPUX
England

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.

HPUX
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

HPUX
Daily Rate Trend

The 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
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HPUX across the South West region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

South West HPUX Daily Rate Histogram

HPUX
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
DevonNew entry-9£355-
DorsetNew entry-5£325-
BristolDown-94£425+41.66 %
GloucestershireDown-52--
HPUX EnglandHPUX
England

HPUX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

121 (52.50 %)Linux
220 (50.00 %)Windows
319 (47.50 %)Security Cleared
418 (45.00 %)Perl
517 (42.50 %)UNIX
517 (42.50 %)Solaris
610 (25.00 %)Oracle
610 (25.00 %)SAN
79 (22.50 %)Microsoft
79 (22.50 %)Active Directory
79 (22.50 %)HP
79 (22.50 %)ITIL
79 (22.50 %)SC Cleared
88 (20.00 %)Windows Vista
88 (20.00 %)LDAP
88 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
88 (20.00 %)Shell Script
97 (17.50 %)Red Hat
97 (17.50 %)Red Hat Linux
97 (17.50 %)NAS
106 (15.00 %)Bash shell
106 (15.00 %)DV Cleared
106 (15.00 %)X.400
106 (15.00 %)X.500
106 (15.00 %)Cisco
106 (15.00 %)MS Excel
106 (15.00 %)C
115 (12.50 %)AIX
115 (12.50 %)Windows 2000
115 (12.50 %)NetApp

HPUX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13 (7.500 %)Boost C++ Libraries
22 (5.000 %)Apache Axis
22 (5.000 %)CGI
31 (2.500 %).NET
31 (2.500 %)J2EE
31 (2.500 %)Middleware
31 (2.500 %)WebSphere
31 (2.500 %)Qt
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (5.000 %)Apache
21 (2.500 %)MS Exchange
21 (2.500 %)SharePoint
21 (2.500 %)Lotus Notes
21 (2.500 %)TIBCO EMS
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
16 (15.00 %)MS Excel
21 (2.500 %)MS Visio
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (2.500 %)BusinessWorks
11 (2.500 %)TIBCO iProcess
11 (2.500 %)Staffware
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
110 (25.00 %)SAN
28 (20.00 %)LDAP
28 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
37 (17.50 %)NAS
46 (15.00 %)X.400
46 (15.00 %)X.500
54 (10.00 %)SMTP
63 (7.500 %)LAN
63 (7.500 %)WAN
72 (5.000 %)DNS
81 (2.500 %)DHCP
81 (2.500 %)Firewall
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (7.500 %)Oracle 10g
22 (5.000 %)SQL Server
31 (2.500 %)Datawarehouse
31 (2.500 %)GIS
31 (2.500 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (2.500 %)SQL Server 2005
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (2.500 %)StarTeam
South West IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14 (10.00 %)Health
14 (10.00 %)Telecoms
14 (10.00 %)Banking
22 (5.000 %)Government
31 (2.500 %)Investment Banking
31 (2.500 %)Finance
31 (2.500 %)Advertising
31 (2.500 %)Military
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
18 (20.00 %)Administrator
27 (17.50 %)Software Engineer
36 (15.00 %)Developer
45 (12.50 %)Consultant
45 (12.50 %)UNIX Administrator
54 (10.00 %)Support Engineer
63 (7.500 %)Systems Administrator
63 (7.500 %)Storage Engineer
63 (7.500 %)Linux Engineer
63 (7.500 %)Linux Support
63 (7.500 %)Desktop Support
63 (7.500 %)Desktop Support Engineer
63 (7.500 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
63 (7.500 %)Oracle Developer
63 (7.500 %)Desktop Engineer
63 (7.500 %)Linux Support Engineer
72 (5.000 %)Designer
72 (5.000 %)C++ Software Engineer
72 (5.000 %)UNIX Systems Engineer
72 (5.000 %)UNIX Engineer
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
15 (12.50 %)PKI
15 (12.50 %)CLARiiON
15 (12.50 %)EMC Centera
24 (10.00 %)Mathematics
24 (10.00 %)Physics
24 (10.00 %)NHS
24 (10.00 %)NPfIT
32 (5.000 %)N-Tier
41 (2.500 %)Clustering
41 (2.500 %)HP Superdome
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
121 (52.50 %)Linux
220 (50.00 %)Windows
317 (42.50 %)UNIX
317 (42.50 %)Solaris
48 (20.00 %)Windows Vista
57 (17.50 %)Red Hat Linux
65 (12.50 %)AIX
65 (12.50 %)Windows 2000
65 (12.50 %)SUSE
65 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2008
73 (7.500 %)Windows Server 2003
73 (7.500 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
81 (2.500 %)Windows NT
81 (2.500 %)Windows XP
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
19 (22.50 %)ITIL
23 (7.500 %)Integration Testing
23 (7.500 %)Disaster Recovery
32 (5.000 %)Configuration Management
32 (5.000 %)Change Management
32 (5.000 %)Unit Testing
32 (5.000 %)Quality Management
41 (2.500 %)OO
41 (2.500 %)Test Management
41 (2.500 %)QMS
41 (2.500 %)Software Testing
41 (2.500 %)Enterprise Architecture
41 (2.500 %)Business Continuity
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
118 (45.00 %)Perl
28 (20.00 %)Shell Script
36 (15.00 %)Bash shell
36 (15.00 %)C
44 (10.00 %)Python
44 (10.00 %)C++
53 (7.500 %)Fortran
53 (7.500 %)Java
61 (2.500 %)SQL
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
119 (47.50 %)Security Cleared
29 (22.50 %)SC Cleared
36 (15.00 %)DV Cleared
41 (2.500 %)Degree
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (7.500 %)TickIT
21 (2.500 %)QA
South West IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
19 (22.50 %)Active Directory
22 (5.000 %)VMware ESX
22 (5.000 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (2.500 %)Sendmail
31 (2.500 %)Oracle RMAN
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
14 (10.00 %)Tivoli
14 (10.00 %)Tivoli Monitoring
22 (5.000 %)HP NNM
22 (5.000 %)OpenView
22 (5.000 %)OpenView Configuration Management
31 (2.500 %)Novell Identity Manager
31 (2.500 %)NetBackup
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
110 (25.00 %)Oracle
29 (22.50 %)Microsoft
29 (22.50 %)HP
37 (17.50 %)Red Hat
46 (15.00 %)Cisco
55 (12.50 %)NetApp
55 (12.50 %)EMC
64 (10.00 %)VMware
64 (10.00 %)IBM
73 (7.500 %)Dell
73 (7.500 %)Sun
82 (5.000 %)Altiris
91 (2.500 %)SAP
91 (2.500 %)TIBCO
91 (2.500 %)Remedy
91 (2.500 %)Novell
91 (2.500 %)Lotus
91 (2.500 %)FileNet
91 (2.500 %)3Com