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The table below looks at the demand for Korn shell (ksh) skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Korn over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkKorn shell (ksh)
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank144165
Rank change on same period last yearUp+21
Matching contract IT job ads36
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.222 %0.302 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£200
Average daily rate-£250
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£348£363
% change on same period last year-4.19 %
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£42.72£35.86
% change on same period last year+19.15 %
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
South West
Matching contract IT job ads13491990
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.923 %2.058 %
Daily rates quoted287366
Average minimum daily rate£311£316
Average daily rate£335£337
% change on same period last year-0.57 %
Average maximum daily rate£358£357
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£334
% change on same period last year-2.81 %
Hourly rates quoted260310
Average minimum hourly rate£29.70£32.22
Average hourly rate£31.71£35.07
% change on same period last year-9.57 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.72£37.92
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.07£32.81
% change on same period last year-2.25 %
Korn EnglandKorn
England

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.

Korn
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Korn across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

South West Korn Demand Trend

Korn
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Korn Daily Rate Trend

Korn
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Korn Hourly Rate Trend

Korn
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Korn within the South West region over the 3 months to 15 October 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
GloucestershireNew entry-2--
Korn EnglandKorn
England

Korn
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Korn 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 Korn.

115 (75.00 %)Solaris
213 (65.00 %)Perl
310 (50.00 %)UNIX
310 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
49 (45.00 %)Active Directory
58 (40.00 %)Shell Script
58 (40.00 %)DV Cleared
65 (25.00 %)Telecoms
74 (20.00 %)AIX
83 (15.00 %)LDAP
83 (15.00 %)Ab Initio
83 (15.00 %)CA
83 (15.00 %)AutoSys
83 (15.00 %)SC Cleared
92 (10.00 %)IBM
92 (10.00 %)Linux
92 (10.00 %)Windows
101 (5.000 %)Java
101 (5.000 %)PL/SQL
101 (5.000 %)SQL
101 (5.000 %)Oracle
101 (5.000 %)SAN
101 (5.000 %)ClearCase
101 (5.000 %)Datawarehouse
101 (5.000 %)ETL
101 (5.000 %)TCP/IP
101 (5.000 %)HACMP
101 (5.000 %)Red Hat
101 (5.000 %)Configuration Management
101 (5.000 %)Finance

Korn
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Korn 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 Korn. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (15.00 %)LDAP
21 (5.000 %)TCP/IP
21 (5.000 %)SAN
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (5.000 %)Datawarehouse
11 (5.000 %)ETL
11 (5.000 %)Oracle OWB
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (5.000 %)ClearCase
South West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (25.00 %)Telecoms
21 (5.000 %)Finance
21 (5.000 %)Government
21 (5.000 %)Legal
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (45.00 %)Administrator
28 (40.00 %)Consultant
28 (40.00 %)Solaris Administrator
33 (15.00 %)Ab Initio Consultant
33 (15.00 %)Systems Administrator
33 (15.00 %)Analyst
42 (10.00 %)Solaris Systems Administrator
51 (5.000 %)AIX Administrator
51 (5.000 %)SQL Developer
51 (5.000 %)PL/SQL Developer
51 (5.000 %)IT Consultant
51 (5.000 %)Developer
South West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.000 %)HACMP
11 (5.000 %)Multithreading
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
115 (75.00 %)Solaris
210 (50.00 %)UNIX
34 (20.00 %)AIX
42 (10.00 %)Windows
42 (10.00 %)Linux
51 (5.000 %)Red Hat Linux
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
28 (40.00 %)DV Cleared
33 (15.00 %)SC Cleared
41 (5.000 %)Configuration Management
41 (5.000 %)Release Management
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113 (65.00 %)Perl
28 (40.00 %)Shell Script
31 (5.000 %)Java
31 (5.000 %)PL/SQL
31 (5.000 %)SQL
South West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (45.00 %)Active Directory
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (15.00 %)AutoSys
South West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (15.00 %)CA
13 (15.00 %)Ab Initio
22 (10.00 %)IBM
31 (5.000 %)Oracle
31 (5.000 %)Red Hat