UNIX Contracts in the South West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for UNIX 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 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 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
UNIX
Rank 31 23 32
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +9
Contract jobs citing UNIX 113 215 135
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 5.602% 6.646% 4.770%
As % of the Operating Systems category 22.65% 30.07% 24.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 121 65
Average daily rate £413 £475 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.15% +26.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £350 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £362 £370 £350
% change year-on-year
-2.29% +5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 10
Average hourly rate £38.00 £30.50 £26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.59% +17.30%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.55 £30.50 £17.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £30.50 £32.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £32.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -1.53%
All Operating Systems
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 499 715 561
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 24.74% 22.10% 19.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 265 348 242
Average daily rate £325 £415 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.68% +18.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £288 £205
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 78 75 85
Average hourly rate £14.02 £20.00 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-29.90% +8.10%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.50 £11.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.50 £40.00 £37.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
UNIX
England

UNIX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West UNIX Daily Rate Trend

UNIX
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing UNIX across the South West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South West UNIX Daily Rate Histogram

UNIX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West UNIX Hourly Rate Trend

UNIX
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing UNIX across the South West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South West UNIX Hourly Rate Histogram

UNIX
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UNIX within the South West region over the 3 months to 24 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 +2 41 £450 -10.00%
Bristol +24 25 £310 -14.48%
Dorset -6 19 £400 +1.26%
Somerset +7 10 £381 +27.08%
Wiltshire -12 6 £373 +2.75%
Devon -1 3 £413 -8.33%
UNIX
England

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 145 (59.43%) Linux
2 100 (40.98%) Security Cleared
3 93 (38.11%) Windows
4 83 (34.02%) Oracle
5 79 (32.38%) SQL
6 76 (31.15%) C
7 68 (27.87%) DV Cleared
8 59 (24.18%) HP
9 55 (22.54%) Red Hat
10 50 (20.49%) SAN
11 49 (20.08%) Java
11 49 (20.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 48 (19.67%) SQL Server
12 48 (19.67%) Shell Script
13 44 (18.03%) C++
14 42 (17.21%) Solaris
15 41 (16.80%) C#
16 40 (16.39%) Microsoft
17 39 (15.98%) VMware
18 38 (15.57%) NetApp
18 38 (15.57%) UML
19 37 (15.16%) ITIL
20 35 (14.34%) .NET
21 34 (13.93%) Service Management
22 33 (13.52%) XML
22 33 (13.52%) DHCP
23 32 (13.11%) DNS
24 31 (12.70%) Cisco
24 31 (12.70%) VB
25 30 (12.30%) HTML

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 35 (14.34%) .NET
2 33 (13.52%) XML
3 30 (12.30%) HTML
3 30 (12.30%) ASP.NET
4 29 (11.89%) ASP
5 27 (11.07%) .NET Framework
6 17 (6.967%) Middleware
7 10 (4.098%) J2EE
8 4 (1.639%) Oracle Fusion
8 4 (1.639%) JDBC
9 3 (1.230%) Web Services
9 3 (1.230%) ODBC
9 3 (1.230%) LAMP
10 2 (0.820%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.820%) SOAP
10 2 (0.820%) JSP
10 2 (0.820%) SAML
11 1 (0.410%) WSDL
11 1 (0.410%) Servlets
11 1 (0.410%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 30 (12.30%) SharePoint
2 29 (11.89%) IIS
3 25 (10.25%) OpenROAD
4 20 (8.197%) WebLogic
5 18 (7.377%) Apache
6 15 (6.148%) Oracle Application Server
7 10 (4.098%) GlassFish
8 7 (2.869%) Windows Azure
9 6 (2.459%) Amazon AWS
9 6 (2.459%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (1.230%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.820%) nginx
11 2 (0.820%) Exchange Server 2003
11 2 (0.820%) MS Exchange
11 2 (0.820%) SAS
12 1 (0.410%) MQSeries
12 1 (0.410%) Rendezvous
12 1 (0.410%) CMS
12 1 (0.410%) TIBCO EMS
12 1 (0.410%) Exchange Server 5.5
Applications
1 5 (2.049%) MS Excel
2 3 (1.230%) MS Office
3 1 (0.410%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.410%) BusinessWorks
1 1 (0.410%) BASE24
1 1 (0.410%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.410%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (0.410%) SAP GRC
1 1 (0.410%) Temenos T24
1 1 (0.410%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 50 (20.49%) SAN
2 33 (13.52%) DHCP
3 32 (13.11%) DNS
4 22 (9.016%) WAN
5 21 (8.607%) LAN
6 17 (6.967%) Ethernet
7 16 (6.557%) Firewall
8 14 (5.738%) TCP/IP
9 8 (3.279%) HTTP
10 7 (2.869%) MPLS
11 5 (2.049%) NAS
12 4 (1.639%) ASN.1
12 4 (1.639%) Internet
12 4 (1.639%) SSL
13 3 (1.230%) HTTPS
14 2 (0.820%) Cisco ASA
14 2 (0.820%) IPsec
14 2 (0.820%) LDAP
14 2 (0.820%) S/MIME
14 2 (0.820%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (19.67%) SQL Server
2 29 (11.89%) Ingres
3 22 (9.016%) Oracle 10g
4 21 (8.607%) Oracle 11g
5 20 (8.197%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (5.738%) TOAD
7 13 (5.328%) SQLPlus
8 9 (3.689%) MySQL
9 8 (3.279%) Oracle Reports
10 7 (2.869%) Oracle 8/8i
11 6 (2.459%) OLTP
11 6 (2.459%) Oracle Discoverer
11 6 (2.459%) RDBMS
11 6 (2.459%) Star Schema
12 3 (1.230%) SQL Server 2008
12 3 (1.230%) Oracle BI EE
12 3 (1.230%) Data Mart
13 2 (0.820%) SQL Server 2005
13 2 (0.820%) DB2
14 1 (0.410%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 20 (8.197%) Subversion
2 15 (6.148%) NUnit
2 15 (6.148%) CruiseControl
2 15 (6.148%) MSTest
3 13 (5.328%) Git (software)
4 12 (4.918%) Jenkins
4 12 (4.918%) TeamCity
4 12 (4.918%) Team Foundation Server
4 12 (4.918%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 11 (4.508%) Hudson
6 8 (3.279%) Maven
6 8 (3.279%) Ant
7 5 (2.049%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (1.639%) GCC
8 4 (1.639%) Visual Studio
8 4 (1.639%) QuickTest Pro
8 4 (1.639%) LoadRunner
8 4 (1.639%) Eclipse
9 3 (1.230%) Introscope
9 3 (1.230%) MSBuild
General
1 19 (7.787%) Finance
2 9 (3.689%) Banking
3 5 (2.049%) Electronics
4 4 (1.639%) Telecoms
5 2 (0.820%) Investment Banking
5 2 (0.820%) Advertising
6 1 (0.410%) Military
6 1 (0.410%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 62 (25.41%) Developer
2 31 (12.70%) Analyst
3 30 (12.30%) Architect
4 27 (11.07%) UNIX Engineer
5 23 (9.426%) Linux Engineer
6 22 (9.016%) Technical Architect
7 21 (8.607%) Consultant
8 18 (7.377%) Analyst Developer
9 17 (6.967%) Storage Engineer
10 16 (6.557%) DBA
11 14 (5.738%) C# Developer
11 14 (5.738%) Senior Developer
11 14 (5.738%) Administrator
12 13 (5.328%) Support Analyst
12 13 (5.328%) Support Engineer
12 13 (5.328%) .NET Developer
12 13 (5.328%) Storage Consultant
12 13 (5.328%) Senior Analyst
12 13 (5.328%) C# .NET Developer
13 12 (4.918%) Backup Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 29 (11.89%) Clustering
2 11 (4.508%) Embedded Systems
3 7 (2.869%) IaaS
3 7 (2.869%) PaaS
4 4 (1.639%) Replication
5 3 (1.230%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.230%) Open Source
5 3 (1.230%) SWIFT
6 1 (0.410%) EFT
6 1 (0.410%) Firmware
6 1 (0.410%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.410%) HACMP
6 1 (0.410%) CLARiiON
6 1 (0.410%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.410%) Computer Science
6 1 (0.410%) Tandem
6 1 (0.410%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 145 (59.43%) Linux
2 93 (38.11%) Windows
3 49 (20.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 42 (17.21%) Solaris
5 8 (3.279%) VxWorks
6 7 (2.869%) AIX
7 4 (1.639%) Android
7 4 (1.639%) CentOS
8 2 (0.820%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (0.820%) Mac OS X Server
8 2 (0.820%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.820%) FreeBSD
8 2 (0.820%) Windows XP
8 2 (0.820%) HPUX
8 2 (0.820%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.410%) SUSE
9 1 (0.410%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.410%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (15.57%) UML
2 37 (15.16%) ITIL
3 34 (13.93%) Service Management
4 26 (10.66%) Unit Testing
5 22 (9.016%) Continuous Integration
6 20 (8.197%) Service Delivery
7 18 (7.377%) Data Protection
8 17 (6.967%) Enterprise Architecture
9 16 (6.557%) Migration
10 13 (5.328%) ITSM
11 12 (4.918%) Data Modelling
12 9 (3.689%) Test Management
13 8 (3.279%) Data Migration
13 8 (3.279%) Load Balancing
14 7 (2.869%) PRINCE2
14 7 (2.869%) Business Analysis
14 7 (2.869%) Content Management
15 6 (2.459%) Data Analysis
15 6 (2.459%) User Acceptance Testing
15 6 (2.459%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 79 (32.38%) SQL
2 76 (31.15%) C
3 49 (20.08%) Java
4 48 (19.67%) Shell Script
5 44 (18.03%) C++
6 41 (16.80%) C#
7 31 (12.70%) VB
8 29 (11.89%) JavaScript
8 29 (11.89%) VB.NET
9 27 (11.07%) Perl
10 22 (9.016%) PL/SQL
11 6 (2.459%) PHP
12 3 (1.230%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.820%) Bash shell
13 2 (0.820%) Korn
13 2 (0.820%) Python
14 1 (0.410%) Fortran
14 1 (0.410%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.410%) VBScript
14 1 (0.410%) XPath
Qualifications
1 100 (40.98%) Security Cleared
2 68 (27.87%) DV Cleared
3 25 (10.25%) ISEB
4 19 (7.787%) SC Cleared
5 16 (6.557%) Degree
6 11 (4.508%) MCP
6 11 (4.508%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (4.508%) MCTS
6 11 (4.508%) MCPD
7 4 (1.639%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.820%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (0.820%) BC Cleared
8 2 (0.820%) HND
8 2 (0.820%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.820%) CCNP
9 1 (0.410%) CCNA
9 1 (0.410%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.230%) QA
2 2 (0.820%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (0.820%) SLA
3 1 (0.410%) JSP 440
System Software
1 29 (11.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (7.787%) Hyper-V
3 11 (4.508%) Active Directory
4 8 (3.279%) Oracle RAC
5 6 (2.459%) vSphere
6 4 (1.639%) Oracle RMAN
7 3 (1.230%) NFS
7 3 (1.230%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.410%) Veritas Volume Manager
8 1 (0.410%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 1 (0.410%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 24 (9.836%) NetBackup
2 7 (2.869%) HP Quality Center
3 5 (2.049%) Puppet
4 3 (1.230%) Tivoli
4 3 (1.230%) Red Hat Satellite
4 3 (1.230%) HP SiteScope
5 2 (0.820%) MIMEsweeper
6 1 (0.410%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.410%) Nagios
6 1 (0.410%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.410%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.410%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 83 (34.02%) Oracle
2 59 (24.18%) HP
3 55 (22.54%) Red Hat
4 40 (16.39%) Microsoft
5 39 (15.98%) VMware
6 38 (15.57%) NetApp
7 31 (12.70%) Cisco
8 24 (9.836%) IBM
9 22 (9.016%) Symantec
10 12 (4.918%) JBoss
11 9 (3.689%) Sun
12 5 (2.049%) Netezza
13 4 (1.639%) Green Hills
13 4 (1.639%) Mercator
13 4 (1.639%) Citrix
13 4 (1.639%) EMC
14 3 (1.230%) CheckPoint
14 3 (1.230%) Juniper
14 3 (1.230%) McAfee
14 3 (1.230%) FalconStor
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