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The table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills within the Stevenage region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited UNIX over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUNIX
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank615
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching contract IT job ads92
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.014 %0.002 %
As % of the category below56.25 %9.091 %
Daily rates quoted30
Average minimum daily rate£377-
Average daily rate£412-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£448-
UK excluding London average daily rate£346£342
% change on same period last year+1.16 %
Hourly rates quoted12
Average minimum hourly rate£34.00£23.75
Average hourly rate£36.00£25.00
% change on same period last year+44.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£38.00£26.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.78£33.06
% change on same period last year-6.91 %
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Stevenage
Matching contract IT job ads1622
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.025 %0.024 %
Daily rates quoted45
Average minimum daily rate£359£275
Average daily rate£389£325
% change on same period last year+19.69 %
Average maximum daily rate£419£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£321
% change on same period last year-1.26 %
Hourly rates quoted414
Average minimum hourly rate£30.90£28.90
Average hourly rate£32.25£29.47
% change on same period last year+9.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.60£30.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.36£22.18
% change on same period last year+0.80 %
UNIX HertfordshireUNIX
Hertfordshire

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.

UNIX
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing UNIX across the Stevenage region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Stevenage UNIX Demand Trend

UNIX
Daily Rate Trend

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

Stevenage UNIX Daily Rate Trend

UNIX
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing UNIX across the Stevenage region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Stevenage UNIX Daily Rate Histogram

UNIX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Stevenage UNIX Hourly Rate Trend

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stevenage 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.

17 (53.85 %)Security Cleared
25 (38.46 %)WebSphere
25 (38.46 %)Oracle
25 (38.46 %)SAN
34 (30.77 %)Windows
34 (30.77 %)AIX
43 (23.08 %)DB2
43 (23.08 %)Actuate
43 (23.08 %)HP
43 (23.08 %)GxP
43 (23.08 %)Tivoli
43 (23.08 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
43 (23.08 %)Pharmaceutical
52 (15.38 %)Migration
52 (15.38 %)BMC PATROL
52 (15.38 %)Tivoli NetView
52 (15.38 %)Red Hat
52 (15.38 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
52 (15.38 %)SC Cleared
52 (15.38 %)Red Hat Linux
52 (15.38 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
52 (15.38 %)Pro/ENGINEER
52 (15.38 %)Teamcenter
52 (15.38 %)VMware
52 (15.38 %)Oracle 9i
52 (15.38 %)MS Excel
52 (15.38 %)MS Access
52 (15.38 %)BMC
52 (15.38 %)VERITAS
52 (15.38 %)HTML

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stevenage 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.

Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (38.46 %)WebSphere
22 (15.38 %)HTML
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (7.692 %)Lotus Notes
11 (7.692 %)WebSphere MQ
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (15.38 %)MS Excel
12 (15.38 %)Pro/ENGINEER
21 (7.692 %)MS Project
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (15.38 %)Teamcenter
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (38.46 %)SAN
21 (7.692 %)FTP
21 (7.692 %)TCP/IP
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (23.08 %)DB2
22 (15.38 %)Oracle 9i
22 (15.38 %)MS Access
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (23.08 %)Pharmaceutical
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (23.08 %)Developer
22 (15.38 %)Oracle Developer
22 (15.38 %)Infrastructure Specialist
31 (7.692 %)UNIX Support
31 (7.692 %)ERP Project Manager
31 (7.692 %)Team Leader
31 (7.692 %)Infrastructure Architect
31 (7.692 %)Architect
31 (7.692 %)Project Manager
31 (7.692 %)Systems Administrator
31 (7.692 %)2nd Line Support
31 (7.692 %)Administrator
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (7.692 %)PMI
11 (7.692 %)Mainframe
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (30.77 %)Windows
14 (30.77 %)AIX
22 (15.38 %)HPUX
22 (15.38 %)Solaris
22 (15.38 %)Linux
22 (15.38 %)Red Hat Linux
22 (15.38 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
31 (7.692 %)Windows 2000
31 (7.692 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (7.692 %)Tru64
31 (7.692 %)Windows 2000 Server
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (53.85 %)Security Cleared
22 (15.38 %)SC Cleared
22 (15.38 %)Migration
31 (7.692 %)Project Planning
31 (7.692 %)PRINCE2
31 (7.692 %)ERP
31 (7.692 %)Project Management
31 (7.692 %)BC Cleared
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (15.38 %)Java
12 (15.38 %)JavaScript
12 (15.38 %)PL/SQL
12 (15.38 %)SQL
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (7.692 %)MCSE
11 (7.692 %)Microsoft Certification
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (23.08 %)GxP
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (7.692 %)VMware ESX
11 (7.692 %)NetBackup
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (23.08 %)Tivoli
13 (23.08 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
22 (15.38 %)BMC PATROL
22 (15.38 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
22 (15.38 %)Tivoli NetView
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (38.46 %)Oracle
23 (23.08 %)Actuate
23 (23.08 %)HP
32 (15.38 %)Red Hat
32 (15.38 %)VMware
32 (15.38 %)BMC
32 (15.38 %)VERITAS
41 (7.692 %)Lotus
41 (7.692 %)SAP
41 (7.692 %)IBM
41 (7.692 %)Microsoft
41 (7.692 %)Sun
41 (7.692 %)Hummingbird
41 (7.692 %)EMC