The first table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills in IT contracts advertised for the Stockport region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited UNIX over the 3 months to 21 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 Stockport 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
UNIX
Rank - 3 5
Contract jobs citing UNIX 0 5 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stockport - 29.41% 6.667%
As % of the Operating Systems category - 62.50% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Average daily rate - £375 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £354 £375 £350
% change year-on-year
-5.66% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.33%
All Operating Systems
Stockport
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
6 8 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stockport 50.00% 47.06% 13.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 0
Average daily rate £320 £350 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.57% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £40.00 - £9.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
UNIX
Manchester

UNIX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stockport 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 Stockport region.

Stockport UNIX Daily Rate Trend

UNIX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Stockport UNIX Hourly Rate Trend

UNIX
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stockport 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 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle 10g
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle 11g

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stockport 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.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle 10g
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle 11g
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) DBA
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle DBA
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle