The first table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey 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 Surrey 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 41 21 18
Rank change year-on-year
-20 -3
Contract jobs citing UNIX 40 100 139
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 3.442% 6.161% 7.625%
As % of the Operating Systems category 14.76% 23.92% 30.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 41 61
Average daily rate £425 £400 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £278 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £487
UK excluding London average daily rate £354 £375 £350
% change year-on-year
-5.66% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 4
Average hourly rate - £35.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -6.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.33%
All Operating Systems
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
271 418 458
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 23.32% 25.75% 25.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 169 172
Average daily rate £313 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £130 £135 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £488 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 78 42
Average hourly rate £18.00 £17.50 £17.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% +1.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £42.65 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
UNIX
South East

UNIX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey UNIX Hourly Rate Trend

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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 21 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
Staines +3 16 £125 -65.27%
Camberley +3 6 £425 +3.03%
Reigate +7 2 - -
Redhill -5 2 - -
Guildford -14 2 £300 -36.84%
Horley - 2 - -
Dorking - 2 - -
Leatherhead - 1 £450 -
Cobham - 1 £265 -
UNIX
South East

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 40 (40.40%) Oracle
2 39 (39.39%) Linux
3 27 (27.27%) Windows
4 26 (26.26%) SQL
5 23 (23.23%) Solaris
6 21 (21.21%) Shell Script
6 21 (21.21%) Migration
7 20 (20.20%) SAN
8 18 (18.18%) AIX
9 17 (17.17%) Veritas
10 16 (16.16%) HPUX
11 15 (15.15%) Finance
12 14 (14.14%) HP
13 13 (13.13%) Java
13 13 (13.13%) NAS
14 12 (12.12%) EMC
15 11 (11.11%) ITIL
15 11 (11.11%) XML
15 11 (11.11%) Veritas Volume Manager
15 11 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 10 (10.10%) Oracle 11g
16 10 (10.10%) LAN
16 10 (10.10%) Red Hat
17 9 (9.091%) NFS
17 9 (9.091%) Project Management
17 9 (9.091%) ETL
17 9 (9.091%) SQL Server
17 9 (9.091%) Veritas Cluster Server
17 9 (9.091%) Capacity Management
18 8 (8.081%) SAP

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 11 (11.11%) XML
2 5 (5.051%) EDI
3 4 (4.040%) Middleware
3 4 (4.040%) SAP Basis
4 3 (3.030%) JSP
4 3 (3.030%) STL
4 3 (3.030%) .NET
4 3 (3.030%) J2EE
5 2 (2.020%) WebSphere
6 1 (1.010%) REST
6 1 (1.010%) soapUI
6 1 (1.010%) .NET Framework
6 1 (1.010%) JSON
6 1 (1.010%) Jini
6 1 (1.010%) WAP
6 1 (1.010%) JMS
6 1 (1.010%) Java RMI
6 1 (1.010%) Swing
6 1 (1.010%) Web Services
6 1 (1.010%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 8 (8.081%) Tomcat
2 4 (4.040%) SAS
2 4 (4.040%) Oracle Application Server
3 3 (3.030%) WebLogic
3 3 (3.030%) SharePoint
3 3 (3.030%) Apache
4 2 (2.020%) NetWeaver
4 2 (2.020%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (2.020%) MS Exchange
4 2 (2.020%) Oracle 10gAS
4 2 (2.020%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (2.020%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (2.020%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (1.010%) Oracle Service Bus
5 1 (1.010%) ActiveMQ
Applications
1 4 (4.040%) MS Excel
1 4 (4.040%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.010%) 3000 Xtra
1 1 (1.010%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 20 (20.20%) SAN
2 13 (13.13%) NAS
3 10 (10.10%) LAN
4 6 (6.061%) Firewall
5 5 (5.051%) TCP/IP
5 5 (5.051%) VPN
6 4 (4.040%) SSL
6 4 (4.040%) 3G
6 4 (4.040%) GSM
6 4 (4.040%) FTP
6 4 (4.040%) 2G
6 4 (4.040%) SSH
7 3 (3.030%) DHCP
7 3 (3.030%) DNS
8 2 (2.020%) IPsec
9 1 (1.010%) LTE
9 1 (1.010%) CDMA
9 1 (1.010%) UMTS
9 1 (1.010%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (10.10%) Oracle 11g
2 9 (9.091%) SQL Server
3 6 (6.061%) Oracle 10g
4 5 (5.051%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (4.040%) Oracle Exadata
6 3 (3.030%) Crystal Reports
7 2 (2.020%) OLTP
7 2 (2.020%) VLDB
7 2 (2.020%) EDRMS
7 2 (2.020%) Oracle 8/8i
7 2 (2.020%) Ingres
8 1 (1.010%) Base SAS
8 1 (1.010%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 1 (1.010%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (1.010%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (1.010%) InterSystems Cache
8 1 (1.010%) MS Access
8 1 (1.010%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (1.010%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 3 (3.030%) JUnit
2 2 (2.020%) Eclipse
2 2 (2.020%) Subversion
3 1 (1.010%) WiX
3 1 (1.010%) Hudson
3 1 (1.010%) WebDriver
3 1 (1.010%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.010%) Selenium
3 1 (1.010%) JMeter
3 1 (1.010%) NetBeans
3 1 (1.010%) Bugzilla
3 1 (1.010%) ClearCase
3 1 (1.010%) Ant
3 1 (1.010%) Visual Studio
General
1 15 (15.15%) Finance
2 7 (7.071%) Banking
2 7 (7.071%) Telecoms
3 6 (6.061%) Investment Banking
4 3 (3.030%) French Language
4 3 (3.030%) Military
5 1 (1.010%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.010%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 18 (18.18%) Administrator
2 12 (12.12%) Analyst
3 11 (11.11%) DBA
4 9 (9.091%) Consultant
4 9 (9.091%) Applications Support
5 8 (8.081%) Support Analyst
5 8 (8.081%) Developer
5 8 (8.081%) Oracle DBA
5 8 (8.081%) Applications Support Analyst
5 8 (8.081%) UNIX Administrator
6 7 (7.071%) UNIX Systems Administrator
6 7 (7.071%) Systems Administrator
6 7 (7.071%) Architect
7 5 (5.051%) Linux Systems Administrator
8 4 (4.040%) UNIX Engineer
8 4 (4.040%) Senior DBA
8 4 (4.040%) EDI Consultant
9 3 (3.030%) UNIX Consultant
9 3 (3.030%) Java Developer
9 3 (3.030%) C++ Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.051%) Mathematics
1 5 (5.051%) Computer Science
2 4 (4.040%) EFT
2 4 (4.040%) Firmware
2 4 (4.040%) Clustering
3 3 (3.030%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.030%) Equities
4 2 (2.020%) Smart Meter
4 2 (2.020%) Open Source
4 2 (2.020%) Symmetrix DMX
5 1 (1.010%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (1.010%) SaaS
5 1 (1.010%) Fat Client
5 1 (1.010%) Statistics
5 1 (1.010%) Device Driver
5 1 (1.010%) Replication
5 1 (1.010%) DTV
5 1 (1.010%) Blackberry
5 1 (1.010%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 39 (39.39%) Linux
2 27 (27.27%) Windows
3 23 (23.23%) Solaris
4 18 (18.18%) AIX
5 16 (16.16%) HPUX
6 11 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (6.061%) Windows Server 2008
8 3 (3.030%) Windows XP
9 2 (2.020%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (1.010%) Windows 7
10 1 (1.010%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (21.21%) Migration
2 11 (11.11%) ITIL
3 9 (9.091%) Project Management
3 9 (9.091%) ETL
3 9 (9.091%) Capacity Management
4 7 (7.071%) Change Management
5 6 (6.061%) Data Migration
6 5 (5.051%) Logistics
6 5 (5.051%) ERP
7 4 (4.040%) SOA
7 4 (4.040%) Incident Management
8 3 (3.030%) Build Automation
8 3 (3.030%) Performance Testing
8 3 (3.030%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (3.030%) Business Intelligence
9 2 (2.020%) Benchmarking
9 2 (2.020%) Configuration Management
9 2 (2.020%) PRINCE2
9 2 (2.020%) Data Modelling
9 2 (2.020%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 26 (26.26%) SQL
2 21 (21.21%) Shell Script
3 13 (13.13%) Java
4 6 (6.061%) Perl
5 5 (5.051%) C#
5 5 (5.051%) PL/SQL
6 4 (4.040%) C++
6 4 (4.040%) ABAP
6 4 (4.040%) PowerShell
6 4 (4.040%) Bourne shell
7 3 (3.030%) Bash shell
7 3 (3.030%) C
8 2 (2.020%) AWK
8 2 (2.020%) Korn
9 1 (1.010%) Python
9 1 (1.010%) VC++
9 1 (1.010%) COBOL
9 1 (1.010%) PHP
Qualifications
1 8 (8.081%) Degree
2 4 (4.040%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (4.040%) SC Cleared
2 4 (4.040%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.020%) Sun Certification
4 1 (1.010%) MCSE
4 1 (1.010%) MCSA
4 1 (1.010%) MCP
4 1 (1.010%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.030%) QA
2 2 (2.020%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 11 (11.11%) Veritas Volume Manager
2 9 (9.091%) NFS
2 9 (9.091%) Veritas Cluster Server
3 4 (4.040%) Oracle RAC
4 3 (3.030%) Veritas File System
5 2 (2.020%) XenApp
5 2 (2.020%) vSphere
6 1 (1.010%) PowerHA
6 1 (1.010%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.010%) Sendmail
6 1 (1.010%) XenDesktop
6 1 (1.010%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (1.010%) Xen
6 1 (1.010%) Samba
6 1 (1.010%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (6.061%) NetBackup
2 4 (4.040%) Data Guard
3 3 (3.030%) SCCM
3 3 (3.030%) SCOM
3 3 (3.030%) HP Data Protector
4 2 (2.020%) BMC PATROL
4 2 (2.020%) SolarWinds Orion
4 2 (2.020%) Puppet
5 1 (1.010%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (1.010%) Legato
Vendors
1 40 (40.40%) Oracle
2 17 (17.17%) Veritas
3 14 (14.14%) HP
4 12 (12.12%) EMC
5 10 (10.10%) Red Hat
6 8 (8.081%) SAP
6 8 (8.081%) Microsoft
7 7 (7.071%) Sun
8 6 (6.061%) NetApp
8 6 (6.061%) VMware
9 4 (4.040%) Citrix
9 4 (4.040%) Business Objects
10 3 (3.030%) Netezza
10 3 (3.030%) Teradata
10 3 (3.030%) Cisco
11 2 (2.020%) IBM
11 2 (2.020%) CheckPoint
11 2 (2.020%) BMC
11 2 (2.020%) Hitachi
11 2 (2.020%) SolarWinds
Surrey
Unix Engineer - Unix, Linux, Solaris, SAN, Storage Remediation, Veritas - Surrey My client is looking for an engineer to work on a large scale storage remediation project... Their current...
iKas International
Rate: £400 - £475 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Camberley, Surrey
An opportunity has arisen for a skilled UNIX SA to join a global organisation as part of a projects team working closely with the Backup Storage projects for...
Aston Carter
Rate: £450 - £550 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Surrey
UNIX System Administrator - Banking - 450/day - SW London. My client, a Top Tier Leading Investment Bank, seeks to find an experienced UNIX System Administrator to work on a...
Thomson Keene Associates
Rate: £400 - £475 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Staines, Middlesex
Technical skills " Candidates must have proven in-depth knowledge of SAS 9, including but not limited to Base SAS, Enterprise Guide, DI Studio and other SAS components such...
Advanced Resource Managers
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 15 May 2013
Camberley, Surrey
A leading investment bank requires a senior UNIX engineer to work within their infrastructure area. The successful candidate will need: Requirements: * Deep knowledge of Linux and Solaris Operating...
iKas International
Rate: £400 - £475 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Camberley, Surrey
Knowledge of AIX, HpUX. Ability to deploy and configure Veritas Volume Manager, Veritas Cluster Server... Required skills; Linux, RHEL, Solaris, Shell Scripting, AIX, HpUX, Veritas Volume Manager, Veritas...
iKas International
Rate: £450 - £475 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013