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The table below looks at the demand for the UNIX Engineer role in IT contracts within the Swindon region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited UNIX Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 UNIX Engineer
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5046
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.174 %0.340 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£400£400
Average daily rate£400£400
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£400£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£342£342
% change on same period last year-0.16 %
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£40.83£25.17
% change on same period last year+62.22 %
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Swindon
Matching contract IT job ads576589
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.805 %0.592 %
Daily rates quoted209145
Average minimum daily rate£380£347
Average daily rate£400£373
% change on same period last year+7.18 %
Average maximum daily rate£421£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year+0.09 %
Hourly rates quoted6566
Average minimum hourly rate£24.78£28.47
Average hourly rate£26.88£29.76
% change on same period last year-9.67 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.98£31.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.74£25.24
% change on same period last year-5.93 %
UNIX Engineer WiltshireUNIX Engineer
Wiltshire

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 Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing UNIX Engineer across the Swindon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Swindon UNIX Engineer Demand Trend

UNIX Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Swindon UNIX Engineer Daily Rate Trend

UNIX Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Swindon UNIX Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

UNIX Engineer
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon region that cited UNIX Engineer in their job title 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 with UNIX Engineer in their job title.

14 (100.00 %)UNIX
14 (100.00 %)Solaris
14 (100.00 %)Linux
14 (100.00 %)VERITAS
14 (100.00 %)Red Hat
14 (100.00 %)Clustering
14 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
14 (100.00 %)Red Hat Linux
23 (75.00 %)Government
23 (75.00 %)VMware
23 (75.00 %)SC Cleared
23 (75.00 %)Shell Script
23 (75.00 %)Apache
23 (75.00 %)Sun
23 (75.00 %)BMC
32 (50.00 %)Remedy
32 (50.00 %)Telecoms
32 (50.00 %)BMC PATROL
32 (50.00 %)ITIL
32 (50.00 %)NetBackup
32 (50.00 %)Backup Exec

UNIX Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon region that cited UNIX Engineer in their job title 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 with UNIX Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (75.00 %)Apache
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (75.00 %)Government
22 (50.00 %)Telecoms
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (100.00 %)Clustering
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (100.00 %)UNIX
14 (100.00 %)Solaris
14 (100.00 %)Linux
14 (100.00 %)Red Hat Linux
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
23 (75.00 %)SC Cleared
32 (50.00 %)ITIL
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (75.00 %)Shell Script
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (50.00 %)NetBackup
12 (50.00 %)Backup Exec
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (50.00 %)BMC PATROL
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (100.00 %)VERITAS
14 (100.00 %)Red Hat
23 (75.00 %)Sun
23 (75.00 %)BMC
23 (75.00 %)VMware
32 (50.00 %)Remedy