The first table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills in IT contracts advertised for the Taunton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited UNIX over the 3 months to 22 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 Taunton 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
UNIX
Rank 18 17 14
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -3
Contract jobs citing UNIX 3 5 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Taunton 3.947% 8.475% 9.302%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.34% 83.33% 23.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
Average daily rate £320 £293 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.40% +17.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £276 £271 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £344 £315 £260
UK excluding London average daily rate £354 £375 £350
% change year-on-year
-5.54% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-7.69% -
All Operating Systems
Taunton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
29 6 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Taunton 38.16% 10.17% 39.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 6
Average daily rate £310 £265 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.98% -19.08%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £256 £265 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £298 £360
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 1
Average hourly rate £10.00 - £14.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
UNIX
Somerset

UNIX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Taunton 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 Taunton region.

Taunton 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 Taunton region.

Taunton UNIX Hourly Rate Trend

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Taunton 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 15 (93.75%) SQL
1 15 (93.75%) Oracle
2 14 (87.50%) IIS
2 14 (87.50%) ASP
2 14 (87.50%) ASP.NET
2 14 (87.50%) XML
2 14 (87.50%) VB
2 14 (87.50%) VB.NET
2 14 (87.50%) .NET
2 14 (87.50%) C#
2 14 (87.50%) C++
2 14 (87.50%) HTML
2 14 (87.50%) Java
2 14 (87.50%) JavaScript
2 14 (87.50%) UML
2 14 (87.50%) SharePoint
2 14 (87.50%) Ingres
3 11 (68.75%) Jenkins
3 11 (68.75%) Unit Testing
3 11 (68.75%) Continuous Integration
3 11 (68.75%) TeamCity
3 11 (68.75%) Team Foundation Server
3 11 (68.75%) MSTest
3 11 (68.75%) NUnit
3 11 (68.75%) CruiseControl
3 11 (68.75%) Subversion
3 11 (68.75%) .NET Framework
3 11 (68.75%) OpenROAD
3 11 (68.75%) Microsoft
3 11 (68.75%) ITIL

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Taunton 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 14 (87.50%) ASP
1 14 (87.50%) ASP.NET
1 14 (87.50%) XML
1 14 (87.50%) .NET
1 14 (87.50%) HTML
2 11 (68.75%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 14 (87.50%) IIS
1 14 (87.50%) SharePoint
2 11 (68.75%) OpenROAD
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (87.50%) Ingres
2 11 (68.75%) SQL Server
3 2 (12.50%) SQLPlus
4 1 (6.250%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 11 (68.75%) Jenkins
1 11 (68.75%) TeamCity
1 11 (68.75%) Team Foundation Server
1 11 (68.75%) MSTest
1 11 (68.75%) NUnit
1 11 (68.75%) CruiseControl
1 11 (68.75%) Subversion
1 11 (68.75%) VSS/SourceSafe
Job Titles
1 14 (87.50%) Developer
2 12 (75.00%) .NET Developer
2 12 (75.00%) C# Developer
2 12 (75.00%) C# .NET Developer
3 5 (31.25%) Analyst
3 5 (31.25%) C# ASP.NET Developer
3 5 (31.25%) Analyst Developer
3 5 (31.25%) ASP.NET Developer
4 4 (25.00%) Senior Support Analyst
4 4 (25.00%) Support Analyst
4 4 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
4 4 (25.00%) Senior Analyst Developer
4 4 (25.00%) Senior Developer
5 3 (18.75%) Senior C# Developer
5 3 (18.75%) Senior .NET Developer
5 3 (18.75%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (6.250%) Analyst Programmer
6 1 (6.250%) Programmer
6 1 (6.250%) IT Consultant
6 1 (6.250%) Consultant
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.250%) Windows
1 1 (6.250%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (87.50%) UML
2 11 (68.75%) Unit Testing
2 11 (68.75%) Continuous Integration
2 11 (68.75%) ITIL
3 10 (62.50%) Service Delivery
4 9 (56.25%) ITSM
4 9 (56.25%) Service Management
5 1 (6.250%) ETL
5 1 (6.250%) Data Modelling
5 1 (6.250%) Data Mapping
Programming Languages
1 15 (93.75%) SQL
2 14 (87.50%) VB
2 14 (87.50%) VB.NET
2 14 (87.50%) C#
2 14 (87.50%) C++
2 14 (87.50%) Java
2 14 (87.50%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 10 (62.50%) ISEB
2 9 (56.25%) MCTS
2 9 (56.25%) MCPD
2 9 (56.25%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (56.25%) MCP
3 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
4 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 15 (93.75%) Oracle
2 11 (68.75%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.250%) Informatica
3 1 (6.250%) Citrix