The first table below looks at the demand for AIX skills in IT contracts advertised for the Tyne and Wear region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited AIX over the 3 months to 24 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 Tyne and Wear 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM AIX
Rank 20 28 29
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +1
Contract jobs citing AIX 8 14 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 4.255% 4.179% 2.622%
As % of the Operating Systems category 18.18% 18.18% 7.447%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 11 1
Average daily rate £261 £265 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.41% -31.61%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £407 £375
% change year-on-year
-7.86% +8.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.00 £40.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
-7.50% +33.33%
All Operating Systems
Tyne and Wear
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
44 77 94
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 23.40% 22.99% 35.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 38 41
Average daily rate £263 £270 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% -16.92%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £222 £232 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £450 £530
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 11 5
Average hourly rate £10.63 £19.00 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.07% +46.15%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.20 £12.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £190.00 £16.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
AIX
North East

AIX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear AIX Jobs Demand Trend

AIX
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing AIX across the Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear AIX Daily Rate Trend

AIX
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing AIX across the Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear AIX Hourly Rate Trend

AIX
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AIX within the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 24 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +2 8 £261 -1.41%
AIX
North East

AIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear region citing AIX 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 AIX.

1 14 (100.00%) UNIX
1 14 (100.00%) Linux
1 14 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 14 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 13 (92.86%) IBM
3 10 (71.43%) WebSphere
3 10 (71.43%) Informatica
4 9 (64.29%) Change Control
4 9 (64.29%) Configuration Management
5 8 (57.14%) Solaris
6 7 (50.00%) Perl
6 7 (50.00%) Siebel
7 6 (42.86%) SSL
7 6 (42.86%) Sun
7 6 (42.86%) JBoss
7 6 (42.86%) LDAP
7 6 (42.86%) SQL
7 6 (42.86%) Business Objects
7 6 (42.86%) WebLogic
7 6 (42.86%) FileNet
7 6 (42.86%) Workflow
8 3 (21.43%) Security Cleared
9 2 (14.29%) Java
9 2 (14.29%) HP
10 1 (7.143%) Oracle 8/8i
10 1 (7.143%) Oracle
10 1 (7.143%) WebSphere Application Server
10 1 (7.143%) Telecoms
10 1 (7.143%) WebSphere MQ
10 1 (7.143%) Ubuntu

AIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear region citing AIX 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 AIX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (71.43%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 6 (42.86%) WebLogic
1 6 (42.86%) FileNet
2 1 (7.143%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (7.143%) WebSphere MQ
2 1 (7.143%) Oracle Workflow
Communications & Networking
1 6 (42.86%) SSL
1 6 (42.86%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.143%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 1 (7.143%) Telecoms
1 1 (7.143%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Build Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) UNIX Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Administrator
4 1 (7.143%) Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (7.143%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Support Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (7.143%) UNIX Administrator
4 1 (7.143%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Environment Analyst
Operating Systems
1 14 (100.00%) UNIX
1 14 (100.00%) Linux
1 14 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 8 (57.14%) Solaris
3 1 (7.143%) Ubuntu
3 1 (7.143%) Debian
3 1 (7.143%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Change Control
1 9 (64.29%) Configuration Management
2 6 (42.86%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 7 (50.00%) Perl
2 6 (42.86%) SQL
3 2 (14.29%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.143%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (7.143%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 14 (100.00%) Red Hat
2 13 (92.86%) IBM
3 10 (71.43%) Informatica
4 7 (50.00%) Siebel
5 6 (42.86%) Sun
5 6 (42.86%) JBoss
5 6 (42.86%) Business Objects
6 2 (14.29%) HP
7 1 (7.143%) Oracle
7 1 (7.143%) Axway
7 1 (7.143%) VMware