Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for AIX skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited AIX over the 3 months to 9 February 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category.

LinkIBM AIX
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank162180156
Rank change year-on-year
Up+18Down-24
Matching contract IT job ads437383840
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.998 %0.833 %1.026 %
As % of the Operating Systems category5.748 %4.674 %4.951 %
Daily rates quoted191147236
Average daily rate£375£375£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
--6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£270£248£300
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£350£400
% change year-on-year
--12.50 %
Hourly rates quoted14757
Average hourly rate£22.40£35.00£38.88
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.00 %-9.960 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.05£23.00£22.30
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£41.57£48.50£47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£32.00£38.88
% change year-on-year
-21.87 %-17.68 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
7603819416965
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK17.37 %17.82 %20.73 %
Daily rates quoted314923834366
Average daily rate£363£340£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.610 %-9.330 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£220£190£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£475£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£310£322£325
% change year-on-year
-3.570 %-1.070 %
Hourly rates quoted91713052796
Average hourly rate£16.00£18.89£18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.29 %+2.100 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£9.50£11.00£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£35.00£37.25£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£14.75£18.00£18.00
% change year-on-year
-18.05 %-

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.

AIX
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing AIX within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

AIX Demand Trend

AIX
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing AIX within the UK.

AIX Daily Rate Trend

AIX
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing AIX within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010.

AIX Daily Rate Histogram

AIX
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing AIX within the UK.

AIX Hourly Rate Trend

AIX
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing AIX within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010.

AIX Hourly Rate Histogram

AIX
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+6390£400+6.66 %
LondonUp+7183£400-
South EastUp+1888£343+1.25 %
City of LondonDown-864£413+6.45 %
East of EnglandUp+1730£400-
North WestUp+1129£375-11.76 %
HertfordshireUp+3427£400-1.47 %
HampshireUp+427£325-10.03 %
ScotlandUp+1126£300-40.00 %
BerkshireUp+2723£350-6.66 %
WalesUp+1516£360-29.06 %
South WestUp+1416£335-17.79 %
EdinburghDown-714£300-
CheshireUp+812£375-
BuckinghamshireNew entry-12£275-
MidlandsNew entry-12£400-
South WalesUp+1111£360-28.00 %
West MidlandsUp+811£298+8.18 %
FarnboroughUp+711£315-12.13 %
ReadingUp+139£313-8.08 %
Milton KeynesNew entry-9£275-
StevenageUp+37£400-6.10 %
LancashireUp+166£266-29.06 %
East MidlandsUp+56£313+38.88 %
YorkshireNo change06£225-
SurreyDown-96--
MiddlesexNew entry-6£638-
WiltshireUp+194£298-40.50 %
ChesterUp+84£285-
WatfordUp+14£350+55.55 %

AIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1410 (55.71 %)UNIX
2241 (32.74 %)Linux
3222 (30.16 %)Windows
4208 (28.26 %)Oracle
5198 (26.90 %)WebSphere
6197 (26.77 %)Solaris
7183 (24.86 %)IBM
8147 (19.97 %)SAN
9141 (19.16 %)Finance
10130 (17.66 %)Security Cleared
11107 (14.54 %)Banking
12106 (14.40 %)Java
1398 (13.32 %)HPUX
1497 (13.18 %)Tivoli
1591 (12.36 %)WebSphere Application Server
1690 (12.23 %)HP
1786 (11.68 %)SQL
1882 (11.14 %)Red Hat
1882 (11.14 %)HACMP
1980 (10.87 %)Red Hat Linux
2078 (10.60 %)WebSphere MQ
2078 (10.60 %)DB2
2175 (10.19 %)Shell Script
2274 (10.05 %)SC Cleared
2368 (9.239 %)SQL Server
2368 (9.239 %)SAP
2465 (8.832 %)Microsoft
2562 (8.424 %)Sun
2661 (8.288 %)Government
2760 (8.152 %)VMware

AIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1198 (26.90 %)WebSphere
242 (5.707 %)J2EE
340 (5.435 %)Middleware
428 (3.804 %).NET
521 (2.853 %)XML
620 (2.717 %)SAP Basis
715 (2.038 %)WBIMB
812 (1.630 %)Java EE
812 (1.630 %)WCF
910 (1.359 %)COM+
109 (1.223 %)Spring
109 (1.223 %)EDIFACT
118 (1.087 %)Web Services
127 (0.951 %)ASP.NET
136 (0.815 %)XSLT
144 (0.543 %)JDBC
144 (0.543 %)SAP XI
144 (0.543 %)JRules
153 (0.408 %)ISPF
162 (0.272 %).NET Framework
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
191 (12.36 %)WebSphere Application Server
278 (10.60 %)WebSphere MQ
347 (6.386 %)IIS
443 (5.842 %)WebSphere Message Broker
541 (5.571 %)WebLogic
639 (5.299 %)Apache
722 (2.989 %)MQSeries
722 (2.989 %)ESB
819 (2.582 %)WebSphere Process Server
918 (2.446 %)Tomcat
1017 (2.310 %)WebSphere Portal
1115 (2.038 %)Oracle Application Server
1212 (1.630 %)NetWeaver
1311 (1.495 %)IBM HTTP Server
1311 (1.495 %)Lotus Notes
148 (1.087 %)SAS
157 (0.951 %)MS Exchange
165 (0.679 %)CICS
173 (0.408 %)CMS
182 (0.272 %)Lotus Domino
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
119 (2.582 %)MS Office
29 (1.223 %)MS Visio
36 (0.815 %)MS Excel
43 (0.408 %)CATIA
51 (0.136 %)Windchill
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
110 (1.359 %)SAP SM
24 (0.543 %)Oracle Applications
24 (0.543 %)ENOVIA
33 (0.408 %)Temenos Globus
33 (0.408 %)Oracle EBS
33 (0.408 %)Global One
33 (0.408 %)Oracle EBS R12
42 (0.272 %)AWD
42 (0.272 %)Oracle 11i
42 (0.272 %)JDE OneWorld
42 (0.272 %)Oracle Financials
42 (0.272 %)SAP HR
42 (0.272 %)Summit
51 (0.136 %)Staffware
51 (0.136 %)Teamcenter
51 (0.136 %)SAP R/3
51 (0.136 %)Temenos T24
51 (0.136 %)SAP GRC
51 (0.136 %)3000 Xtra
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1147 (19.97 %)SAN
246 (6.250 %)Firewall
331 (4.212 %)TCP/IP
425 (3.397 %)SSL
520 (2.717 %)NAS
617 (2.310 %)LAN
716 (2.174 %)WAN
814 (1.902 %)DNS
814 (1.902 %)Internet
913 (1.766 %)ADSL
1012 (1.630 %)Network Security
1012 (1.630 %)BIG-IP
1111 (1.495 %)LDAP
1210 (1.359 %)VPN
138 (1.087 %)SSH
138 (1.087 %)IP Telephony
145 (0.679 %)VLAN
145 (0.679 %)HTTP
145 (0.679 %)DHCP
145 (0.679 %)Ethernet
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
178 (10.60 %)DB2
268 (9.239 %)SQL Server
323 (3.125 %)Oracle 10g
420 (2.717 %)Oracle 8/8i
516 (2.174 %)RDBMS
516 (2.174 %)SAP BW
614 (1.902 %)DB2 UDB
710 (1.359 %)Oracle 11g
710 (1.359 %)Datawarehouse
710 (1.359 %)SQL Server 2005
89 (1.223 %)MySQL
89 (1.223 %)Oracle 9i
89 (1.223 %)MS Access
98 (1.087 %)ETL
107 (0.951 %)SQL Server 2008
116 (0.815 %)SQL Server 2000
125 (0.679 %)BusinessObjects
125 (0.679 %)Ingres
133 (0.408 %)Oracle Reports
133 (0.408 %)OLAP
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
123 (3.125 %)ClearCase
215 (2.038 %)ClearQuest
313 (1.766 %)LoadRunner
410 (1.359 %)Ant
59 (1.223 %)XMLSpy
68 (1.087 %)VSS/SourceSafe
75 (0.679 %)TestDirector
84 (0.543 %)Eclipse
93 (0.408 %)QuickTest Pro
93 (0.408 %)WinRunner
93 (0.408 %)Oracle APEX
93 (0.408 %)Rational Functional Tester
102 (0.272 %)Rational Performance Tester
102 (0.272 %)Oracle Forms
102 (0.272 %)Oracle Developer 2000
102 (0.272 %)ProC
111 (0.136 %)CruiseControl
111 (0.136 %)Maven
111 (0.136 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1141 (19.16 %)Finance
2107 (14.54 %)Banking
361 (8.288 %)Government
432 (4.348 %)Investment Banking
530 (4.076 %)Financial Institution
629 (3.940 %)Back Office
727 (3.668 %)Retail
814 (1.902 %)Health
99 (1.223 %)Retail Banking
108 (1.087 %)Telecoms
116 (0.815 %)Law
125 (0.679 %)Insurance
132 (0.272 %)Auditing
132 (0.272 %)Pharmaceutical
132 (0.272 %)Manufacturing
132 (0.272 %)Local Government
141 (0.136 %)Billing
141 (0.136 %)General Ledger
141 (0.136 %)Wholesale Banking
141 (0.136 %)Pensions
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1163 (22.15 %)Administrator
265 (8.832 %)Architect
364 (8.696 %)Consultant
462 (8.424 %)Systems Administrator
462 (8.424 %)UNIX Administrator
556 (7.609 %)Analyst
647 (6.386 %)DBA
742 (5.707 %)Developer
839 (5.299 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
934 (4.620 %)AIX Administrator
1030 (4.076 %)Project Manager
1126 (3.533 %)Oracle DBA
1126 (3.533 %)WebSphere Administrator
1225 (3.397 %)Systems Engineer
1324 (3.261 %)Infrastructure Manager
1423 (3.125 %)Applications Support
1522 (2.989 %)Infrastructure Specialist
1621 (2.853 %)Designer
1621 (2.853 %)Security Administrator
1621 (2.853 %)Server Administrator
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
182 (11.14 %)HACMP
237 (5.027 %)Clustering
333 (4.484 %)Mainframe
428 (3.804 %)LPAR
516 (2.174 %)Fixed Income
614 (1.902 %)PKI
713 (1.766 %)CLARiiON
713 (1.766 %)iSeries
812 (1.630 %)Firmware
911 (1.495 %)Symmetrix
911 (1.495 %)EMC Centera
911 (1.495 %)Data Integration
1010 (1.359 %)Tandem
119 (1.223 %)Replication
128 (1.087 %)Biometrics
136 (0.815 %)Fat Client
136 (0.815 %)Client/Server
136 (0.815 %)Thin Client
145 (0.679 %)AS400
145 (0.679 %)DataPower
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1410 (55.71 %)UNIX
2241 (32.74 %)Linux
3222 (30.16 %)Windows
4197 (26.77 %)Solaris
598 (13.32 %)HPUX
680 (10.87 %)Red Hat Linux
753 (7.201 %)Windows Server 2003
832 (4.348 %)zOS
930 (4.076 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1023 (3.125 %)Tru64
1122 (2.989 %)SUSE
1213 (1.766 %)VMS
1311 (1.495 %)Windows XP
1410 (1.359 %)Windows 2000
158 (1.087 %)Windows 2000 Server
158 (1.087 %)NetWare
165 (0.679 %)Windows Server 2008
174 (0.543 %)CentOS
174 (0.543 %)Windows NT
183 (0.408 %)OpenVMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
142 (5.707 %)Project Management
238 (5.163 %)ITIL
238 (5.163 %)E-Commerce
331 (4.212 %)Disaster Recovery
331 (4.212 %)Service Management
430 (4.076 %)Migration
525 (3.397 %)Load Balancing
622 (2.989 %)Validation
720 (2.717 %)E-business
816 (2.174 %)Capacity Planning
915 (2.038 %)UML
1013 (1.766 %)SOA
1112 (1.630 %)Performance Management
1112 (1.630 %)Incident Management
1112 (1.630 %)Asset Management
1211 (1.495 %)PRINCE2
1211 (1.495 %)Business Intelligence
1211 (1.495 %)Integration Testing
139 (1.223 %)Change Management
139 (1.223 %)CRM
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1106 (14.40 %)Java
286 (11.68 %)SQL
375 (10.19 %)Shell Script
457 (7.745 %)C
550 (6.793 %)Perl
626 (3.533 %)PL/SQL
725 (3.397 %)Korn
815 (2.038 %)Bash shell
913 (1.766 %)AWK
913 (1.766 %)C++
109 (1.223 %)PHP
118 (1.087 %)C#
127 (0.951 %)COBOL
136 (0.815 %)Python
145 (0.679 %)Jython
154 (0.543 %)VBA
163 (0.408 %)JCL
163 (0.408 %)REXX
163 (0.408 %)VB
163 (0.408 %)C-shell
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1130 (17.66 %)Security Cleared
274 (10.05 %)SC Cleared
336 (4.891 %)DV Cleared
417 (2.310 %)CISSP
516 (2.174 %)CISM
611 (1.495 %)ITIL Certification
77 (0.951 %)RHCE
86 (0.815 %)RHCT
95 (0.679 %)ISEB
104 (0.543 %)IBM WebSphere Certification
104 (0.543 %)ISEB Practitioner
113 (0.408 %)IBM Certification
113 (0.408 %)Sun Certification
113 (0.408 %)Microsoft Certification
113 (0.408 %)MCP
113 (0.408 %)MCSE
113 (0.408 %)MCSA
113 (0.408 %)Degree
113 (0.408 %)HP APS
122 (0.272 %)BC Cleared
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
117 (2.310 %)QA
27 (0.951 %)SLA
32 (0.272 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
41 (0.136 %)GxP
41 (0.136 %)HL7
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
141 (5.571 %)Active Directory
230 (4.076 %)NetBackup
328 (3.804 %)NFS
424 (3.261 %)VMware Infrastructure
520 (2.717 %)VMware ESX
611 (1.495 %)Oracle RMAN
611 (1.495 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
710 (1.359 %)Oracle RAC
88 (1.087 %)Backup Exec
97 (0.951 %)Samba
97 (0.951 %)Veritas Cluster Server
105 (0.679 %)SRDF
105 (0.679 %)Tivoli Directory Server
113 (0.408 %)vSphere
122 (0.272 %)AquaLogic
131 (0.136 %)VMware Workstation
131 (0.136 %)RACF
131 (0.136 %)Xen
131 (0.136 %)Veritas Volume Manager
131 (0.136 %)Sendmail
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
197 (13.18 %)Tivoli
239 (5.299 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
336 (4.891 %)AutoSys
420 (2.717 %)Tivoli Monitoring
519 (2.582 %)Legato
617 (2.310 %)Data Guard
711 (1.495 %)EMC NetWorker
711 (1.495 %)Dollar Universe
89 (1.223 %)MIMEsweeper
89 (1.223 %)Tivoli NetView
98 (1.087 %)Oracle Statspack
98 (1.087 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
98 (1.087 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
107 (0.951 %)BMC PATROL
107 (0.951 %)OpenView
107 (0.951 %)HP Data Protector
115 (0.679 %)EMC TimeFinder
115 (0.679 %)CONTROL-M
115 (0.679 %)MOM
124 (0.543 %)HP Quality Center
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1208 (28.26 %)Oracle
2183 (24.86 %)IBM
390 (12.23 %)HP
482 (11.14 %)Red Hat
568 (9.239 %)SAP
665 (8.832 %)Microsoft
762 (8.424 %)Sun
860 (8.152 %)VMware
940 (5.435 %)EMC
1036 (4.891 %)Cisco
1135 (4.755 %)Veritas
1228 (3.804 %)NetApp
1321 (2.853 %)Brocade
1417 (2.310 %)Citrix
1513 (1.766 %)Hitachi
1611 (1.495 %)Lotus
1710 (1.359 %)BMC
189 (1.223 %)Symantec
189 (1.223 %)Compaq
198 (1.087 %)JBoss