Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for HPUX skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HPUX over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category.

LinkHP-UX
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank293227
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-66
Matching contract IT job ads120494
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.349 %0.642 %
As % of the Operating Systems category1.951 %3.190 %
Daily rates quoted30154
Average daily rate£323£400
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-19.37 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£135£236
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£502
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£400
% change on same period last year-25.00 %
Hourly rates quoted534
Average hourly rate£55.00£30.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year+83.33 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£55.00£30.00
% change on same period last year+83.33 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsAll Operating Systems
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
615115487
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK17.91 %20.12 %
Daily rates quoted20924219
Average daily rate£329£375
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-12.26 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£190£195
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£287£350
% change on same period last year-18.14 %
Hourly rates quoted8092394
Average hourly rate£17.50£17.50
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.00£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.00£36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£16.50
% change on same period last year+6.060 %

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.

HPUX
Demand Trend

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

HPUX Demand Trend

HPUX
Daily Rate Trend

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

HPUX Daily Rate Trend

HPUX
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HPUX within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

HPUX Daily Rate Histogram

HPUX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

HPUX Hourly Rate Trend

HPUX
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HPUX within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

HPUX Hourly Rate Histogram

HPUX
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 HPUX within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. 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
EnglandDown-56117£325-18.75 %
LondonUp+4142£513+28.12 %
City of LondonUp+6231£513+13.88 %
South WestUp+5227£388+15.13 %
South EastUp+4516£142-58.84 %
GloucestershireUp+2015--
East of EnglandUp+4611£135-50.00 %
YorkshireUp+367£355-
BerkshireUp+147£375+25.00 %
West MidlandsUp+496£330+38.94 %
North WestDown-516£313-31.31 %
West YorkshireNew entry-6£355-
HampshireUp+385--
CheltenhamUp+125--
CambridgeshireUp+194--
LeedsNew entry-4£355-
West SussexNew entry-4£135-
HertfordshireUp+323--
ManchesterDown-223£280-41.05 %
NorfolkNew entry-3£135-
WorthingNew entry-3£130-
NorwichNew entry-3£135-
SwindonNew entry-3--
WiltshireNew entry-3--
ScotlandUp+362--
ChesterUp+82£325-
BristolUp+62--
CheshireDown-182£325-28.57 %
HerefordshireNew entry-2--
LetchworthNew entry-2--

HPUX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing HPUX 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 HPUX.

1230 (83.64 %)HP
2186 (67.64 %)UNIX
3162 (58.91 %)Solaris
4124 (45.09 %)Linux
582 (29.82 %)Oracle
679 (28.73 %)Windows
774 (26.91 %)Security Cleared
870 (25.45 %)SAN
956 (20.36 %)AIX
1045 (16.36 %)Banking
1142 (15.27 %)Perl
1238 (13.82 %)Red Hat
1238 (13.82 %)Red Hat Linux
1238 (13.82 %)DV Cleared
1337 (13.45 %)Shell Script
1436 (13.09 %)Clustering
1535 (12.73 %)Sun
1535 (12.73 %)Investment Banking
1630 (10.91 %)EMC
1630 (10.91 %)SQL
1729 (10.55 %)Windows Server 2003
1729 (10.55 %)Finance
1828 (10.18 %)C
1927 (9.818 %)IBM
1927 (9.818 %)TCP/IP
2026 (9.455 %)Migration
2026 (9.455 %)SC Cleared
2122 (8.000 %)Microsoft
2221 (7.636 %)C++
2221 (7.636 %)HP Data Protector

HPUX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing HPUX 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 HPUX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
116 (5.818 %)Middleware
212 (4.364 %)XML
35 (1.818 %)HTML
35 (1.818 %).NET
35 (1.818 %)ASP
35 (1.818 %)WebServices
44 (1.455 %).NET Framework
44 (1.455 %)XSL
44 (1.455 %)XSLT
44 (1.455 %)CGI
44 (1.455 %)JSP
44 (1.455 %)Servlets
44 (1.455 %)SOAP
52 (0.727 %)SAP Basis
52 (0.727 %)J2EE
61 (0.364 %)ADO
61 (0.364 %)ASP.NET
61 (0.364 %)COM+
61 (0.364 %)JDBC
61 (0.364 %)WebSphere
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
120 (7.273 %)Rendezvous
215 (5.455 %)IIS
313 (4.727 %)Apache
46 (2.182 %)MS Exchange
46 (2.182 %)WebLogic
55 (1.818 %)Tomcat
55 (1.818 %)iPlanet
64 (1.455 %)Exchange Server 2003
64 (1.455 %)TIBCO EMS
73 (1.091 %)Oracle Application Server
82 (0.727 %)NetWeaver
82 (0.727 %)BizTalk Server
82 (0.727 %)Lotus Domino
91 (0.364 %)OpenEdge
91 (0.364 %)MQSeries
91 (0.364 %)SharePoint
91 (0.364 %)WebSphere MQ
91 (0.364 %)SAP Web AS
91 (0.364 %)SAP EP
91 (0.364 %)Gentran
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (1.818 %)MS Excel
21 (0.364 %)Spreadsheet
21 (0.364 %)MS Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
112 (4.364 %)RMDS
25 (1.818 %)Oracle 11i
34 (1.455 %)BusinessWorks
34 (1.455 %)TIBCO iProcess
43 (1.091 %)Oracle Financials
43 (1.091 %)Oracle EBS
52 (0.727 %)Oracle Applications
52 (0.727 %)Teamcenter
52 (0.727 %)ENOVIA
61 (0.364 %)Salerio
61 (0.364 %)SAP R/3
61 (0.364 %)Summit
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
170 (25.45 %)SAN
227 (9.818 %)TCP/IP
319 (6.909 %)DNS
416 (5.818 %)DHCP
515 (5.455 %)NAS
614 (5.091 %)FTP
713 (4.727 %)SMTP
812 (4.364 %)PPP
812 (4.364 %)SNMP
812 (4.364 %)WAN
812 (4.364 %)LAN
98 (2.909 %)LDAP
98 (2.909 %)Firewall
107 (2.545 %)X.400
107 (2.545 %)X.500
116 (2.182 %)Internet
125 (1.818 %)Connectrix
125 (1.818 %)Network Security
134 (1.455 %)SIGTRAN
134 (1.455 %)DMZ
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
116 (5.818 %)Oracle 10g
214 (5.091 %)SQL Server
39 (3.273 %)Oracle 8/8i
39 (3.273 %)RDBMS
48 (2.909 %)Oracle 9i
56 (2.182 %)DB2
56 (2.182 %)Sybase ASE
56 (2.182 %)Oracle 11g
64 (1.455 %)BusinessObjects
73 (1.091 %)GIS
82 (0.727 %)SQL Server 2005
82 (0.727 %)Datawarehouse
82 (0.727 %)Ingres
82 (0.727 %)Reference Data
91 (0.364 %)Neoview
91 (0.364 %)ETL
91 (0.364 %)SAP BW
91 (0.364 %)DataStage
91 (0.364 %)SQL Server 2000
91 (0.364 %)SQLPlus
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (2.182 %)Paros
24 (1.455 %)AppScan
24 (1.455 %)Eclipse
32 (0.727 %)ClearCase
32 (0.727 %)TestDirector
41 (0.364 %)QuickTest Pro
41 (0.364 %)ERwin
41 (0.364 %)WebSpeed
41 (0.364 %)Oracle Forms
41 (0.364 %)WinRunner
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
145 (16.36 %)Banking
235 (12.73 %)Investment Banking
329 (10.55 %)Finance
420 (7.273 %)Government
514 (5.091 %)Telecoms
65 (1.818 %)Pharmaceutical
74 (1.455 %)Back Office
82 (0.727 %)Financial Institution
82 (0.727 %)Front Office
82 (0.727 %)Health
91 (0.364 %)Legal
91 (0.364 %)Education
91 (0.364 %)Electronics
91 (0.364 %)Auditing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
160 (21.82 %)Administrator
232 (11.64 %)Systems Administrator
329 (10.55 %)UNIX Administrator
425 (9.091 %)Consultant
425 (9.091 %)Analyst
524 (8.727 %)DBA
620 (7.273 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
717 (6.182 %)Oracle DBA
815 (5.455 %)Architect
910 (3.636 %)Developer
910 (3.636 %)Storage Engineer
109 (3.273 %)Solutions Architect
118 (2.909 %)Infrastructure Engineer
127 (2.545 %)Systems Engineer
127 (2.545 %)Tester
127 (2.545 %)Web Engineer
127 (2.545 %)Linux Administrator
136 (2.182 %)Network Engineer
145 (1.818 %)Solutions Designer
145 (1.818 %)Support Specialist
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
136 (13.09 %)Clustering
214 (5.091 %)CLARiiON
313 (4.727 %)Replication
410 (3.636 %)EMC Centera
59 (3.273 %)Symmetrix
68 (2.909 %)Celerra
68 (2.909 %)Symmetrix DMX
76 (2.182 %)Firmware
85 (1.818 %)PKI
93 (1.091 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
93 (1.091 %)Mainframe
102 (0.727 %)Management Information System
102 (0.727 %)AS400
102 (0.727 %)Tandem
102 (0.727 %)iSeries
111 (0.364 %)LPAR
111 (0.364 %)Dutch Language
111 (0.364 %)CMDB
111 (0.364 %)Data Conversion
111 (0.364 %)FMCG
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1186 (67.64 %)UNIX
2162 (58.91 %)Solaris
3124 (45.09 %)Linux
479 (28.73 %)Windows
556 (20.36 %)AIX
638 (13.82 %)Red Hat Linux
729 (10.55 %)Windows Server 2003
817 (6.182 %)Windows 2000
98 (2.909 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
107 (2.545 %)Windows Vista
107 (2.545 %)Windows XP
115 (1.818 %)Windows NT
115 (1.818 %)SUSE
124 (1.455 %)Windows Server 2008
124 (1.455 %)Windows 2000 Server
132 (0.727 %)Tru64
141 (0.364 %)i5/OS
141 (0.364 %)MVS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
126 (9.455 %)Migration
214 (5.091 %)Change Management
310 (3.636 %)Disaster Recovery
310 (3.636 %)Asset Management
49 (3.273 %)User Acceptance Testing
49 (3.273 %)Project Management
49 (3.273 %)ITIL
58 (2.909 %)Service Management
58 (2.909 %)Requirements Analysis
67 (2.545 %)Ethical Hacking
76 (2.182 %)Load Balancing
85 (1.818 %)Problem Management
85 (1.818 %)Penetration Testing
85 (1.818 %)Configuration Management
85 (1.818 %)Unit Testing
94 (1.455 %)Data Modelling
94 (1.455 %)SOA
103 (1.091 %)PRINCE2
103 (1.091 %)Process Management
103 (1.091 %)Vulnerability Assessment
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
142 (15.27 %)Perl
237 (13.45 %)Shell Script
330 (10.91 %)SQL
428 (10.18 %)C
521 (7.636 %)C++
610 (3.636 %)Korn
78 (2.909 %)PL/SQL
78 (2.909 %)Java
86 (2.182 %)JavaScript
95 (1.818 %)C#
104 (1.455 %)XPath
112 (0.727 %)T-SQL
112 (0.727 %)VB
121 (0.364 %)VB.NET
121 (0.364 %)ABAP
121 (0.364 %)Progress 4GL
121 (0.364 %)LINC
121 (0.364 %)VB6
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
174 (26.91 %)Security Cleared
238 (13.82 %)DV Cleared
326 (9.455 %)SC Cleared
47 (2.545 %)MCSE
47 (2.545 %)Microsoft Certification
56 (2.182 %)CCNA
56 (2.182 %)Cisco Certification
56 (2.182 %)HP ASE
63 (1.091 %)Degree
71 (0.364 %)HND
71 (0.364 %)PRINCE2 Certification
71 (0.364 %)ITIL Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
110 (3.636 %)SLA
26 (2.182 %)QA
31 (0.364 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
31 (0.364 %)ISO27001
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
116 (5.818 %)NFS
215 (5.455 %)NetBackup
314 (5.091 %)Active Directory
413 (4.727 %)Oracle RAC
512 (4.364 %)Oracle RMAN
69 (3.273 %)Sendmail
74 (1.455 %)Veritas Cluster Server
74 (1.455 %)WebInspect
74 (1.455 %)Backup Exec
83 (1.091 %)ClearTrust
83 (1.091 %)SRDF
83 (1.091 %)Veritas Volume Manager
83 (1.091 %)VMware Infrastructure
92 (0.727 %)Citrix Presentation Server
92 (0.727 %)Nmap
101 (0.364 %)Terminal Services
101 (0.364 %)Samba
101 (0.364 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
121 (7.636 %)HP Data Protector
214 (5.091 %)Legato
313 (4.727 %)Tivoli
410 (3.636 %)OpenView
410 (3.636 %)CA SiteMinder
59 (3.273 %)TIBCO Hawk
67 (2.545 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
76 (2.182 %)Norton AntiVirus
76 (2.182 %)EMC NetWorker
85 (1.818 %)Data Guard
94 (1.455 %)ServiceCenter
94 (1.455 %)AssetCenter
94 (1.455 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
103 (1.091 %)AppDetective
112 (0.727 %)MIMEsweeper
112 (0.727 %)EMC Navisphere
112 (0.727 %)Nessus
112 (0.727 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
112 (0.727 %)OpenView Configuration Management
112 (0.727 %)OVPA
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1230 (83.64 %)HP
282 (29.82 %)Oracle
338 (13.82 %)Red Hat
435 (12.73 %)Sun
530 (10.91 %)EMC
627 (9.818 %)IBM
722 (8.000 %)Microsoft
820 (7.273 %)Sybase
820 (7.273 %)Cisco
916 (5.818 %)TIBCO
1014 (5.091 %)Reuters
1014 (5.091 %)NetApp
1113 (4.727 %)Citrix
1212 (4.364 %)Veritas
1212 (4.364 %)Symantec
1212 (4.364 %)Brocade
1310 (3.636 %)Sophos
148 (2.909 %)SAP
148 (2.909 %)LANDesk
148 (2.909 %)Tripwire