The first table below looks at the demand for Korn skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Korn over the 3 months to 23 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 Programming Languages category.

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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Korn shell (ksh)
Rank 451 427 406
Rank change year-on-year
-24 -21
Contract jobs citing Korn 90 138 186
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.194% 0.236% 0.300%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.520% 0.684% 0.799%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 84 117
Average daily rate £408 £463 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.89% +2.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £313 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £568 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £215 £300
% change year-on-year
+97.67% -28.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £37.50 - £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 - £47.00
All Programming Languages
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
17292 20186 23280
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 37.32% 34.58% 37.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 10671 11908 13509
Average daily rate £385 £375 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.66% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £570 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 602 723 930
Average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.50 £17.05 £19.52
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%

Korn
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Korn within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Korn Jobs Demand Trend

Korn
Daily Rate Trend

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

Korn Daily Rate Trend

Korn
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Korn within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Korn Daily Rate Histogram

Korn
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Korn Hourly Rate Trend

Korn
Top 22 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Korn within the UK over the 3 months to 23 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
England -14 78 £404 -12.70%
London -1 57 £408 -15.80%
South East +21 17 £338 -10.00%
Hampshire +8 17 £338 -10.00%
City of London +8 14 £459 -8.30%
Scotland - 9 £500 -
Basingstoke -10 5 £457 -
Havant - 5 £375 -
Renfrewshire - 3 £525 -
Glasgow - 3 £425 -
Erskine - 3 £525 -
Southampton - 3 £295 -
Portsmouth +2 2 £318 -
Winchester 0 2 £303 -
Edinburgh - 2 - -
South West - 2 £375 -
East of England -9 1 - -
Hammersmith - 1 - -
Hertfordshire - 1 - -
Hemel Hempstead - 1 - -
Bromley - 1 £450 -
Bristol - 1 £375 -

Korn
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Korn 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 Korn.

1 104 (62.65%) UNIX
2 94 (56.63%) Shell Script
3 93 (56.02%) Linux
4 89 (53.61%) Perl
5 74 (44.58%) Oracle
6 59 (35.54%) Solaris
7 57 (34.34%) AIX
8 56 (33.73%) Finance
9 54 (32.53%) SQL
10 53 (31.93%) SAN
11 50 (30.12%) Java
12 49 (29.52%) Bash shell
13 43 (25.90%) Veritas
13 43 (25.90%) Banking
14 42 (25.30%) VMware
15 38 (22.89%) Sybase
16 37 (22.29%) Veritas Cluster Server
17 36 (21.69%) ITIL
18 34 (20.48%) Sun
18 34 (20.48%) Investment Banking
19 33 (19.88%) Windows
20 31 (18.67%) EMC
21 30 (18.07%) SUSE
21 30 (18.07%) Veritas Volume Manager
22 29 (17.47%) Symmetrix DMX
22 29 (17.47%) RDF
23 24 (14.46%) Change Management
23 24 (14.46%) Oracle Exadata
24 23 (13.86%) Problem Management
24 23 (13.86%) HP

Korn
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Korn 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 Korn. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 16 (9.639%) Middleware
1 16 (9.639%) XML
2 13 (7.831%) WebSphere
3 7 (4.217%) JMS
4 6 (3.614%) Oracle Fusion
4 6 (3.614%) Web Services
5 5 (3.012%) SOAP
6 4 (2.410%) Java EE
6 4 (2.410%) Spring
7 3 (1.807%) HTML
7 3 (1.807%) .NET
7 3 (1.807%) J2EE
7 3 (1.807%) JSP
7 3 (1.807%) SAP Basis
7 3 (1.807%) Smart GWT
7 3 (1.807%) FIX Protocol
8 2 (1.205%) Apache Flex
8 2 (1.205%) jQuery
8 2 (1.205%) RESTful
8 2 (1.205%) Apache CXF
Application Platforms
1 21 (12.65%) SharePoint
2 17 (10.24%) WebLogic
2 17 (10.24%) Tomcat
3 13 (7.831%) Apache
4 4 (2.410%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (1.807%) NetWeaver
5 3 (1.807%) SAP Portal
6 2 (1.205%) WebSphere MQ
6 2 (1.205%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 2 (1.205%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (1.205%) SAS
7 1 (0.602%) Documentum
7 1 (0.602%) Lotus Domino
7 1 (0.602%) IIS
7 1 (0.602%) WebSphere Process Server
7 1 (0.602%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.602%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.602%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (0.602%) WebSphere Message Broker
7 1 (0.602%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 11 (6.627%) Mingle
2 3 (1.807%) MS Excel
3 1 (0.602%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.602%) MS Project
3 1 (0.602%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (5.422%) Oracle Applications
2 5 (3.012%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (1.205%) Maximo
3 2 (1.205%) Summit
4 1 (0.602%) WebTrends
4 1 (0.602%) SAP BPC
Communications & Networking
1 53 (31.93%) SAN
2 10 (6.024%) TCP/IP
3 7 (4.217%) LDAP
3 7 (4.217%) FTP
4 5 (3.012%) LAN
4 5 (3.012%) WAN
4 5 (3.012%) Nokia NetAct
5 4 (2.410%) VLAN
5 4 (2.410%) NAS
5 4 (2.410%) HTTP
5 4 (2.410%) DNS
6 3 (1.807%) DHCP
6 3 (1.807%) ATM
6 3 (1.807%) SSL
6 3 (1.807%) IPv4
6 3 (1.807%) Internet
7 2 (1.205%) SSH
7 2 (1.205%) Fibre Channel
7 2 (1.205%) 4G
7 2 (1.205%) DVB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (14.46%) Oracle Exadata
2 21 (12.65%) SQL Server
3 16 (9.639%) Oracle 10g
4 12 (7.229%) Oracle Reports
5 11 (6.627%) TOAD
5 11 (6.627%) SQLPlus
6 9 (5.422%) OLTP
6 9 (5.422%) Oracle Discoverer
6 9 (5.422%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 9 (5.422%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 9 (5.422%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 9 (5.422%) Oracle 11g
7 8 (4.819%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (4.217%) DB2
8 7 (4.217%) RDBMS
9 6 (3.614%) MySQL
10 5 (3.012%) SAP BW
10 5 (3.012%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (2.410%) Oracle BI EE
11 4 (2.410%) IBM InfoSphere
Development Applications
1 19 (11.45%) JUnit
2 18 (10.84%) Ant
3 16 (9.639%) Subversion
4 15 (9.036%) JIRA
5 14 (8.434%) Hudson
6 13 (7.831%) dbdeploy
7 10 (6.024%) Oracle Forms
8 6 (3.614%) Maven
9 3 (1.807%) Eclipse
10 2 (1.205%) Selenium
10 2 (1.205%) CruiseControl
10 2 (1.205%) EasyMock
10 2 (1.205%) Capistrano
10 2 (1.205%) Mockito
10 2 (1.205%) Jenkins
10 2 (1.205%) ClearQuest
10 2 (1.205%) ClearCase
11 1 (0.602%) TestDirector
11 1 (0.602%) LoadRunner
11 1 (0.602%) ERwin
General
1 56 (33.73%) Finance
2 43 (25.90%) Banking
3 34 (20.48%) Investment Banking
4 10 (6.024%) Back Office
5 9 (5.422%) Telecoms
6 8 (4.819%) Manufacturing
7 6 (3.614%) Corporate Banking
7 6 (3.614%) Front Office
8 5 (3.012%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.205%) Multimedia
9 2 (1.205%) Advertising
10 1 (0.602%) Publishing
10 1 (0.602%) Law
10 1 (0.602%) Retail
10 1 (0.602%) Billing
10 1 (0.602%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 42 (25.30%) Administrator
2 32 (19.28%) Systems Administrator
3 27 (16.27%) UNIX Systems Administrator
4 25 (15.06%) UNIX Administrator
5 20 (12.05%) DBA
5 20 (12.05%) Developer
6 13 (7.831%) Oracle DBA
7 11 (6.627%) Build Manager
8 10 (6.024%) Deployment Manager
9 9 (5.422%) Consultant
9 9 (5.422%) SQL DBA
10 7 (4.217%) Systems Engineer
10 7 (4.217%) Java Developer
10 7 (4.217%) AIX Administrator
11 6 (3.614%) Storage Administrator
12 5 (3.012%) UNIX Engineer
12 5 (3.012%) Oracle Applications DBA
12 5 (3.012%) Storage Systems Administrator
12 5 (3.012%) Back Office Engineer
12 5 (3.012%) OSS Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 29 (17.47%) Symmetrix DMX
2 20 (12.05%) Wiki
3 12 (7.229%) Replication
4 11 (6.627%) Clustering
5 8 (4.819%) Derivative
5 8 (4.819%) SaaS
5 8 (4.819%) HACMP
6 7 (4.217%) Management Information System
7 5 (3.012%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 5 (3.012%) Mainframe
8 4 (2.410%) Equities
9 3 (1.807%) Client/Server
9 3 (1.807%) Fixed Income
9 3 (1.807%) SWIFT
9 3 (1.807%) Equity Derivative
10 2 (1.205%) Mathematics
10 2 (1.205%) Computer Science
10 2 (1.205%) Credit Risk
10 2 (1.205%) DataPower
10 2 (1.205%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 104 (62.65%) UNIX
2 93 (56.02%) Linux
3 59 (35.54%) Solaris
4 57 (34.34%) AIX
5 33 (19.88%) Windows
6 30 (18.07%) SUSE
7 22 (13.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 9 (5.422%) Windows Server 2003
9 8 (4.819%) Windows Server 2008
10 6 (3.614%) HPUX
11 5 (3.012%) Windows XP
12 3 (1.807%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.602%) NetWare
13 1 (0.602%) OpenVMS
13 1 (0.602%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (21.69%) ITIL
2 29 (17.47%) RDF
3 24 (14.46%) Change Management
4 23 (13.86%) Problem Management
5 21 (12.65%) Business Intelligence
6 17 (10.24%) Migration
7 16 (9.639%) Agile Software Development
8 15 (9.036%) SOA
9 14 (8.434%) Root Cause Analysis
10 13 (7.831%) Data Management
10 13 (7.831%) Release Management
11 11 (6.627%) Requirements Management
12 10 (6.024%) OO
12 10 (6.024%) ERP
13 9 (5.422%) E-business
13 9 (5.422%) BCP
14 7 (4.217%) Security Architecture
14 7 (4.217%) Build Automation
15 6 (3.614%) Continuous Integration
15 6 (3.614%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 94 (56.63%) Shell Script
2 89 (53.61%) Perl
3 54 (32.53%) SQL
4 50 (30.12%) Java
5 49 (29.52%) Bash shell
6 20 (12.05%) PL/SQL
6 20 (12.05%) Python
7 17 (10.24%) Bourne shell
8 15 (9.036%) C
9 11 (6.627%) T-SQL
9 11 (6.627%) PowerShell
10 6 (3.614%) VBScript
11 5 (3.012%) Jython
12 4 (2.410%) C-shell
12 4 (2.410%) C++
12 4 (2.410%) JavaScript
13 3 (1.807%) C#
13 3 (1.807%) ABAP
14 2 (1.205%) AWK
15 1 (0.602%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 11 (6.627%) Security Cleared
2 6 (3.614%) Degree
2 6 (3.614%) SC Cleared
3 2 (1.205%) Sun Certification
4 1 (0.602%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (0.602%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.602%) CCNA
4 1 (0.602%) BC Cleared
4 1 (0.602%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.012%) SLA
1 5 (3.012%) QA
System Software
1 37 (22.29%) Veritas Cluster Server
2 30 (18.07%) Veritas Volume Manager
3 21 (12.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (10.24%) Oracle RMAN
4 17 (10.24%) Oracle RAC
5 10 (6.024%) NFS
6 6 (3.614%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 5 (3.012%) Veritas File System
8 2 (1.205%) PowerHA
8 2 (1.205%) Samba
9 1 (0.602%) Varnish
9 1 (0.602%) Tivoli Directory Server
9 1 (0.602%) Postfix
9 1 (0.602%) XenApp
9 1 (0.602%) vSphere
9 1 (0.602%) Xen
Systems Management
1 19 (11.45%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 17 (10.24%) Data Guard
3 16 (9.639%) Tivoli
4 13 (7.831%) BladeLogic
5 7 (4.217%) Control-M
6 6 (3.614%) Tivoli Monitoring
7 5 (3.012%) Nagios
8 4 (2.410%) Puppet
8 4 (2.410%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 3 (1.807%) NetBackup
10 2 (1.205%) BMC PATROL
10 2 (1.205%) OpenView
11 1 (0.602%) HP UCMDB
11 1 (0.602%) HP SiteScope
11 1 (0.602%) HP Operations Orchestration
11 1 (0.602%) BMC Performance Manager
Vendors
1 74 (44.58%) Oracle
2 43 (25.90%) Veritas
3 42 (25.30%) VMware
4 38 (22.89%) Sybase
5 34 (20.48%) Sun
6 31 (18.67%) EMC
7 23 (13.86%) HP
8 21 (12.65%) Red Hat
9 19 (11.45%) IBM
10 15 (9.036%) Microsoft
11 14 (8.434%) BMC
12 12 (7.229%) Perforce
13 6 (3.614%) Symantec
13 6 (3.614%) Remedy
13 6 (3.614%) SAP
14 5 (3.012%) Informatica
14 5 (3.012%) Nokia
14 5 (3.012%) Lumension
14 5 (3.012%) Greenplum
15 4 (2.410%) NetApp
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