Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for UNIX skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited UNIX 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.

LinkUNIX
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank1816
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads23435799
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK6.821 %7.532 %
As % of the Operating Systems category38.09 %37.44 %
Daily rates quoted8522020
Average daily rate£385£425
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-9.410 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£270
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£575
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£375
% change on same period last year-20.00 %
Hourly rates quoted118275
Average hourly rate£30.00£32.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£14.50£15.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.90£47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.50£32.25
% change on same period last year-5.420 %
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.

UNIX
Demand Trend

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

UNIX Demand Trend

UNIX
Daily Rate Trend

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

UNIX Daily Rate Trend

UNIX
Daily Rate Histogram

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

UNIX Daily Rate Histogram

UNIX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

UNIX Hourly Rate Trend

UNIX
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

UNIX Hourly Rate Histogram

UNIX
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 UNIX 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-32237£390-8.23 %
LondonDown-11276£425-5.55 %
City of LondonDown-5529£425-10.52 %
South EastUp+3461£316-9.71 %
HampshireUp+2144£310-25.52 %
BerkshireDown-1126£330-5.71 %
South WestUp+4120£325-3.69 %
East of EnglandUp+3119£270-27.02 %
North WestDown-14102£275-35.29 %
West MidlandsUp+1166£208-40.71 %
ScotlandDown-566£254-26.97 %
GloucestershireUp+1055£438+10.53 %
HertfordshireUp+350£300-20.00 %
OxfordshireUp+1245£316+14.90 %
MiddlesexUp+743£338-3.57 %
Docklands, LondonUp+243£450-14.28 %
CheshireDown-741£266-40.83 %
ReadingUp+538£328-18.07 %
East MidlandsUp+235£295-3.27 %
CambridgeshireUp+533£275-29.03 %
YorkshireDown-1331£275-14.06 %
EdinburghUp+430£295-7.81 %
CambridgeUp+1127£250-9.09 %
SurreyDown-1327£318-18.06 %
BristolDown-925£350+55.55 %
ManchesterDown-2125£321-24.41 %
BuckinghamshireDown-824£310-14.48 %
GlasgowDown-722£219-39.58 %
ChesterUp+1721£275-4.34 %
West YorkshireDown-920£275-14.72 %

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

11799 (35.96 %)Oracle
21488 (29.74 %)SQL
31279 (25.56 %)Linux
41257 (25.12 %)Windows
51165 (23.29 %)Banking
61035 (20.69 %)Java
71012 (20.23 %)Solaris
8990 (19.79 %)Finance
9767 (15.33 %)C++
10753 (15.05 %)Investment Banking
11737 (14.73 %)Perl
12669 (13.37 %)Shell Script
13572 (11.43 %)Security Cleared
14523 (10.45 %)XML
15510 (10.19 %)Sybase
16423 (8.455 %)PL/SQL
17412 (8.235 %)HP
18374 (7.476 %)Oracle 10g
19361 (7.216 %)SQL Server
20351 (7.016 %)C
21346 (6.916 %)J2EE
22331 (6.616 %)Microsoft
23320 (6.396 %)Sun
24317 (6.336 %)SC Cleared
25315 (6.296 %)SAN
26301 (6.016 %)AIX
27293 (5.856 %)ClearCase
28286 (5.717 %)Migration
29276 (5.517 %)Front Office
30245 (4.897 %)Derivative

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1523 (10.45 %)XML
2346 (6.916 %)J2EE
3241 (4.817 %)HTML
3241 (4.817 %)WebSphere
4227 (4.537 %).NET
5203 (4.058 %)Middleware
6199 (3.978 %)Spring
7180 (3.598 %)WebServices
8160 (3.198 %)STL
9127 (2.538 %)Hibernate
10125 (2.499 %)XSLT
10125 (2.499 %)CSS
11107 (2.139 %)JMS
1294 (1.879 %)JSP
1372 (1.439 %)ASP.NET
1469 (1.379 %)SOAP
1568 (1.359 %)AJAX
1660 (1.199 %)Servlets
1758 (1.159 %)ASP
1758 (1.159 %)Murex Flex
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1244 (4.877 %)Apache
2179 (3.578 %)WebLogic
3108 (2.159 %)Tomcat
4102 (2.039 %)IIS
573 (1.459 %)WebSphere MQ
670 (1.399 %)MQSeries
763 (1.259 %)MS Exchange
853 (1.059 %)Rendezvous
951 (1.019 %)SAS
1050 (0.999 %)WebSphere Application Server
1139 (0.780 %)Exchange Server 2003
1234 (0.680 %)WebSphere Message Broker
1333 (0.660 %)CMS
1432 (0.640 %)TIBCO EMS
1531 (0.620 %)Lotus Notes
1629 (0.580 %)Documentum
1629 (0.580 %)ESB
1724 (0.480 %)Oracle Application Server
1823 (0.460 %)SharePoint
1922 (0.440 %)Tuxedo
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1132 (2.638 %)MS Excel
2101 (2.019 %)MS Office
355 (1.099 %)MS Project
439 (0.780 %)MS Visio
512 (0.240 %)Spreadsheet
610 (0.200 %)MS PowerPoint
76 (0.120 %)Photoshop
85 (0.100 %)Acrobat
85 (0.100 %)CA Clarity
93 (0.060 %)CATIA
93 (0.060 %)S-PLUS
93 (0.060 %)SPSS
102 (0.040 %)FrameMaker
102 (0.040 %)FreeHand
102 (0.040 %)MATLAB
102 (0.040 %)CorelDRAW
102 (0.040 %)MicroStation
111 (0.020 %)DOC1
111 (0.020 %)PrintSoft PReS
111 (0.020 %)Paint Shop Pro
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
177 (1.539 %)Oracle Applications
257 (1.139 %)Oracle EBS
340 (0.800 %)Oracle 11i
438 (0.760 %)RMDS
529 (0.580 %)BusinessWorks
627 (0.540 %)Endur
722 (0.440 %)TIBCO iProcess
820 (0.400 %)Summit
919 (0.380 %)Metrica
1018 (0.360 %)Oracle Financials
1018 (0.360 %)Oracle EBS R12
1114 (0.280 %)Singl.eView
1213 (0.260 %)Murex MxG2000
1311 (0.220 %)Global One
1410 (0.200 %)Oracle iProcurement
1410 (0.200 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
159 (0.180 %)ION MarketView
159 (0.180 %)Oracle General Ledger
159 (0.180 %)Remedy ITSM
167 (0.140 %)Capstone
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1315 (6.296 %)SAN
2221 (4.417 %)TCP/IP
3187 (3.738 %)Internet
4167 (3.338 %)Firewall
5118 (2.359 %)LDAP
6117 (2.339 %)DNS
7102 (2.039 %)LAN
895 (1.899 %)SMTP
992 (1.839 %)WAN
1084 (1.679 %)3G
1164 (1.279 %)VPN
1260 (1.199 %)NAS
1357 (1.139 %)HTTP
1456 (1.119 %)UMTS
1456 (1.119 %)2G
1553 (1.059 %)FTP
1649 (0.979 %)GSM
1746 (0.919 %)DHCP
1837 (0.740 %)Intranet
1936 (0.720 %)Ethernet
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1374 (7.476 %)Oracle 10g
2361 (7.216 %)SQL Server
3187 (3.738 %)Oracle 9i
4178 (3.558 %)RDBMS
5173 (3.458 %)Datawarehouse
6156 (3.118 %)MySQL
7131 (2.618 %)ETL
8111 (2.219 %)Oracle Reports
9101 (2.019 %)BusinessObjects
1097 (1.939 %)Oracle 8/8i
1189 (1.779 %)DB2
1259 (1.179 %)OLTP
1354 (1.079 %)Oracle 11g
1452 (1.039 %)MS Access
1551 (1.019 %)Ingres
1551 (1.019 %)Oracle Discoverer
1639 (0.780 %)SQL Server 2005
1738 (0.760 %)TOAD
1829 (0.580 %)DataStage
1829 (0.580 %)SQL Server 2000
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1293 (5.856 %)ClearCase
292 (1.839 %)Ant
387 (1.739 %)JUnit
459 (1.179 %)Oracle Forms
554 (1.079 %)Eclipse
554 (1.079 %)Subversion
647 (0.939 %)TestDirector
742 (0.839 %)LoadRunner
839 (0.780 %)ClearQuest
923 (0.460 %)QuickTest Pro
1021 (0.420 %)WinRunner
1117 (0.340 %)PVCS
1215 (0.300 %)ProC
1215 (0.300 %)CruiseControl
1314 (0.280 %)JIRA
1413 (0.260 %)JCAPS
1511 (0.220 %)Selenium
1511 (0.220 %)NUnit
1610 (0.200 %)PowerBuilder
179 (0.180 %)Atlassian Bamboo
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11165 (23.29 %)Banking
2990 (19.79 %)Finance
3753 (15.05 %)Investment Banking
4276 (5.517 %)Front Office
5239 (4.777 %)Telecoms
6180 (3.598 %)Government
7114 (2.279 %)Retail
895 (1.899 %)Back Office
960 (1.199 %)Financial Institution
1053 (1.059 %)Retail Banking
1144 (0.879 %)Education
1241 (0.820 %)Health
1241 (0.820 %)Insurance
1336 (0.720 %)Pharmaceutical
1422 (0.440 %)Billing
1520 (0.400 %)Games
1619 (0.380 %)Auditing
1718 (0.360 %)Automotive
1817 (0.340 %)Military
1817 (0.340 %)Publishing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11394 (27.86 %)Developer
2871 (17.41 %)Analyst
3434 (8.675 %)Administrator
4322 (6.436 %)Java Developer
5301 (6.016 %)Support Analyst
6270 (5.397 %)C++ Developer
7268 (5.357 %)Consultant
8255 (5.097 %)DBA
9198 (3.958 %)Architect
10193 (3.858 %)Oracle DBA
10193 (3.858 %)UNIX Administrator
11190 (3.798 %)Systems Administrator
12138 (2.758 %)Oracle Developer
13133 (2.658 %)Programmer
14122 (2.439 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
15117 (2.339 %)Applications Support
16102 (2.039 %)Senior Developer
1794 (1.879 %)Support Engineer
1893 (1.859 %)Systems Engineer
1987 (1.739 %)Software Engineer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1245 (4.897 %)Derivative
2217 (4.337 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
3141 (2.818 %)Equities
4138 (2.758 %)Fixed Income
5117 (2.339 %)Mainframe
694 (1.879 %)Client/Server
774 (1.479 %)Clustering
851 (1.019 %)Computer Science
851 (1.019 %)Multithreading
949 (0.979 %)Market Risk
1045 (0.899 %)Replication
1143 (0.859 %)Statistics
1143 (0.859 %)Equity Derivative
1241 (0.820 %)Credit Risk
1332 (0.640 %)iSeries
1332 (0.640 %)HACMP
1429 (0.580 %)Management Information System
1429 (0.580 %)LPAR
1528 (0.560 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1626 (0.520 %)Credit Derivative
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11279 (25.56 %)Linux
21257 (25.12 %)Windows
31012 (20.23 %)Solaris
4301 (6.016 %)AIX
5186 (3.718 %)HPUX
6170 (3.398 %)Red Hat Linux
7166 (3.318 %)Windows Server 2003
8140 (2.798 %)Windows XP
998 (1.959 %)Windows 2000
1058 (1.159 %)VMS
1153 (1.059 %)Windows NT
1245 (0.899 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1334 (0.680 %)Windows Vista
1423 (0.460 %)zOS
1521 (0.420 %)Windows Server 2008
1521 (0.420 %)OpenVMS
1620 (0.400 %)NetWare
1719 (0.380 %)Tru64
1818 (0.360 %)Windows 2000 Server
1916 (0.320 %)MVS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1286 (5.717 %)Migration
2224 (4.477 %)OO
3209 (4.177 %)UML
4175 (3.498 %)ITIL
5169 (3.378 %)Project Management
6148 (2.958 %)Configuration Management
7112 (2.239 %)Change Management
8111 (2.219 %)SOA
993 (1.859 %)Agile Software Development
1087 (1.739 %)Test Scripting
1186 (1.719 %)User Acceptance Testing
1281 (1.619 %)Data Modelling
1380 (1.599 %)Disaster Recovery
1479 (1.579 %)Business Intelligence
1577 (1.539 %)Unit Testing
1675 (1.499 %)Web Development
1770 (1.399 %)PRINCE2
1770 (1.399 %)RAD
1869 (1.379 %)TDD
1968 (1.359 %)OOD
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11488 (29.74 %)SQL
21035 (20.69 %)Java
3767 (15.33 %)C++
4737 (14.73 %)Perl
5669 (13.37 %)Shell Script
6423 (8.455 %)PL/SQL
7351 (7.016 %)C
8201 (4.018 %)C#
9186 (3.718 %)Python
10176 (3.518 %)JavaScript
11140 (2.798 %)Korn
12123 (2.459 %)PHP
13105 (2.099 %)VB
1476 (1.519 %)T-SQL
1562 (1.239 %)VBA
1657 (1.139 %)AWK
1754 (1.079 %)VBScript
1848 (0.959 %)COBOL
1930 (0.600 %)Tcl
2027 (0.540 %)Ruby
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1572 (11.43 %)Security Cleared
2317 (6.336 %)SC Cleared
3149 (2.978 %)Degree
4127 (2.538 %)DV Cleared
566 (1.319 %)ISEB
640 (0.800 %)Cisco Certification
735 (0.700 %)Microsoft Certification
825 (0.500 %)CISSP
825 (0.500 %)CCNA
924 (0.480 %)Oracle Certification
924 (0.480 %)CTC Cleared
1023 (0.460 %)MCSE
1116 (0.320 %)CCNP
1116 (0.320 %)RHCE
1116 (0.320 %)ITIL Certification
1215 (0.300 %)Sun Certification
1215 (0.300 %)ISTQB
1313 (0.260 %)MCP
1412 (0.240 %)BC Cleared
1511 (0.220 %)ISEB Practitioner
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
189 (1.779 %)QA
253 (1.059 %)SLA
322 (0.440 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
417 (0.340 %)PCI DSS
511 (0.220 %)COBIT
67 (0.140 %)Basel II
75 (0.100 %)JSP 440
75 (0.100 %)HL7
84 (0.080 %)CDISC
84 (0.080 %)ISO27001
84 (0.080 %)RosettaNet
93 (0.060 %)ISO8583
93 (0.060 %)BS7799
93 (0.060 %)ISO9001
102 (0.040 %)ISO12207
111 (0.020 %)DICOM
111 (0.020 %)CESG Infosec
111 (0.020 %)ISO9000
111 (0.020 %)TickIT
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1135 (2.698 %)Active Directory
2121 (2.419 %)NetBackup
2121 (2.419 %)Oracle RAC
380 (1.599 %)VMware Infrastructure
466 (1.319 %)Oracle RMAN
563 (1.259 %)NFS
653 (1.059 %)Sendmail
748 (0.959 %)Veritas Volume Manager
826 (0.520 %)Backup Exec
923 (0.460 %)RACF
1022 (0.440 %)Veritas Cluster Server
1118 (0.360 %)AquaLogic
1217 (0.340 %)VMware ESX
1313 (0.260 %)ISA Server
1410 (0.200 %)SRDF
1410 (0.200 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
159 (0.180 %)Citrix Presentation Server
167 (0.140 %)Samba
176 (0.120 %)VMware Workstation
185 (0.100 %)Veritas File System
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1105 (2.099 %)Tivoli
279 (1.579 %)AutoSys
374 (1.479 %)CONTROL-M
374 (1.479 %)OpenView
453 (1.059 %)Data Guard
538 (0.760 %)HP Data Protector
637 (0.740 %)Legato
733 (0.660 %)BMC PATROL
828 (0.560 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
828 (0.560 %)CA SiteMinder
927 (0.540 %)Netcool
1024 (0.480 %)Unicenter
1122 (0.440 %)EMC NetWorker
1221 (0.420 %)TIBCO Hawk
1320 (0.400 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
1417 (0.340 %)Tivoli Monitoring
1417 (0.340 %)OVSD
1516 (0.320 %)Netcool/Proviso
1611 (0.220 %)ServiceCenter
1611 (0.220 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11799 (35.96 %)Oracle
2510 (10.19 %)Sybase
3412 (8.235 %)HP
4331 (6.616 %)Microsoft
5320 (6.396 %)Sun
6241 (4.817 %)IBM
7191 (3.818 %)VMware
8181 (3.618 %)Red Hat
9168 (3.358 %)Veritas
10149 (2.978 %)Cisco
11133 (2.658 %)EMC
12125 (2.499 %)TIBCO
13101 (2.019 %)Business Objects
1495 (1.899 %)Murex
1592 (1.839 %)Informatica
1685 (1.699 %)Remedy
1782 (1.639 %)NetApp
1876 (1.519 %)BEA
1972 (1.439 %)BMC
2068 (1.359 %)Citrix