The first table below looks at the demand for Shell Script skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Shell Script over the 3 months to 17 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 for the Wales 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Shell Script
Rank 36 49 39
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -10
Contract jobs citing Shell Script 7 5 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 1.733% 0.901% 3.086%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.426% 3.226% 9.615%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 7
Average daily rate £385 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.46% -13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £325 £281
10% offered a daily rate of more than £398 £325 £513
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £450 £338
% change year-on-year
-22.22% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.10 £37.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year
-13.24% -2.63%
All Programming Languages
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
129 155 208
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 31.93% 27.93% 32.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 76 91
Average daily rate £325 £315 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.17% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £175 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £475 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 12
Average hourly rate £35.00 £27.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+27.27% -35.29%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
Shell Script
UK

Shell Script
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Shell Script across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Wales Shell Script Jobs Demand Trend

Shell Script
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Shell Script across the Wales region.

Wales Shell Script Daily Rate Trend

Shell Script
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Shell Script across the Wales region.

Wales Shell Script Hourly Rate Trend

Shell Script
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Shell Script within the Wales region over the 3 months to 17 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
South Wales +4 6 £385 +18.46%
West Wales - 1 - -
Shell Script
UK

Shell Script
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing Shell Script 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 Shell Script.

1 15 (100.00%) UNIX
2 10 (66.67%) COBOL
2 10 (66.67%) IIS
2 10 (66.67%) WebSphere
3 9 (60.00%) MS Office
3 9 (60.00%) IBM
3 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 9 (60.00%) Project Management
4 8 (53.33%) Finance
4 8 (53.33%) iSeries
5 7 (46.67%) OS/400
5 7 (46.67%) AIX
5 7 (46.67%) RPG
5 7 (46.67%) DB2
6 6 (40.00%) SQL Server
7 5 (33.33%) SQL
7 5 (33.33%) Perl
7 5 (33.33%) UML
7 5 (33.33%) OO
7 5 (33.33%) MS Project
7 5 (33.33%) TestDirector
7 5 (33.33%) AS400
8 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
8 4 (26.67%) Web Development
8 4 (26.67%) Degree
8 4 (26.67%) LoadRunner
8 4 (26.67%) Windows
8 4 (26.67%) SOAP
8 4 (26.67%) XML
8 4 (26.67%) C

Shell Script
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing Shell Script 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 Shell Script. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (66.67%) WebSphere
2 4 (26.67%) HTML
2 4 (26.67%) SOAP
2 4 (26.67%) XML
Application Platforms
1 10 (66.67%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (60.00%) MS Office
2 5 (33.33%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (6.667%) Oracle Applications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (46.67%) DB2
2 6 (40.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (6.667%) RDBMS
3 1 (6.667%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (6.667%) SQLPlus
3 1 (6.667%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 5 (33.33%) TestDirector
2 4 (26.67%) LoadRunner
General
1 8 (53.33%) Finance
2 3 (20.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (60.00%) Analyst
2 8 (53.33%) Applications Support
3 7 (46.67%) Support Analyst
3 7 (46.67%) Applications Support Analyst
4 4 (26.67%) Tester
4 4 (26.67%) Performance Tester
5 1 (6.667%) Systems Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Analyst Programmer
5 1 (6.667%) Programmer
5 1 (6.667%) Windows Support Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) AS400 Support
5 1 (6.667%) UNIX Support
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) iSeries
2 5 (33.33%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 15 (100.00%) UNIX
2 7 (46.67%) AIX
2 7 (46.67%) OS/400
3 4 (26.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Project Management
2 5 (33.33%) UML
2 5 (33.33%) OO
3 4 (26.67%) Web Development
4 2 (13.33%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 10 (66.67%) COBOL
2 7 (46.67%) RPG
3 5 (33.33%) SQL
3 5 (33.33%) Perl
4 4 (26.67%) C
5 1 (6.667%) Java
5 1 (6.667%) Python
5 1 (6.667%) Jython
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) Degree
1 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) IBM
1 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) Rackspace
3 1 (6.667%) Oracle