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The table below looks at the demand for Korn shell (ksh) skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Korn over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkKorn shell (ksh)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank106122
Rank change on same period last yearUp+16
Matching contract IT job ads105
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.005 %
As % of the category below1.247 %0.445 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£325-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£350-
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£351
% change on same period last year-5.86 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£28.00£28.52
Average hourly rate£28.00£28.52
% change on same period last year-1.82 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.00£28.52
UK excluding London average hourly rate£41.04£36.93
% change on same period last year+11.11 %
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads8021123
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.263 %1.203 %
Daily rates quoted183228
Average minimum daily rate£290£291
Average daily rate£311£307
% change on same period last year+1.21 %
Average maximum daily rate£332£324
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£332
% change on same period last year-4.58 %
Hourly rates quoted101108
Average minimum hourly rate£23.81£27.90
Average hourly rate£25.56£30.35
% change on same period last year-15.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.30£32.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.21£32.89
% change on same period last year-5.10 %
Korn EnglandKorn
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Korn
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Korn across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

West Midlands Korn Demand Trend

Korn
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Korn across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Korn Daily Rate Trend

Korn
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Korn across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Korn Hourly Rate Trend

Korn
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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
StaffordshireNew entry-7£325-
WarwickshireUp+152--
Korn EnglandKorn
England

Korn
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region 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.

111 (73.33 %)Oracle
28 (53.33 %)Oracle Forms
28 (53.33 %)SQL Server
28 (53.33 %)PL/SQL
28 (53.33 %)SQL
28 (53.33 %)Oracle 10g
28 (53.33 %)Business Analysis
28 (53.33 %)Northgate
37 (46.67 %)Project Management
46 (40.00 %)UNIX
55 (33.33 %)Test Scripting
55 (33.33 %)Systems Analysis
64 (26.67 %)Perl
73 (20.00 %)Java
73 (20.00 %)Windows
73 (20.00 %)AIX
73 (20.00 %)HPUX
73 (20.00 %)Solaris
73 (20.00 %)Sun
73 (20.00 %)LDAP
73 (20.00 %)NetBackup
82 (13.33 %)SSH
82 (13.33 %)Security Cleared
82 (13.33 %)Windows 2000 Server
82 (13.33 %)Replication
82 (13.33 %)Middleware
82 (13.33 %)CAE
82 (13.33 %)Windows Server 2003
82 (13.33 %)Linux
82 (13.33 %)C

Korn
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region 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.

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (13.33 %)Middleware
21 (6.667 %)XML
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (20.00 %)LDAP
22 (13.33 %)SSH
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (53.33 %)SQL Server
18 (53.33 %)Oracle 10g
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (53.33 %)Oracle Forms
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (6.667 %)Telecoms
11 (6.667 %)Automotive
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (60.00 %)Analyst
28 (53.33 %)Developer
37 (46.67 %)Developer Analyst
37 (46.67 %)Systems Analyst
46 (40.00 %)Systems Developer
52 (13.33 %)Systems Support
52 (13.33 %)Support Analyst
52 (13.33 %)Administrator
61 (6.667 %)Technical Support Analyst
61 (6.667 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
61 (6.667 %)Technical Analyst
61 (6.667 %)Consultant
61 (6.667 %)Systems Administrator
61 (6.667 %)Technical Support
61 (6.667 %)UNIX Administrator
61 (6.667 %)Systems Support Analyst
61 (6.667 %)Solaris Administrator
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (13.33 %)Replication
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (40.00 %)UNIX
23 (20.00 %)Windows
23 (20.00 %)AIX
23 (20.00 %)HPUX
23 (20.00 %)Solaris
32 (13.33 %)Linux
32 (13.33 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (13.33 %)Windows 2000 Server
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (53.33 %)Business Analysis
27 (46.67 %)Project Management
35 (33.33 %)Systems Analysis
35 (33.33 %)Test Scripting
42 (13.33 %)Security Cleared
42 (13.33 %)CAE
51 (6.667 %)Change Management
51 (6.667 %)CTC Cleared
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (53.33 %)PL/SQL
18 (53.33 %)SQL
24 (26.67 %)Perl
33 (20.00 %)Java
42 (13.33 %)C
51 (6.667 %)JavaScript
51 (6.667 %)Shell Script
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (20.00 %)NetBackup
21 (6.667 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (6.667 %)Tivoli
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (73.33 %)Oracle
28 (53.33 %)Northgate
33 (20.00 %)Sun
41 (6.667 %)Microsoft