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This section looks at the demand for Shell Script 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 Shell Script over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkShell Script
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank128107
Rank change on same period last yearDown-21
Matching contract IT job ads226
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.026 %
As % of the category below0.193 %2.181 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£250
Average daily rate-£275
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£369
% change on same period last year-2.86 %
Hourly rates quoted07
Average minimum hourly rate-£30.00
Average hourly rate-£32.36
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£34.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate£42.54£31.57
% change on same period last year+34.74 %
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads10361192
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.367 %1.187 %
Daily rates quoted223229
Average minimum daily rate£284£287
Average daily rate£305£307
% change on same period last year-0.79 %
Average maximum daily rate£326£328
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£335
% change on same period last year-1.24 %
Hourly rates quoted64152
Average minimum hourly rate£25.84£25.73
Average hourly rate£28.12£27.79
% change on same period last year+1.21 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.41£29.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.47£33.03
% change on same period last year+1.31 %
Shell Script EnglandShell Script
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.

Shell Script
Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Shell Script Demand Trend

Shell Script
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Shell Script Daily Rate Trend

Shell Script
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Shell Script Hourly Rate Trend

Shell Script
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Shell Script within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 August 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
WarwickshireUp+11--
SolihullNew entry-1--
Shell Script EnglandShell Script
England

Shell Script
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

116 (94.12 %)UNIX
29 (52.94 %)Oracle
36 (35.29 %)PL/SQL
36 (35.29 %)SQL
36 (35.29 %)Retek
45 (29.41 %)Oracle 8/8i
45 (29.41 %)HPUX
45 (29.41 %)Solaris
45 (29.41 %)Linux
45 (29.41 %)IBM
45 (29.41 %)Retail
54 (23.53 %)Oracle Forms
54 (23.53 %)Oracle Reports
54 (23.53 %)SAN
63 (17.65 %)CA
63 (17.65 %)Unicenter
63 (17.65 %)Service Delivery
63 (17.65 %)Change Management
63 (17.65 %)ITIL
63 (17.65 %)Windows
63 (17.65 %)AIX
63 (17.65 %)C
63 (17.65 %)Perl
63 (17.65 %)Sun
63 (17.65 %)RDF
63 (17.65 %)Supply Chain Management
63 (17.65 %)Incident Management
72 (11.76 %)HP Data Protector
72 (11.76 %)WebSphere
72 (11.76 %)Korn

Shell Script
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (11.76 %)WebSphere
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (11.76 %)WebLogic
21 (5.882 %)WebSphere MQ
21 (5.882 %)WebSphere Application Server
21 (5.882 %)MQSeries
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (5.882 %)Teamcenter
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (23.53 %)SAN
22 (11.76 %)LDAP
31 (5.882 %)Firewall
31 (5.882 %)LAN
31 (5.882 %)WAN
31 (5.882 %)TCP/IP
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (29.41 %)Oracle 8/8i
24 (23.53 %)Oracle Reports
31 (5.882 %)RDBMS
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (23.53 %)Oracle Forms
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (29.41 %)Retail
21 (5.882 %)Government
21 (5.882 %)Manufacturing
21 (5.882 %)Games
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (29.41 %)Administrator
24 (23.53 %)UNIX Administrator
24 (23.53 %)Systems Administrator
33 (17.65 %)Analyst
33 (17.65 %)Applications Support
33 (17.65 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
33 (17.65 %)UNIX Support
42 (11.76 %)Oracle Applications Support
42 (11.76 %)UNIX Consultant
42 (11.76 %)SAN Engineer
42 (11.76 %)Linux Administrator
42 (11.76 %)Oracle Consultant
42 (11.76 %)Support Analyst
42 (11.76 %)Technical Support
42 (11.76 %)Consultant
51 (5.882 %)Analyst Programmer
51 (5.882 %)Programmer
51 (5.882 %)Technical Support Analyst
51 (5.882 %)Technical Analyst
51 (5.882 %)Linux Systems Administrator
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.882 %)AS400
11 (5.882 %)Clustering
11 (5.882 %)Client/Server
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
116 (94.12 %)UNIX
25 (29.41 %)HPUX
25 (29.41 %)Solaris
25 (29.41 %)Linux
33 (17.65 %)Windows
33 (17.65 %)AIX
42 (11.76 %)SUSE
51 (5.882 %)Windows NT
51 (5.882 %)VMS
51 (5.882 %)OpenVMS
51 (5.882 %)Red Hat Linux
51 (5.882 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (17.65 %)Service Delivery
13 (17.65 %)Change Management
13 (17.65 %)ITIL
13 (17.65 %)RDF
13 (17.65 %)Supply Chain Management
13 (17.65 %)Incident Management
22 (11.76 %)Migration
31 (5.882 %)Configuration Management
31 (5.882 %)Project Management
31 (5.882 %)Load Balancing
31 (5.882 %)Problem Management
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (35.29 %)PL/SQL
16 (35.29 %)SQL
23 (17.65 %)C
23 (17.65 %)Perl
32 (11.76 %)Korn
32 (11.76 %)Java
32 (11.76 %)Tcl
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (5.882 %)Cisco Certification
11 (5.882 %)ITIL Certification
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (5.882 %)QA
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (5.882 %)Samba
11 (5.882 %)NetBackup
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (17.65 %)Unicenter
22 (11.76 %)HP Data Protector
31 (5.882 %)Tivoli
31 (5.882 %)Tivoli Monitoring
31 (5.882 %)Nagios
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (52.94 %)Oracle
26 (35.29 %)Retek
35 (29.41 %)IBM
43 (17.65 %)CA
43 (17.65 %)Sun
52 (11.76 %)HP
52 (11.76 %)Dell
61 (5.882 %)VERITAS
61 (5.882 %)Red Hat
61 (5.882 %)Cisco
61 (5.882 %)BEA