West Midlands UNIX Contracts

This section looks at the demand for UNIX skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited UNIX over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Aldershot Ascot Barnsley Barnstaple Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bexleyheath Bicester Birmingham Blackpool Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Brentford Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burnley Burton-upon-Trent Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Carlisle Chatham Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham City of London County Antrim County Londonderry Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Cwmbran Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Driffield Dunstable Durham East Anglia East Kilbride East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Enfield England Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Feltham Flintshire Gatwick Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Havant Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hinckley Home Counties Hounslow Hull Huntingdon Ipswich Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lanarkshire Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Leighton Buzzard Lewes Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Luton Lutterworth M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northallerton Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Osterley Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Prescot Preston Pudsey Reading Redhill Reigate Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Rochester Romford Rotherham Rugby Runcorn Sale Salford Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shrewsbury Shropshire Sittingbourne Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southwark St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stirling Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Tadworth Taunton Telford Thames Valley Torfaen Trowbridge Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wells Welwyn Garden City Wembley West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wilmslow Wiltshire Wimbledon Winchester Windsor Woking Wokingham Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	31	11
Rank change on same period last year	-20
Matching contract IT job ads	136	287
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.181 %	0.286 %
As % of the category below	26.31 %	38.22 %
Daily rates quoted	30	55
Average minimum daily rate	£300	£301
Average daily rate	£320	£310
% change on same period last year	+3.12 %
Average maximum daily rate	£340	£320
UK excluding London average daily rate	£351	£363
% change on same period last year	-3.16 %
Hourly rates quoted	18	29
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.89	£30.10
Average hourly rate	£30.42	£31.96
% change on same period last year	-4.81 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.95	£33.82
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.42	£31.29
% change on same period last year	+3.63 %
Operating Systems West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	517	751
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.689 %	0.749 %
Daily rates quoted	103	140
Average minimum daily rate	£286	£252
Average daily rate	£310	£262
% change on same period last year	+18.14 %
Average maximum daily rate	£334	£272
UK excluding London average daily rate	£330	£335
% change on same period last year	-1.62 %
Hourly rates quoted	124	201
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.16	£19.09
Average hourly rate	£19.22	£20.25
% change on same period last year	-5.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.28	£21.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.51	£22.79
% change on same period last year	-1.22 %
UNIX 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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing UNIX across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing UNIX across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UNIX within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 29 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.

Location	Rank 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
Shropshire	-5	35	£336	+25.09 %
Birmingham	-14	23	£303	-15.43 %
Warwickshire	-7	21	£393	-1.66 %
Staffordshire	0	10	£248	-17.50 %
Coventry	-15	7	-	-
Solihull	+1	4	-	-
Herefordshire	-16	2	£375	+13.20 %
Worcestershire	-6	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region 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.

1 121 (46.36 %) Oracle 2 93 (35.63 %) Windows 3 77 (29.50 %) SQL 4 73 (27.97 %) Linux 5 61 (23.37 %) Solaris 6 52 (19.92 %) AIX 7 41 (15.71 %) Security Cleared 8 36 (13.79 %) Java 9 34 (13.03 %) PL/SQL 9 34 (13.03 %) Red Hat 10 33 (12.64 %) IBM 10 33 (12.64 %) Red Hat Linux 11 31 (11.88 %) WebSphere 12 29 (11.11 %) Microsoft 12 29 (11.11 %) HP

13 28 (10.73 %) Firewall 13 28 (10.73 %) Government 14 27 (10.34 %) TCP/IP 14 27 (10.34 %) DNS 15 24 (9.195 %) SAN 15 24 (9.195 %) Active Directory 15 24 (9.195 %) J2EE 15 24 (9.195 %) HPUX 15 24 (9.195 %) Windows Server 2003 15 24 (9.195 %) SC Cleared 16 23 (8.812 %) Migration 17 22 (8.429 %) RDBMS 18 21 (8.046 %) Mainframe 19 18 (6.897 %) Apache 20 17 (6.513 %) SQL Server

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region 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.

Application Development 1 31 (11.88 %) WebSphere 2 24 (9.195 %) J2EE 3 17 (6.513 %) XML 4 13 (4.981 %) HTML 5 6 (2.299 %) .NET 6 5 (1.916 %) EJB 6 5 (1.916 %) CSS 6 5 (1.916 %) CGI 7 3 (1.149 %) Middleware 7 3 (1.149 %) JMS 7 3 (1.149 %) XSL 7 3 (1.149 %) XSLT 7 3 (1.149 %) JDBC 7 3 (1.149 %) JSP 7 3 (1.149 %) Servlets 8 2 (0.766 %) J2SE 8 2 (0.766 %) Hibernate 8 2 (0.766 %) SAP Basis 9 1 (0.383 %) Spring 9 1 (0.383 %) JNDI	Application Platforms 1 18 (6.897 %) Apache 2 16 (6.130 %) Tomcat 3 15 (5.747 %) WebLogic 4 8 (3.065 %) Tuxedo 5 7 (2.682 %) CICS 6 6 (2.299 %) Oracle Workflow 7 5 (1.916 %) Exchange Server 2003 7 5 (1.916 %) MQSeries 7 5 (1.916 %) MS Exchange 8 4 (1.533 %) WebSphere Application Server 8 4 (1.533 %) PegaRULES 9 3 (1.149 %) IIS 10 2 (0.766 %) Lotus Notes 10 2 (0.766 %) SAS 10 2 (0.766 %) Exchange Server 5.5 10 2 (0.766 %) Exchange Server 2000 10 2 (0.766 %) WebSphere MQ 11 1 (0.383 %) GroupWise 11 1 (0.383 %) SharePoint
Applications 1 9 (3.448 %) MS Excel 2 6 (2.299 %) MS Office 3 3 (1.149 %) CATIA 3 3 (1.149 %) CA Clarity 3 3 (1.149 %) Spreadsheet 4 1 (0.383 %) MS PowerPoint 4 1 (0.383 %) Open Workbench 4 1 (0.383 %) MATLAB 4 1 (0.383 %) Simulink 4 1 (0.383 %) Stateflow	Business Applications 1 3 (1.149 %) Oracle 11i 2 1 (0.383 %) Oracle Applications 2 1 (0.383 %) SAP CRM 2 1 (0.383 %) SMARTEAM 2 1 (0.383 %) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking 1 28 (10.73 %) Firewall 2 27 (10.34 %) TCP/IP 2 27 (10.34 %) DNS 3 24 (9.195 %) SAN 4 14 (5.364 %) LDAP 5 10 (3.831 %) WAN 6 5 (1.916 %) LAN 6 5 (1.916 %) VoIP 6 5 (1.916 %) Internet 7 3 (1.149 %) NetScreen 7 3 (1.149 %) SNMP 7 3 (1.149 %) Network Security 8 2 (0.766 %) SSH 8 2 (0.766 %) SSL 8 2 (0.766 %) VPN 8 2 (0.766 %) FTP 8 2 (0.766 %) HTTP 9 1 (0.383 %) DHCP 9 1 (0.383 %) ISDN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 22 (8.429 %) RDBMS 2 17 (6.513 %) SQL Server 3 13 (4.981 %) Oracle Reports 4 12 (4.598 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 12 (4.598 %) Oracle 10g 5 11 (4.215 %) TOAD 5 11 (4.215 %) DB2 6 8 (3.065 %) Oracle 9i 7 6 (2.299 %) MS Access 8 4 (1.533 %) Crystal Reports 8 4 (1.533 %) Informix 8 4 (1.533 %) Data Mining 9 3 (1.149 %) ObjectStore 9 3 (1.149 %) OLAP 9 3 (1.149 %) Datawarehouse 9 3 (1.149 %) SQLPlus 10 2 (0.766 %) SQL Server 2005 10 2 (0.766 %) Oracle OLAP 10 2 (0.766 %) MySQL 10 2 (0.766 %) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications 1 8 (3.065 %) Subversion 2 7 (2.682 %) Oracle Forms 3 4 (1.533 %) JUnit 4 3 (1.149 %) PVCS 4 3 (1.149 %) TestDirector 4 3 (1.149 %) LoadRunner 4 3 (1.149 %) PowerBuilder 4 3 (1.149 %) ClearQuest 4 3 (1.149 %) COOL:Gen 4 3 (1.149 %) Oracle APEX 4 3 (1.149 %) Ant 5 2 (0.766 %) Rational Robot 5 2 (0.766 %) ChangeMan 5 2 (0.766 %) CruiseControl 5 2 (0.766 %) ProC 5 2 (0.766 %) Eclipse 5 2 (0.766 %) WinRunner 5 2 (0.766 %) ClearCase 5 2 (0.766 %) WebSphere Studio Application Developer 6 1 (0.383 %) Rational Rose	General 1 28 (10.73 %) Government 2 11 (4.215 %) Telecoms 3 10 (3.831 %) Finance 4 8 (3.065 %) Local Government 5 7 (2.682 %) Automotive 6 5 (1.916 %) Retail 7 4 (1.533 %) Pensions 8 2 (0.766 %) Billing 8 2 (0.766 %) Banking 9 1 (0.383 %) Back Office 9 1 (0.383 %) Games 9 1 (0.383 %) Construction 9 1 (0.383 %) Education 9 1 (0.383 %) Aerospace
Job Titles 1 62 (23.75 %) Analyst 2 35 (13.41 %) Administrator 3 27 (10.34 %) Developer 3 27 (10.34 %) Support Analyst 4 19 (7.280 %) Architect 5 18 (6.897 %) UNIX Administrator 6 14 (5.364 %) Consultant 6 14 (5.364 %) Systems Administrator 7 10 (3.831 %) Test Analyst 7 10 (3.831 %) Applications Support 7 10 (3.831 %) Web Administrator 8 9 (3.448 %) Technical Architect 9 8 (3.065 %) DBA 9 8 (3.065 %) Software Engineer 9 8 (3.065 %) UNIX Support 10 7 (2.682 %) Technical Administrator 10 7 (2.682 %) Tester 11 6 (2.299 %) Business Analyst 11 6 (2.299 %) Java Developer 11 6 (2.299 %) Oracle DBA	Miscellaneous 1 21 (8.046 %) Mainframe 2 16 (6.130 %) IBM Mainframe 3 13 (4.981 %) Client/Server 4 12 (4.598 %) AS400 5 3 (1.149 %) Replication 5 3 (1.149 %) Clustering 6 2 (0.766 %) N-Tier 6 2 (0.766 %) RMADS 7 1 (0.383 %) Data Integration 7 1 (0.383 %) Thin Client 7 1 (0.383 %) Management Information System 7 1 (0.383 %) Tandem 7 1 (0.383 %) CMDB 7 1 (0.383 %) Wiki 7 1 (0.383 %) Fat Client
Operating Systems 1 93 (35.63 %) Windows 2 73 (27.97 %) Linux 3 61 (23.37 %) Solaris 4 52 (19.92 %) AIX 5 33 (12.64 %) Red Hat Linux 6 24 (9.195 %) Windows Server 2003 6 24 (9.195 %) HPUX 7 13 (4.981 %) Windows 2000 Server 8 9 (3.448 %) Fedora 8 9 (3.448 %) Windows Vista 9 8 (3.065 %) Tru64 10 7 (2.682 %) Windows XP 11 6 (2.299 %) Windows 2000 12 4 (1.533 %) SUSE 13 3 (1.149 %) Windows NT 14 2 (0.766 %) VMS 14 2 (0.766 %) OpenVMS 14 2 (0.766 %) NetWare 15 1 (0.383 %) Red Hat Enterprise Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 41 (15.71 %) Security Cleared 2 24 (9.195 %) SC Cleared 3 23 (8.812 %) Migration 4 16 (6.130 %) Data Migration 5 12 (4.598 %) ITIL 6 11 (4.215 %) Configuration Management 6 11 (4.215 %) Unit Testing 7 10 (3.831 %) Disaster Recovery 8 9 (3.448 %) Service Delivery 8 9 (3.448 %) OO 9 8 (3.065 %) Project Management 10 7 (2.682 %) Change Management 10 7 (2.682 %) Workflow 11 6 (2.299 %) CRM 11 6 (2.299 %) Business Intelligence 11 6 (2.299 %) UML 11 6 (2.299 %) Test Scripting 12 5 (1.916 %) Logistics 13 4 (1.533 %) Problem Management 14 3 (1.149 %) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages 1 77 (29.50 %) SQL 2 36 (13.79 %) Java 3 34 (13.03 %) PL/SQL 4 17 (6.513 %) Shell Script 5 15 (5.747 %) COBOL 6 14 (5.364 %) C 7 12 (4.598 %) C++ 7 12 (4.598 %) VB 8 10 (3.831 %) Perl 9 9 (3.448 %) JavaScript 10 5 (1.916 %) JCL 10 5 (1.916 %) PL/1 11 4 (1.533 %) Korn 11 4 (1.533 %) PHP 12 2 (0.766 %) Tcl 13 1 (0.383 %) PowerHouse 13 1 (0.383 %) DCL 13 1 (0.383 %) VBA 13 1 (0.383 %) Fortran	Qualifications 1 6 (2.299 %) ISEB 2 3 (1.149 %) ITIL Certification 2 3 (1.149 %) ISTQB 3 2 (0.766 %) Degree 3 2 (0.766 %) Cisco Certification 3 2 (0.766 %) Microsoft Certification 3 2 (0.766 %) MCSE 3 2 (0.766 %) MCSA 4 1 (0.383 %) CCNA 4 1 (0.383 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 4 1 (0.383 %) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 8 (3.065 %) SLA 2 4 (1.533 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 2 4 (1.533 %) QA 3 1 (0.383 %) ISO17799 3 1 (0.383 %) ISO27001	System Software 1 24 (9.195 %) Active Directory 2 12 (4.598 %) NetBackup 3 2 (0.766 %) Oracle RMAN 3 2 (0.766 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 1 (0.383 %) Tivoli Workload Scheduler 4 1 (0.383 %) Samba 4 1 (0.383 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 4 1 (0.383 %) Oracle RAC
Systems Management 1 9 (3.448 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 2 7 (2.682 %) BMC PATROL 3 6 (2.299 %) Legato 4 5 (1.916 %) Tivoli 5 4 (1.533 %) Unicenter 6 3 (1.149 %) OpenView 7 2 (0.766 %) HP Data Protector 8 1 (0.383 %) Oracle Statspack 8 1 (0.383 %) AutoSys 8 1 (0.383 %) Tivoli Monitoring 8 1 (0.383 %) Tivoli Remote Control	Vendors 1 121 (46.36 %) Oracle 2 34 (13.03 %) Red Hat 3 33 (12.64 %) IBM 4 29 (11.11 %) Microsoft 4 29 (11.11 %) HP 5 16 (6.130 %) Cisco 6 11 (4.215 %) SAP 6 11 (4.215 %) Northgate 7 10 (3.831 %) VERITAS 8 9 (3.448 %) Intel 9 8 (3.065 %) BMC 9 8 (3.065 %) CA 9 8 (3.065 %) Dell 9 8 (3.065 %) Sun 10 7 (2.682 %) Juniper 10 7 (2.682 %) Altiris 10 7 (2.682 %) 3Com 11 6 (2.299 %) Blue Coat 11 6 (2.299 %) Retek 11 6 (2.299 %) EMC