Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for UNIX skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited UNIX over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the West Midlands region.

 UNIX
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank232041
Rank change year-on-year
Down-3Up+21
Matching contract IT job ads7290105
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands4.816 %5.251 %3.188 %
As % of the Operating Systems category33.18 %31.03 %17.83 %
Daily rates quoted263315
Average daily rate£315£230£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+36.95 %-23.33 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£236£196£240
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£324£396
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£325£350
% change year-on-year
+3.070 %-7.140 %
Hourly rates quoted2216
Average hourly rate£32.50£22.00£32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+47.72 %-32.30 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£25.70£22.00£12.25
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£39.30£30.40£42.82
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.00£28.18£30.69
% change year-on-year
+6.470 %-8.190 %
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
217290589
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands14.52 %16.92 %17.88 %
Daily rates quoted607179
Average daily rate£300£253£323
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.81 %-21.70 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£149£190£125
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£350£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£313£310£335
% change year-on-year
+0.800 %-7.460 %
Hourly rates quoted5359173
Average hourly rate£13.50£15.00£15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.00 %-3.220 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£9.50£11.00£10.25
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£34.55£22.00£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.00£17.50£18.00
% change year-on-year
-14.28 %-2.770 %
UNIX EnglandUNIX
England

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 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.

West Midlands 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 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands UNIX Daily Rate Trend

UNIX
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 19 March 2010.

West Midlands 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 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands UNIX Hourly Rate Trend

UNIX
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 19 March 2010.

West Midlands UNIX Hourly Rate Histogram

UNIX
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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. 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
BirminghamNo change017£299+20.95 %
WarwickshireDown-114£248+2.59 %
HerefordshireUp+27£425-
ShropshireDown-46£450+106.89 %
WorcestershireNew entry-6£331-
CoventryNew entry-3£400-
SolihullDown-32£285+34.23 %
StaffordshireUp+101--
UNIX EnglandUNIX
England

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

151 (35.66 %)Oracle
248 (33.57 %)SQL
340 (27.97 %)Windows
438 (26.57 %)Java
534 (23.78 %)Linux
631 (21.68 %)XML
728 (19.58 %)Oracle 10g
827 (18.88 %)PL/SQL
926 (18.18 %)Security Cleared
1025 (17.48 %)WebLogic
1124 (16.78 %)J2EE
1223 (16.08 %)Web Services
1321 (14.69 %)Solaris
1321 (14.69 %)Oracle 9i
1420 (13.99 %)SOA
1420 (13.99 %)Oracle Certification
1519 (13.29 %)OCA
1519 (13.29 %)Business Intelligence
1519 (13.29 %)Oracle Reports
1618 (12.59 %)Oracle 11i
1618 (12.59 %)CRM
1618 (12.59 %)XSD
1618 (12.59 %)WSDL
1618 (12.59 %)Microsoft
1618 (12.59 %)TopLink
1618 (12.59 %)ESB
1717 (11.89 %)Oracle Discoverer
1816 (11.19 %)Perl
1915 (10.49 %)IBM
1915 (10.49 %)OCP

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
131 (21.68 %)XML
224 (16.78 %)J2EE
323 (16.08 %)Web Services
418 (12.59 %)XSD
418 (12.59 %)WSDL
418 (12.59 %)TopLink
513 (9.091 %)Middleware
513 (9.091 %).NET
612 (8.392 %)WebSphere
78 (5.594 %)XSLT
78 (5.594 %)ASP.NET
87 (4.895 %)CGI
96 (4.196 %)Spring
105 (3.497 %)JSP
105 (3.497 %)Servlets
105 (3.497 %)HTML
114 (2.797 %)SOAP
123 (2.098 %)Hibernate
123 (2.098 %)J2SE
123 (2.098 %)JDBC
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
125 (17.48 %)WebLogic
218 (12.59 %)ESB
313 (9.091 %)Oracle Workflow
46 (4.196 %)IIS
53 (2.098 %)CMS
53 (2.098 %)Oracle Application Server
62 (1.399 %)Captiva
62 (1.399 %)Documentum
62 (1.399 %)CICS
62 (1.399 %)Lotus Notes
71 (0.699 %)iPlanet
71 (0.699 %)Apache
71 (0.699 %)MQSeries
71 (0.699 %)NetWeaver
71 (0.699 %)SAP Portal
71 (0.699 %)TIBCO EMS
71 (0.699 %)AquaLogic
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (2.098 %)MS Excel
13 (2.098 %)MS Office
21 (0.699 %)Photoshop
21 (0.699 %)MS Visio
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
118 (12.59 %)Oracle 11i
214 (9.790 %)Oracle BPM
313 (9.091 %)Oracle Applications
41 (0.699 %)AquaLogic BPM
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
110 (6.993 %)SAN
27 (4.895 %)iSCSI
27 (4.895 %)Network Security
27 (4.895 %)NAS
36 (4.196 %)Firewall
45 (3.497 %)Internet
45 (3.497 %)3G
45 (3.497 %)2G
45 (3.497 %)GSM
45 (3.497 %)UMTS
54 (2.797 %)LAN
54 (2.797 %)LDAP
63 (2.098 %)X.500
63 (2.098 %)WAN
72 (1.399 %)TCP/IP
72 (1.399 %)VPN
72 (1.399 %)Extranet
81 (0.699 %)NetScreen
81 (0.699 %)BGP
81 (0.699 %)EIGRP
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
128 (19.58 %)Oracle 10g
221 (14.69 %)Oracle 9i
319 (13.29 %)Oracle Reports
417 (11.89 %)Oracle Discoverer
512 (8.392 %)Oracle 11g
69 (6.294 %)Datawarehouse
77 (4.895 %)SQL Server
77 (4.895 %)DB2
84 (2.797 %)SQL Server 2005
84 (2.797 %)RDBMS
84 (2.797 %)MS Access
92 (1.399 %)DB2 UDB
92 (1.399 %)ETL
92 (1.399 %)BusinessObjects
92 (1.399 %)MySQL
92 (1.399 %)Oracle 8/8i
92 (1.399 %)SQL Server 2000
101 (0.699 %)Oracle OWB
101 (0.699 %)Informix
101 (0.699 %)TOAD
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
113 (9.091 %)LoadRunner
113 (9.091 %)Oracle Forms
28 (5.594 %)JDeveloper
37 (4.895 %)JUnit
44 (2.797 %)Subversion
44 (2.797 %)Visual Studio
44 (2.797 %)ClearCase
53 (2.098 %)Ant
53 (2.098 %)Eclipse
62 (1.399 %)PeopleTools
62 (1.399 %)WinRunner
62 (1.399 %)TestDirector
62 (1.399 %)QuickTest Pro
71 (0.699 %)QARun
71 (0.699 %)TestPartner
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
112 (8.392 %)Government
27 (4.895 %)Automotive
27 (4.895 %)Telecoms
36 (4.196 %)Finance
44 (2.797 %)Health
44 (2.797 %)Manufacturing
53 (2.098 %)Pensions
62 (1.399 %)Banking
62 (1.399 %)Retail
62 (1.399 %)General Ledger
71 (0.699 %)Military
71 (0.699 %)Back Office
71 (0.699 %)Education
71 (0.699 %)Investment Banking
71 (0.699 %)Billing
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
126 (18.18 %)Analyst
225 (17.48 %)Developer
317 (11.89 %)Consultant
414 (9.790 %)Architect
512 (8.392 %)Oracle Developer
611 (7.692 %)Designer
78 (5.594 %)Tester
78 (5.594 %)Test Analyst
78 (5.594 %)DBA
78 (5.594 %)Administrator
87 (4.895 %)Senior Developer
87 (4.895 %)Technical Analyst
87 (4.895 %)Storage Consultant
96 (4.196 %)J2EE Developer
96 (4.196 %)Performance Tester
105 (3.497 %)Solutions Architect
105 (3.497 %)Project Manager
105 (3.497 %)Security Consultant
105 (3.497 %)Senior Oracle Developer
114 (2.797 %)Security Engineer
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
113 (9.091 %)Mainframe
27 (4.895 %)Replication
27 (4.895 %)Client/Server
34 (2.797 %)Statistics
43 (2.098 %)IBM Mainframe
52 (1.399 %)Multithreading
52 (1.399 %)Clustering
61 (0.699 %)Equities
61 (0.699 %)EPoS
61 (0.699 %)W3C
61 (0.699 %)Open Source
61 (0.699 %)Computer Science
61 (0.699 %)Derivative
61 (0.699 %)PKI
61 (0.699 %)Streaming Media
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
140 (27.97 %)Windows
234 (23.78 %)Linux
321 (14.69 %)Solaris
412 (8.392 %)AIX
56 (4.196 %)HPUX
62 (1.399 %)zOS
62 (1.399 %)SUSE
71 (0.699 %)Windows Server 2003
71 (0.699 %)Windows 2000
71 (0.699 %)MVS
71 (0.699 %)Red Hat Linux
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
120 (13.99 %)SOA
219 (13.29 %)Business Intelligence
318 (12.59 %)CRM
414 (9.790 %)Migration
513 (9.091 %)Workflow
611 (7.692 %)Data Migration
79 (6.294 %)Performance Testing
79 (6.294 %)BPEL
87 (4.895 %)Project Management
87 (4.895 %)Unit Testing
87 (4.895 %)Use Case
96 (4.196 %)Test Scripting
96 (4.196 %)Agile Software Development
96 (4.196 %)OO
105 (3.497 %)UML
105 (3.497 %)ITIL
114 (2.797 %)E-Commerce
114 (2.797 %)Disaster Recovery
114 (2.797 %)MVC
123 (2.098 %)Scrum
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
148 (33.57 %)SQL
238 (26.57 %)Java
327 (18.88 %)PL/SQL
416 (11.19 %)Perl
57 (4.895 %)C
65 (3.497 %)Shell Script
74 (2.797 %)VB.NET
74 (2.797 %)C++
74 (2.797 %)COBOL
83 (2.098 %)JCL
92 (1.399 %)REXX
92 (1.399 %)C#
92 (1.399 %)PHP
92 (1.399 %)T-SQL
92 (1.399 %)AWK
92 (1.399 %)PeopleCode
101 (0.699 %)VBScript
101 (0.699 %)ActionScript
101 (0.699 %)VBA
101 (0.699 %)JavaScript
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
126 (18.18 %)Security Cleared
220 (13.99 %)Oracle Certification
319 (13.29 %)OCA
415 (10.49 %)OCP
514 (9.790 %)SC Cleared
65 (3.497 %)Cisco Certification
74 (2.797 %)BC Cleared
83 (2.098 %)ISEB
83 (2.098 %)CCNA
92 (1.399 %)CCNP
92 (1.399 %)CCSA
101 (0.699 %)CISA
101 (0.699 %)MCSE
101 (0.699 %)Microsoft Certification
101 (0.699 %)CISSP
101 (0.699 %)Degree
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (2.797 %)COBIT
23 (2.098 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
32 (1.399 %)QA
41 (0.699 %)ISO27001
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
112 (8.392 %)VMware Infrastructure
27 (4.895 %)NFS
35 (3.497 %)Active Directory
42 (1.399 %)Oracle RAC
51 (0.699 %)ISA Server
51 (0.699 %)VMware ESX
51 (0.699 %)Terminal Server
51 (0.699 %)XenApp
51 (0.699 %)Veritas Volume Manager
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
18 (5.594 %)NetBackup
26 (4.196 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
35 (3.497 %)Tivoli
44 (2.797 %)AutoSys
52 (1.399 %)OVSD
52 (1.399 %)OpenView
61 (0.699 %)OpenView Configuration Management
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
151 (35.66 %)Oracle
218 (12.59 %)Microsoft
315 (10.49 %)IBM
315 (10.49 %)VMware
48 (5.594 %)Brocade
57 (4.895 %)SAP
57 (4.895 %)NetApp
57 (4.895 %)Citrix
66 (4.196 %)Cisco
66 (4.196 %)Nokia
66 (4.196 %)PeopleSoft
75 (3.497 %)HP
84 (2.797 %)Nortel
84 (2.797 %)Symantec
84 (2.797 %)Ericsson
84 (2.797 %)CheckPoint
93 (2.098 %)Hitachi
93 (2.098 %)Sybase
93 (2.098 %)Veritas
93 (2.098 %)BEA