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This section looks at the demand for the UNIX Administrator role in IT contracts within the West Yorkshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited UNIX Administrator in their job title over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 UNIX Administrator
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank8989
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads36
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.174 %0.321 %
Daily rates quoted22
Average minimum daily rate£295£350
Average daily rate£325£388
% change on same period last year-16.12 %
Average maximum daily rate£355£425
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£345
% change on same period last year+3.57 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.86£31.41
% change on same period last year+14.19 %
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
West Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads17261871
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.301 %1.866 %
Daily rates quoted414308
Average minimum daily rate£325£334
Average daily rate£345£356
% change on same period last year-3.06 %
Average maximum daily rate£366£378
UK excluding London average daily rate£356£355
% change on same period last year+0.30 %
Hourly rates quoted124169
Average minimum hourly rate£20.65£23.32
Average hourly rate£22.81£24.74
% change on same period last year-7.81 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.96£26.16
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.79£25.66
% change on same period last year-7.31 %
UNIX Administrator YorkshireUNIX Administrator
Yorkshire

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.

UNIX Administrator
Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire UNIX Administrator Demand Trend

UNIX Administrator
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire UNIX Administrator Daily Rate Trend

UNIX Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram

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

West Yorkshire UNIX Administrator Daily Rate Histogram

UNIX Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire UNIX Administrator Hourly Rate Trend

UNIX Administrator
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UNIX Administrator within the West Yorkshire 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.

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
LeedsDown-22£325-
UNIX Administrator YorkshireUNIX Administrator
Yorkshire

UNIX Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region that cited UNIX Administrator in their job title 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 with UNIX Administrator in their job title.

15 (100.00 %)Linux
15 (100.00 %)UNIX
23 (60.00 %)Solaris
32 (40.00 %)Red Hat
32 (40.00 %)Debian
32 (40.00 %)Firewall
32 (40.00 %)Finance
32 (40.00 %)Windows
32 (40.00 %)TCP/IP
32 (40.00 %)Red Hat Linux
41 (20.00 %)WebSphere
41 (20.00 %)Release Management
41 (20.00 %)RDBMS
41 (20.00 %)SLA
41 (20.00 %)Cisco
41 (20.00 %)Sun
41 (20.00 %)EMC
41 (20.00 %)SAN
41 (20.00 %)Perl
41 (20.00 %)Oracle
41 (20.00 %)JBoss
41 (20.00 %)Tomcat
41 (20.00 %)JRun
41 (20.00 %)CRM
41 (20.00 %)Siebel
41 (20.00 %)E-Commerce
41 (20.00 %)OOD
41 (20.00 %)ATG
41 (20.00 %)ATG Dynamo
41 (20.00 %)AWK

UNIX Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region that cited UNIX Administrator in their job title 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 with UNIX Administrator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (20.00 %)WebSphere
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (20.00 %)JBoss
11 (20.00 %)Tomcat
11 (20.00 %)JRun
11 (20.00 %)ATG Dynamo
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (40.00 %)TCP/IP
12 (40.00 %)Firewall
21 (20.00 %)SAN
21 (20.00 %)Internet
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (20.00 %)RDBMS
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (40.00 %)Finance
21 (20.00 %)Financial Institution
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (100.00 %)UNIX
15 (100.00 %)Linux
23 (60.00 %)Solaris
32 (40.00 %)Debian
32 (40.00 %)Red Hat Linux
32 (40.00 %)Windows
41 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (20.00 %)CRM
11 (20.00 %)E-Commerce
11 (20.00 %)OOD
11 (20.00 %)Configuration Management
11 (20.00 %)Release Management
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (20.00 %)Perl
11 (20.00 %)Shell Script
11 (20.00 %)AWK
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (20.00 %)SLA
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (40.00 %)Red Hat
21 (20.00 %)webMethods
21 (20.00 %)ATG
21 (20.00 %)Oracle
21 (20.00 %)Siebel
21 (20.00 %)Cisco
21 (20.00 %)Sun
21 (20.00 %)EMC