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This section looks at the demand for UNIX skills within the West Yorkshire 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUNIX
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank2430
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads9288
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.121 %0.088 %
As % of the category below28.13 %22.92 %
Daily rates quoted2327
Average minimum daily rate£312£327
Average daily rate£332£344
% change on same period last year-3.39 %
Average maximum daily rate£352£360
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£363
% change on same period last year-2.25 %
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£32.14£31.17
% change on same period last year+3.10 %
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
West Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads327384
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.432 %0.382 %
Daily rates quoted6558
Average minimum daily rate£295£298
Average daily rate£313£308
% change on same period last year+1.70 %
Average maximum daily rate£332£318
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£336
% change on same period last year-2.15 %
Hourly rates quoted3754
Average minimum hourly rate£16.96£16.14
Average hourly rate£18.35£17.08
% change on same period last year+7.39 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.73£18.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.12£22.83
% change on same period last year-3.10 %
UNIX YorkshireUNIX
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
Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire UNIX Hourly Rate Trend

UNIX
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 Yorkshire 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
LeedsUp+664£333+10.35 %
PudseyNew entry-2--
HalifaxDown-92--
BradfordDown-81£290-29.69 %
UNIX YorkshireUNIX
Yorkshire

UNIX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

177 (49.04 %)Oracle
256 (35.67 %)Linux
350 (31.85 %)Windows
437 (23.57 %)Finance
530 (19.11 %)SQL
530 (19.11 %)Solaris
629 (18.47 %)Java
725 (15.92 %)Shell Script
725 (15.92 %)Firewall
823 (14.65 %)HP
921 (13.38 %)DNS
1020 (12.74 %)Microsoft
1118 (11.46 %)PL/SQL
1217 (10.83 %)Telecoms
1315 (9.554 %)ITIL
1315 (9.554 %)Perl
1315 (9.554 %)Oracle 9i
1315 (9.554 %)Internet
1414 (8.917 %)Oracle 10g
1414 (8.917 %)XML
1513 (8.280 %)Government
1513 (8.280 %)NHS
1513 (8.280 %)Citrix
1612 (7.643 %)Active Directory
1612 (7.643 %)PRINCE2
1612 (7.643 %)C
1612 (7.643 %)Oracle 8/8i
1612 (7.643 %)Datawarehouse
1612 (7.643 %)Agile Software Development
1711 (7.006 %)J2EE

UNIX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
114 (8.917 %)XML
211 (7.006 %)J2EE
39 (5.732 %)WebServices
39 (5.732 %)WebSphere
47 (4.459 %)Hibernate
47 (4.459 %)Spring
47 (4.459 %)JSP
54 (2.548 %)EJB
54 (2.548 %)CSS
63 (1.911 %)Middleware
72 (1.274 %)WBIMB
72 (1.274 %)AJAX
72 (1.274 %)XSL
81 (0.637 %)JAAS
81 (0.637 %)JNDI
81 (0.637 %)XHTML
81 (0.637 %)RSS
81 (0.637 %)ODBC
81 (0.637 %)Servlets
81 (0.637 %)Struts
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (5.096 %)WebLogic
24 (2.548 %)MS Exchange
33 (1.911 %)Tomcat
33 (1.911 %)TIBCO EMS
42 (1.274 %)WebSphere Message Broker
42 (1.274 %)Apache
42 (1.274 %)WebSphere MQ
42 (1.274 %)Oracle Workflow
51 (0.637 %)ATG Dynamo
51 (0.637 %)Oracle Application Server
51 (0.637 %)JRun
51 (0.637 %)SAS
51 (0.637 %)JBoss
51 (0.637 %)IIS
51 (0.637 %)Oracle 10gAS
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
18 (5.096 %)MS Excel
21 (0.637 %)MS Visio
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.637 %)Oracle Applications
11 (0.637 %)Oracle EBS
11 (0.637 %)BusinessWorks
11 (0.637 %)Oracle 11i
11 (0.637 %)Siebel Analytics
11 (0.637 %)TIBCO iProcess
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
125 (15.92 %)Firewall
221 (13.38 %)DNS
315 (9.554 %)Internet
411 (7.006 %)SAN
510 (6.369 %)TCP/IP
69 (5.732 %)WAN
77 (4.459 %)VPN
77 (4.459 %)LAN
77 (4.459 %)HTTP
84 (2.548 %)SSH
93 (1.911 %)DHCP
93 (1.911 %)LDAP
102 (1.274 %)iSCSI
102 (1.274 %)HTTPS
102 (1.274 %)FTP
102 (1.274 %)ATM
102 (1.274 %)RIP
102 (1.274 %)SSL
102 (1.274 %)OSPF
102 (1.274 %)DAB
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
115 (9.554 %)Oracle 9i
214 (8.917 %)Oracle 10g
312 (7.643 %)Oracle 8/8i
312 (7.643 %)Datawarehouse
411 (7.006 %)BusinessObjects
59 (5.732 %)SQL Server
67 (4.459 %)TOAD
76 (3.822 %)Oracle Reports
85 (3.185 %)MySQL
93 (1.911 %)RDBMS
93 (1.911 %)DB2
102 (1.274 %)Oracle 11g
102 (1.274 %)DataStage
102 (1.274 %)Oracle OWB
111 (0.637 %)GIS
111 (0.637 %)SQL Server 2000
111 (0.637 %)Oracle Discoverer
111 (0.637 %)ETL
111 (0.637 %)DB2 UDB
111 (0.637 %)Base SAS
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
110 (6.369 %)Oracle Forms
28 (5.096 %)JUnit
37 (4.459 %)Eclipse
41 (0.637 %)TestDirector
41 (0.637 %)Flash
41 (0.637 %)PVCS
41 (0.637 %)Ant
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
137 (23.57 %)Finance
217 (10.83 %)Telecoms
313 (8.280 %)Government
49 (5.732 %)Retail
57 (4.459 %)Health
65 (3.185 %)Banking
73 (1.911 %)Financial Institution
81 (0.637 %)Electric
81 (0.637 %)Back Office
81 (0.637 %)International Banking
81 (0.637 %)Marketing
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
144 (28.03 %)Developer
224 (15.29 %)Java Developer
317 (10.83 %)Analyst
416 (10.19 %)DBA
514 (8.917 %)Oracle DBA
611 (7.006 %)Oracle Developer
79 (5.732 %)Administrator
79 (5.732 %)UNIX Engineer
88 (5.096 %)Architect
88 (5.096 %)Systems Engineer
96 (3.822 %)Linux Engineer
96 (3.822 %)SQL Developer
96 (3.822 %)PL/SQL Developer
96 (3.822 %)Senior Developer
96 (3.822 %)Test Analyst
105 (3.185 %)Systems Administrator
105 (3.185 %)UNIX Administrator
114 (2.548 %)Java/J2EE Developer
114 (2.548 %)Systems Integrator
114 (2.548 %)Senior Java Developer
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
113 (8.280 %)NHS
210 (6.369 %)Multithreading
210 (6.369 %)Client/Server
210 (6.369 %)Smartcard
38 (5.096 %)N-Tier
38 (5.096 %)Mainframe
47 (4.459 %)PKI
55 (3.185 %)Clustering
62 (1.274 %)Replication
71 (0.637 %)NPfIT
71 (0.637 %)Data Integration
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
156 (35.67 %)Linux
250 (31.85 %)Windows
330 (19.11 %)Solaris
411 (7.006 %)Windows Vista
57 (4.459 %)HPUX
57 (4.459 %)Windows Server 2003
66 (3.822 %)Windows XP
75 (3.185 %)AIX
83 (1.911 %)SUSE
83 (1.911 %)OS/390
83 (1.911 %)Red Hat Linux
92 (1.274 %)Windows 2000
92 (1.274 %)NetWare
92 (1.274 %)zOS
92 (1.274 %)Tru64
92 (1.274 %)Debian
101 (0.637 %)MVS
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
115 (9.554 %)ITIL
212 (7.643 %)PRINCE2
212 (7.643 %)Agile Software Development
310 (6.369 %)Unit Testing
48 (5.096 %)E-Commerce
55 (3.185 %)UML
55 (3.185 %)Security Cleared
64 (2.548 %)SOA
64 (2.548 %)Migration
64 (2.548 %)Workflow
73 (1.911 %)Configuration Management
73 (1.911 %)Business Intelligence
73 (1.911 %)RUP
73 (1.911 %)User Acceptance Testing
73 (1.911 %)Continuous Integration
73 (1.911 %)Data Migration
73 (1.911 %)System Testing
82 (1.274 %)Release Management
82 (1.274 %)Problem Management
82 (1.274 %)CRM
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
130 (19.11 %)SQL
229 (18.47 %)Java
325 (15.92 %)Shell Script
418 (11.46 %)PL/SQL
515 (9.554 %)Perl
612 (7.643 %)C
77 (4.459 %)VB
85 (3.185 %)PHP
85 (3.185 %)JavaScript
94 (2.548 %)C++
102 (1.274 %)COBOL
102 (1.274 %)Assembly Language
102 (1.274 %)AWK
111 (0.637 %)JCL
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (4.459 %)ISEB
24 (2.548 %)Cisco Certification
24 (2.548 %)PRINCE2 Certification
33 (1.911 %)Microsoft Certification
33 (1.911 %)CCNA
33 (1.911 %)MCSE
33 (1.911 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
42 (1.274 %)MCDBA
42 (1.274 %)CCNP
42 (1.274 %)Oracle Certification
51 (0.637 %)ITIL Certification
51 (0.637 %)OCP
51 (0.637 %)Degree
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (2.548 %)QA
23 (1.911 %)SLA
32 (1.274 %)PCI DSS
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
112 (7.643 %)Active Directory
28 (5.096 %)MetaFrame
36 (3.822 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
36 (3.822 %)Oracle RMAN
44 (2.548 %)Oracle RAC
52 (1.274 %)Terminal Services
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
111 (7.006 %)OpenView
26 (3.822 %)Tivoli
26 (3.822 %)NNM
26 (3.822 %)OVOW
26 (3.822 %)OVIS
34 (2.548 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
43 (1.911 %)MOM
43 (1.911 %)OVPA
52 (1.274 %)OVPM
52 (1.274 %)CiscoWorks
61 (0.637 %)TIBCO Hawk
61 (0.637 %)Tivoli Monitoring
61 (0.637 %)Tivoli NetView
61 (0.637 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
61 (0.637 %)HP Data Protector
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
177 (49.04 %)Oracle
223 (14.65 %)HP
320 (12.74 %)Microsoft
413 (8.280 %)Citrix
511 (7.006 %)Business Objects
511 (7.006 %)IBM
67 (4.459 %)Perforce
67 (4.459 %)Cisco
76 (3.822 %)Sun
76 (3.822 %)VERITAS
83 (1.911 %)Red Hat
83 (1.911 %)BMC
83 (1.911 %)TIBCO
83 (1.911 %)Siebel
83 (1.911 %)VMware
92 (1.274 %)EMC
92 (1.274 %)BEA
101 (0.637 %)Ab Initio
101 (0.637 %)ATG
101 (0.637 %)webMethods