Unix Contracts in Hampshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire with a requirement for Unix skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Unix over the 3 months to 27 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Unix South East / Hampshire
Location	3 months to 27 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	30	15	20
Rank change year-on-year	-15	+5
Contract jobs citing Unix	88	172	159
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire	4.90%	8.60%	7.51%
As % of the Operating Systems category	20.09%	27.70%	24.96%
Number of daily rates quoted	46	100	88
Median daily rate	£425	£400	£400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+6.25%	-
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£346	£288	£266
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£485	£490	£483
UK excluding London median daily rate	£425	£400	£375
% change year-on-year	+6.25%	+6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	6	6
Median hourly rate	-	£57.50	£38.25
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-	+50.32%
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£39.50	£28.00	£39.00
% change year-on-year	+41.07%	-28.20%

Unix is in the operating system skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract Operating System Skills Hampshire
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills	438	621	637
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Hampshire	24.40%	31.07%	30.09%
Number of daily rates quoted	259	375	373
Median daily rate	£400	£398	£375
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+0.62%	+6.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£175	£288	£263
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£490	£513	£475
UK excluding London median daily rate	£375	£363	£350
% change year-on-year	+3.44%	+3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted	39	31	58
Median hourly rate	£13.03	£47.83	£16.83
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-72.76%	+184.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£11.00	£33.40	£12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£42.50	£57.50	£40.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£15.50	£17.50	£16.50
% change year-on-year	-11.42%	+6.06%

Unix
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in Hampshire citing Unix as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the Operating Systems category.

Unix
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Unix in Hampshire.

Contractor daily rate trend for Unix in Hampshire

Unix
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Unix in Hampshire over the 3 months to 27 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Unix in Hampshire

Unix
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Unix in Hampshire.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Unix in Hampshire

Unix
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Unix within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 27 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Basingstoke	+4	25	£432	+146.57%	5
Winchester	+4	7	£425	+41.66%	1
Southampton	-1	7	£425	-2.85%	1
Havant	-8	5	£485	+10.85%
Portsmouth	-17	4	£316	-18.91%	1
Hook	-4	3	£250	-21.87%
Farnborough	-	3	-	-	1
Andover	-	1	£490	-
Unix South East

Unix
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Hampshire

For the 6 months to 27 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Unix also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the Hampshire region with a requirement for Unix.

1	127 (74.71%)	Linux
2	67 (39.41%)	Security Cleared
3	59 (34.71%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4	57 (33.53%)	SC Cleared
5	56 (32.94%)	Oracle
6	55 (32.35%)	Windows
7	50 (29.41%)	Red Hat
8	48 (28.24%)	SQL
9	46 (27.06%)	Agile Software Development
10	38 (22.35%)	Microsoft
11	34 (20.00%)	VMware
12	33 (19.41%)	Python
13	32 (18.82%)	Hadoop
14	31 (18.24%)	Performance Tuning
14	31 (18.24%)	DevOps

14	31 (18.24%)	Security Hardening
15	29 (17.06%)	AIX
15	29 (17.06%)	SQL Server
15	29 (17.06%)	Java
16	27 (15.88%)	Desktop Virtualisation
17	26 (15.29%)	Middleware
18	25 (14.71%)	PostgreSQL
19	24 (14.12%)	Ubuntu
19	24 (14.12%)	HDFS
19	24 (14.12%)	Oracle Database
20	23 (13.53%)	Debian
21	21 (12.35%)	Apache ZooKeeper
21	21 (12.35%)	Cloudera
21	21 (12.35%)	Windows Server 2008
22	20 (11.76%)	Apache Hive

Unix
Co-occurring IT Skills in Hampshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	19 (11.18%)	JBoss
2	18 (10.59%)	Apache Solr
3	14 (8.24%)	Apache
4	8 (4.71%)	Oracle SOA Suite
4	8 (4.71%)	Tomcat
5	7 (4.12%)	Oracle Service Bus
5	7 (4.12%)	SharePoint
6	5 (2.94%)	OpenStack
7	3 (1.76%)	MS Exchange
8	2 (1.18%)	Apache Spark
8	2 (1.18%)	WebSphere
9	1 (0.59%)	Cloud Foundry
9	1 (0.59%)	Elasticsearch
9	1 (0.59%)	Exchange Server 2003
9	1 (0.59%)	Exchange Server 2010
9	1 (0.59%)	GemFire
9	1 (0.59%)	GlassFish
9	1 (0.59%)	SAS
9	1 (0.59%)	WebLogic
9	1 (0.59%)	WebSphere Application Server

Applications
1	5 (2.94%)	Microsoft Office

Business Applications
1	7 (4.12%)	Oracle Utilities
2	6 (3.53%)	Oracle Applications
3	5 (2.94%)	Oracle EBS
3	5 (2.94%)	Siebel CRM
4	2 (1.18%)	SAP Oil and Gas
5	1 (0.59%)	Demantra
5	1 (0.59%)	IBM Operational Decision Manager
5	1 (0.59%)	Remedy ITSM

Cloud Services
1	6 (3.53%)	PaaS
2	5 (2.94%)	GitHub
2	5 (2.94%)	IaaS
3	3 (1.76%)	SaaS
4	1 (0.59%)	Microsoft Azure

Communications & Networking
1	10 (5.88%)	TCP/IP
2	7 (4.12%)	Firewall
2	7 (4.12%)	LDAP
3	6 (3.53%)	SAN
4	5 (2.94%)	Network Security
4	5 (2.94%)	SSL
5	4 (2.35%)	DNS
5	4 (2.35%)	Internet
5	4 (2.35%)	IPsec
6	3 (1.76%)	Cisco Nexus
6	3 (1.76%)	Wireshark
7	2 (1.18%)	3GPP
7	2 (1.18%)	Diameter Protocol
7	2 (1.18%)	F5 BIG-IP LTM
7	2 (1.18%)	FTP
7	2 (1.18%)	SIGTRAN
7	2 (1.18%)	SMTP
7	2 (1.18%)	Tactical Data Link
8	1 (0.59%)	ATM
8	1 (0.59%)	WAN

Database & Business Intelligence
1	32 (18.82%)	Hadoop
2	29 (17.06%)	SQL Server
3	25 (14.71%)	PostgreSQL
4	24 (14.12%)	Oracle Database
5	20 (11.76%)	Apache Hive
6	18 (10.59%)	Impala
7	15 (8.82%)	MySQL
7	15 (8.82%)	Oracle Database 11g
8	11 (6.47%)	Relational Database
9	10 (5.88%)	RDBMS
10	9 (5.29%)	Oracle Database 12c
11	8 (4.71%)	Oracle Database 10g
12	7 (4.12%)	Oracle9i Database
13	6 (3.53%)	HBase
13	6 (3.53%)	NoSQL
13	6 (3.53%)	SQL Server 2008
14	5 (2.94%)	Big Data
14	5 (2.94%)	SQL Server Integration Services
14	5 (2.94%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
15	4 (2.35%)	SQL Server 2012

Development Applications
1	8 (4.71%)	Jenkins
2	7 (4.12%)	Git (software)
3	5 (2.94%)	Gradle
4	3 (1.76%)	Cucumber
4	3 (1.76%)	LoadRunner
4	3 (1.76%)	Mockito
4	3 (1.76%)	Selenium
4	3 (1.76%)	SoapUI
5	2 (1.18%)	JIRA
5	2 (1.18%)	Oracle Forms
5	2 (1.18%)	Robot Framework
5	2 (1.18%)	Subversion
6	1 (0.59%)	IntelliJ
6	1 (0.59%)	JUnit
6	1 (0.59%)	SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6	1 (0.59%)	Team Foundation Server
6	1 (0.59%)	Visual Studio
6	1 (0.59%)	VSS/SourceSafe

General
1	12 (7.06%)	Telecoms
2	9 (5.29%)	Finance
3	5 (2.94%)	Military
4	4 (2.35%)	Manufacturing
5	2 (1.18%)	Back Office
5	2 (1.18%)	Billing
5	2 (1.18%)	Electronics
5	2 (1.18%)	Financial Institution
5	2 (1.18%)	Local Government
5	2 (1.18%)	Marketing
6	1 (0.59%)	Banking

Job Titles
1	38 (22.35%)	Administrator
2	29 (17.06%)	Linux Administrator
3	25 (14.71%)	Developer
4	22 (12.94%)	DBA
5	21 (12.35%)	Systems Administrator
6	16 (9.41%)	Oracle DBA
7	14 (8.24%)	Consultant
7	14 (8.24%)	Linux Systems Administrator
7	14 (8.24%)	Unix Specialist
8	12 (7.06%)	Hadoop Administrator
8	12 (7.06%)	Linux Specialist
9	9 (5.29%)	Architect
10	8 (4.71%)	Java Developer
11	7 (4.12%)	SQL DBA
12	6 (3.53%)	AIX Administrator
12	6 (3.53%)	AIX Specialist
12	6 (3.53%)	AIX Systems Administrator
12	6 (3.53%)	C Developer
12	6 (3.53%)	Oracle Applications DBA
12	6 (3.53%)	Project Manager

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	26 (15.29%)	Middleware
2	16 (9.41%)	Web Services
3	13 (7.65%)	SOAP
4	10 (5.88%)	J2EE
4	10 (5.88%)	Oracle Fusion
4	10 (5.88%)	Spring
5	8 (4.71%)	REST
5	8 (4.71%)	RESTful
6	7 (4.12%)	HTML
7	6 (3.53%)	JMS
7	6 (3.53%)	Kafka
8	5 (2.94%)	ActiveMQ
8	5 (2.94%)	JSON
9	4 (2.35%)	.NET
9	4 (2.35%)	CGI
9	4 (2.35%)	JSF
9	4 (2.35%)	JSP
9	4 (2.35%)	Node.js
9	4 (2.35%)	RabbitMQ
9	4 (2.35%)	XSLT

Miscellaneous
1	14 (8.24%)	Smart Meter
2	12 (7.06%)	Linux Command Line
3	10 (5.88%)	Clustering
4	9 (5.29%)	PKI
5	8 (4.71%)	Derivative
6	6 (3.53%)	Analytical Skills
6	6 (3.53%)	Management Information System
7	5 (2.94%)	HACMP
7	5 (2.94%)	Virtual Team
8	3 (1.76%)	Computer Science
8	3 (1.76%)	Data Centre
8	3 (1.76%)	Driving Licence
8	3 (1.76%)	Enterprise Software
8	3 (1.76%)	N-Tier
9	2 (1.18%)	Blog
9	2 (1.18%)	Client/Server
9	2 (1.18%)	DataPower
9	2 (1.18%)	Fat Client
9	2 (1.18%)	User Experience
9	2 (1.18%)	Video on Demand

Operating Systems
1	127 (74.71%)	Linux
2	59 (34.71%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3	55 (32.35%)	Windows
4	29 (17.06%)	AIX
5	24 (14.12%)	Ubuntu
6	23 (13.53%)	Debian
7	21 (12.35%)	Windows Server 2008
8	17 (10.00%)	Windows Server
9	14 (8.24%)	Windows Server 2012
10	13 (7.65%)	Windows Server 2003
11	8 (4.71%)	CentOS
12	7 (4.12%)	Solaris
13	5 (2.94%)	Windows XP
14	4 (2.35%)	Oracle Linux
15	2 (1.18%)	Android
15	2 (1.18%)	Apple iOS
16	1 (0.59%)	Windows NT

Processes & Methodologies
1	46 (27.06%)	Agile Software Development
2	31 (18.24%)	DevOps
2	31 (18.24%)	Performance Tuning
2	31 (18.24%)	Security Hardening
3	27 (15.88%)	Desktop Virtualisation
4	16 (9.41%)	ITIL
4	16 (9.41%)	Scrum
5	14 (8.24%)	SOA
6	12 (7.06%)	Patch Management
6	12 (7.06%)	Software Engineering
7	11 (6.47%)	Unit Testing
8	10 (5.88%)	TDD
9	9 (5.29%)	Continuous Improvement
10	8 (4.71%)	ETL
10	8 (4.71%)	Migration
10	8 (4.71%)	System Testing
10	8 (4.71%)	Test Automation
10	8 (4.71%)	User Stories
11	7 (4.12%)	Data Management
11	7 (4.12%)	Open Source

Programming Languages
1	48 (28.24%)	SQL
2	33 (19.41%)	Python
3	29 (17.06%)	Java
4	18 (10.59%)	Shell Script
5	13 (7.65%)	Perl
6	10 (5.88%)	C
7	9 (5.29%)	T-SQL
8	8 (4.71%)	JavaScript
9	7 (4.12%)	PL/SQL
10	6 (3.53%)	Bash Shell
11	4 (2.35%)	C++
11	4 (2.35%)	PHP
11	4 (2.35%)	PowerShell
12	2 (1.18%)	C#
12	2 (1.18%)	Korn
13	1 (0.59%)	BeanShell
13	1 (0.59%)	Jython
13	1 (0.59%)	R
13	1 (0.59%)	VBScript
13	1 (0.59%)	XPath

Qualifications
1	67 (39.41%)	Security Cleared
2	57 (33.53%)	SC Cleared
3	15 (8.82%)	RHCE
4	10 (5.88%)	Degree
5	7 (4.12%)	CISSP
6	5 (2.94%)	DV Cleared
7	4 (2.35%)	APMP
7	4 (2.35%)	CompTIA Security+
7	4 (2.35%)	PMP
7	4 (2.35%)	Security+ Certification
8	3 (1.76%)	ISEB
8	3 (1.76%)	RHCSA
9	2 (1.18%)	ISTQB
9	2 (1.18%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
9	2 (1.18%)	Sun Certification
10	1 (0.59%)	CCNA
10	1 (0.59%)	CCNP
10	1 (0.59%)	Cisco Certification
10	1 (0.59%)	Microsoft Certification
10	1 (0.59%)	PMI Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	9 (5.29%)	QA
2	8 (4.71%)	JSP 440
3	4 (2.35%)	PMO
4	1 (0.59%)	ISO/IEC 27001
4	1 (0.59%)	PCI DSS

System Software
1	24 (14.12%)	HDFS
2	21 (12.35%)	Apache ZooKeeper
3	19 (11.18%)	Apache Flume
4	17 (10.00%)	VMware Infrastructure
5	15 (8.82%)	Oracle RAC
6	12 (7.06%)	Active Directory
6	12 (7.06%)	Veritas Cluster Server
7	9 (5.29%)	vSphere
8	8 (4.71%)	Docker
9	2 (1.18%)	GFS2
9	2 (1.18%)	KVM
9	2 (1.18%)	OCFS2
9	2 (1.18%)	Xen
10	1 (0.59%)	Shibboleth
10	1 (0.59%)	Tivoli Workload Scheduler
10	1 (0.59%)	Veritas Volume Manager
10	1 (0.59%)	Virtual Machines
10	1 (0.59%)	VMware ESXi

Systems Management
1	18 (10.59%)	Oozie
1	18 (10.59%)	Puppet
2	17 (10.00%)	Opscode Chef
3	10 (5.88%)	Cobbler
4	6 (3.53%)	Oracle Identity Management
4	6 (3.53%)	Oracle RMAN
5	5 (2.94%)	Data Guard
5	5 (2.94%)	Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5	5 (2.94%)	Hadoop YARN
6	3 (1.76%)	Control-M
6	3 (1.76%)	Tivoli
7	2 (1.18%)	Ansible
7	2 (1.18%)	Nagios
7	2 (1.18%)	OpenView Configuration Management
7	2 (1.18%)	SCCM
7	2 (1.18%)	vRealize
8	1 (0.59%)	Ambari
8	1 (0.59%)	Opsview
8	1 (0.59%)	QRadar
8	1 (0.59%)	Red Hat Satellite

Vendors
1	56 (32.94%)	Oracle
2	50 (29.41%)	Red Hat
3	38 (22.35%)	Microsoft
4	34 (20.00%)	VMware
5	21 (12.35%)	Cloudera
6	12 (7.06%)	IBM
7	10 (5.88%)	Citrix
8	9 (5.29%)	Arqiva
8	9 (5.29%)	Splunk
9	8 (4.71%)	HP
9	8 (4.71%)	Veritas
10	6 (3.53%)	Informatica
11	5 (2.94%)	Cisco
11	5 (2.94%)	Remedy
11	5 (2.94%)	Siebel
12	4 (2.35%)	McAfee
13	3 (1.76%)	CA
13	3 (1.76%)	MuleSoft
13	3 (1.76%)	Sun
13	3 (1.76%)	WSO2