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This section looks at the demand for Linux skills within the Aberdeen region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLinux
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank2521
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads57
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.007 %
As % of the category below6.410 %11.29 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£250
Average daily rate-£250
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£250
UK excluding London average daily rate£356£346
% change on same period last year+3.05 %
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£31.35£32.08
% change on same period last year-2.25 %
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Aberdeen
Matching contract IT job ads7862
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.103 %0.062 %
Daily rates quoted58
Average minimum daily rate£160£414
Average daily rate£164£417
% change on same period last year-60.81 %
Average maximum daily rate£168£420
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£336
% change on same period last year-2.15 %
Hourly rates quoted2115
Average minimum hourly rate£20.04£12.74
Average hourly rate£21.29£13.65
% change on same period last year+56.04 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.55£14.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.12£22.83
% change on same period last year-3.10 %
Linux ScotlandLinux
Scotland

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.

Linux
Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen Linux Demand Trend

Linux
Daily Rate Trend

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

Aberdeen Linux Daily Rate Trend

Linux
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Aberdeen Linux Hourly Rate Trend

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Linux 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 Linux.

111 (78.57 %)UNIX
28 (57.14 %)Solaris
28 (57.14 %)VERITAS
37 (50.00 %)NetBackup
37 (50.00 %)Red Hat Linux
46 (42.86 %)SAN
46 (42.86 %)Red Hat
55 (35.71 %)SQL
64 (28.57 %)Sun
73 (21.43 %)Active Directory
73 (21.43 %)Oracle
73 (21.43 %)Windows
73 (21.43 %)Perl
73 (21.43 %)MS Exchange
73 (21.43 %)Eclipse
82 (14.29 %)Apache
82 (14.29 %)TCP/IP
82 (14.29 %)Cisco
82 (14.29 %)Microsoft
82 (14.29 %)C++
82 (14.29 %)HTML
82 (14.29 %)JavaScript
82 (14.29 %)HP
82 (14.29 %)Symantec
82 (14.29 %)Windows Server 2003
82 (14.29 %)Exchange Server 2007
82 (14.29 %)Windows Server 2008
82 (14.29 %)IP Telephony
82 (14.29 %)Cisco IPT
91 (7.143 %)Windows Vista

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Linux 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 Linux. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (14.29 %)HTML
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (21.43 %)MS Exchange
22 (14.29 %)Apache
22 (14.29 %)Exchange Server 2007
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (7.143 %)MS Office
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (42.86 %)SAN
22 (14.29 %)TCP/IP
22 (14.29 %)IP Telephony
22 (14.29 %)Cisco IPT
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (21.43 %)Eclipse
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (21.43 %)Systems Administrator
13 (21.43 %)Systems Engineer
13 (21.43 %)Administrator
22 (14.29 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
22 (14.29 %)UNIX Administrator
22 (14.29 %)UNIX Systems Engineer
22 (14.29 %)Support Manager
22 (14.29 %)IT Support Manager
22 (14.29 %)UNIX Engineer
22 (14.29 %)IT Manager
31 (7.143 %)Web Developer
31 (7.143 %)Linux Engineer
31 (7.143 %)Software Engineer
31 (7.143 %)Developer
31 (7.143 %)Systems Developer
31 (7.143 %)Desktop Engineer
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111 (78.57 %)UNIX
28 (57.14 %)Solaris
37 (50.00 %)Red Hat Linux
43 (21.43 %)Windows
52 (14.29 %)Windows Server 2003
52 (14.29 %)Windows Server 2008
61 (7.143 %)Windows Vista
61 (7.143 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
61 (7.143 %)SUSE
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (35.71 %)SQL
23 (21.43 %)Perl
32 (14.29 %)C++
32 (14.29 %)JavaScript
41 (7.143 %)Shell Script
41 (7.143 %)C
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (50.00 %)NetBackup
23 (21.43 %)Active Directory
31 (7.143 %)NFS
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (57.14 %)VERITAS
26 (42.86 %)Red Hat
34 (28.57 %)Sun
43 (21.43 %)Oracle
52 (14.29 %)Cisco
52 (14.29 %)Microsoft
52 (14.29 %)HP
52 (14.29 %)Symantec
61 (7.143 %)Adobe