The first table below looks at the demand for the Linux Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Linux Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Berkshire region.

Note that 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.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux Consultant
Rank - 135 129
Contract jobs requiring a Linux Consultant 0 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire - 0.031% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.034% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £395 £350 £344
% change year-on-year
+12.85% +1.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £38.00
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2240 2929 2637
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 91.32% 91.30% 90.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 916 1039 1001
Average daily rate £363 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £220 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 126 181
Average hourly rate £24.50 £19.00 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.94% -39.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £11.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Linux Consultant
South East

Linux Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Linux Consultant across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Berkshire Linux Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Linux Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Linux Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Linux Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Linux Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Linux Consultant
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Linux Consultant 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 Linux Consultant in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) HPUX
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Linux Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Linux Consultant 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 Linux Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) HPUX
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat