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This section looks at the demand for Linux skills within the Berkshire 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLinux
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3623
Rank change on same period last yearDown-13
Matching contract IT job ads126269
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.168 %0.272 %
As % of the category below15.75 %19.99 %
Daily rates quoted25110
Average minimum daily rate£318£330
Average daily rate£351£338
% change on same period last year+3.70 %
Average maximum daily rate£384£347
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£341
% change on same period last year+2.42 %
Hourly rates quoted813
Average minimum hourly rate£25.56£29.04
Average hourly rate£28.39£30.04
% change on same period last year-5.48 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.22£31.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.07£32.01
% change on same period last year-2.92 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads8001346
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.066 %1.362 %
Daily rates quoted170442
Average minimum daily rate£341£341
Average daily rate£363£361
% change on same period last year+0.68 %
Average maximum daily rate£386£381
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£337
% change on same period last year-0.77 %
Hourly rates quoted120163
Average minimum hourly rate£22.92£25.17
Average hourly rate£24.66£26.63
% change on same period last year-7.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.41£28.08
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.08£23.44
% change on same period last year-5.80 %
Linux South EastLinux
South East

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 Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire Linux Daily Rate Trend

Linux
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Linux across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Berkshire Linux Daily Rate Histogram

Linux
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Linux Hourly Rate Trend

Linux
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Linux across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Berkshire Linux Hourly Rate Histogram

Linux
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
ReadingDown-1828£313+5.50 %
BracknellUp+110£425+15.48 %
AscotNew entry-6£375-
MaidenheadDown-85£350-3.53 %
NewburyDown-74£350-7.28 %
WokinghamNew entry-3£275-
SloughDown-43£320-1.53 %
Linux South EastLinux
South East

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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.

189 (31.34 %)UNIX
279 (27.82 %)Oracle
367 (23.59 %)Solaris
367 (23.59 %)Red Hat
464 (22.54 %)Windows
556 (19.72 %)MySQL
556 (19.72 %)Perl
650 (17.61 %)Python
746 (16.20 %)Telecoms
845 (15.85 %)Apache
845 (15.85 %)HP
944 (15.49 %)XML
944 (15.49 %)Java
1037 (13.03 %)PHP
1037 (13.03 %)SAN
1132 (11.27 %)TCP/IP
1231 (10.92 %)C
1330 (10.56 %)CSS
1429 (10.21 %)JavaScript
1429 (10.21 %)HTML
1527 (9.507 %)Cisco
1626 (9.155 %)LAMP
1626 (9.155 %)Internet
1626 (9.155 %)PHP5
1626 (9.155 %)Security Cleared
1725 (8.803 %)C++
1725 (8.803 %)XHTML
1824 (8.451 %)SQL
1824 (8.451 %)Ant
1824 (8.451 %)NFS

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
144 (15.49 %)XML
230 (10.56 %)CSS
329 (10.21 %)HTML
426 (9.155 %)LAMP
525 (8.803 %)XHTML
623 (8.099 %)J2EE
718 (6.338 %)Drupal
817 (5.986 %)XSLT
910 (3.521 %)Swing
109 (3.169 %)CGI
109 (3.169 %)Middleware
118 (2.817 %)WebServices
126 (2.113 %).NET
135 (1.761 %)SOAP
135 (1.761 %)Spring
135 (1.761 %)AJAX
135 (1.761 %)Hibernate
144 (1.408 %)WebSphere
144 (1.408 %)ASP
144 (1.408 %)JMS
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
145 (15.85 %)Apache
222 (7.746 %)CMS
317 (5.986 %)Tomcat
412 (4.225 %)IIS
59 (3.169 %)Exchange Server 2003
66 (2.113 %)MS Exchange
75 (1.761 %)Exchange Server 2007
83 (1.056 %)JBoss
83 (1.056 %)WebSphere Application Server
83 (1.056 %)WebLogic
92 (0.704 %)SharePoint
92 (0.704 %)Exchange Server 5.5
101 (0.352 %)Oracle Application Server
101 (0.352 %)Mambo
101 (0.352 %)Oracle 10gAS
101 (0.352 %)Joomla!
101 (0.352 %)Oracle HTTP Server
101 (0.352 %)ColdFusion
101 (0.352 %)NetWeaver
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (1.761 %)MS Excel
22 (0.704 %)MS Project
31 (0.352 %)MS Office
31 (0.352 %)MS Visio
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
117 (5.986 %)Oracle Applications
26 (2.113 %)Oracle EBS
32 (0.704 %)Advent Geneva
41 (0.352 %)Oracle 11i
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
137 (13.03 %)SAN
232 (11.27 %)TCP/IP
326 (9.155 %)Internet
417 (5.986 %)Wi-Fi
516 (5.634 %)Firewall
615 (5.282 %)Network Security
712 (4.225 %)DNS
712 (4.225 %)WAN
811 (3.873 %)VPN
99 (3.169 %)LAN
99 (3.169 %)VoIP
99 (3.169 %)Wireshark
108 (2.817 %)Broadband
115 (1.761 %)SMTP
115 (1.761 %)NetScreen
115 (1.761 %)VLAN
124 (1.408 %)SMS
132 (0.704 %)WLAN
132 (0.704 %)GPRS
132 (0.704 %)ADSL
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
156 (19.72 %)MySQL
214 (4.930 %)SQL Server
37 (2.465 %)Oracle 8/8i
43 (1.056 %)Oracle 10g
52 (0.704 %)BusinessObjects
52 (0.704 %)PostgreSQL
52 (0.704 %)Oracle 9i
52 (0.704 %)Datawarehouse
52 (0.704 %)RDBMS
61 (0.352 %)Ingres
61 (0.352 %)SQL Server 2005
61 (0.352 %)SQL Server 7
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
124 (8.451 %)Ant
220 (7.042 %)Subversion
318 (6.338 %)Eclipse
47 (2.465 %)JUnit
55 (1.761 %)JMeter
61 (0.352 %)LabVIEW
61 (0.352 %)Visual Studio
61 (0.352 %)PVCS
61 (0.352 %)Flash
61 (0.352 %)ClearCase
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
146 (16.20 %)Telecoms
221 (7.394 %)Government
313 (4.577 %)Retail
47 (2.465 %)Banking
56 (2.113 %)Marketing
56 (2.113 %)Billing
65 (1.761 %)Pharmaceutical
74 (1.408 %)Auditing
83 (1.056 %)Interactive Media
83 (1.056 %)Games
83 (1.056 %)Electronics
83 (1.056 %)Finance
92 (0.704 %)Aerospace
101 (0.352 %)Education
101 (0.352 %)Legal
101 (0.352 %)Publishing
101 (0.352 %)Military
101 (0.352 %)Retail Banking
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
185 (29.93 %)Developer
223 (8.099 %)Consultant
223 (8.099 %)Java Developer
321 (7.394 %)Network Engineer
321 (7.394 %)Web Developer
418 (6.338 %)Software Engineer
517 (5.986 %)Support Engineer
517 (5.986 %)PHP Developer
615 (5.282 %)Systems Manager
713 (4.577 %)Analyst
812 (4.225 %)Administrator
911 (3.873 %)UNIX Engineer
1010 (3.521 %)Linux Consultant
1010 (3.521 %)Technical Support
119 (3.169 %)C++ Developer
119 (3.169 %)UNIX Administrator
128 (2.817 %)Senior Software Engineer
128 (2.817 %)Systems Administrator
128 (2.817 %)Linux Engineer
128 (2.817 %)Java Swing Developer
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (3.873 %)Clustering
27 (2.465 %)STB
35 (1.761 %)Handset
44 (1.408 %)Device Driver
53 (1.056 %)EPoS
62 (0.704 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
62 (0.704 %)Equities
71 (0.352 %)VHDL
71 (0.352 %)Replication
71 (0.352 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
71 (0.352 %)Web 2.0
71 (0.352 %)Derivative
71 (0.352 %)Social Network
71 (0.352 %)Multithreading
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
189 (31.34 %)UNIX
267 (23.59 %)Solaris
364 (22.54 %)Windows
416 (5.634 %)AIX
511 (3.873 %)SUSE
68 (2.817 %)Windows 2000
77 (2.465 %)HPUX
77 (2.465 %)Embedded Linux
77 (2.465 %)Windows Server 2003
77 (2.465 %)Tru64
85 (1.761 %)VMS
85 (1.761 %)Windows NT
94 (1.408 %)FreeBSD
94 (1.408 %)Debian
103 (1.056 %)OpenVMS
112 (0.704 %)OpenBSD
112 (0.704 %)Windows XP
121 (0.352 %)Mac OS X
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
126 (9.155 %)Security Cleared
220 (7.042 %)SC Cleared
316 (5.634 %)UML
316 (5.634 %)Content Management
415 (5.282 %)Migration
514 (4.930 %)Project Management
611 (3.873 %)Configuration Management
710 (3.521 %)OO
88 (2.817 %)Validation
97 (2.465 %)Continuous Integration
106 (2.113 %)Data Migration
106 (2.113 %)ITSM
106 (2.113 %)Problem Management
115 (1.761 %)Software Engineering
115 (1.761 %)Incident Management
115 (1.761 %)Code Coverage
124 (1.408 %)ITIL
124 (1.408 %)Web Development
124 (1.408 %)Use Case
133 (1.056 %)Workflow
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
156 (19.72 %)Perl
250 (17.61 %)Python
344 (15.49 %)Java
437 (13.03 %)PHP
531 (10.92 %)C
629 (10.21 %)JavaScript
726 (9.155 %)PHP5
825 (8.803 %)C++
924 (8.451 %)SQL
1013 (4.577 %)Shell Script
116 (2.113 %)Embedded C++
124 (1.408 %)C#
132 (0.704 %)DHTML
132 (0.704 %)VBScript
132 (0.704 %)Korn
132 (0.704 %)PHP4
141 (0.352 %)Assembly Language
141 (0.352 %)Embedded C
141 (0.352 %)VB
141 (0.352 %)VC++
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
123 (8.099 %)Cisco Certification
221 (7.394 %)CCNA
37 (2.465 %)Microsoft Certification
37 (2.465 %)MCSE
43 (1.056 %)PRINCE2 Certification
43 (1.056 %)Degree
52 (0.704 %)CCDP
52 (0.704 %)MCSA
52 (0.704 %)CCSP
61 (0.352 %)CCNP
61 (0.352 %)Sun Certification
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (3.873 %)SLA
22 (0.704 %)QA
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
124 (8.451 %)NFS
222 (7.746 %)Samba
38 (2.817 %)Oracle RAC
47 (2.465 %)Active Directory
56 (2.113 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
65 (1.761 %)NetBackup
73 (1.056 %)Oracle RMAN
82 (0.704 %)Citrix Presentation Server
82 (0.704 %)VMware Infrastructure
82 (0.704 %)MetaFrame
82 (0.704 %)VMware ESX
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
18 (2.817 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
27 (2.465 %)Tivoli
32 (0.704 %)OpenView
41 (0.352 %)CiscoWorks
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
179 (27.82 %)Oracle
267 (23.59 %)Red Hat
345 (15.85 %)HP
427 (9.507 %)Cisco
513 (4.577 %)IBM
513 (4.577 %)Sun
612 (4.225 %)Microsoft
612 (4.225 %)VMware
78 (2.817 %)Trolltech
87 (2.465 %)CheckPoint
87 (2.465 %)SAP
87 (2.465 %)Citrix
95 (1.761 %)Altiris
95 (1.761 %)VERITAS
103 (1.056 %)Dell
103 (1.056 %)EMC
112 (0.704 %)Siebel
112 (0.704 %)Sybase
112 (0.704 %)Business Objects
112 (0.704 %)BEA
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