Linux Contracts in Berkshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills 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 over the 3 months to 21 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 of the Operating Systems category 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 39 55 35
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -20
Contract jobs citing Linux 106 92 130
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 4.291% 2.949% 4.438%
As % of the Operating Systems category 20.38% 17.49% 20.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 42 45
Average daily rate £350 £325 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -4.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £214 £228 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £523 £423 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £350 £338
% change year-on-year
-4.28% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
Average hourly rate £18.50 £29.00 £24.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.20% +17.17%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.50 £37.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-4.05% +5.71%
All Operating Systems
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 520 526 621
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 21.05% 16.86% 21.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 199 207
Average daily rate £335 £325 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.07% -4.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £225 £211
10% offered a daily rate of more than £477 £435 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 51 39
Average hourly rate £19.00 £15.58 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.99% -11.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £14.25 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £45.00 £43.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Linux
South East

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Linux Jobs Demand Trend

Linux
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Linux across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Berkshire Linux Daily Rate Histogram

Linux
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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
Contract Locations

The table below 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 21 May 2013. 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
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +13 35 £338 +3.84%
Slough -2 22 £350 +7.69%
Bracknell -9 9 £570 +62.85%
Windsor +6 8 £550 +69.23%
Maidenhead -1 6 - -
Newbury -1 2 £375 +118.97%
Linux
South East

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

1 79 (46.20%) UNIX
2 71 (41.52%) Windows
3 48 (28.07%) Oracle
4 47 (27.49%) SQL
5 46 (26.90%) Telecoms
6 36 (21.05%) ITIL
7 35 (20.47%) SAN
8 33 (19.30%) Red Hat
9 31 (18.13%) VMware
9 31 (18.13%) Perl
10 28 (16.37%) Shell Script
11 25 (14.62%) HP
12 24 (14.04%) Java
13 22 (12.87%) Solaris
14 21 (12.28%) PostgreSQL
14 21 (12.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 20 (11.70%) Windows Server 2008
15 20 (11.70%) Degree
15 20 (11.70%) HPUX
16 19 (11.11%) Greenplum
16 19 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
17 18 (10.53%) TCP/IP
17 18 (10.53%) Migration
18 17 (9.942%) Clustering
18 17 (9.942%) Microsoft
18 17 (9.942%) Apache
18 17 (9.942%) Python
19 16 (9.357%) JavaScript
19 16 (9.357%) Finance
19 16 (9.357%) Windows Server 2003

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 15 (8.772%) XML
2 12 (7.018%) CSS
3 11 (6.433%) Middleware
3 11 (6.433%) jQuery
4 10 (5.848%) .NET
5 7 (4.094%) HTML
5 7 (4.094%) Ajax
5 7 (4.094%) CSS3
6 6 (3.509%) WSH
7 5 (2.924%) Web Services
8 4 (2.339%) HTML5
8 4 (2.339%) LAMP
8 4 (2.339%) ASP.NET
9 3 (1.754%) XHTML
9 3 (1.754%) Flash
9 3 (1.754%) SAML
9 3 (1.754%) Zend Framework
9 3 (1.754%) Spring
10 2 (1.170%) REST
10 2 (1.170%) Node.js
Application Platforms
1 17 (9.942%) Apache
2 5 (2.924%) CMS
3 4 (2.339%) Tomcat
3 4 (2.339%) MS Exchange
4 3 (1.754%) Confluence
4 3 (1.754%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (1.170%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (1.170%) GlassFish
5 2 (1.170%) WebSphere MQ
5 2 (1.170%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.585%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.585%) IIS
6 1 (0.585%) ColdFusion
6 1 (0.585%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.585%) Drupal
6 1 (0.585%) ESB
6 1 (0.585%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.585%) ActiveMQ
6 1 (0.585%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (0.585%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 11 (6.433%) MS Excel
2 5 (2.924%) MS Office
3 2 (1.170%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.585%) QuarkXPress
4 1 (0.585%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.585%) Google Apps
Business Applications
1 4 (2.339%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (1.170%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (1.170%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (20.47%) SAN
2 18 (10.53%) TCP/IP
3 11 (6.433%) VPN
4 10 (5.848%) Network Security
4 10 (5.848%) NAS
5 9 (5.263%) DNS
6 7 (4.094%) 2G
6 7 (4.094%) 3G
6 7 (4.094%) VLAN
6 7 (4.094%) LTE
7 6 (3.509%) Radio Access Network
7 6 (3.509%) Firewall
7 6 (3.509%) IPv4
7 6 (3.509%) ATM
7 6 (3.509%) VoIP
8 5 (2.924%) LAN
8 5 (2.924%) DHCP
8 5 (2.924%) HTTP
8 5 (2.924%) Kerberos
8 5 (2.924%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (12.28%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (8.187%) MySQL
3 12 (7.018%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (6.433%) SQL Server
5 6 (3.509%) Oracle 11g
5 6 (3.509%) Oracle 8/8i
6 5 (2.924%) NoSQL
7 4 (2.339%) Big Data
7 4 (2.339%) Oracle 10g
8 3 (1.754%) BusinessObjects XI
9 2 (1.170%) Oracle Exadata
9 2 (1.170%) DataStage
9 2 (1.170%) TOAD
9 2 (1.170%) DB2
10 1 (0.585%) MS Access
10 1 (0.585%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.585%) GIS
10 1 (0.585%) CouchDB
10 1 (0.585%) SQL Server 2008
10 1 (0.585%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 8 (4.678%) Subversion
2 5 (2.924%) Eclipse
3 4 (2.339%) Maven
3 4 (2.339%) ProC
3 4 (2.339%) Ant
3 4 (2.339%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 3 (1.754%) JIRA
5 2 (1.170%) Selenium
5 2 (1.170%) ERwin
5 2 (1.170%) ClearCase
6 1 (0.585%) JUnit
6 1 (0.585%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.585%) QuickTest Pro
6 1 (0.585%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.585%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.585%) TestComplete
6 1 (0.585%) Gradle
General
1 46 (26.90%) Telecoms
2 16 (9.357%) Finance
3 4 (2.339%) Banking
4 3 (1.754%) Marketing
4 3 (1.754%) Retail
5 2 (1.170%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (1.170%) Publishing
6 1 (0.585%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 40 (23.39%) Developer
2 21 (12.28%) Support Engineer
3 13 (7.602%) Architect
4 11 (6.433%) Administrator
5 10 (5.848%) Technical Leader
6 9 (5.263%) Project Manager
6 9 (5.263%) Desktop Support
6 9 (5.263%) Analyst
6 9 (5.263%) Network Engineer
7 8 (4.678%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
7 8 (4.678%) Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
7 8 (4.678%) Infrastructure Manager
7 8 (4.678%) Infrastructure Project Leader
7 8 (4.678%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 8 (4.678%) Technical Architect
7 8 (4.678%) Project Leader
7 8 (4.678%) Senior Manager
7 8 (4.678%) Senior Project Manager
8 7 (4.094%) Java Developer
8 7 (4.094%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (9.942%) Clustering
2 6 (3.509%) Open Source
2 6 (3.509%) Computer Science
3 5 (2.924%) CLARiiON
3 5 (2.924%) Mainframe
4 4 (2.339%) Wiki
4 4 (2.339%) Device Driver
4 4 (2.339%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.754%) Symmetrix
5 3 (1.754%) EMC Centera
5 3 (1.754%) W3C
5 3 (1.754%) HACMP
5 3 (1.754%) IBM Mainframe
5 3 (1.754%) LPAR
5 3 (1.754%) DLPAR
5 3 (1.754%) Oracle Exalogic
6 2 (1.170%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (1.170%) iSeries
6 2 (1.170%) Grid Computing
7 1 (0.585%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 79 (46.20%) UNIX
2 71 (41.52%) Windows
3 22 (12.87%) Solaris
4 21 (12.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 20 (11.70%) Windows Server 2008
5 20 (11.70%) HPUX
6 16 (9.357%) Windows Server 2003
7 11 (6.433%) SUSE
8 6 (3.509%) AIX
9 4 (2.339%) Android
10 3 (1.754%) Windows 7
10 3 (1.754%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (1.170%) Windows 2000 Server
11 2 (1.170%) VMS
12 1 (0.585%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.585%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.585%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.585%) Nucleus RTOS
12 1 (0.585%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.585%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (21.05%) ITIL
2 18 (10.53%) Migration
3 15 (8.772%) Disaster Recovery
3 15 (8.772%) Release Management
4 11 (6.433%) Scrum
5 9 (5.263%) OO
5 9 (5.263%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (4.094%) Test Scripting
6 7 (4.094%) Agile Software Development
7 6 (3.509%) Project Management
7 6 (3.509%) Information Security
7 6 (3.509%) E-Commerce
8 5 (2.924%) PRINCE2
8 5 (2.924%) Fault Management
8 5 (2.924%) Performance Management
8 5 (2.924%) Load Balancing
8 5 (2.924%) Incident Management
8 5 (2.924%) Network Design
8 5 (2.924%) Network Management
8 5 (2.924%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 47 (27.49%) SQL
2 31 (18.13%) Perl
3 28 (16.37%) Shell Script
4 24 (14.04%) Java
5 17 (9.942%) Python
6 16 (9.357%) JavaScript
7 15 (8.772%) Bash shell
8 14 (8.187%) C
9 8 (4.678%) PowerShell
9 8 (4.678%) C++
9 8 (4.678%) PHP
10 6 (3.509%) VBScript
11 3 (1.754%) PHP5
12 2 (1.170%) RPG IV
12 2 (1.170%) Ruby
12 2 (1.170%) PL/SQL
12 2 (1.170%) RPG
13 1 (0.585%) C#
13 1 (0.585%) Embedded C
13 1 (0.585%) Korn
Qualifications
1 20 (11.70%) Degree
2 13 (7.602%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (6.433%) CCNA
4 7 (4.094%) Security Cleared
5 6 (3.509%) ITIL Certification
6 5 (2.924%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.754%) CCNP
8 2 (1.170%) ACSA
8 2 (1.170%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.170%) MCSE
8 2 (1.170%) HNC
9 1 (0.585%) HND
9 1 (0.585%) RHCE
9 1 (0.585%) Avaya Certification
9 1 (0.585%) IBM Certification
9 1 (0.585%) HPUX Certification
9 1 (0.585%) CCA
9 1 (0.585%) Citrix Certification
9 1 (0.585%) JNCIS
9 1 (0.585%) SCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.094%) SLA
2 3 (1.754%) QA
2 3 (1.754%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 19 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (5.848%) Oracle RAC
2 10 (5.848%) Active Directory
3 8 (4.678%) vSphere
3 8 (4.678%) VMware Workstation
4 5 (2.924%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (2.339%) Xen
6 3 (1.754%) NFS
6 3 (1.754%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (1.754%) SRDF
7 2 (1.170%) Veritas Volume Manager
7 2 (1.170%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 1 (0.585%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
8 1 (0.585%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 1 (0.585%) VirtualBox
8 1 (0.585%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 1 (0.585%) Veritas File System
8 1 (0.585%) Postfix
8 1 (0.585%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 15 (8.772%) NetBackup
2 8 (4.678%) Nagios
3 7 (4.094%) Tivoli
3 7 (4.094%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 4 (2.339%) SCOM
5 2 (1.170%) Control-M
5 2 (1.170%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.585%) OpenView
6 1 (0.585%) SCCM
6 1 (0.585%) Plesk
Vendors
1 48 (28.07%) Oracle
2 33 (19.30%) Red Hat
3 31 (18.13%) VMware
4 25 (14.62%) HP
5 19 (11.11%) Greenplum
6 17 (9.942%) Microsoft
7 13 (7.602%) IBM
8 12 (7.018%) Citrix
8 12 (7.018%) Cisco
9 11 (6.433%) Symantec
10 9 (5.263%) Business Objects
10 9 (5.263%) EMC
11 8 (4.678%) Avaya
11 8 (4.678%) NetApp
11 8 (4.678%) BMC
12 7 (4.094%) Ericsson
12 7 (4.094%) Huawei
12 7 (4.094%) Nokia Siemens Networks
13 6 (3.509%) CheckPoint
14 4 (2.339%) Verint
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