The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bournemouth region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 24 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 Bournemouth 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 8 5 10
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +5
Contract jobs citing Linux 17 27 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bournemouth 14.78% 18.49% 12.80%
As % of the Operating Systems category 38.64% 55.10% 42.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 19 16
Average daily rate £420 £395 £398
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.32% -0.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £347 £360 £375
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £445 £421
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £350 £338
% change year-on-year
-4.28% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £165.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.00 £37.00 £34.50
% change year-on-year
- +7.24%
All Operating Systems
Bournemouth
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
44 49 50
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bournemouth 38.26% 33.56% 30.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 31 35
Average daily rate £215 £395 £398
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-45.56% -0.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £110 £360 £355
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £438 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 2
Average hourly rate £32.50 £13.00 £11.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+150.00% +14.23%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Linux
Dorset

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bournemouth 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 Bournemouth region.

Bournemouth 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 Bournemouth region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Bournemouth 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 Bournemouth region.

Bournemouth Linux Hourly Rate Trend

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bournemouth 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 21 (91.30%) UNIX
2 14 (60.87%) Oracle
3 12 (52.17%) SQL
4 8 (34.78%) Windows
4 8 (34.78%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (30.43%) Banking
6 6 (26.09%) Test Management
6 6 (26.09%) TOAD
6 6 (26.09%) Oracle 10g
6 6 (26.09%) Java
6 6 (26.09%) WebLogic
6 6 (26.09%) Middleware
6 6 (26.09%) Finance
7 5 (21.74%) Clustering
7 5 (21.74%) Shell Script
7 5 (21.74%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (21.74%) SQL Server
7 5 (21.74%) OLTP
7 5 (21.74%) Oracle 8/8i
7 5 (21.74%) User Acceptance Testing
7 5 (21.74%) Oracle 11g
7 5 (21.74%) HP Quality Center
8 4 (17.39%) Oracle Application Server
8 4 (17.39%) Business Analysis
8 4 (17.39%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (17.39%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (17.39%) Solaris
8 4 (17.39%) PL/SQL
8 4 (17.39%) ISEB
8 4 (17.39%) HTTP

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bournemouth 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 6 (26.09%) Middleware
2 3 (13.04%) JDBC
2 3 (13.04%) ODBC
2 3 (13.04%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (8.696%) WebSphere
4 1 (4.348%) SOAP
4 1 (4.348%) XML
4 1 (4.348%) ATL
4 1 (4.348%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 6 (26.09%) WebLogic
2 4 (17.39%) Oracle Application Server
3 1 (4.348%) CMS
3 1 (4.348%) MQSeries
Applications
1 1 (4.348%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.348%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (4.348%) Temenos T24
Communications & Networking
1 4 (17.39%) HTTP
2 3 (13.04%) HTTPS
3 2 (8.696%) NAS
3 2 (8.696%) FTP
3 2 (8.696%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (34.78%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (26.09%) TOAD
2 6 (26.09%) Oracle 10g
3 5 (21.74%) SQL Server
3 5 (21.74%) OLTP
3 5 (21.74%) Oracle 8/8i
3 5 (21.74%) Oracle 11g
4 4 (17.39%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (13.04%) Oracle Discoverer
5 3 (13.04%) Star Schema
6 1 (4.348%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (4.348%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Oracle Forms
1 4 (17.39%) LoadRunner
2 3 (13.04%) Introscope
2 3 (13.04%) QuickTest Pro
3 2 (8.696%) JProfiler
3 2 (8.696%) Subversion
3 2 (8.696%) JProbe
4 1 (4.348%) TestDirector
General
1 7 (30.43%) Banking
2 6 (26.09%) Finance
3 1 (4.348%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) DBA
2 5 (21.74%) Developer
3 4 (17.39%) Oracle DBA
3 4 (17.39%) Analyst
3 4 (17.39%) Consultant
4 3 (13.04%) Oracle Developer
5 2 (8.696%) Infrastructure Support Consultant
5 2 (8.696%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 2 (8.696%) Test Analyst
5 2 (8.696%) Support Consultant
6 1 (4.348%) Administrator
6 1 (4.348%) QA Manager
6 1 (4.348%) Software Developer
6 1 (4.348%) Architect
6 1 (4.348%) Business Analyst
6 1 (4.348%) Server Administrator
6 1 (4.348%) QA Analyst
6 1 (4.348%) Oracle Applications DBA
6 1 (4.348%) QA Test Analyst
6 1 (4.348%) C Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Clustering
2 3 (13.04%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 21 (91.30%) UNIX
2 8 (34.78%) Windows
3 4 (17.39%) Solaris
4 3 (13.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (26.09%) Test Management
2 5 (21.74%) Disaster Recovery
2 5 (21.74%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (17.39%) Business Analysis
3 4 (17.39%) Migration
4 3 (13.04%) Configuration Management
4 3 (13.04%) Data Modelling
4 3 (13.04%) Data Analysis
4 3 (13.04%) Software Testing
4 3 (13.04%) Release Management
4 3 (13.04%) Time Management
5 2 (8.696%) Change Control
5 2 (8.696%) Test Strategy
5 2 (8.696%) Data Migration
5 2 (8.696%) Stress Testing
6 1 (4.348%) Scrum
6 1 (4.348%) UML
6 1 (4.348%) Incident Management
6 1 (4.348%) Systems Analysis
6 1 (4.348%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 12 (52.17%) SQL
2 6 (26.09%) Java
3 5 (21.74%) Shell Script
4 4 (17.39%) PL/SQL
5 3 (13.04%) C
5 3 (13.04%) C++
6 2 (8.696%) Python
6 2 (8.696%) VB
7 1 (4.348%) VBScript
7 1 (4.348%) Perl
7 1 (4.348%) Ruby
7 1 (4.348%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) ISEB
2 3 (13.04%) ISTQB
2 3 (13.04%) Degree
3 2 (8.696%) HND
4 1 (4.348%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.348%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) QA
System Software
1 3 (13.04%) VMware Server
1 3 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.348%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 5 (21.74%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (13.04%) HP SiteScope
3 2 (8.696%) NetBackup
4 1 (4.348%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 14 (60.87%) Oracle
2 3 (13.04%) VMware
2 3 (13.04%) Red Hat
2 3 (13.04%) HP
2 3 (13.04%) Symantec
2 3 (13.04%) FalconStor
3 1 (4.348%) EMC
3 1 (4.348%) webMethods
3 1 (4.348%) JBoss
3 1 (4.348%) Temenos
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