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This section looks at the demand for Linux skills within the Bournemouth 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
Rank-22
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads06
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.000 %11.76 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£400
Average daily rate-£418
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£435
UK excluding London average daily rate£356£346
% change on same period last year+3.05 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£20.00
Average hourly rate-£25.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.35£32.08
% change on same period last year-2.25 %
Bournemouth IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Bournemouth
Matching contract IT job ads2651
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.034 %0.051 %
Daily rates quoted1127
Average minimum daily rate£311£349
Average daily rate£339£372
% change on same period last year-9.08 %
Average maximum daily rate£367£396
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£336
% change on same period last year-2.15 %
Hourly rates quoted43
Average minimum hourly rate£21.44£27.82
Average hourly rate£23.61£28.63
% change on same period last year-17.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.78£29.44
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.12£22.83
% change on same period last year-3.10 %
Linux DorsetLinux
Dorset

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

Bournemouth 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 Bournemouth region.

Bournemouth 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 Bournemouth region.

Bournemouth Linux Hourly Rate Trend

Linux
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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.

18 (100.00 %)Solaris
18 (100.00 %)UNIX
26 (75.00 %)VERITAS
35 (62.50 %)Sun
35 (62.50 %)AIX
35 (62.50 %)NetBackup
44 (50.00 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
44 (50.00 %)Red Hat Linux
44 (50.00 %)VMware
44 (50.00 %)VMware ESX
44 (50.00 %)Change Management
53 (37.50 %)HP
53 (37.50 %)IBM
53 (37.50 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
53 (37.50 %)Fujitsu
62 (25.00 %)AutoSys
62 (25.00 %)Infovista
62 (25.00 %)LDAP
62 (25.00 %)SMS
62 (25.00 %)DHCP
62 (25.00 %)NFS
62 (25.00 %)DNS
62 (25.00 %)Finance
71 (12.50 %)Red Hat
71 (12.50 %)Perl

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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.

Bournemouth IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (25.00 %)LDAP
12 (25.00 %)SMS
12 (25.00 %)DHCP
12 (25.00 %)DNS
Bournemouth IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (25.00 %)Finance
Bournemouth IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (100.00 %)Systems Administrator
18 (100.00 %)Administrator
18 (100.00 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
18 (100.00 %)UNIX Administrator
Bournemouth IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (100.00 %)Solaris
18 (100.00 %)UNIX
25 (62.50 %)AIX
34 (50.00 %)Red Hat Linux
43 (37.50 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Bournemouth IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (50.00 %)Change Management
Bournemouth IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (12.50 %)Perl
Bournemouth IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (62.50 %)NetBackup
24 (50.00 %)VMware ESX
32 (25.00 %)NFS
Bournemouth IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (50.00 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
22 (25.00 %)AutoSys
Bournemouth IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (75.00 %)VERITAS
25 (62.50 %)Sun
34 (50.00 %)VMware
43 (37.50 %)HP
43 (37.50 %)IBM
43 (37.50 %)Fujitsu
52 (25.00 %)Infovista
61 (12.50 %)Red Hat