Linux Contracts in Bracknell
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bracknell 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 Bracknell 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 30 22 22
Rank change year-on-year
-8 0
Contract jobs citing Linux 9 4 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bracknell 3.704% 2.581% 2.395%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.59% 8.000% 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Average daily rate £570 £350 £1,000
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+62.85% -64.99%
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £350 £338
% change year-on-year
-4.28% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.00 £37.00 £34.50
% change year-on-year
- +7.24%
All Operating Systems
Bracknell
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 85 50 40
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bracknell 34.98% 32.26% 23.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 11 8
Average daily rate £300 £300 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £205 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £340 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 6
Average hourly rate £182.50 £27.50 £25.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+563.63% +8.91%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Linux
Berkshire

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bracknell 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 Bracknell region.

Bracknell Linux Daily Rate Trend

Linux
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bracknell Linux Hourly Rate Trend

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell 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 10 (90.91%) Oracle
2 6 (54.55%) Solaris
2 6 (54.55%) UNIX
3 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
3 5 (45.45%) Red Hat
3 5 (45.45%) Oracle RAC
4 4 (36.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (36.36%) SAN
4 4 (36.36%) Oracle 8/8i
4 4 (36.36%) Windows
4 4 (36.36%) SQL
5 3 (27.27%) Configuration Management
5 3 (27.27%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (27.27%) Shell Script
5 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (27.27%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (27.27%) Oracle Linux
5 3 (27.27%) Xen
5 3 (27.27%) Release Management
5 3 (27.27%) SCOM
5 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
5 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
6 2 (18.18%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (18.18%) VMware
6 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (18.18%) Oracle 11g
6 2 (18.18%) ProC
6 2 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (18.18%) PL/SQL
6 2 (18.18%) C

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell 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.

Applications
1 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) SAN
2 1 (9.091%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) Oracle 8/8i
2 2 (18.18%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (18.18%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) ProC
1 2 (18.18%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 1 (9.091%) Telecoms
1 1 (9.091%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Architect
2 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Oracle DBA
3 2 (18.18%) Oracle Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Lead Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Technical Architect
3 2 (18.18%) DBA
4 1 (9.091%) Administrator
4 1 (9.091%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (9.091%) Team Leader
4 1 (9.091%) Support Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Support Team Leader
4 1 (9.091%) AIX Administrator
4 1 (9.091%) Lead Technical Architect
4 1 (9.091%) Technical Design Architect
Operating Systems
1 6 (54.55%) Solaris
1 6 (54.55%) UNIX
2 4 (36.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (36.36%) Windows
3 3 (27.27%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (27.27%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (27.27%) Oracle Linux
4 1 (9.091%) AIX
4 1 (9.091%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Configuration Management
1 3 (27.27%) Release Management
2 2 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (9.091%) Migration
3 1 (9.091%) Data Migration
3 1 (9.091%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) SQL
2 3 (27.27%) Shell Script
3 2 (18.18%) PL/SQL
3 2 (18.18%) C
4 1 (9.091%) Perl
4 1 (9.091%) Korn
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (45.45%) Oracle RAC
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 3 (27.27%) Xen
3 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) SCOM
Vendors
1 10 (90.91%) Oracle
2 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 5 (45.45%) Red Hat
3 2 (18.18%) VMware
4 1 (9.091%) IBM
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