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The table below looks at the demand for Linux skills within the Bracknell 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 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLinux
Location
3 months to
8 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank1915
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads733
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.033 %
As % of the category below22.58 %24.63 %
Daily rates quoted17
Average minimum daily rate£400£429
Average daily rate£425£429
% change on same period last year-0.83 %
Average maximum daily rate£450£429
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£345
% change on same period last year+3.69 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£30.00
Average hourly rate-£32.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.14£32.26
% change on same period last year-0.35 %
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Bracknell
Matching contract IT job ads31134
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.042 %0.133 %
Daily rates quoted1135
Average minimum daily rate£428£358
Average daily rate£430£377
% change on same period last year+14.09 %
Average maximum daily rate£432£396
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£337
% change on same period last year-2.06 %
Hourly rates quoted426
Average minimum hourly rate£22.11£28.11
Average hourly rate£23.33£29.04
% change on same period last year-19.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.56£29.97
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.58£22.59
% change on same period last year-0.04 %
Linux BerkshireLinux
Berkshire

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

Bracknell 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 Bracknell region.

Bracknell 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 Bracknell region.

Bracknell Linux Hourly Rate Trend

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, 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.

115 (100.00 %)Windows
213 (86.67 %)Oracle
312 (80.00 %)Java
312 (80.00 %)Ant
49 (60.00 %)XML
49 (60.00 %)J2EE
49 (60.00 %)UML
49 (60.00 %)Eclipse
55 (33.33 %)Swing
63 (20.00 %)Solaris
63 (20.00 %)JUnit
63 (20.00 %)JMeter
72 (13.33 %)Government
72 (13.33 %)Validation
72 (13.33 %)Banking
72 (13.33 %)Retail
72 (13.33 %)FTP
72 (13.33 %)HTTP
72 (13.33 %)Code Coverage
72 (13.33 %)Sophos
72 (13.33 %)Configuration Management
72 (13.33 %)Tru64
72 (13.33 %)Unit Testing
72 (13.33 %)Integration Testing
72 (13.33 %)Test Scripting
72 (13.33 %)Continuous Integration
72 (13.33 %)DV Cleared
72 (13.33 %)Security Cleared
72 (13.33 %)Apache
72 (13.33 %)UNIX

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, 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.

Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (60.00 %)J2EE
19 (60.00 %)XML
25 (33.33 %)Swing
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (13.33 %)Apache
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (13.33 %)FTP
12 (13.33 %)HTTP
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (6.667 %)SQL Server
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (80.00 %)Ant
29 (60.00 %)Eclipse
33 (20.00 %)JMeter
33 (20.00 %)JUnit
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (13.33 %)Government
12 (13.33 %)Banking
12 (13.33 %)Retail
21 (6.667 %)Retail Banking
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (80.00 %)Developer
27 (46.67 %)Java Developer
34 (26.67 %)UI Developer
43 (20.00 %)Java Swing Developer
52 (13.33 %)Administrator
52 (13.33 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
52 (13.33 %)UNIX Administrator
52 (13.33 %)UNIX Systems Engineer
52 (13.33 %)UNIX Engineer
52 (13.33 %)UNIX Consultant
52 (13.33 %)Consultant
52 (13.33 %)Systems Administrator
52 (13.33 %)Systems Engineer
61 (6.667 %)Solutions Designer
61 (6.667 %)Software Designer
61 (6.667 %)Capacity Planner
61 (6.667 %)Software Developer
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
115 (100.00 %)Windows
23 (20.00 %)Solaris
32 (13.33 %)Windows 2000
32 (13.33 %)Windows NT
32 (13.33 %)Tru64
32 (13.33 %)HPUX
32 (13.33 %)UNIX
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (60.00 %)UML
22 (13.33 %)DV Cleared
22 (13.33 %)Security Cleared
22 (13.33 %)Code Coverage
22 (13.33 %)Configuration Management
22 (13.33 %)Validation
22 (13.33 %)Unit Testing
22 (13.33 %)Integration Testing
22 (13.33 %)Test Scripting
22 (13.33 %)Continuous Integration
31 (6.667 %)Performance Management
31 (6.667 %)Use Case
31 (6.667 %)OO
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (80.00 %)Java
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
113 (86.67 %)Oracle
22 (13.33 %)Sophos