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Linux Contracts in Cambridge
 
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Browse 73 Linux job vacancies in Cambridge

The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Cambridge 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
19 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 4 9 16
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +7
Contract jobs citing Linux 51 52 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 16.40% 11.66% 8.333%
As % of the Operating Systems category 60.71% 34.67% 28.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 27 6
Average daily rate £330 £350 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.71% +55.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £256 £223 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £395 £410 £315
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £345
% change year-on-year
- +1.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 7
Average hourly rate £40.00 £41.25 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.03% +26.92%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £37.50 £11.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £60.00 £38.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +23.07%
All Operating Systems
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 84 150 85
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 27.01% 33.63% 29.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 75 27
Average daily rate £323 £323 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +15.17%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £160 £217
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 41 25
Average hourly rate £37.50 £33.50 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.94% +157.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.88 £10.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.25 £56.50 £39.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
Linux
Cambridgeshire

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Linux Hourly Rate Trend

Linux
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Linux across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Cambridge Linux Hourly Rate Histogram

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 45 (33.83%) Python
2 41 (30.83%) Red Hat
3 40 (30.08%) C
4 39 (29.32%) Oracle
5 38 (28.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 35 (26.32%) Windows
7 31 (23.31%) Apache
8 27 (20.30%) HTML
8 27 (20.30%) VMware
9 26 (19.55%) Microsoft
10 25 (18.80%) UNIX
11 24 (18.05%) DNS
12 23 (17.29%) Active Directory
12 23 (17.29%) VMware Infrastructure
13 22 (16.54%) Java
13 22 (16.54%) Perl
13 22 (16.54%) SQL
14 21 (15.79%) C++
15 19 (14.29%) MySQL
15 19 (14.29%) DHCP
16 18 (13.53%) Tomcat
17 17 (12.78%) Software Testing
18 16 (12.03%) ITIL
18 16 (12.03%) Embedded C
19 15 (11.28%) Subversion
20 14 (10.53%) PKI
21 13 (9.774%) Oracle EBS
21 13 (9.774%) TCP/IP
22 12 (9.023%) SQL Server
22 12 (9.023%) Android

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 27 (20.30%) HTML
2 11 (8.271%) JSON
2 11 (8.271%) OpenCL
3 8 (6.015%) Web Services
3 8 (6.015%) XML
3 8 (6.015%) RESTful
4 6 (4.511%) CSS
4 6 (4.511%) Ruby on Rails
4 6 (4.511%) Symfony
4 6 (4.511%) jQuery
5 5 (3.759%) Memcached
5 5 (3.759%) Java EE
5 5 (3.759%) Middleware
6 4 (3.008%) SOAP
6 4 (3.008%) J2EE
6 4 (3.008%) Swing
6 4 (3.008%) WebSphere
6 4 (3.008%) Ajax
6 4 (3.008%) Hibernate
6 4 (3.008%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 31 (23.31%) Apache
2 18 (13.53%) Tomcat
3 11 (8.271%) MS Exchange
3 11 (8.271%) Exchange Server 2010
4 10 (7.519%) IIS
5 6 (4.511%) Exchange Server 2007
6 5 (3.759%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 4 (3.008%) Drupal
7 4 (3.008%) CMS
7 4 (3.008%) Amazon AWS
7 4 (3.008%) concrete5
8 3 (2.256%) Amazon EC2
8 3 (2.256%) WordPress
9 2 (1.504%) Lync
10 1 (0.752%) Confluence
10 1 (0.752%) WebSphere Message Broker
10 1 (0.752%) GlassFish
10 1 (0.752%) Magento
10 1 (0.752%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 2 (1.504%) MS Office
2 1 (0.752%) Simulink
2 1 (0.752%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 13 (9.774%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (18.05%) DNS
2 19 (14.29%) DHCP
3 13 (9.774%) TCP/IP
4 9 (6.767%) Ethernet
5 6 (4.511%) SAN
5 6 (4.511%) BIG-IP
6 5 (3.759%) NetScaler
6 5 (3.759%) HTTP
7 3 (2.256%) NAS
7 3 (2.256%) xDSL
7 3 (2.256%) Broadband
8 2 (1.504%) WAN
8 2 (1.504%) Bluetooth
8 2 (1.504%) Internet
8 2 (1.504%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (1.504%) Wireless
9 1 (0.752%) RNC
9 1 (0.752%) 2G
9 1 (0.752%) LTE
9 1 (0.752%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (14.29%) MySQL
2 12 (9.023%) SQL Server
3 6 (4.511%) Oracle 8/8i
4 4 (3.008%) MongoDB
4 4 (3.008%) Redis
5 2 (1.504%) Oracle 10g
5 2 (1.504%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (1.504%) Oracle 11g
5 2 (1.504%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.752%) GIS
Development Applications
1 15 (11.28%) Subversion
2 10 (7.519%) Git (software)
3 5 (3.759%) Maven
3 5 (3.759%) JIRA
4 4 (3.008%) GDB
5 2 (1.504%) Visual Studio
5 2 (1.504%) GCC
5 2 (1.504%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.752%) Valgrind
6 1 (0.752%) Bazaar
6 1 (0.752%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.752%) NUnit
6 1 (0.752%) Bugzilla
6 1 (0.752%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.752%) JMeter
6 1 (0.752%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.752%) JUnit
General
1 6 (4.511%) Telecoms
2 2 (1.504%) Games
2 2 (1.504%) Legal
3 1 (0.752%) Retail
3 1 (0.752%) Military
Job Titles
1 47 (35.34%) Administrator
2 41 (30.83%) Systems Administrator
3 31 (23.31%) Developer
4 19 (14.29%) Test Engineer
5 16 (12.03%) Linux Administrator
6 11 (8.271%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 10 (7.519%) Linux Systems Administrator
8 6 (4.511%) Software Developer
9 4 (3.008%) Architect
9 4 (3.008%) Software Engineer
9 4 (3.008%) Systems Engineer
9 4 (3.008%) Java Developer
9 4 (3.008%) Linux Engineer
9 4 (3.008%) PHP Developer
10 3 (2.256%) C++ Developer
10 3 (2.256%) Embedded Software Developer
10 3 (2.256%) Senior Developer
11 2 (1.504%) Consultant
11 2 (1.504%) Tester
11 2 (1.504%) Systems Support
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.53%) PKI
2 12 (9.023%) Device Driver
3 11 (8.271%) Blackberry
4 8 (6.015%) Computer Science
5 6 (4.511%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (4.511%) VHDL
5 6 (4.511%) Verilog
6 5 (3.759%) Clustering
7 4 (3.008%) Streaming Media
7 4 (3.008%) Informatics
7 4 (3.008%) Biology
8 3 (2.256%) Open Source
9 2 (1.504%) LIMS
9 2 (1.504%) Life Science
9 2 (1.504%) Handset
9 2 (1.504%) Augmented Reality
10 1 (0.752%) Digital Media
10 1 (0.752%) iPad
10 1 (0.752%) Visualisation
10 1 (0.752%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 38 (28.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 35 (26.32%) Windows
3 25 (18.80%) UNIX
4 12 (9.023%) Android
5 10 (7.519%) Windows Server 2008
6 8 (6.015%) Debian
7 7 (5.263%) Embedded Linux
8 6 (4.511%) HPUX
8 6 (4.511%) Windows 7
9 5 (3.759%) Windows Mobile
9 5 (3.759%) Windows Server 2003
9 5 (3.759%) Windows XP
10 3 (2.256%) Mac OS
10 3 (2.256%) Mac OS X
10 3 (2.256%) Windows CE
11 2 (1.504%) AIX
11 2 (1.504%) VMS
11 2 (1.504%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.752%) CentOS
12 1 (0.752%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (12.78%) Software Testing
2 16 (12.03%) ITIL
3 9 (6.767%) Software Engineering
4 8 (6.015%) OO
4 8 (6.015%) MVC
5 7 (5.263%) Test Automation
6 6 (4.511%) Electronic Design Automation
6 6 (4.511%) Unit Testing
6 6 (4.511%) Agile Software Development
6 6 (4.511%) TDD
6 6 (4.511%) Infrastructure Management
7 5 (3.759%) Migration
7 5 (3.759%) Benchmarking
7 5 (3.759%) Configuration Management
7 5 (3.759%) ERP
8 4 (3.008%) OOP
8 4 (3.008%) SEO
8 4 (3.008%) Automated Testing
8 4 (3.008%) Information Management
9 3 (2.256%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 45 (33.83%) Python
2 40 (30.08%) C
3 22 (16.54%) Java
3 22 (16.54%) Perl
3 22 (16.54%) SQL
4 21 (15.79%) C++
5 16 (12.03%) Embedded C
6 9 (6.767%) Ruby
7 8 (6.015%) PHP
7 8 (6.015%) Shell Script
8 7 (5.263%) JavaScript
8 7 (5.263%) C#
9 4 (3.008%) Lisp
9 4 (3.008%) PHP5
9 4 (3.008%) Bash shell
10 3 (2.256%) Objective-C
10 3 (2.256%) MATLAB
10 3 (2.256%) T-SQL
11 2 (1.504%) VC++
11 2 (1.504%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 11 (8.271%) RHCE
2 10 (7.519%) Degree
3 4 (3.008%) PhD
4 3 (2.256%) OCP
4 3 (2.256%) Oracle Certification
5 2 (1.504%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.504%) CCNP
5 2 (1.504%) RHCT
6 1 (0.752%) RHCA
6 1 (0.752%) CCNA
6 1 (0.752%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.752%) CISSP
6 1 (0.752%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.511%) JTAG
2 4 (3.008%) QA
3 1 (0.752%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (17.29%) Active Directory
1 23 (17.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (5.263%) Oracle RMAN
2 7 (5.263%) Xen
3 5 (3.759%) XenApp
3 5 (3.759%) vSphere
3 5 (3.759%) VMware ESX
4 3 (2.256%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (2.256%) NFS
5 2 (1.504%) Postfix
6 1 (0.752%) Varnish
6 1 (0.752%) Sendmail
6 1 (0.752%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (8.271%) SCOM
2 9 (6.767%) WSUS
3 6 (4.511%) Backup Exec
3 6 (4.511%) Puppet
3 6 (4.511%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 5 (3.759%) EMC NetWorker
4 5 (3.759%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 4 (3.008%) Nagios
6 3 (2.256%) SCCM
7 2 (1.504%) Tivoli
7 2 (1.504%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 2 (1.504%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.752%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.752%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 41 (30.83%) Red Hat
2 39 (29.32%) Oracle
3 27 (20.30%) VMware
4 26 (19.55%) Microsoft
5 10 (7.519%) Cisco
5 10 (7.519%) JBoss
6 8 (6.015%) NetApp
7 7 (5.263%) Citrix
8 6 (4.511%) EMC
8 6 (4.511%) Symantec
9 5 (3.759%) IBM
9 5 (3.759%) SAP
10 3 (2.256%) Akamai
10 3 (2.256%) Zend
10 3 (2.256%) Adobe
11 2 (1.504%) Symbian
11 2 (1.504%) QNX
11 2 (1.504%) Brocade
11 2 (1.504%) Perforce
12 1 (0.752%) Twitter
IT Systems Support
Cambridge, East Anglia
To be successful in this role you will need to be familiar with installation, maintenance and security of Windows Server, TCP/IP, Active Directory, Windows XP - 7, Microsoft...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £10.00 - £12 per hour
Posted: 22 May 2013
UNIX Engineer - (AIX / Linux, Servers, Design, Implementation)
Cambridge, East Anglia
If you have not heard back from us in 5 working days, your application was unsuccessful.Thank youInformation contained in this email is intended for the use of...
Streamline IT Recruitment
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
LSF Administrator / Engineer
Cambridge, East Anglia
Job Title: LSF Administrator / Engineer Location: Cambridge Contract: Start date June - 12 month contract.
Muse Resourcing
Rate: £375 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
Scientific Programmer
Hinxton, near Cambridge, UK
You must have basic experience of working in a UNIX/Linux environment and proficiency in one or more web technologies (Drupal, PHP, JavaScript, AJAX, Servlets, REST/Solr). Experience...
EMBL
Rate: Competitive
Posted: 11 June 2013
C/C++ embedded software developer
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
We are looking for awesome embedded C programming skills, combined with experience of DSP or Kernel / Drivers level development. Your embedded C skills will be stretched to the...
Vertex Solutions
Rate: £40.00 - £45.00 per hour
Posted: 14 June 2013
Associate Bioinformatics Developer (12 month contract)
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Illumina Cambridge Ltd
Rate: From £25,000 to £30,000 per annum
Posted: 31 May 2013
Senior Linux Kernel and Driver Engineer, South East, Excellent rates,
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Optimus Search Ltd
Posted: 13 June 2013
Algorithm Engineer
Cambridge, East Anglia
Computer Futures
Posted: 14 June 2013
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