The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle 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 Oracle Linux over the 3 months to 17 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Linux (formerly Oracle Enterprise Linux)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Oracle Linux 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge - - -
As % of the Operating Systems category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £325 £270
% change year-on-year
+15.38% +20.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Operating Systems
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
111 132 76
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 32.46% 31.58% 30.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 60 31
Average daily rate £310 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.61% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £160 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £398 £403 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 29 20
Average hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +177.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.53 £10.00 £11.13
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £57.20 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
Oracle Linux
Cambridgeshire

Oracle Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge Oracle Linux Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle Linux
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Oracle Linux across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge Oracle Linux Daily Rate Trend