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The table below looks at the demand for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) skills within the Cambridgeshire region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Red Hat Enterprise Linux over the 3 months to 9 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRed Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
Location
3 months to
9 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank5560
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads15
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.431 %2.119 %
Daily rates quoted03
Average minimum daily rate-£280
Average daily rate-£300
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£320
UK excluding London average daily rate£397£411
% change on same period last year-3.25 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00-
Average hourly rate£25.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£25.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.00£42.50
% change on same period last year-29.41 %
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads232236
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.467 %0.289 %
Daily rates quoted3144
Average minimum daily rate£262£287
Average daily rate£285£308
% change on same period last year-7.30 %
Average maximum daily rate£308£328
UK excluding London average daily rate£310£321
% change on same period last year-3.48 %
Hourly rates quoted6859
Average minimum hourly rate£24.51£23.34
Average hourly rate£26.18£24.90
% change on same period last year+5.16 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.85£26.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.55£21.50
% change on same period last year+0.25 %
Red Hat Enterprise Linux East of EnglandRed Hat Enterprise Linux
East of England

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.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Cambridgeshire Red Hat Enterprise Linux Demand Trend

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux across the Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Red Hat Enterprise Linux Daily Rate Trend

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux across the Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hourly Rate Trend

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 9 January 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CambridgeNo change01--
Red Hat Enterprise Linux East of EnglandRed Hat Enterprise Linux
East of England

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing Red Hat Enterprise 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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

12 (100.00 %)Linux
12 (100.00 %)Red Hat
12 (100.00 %)Red Hat Linux
21 (50.00 %)UNIX
21 (50.00 %)Windows
21 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (50.00 %)Nagios
21 (50.00 %)OSPF
21 (50.00 %)Firewall
21 (50.00 %)Samba
21 (50.00 %)Subversion
21 (50.00 %)VLAN
21 (50.00 %)Wiki
21 (50.00 %)LDAP
21 (50.00 %)Windows XP
21 (50.00 %)NFS
21 (50.00 %)RIP
21 (50.00 %)VPN
21 (50.00 %)Cisco
21 (50.00 %)HP

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing Red Hat Enterprise 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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (50.00 %)LDAP
11 (50.00 %)RIP
11 (50.00 %)VPN
11 (50.00 %)OSPF
11 (50.00 %)Firewall
11 (50.00 %)VLAN
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (50.00 %)Subversion
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Systems Administrator
11 (50.00 %)Systems Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Administrator
11 (50.00 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
11 (50.00 %)UNIX Administrator
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)Wiki
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (100.00 %)Linux
12 (100.00 %)Red Hat Linux
21 (50.00 %)Windows XP
21 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (50.00 %)UNIX
21 (50.00 %)Windows
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (50.00 %)NFS
11 (50.00 %)Samba
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (50.00 %)Nagios
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (100.00 %)Red Hat
21 (50.00 %)Cisco
21 (50.00 %)HP