Linux Contracts in County Antrim
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT contracts advertised for the County Antrim 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 County Antrim 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 18 28 19
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -9
Contract jobs citing Linux 15 1 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in County Antrim 7.732% 0.602% 7.553%
As % of the Operating Systems category 45.45% 2.381% 35.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 0
Average daily rate £300 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £350 £338
% change year-on-year
-4.28% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.00 £37.00 £34.50
% change year-on-year
- +7.24%
All Operating Systems
County Antrim
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 33 42 71
As % of all contract IT jobs located in County Antrim 17.01% 25.30% 21.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 11 20
Average daily rate £298 £260 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.42% -25.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £260 £120
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £400 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 6
Average hourly rate - £36.50 £18.71
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +95.08%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Linux
Northern Ireland

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region.

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region.

County Antrim Linux Hourly Rate Trend

Linux
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the County Antrim region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank 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
Belfast +10 15 £300 -
Linux
Northern Ireland

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim 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 12 (46.15%) UNIX
2 8 (30.77%) J2EE
2 8 (30.77%) Computer Science
3 7 (26.92%) Oracle
4 6 (23.08%) JUnit
5 5 (19.23%) Web Services
5 5 (19.23%) JavaScript
5 5 (19.23%) C++
5 5 (19.23%) SQL
5 5 (19.23%) Information Security
5 5 (19.23%) Agile Software Development
5 5 (19.23%) ArcSight
6 4 (15.38%) Banking
6 4 (15.38%) Software Engineering
6 4 (15.38%) OO
6 4 (15.38%) C
6 4 (15.38%) Java
6 4 (15.38%) WebLogic
7 3 (11.54%) Sybase
7 3 (11.54%) Ant
7 3 (11.54%) Perl
7 3 (11.54%) MySQL
7 3 (11.54%) DNS
7 3 (11.54%) Shell Script
7 3 (11.54%) Degree
7 3 (11.54%) SIEM
7 3 (11.54%) Vulnerability Management
8 2 (7.692%) Cyber Security
8 2 (7.692%) Q1 Labs
8 2 (7.692%) LogLogic

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim 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 8 (30.77%) J2EE
2 5 (19.23%) Web Services
3 1 (3.846%) HTML
3 1 (3.846%) jQuery
3 1 (3.846%) WebSphere
3 1 (3.846%) GStreamer
3 1 (3.846%) Django
Application Platforms
1 4 (15.38%) WebLogic
2 2 (7.692%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) DNS
2 2 (7.692%) Internet
2 2 (7.692%) HTTPS
2 2 (7.692%) SMTP
2 2 (7.692%) HTTP
2 2 (7.692%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.54%) MySQL
2 1 (3.846%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (23.08%) JUnit
2 3 (11.54%) Ant
General
1 4 (15.38%) Banking
2 2 (7.692%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (42.31%) Developer
2 4 (15.38%) Linux Specialist
2 4 (15.38%) JavaScript Developer
2 4 (15.38%) Java Developer
2 4 (15.38%) Technical Specialist
3 3 (11.54%) Information Security Specialist
3 3 (11.54%) Security Specialist
3 3 (11.54%) Information Specialist
4 2 (7.692%) Technical Engineer
4 2 (7.692%) Senior Developer
4 2 (7.692%) C++ Developer
4 2 (7.692%) Test Engineer
5 1 (3.846%) Analyst
5 1 (3.846%) Consultant
5 1 (3.846%) Software Developer
5 1 (3.846%) Software Engineer
5 1 (3.846%) Security Analyst
5 1 (3.846%) Security Consultant
5 1 (3.846%) Senior Software Developer
5 1 (3.846%) Development Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (30.77%) Computer Science
2 2 (7.692%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.846%) Blackberry
3 1 (3.846%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 12 (46.15%) UNIX
2 1 (3.846%) VMS
2 1 (3.846%) Windows
2 1 (3.846%) SUSE
2 1 (3.846%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (19.23%) Information Security
1 5 (19.23%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (15.38%) Software Engineering
2 4 (15.38%) OO
3 3 (11.54%) SIEM
3 3 (11.54%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (7.692%) Cyber Security
4 2 (7.692%) Use Case
4 2 (7.692%) Migration
5 1 (3.846%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 5 (19.23%) JavaScript
1 5 (19.23%) C++
1 5 (19.23%) SQL
2 4 (15.38%) C
2 4 (15.38%) Java
3 3 (11.54%) Perl
3 3 (11.54%) Shell Script
4 2 (7.692%) Bash shell
5 1 (3.846%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) Degree
2 1 (3.846%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (3.846%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 7 (26.92%) Oracle
2 5 (19.23%) ArcSight
3 3 (11.54%) Sybase
4 2 (7.692%) Q1 Labs
4 2 (7.692%) LogLogic
5 1 (3.846%) Red Hat
Arcsight Information Security Specialist
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Your role will focus on management of ArcSight Enterprise Security Manager, ArcSight Connector Servers, and ArcSight Logger appliances. There will also be a strong emphasis on Linux security...
Real Time Recruitment
Rate: £375 - £500+ per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
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