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The table below looks at the demand for Linux skills within the Crawley 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 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLinux
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank1426
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching contract IT job ads23
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.003 %
As % of the category below11.76 %4.839 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£336£340
% change on same period last year-1.17 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£15.00
Average hourly rate-£16.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.31£32.07
% change on same period last year-2.37 %
Crawley IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Crawley
Matching contract IT job ads1762
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.028 %0.068 %
Daily rates quoted99
Average minimum daily rate£245£220
Average daily rate£265£238
% change on same period last year+11.34 %
Average maximum daily rate£285£256
UK excluding London average daily rate£316£319
% change on same period last year-0.84 %
Hourly rates quoted235
Average minimum hourly rate£17.00£16.21
Average hourly rate£20.00£16.96
% change on same period last year+17.92 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.00£17.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.97£21.93
% change on same period last year+0.17 %
Linux West SussexLinux
West Sussex

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

Crawley 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 Crawley region.

Crawley 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 Crawley region.

Crawley Linux Hourly Rate Trend

Linux
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Crawley 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.

12 (100.00 %)Java
12 (100.00 %)Windows
12 (100.00 %)Apache
12 (100.00 %)Tomcat
12 (100.00 %)Windows XP
12 (100.00 %)NFS
12 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
12 (100.00 %)DNS
12 (100.00 %)Red Hat
12 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
12 (100.00 %)Samba
12 (100.00 %)Fedora
12 (100.00 %)Red Hat Linux
21 (50.00 %)BC Cleared
21 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
21 (50.00 %)Shell Script
21 (50.00 %)DHCP

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Crawley 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.

Crawley IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (100.00 %)Apache
12 (100.00 %)Tomcat
Crawley IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
12 (100.00 %)DNS
21 (50.00 %)DHCP
Crawley IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Support Engineer
12 (100.00 %)Linux Engineer
12 (100.00 %)Linux Support
Crawley IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (100.00 %)Windows
12 (100.00 %)Windows XP
12 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
12 (100.00 %)Fedora
12 (100.00 %)Red Hat Linux
Crawley IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)BC Cleared
11 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
Crawley IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)Java
21 (50.00 %)Shell Script
Crawley IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (100.00 %)NFS
12 (100.00 %)Samba
Crawley IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (100.00 %)Red Hat