The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT contracts advertised for the Derbyshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 20 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 Derbyshire 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank - 21 32
Contract jobs citing Linux 0 7 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Derbyshire - 4.094% 2.516%
As % of the Operating Systems category - 23.33% 10.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 6
Average daily rate - £475 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +5.55%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £345
% change year-on-year
- +1.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Average hourly rate - £55.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +23.07%
All Operating Systems
Derbyshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
34 30 79
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Derbyshire 21.52% 17.54% 24.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 11 44
Average daily rate £245 £379 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-35.27% +12.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £118 £200 £50
10% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £467 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 13 11
Average hourly rate £13.50 £42.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-68.23% +41.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £10.00 £11.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.02 £59.75 £75.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
Linux
East Midlands

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region.

Derbyshire Linux Daily Rate Trend

Linux
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Linux across the Derbyshire region.

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
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Vacancies
Alfreton - - - -
Chesterfield - - - -
Derby - - - -
Linux
East Midlands
Derbyshire
Aswell as excellent knowledge of PHP and MySQL, the ideal candidate will have strong working knowledge of Linux Server environments, HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Experience of Classic ASP,...
Senitor Associates
Rate: £175 - £240 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Derbyshire
Oracle/SQL Database Administrator - DBA - RMDBS - 3 months. A requirement has arisen for an Oracle/SQL Database Administrator - DBA based Nottinghamshire The general skills required are: Knowledge about...
Lucid Support Services
Rate: Competitive Market Rates
Posted: 18 June 2013