Linux Contracts in Devon
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT contracts advertised for the Devon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 20 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 Devon 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 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 16 23 20
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -3
Contract jobs citing Linux 13 8 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon 7.471% 4.420% 4.054%
As % of the Operating Systems category 35.14% 12.70% 28.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 0
Average daily rate £350 £450 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.22% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £333 £350 £338
% change year-on-year
-4.85% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
Average hourly rate £40.00 - £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £36.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-1.36% +4.28%
All Operating Systems
Devon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 37 63 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon 21.26% 34.81% 14.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 39 6
Average daily rate £300 £324 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.40% +44.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £250 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £359 £400 £320
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 6
Average hourly rate £18.05 £14.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.48% -55.38%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +4.93%
Linux
South West

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Devon 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 Devon region.

Devon 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 Devon region.

Devon 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 Devon region over the 3 months to 20 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
Exeter +3 10 £350 -22.22%
Torquay - 1 £300 -
Linux
South West

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon 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 31 (67.39%) Red Hat
2 27 (58.70%) SC Cleared
2 27 (58.70%) Security Cleared
3 22 (47.83%) VMware
4 20 (43.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 18 (39.13%) Remedy
6 12 (26.09%) Java
7 11 (23.91%) .NET
7 11 (23.91%) Windows
7 11 (23.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 9 (19.57%) Oracle
9 8 (17.39%) Apache
9 8 (17.39%) Web Services
9 8 (17.39%) Silverlight
9 8 (17.39%) OpenStack
10 7 (15.22%) Windows Server 2008
10 7 (15.22%) jQuery
10 7 (15.22%) Ajax
10 7 (15.22%) XML
10 7 (15.22%) CSS
10 7 (15.22%) Python
10 7 (15.22%) J2EE
10 7 (15.22%) JavaScript
10 7 (15.22%) C#
11 6 (13.04%) HTML
11 6 (13.04%) Visual Studio
11 6 (13.04%) Servlets
11 6 (13.04%) XSD
11 6 (13.04%) Data Modelling
11 6 (13.04%) Information Management

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon 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 11 (23.91%) .NET
2 8 (17.39%) Web Services
2 8 (17.39%) Silverlight
3 7 (15.22%) jQuery
3 7 (15.22%) XML
3 7 (15.22%) Ajax
3 7 (15.22%) J2EE
3 7 (15.22%) CSS
4 6 (13.04%) HTML
4 6 (13.04%) Servlets
4 6 (13.04%) ArcObjects
4 6 (13.04%) Dojo
4 6 (13.04%) Apache Flex
4 6 (13.04%) XSD
4 6 (13.04%) REST
5 2 (4.348%) Spring
6 1 (2.174%) RESTful
6 1 (2.174%) LINQ
6 1 (2.174%) Spring Security
6 1 (2.174%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 8 (17.39%) Apache
1 8 (17.39%) OpenStack
2 6 (13.04%) ArcGIS
2 6 (13.04%) ArcSDE
3 3 (6.522%) IIS
3 3 (6.522%) Tomcat
4 1 (2.174%) GlassFish
4 1 (2.174%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (4.348%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.174%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (2.174%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.522%) SSL
2 1 (2.174%) SAN
2 1 (2.174%) Internet
2 1 (2.174%) LDAP
2 1 (2.174%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.04%) GIS
2 4 (8.696%) SQL Server
3 3 (6.522%) MySQL
4 2 (4.348%) RDBMS
5 1 (2.174%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (13.04%) Visual Studio
2 2 (4.348%) Subversion
3 1 (2.174%) Maven
3 1 (2.174%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.174%) Eclipse
3 1 (2.174%) NetBeans
General
1 6 (13.04%) Publishing
2 1 (2.174%) Marketing
2 1 (2.174%) Electronics
2 1 (2.174%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (58.70%) Linux Engineer
2 12 (26.09%) Developer
3 6 (13.04%) GIS Developer
4 4 (8.696%) Administrator
5 2 (4.348%) Java Developer
5 2 (4.348%) Technical Project Manager
5 2 (4.348%) Project Manager
5 2 (4.348%) Senior Developer
5 2 (4.348%) PHP Developer
5 2 (4.348%) Technical Manager
5 2 (4.348%) Web Administrator
5 2 (4.348%) Linux Administrator
5 2 (4.348%) Support Engineer
6 1 (2.174%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (2.174%) Systems Support
6 1 (2.174%) Senior J2EE Developer
6 1 (2.174%) Senior C# Developer
6 1 (2.174%) Senior Java Developer
6 1 (2.174%) Systems Support Engineer
6 1 (2.174%) Senior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.174%) N-Tier
1 1 (2.174%) NHS
1 1 (2.174%) Firmware
1 1 (2.174%) VHDL
1 1 (2.174%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 1 (2.174%) Social Network
1 1 (2.174%) iPhone
1 1 (2.174%) Open Source
1 1 (2.174%) iPad
1 1 (2.174%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 11 (23.91%) Windows
1 11 (23.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 7 (15.22%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (13.04%) Windows 7
4 3 (6.522%) UNIX
5 1 (2.174%) HPUX
5 1 (2.174%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (2.174%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (13.04%) Data Modelling
1 6 (13.04%) Data Management
1 6 (13.04%) Information Management
2 2 (4.348%) Project Planning
2 2 (4.348%) PRINCE2
3 1 (2.174%) ITIL
3 1 (2.174%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (2.174%) Unit Testing
3 1 (2.174%) QMS
3 1 (2.174%) Analytics
3 1 (2.174%) SOA
3 1 (2.174%) Project Management
3 1 (2.174%) Quality Management
3 1 (2.174%) Service Delivery
3 1 (2.174%) Risk Management
3 1 (2.174%) SEO
3 1 (2.174%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 12 (26.09%) Java
2 7 (15.22%) JavaScript
2 7 (15.22%) C#
2 7 (15.22%) Python
3 3 (6.522%) PHP
3 3 (6.522%) SQL
4 1 (2.174%) VB
4 1 (2.174%) PL/SQL
4 1 (2.174%) C++
4 1 (2.174%) Perl
4 1 (2.174%) Tcl
4 1 (2.174%) MATLAB
4 1 (2.174%) C
Qualifications
1 27 (58.70%) SC Cleared
1 27 (58.70%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.174%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (2.174%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.174%) TickIT
System Software
1 20 (43.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.174%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.174%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 5 (10.87%) Puppet
Vendors
1 31 (67.39%) Red Hat
2 22 (47.83%) VMware
3 18 (39.13%) Remedy
4 9 (19.57%) Oracle
5 6 (13.04%) ESRI
6 1 (2.174%) IBM
6 1 (2.174%) Motorola
6 1 (2.174%) NetApp
6 1 (2.174%) Google
6 1 (2.174%) Green Hills
6 1 (2.174%) Xilinx
6 1 (2.174%) Altera
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