Linux Contracts in Dorset
 
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 Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 17 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 Dorset 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 12 4 17
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +13
Contract jobs citing Linux 21 42 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 10.71% 15.97% 7.591%
As % of the Operating Systems category 34.43% 52.50% 28.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 23 18
Average daily rate £200 £375 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-46.66% -4.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £360 £364
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £410 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £350 £340
% change year-on-year
-5.71% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Average hourly rate £165.00 £40.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+312.50% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.50 £36.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-2.73% +4.28%
All Operating Systems
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 61 80 80
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 31.12% 30.42% 26.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 42 47
Average daily rate £210 £375 £381
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-44.00% -1.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £110 £225 £179
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 10 4
Average hourly rate £32.50 £21.00 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+54.76% -4.54%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.00 £11.38
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £82.75 £40.00 £165.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +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 Dorset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset 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 Dorset region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset 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 Dorset region over the 3 months to 17 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
Bournemouth -6 12 £425 +10.38%
Poole 0 6 £200 -
Linux
South West

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 16 (57.14%) UNIX
2 11 (39.29%) Shell Script
3 10 (35.71%) Windows
3 10 (35.71%) SQL
4 9 (32.14%) Oracle
5 7 (25.00%) MySQL
5 7 (25.00%) HTML
5 7 (25.00%) JavaScript
5 7 (25.00%) PHP
5 7 (25.00%) CSS
5 7 (25.00%) MVC
5 7 (25.00%) jQuery
6 6 (21.43%) Banking
7 5 (17.86%) Test Management
7 5 (17.86%) TOAD
7 5 (17.86%) Java
7 5 (17.86%) C++
8 4 (14.29%) PL/SQL
8 4 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
8 4 (14.29%) Finance
8 4 (14.29%) Business Analysis
9 3 (10.71%) Data Analysis
9 3 (10.71%) Migration
9 3 (10.71%) VMware
9 3 (10.71%) FalconStor
9 3 (10.71%) Time Management
9 3 (10.71%) VMware Server
9 3 (10.71%) Release Management
9 3 (10.71%) VMware Infrastructure

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 7 (25.00%) CSS
1 7 (25.00%) HTML
1 7 (25.00%) jQuery
2 2 (7.143%) Twitter Bootstrap
2 2 (7.143%) JDBC
2 2 (7.143%) ODBC
2 2 (7.143%) Middleware
2 2 (7.143%) WebSphere
3 1 (3.571%) Java EE
3 1 (3.571%) SOAP
3 1 (3.571%) XML
3 1 (3.571%) ATL
Application Platforms
1 2 (7.143%) WebLogic
2 1 (3.571%) MQSeries
2 1 (3.571%) CMS
2 1 (3.571%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 1 (3.571%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.571%) Temenos T24
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.71%) HTTP
2 2 (7.143%) HTTPS
2 2 (7.143%) NAS
3 1 (3.571%) FTP
3 1 (3.571%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (25.00%) MySQL
2 5 (17.86%) TOAD
3 4 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (10.71%) Oracle Discoverer
4 3 (10.71%) Star Schema
5 2 (7.143%) Oracle 10g
6 1 (3.571%) Oracle 11g
6 1 (3.571%) SQL Server
6 1 (3.571%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (3.571%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (3.571%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) LoadRunner
2 2 (7.143%) Introscope
2 2 (7.143%) Subversion
2 2 (7.143%) Git (software)
2 2 (7.143%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (3.571%) JProfiler
3 1 (3.571%) JProbe
3 1 (3.571%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (3.571%) TestDirector
General
1 6 (21.43%) Banking
2 4 (14.29%) Finance
3 3 (10.71%) Avionics
4 1 (3.571%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (42.86%) Developer
2 7 (25.00%) PHP Developer
2 7 (25.00%) MySQL Developer
2 7 (25.00%) PHP MySQL Developer
3 4 (14.29%) Analyst
3 4 (14.29%) Consultant
4 3 (10.71%) Software Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Oracle Developer
5 2 (7.143%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 2 (7.143%) DBA
5 2 (7.143%) Support Consultant
5 2 (7.143%) Test Analyst
5 2 (7.143%) Infrastructure Support Consultant
6 1 (3.571%) QA Leader
6 1 (3.571%) Non-Functional Test Analyst
6 1 (3.571%) Software Developer
6 1 (3.571%) Architect
6 1 (3.571%) Business Analyst
6 1 (3.571%) Administrator
6 1 (3.571%) Oracle DBA
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.143%) SWIFT
2 1 (3.571%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 16 (57.14%) UNIX
2 10 (35.71%) Windows
3 3 (10.71%) Solaris
3 3 (10.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.00%) MVC
2 5 (17.86%) Test Management
3 4 (14.29%) Business Analysis
4 3 (10.71%) Release Management
4 3 (10.71%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (10.71%) Time Management
4 3 (10.71%) Migration
4 3 (10.71%) Data Analysis
4 3 (10.71%) Data Modelling
4 3 (10.71%) Configuration Management
4 3 (10.71%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (7.143%) OO
5 2 (7.143%) Software Testing
6 1 (3.571%) Incident Management
6 1 (3.571%) Stress Testing
6 1 (3.571%) UML
6 1 (3.571%) Systems Analysis
6 1 (3.571%) Scrum
6 1 (3.571%) Data Migration
6 1 (3.571%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 11 (39.29%) Shell Script
2 10 (35.71%) SQL
3 7 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 7 (25.00%) PHP
4 5 (17.86%) C++
4 5 (17.86%) Java
5 4 (14.29%) PL/SQL
6 3 (10.71%) C#
7 2 (7.143%) C
7 2 (7.143%) Python
8 1 (3.571%) VBScript
8 1 (3.571%) VB
8 1 (3.571%) Ruby
8 1 (3.571%) Bash shell
8 1 (3.571%) Perl
Qualifications
1 3 (10.71%) ISEB
2 2 (7.143%) ISTQB
2 2 (7.143%) Degree
3 1 (3.571%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.571%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.571%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.143%) QA
System Software
1 3 (10.71%) VMware Server
1 3 (10.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.571%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 4 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (7.143%) HP SiteScope
2 2 (7.143%) NetBackup
3 1 (3.571%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 9 (32.14%) Oracle
2 3 (10.71%) Symantec
2 3 (10.71%) VMware
2 3 (10.71%) FalconStor
2 3 (10.71%) Red Hat
3 2 (7.143%) Twitter
3 2 (7.143%) HP
4 1 (3.571%) EMC
4 1 (3.571%) JBoss
4 1 (3.571%) Temenos
4 1 (3.571%) webMethods
PHP/MySQL Developer
Poole, Dorset
As well as PHP, MySQL and jQuery my client would like a candidate to possess PHP MVC framework experience... An ideal candidate would also have experience using HTML,...
Senitor Associates
Rate: £150 - £250 per day
Posted: 13 May 2013
NetBackup Consultant - Banking
Bournemouth, Dorset
Expert level Symantec Net Backup experience. * * Strong problem solving, time management and organizational skills... * Hands on Unix/Linux/Windows System Administration Experience. * Hands on experience with VMWare Server...
Aston Carter
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Oracle DBA - SQL, Weblogic, Fusion, Clustering
Bournemouth, Dorset
Proven technical experience in Oracle OLTP (On-line Transaction Processing) and Data Warehousing environments. Experience of Oracle Weblogic/Fusion is a big advantage... Proven technical experience of Oracle...
Sanderson
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
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