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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Red Hat products and/or services in IT contracts within the East Midlands region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Red Hat over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRed Hat
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank8276
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching contract IT job ads815
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.015 %
As % of the category below1.116 %1.708 %
Daily rates quoted26
Average minimum daily rate£323£293
Average daily rate£333£293
% change on same period last year+13.35 %
Average maximum daily rate£343£293
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£339
% change on same period last year+5.06 %
Hourly rates quoted03
Average minimum hourly rate-£28.75
Average hourly rate-£29.68
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£30.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.94£34.99
% change on same period last year-0.15 %
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads717878
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.009 %0.887 %
Daily rates quoted199164
Average minimum daily rate£329£332
Average daily rate£345£349
% change on same period last year-0.95 %
Average maximum daily rate£362£366
UK excluding London average daily rate£359£354
% change on same period last year+1.33 %
Hourly rates quoted89153
Average minimum hourly rate£19.27£20.42
Average hourly rate£21.10£21.24
% change on same period last year-0.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.93£22.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.44£24.37
% change on same period last year+0.26 %
Red Hat EnglandRed Hat
England

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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Red Hat, Inc.

Red Hat
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Red Hat across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

East Midlands Red Hat Demand Trend

Red Hat
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Red Hat across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands Red Hat Daily Rate Trend

Red Hat
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Red Hat across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

East Midlands Red Hat Daily Rate Histogram

Red Hat
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Red Hat across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands Red Hat Hourly Rate Trend

Red Hat
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Red Hat within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
NottinghamshireDown-14£320+6.66 %
DerbyshireDown-62--
Red Hat EnglandRed Hat
England

Red Hat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Red Hat 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 Red Hat.

119 (95.00 %)Linux
119 (95.00 %)Red Hat Linux
215 (75.00 %)UNIX
313 (65.00 %)Windows
411 (55.00 %)Solaris
59 (45.00 %)SAN
66 (30.00 %)AIX
66 (30.00 %)IBM
75 (25.00 %)Asset Management
75 (25.00 %)WebSphere
75 (25.00 %)Sun
75 (25.00 %)HP
75 (25.00 %)Perl
75 (25.00 %)Oracle
75 (25.00 %)WebSphere MQ
75 (25.00 %)Shell Script
75 (25.00 %)IRIX
75 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
75 (25.00 %)Service Delivery
75 (25.00 %)Clustering
84 (20.00 %)VMware
84 (20.00 %)Apache
84 (20.00 %)LDAP
84 (20.00 %)WebLogic
84 (20.00 %)Beowulf
84 (20.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
93 (15.00 %)Windows CE
102 (10.00 %)Windows XP
102 (10.00 %)Auditing
102 (10.00 %)Degree

Red Hat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Red Hat 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 Red Hat. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (25.00 %)WebSphere
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (25.00 %)WebSphere MQ
24 (20.00 %)WebLogic
24 (20.00 %)Apache
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (5.000 %)Oracle EBS
11 (5.000 %)Oracle Applications
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (45.00 %)SAN
24 (20.00 %)LDAP
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (10.00 %)Auditing
21 (5.000 %)Government
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (30.00 %)UNIX Specialist
24 (20.00 %)Services Delivery Analyst
24 (20.00 %)Analyst
24 (20.00 %)Service Analyst
32 (10.00 %)Infrastructure Engineer
32 (10.00 %)Test Specialist
41 (5.000 %)Tester
41 (5.000 %)Performance Manager
41 (5.000 %)Performance Test Manager
41 (5.000 %)Performance Tester
41 (5.000 %)Oracle DBA
41 (5.000 %)Oracle Applications DBA
41 (5.000 %)UNIX Administrator
41 (5.000 %)Administrator
41 (5.000 %)Test Manager
41 (5.000 %)DBA
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (25.00 %)Clustering
24 (20.00 %)Beowulf
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
119 (95.00 %)Linux
119 (95.00 %)Red Hat Linux
215 (75.00 %)UNIX
313 (65.00 %)Windows
411 (55.00 %)Solaris
56 (30.00 %)AIX
65 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
65 (25.00 %)IRIX
73 (15.00 %)Windows CE
82 (10.00 %)Windows XP
91 (5.000 %)HPUX
91 (5.000 %)SUSE
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (25.00 %)Asset Management
15 (25.00 %)Service Delivery
21 (5.000 %)Disaster Recovery
21 (5.000 %)Migration
21 (5.000 %)Data Migration
21 (5.000 %)SC Cleared
21 (5.000 %)Security Cleared
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (25.00 %)Perl
15 (25.00 %)Shell Script
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (10.00 %)Degree
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (20.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (30.00 %)IBM
25 (25.00 %)Sun
25 (25.00 %)HP
25 (25.00 %)Oracle
34 (20.00 %)VMware