Linux Contracts in the East of England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England 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 East of England 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 20 22 18
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -4
Contract jobs citing Linux 157 198 194
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 7.289% 6.719% 7.382%
As % of the Operating Systems category 27.89% 27.27% 29.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 90 81
Average daily rate £325 £340 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.41% +7.93%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £224 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £428 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £350 £340
% change year-on-year
-5.71% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 14 30
Average hourly rate £38.50 £40.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.75% +23.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.34 £25.50 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £54.90 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.50 £36.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-2.73% +4.28%
All Operating Systems
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 563 726 658
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 26.14% 24.64% 25.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 297 242
Average daily rate £315 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.07% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £111 £170 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 124 164
Average hourly rate £19.00 £19.63 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.18% +30.83%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £10.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £40.00 £35.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
Linux
England

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Linux Hourly Rate Trend

Linux
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Linux across the East of England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

East of England Linux Hourly Rate Histogram

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 East of England 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
Cambridgeshire +10 80 £325 -
Hertfordshire 0 45 £375 -
Essex +6 27 £325 -18.75%
Bedfordshire -1 2 £400 +14.28%
Suffolk -12 2 £250 -26.47%
Norfolk -10 1 - -
Linux
England

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 80 (27.78%) UNIX
2 78 (27.08%) Java
3 73 (25.35%) HTML
3 73 (25.35%) Windows
4 72 (25.00%) Red Hat
5 66 (22.92%) Oracle
6 64 (22.22%) C
6 64 (22.22%) Apache
7 61 (21.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 57 (19.79%) Python
8 57 (19.79%) Perl
9 55 (19.10%) VMware
10 54 (18.75%) SQL
11 52 (18.06%) MySQL
12 50 (17.36%) JavaScript
13 42 (14.58%) CSS
14 40 (13.89%) Subversion
15 39 (13.54%) DNS
16 35 (12.15%) PHP
16 35 (12.15%) OO
17 34 (11.81%) XML
17 34 (11.81%) Microsoft
17 34 (11.81%) DHCP
18 33 (11.46%) Active Directory
19 31 (10.76%) VMware Infrastructure
20 30 (10.42%) Web Services
21 29 (10.07%) Agile Software Development
22 28 (9.722%) Ajax
22 28 (9.722%) ITIL
23 27 (9.375%) JSON

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 73 (25.35%) HTML
2 42 (14.58%) CSS
3 34 (11.81%) XML
4 30 (10.42%) Web Services
5 28 (9.722%) Ajax
6 27 (9.375%) JSON
7 24 (8.333%) JSP
8 18 (6.250%) SOAP
8 18 (6.250%) RESTful
9 17 (5.903%) J2EE
10 16 (5.556%) WebSphere
10 16 (5.556%) LAMP
10 16 (5.556%) Spring
10 16 (5.556%) jQuery
10 16 (5.556%) HTML5
11 13 (4.514%) CSS3
11 13 (4.514%) XHTML
12 12 (4.167%) OpenCL
13 11 (3.819%) Memcached
13 11 (3.819%) Symfony
Application Platforms
1 64 (22.22%) Apache
2 22 (7.639%) Tomcat
3 13 (4.514%) MS Exchange
3 13 (4.514%) Exchange Server 2010
4 12 (4.167%) IIS
5 10 (3.472%) Drupal
6 8 (2.778%) Confluence
7 7 (2.431%) Exchange Server 2007
7 7 (2.431%) WebSphere Application Server
8 6 (2.083%) MQSeries
8 6 (2.083%) nginx
9 5 (1.736%) WordPress
9 5 (1.736%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 5 (1.736%) CMS
10 4 (1.389%) concrete5
10 4 (1.389%) RabbitMQ
11 3 (1.042%) Lync
11 3 (1.042%) Amazon AWS
12 2 (0.694%) Apache Pig
13 1 (0.347%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 5 (1.736%) MS Excel
2 2 (0.694%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.694%) Simulink
2 2 (0.694%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 19 (6.597%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (2.083%) Tridion
3 2 (0.694%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 39 (13.54%) DNS
2 34 (11.81%) DHCP
3 22 (7.639%) SAN
4 21 (7.292%) TCP/IP
5 14 (4.861%) WAN
6 13 (4.514%) BIG-IP
6 13 (4.514%) NAS
7 11 (3.819%) Firewall
8 10 (3.472%) Ethernet
8 10 (3.472%) Internet
9 8 (2.778%) HTTP
9 8 (2.778%) Network Security
10 7 (2.431%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (2.431%) Wireless
10 7 (2.431%) Broadband
11 6 (2.083%) FTP
11 6 (2.083%) Kerberos
11 6 (2.083%) Cisco IOS
12 5 (1.736%) NetScreen
12 5 (1.736%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (18.06%) MySQL
2 16 (5.556%) SQL Server
3 8 (2.778%) RDBMS
4 7 (2.431%) DB2
4 7 (2.431%) MongoDB
4 7 (2.431%) Redis
5 6 (2.083%) Oracle 8/8i
6 3 (1.042%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.694%) GIS
7 2 (0.694%) OLTP
7 2 (0.694%) Apache Cassandra
7 2 (0.694%) JasperReports
7 2 (0.694%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.694%) CouchDB
7 2 (0.694%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.347%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.347%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 1 (0.347%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.347%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 40 (13.89%) Subversion
2 27 (9.375%) Git (software)
3 16 (5.556%) Ant
4 15 (5.208%) JIRA
5 13 (4.514%) Eclipse
6 7 (2.431%) ClearCase
6 7 (2.431%) Selenium
7 6 (2.083%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
7 6 (2.083%) JUnit
7 6 (2.083%) Log4j
8 4 (1.389%) Maven
8 4 (1.389%) JBehave
8 4 (1.389%) WebDriver
8 4 (1.389%) Trac
9 3 (1.042%) Bazaar
9 3 (1.042%) ClearQuest
9 3 (1.042%) JMeter
10 2 (0.694%) MonkeyTalk
11 1 (0.347%) Jenkins
11 1 (0.347%) Rational Application Developer
General
1 23 (7.986%) Finance
2 11 (3.819%) Games
3 9 (3.125%) Retail
4 6 (2.083%) Automotive
5 5 (1.736%) Telecoms
6 4 (1.389%) Electronics
6 4 (1.389%) Billing
7 3 (1.042%) Marketing
8 2 (0.694%) Publishing
8 2 (0.694%) Banking
8 2 (0.694%) Legal
9 1 (0.347%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.347%) Military
Job Titles
1 87 (30.21%) Developer
2 65 (22.57%) Administrator
3 58 (20.14%) Systems Administrator
4 22 (7.639%) Test Engineer
5 20 (6.944%) Java Developer
5 20 (6.944%) Linux Administrator
6 15 (5.208%) PHP Developer
7 14 (4.861%) Software Engineer
8 13 (4.514%) Linux Systems Administrator
9 12 (4.167%) Consultant
10 11 (3.819%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (3.472%) Software Developer
11 10 (3.472%) Linux Engineer
12 9 (3.125%) Systems Engineer
13 7 (2.431%) Tester
13 7 (2.431%) Analyst
14 6 (2.083%) Architect
14 6 (2.083%) Programmer
14 6 (2.083%) J2EE Developer
14 6 (2.083%) Java/J2EE Developer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.208%) Device Driver
1 15 (5.208%) PKI
2 14 (4.861%) Computer Science
3 11 (3.819%) Blackberry
4 10 (3.472%) Clustering
4 10 (3.472%) Biology
5 7 (2.431%) Streaming Media
6 6 (2.083%) Web 2.0
6 6 (2.083%) VHDL
6 6 (2.083%) Verilog
6 6 (2.083%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (1.389%) Thin Client
7 4 (1.389%) Informatics
7 4 (1.389%) Fat Client
7 4 (1.389%) Open Source
7 4 (1.389%) Client/Server
8 2 (0.694%) W3C
8 2 (0.694%) Handset
8 2 (0.694%) LIMS
8 2 (0.694%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 80 (27.78%) UNIX
2 73 (25.35%) Windows
3 61 (21.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 21 (7.292%) Solaris
5 20 (6.944%) Windows Server 2008
6 19 (6.597%) Android
7 18 (6.250%) Embedded Linux
7 18 (6.250%) Debian
8 15 (5.208%) HPUX
9 10 (3.472%) Windows 7
10 9 (3.125%) Windows Server 2003
11 8 (2.778%) AIX
12 7 (2.431%) Windows XP
12 7 (2.431%) Windows Mobile
13 6 (2.083%) SUSE
13 6 (2.083%) Mac OS X
13 6 (2.083%) Apple iOS
14 5 (1.736%) Ubuntu
15 3 (1.042%) Windows CE
15 3 (1.042%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (12.15%) OO
2 29 (10.07%) Agile Software Development
3 28 (9.722%) ITIL
4 21 (7.292%) Scrum
4 21 (7.292%) Software Testing
5 20 (6.944%) MVC
6 18 (6.250%) E-Commerce
7 15 (5.208%) Project Management
8 14 (4.861%) Migration
8 14 (4.861%) TDD
9 12 (4.167%) Automated Testing
9 12 (4.167%) Configuration Management
10 11 (3.819%) RAD
11 10 (3.472%) UML
11 10 (3.472%) Continuous Integration
12 9 (3.125%) Unit Testing
12 9 (3.125%) Software Engineering
12 9 (3.125%) ERP
12 9 (3.125%) Test Scripting
12 9 (3.125%) Build Automation
Programming Languages
1 78 (27.08%) Java
2 64 (22.22%) C
3 57 (19.79%) Perl
3 57 (19.79%) Python
4 54 (18.75%) SQL
5 50 (17.36%) JavaScript
6 35 (12.15%) PHP
7 25 (8.681%) C++
8 20 (6.944%) Embedded C
9 17 (5.903%) Ruby
10 16 (5.556%) Bash shell
10 16 (5.556%) Shell Script
11 12 (4.167%) C#
12 7 (2.431%) PHP5
13 6 (2.083%) XPath
13 6 (2.083%) T-SQL
13 6 (2.083%) PowerHouse
14 5 (1.736%) Objective-C
15 4 (1.389%) Lisp
16 2 (0.694%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 19 (6.597%) Degree
2 18 (6.250%) RHCE
3 12 (4.167%) PhD
4 9 (3.125%) Security Cleared
5 8 (2.778%) ISEB
6 7 (2.431%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (2.431%) SC Cleared
7 6 (2.083%) OCP
7 6 (2.083%) Oracle Certification
8 5 (1.736%) CCNP
9 4 (1.389%) CCIE
9 4 (1.389%) RHCT
9 4 (1.389%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.389%) CCSE
10 3 (1.042%) CISSP
11 2 (0.694%) CCNA
11 2 (0.694%) CISM
12 1 (0.347%) RHCA
12 1 (0.347%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.431%) QA
2 6 (2.083%) JTAG
3 3 (1.042%) SLA
3 3 (1.042%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.694%) GAMP
4 2 (0.694%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.694%) GxP
System Software
1 33 (11.46%) Active Directory
2 31 (10.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (3.819%) Oracle RMAN
4 9 (3.125%) Postfix
5 8 (2.778%) VMware ESX
6 7 (2.431%) Hyper-V
6 7 (2.431%) vSphere
7 6 (2.083%) Varnish
7 6 (2.083%) Xen
7 6 (2.083%) Sendmail
7 6 (2.083%) XenApp
7 6 (2.083%) NFS
8 4 (1.389%) ProxySG
9 3 (1.042%) Samba
9 3 (1.042%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.347%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.347%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.347%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 1 (0.347%) Cygwin
Systems Management
1 13 (4.514%) Puppet
2 12 (4.167%) Nagios
3 11 (3.819%) SCOM
4 10 (3.472%) WSUS
5 9 (3.125%) EMC NetWorker
5 9 (3.125%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 9 (3.125%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 6 (2.083%) Red Hat Satellite
6 6 (2.083%) Backup Exec
6 6 (2.083%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
7 5 (1.736%) Cisco CUCM
8 4 (1.389%) Cisco UCCX
8 4 (1.389%) SCCM
9 2 (0.694%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.694%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.347%) Tivoli Identity Manager
10 1 (0.347%) AppManager
10 1 (0.347%) YUM
10 1 (0.347%) Ionix
Vendors
1 72 (25.00%) Red Hat
2 66 (22.92%) Oracle
3 55 (19.10%) VMware
4 34 (11.81%) Microsoft
5 25 (8.681%) Cisco
6 24 (8.333%) IBM
7 16 (5.556%) Citrix
8 14 (4.861%) EMC
9 13 (4.514%) HP
10 11 (3.819%) JBoss
11 10 (3.472%) NetApp
12 9 (3.125%) SAP
13 8 (2.778%) Zend
14 7 (2.431%) CheckPoint
15 6 (2.083%) Symantec
15 6 (2.083%) Blue Martini
15 6 (2.083%) ATG
15 6 (2.083%) Interwoven
15 6 (2.083%) Elastic Path
15 6 (2.083%) F5
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