The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle 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 Oracle Linux over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Linux (formerly Oracle Enterprise Linux)
Rank - 130 121
Contract jobs citing Oracle Linux 0 1 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England - 0.034% 0.193%
As % of the Operating Systems category - 0.139% 0.772%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £325 £213
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +52.94%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £338 £270
% change year-on-year
+11.11% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Operating Systems
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
571 720 648
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 26.19% 24.51% 25.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 230 295 239
Average daily rate £305 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.15% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £113 £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 116 124 159
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 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £40.00 £35.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Oracle Linux
England

Oracle Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Oracle Linux Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle Linux
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Oracle Linux across the East of England region.

East of England Oracle Linux Daily Rate Trend