The first table below looks at the demand for RHCA 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 RHCA over the 3 months to 23 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 Qualifications 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA)
Rank 115 - 121
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing RHCA 1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.047% - 0.037%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.272% - 0.230%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £388 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Qualifications
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
367 545 435
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 17.31% 18.47% 16.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 269 153
Average daily rate £325 £320 £273
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.56% +17.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £169 £126 £80
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 60 78
Average hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.57% +32.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £12.77 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.40 £47.50 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
RHCA
England

RHCA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England RHCA Jobs Demand Trend

RHCA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RHCA within the East of England region over the 3 months to 23 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
Hertfordshire - 1 £388 -
RHCA
England

RHCA
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing RHCA 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 RHCA.

1 2 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (100.00%) RHCE
2 1 (50.00%) NetApp
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) XenServer
2 1 (50.00%) Open Source
2 1 (50.00%) Cobbler
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) EMC
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) Samba
2 1 (50.00%) VMware

RHCA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing RHCA 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 RHCA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Systems Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Linux Systems Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Linux Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Linux Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Linux Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Linux Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Linux Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Linux Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) RHCE
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) XenServer
1 1 (50.00%) Samba
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Cobbler
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (50.00%) NetApp
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) EMC
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) VMware