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The table below looks at the demand for Linux skills within the East Sussex region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLinux
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2431
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching contract IT job ads26
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.006 %
As % of the category below6.667 %15.79 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£348£337
% change on same period last year+3.15 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£22.00-
Average hourly rate£23.17-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£24.33-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.43£32.59
% change on same period last year-0.50 %
East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
East Sussex
Matching contract IT job ads3038
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.042 %0.038 %
Daily rates quoted13
Average minimum daily rate£500£281
Average daily rate£500£297
% change on same period last year+68.42 %
Average maximum daily rate£500£313
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£331
% change on same period last year-1.19 %
Hourly rates quoted168
Average minimum hourly rate£13.58£10.17
Average hourly rate£14.73£10.56
% change on same period last year+39.57 %
Average maximum hourly rate£15.89£10.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.98£22.27
% change on same period last year+3.17 %
Linux South EastLinux
South East

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.

Linux
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Linux across the East Sussex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

East Sussex Linux Demand Trend

Linux
Daily Rate Trend

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

East Sussex Linux Daily Rate Trend

Linux
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East Sussex 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 East Sussex 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
BrightonNo change02--
HoveNew entry-1--
Linux South EastLinux
South East

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex 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.

14 (57.14 %)MySQL
14 (57.14 %)Apache
23 (42.86 %)PHP
32 (28.57 %)Firewall
32 (28.57 %)DNS
32 (28.57 %)UNIX
32 (28.57 %)Windows
32 (28.57 %)DHCP
41 (14.29 %)AJAX
41 (14.29 %)Exchange Server 2003
41 (14.29 %)Windows Vista
41 (14.29 %)Red Hat Linux
41 (14.29 %)FTP
41 (14.29 %)HTTP
41 (14.29 %)Python
41 (14.29 %)LDAP
41 (14.29 %)MS Exchange
41 (14.29 %)SMTP
41 (14.29 %)SQL
41 (14.29 %)HTML
41 (14.29 %)JavaScript
41 (14.29 %)Perl
41 (14.29 %)Oracle
41 (14.29 %)IIS
41 (14.29 %)CSS
41 (14.29 %)SLA
41 (14.29 %)Cisco
41 (14.29 %)Microsoft
41 (14.29 %)Active Directory
41 (14.29 %)HP

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex 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.

East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (14.29 %)HTML
11 (14.29 %)CSS
11 (14.29 %)LAMP
11 (14.29 %)AJAX
East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (57.14 %)Apache
21 (14.29 %)MS Exchange
21 (14.29 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (14.29 %)IIS
East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (28.57 %)DHCP
12 (28.57 %)DNS
12 (28.57 %)Firewall
21 (14.29 %)SAN
21 (14.29 %)FTP
21 (14.29 %)HTTP
21 (14.29 %)LDAP
21 (14.29 %)SMTP
East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (57.14 %)MySQL
East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (14.29 %)Telecoms
East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (42.86 %)Administrator
22 (28.57 %)Linux Administrator
22 (28.57 %)Developer
22 (28.57 %)Web Developer
22 (28.57 %)Systems Administrator
22 (28.57 %)Systems Engineer
31 (14.29 %)Linux Systems Administrator
East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (28.57 %)UNIX
12 (28.57 %)Windows
21 (14.29 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (14.29 %)Windows Vista
21 (14.29 %)Red Hat Linux
East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (42.86 %)PHP
21 (14.29 %)SQL
21 (14.29 %)Python
21 (14.29 %)JavaScript
21 (14.29 %)Perl
East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (14.29 %)SLA
East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (14.29 %)Active Directory
11 (14.29 %)ISA Server
East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (14.29 %)Oracle
11 (14.29 %)Cisco
11 (14.29 %)Microsoft
11 (14.29 %)HP
11 (14.29 %)Juniper
11 (14.29 %)Red Hat