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The table below looks at the demand for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) skills within the Edinburgh region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Red Hat Enterprise Linux over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRed Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
Location
3 months to
1 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank4571
Rank change on same period last yearUp+26
Matching contract IT job ads62
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.002 %
As % of the category below3.974 %0.847 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£430-
Average daily rate£430-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£430-
UK excluding London average daily rate£392£369
% change on same period last year+6.20 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£41.00
% change on same period last year-39.02 %
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Edinburgh
Matching contract IT job ads151236
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.239 %0.251 %
Daily rates quoted4842
Average minimum daily rate£340£305
Average daily rate£361£317
% change on same period last year+13.94 %
Average maximum daily rate£382£328
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£320
% change on same period last year-1.12 %
Hourly rates quoted719
Average minimum hourly rate£15.60£15.08
Average hourly rate£16.73£16.59
% change on same period last year+0.87 %
Average maximum hourly rate£17.87£18.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.95£21.94
% change on same period last year+0.07 %
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ScotlandRed Hat Enterprise Linux
Scotland

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.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Red Hat Enterprise Linux Demand Trend

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Red Hat Enterprise Linux Daily Rate Trend

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Red Hat Enterprise 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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

16 (100.00 %)AIX
16 (100.00 %)HTTP
16 (100.00 %)Red Hat
16 (100.00 %)IBM
16 (100.00 %)IBM HTTP Server
16 (100.00 %)WebSphere
16 (100.00 %)Red Hat Linux
25 (83.33 %)UNIX
25 (83.33 %)Load Balancing
25 (83.33 %)Clustering
25 (83.33 %)Shell Script
25 (83.33 %)CA SiteMinder
25 (83.33 %)SSL
25 (83.33 %)Linux
31 (16.67 %)Sun

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Red Hat Enterprise 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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (100.00 %)WebSphere
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (100.00 %)IBM HTTP Server
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (100.00 %)HTTP
25 (83.33 %)SSL
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (33.33 %)Server Specialist
21 (16.67 %)Sun Specialist
21 (16.67 %)Consultant
21 (16.67 %)Technical Specialist
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (83.33 %)Clustering
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (100.00 %)AIX
16 (100.00 %)Red Hat Linux
25 (83.33 %)UNIX
25 (83.33 %)Linux
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (83.33 %)Load Balancing
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (83.33 %)Shell Script
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (83.33 %)CA SiteMinder
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (100.00 %)IBM
16 (100.00 %)Red Hat
21 (16.67 %)Sun