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The table below looks at the demand for Novell SUSE Linux skills within the England region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SUSE over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkNovell SUSE Linux
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008		Same period last year
Rank474549
Rank change on same period last yearUp+75
Matching contract IT job ads7692
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.106 %0.092 %
As % of the category below0.590 %0.451 %
Daily rates quoted2033
Average minimum daily rate£350£407
Average daily rate£374£435
% change on same period last year-14.01 %
Average maximum daily rate£399£463
UK excluding London average daily rate£450£298
% change on same period last year+50.83 %
Hourly rates quoted68
Average minimum hourly rate£31.17£35.00
Average hourly rate£32.17£38.75
% change on same period last year-16.98 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.17£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.17£38.75
% change on same period last year-16.98 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
England
Matching contract IT job ads1288720380
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled18.00 %20.48 %
Daily rates quoted38865748
Average minimum daily rate£340£369
Average daily rate£360£390
% change on same period last year-7.59 %
Average maximum daily rate£380£410
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£332
% change on same period last year-0.55 %
Hourly rates quoted20313055
Average minimum hourly rate£21.27£21.14
Average hourly rate£22.63£22.43
% change on same period last year+0.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.98£23.72
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.90£22.31
% change on same period last year+2.65 %
SUSE UKSUSE
UK

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.

SUSE
Demand Trend

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

England SUSE Demand Trend

SUSE
Daily Rate Trend

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

England SUSE Daily Rate Trend

SUSE
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SUSE across the England region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

England SUSE Daily Rate Histogram

SUSE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England SUSE Hourly Rate Trend

SUSE
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SUSE across the England region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

England SUSE Hourly Rate Histogram

SUSE
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SUSE within the England region over the 3 months to 6 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
LondonUp+5339£349-22.25 %
South EastUp+3616£500+25.00 %
West MidlandsUp+219--
YorkshireUp+157£375+51.51 %
East of EnglandUp+316--
SUSE UKSUSE
UK

SUSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing SUSE 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 SUSE.

1116 (95.08 %)Linux
261 (50.00 %)Red Hat
358 (47.54 %)Red Hat Linux
456 (45.90 %)Solaris
554 (44.26 %)UNIX
646 (37.70 %)Windows
738 (31.15 %)VERITAS
832 (26.23 %)IBM
930 (24.59 %)Windows Server 2003
1028 (22.95 %)Shell Script
1125 (20.49 %)Clustering
1224 (19.67 %)Perl
1224 (19.67 %)Oracle
1323 (18.85 %)Sun
1323 (18.85 %)HP
1420 (16.39 %)Apache
1519 (15.57 %)VMware
1618 (14.75 %)TCP/IP
1717 (13.93 %)Finance
1816 (13.11 %)Debian
1816 (13.11 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1816 (13.11 %)DNS
1816 (13.11 %)SAN
1816 (13.11 %)MySQL
1914 (11.48 %)SQL
1914 (11.48 %)Java
1914 (11.48 %)Banking
2013 (10.66 %)Firewall
2013 (10.66 %)LAN
2013 (10.66 %)Active Directory

SUSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing SUSE 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 SUSE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (4.918 %)HTML
16 (4.918 %)XML
16 (4.918 %)WebSphere
25 (4.098 %)J2EE
34 (3.279 %)CGI
34 (3.279 %)Middleware
34 (3.279 %)WebServices
43 (2.459 %)JMS
43 (2.459 %)SOAP
52 (1.639 %)JDBC
52 (1.639 %)JSP
52 (1.639 %).NET
52 (1.639 %)AJAX
52 (1.639 %)XSLT
61 (0.820 %)CORBA
61 (0.820 %)XSD
61 (0.820 %)XSL
61 (0.820 %)WBIMB
61 (0.820 %)CSS
61 (0.820 %)STL
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
120 (16.39 %)Apache
212 (9.836 %)Tomcat
37 (5.738 %)JBoss
46 (4.918 %)IIS
54 (3.279 %)WebLogic
63 (2.459 %)MS Exchange
63 (2.459 %)WebSphere MQ
72 (1.639 %)WebSphere Application Server
72 (1.639 %)MQSeries
72 (1.639 %)ESB
72 (1.639 %)WebSphere Message Broker
81 (0.820 %)Lotus Notes
81 (0.820 %)Exchange Server 2003
81 (0.820 %)TIBCO EMS
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
111 (9.016 %)MS Excel
25 (4.098 %)MS Office
33 (2.459 %)MS PowerPoint
41 (0.820 %)MS Project
41 (0.820 %)MS Visio
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.820 %)BusinessWorks
11 (0.820 %)TIBCO iProcess
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
118 (14.75 %)TCP/IP
216 (13.11 %)DNS
216 (13.11 %)SAN
313 (10.66 %)LAN
313 (10.66 %)WAN
313 (10.66 %)Firewall
45 (4.098 %)FTP
54 (3.279 %)Internet
54 (3.279 %)SMTP
63 (2.459 %)HTTP
72 (1.639 %)VPN
81 (0.820 %)NNTP
81 (0.820 %)DHCP
81 (0.820 %)POP3
81 (0.820 %)PBX
81 (0.820 %)LDAP
81 (0.820 %)ATM
81 (0.820 %)IMAP
81 (0.820 %)iSCSI
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
116 (13.11 %)MySQL
28 (6.557 %)SQL Server
37 (5.738 %)DB2
45 (4.098 %)Oracle 8/8i
54 (3.279 %)Oracle 10g
63 (2.459 %)RDBMS
72 (1.639 %)Oracle 9i
72 (1.639 %)SQL Server 2000
72 (1.639 %)SQL Server 2005
81 (0.820 %)Oracle OLAP
81 (0.820 %)Oracle 11g
81 (0.820 %)OLAP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (7.377 %)Subversion
22 (1.639 %)JUnit
22 (1.639 %)Rational Rose
22 (1.639 %)Bugzilla
31 (0.820 %)NUnit
31 (0.820 %)CruiseControl
31 (0.820 %)ClearCase
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
117 (13.93 %)Finance
214 (11.48 %)Banking
312 (9.836 %)Investment Banking
48 (6.557 %)Health
54 (3.279 %)Government
61 (0.820 %)Games
61 (0.820 %)Local Government
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
134 (27.87 %)Administrator
231 (25.41 %)Systems Administrator
312 (9.836 %)Linux Engineer
411 (9.016 %)Developer
510 (8.197 %)Technical Support
69 (7.377 %)UNIX Administrator
69 (7.377 %)Solaris Administrator
69 (7.377 %)Solaris Systems Administrator
78 (6.557 %)UNIX Engineer
87 (5.738 %)Linux Systems Administrator
87 (5.738 %)Linux Administrator
87 (5.738 %)Analyst
96 (4.918 %)Consultant
105 (4.098 %)Systems Engineer
105 (4.098 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
105 (4.098 %)Web Administrator
105 (4.098 %)Data Centre Engineer
105 (4.098 %)Linux Consultant
114 (3.279 %)Integration Engineer
114 (3.279 %)Software Integration Engineer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
125 (20.49 %)Clustering
26 (4.918 %)Equities
33 (2.459 %)Replication
33 (2.459 %)Social Network
42 (1.639 %)Market Risk
42 (1.639 %)Client/Server
42 (1.639 %)N-Tier
42 (1.639 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
42 (1.639 %)Mainframe
51 (0.820 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
51 (0.820 %)Japanese Language
51 (0.820 %)Multithreading
51 (0.820 %)CLARiiON
51 (0.820 %)Fixed Income
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1116 (95.08 %)Linux
258 (47.54 %)Red Hat Linux
356 (45.90 %)Solaris
454 (44.26 %)UNIX
546 (37.70 %)Windows
630 (24.59 %)Windows Server 2003
716 (13.11 %)Debian
716 (13.11 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
811 (9.016 %)Windows XP
910 (8.197 %)AIX
107 (5.738 %)HPUX
107 (5.738 %)Windows 2000
116 (4.918 %)Windows 2000 Server
125 (4.098 %)Gentoo
134 (3.279 %)CentOS
143 (2.459 %)NetWare
152 (1.639 %)zOS
152 (1.639 %)Windows NT
161 (0.820 %)OpenVMS
161 (0.820 %)Fedora
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (9.836 %)Service Delivery
210 (8.197 %)Project Management
210 (8.197 %)Security Cleared
39 (7.377 %)Problem Management
47 (5.738 %)Validation
54 (3.279 %)ITIL
54 (3.279 %)SC Cleared
63 (2.459 %)SOA
63 (2.459 %)Migration
63 (2.459 %)Stress Testing
72 (1.639 %)Content Management
72 (1.639 %)Project Planning
72 (1.639 %)Risk Management
72 (1.639 %)Disaster Recovery
72 (1.639 %)UML
72 (1.639 %)OOA/OOD
72 (1.639 %)E-Commerce
72 (1.639 %)ERP
72 (1.639 %)BC Cleared
72 (1.639 %)Monte Carlo Method
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
128 (22.95 %)Shell Script
224 (19.67 %)Perl
314 (11.48 %)Java
314 (11.48 %)SQL
49 (7.377 %)C
57 (5.738 %)C++
64 (3.279 %)PHP
73 (2.459 %)VBScript
73 (2.459 %)VB
82 (1.639 %)C#
82 (1.639 %)Python
91 (0.820 %)PL/SQL
91 (0.820 %)AWK
91 (0.820 %)Korn
91 (0.820 %)JavaScript
91 (0.820 %)VBA
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (3.279 %)RHCT
21 (0.820 %)Degree
21 (0.820 %)Cisco Certification
21 (0.820 %)RHCE
21 (0.820 %)ITIL Certification
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.820 %)SLA
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
113 (10.66 %)Active Directory
211 (9.016 %)NFS
37 (5.738 %)VMware Infrastructure
45 (4.098 %)NetBackup
53 (2.459 %)Samba
61 (0.820 %)VMware ESX
61 (0.820 %)Oracle RAC
61 (0.820 %)Novell eDirectory
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (3.279 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
21 (0.820 %)ZENworks
21 (0.820 %)BMC Performance Manager
21 (0.820 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
21 (0.820 %)OpenView
21 (0.820 %)Legato
21 (0.820 %)Tivoli
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
161 (50.00 %)Red Hat
238 (31.15 %)VERITAS
332 (26.23 %)IBM
424 (19.67 %)Oracle
523 (18.85 %)Sun
523 (18.85 %)HP
619 (15.57 %)VMware
710 (8.197 %)EMC
88 (6.557 %)Microsoft
88 (6.557 %)Hitachi
96 (4.918 %)Citrix
96 (4.918 %)Dell
96 (4.918 %)Fujitsu
105 (4.098 %)Sybase
114 (3.279 %)Cisco
123 (2.459 %)BMC
123 (2.459 %)NetApp
123 (2.459 %)Novell
123 (2.459 %)TIBCO
132 (1.639 %)Reuters
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