Linux Contracts in Erskine
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT contracts advertised for the Erskine region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 22 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 Erskine 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Linux 8 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Erskine 13.11% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 15.69% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 0
Average daily rate £425 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £350 £338
% change year-on-year
-4.28% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.50 £37.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-1.35% +5.71%
All Operating Systems
Erskine
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 51 16 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Erskine 83.61% 57.14% -
Number of daily rates quoted 48 7 0
Average daily rate £370 £420 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.90% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Linux
Renfrewshire

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Erskine Linux Jobs Demand Trend

Linux
Daily Rate Trend

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

Erskine Linux Daily Rate Trend

Linux
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Linux across the Erskine region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Erskine Linux Daily Rate Histogram

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Erskine 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.

1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 8 (100.00%) Solaris
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 8 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 8 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 6 (75.00%) NAS
2 6 (75.00%) Software Distribution
2 6 (75.00%) Configuration Management
2 6 (75.00%) Clustering
2 6 (75.00%) Tivoli
2 6 (75.00%) Netcool
2 6 (75.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 6 (75.00%) SAN
2 6 (75.00%) Veritas
2 6 (75.00%) DHCP
2 6 (75.00%) TCP/IP
2 6 (75.00%) DNS
2 6 (75.00%) AIX
3 2 (25.00%) Java
3 2 (25.00%) Perl
3 2 (25.00%) VBScript
3 2 (25.00%) ERP
3 2 (25.00%) McAfee
3 2 (25.00%) Korn
3 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (25.00%) Release Management
3 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) Management Information System

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Erskine 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.

Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) NAS
1 6 (75.00%) SAN
1 6 (75.00%) DHCP
1 6 (75.00%) TCP/IP
1 6 (75.00%) DNS
General
1 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Clustering
2 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (25.00%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 8 (100.00%) Solaris
1 8 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 8 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 6 (75.00%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Software Distribution
1 6 (75.00%) Configuration Management
2 2 (25.00%) ERP
2 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (25.00%) Release Management
2 2 (25.00%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Java
1 2 (25.00%) Perl
1 2 (25.00%) VBScript
1 2 (25.00%) Korn
1 2 (25.00%) Bourne shell
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 6 (75.00%) Tivoli
1 6 (75.00%) Netcool
1 6 (75.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (75.00%) Veritas
3 2 (25.00%) McAfee
3 2 (25.00%) Lumension
Lumension Sanctuary Expert
Erskine, Renfrewshire
Good understanding and working knowledge of Microsoft Windows 2003/2008 Enterprise Architecture, Windows XP/7 Desktop and supporting products " Good understanding of Enterprise Security Architecture... " Scripting experience (Bourne/...
Advanced Resource Managers
Rate: £500.00 - £600.00 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
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