The first table below looks at the demand for the Linux Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Exeter region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Linux Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Job Titles advertised for the Exeter 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux Engineer
Rank - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Linux Engineer 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Exeter - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £500 £350
% change year-on-year
-30.00% +42.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £50.00 £40.00 £34.75
% change year-on-year
+25.00% +15.10%
All Job Titles
Exeter
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
103 54 73
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Exeter 95.37% 91.53% 97.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 28 34
Average daily rate £325 £419 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.43% +86.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £225 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £385 £650 £424
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 11
Average hourly rate £19.39 £16.25 £29.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.32% -44.91%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Linux Engineer
Devon

Linux Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Linux Engineer across the Exeter region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Exeter Linux Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Linux Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Exeter Linux Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Linux Engineer
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Exeter region that cited Linux Engineer in their job title 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 with Linux Engineer in their job title.

1 24 (100.00%) Linux
1 24 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 24 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 22 (91.67%) Red Hat
3 19 (79.17%) VMware
3 19 (79.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (70.83%) Remedy
5 7 (29.17%) OpenStack
6 4 (16.67%) Puppet
7 3 (12.50%) Oracle
7 3 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (4.167%) Project Planning

Linux Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Exeter region that cited Linux Engineer in their job title 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 with Linux Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 7 (29.17%) OpenStack
Operating Systems
1 24 (100.00%) Linux
2 3 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (4.167%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 24 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 24 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 19 (79.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (16.67%) Puppet
Vendors
1 22 (91.67%) Red Hat
2 19 (79.17%) VMware
3 17 (70.83%) Remedy
4 3 (12.50%) Oracle