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The table below looks at the demand for Linux skills within the Hayes 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLinux
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
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£338£334
% change on same period last year+1.13 %
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£31.91£32.41
% change on same period last year-1.54 %
Hayes IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Hayes
Matching contract IT job ads07
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.008 %
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£317£321
% change on same period last year-1.26 %
Hourly rates quoted04
Average minimum hourly rate-£13.00
Average hourly rate-£14.20
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£15.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.36£22.18
% change on same period last year+0.80 %
Linux LondonLinux
London

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 Hayes region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Hayes 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 Hayes region.

Hayes Linux Daily Rate Trend

Linux
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hayes 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.

12 (100.00 %)UNIX
12 (100.00 %)DNS
21 (50.00 %)Cisco
21 (50.00 %)VERITAS
21 (50.00 %)CheckPoint
21 (50.00 %)Firewall
21 (50.00 %)NetBackup
21 (50.00 %)Korn
21 (50.00 %)Cisco PIX
21 (50.00 %)Windows
21 (50.00 %)Solaris
21 (50.00 %)LAN
21 (50.00 %)SMTP
21 (50.00 %)Ethernet
21 (50.00 %)FTP
21 (50.00 %)NFS
21 (50.00 %)TCP/IP

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hayes 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.

Hayes IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (100.00 %)DNS
21 (50.00 %)Firewall
21 (50.00 %)Cisco PIX
21 (50.00 %)LAN
21 (50.00 %)SMTP
21 (50.00 %)Ethernet
21 (50.00 %)FTP
21 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
Hayes IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Network Specialist
Hayes IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (100.00 %)UNIX
21 (50.00 %)Windows
21 (50.00 %)Solaris
Hayes IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)Korn
Hayes IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (50.00 %)NFS
11 (50.00 %)NetBackup
Hayes IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Cisco
11 (50.00 %)VERITAS
11 (50.00 %)CheckPoint