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This section looks at the demand for Ubuntu Linux skills within the Herefordshire region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Ubuntu over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUbuntu Linux
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
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Matching contract IT job ads00
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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£320-
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
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% change on same period last year-
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UK excluding London average hourly rate--
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Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Herefordshire
Matching contract IT job ads3147
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.041 %0.047 %
Daily rates quoted1313
Average minimum daily rate£337£282
Average daily rate£370£292
% change on same period last year+26.81 %
Average maximum daily rate£403£302
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£335
% change on same period last year-1.62 %
Hourly rates quoted34
Average minimum hourly rate£14.25£13.30
Average hourly rate£15.63£14.10
% change on same period last year+10.81 %
Average maximum hourly rate£17.00£14.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.51£22.79
% change on same period last year-1.22 %
Ubuntu West MidlandsUbuntu
West Midlands

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.

Ubuntu
Demand Trend

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

Herefordshire Ubuntu Demand Trend

Ubuntu
Daily Rate Trend

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

Herefordshire Ubuntu Daily Rate Trend

Ubuntu
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Herefordshire region citing Ubuntu 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 Ubuntu.

11 (100.00 %)C#
11 (100.00 %)C++
11 (100.00 %)SQL
11 (100.00 %).NET
11 (100.00 %)MySQL
11 (100.00 %)WebServices
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)Linux
11 (100.00 %)XAML
11 (100.00 %)Workflow
11 (100.00 %)Data Management
11 (100.00 %).NET Remoting
11 (100.00 %)WCF
11 (100.00 %)WPF

Ubuntu
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Herefordshire region citing Ubuntu 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 Ubuntu. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %).NET
11 (100.00 %)WebServices
11 (100.00 %).NET Remoting
11 (100.00 %)WCF
11 (100.00 %)WPF
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (100.00 %)MySQL
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Developer
11 (100.00 %).NET Developer
11 (100.00 %)C# Developer
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)Linux
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)Workflow
11 (100.00 %)Data Management
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)C#
11 (100.00 %)C++
11 (100.00 %)SQL
11 (100.00 %)XAML