Linux Contracts in Hertfordshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 24 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 Hertfordshire 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 20 23 20
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -3
Contract jobs citing Linux 48 59 53
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 7.535% 6.039% 6.050%
As % of the Operating Systems category 26.23% 27.19% 23.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 23 23
Average daily rate £360 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £194 £292
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £462 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £350 £338
% change year-on-year
-4.28% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 7
Average hourly rate - £32.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -13.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.00 £37.00 £34.50
% change year-on-year
- +7.24%
Search 31 Linux jobs in Hertfordshire
All Operating Systems
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 183 217 222
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 28.73% 22.21% 25.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 81 74
Average daily rate £350 £350 £306
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £180 £163 £165
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 35 56
Average hourly rate £15.00 £18.50 £18.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.91% -1.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.80 £11.00 £11.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £35.00 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Linux
East of England

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Hertfordshire Linux Daily Rate Histogram

Linux
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Linux across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Linux Hourly Rate Trend

Linux
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Hemel Hempstead - 10 £258 -
Stevenage +5 9 £263 -
Welwyn Garden City -2 1 - -
Letchworth - 1 - -
Bishop's Stortford - 1 £325 -
Linux
East of England

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 31 (37.80%) UNIX
2 26 (31.71%) Java
2 26 (31.71%) SQL
3 23 (28.05%) JavaScript
4 22 (26.83%) Finance
5 21 (25.61%) HTML
6 19 (23.17%) MySQL
6 19 (23.17%) Windows
6 19 (23.17%) XML
6 19 (23.17%) JSP
6 19 (23.17%) Apache
6 19 (23.17%) Red Hat
7 18 (21.95%) Subversion
8 17 (20.73%) Ajax
8 17 (20.73%) CSS
8 17 (20.73%) Oracle
9 16 (19.51%) Scrum
10 15 (18.29%) Web Services
10 15 (18.29%) OO
11 14 (17.07%) Solaris
11 14 (17.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 13 (15.85%) Agile Software Development
12 13 (15.85%) E-Commerce
13 12 (14.63%) Eclipse
13 12 (14.63%) Perl
13 12 (14.63%) JSON
14 11 (13.41%) VMware
14 11 (13.41%) PHP
14 11 (13.41%) Ant
14 11 (13.41%) SOAP

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Application Development
1 21 (25.61%) HTML
2 19 (23.17%) XML
2 19 (23.17%) JSP
3 17 (20.73%) Ajax
3 17 (20.73%) CSS
4 15 (18.29%) Web Services
5 12 (14.63%) JSON
6 11 (13.41%) SOAP
7 10 (12.20%) REST
8 9 (10.98%) CSS3
8 9 (10.98%) HTML5
8 9 (10.98%) Spring
9 8 (9.756%) Struts
9 8 (9.756%) XHTML
10 7 (8.537%) WebSphere
10 7 (8.537%) J2EE
11 6 (7.317%) EJB
11 6 (7.317%) JDBC
11 6 (7.317%) Servlets
11 6 (7.317%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 19 (23.17%) Apache
2 7 (8.537%) Confluence
3 6 (7.317%) WebSphere Application Server
3 6 (7.317%) Tomcat
3 6 (7.317%) MQSeries
4 1 (1.220%) nginx
4 1 (1.220%) CMS
4 1 (1.220%) Drupal
4 1 (1.220%) Oracle Spatial
4 1 (1.220%) WebSphere MQ
4 1 (1.220%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (3.659%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.439%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.220%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 6 (7.317%) Tridion
2 2 (2.439%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 9 (10.98%) Internet
2 8 (9.756%) SAN
3 6 (7.317%) TCP/IP
4 4 (4.878%) DNS
5 3 (3.659%) Network Security
5 3 (3.659%) DHCP
5 3 (3.659%) SNMP
5 3 (3.659%) WAN
6 2 (2.439%) SMTP
6 2 (2.439%) LAN
6 2 (2.439%) FTP
6 2 (2.439%) BIG-IP
7 1 (1.220%) SSH
7 1 (1.220%) WEP
7 1 (1.220%) iSCSI
7 1 (1.220%) HTTP
7 1 (1.220%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.220%) Wireless
7 1 (1.220%) SMS
7 1 (1.220%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (23.17%) MySQL
2 7 (8.537%) RDBMS
2 7 (8.537%) DB2
3 5 (6.098%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.439%) OLTP
4 2 (2.439%) JasperReports
5 1 (1.220%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (1.220%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (1.220%) GIS
5 1 (1.220%) Data Mining
5 1 (1.220%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 18 (21.95%) Subversion
2 12 (14.63%) Eclipse
3 11 (13.41%) Ant
4 7 (8.537%) Selenium
4 7 (8.537%) JIRA
5 6 (7.317%) JUnit
5 6 (7.317%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
5 6 (7.317%) Log4j
6 4 (4.878%) JBehave
6 4 (4.878%) WebDriver
7 3 (3.659%) Git (software)
7 3 (3.659%) ClearQuest
7 3 (3.659%) ClearCase
8 2 (2.439%) MonkeyTalk
9 1 (1.220%) Redmine
9 1 (1.220%) JMeter
General
1 22 (26.83%) Finance
2 10 (12.20%) Retail
3 5 (6.098%) Games
4 4 (4.878%) Billing
5 3 (3.659%) Marketing
6 2 (2.439%) Publishing
6 2 (2.439%) Banking
7 1 (1.220%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.220%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 30 (36.59%) Developer
2 14 (17.07%) Administrator
3 13 (15.85%) Java Developer
4 12 (14.63%) Systems Administrator
5 6 (7.317%) Java/J2EE Developer
5 6 (7.317%) Consultant
5 6 (7.317%) J2EE Developer
5 6 (7.317%) Linux Administrator
6 5 (6.098%) Linux Systems Administrator
7 4 (4.878%) Analyst
7 4 (4.878%) JavaScript Developer
7 4 (4.878%) Test Leader
7 4 (4.878%) Front-End Developer
8 3 (3.659%) UNIX Systems Administrator
8 3 (3.659%) UNIX Administrator
8 3 (3.659%) Support Engineer
9 2 (2.439%) Programmer
9 2 (2.439%) DBA
9 2 (2.439%) Support Assistant
9 2 (2.439%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.317%) Web 2.0
1 6 (7.317%) Clustering
2 2 (2.439%) Computer Science
2 2 (2.439%) Open Source
3 1 (1.220%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 31 (37.80%) UNIX
2 19 (23.17%) Windows
3 14 (17.07%) Solaris
3 14 (17.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (9.756%) HPUX
5 7 (8.537%) AIX
6 4 (4.878%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (4.878%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (4.878%) Debian
7 3 (3.659%) Ubuntu
8 2 (2.439%) Windows 2000 Server
9 1 (1.220%) Windows 7
9 1 (1.220%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (1.220%) CentOS
9 1 (1.220%) Windows XP
9 1 (1.220%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (19.51%) Scrum
2 15 (18.29%) OO
3 13 (15.85%) Agile Software Development
3 13 (15.85%) E-Commerce
4 10 (12.20%) UML
5 9 (10.98%) Build Automation
5 9 (10.98%) Test Scripting
5 9 (10.98%) ITIL
6 8 (9.756%) Continuous Integration
6 8 (9.756%) Integration Testing
6 8 (9.756%) Automated Testing
6 8 (9.756%) MVC
7 7 (8.537%) BDD
7 7 (8.537%) Project Management
8 6 (7.317%) RAD
8 6 (7.317%) Web Design
8 6 (7.317%) Content Management
8 6 (7.317%) Responsive Web Design
8 6 (7.317%) Waterfall
9 4 (4.878%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 26 (31.71%) Java
1 26 (31.71%) SQL
2 23 (28.05%) JavaScript
3 12 (14.63%) Perl
4 11 (13.41%) PHP
5 8 (9.756%) Bash shell
6 6 (7.317%) PowerHouse
6 6 (7.317%) XPath
7 5 (6.098%) Shell Script
8 2 (2.439%) Ruby
8 2 (2.439%) Groovy
9 1 (1.220%) Korn
9 1 (1.220%) Python
9 1 (1.220%) VB
9 1 (1.220%) VB.NET
9 1 (1.220%) C
9 1 (1.220%) C#
9 1 (1.220%) C++
Qualifications
1 9 (10.98%) Security Cleared
2 8 (9.756%) ISEB
3 7 (8.537%) SC Cleared
4 4 (4.878%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (2.439%) CISM
5 2 (2.439%) CCNA
5 2 (2.439%) CISSP
5 2 (2.439%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (2.439%) Degree
6 1 (1.220%) RHCA
6 1 (1.220%) RHCE
6 1 (1.220%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.659%) SLA
2 2 (2.439%) ISO 9001
2 2 (2.439%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.220%) QA
System Software
1 6 (7.317%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.878%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.659%) Varnish
3 3 (3.659%) Postfix
3 3 (3.659%) Samba
4 2 (2.439%) NFS
5 1 (1.220%) Cygwin
5 1 (1.220%) XenServer
5 1 (1.220%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 5 (6.098%) Nagios
2 4 (4.878%) Puppet
3 2 (2.439%) NetBackup
4 1 (1.220%) Cobbler
4 1 (1.220%) YUM
Vendors
1 19 (23.17%) Red Hat
2 17 (20.73%) Oracle
3 11 (13.41%) VMware
4 10 (12.20%) IBM
5 8 (9.756%) Cisco
5 8 (9.756%) HP
6 6 (7.317%) Microsoft
6 6 (7.317%) Interwoven
6 6 (7.317%) Blue Martini
6 6 (7.317%) ATG
6 6 (7.317%) Elastic Path
7 5 (6.098%) Capita
8 4 (4.878%) Veritas
8 4 (4.878%) Citrix
9 3 (3.659%) Sun
9 3 (3.659%) EMC
10 2 (2.439%) Remedy
10 2 (2.439%) Nokia
10 2 (2.439%) CheckPoint
10 2 (2.439%) Crossbeam
Security Cleared Solaris & Linux Specialist
Hertfordshire
Key skills: Expertise in Solaris version 10 and Red Hat Linux Stong business applications experience around Oracle, J2EE applications containers Demonstrable experience of working within a ITIL environment.
Robert Walters
Salary: £350 - £375 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Network Analyst, Websphere MQ, Banking, Hertfordshire
Network Analyst, Websphere MQ, Banking,...
The project relates to a small scale environment, but a broad knowledge across multiple technologies is required (not necessarily specialist).The role will involve significant project engagement including...
Computer Recruitment Services
Rate: £250 per day
Posted: 13 May 2013
Linux Systems Administrator
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
The role will involve moving the platform supporting the end client's key trading websites and will also entail building completely new e-commerce infrastructure and will require...
Roc Search
Posted: 18 May 2013
On Board Soaftware Validation
Stevenage, Hertfordshire
2 years professional experience); C coding; Linux scripting skills... Configuration management using ClearCase, CVS or similar. Change tracking with ClearQuest, Bugzilla or similar... Microsoft Windows 7; Linux Red...
s-com
Rate: £0.00 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
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