The first table below looks at the demand for OpenBSD 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 OpenBSD 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 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
OpenBSD
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing OpenBSD 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire - - -
As % of the Operating Systems category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Operating Systems
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
183 215 213
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 28.11% 22.01% 24.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 79 72
Average daily rate £350 £350 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +11.11%
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 15 37 56
Average hourly rate £15.00 £18.00 £18.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% -4.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.20 £11.00 £11.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £35.00 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
OpenBSD
East of England