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The table below looks at the demand for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Red Hat Enterprise Linux over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRed Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank56-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads150
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.024 %0.000 %
As % of the category below7.538 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted100
Average minimum daily rate£398-
Average daily rate£408-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£418-
UK excluding London average daily rate£392£373
% change on same period last year+4.93 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£17.50-
Average hourly rate£20.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£22.50-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£41.00
% change on same period last year-39.02 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads199341
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.320 %0.366 %
Daily rates quoted7987
Average minimum daily rate£347£305
Average daily rate£361£322
% change on same period last year+12.22 %
Average maximum daily rate£375£338
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£321
% change on same period last year-1.38 %
Hourly rates quoted2587
Average minimum hourly rate£23.31£20.41
Average hourly rate£25.52£21.16
% change on same period last year+20.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.73£21.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.91£21.94
% change on same period last year-0.17 %
Red Hat Enterprise Linux East of EnglandRed Hat Enterprise Linux
East of England

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.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Red Hat Enterprise Linux Demand Trend

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Red Hat Enterprise Linux Daily Rate Trend

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Hertfordshire Red Hat Enterprise Linux Daily Rate Histogram

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hourly Rate Trend

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WatfordNew entry-12£398-
Red Hat Enterprise Linux East of EnglandRed Hat Enterprise Linux
East of England

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Red Hat Enterprise 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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

117 (100.00 %)Linux
117 (100.00 %)Red Hat Linux
212 (70.59 %)Red Hat
37 (41.18 %)Teradata
46 (35.29 %)Telecoms
55 (29.41 %)Ab Initio
55 (29.41 %)Internet
55 (29.41 %)JBoss
55 (29.41 %)Tomcat
55 (29.41 %)Oracle
55 (29.41 %)WebSphere Application Server
55 (29.41 %)WebSphere
64 (23.53 %)UNIX
64 (23.53 %)Perl
64 (23.53 %)HP
64 (23.53 %)Migration
73 (17.65 %)Legal
73 (17.65 %)Finance
73 (17.65 %)VMware
73 (17.65 %)Chordiant
73 (17.65 %)WAN
73 (17.65 %)J2EE
73 (17.65 %)Windows
73 (17.65 %)HPUX
73 (17.65 %)NetBackup
82 (11.76 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
82 (11.76 %)Exchange Server 2003
82 (11.76 %)Solaris
82 (11.76 %)Business Objects
82 (11.76 %)GxP

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Red Hat Enterprise 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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (29.41 %)WebSphere
23 (17.65 %)J2EE
31 (5.882 %)EJB
31 (5.882 %)JDBC
31 (5.882 %)JNDI
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (29.41 %)WebSphere Application Server
15 (29.41 %)JBoss
15 (29.41 %)Tomcat
22 (11.76 %)SharePoint
22 (11.76 %)MS Exchange
22 (11.76 %)SAS
22 (11.76 %)Exchange Server 2003
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (29.41 %)Internet
23 (17.65 %)WAN
32 (11.76 %)SAN
32 (11.76 %)Firewall
41 (5.882 %)Wireless
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (11.76 %)Oracle 10g
12 (11.76 %)BusinessObjects
21 (5.882 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (5.882 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (5.882 %)SQL Server
21 (5.882 %)DB2
21 (5.882 %)ETL
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (35.29 %)Telecoms
23 (17.65 %)Finance
23 (17.65 %)Legal
32 (11.76 %)Pharmaceutical
41 (5.882 %)Marketing
41 (5.882 %)Construction
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
113 (76.47 %)Consultant
25 (29.41 %)WebSphere Consultant
34 (23.53 %)Technical Consultant
42 (11.76 %)Applications Consultant
42 (11.76 %)Systems Administrator
42 (11.76 %)DBA
42 (11.76 %)Administrator
42 (11.76 %)Oracle DBA
42 (11.76 %)Management Consultant
51 (5.882 %)Storage Consultant
51 (5.882 %)Oracle Consultant
51 (5.882 %)Microsoft Consultant
51 (5.882 %)Windows Administrator
51 (5.882 %)Security Technical Consultant
51 (5.882 %)UNIX Support
51 (5.882 %)Windows Systems Administrator
51 (5.882 %)Server Support
51 (5.882 %)Security Consultant
51 (5.882 %)Support Consultant
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.882 %)PMI
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
117 (100.00 %)Linux
117 (100.00 %)Red Hat Linux
24 (23.53 %)UNIX
33 (17.65 %)Windows
33 (17.65 %)HPUX
42 (11.76 %)Solaris
42 (11.76 %)Windows XP
42 (11.76 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (5.882 %)Tru64
51 (5.882 %)AIX
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (23.53 %)Migration
22 (11.76 %)Data Modelling
31 (5.882 %)Performance Management
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (23.53 %)Perl
21 (5.882 %)SQL
21 (5.882 %)VBScript
21 (5.882 %)VB
21 (5.882 %)Jython
21 (5.882 %)Java
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (11.76 %)GxP
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (17.65 %)NetBackup
22 (11.76 %)Active Directory
22 (11.76 %)VMware ESX
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (11.76 %)Tivoli
12 (11.76 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
12 (11.76 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (70.59 %)Red Hat
27 (41.18 %)Teradata
35 (29.41 %)Ab Initio
35 (29.41 %)Oracle
44 (23.53 %)HP
53 (17.65 %)VMware
53 (17.65 %)Chordiant
62 (11.76 %)Business Objects
62 (11.76 %)VERITAS
71 (5.882 %)Cisco
71 (5.882 %)Microsoft
71 (5.882 %)Nortel
71 (5.882 %)Motorola