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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Red Hat products and/or services in IT contracts within the Ipswich region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Red Hat over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRed Hat
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank2022
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.001 %
As % of the category below2.083 %1.299 %
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£367£342
% change on same period last year+7.14 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£32.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.19£31.99
% change on same period last year+3.76 %
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Ipswich
Matching contract IT job ads4877
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.064 %0.077 %
Daily rates quoted1325
Average minimum daily rate£247£348
Average daily rate£283£363
% change on same period last year-22.13 %
Average maximum daily rate£319£379
UK excluding London average daily rate£360£359
% change on same period last year+0.33 %
Hourly rates quoted1813
Average minimum hourly rate£27.20£24.26
Average hourly rate£27.52£24.67
% change on same period last year+11.55 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.85£25.08
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.10£24.81
% change on same period last year-2.85 %
Red Hat SuffolkRed Hat
Suffolk

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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Red Hat, Inc.

Red Hat
Demand Trend

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

Ipswich Red Hat Demand Trend

Red Hat
Daily Rate Trend

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

Ipswich Red Hat Daily Rate Trend

Red Hat
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Ipswich Red Hat Hourly Rate Trend

Red Hat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Ipswich region citing Red Hat 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.

13 (75.00 %)Linux
13 (75.00 %)JBoss
13 (75.00 %)Red Hat Linux
22 (50.00 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
22 (50.00 %)Disaster Recovery
22 (50.00 %)HPUX
22 (50.00 %)Oracle 10g
22 (50.00 %)FTP
22 (50.00 %)HP
22 (50.00 %)Apache
22 (50.00 %)Tomcat
22 (50.00 %)Oracle
22 (50.00 %)UNIX
31 (25.00 %)Windows
31 (25.00 %)SQL Server
31 (25.00 %)JUnit
31 (25.00 %)HTML
31 (25.00 %)Java
31 (25.00 %)J2EE
31 (25.00 %)MySQL
31 (25.00 %)XHTML
31 (25.00 %)MS Exchange
31 (25.00 %)ISDN
31 (25.00 %)PBX
31 (25.00 %)PSTN
31 (25.00 %)SMS
31 (25.00 %)VoIP
31 (25.00 %)WAP
31 (25.00 %)Dell
31 (25.00 %)VERITAS

Red Hat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (25.00 %)HTML
11 (25.00 %)J2EE
11 (25.00 %)XHTML
11 (25.00 %)WAP
11 (25.00 %)Hibernate
11 (25.00 %)Spring
11 (25.00 %)Tapestry
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (75.00 %)JBoss
22 (50.00 %)Apache
22 (50.00 %)Tomcat
31 (25.00 %)MS Exchange
31 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (50.00 %)FTP
21 (25.00 %)VPN
21 (25.00 %)Firewall
21 (25.00 %)Cisco IPT
21 (25.00 %)Cisco PIX
21 (25.00 %)ISDN
21 (25.00 %)PBX
21 (25.00 %)PSTN
21 (25.00 %)SMS
21 (25.00 %)VoIP
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (50.00 %)Oracle 10g
21 (25.00 %)MySQL
21 (25.00 %)SQL Server
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (25.00 %)JUnit
11 (25.00 %)Subversion
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (75.00 %)Systems Administrator
13 (75.00 %)Administrator
22 (50.00 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
22 (50.00 %)UNIX Administrator
31 (25.00 %)IT Administrator
31 (25.00 %)Systems Manager
31 (25.00 %)Senior Developer
31 (25.00 %)Developer
31 (25.00 %)IT Manager
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)Computer Science
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (75.00 %)Linux
13 (75.00 %)Red Hat Linux
22 (50.00 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
22 (50.00 %)HPUX
22 (50.00 %)UNIX
31 (25.00 %)Windows
31 (25.00 %)Windows Vista
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (50.00 %)Disaster Recovery
21 (25.00 %)Agile Software Development
21 (25.00 %)TDD
21 (25.00 %)Content Management
21 (25.00 %)Configuration Management
21 (25.00 %)Service Delivery
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (25.00 %)Java
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (25.00 %)Degree
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (25.00 %)Active Directory
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (50.00 %)HP
12 (50.00 %)Oracle
21 (25.00 %)Cisco
21 (25.00 %)Microsoft
21 (25.00 %)Dell
21 (25.00 %)VERITAS
21 (25.00 %)Symantec
21 (25.00 %)Sophos
21 (25.00 %)BT