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This section looks at the demand for Linux skills within the Kent region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLinux
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank4122
Rank change on same period last yearDown-19
Matching contract IT job ads535
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.035 %
As % of the category below5.102 %19.34 %
Daily rates quoted17
Average minimum daily rate£300£289
Average daily rate£325£320
% change on same period last year+1.67 %
Average maximum daily rate£350£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£341
% change on same period last year+2.42 %
Hourly rates quoted05
Average minimum hourly rate-£38.80
Average hourly rate-£45.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£51.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.07£32.01
% change on same period last year-2.92 %
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads98181
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.131 %0.183 %
Daily rates quoted2227
Average minimum daily rate£307£309
Average daily rate£321£326
% change on same period last year-1.69 %
Average maximum daily rate£335£344
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£337
% change on same period last year-0.77 %
Hourly rates quoted2649
Average minimum hourly rate£23.43£19.10
Average hourly rate£24.46£20.49
% change on same period last year+19.39 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.49£21.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.08£23.44
% change on same period last year-5.80 %
Linux South EastLinux
South East

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.

Linux
Demand Trend

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

Kent Linux Demand Trend

Linux
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent Linux Daily Rate Trend

Linux
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Kent Linux Hourly Rate Trend

Linux
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Kent region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
CanterburyNew entry-1--
Linux South EastLinux
South East

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

130 (83.33 %)UNIX
216 (44.44 %)Microsoft
314 (38.89 %)Solaris
413 (36.11 %)Windows
511 (30.56 %)Active Directory
610 (27.78 %)Telecoms
79 (25.00 %)Migration
79 (25.00 %)WinRunner
79 (25.00 %)QuickTest Pro
79 (25.00 %)SQL
79 (25.00 %)Oracle
88 (22.22 %)SQL Server
88 (22.22 %)LDAP
88 (22.22 %)Kerberos
96 (16.67 %)Change Management
105 (13.89 %)SS7
105 (13.89 %)ISDN
105 (13.89 %)Windows 2000
105 (13.89 %)MS Office
105 (13.89 %)XML
105 (13.89 %)MySQL
105 (13.89 %)Perl
114 (11.11 %)CSS
114 (11.11 %)Apache
114 (11.11 %)LAN
114 (11.11 %)VoIP
114 (11.11 %)WAN
114 (11.11 %)JavaScript
114 (11.11 %)TCP/IP
114 (11.11 %)Cisco Certification

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (13.89 %)XML
24 (11.11 %)CSS
33 (8.333 %)HTML
42 (5.556 %)WebSphere
42 (5.556 %)Mason
42 (5.556 %)XSL
42 (5.556 %)XSLT
42 (5.556 %)XHTML
51 (2.778 %)Java RMI
51 (2.778 %)JDBC
51 (2.778 %)Servlets
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (11.11 %)Apache
23 (8.333 %)MS Exchange
32 (5.556 %)Exchange Server 5.5
32 (5.556 %)Exchange Server 2000
32 (5.556 %)Exchange Server 2003
41 (2.778 %)GroupWise
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (13.89 %)MS Office
22 (5.556 %)MS Excel
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (22.22 %)LDAP
18 (22.22 %)Kerberos
25 (13.89 %)SS7
25 (13.89 %)ISDN
34 (11.11 %)LAN
34 (11.11 %)VoIP
34 (11.11 %)WAN
34 (11.11 %)TCP/IP
43 (8.333 %)SNMP
43 (8.333 %)TACACS
43 (8.333 %)Wireless
43 (8.333 %)WLAN
43 (8.333 %)FTP
52 (5.556 %)SAN
52 (5.556 %)NGN
61 (2.778 %)DNS
61 (2.778 %)DHCP
61 (2.778 %)Bluetooth
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (22.22 %)SQL Server
25 (13.89 %)MySQL
33 (8.333 %)Oracle 10g
33 (8.333 %)SQL Server 2000
42 (5.556 %)Oracle 9i
51 (2.778 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (2.778 %)Oracle 11g
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (25.00 %)WinRunner
19 (25.00 %)QuickTest Pro
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (27.78 %)Telecoms
23 (8.333 %)Pharmaceutical
32 (5.556 %)Publishing
41 (2.778 %)Electronics
41 (2.778 %)Government
41 (2.778 %)Health
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (19.44 %)Test Engineer
26 (16.67 %)Administrator
26 (16.67 %)UNIX Administrator
35 (13.89 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
35 (13.89 %)Developer
35 (13.89 %)Analyst
35 (13.89 %)Systems Administrator
44 (11.11 %)Test Analyst
44 (11.11 %)UNIX Engineer
53 (8.333 %)Network Specialist
53 (8.333 %)Oracle DBA
53 (8.333 %)DBA
62 (5.556 %)Tester
62 (5.556 %)Junior
62 (5.556 %)Systems Engineer
62 (5.556 %)Junior Perl Developer
62 (5.556 %)Junior Developer
62 (5.556 %)Perl Developer
62 (5.556 %)PHP Developer
71 (2.778 %)Oracle Analyst
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (2.778 %)Client/Server
11 (2.778 %)NHS
11 (2.778 %)Firmware
11 (2.778 %)Thin Client
11 (2.778 %)Device Driver
11 (2.778 %)Clustering
11 (2.778 %)Fat Client
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
130 (83.33 %)UNIX
214 (38.89 %)Solaris
313 (36.11 %)Windows
45 (13.89 %)Windows 2000
53 (8.333 %)Windows NT
61 (2.778 %)Windows XP
61 (2.778 %)SUSE
61 (2.778 %)AIX
61 (2.778 %)HPUX
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (25.00 %)Migration
26 (16.67 %)Change Management
34 (11.11 %)Validation
34 (11.11 %)Automated Testing
34 (11.11 %)Software Testing
34 (11.11 %)Web Testing
34 (11.11 %)Manual Testing
34 (11.11 %)System Testing
42 (5.556 %)SC Cleared
42 (5.556 %)Security Cleared
42 (5.556 %)Programme Management
42 (5.556 %)PRINCE2
42 (5.556 %)OOP
51 (2.778 %)Load Balancing
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (25.00 %)SQL
25 (13.89 %)Perl
34 (11.11 %)Shell Script
34 (11.11 %)JavaScript
42 (5.556 %)PHP5
42 (5.556 %)PHP
42 (5.556 %)PL/SQL
51 (2.778 %)C
51 (2.778 %)Delphi
51 (2.778 %)Java
51 (2.778 %)Embedded C
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (11.11 %)CCNA
14 (11.11 %)Cisco Certification
23 (8.333 %)Degree
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
111 (30.56 %)Active Directory
22 (5.556 %)Oracle RMAN
22 (5.556 %)Oracle RAC
31 (2.778 %)NetBackup
31 (2.778 %)Backup Exec
31 (2.778 %)NDS
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (8.333 %)OpenView
13 (8.333 %)CiscoWorks
13 (8.333 %)Tivoli
13 (8.333 %)Tivoli NetView
13 (8.333 %)NNM
22 (5.556 %)Nagios
31 (2.778 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
116 (44.44 %)Microsoft
29 (25.00 %)Oracle
34 (11.11 %)Cisco
43 (8.333 %)IBM
43 (8.333 %)Nortel
43 (8.333 %)HP
43 (8.333 %)Red Hat
52 (5.556 %)Citrix
61 (2.778 %)Novell
61 (2.778 %)VERITAS
61 (2.778 %)Sun
61 (2.778 %)Symantec
61 (2.778 %)EMC
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