The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT contracts advertised for the Kent 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 Kent 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 11 29 32
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +3
Contract jobs citing Linux 28 7 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 9.756% 2.652% 2.649%
As % of the Operating Systems category 31.11% 9.333% 8.333%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 0 0
Average daily rate £450 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £350 £338
% change year-on-year
-4.28% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £67.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.00 £37.00 £34.50
% change year-on-year
- +7.24%
All Operating Systems
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
90 75 96
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 31.36% 28.41% 31.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 34 55
Average daily rate £345 £250 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+38.00% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £138 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £370 £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 19 6
Average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.57% +2.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.25 £13.50 £7.19
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.40 £67.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Linux
South East

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent 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 Kent 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
Tonbridge 0 3 £450 -
Linux
South East

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 33 (52.38%) Oracle
2 32 (50.79%) Oracle RAC
3 30 (47.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 30 (47.62%) Red Hat
4 29 (46.03%) UNIX
5 26 (41.27%) Oracle 11g
6 24 (38.10%) Finance
7 22 (34.92%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 18 (28.57%) Security Cleared
9 17 (26.98%) AIX
10 15 (23.81%) OO
11 14 (22.22%) UML
11 14 (22.22%) Multithreading
11 14 (22.22%) Embedded Linux
11 14 (22.22%) Requirements Analysis
12 13 (20.63%) SC Cleared
13 9 (14.29%) Replication
13 9 (14.29%) MySQL
14 8 (12.70%) Shell Script
15 6 (9.524%) SQL
15 6 (9.524%) PHP
16 5 (7.937%) PL/SQL
16 5 (7.937%) C++
16 5 (7.937%) Internet
16 5 (7.937%) Investment Management
16 5 (7.937%) Fund Management
17 4 (6.349%) JNCIP
17 4 (6.349%) Legal
17 4 (6.349%) MPLS
17 4 (6.349%) OSPF

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 1 (1.587%) Memcached
1 1 (1.587%) HTML
1 1 (1.587%) CSS
1 1 (1.587%) XML
1 1 (1.587%) SAP Basis
Application Platforms
1 3 (4.762%) Apache
2 2 (3.175%) nginx
3 1 (1.587%) Adobe CQ
3 1 (1.587%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (1.587%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.937%) Internet
2 4 (6.349%) MPLS
2 4 (6.349%) OSPF
2 4 (6.349%) BGP
2 4 (6.349%) IPv6
2 4 (6.349%) SAN
3 3 (4.762%) VoIP
3 3 (4.762%) HTTP
3 3 (4.762%) DNS
3 3 (4.762%) Wireless
4 2 (3.175%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (3.175%) Firewall
4 2 (3.175%) IP Telephony
4 2 (3.175%) DHCP
4 2 (3.175%) Junos
5 1 (1.587%) SMTP
5 1 (1.587%) VRRP
5 1 (1.587%) SSL
5 1 (1.587%) IPsec
5 1 (1.587%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (41.27%) Oracle 11g
2 9 (14.29%) MySQL
3 4 (6.349%) Oracle 10g
3 4 (6.349%) TimesTen
4 3 (4.762%) SQL Server
4 3 (4.762%) Sybase ASE
5 2 (3.175%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (3.175%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (1.587%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (1.587%) Hudson
1 1 (1.587%) Mockito
1 1 (1.587%) Cucumber
1 1 (1.587%) JUnit
1 1 (1.587%) Subversion
1 1 (1.587%) JBehave
1 1 (1.587%) WebDriver
1 1 (1.587%) TeamCity
1 1 (1.587%) Git (software)
1 1 (1.587%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 1 (1.587%) Selenium
General
1 24 (38.10%) Finance
2 4 (6.349%) Legal
3 2 (3.175%) Financial Institution
4 1 (1.587%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (58.73%) DBA
2 30 (47.62%) Oracle DBA
3 20 (31.75%) Senior Oracle DBA
3 20 (31.75%) Senior DBA
4 14 (22.22%) Software Engineer
5 9 (14.29%) Senior Software Engineer
6 7 (11.11%) MySQL DBA
7 4 (6.349%) Network Analyst
7 4 (6.349%) Analyst
8 2 (3.175%) Senior Sybase DBA
8 2 (3.175%) Consultant
8 2 (3.175%) Sybase DBA
8 2 (3.175%) Developer
9 1 (1.587%) Senior Consultant
9 1 (1.587%) MySQL Developer
9 1 (1.587%) Oracle Team Leader
9 1 (1.587%) UNIX Consultant
9 1 (1.587%) Senior UNIX Consultant
9 1 (1.587%) UNIX Engineer
9 1 (1.587%) SAP Basis Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.29%) Replication
2 4 (6.349%) Oracle Exalytics
3 1 (1.587%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.587%) Clustering
3 1 (1.587%) Open Source
3 1 (1.587%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 30 (47.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 29 (46.03%) UNIX
3 17 (26.98%) AIX
4 14 (22.22%) Embedded Linux
5 4 (6.349%) Windows
6 2 (3.175%) OpenBSD
6 2 (3.175%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (3.175%) FreeBSD
6 2 (3.175%) Solaris
7 1 (1.587%) Fedora
7 1 (1.587%) Debian
7 1 (1.587%) Windows 7
7 1 (1.587%) CentOS
7 1 (1.587%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (23.81%) OO
2 14 (22.22%) UML
2 14 (22.22%) Multithreading
2 14 (22.22%) Requirements Analysis
3 5 (7.937%) Investment Management
3 5 (7.937%) Fund Management
4 4 (6.349%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (3.175%) Change Management
5 2 (3.175%) Project Management
5 2 (3.175%) Database Security
5 2 (3.175%) Network Management
6 1 (1.587%) BDD
6 1 (1.587%) SOA
6 1 (1.587%) Configuration Management
6 1 (1.587%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (1.587%) TDD
6 1 (1.587%) Workflow
6 1 (1.587%) Migration
6 1 (1.587%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (1.587%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 8 (12.70%) Shell Script
2 6 (9.524%) SQL
2 6 (9.524%) PHP
3 5 (7.937%) PL/SQL
3 5 (7.937%) C++
4 4 (6.349%) Perl
4 4 (6.349%) Python
4 4 (6.349%) Bourne shell
5 2 (3.175%) Java
6 1 (1.587%) R
6 1 (1.587%) VBScript
6 1 (1.587%) VB
6 1 (1.587%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.587%) C
6 1 (1.587%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 18 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 13 (20.63%) SC Cleared
3 4 (6.349%) JNCIP
3 4 (6.349%) CCNP
3 4 (6.349%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.175%) Degree
4 2 (3.175%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (3.175%) RHCE
4 2 (3.175%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.587%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (50.79%) Oracle RAC
2 2 (3.175%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.587%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (1.587%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (1.587%) Squid
Systems Management
1 22 (34.92%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (1.587%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 33 (52.38%) Oracle
2 30 (47.62%) Red Hat
3 3 (4.762%) Sybase
3 3 (4.762%) Juniper
3 3 (4.762%) HP
3 3 (4.762%) Cisco
4 2 (3.175%) VMware
4 2 (3.175%) Aruba
5 1 (1.587%) SAP
5 1 (1.587%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.587%) Adobe
Kent, South East
Oracle DBA - DB2 ExperienceLocation: KentDuration: Initial 3 MonthsRate: NegotiableMy client, a leading Fund Management company, is looking for a Senior Oracle DBA with extensive Production Support experience, good...
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 11 May 2013
Tonbridge, Kent
A global financial organisation is currently seeking an experienced Oracle DBA to join an ongoing database project that spans across many business areas across the firm. In order...
iKas International
Rate: £500 - £530 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Tonbridge, South East
Excellent skills in the following areas must include:* Recent Oracle Database 11gR2 (Standalone and RAC) skills and a proven investment management and / or financial services.* Proven Oracle Grid...
Rate: £400 - £500 per annum
Posted: 3 May 2013
Tonbridge, South East
Excellent skills in the following areas must include: * Recent Oracle Database 11gR2 (Standalone and RAC) skills and a proven investment management and / or financial services... * Detailed Oracle Enterprise...
Rate: £400 - £500 per annum
Posted: 8 May 2013
Kent, South East
Senior Oracle DBA Key Skills Required:*Oracle Database 11gR2 both standalone and RAC.*Oracle Golden Gate experience. *Oracle Grid Infrastructure 11gR2 including Clusterware, ASM and Oracle Restart.*Oracle...
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 25 May 2013
Kent, South East
Senior Oracle DBA Location: KentDuration: 3 monthsRate: TBAMy client, a leading fund management company, is looking for a Senior Oracle DBA with extensive Engineering and Automation experience from...
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 8 May 2013