Kent Red Hat Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Red Hat products and/or services in IT contracts within the Kent 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 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Ascot Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Brentford Bristol Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheshire Chester City of London Crawley Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Feltham Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Harrogate Hertfordshire Home Counties Hull Isleworth Kent Leeds Liverpool Livingston London M4 Corridor Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle North East North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Portsmouth Reading Ruislip Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Slough South Coast South East South West South Yorkshire Southampton Stevenage Surrey Sussex Swindon Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wirral Wokingham Yorkshire	3 months to 13 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	43	34
Rank change on same period last year	-9
Matching contract IT job ads	1	18
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.018 %
As % of the category below	0.571 %	5.941 %
Daily rates quoted	0	7
Average minimum daily rate	-	£361
Average daily rate	-	£415
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£468
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£338
% change on same period last year	+4.90 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£39.00
Average hourly rate	-	£39.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£34.94	£34.67
% change on same period last year	+0.77 %
Vendors Kent
Matching contract IT job ads	175	303
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.247 %	0.307 %
Daily rates quoted	58	63
Average minimum daily rate	£303	£327
Average daily rate	£315	£355
% change on same period last year	-11.28 %
Average maximum daily rate	£327	£383
UK excluding London average daily rate	£360	£354
% change on same period last year	+1.64 %
Hourly rates quoted	34	50
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.36	£17.77
Average hourly rate	£18.30	£18.84
% change on same period last year	-2.84 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£19.25	£19.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.41	£24.34
% change on same period last year	+0.26 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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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 within the Kent region over the 3 months to 13 October 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.

Location	Rank 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
Sevenoaks	-	1	-	-

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Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

1 1 (100.00 %) UNIX 1 1 (100.00 %) Linux 1 1 (100.00 %) RHCE 1 1 (100.00 %) RHCT 1 1 (100.00 %) Red Hat Linux

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

Job Titles 1 1 (100.00 %) Linux Specialist	Operating Systems 1 1 (100.00 %) UNIX 1 1 (100.00 %) Linux 1 1 (100.00 %) Red Hat Linux
Qualifications 1 1 (100.00 %) RHCE 1 1 (100.00 %) RHCT