The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Red Hat products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Red Hat 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Red Hat, Inc.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Red Hat
Rank 17 30 34
Rank change year-on-year
+13 +4
Contract jobs citing Red Hat 19 6 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 6.620% 2.273% 1.987%
As % of the Vendors category 11.80% 4.800% 4.196%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 0 5
Average daily rate £450 - £263
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £389 £350
% change year-on-year
-3.53% +11.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £67.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.75 £33.00 £36.75
% change year-on-year
+5.30% -10.20%
All Vendors
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
161 125 143
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 56.10% 47.35% 47.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 62 93
Average daily rate £300 £290 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £135 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 7 4
Average hourly rate £16.00 £27.50 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-41.81% -31.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £9.94 £27.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £90.00 £67.50 £105.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Red Hat
South East

Red Hat
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent Red Hat Jobs Demand Trend

Red Hat
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent Red Hat Daily Rate Trend

Red Hat
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Red Hat across the Kent region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Kent Red Hat Daily Rate Histogram

Red Hat
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Kent Red Hat Hourly Rate Trend

Red Hat
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 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 -
Red Hat
South East

Red Hat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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 30 (100.00%) Linux
2 29 (96.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 26 (86.67%) Oracle
4 25 (83.33%) Oracle RAC
4 25 (83.33%) Oracle 11g
5 23 (76.67%) UNIX
6 21 (70.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 17 (56.67%) Finance
8 13 (43.33%) AIX
9 5 (16.67%) PL/SQL
9 5 (16.67%) SQL
9 5 (16.67%) Fund Management
10 4 (13.33%) SAN
10 4 (13.33%) Shell Script
11 3 (10.00%) Windows
11 3 (10.00%) HTTP
11 3 (10.00%) Apache
11 3 (10.00%) Internet
11 3 (10.00%) Investment Management
12 2 (6.667%) JNCIP
12 2 (6.667%) Windows Server 2003
12 2 (6.667%) Legal
12 2 (6.667%) Financial Institution
12 2 (6.667%) Firewall
12 2 (6.667%) OpenBSD
12 2 (6.667%) VMware
12 2 (6.667%) Oracle 8/8i
12 2 (6.667%) FreeBSD
12 2 (6.667%) PHP
12 2 (6.667%) SQL Server

Red Hat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 1 (3.333%) Memcached
Application Platforms
1 3 (10.00%) Apache
2 2 (6.667%) nginx
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.33%) SAN
2 3 (10.00%) HTTP
2 3 (10.00%) Internet
3 2 (6.667%) Firewall
3 2 (6.667%) MPLS
3 2 (6.667%) OSPF
3 2 (6.667%) BGP
3 2 (6.667%) IPv6
4 1 (3.333%) SSL
4 1 (3.333%) VRRP
4 1 (3.333%) DNS
4 1 (3.333%) VoIP
4 1 (3.333%) SMTP
4 1 (3.333%) Wireless
4 1 (3.333%) IPsec
4 1 (3.333%) VLAN
4 1 (3.333%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (83.33%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (6.667%) Oracle 8/8i
2 2 (6.667%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.667%) MySQL
2 2 (6.667%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (3.333%) DB2
General
1 17 (56.67%) Finance
2 2 (6.667%) Legal
2 2 (6.667%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 24 (80.00%) DBA
2 23 (76.67%) Oracle DBA
3 14 (46.67%) Senior Oracle DBA
3 14 (46.67%) Senior DBA
4 2 (6.667%) Network Analyst
4 2 (6.667%) Analyst
5 1 (3.333%) MySQL DBA
5 1 (3.333%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (3.333%) Consultant
5 1 (3.333%) Network Engineer
5 1 (3.333%) UNIX Engineer
5 1 (3.333%) Linux Consultant
5 1 (3.333%) Senior Linux Consultant
5 1 (3.333%) UNIX Consultant
5 1 (3.333%) Senior UNIX Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.333%) Open Source
1 1 (3.333%) Clustering
1 1 (3.333%) Replication
1 1 (3.333%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 30 (100.00%) Linux
2 29 (96.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 23 (76.67%) UNIX
4 13 (43.33%) AIX
5 3 (10.00%) Windows
6 2 (6.667%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (6.667%) OpenBSD
6 2 (6.667%) FreeBSD
7 1 (3.333%) CentOS
7 1 (3.333%) Fedora
7 1 (3.333%) Debian
7 1 (3.333%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (16.67%) Fund Management
2 3 (10.00%) Investment Management
3 2 (6.667%) Database Security
4 1 (3.333%) Configuration Management
4 1 (3.333%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 5 (16.67%) PL/SQL
1 5 (16.67%) SQL
2 4 (13.33%) Shell Script
3 2 (6.667%) PHP
4 1 (3.333%) C
4 1 (3.333%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (6.667%) JNCIP
1 2 (6.667%) CCNP
1 2 (6.667%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.333%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (83.33%) Oracle RAC
2 2 (6.667%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.333%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (3.333%) Squid
Systems Management
1 21 (70.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 26 (86.67%) Oracle
2 2 (6.667%) VMware
3 1 (3.333%) Aruba
3 1 (3.333%) Juniper
3 1 (3.333%) HP
3 1 (3.333%) Cisco
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
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
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