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This section looks at the demand for Novell SUSE 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 SUSE over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkNovell SUSE Linux
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank44-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.053 %0.000 %
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£425£289
% change on same period last year+47.18 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.40£35.25
% change on same period last year-8.08 %
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads95171
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.125 %0.170 %
Daily rates quoted2431
Average minimum daily rate£310£300
Average daily rate£325£317
% change on same period last year+2.60 %
Average maximum daily rate£341£334
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£336
% change on same period last year-2.15 %
Hourly rates quoted2451
Average minimum hourly rate£22.17£19.26
Average hourly rate£23.23£20.67
% change on same period last year+12.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.29£22.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.12£22.83
% change on same period last year-3.10 %
SUSE South EastSUSE
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.

SUSE
Demand Trend

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

Kent SUSE Demand Trend

SUSE
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing SUSE 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 SUSE.

11 (100.00 %)SQL
11 (100.00 %)MySQL
11 (100.00 %)Oracle
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server
11 (100.00 %)UNIX
11 (100.00 %)Linux
11 (100.00 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft
11 (100.00 %)Oracle 10g
11 (100.00 %)Shell Script
11 (100.00 %)Oracle 11g

SUSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing SUSE 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 SUSE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (100.00 %)MySQL
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server
11 (100.00 %)Oracle 10g
11 (100.00 %)Oracle 11g
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Analyst
11 (100.00 %)DBA
11 (100.00 %)Oracle DBA
11 (100.00 %)Technical Analyst
11 (100.00 %)Oracle Analyst
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)UNIX
11 (100.00 %)Linux
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)SQL
11 (100.00 %)Shell Script
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (100.00 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)Oracle
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft