The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT contracts advertised for the Liverpool region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Liverpool 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 12 20 12
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -8
Contract jobs citing Linux 7 8 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Liverpool 5.469% 4.396% 7.692%
As % of the Operating Systems category 24.14% 19.51% 31.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 8
Average daily rate £400 £288 £343
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+39.13% -16.05%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £261 £263 £307
10% offered a daily rate of more than £488 £325 £526
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £347 £340
% change year-on-year
+0.79% +2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +23.07%
All Operating Systems
Liverpool
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
29 41 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Liverpool 22.66% 22.53% 24.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 17 18
Average daily rate £350 £269 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.23% -20.95%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £150 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £469 £523
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 9
Average hourly rate £21.50 £16.50 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+30.30% +50.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +8.02%
Linux
Merseyside

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Liverpool 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 Liverpool region.

Liverpool 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 Liverpool region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Liverpool 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 Liverpool region.

Liverpool Linux Hourly Rate Trend

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Liverpool 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 14 (77.78%) Windows
2 9 (50.00%) Oracle
3 7 (38.89%) SQL Server
3 7 (38.89%) .NET
3 7 (38.89%) UNIX
3 7 (38.89%) Degree
4 6 (33.33%) Security Cleared
5 5 (27.78%) Git (software)
5 5 (27.78%) ASP.NET MVC
5 5 (27.78%) HTML5
5 5 (27.78%) Facebook
5 5 (27.78%) Twitter
5 5 (27.78%) Mobile App
5 5 (27.78%) CSS3
5 5 (27.78%) Razor View Engine
5 5 (27.78%) jQuery
5 5 (27.78%) Google Maps API
5 5 (27.78%) Umbraco
5 5 (27.78%) Web Development
5 5 (27.78%) Business Development
5 5 (27.78%) XPath
5 5 (27.78%) WordPress
5 5 (27.78%) SC Cleared
5 5 (27.78%) Zend
5 5 (27.78%) CodeIgniter
5 5 (27.78%) CakePHP
5 5 (27.78%) Google
5 5 (27.78%) CMS
5 5 (27.78%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (27.78%) NetBeans

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Liverpool 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 7 (38.89%) .NET
2 5 (27.78%) ASP.NET
2 5 (27.78%) CSS
2 5 (27.78%) XML
2 5 (27.78%) XSD
2 5 (27.78%) XSLT
2 5 (27.78%) CodeIgniter
2 5 (27.78%) CakePHP
2 5 (27.78%) jQuery
2 5 (27.78%) Google Maps API
2 5 (27.78%) ASP.NET MVC
2 5 (27.78%) HTML5
2 5 (27.78%) CSS3
2 5 (27.78%) Razor View Engine
3 1 (5.556%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 5 (27.78%) CMS
1 5 (27.78%) Umbraco
1 5 (27.78%) WordPress
2 1 (5.556%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (5.556%) MS Exchange
2 1 (5.556%) WebSphere Process Server
2 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (5.556%) WebSphere Message Broker
Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) SAN
2 1 (5.556%) MPLS
2 1 (5.556%) Firewall
2 1 (5.556%) Cisco PIX
2 1 (5.556%) iSCSI
2 1 (5.556%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (5.556%) Fibre Channel
2 1 (5.556%) ISDN
2 1 (5.556%) LAN
2 1 (5.556%) VoIP
2 1 (5.556%) WAN
2 1 (5.556%) Ethernet
2 1 (5.556%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (38.89%) SQL Server
2 5 (27.78%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (27.78%) MySQL
3 3 (16.67%) DB2
4 2 (11.11%) Informix
5 1 (5.556%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (5.556%) Oracle 10g
5 1 (5.556%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 5 (27.78%) Visual Studio
1 5 (27.78%) NetBeans
1 5 (27.78%) Git (software)
General
1 2 (11.11%) Finance
1 2 (11.11%) Manufacturing
2 1 (5.556%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Developer
1 5 (27.78%) .NET Developer
1 5 (27.78%) ASP.NET Developer
1 5 (27.78%) Administrator
2 2 (11.11%) Analyst
2 2 (11.11%) Business Analyst
3 1 (5.556%) Desktop Support
3 1 (5.556%) Architect
3 1 (5.556%) Project Manager
3 1 (5.556%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (5.556%) Network Engineer
3 1 (5.556%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (5.556%) DBA
3 1 (5.556%) Server Support
3 1 (5.556%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (5.556%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (5.556%) Solaris Systems Administrator
3 1 (5.556%) Storage Administrator
3 1 (5.556%) Windows Administrator
3 1 (5.556%) Solaris Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Mobile App
2 2 (11.11%) Computer Science
3 1 (5.556%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (5.556%) Replication
3 1 (5.556%) VAX
Operating Systems
1 14 (77.78%) Windows
2 7 (38.89%) UNIX
3 3 (16.67%) AIX
3 3 (16.67%) Solaris
4 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (11.11%) HPUX
4 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (5.556%) Windows 2000 Server
5 1 (5.556%) CentOS
5 1 (5.556%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (5.556%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) OO
1 5 (27.78%) OOD
1 5 (27.78%) MVC
1 5 (27.78%) SEO
1 5 (27.78%) Web Development
1 5 (27.78%) Business Development
2 3 (16.67%) Process Management
3 2 (11.11%) Business Analysis
3 2 (11.11%) Strategic Planning
3 2 (11.11%) Resource Management
3 2 (11.11%) Performance Management
3 2 (11.11%) Migration
3 2 (11.11%) ERP
3 2 (11.11%) Network Management
3 2 (11.11%) Project Management
4 1 (5.556%) Database Security
4 1 (5.556%) B2C
4 1 (5.556%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (5.556%) Logistics
4 1 (5.556%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 5 (27.78%) JavaScript
1 5 (27.78%) PHP
1 5 (27.78%) C#
1 5 (27.78%) XPath
2 2 (11.11%) Java
2 2 (11.11%) SQL
3 1 (5.556%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 7 (38.89%) Degree
2 6 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 5 (27.78%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.556%) RHCE
4 1 (5.556%) IBM Certification
System Software
1 4 (22.22%) vSphere
2 2 (11.11%) vCloud
2 2 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 2 (11.11%) VMware ESX
3 1 (5.556%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (5.556%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (5.556%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.556%) Tivoli
1 1 (5.556%) NetBackup
1 1 (5.556%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 9 (50.00%) Oracle
2 5 (27.78%) Google
2 5 (27.78%) Zend
2 5 (27.78%) Facebook
2 5 (27.78%) Twitter
2 5 (27.78%) IBM
3 4 (22.22%) NetApp
3 4 (22.22%) VMware
4 2 (11.11%) SAP
4 2 (11.11%) Brocade
4 2 (11.11%) Red Hat
4 2 (11.11%) Baan
4 2 (11.11%) JD Edwards
4 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 2 (11.11%) Sun
4 2 (11.11%) HP
5 1 (5.556%) Dell
5 1 (5.556%) EMC
5 1 (5.556%) Motorola
5 1 (5.556%) Symantec