The first table below looks at the demand for Linux+ Certification in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Linux+ Certification 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 Qualifications for the London 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
CompTIA Linux+ Certification
Rank 376 409 -
Rank change year-on-year
+33 -
Contract jobs citing Linux+ Certification 1 6 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.005% 0.022% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.032% 0.157% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 0
Average daily rate £400 £650 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-38.46% -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Qualifications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
3169 3819 4114
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 14.63% 14.18% 13.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1876 2288 2374
Average daily rate £425 £425 £425
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 119 141
Average hourly rate £22.50 £20.00 £20.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -3.61%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.25 £12.30 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £79.00 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Linux+ Certification
England

Linux+ Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Linux+ Certification across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

London Linux+ Certification Jobs Demand Trend

Linux+ Certification
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Linux+ Certification across the London region.

London Linux+ Certification Daily Rate Trend

Linux+ Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Linux+ Certification 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+ Certification.

1 10 (100.00%) Linux
1 10 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 10 (100.00%) Red Hat
2 8 (80.00%) Thin Client
2 8 (80.00%) SUSE
2 8 (80.00%) HP
2 8 (80.00%) Citrix
2 8 (80.00%) CCA
2 8 (80.00%) Citrix Certification
2 8 (80.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (80.00%) MCSE
2 8 (80.00%) Fat Client
2 8 (80.00%) CCEE
3 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
4 5 (50.00%) Microsoft App-V
4 5 (50.00%) AppSense
4 5 (50.00%) IAG
4 5 (50.00%) UAG
5 4 (40.00%) VMware
5 4 (40.00%) SCCM
5 4 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (30.00%) Service Delivery
7 2 (20.00%) Debian
7 2 (20.00%) Windows
7 2 (20.00%) DHCP
7 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
7 2 (20.00%) CentOS
7 2 (20.00%) Ubuntu
8 1 (10.00%) Freedom of Information
8 1 (10.00%) Degree

Linux+ Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Linux+ Certification 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+ Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) DHCP
1 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Citrix Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Senior Citrix Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Citrix Support
3 1 (10.00%) Citrix Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Support Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Citrix Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 8 (80.00%) Thin Client
1 8 (80.00%) Fat Client
2 1 (10.00%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (10.00%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Linux
2 8 (80.00%) SUSE
3 2 (20.00%) Debian
3 2 (20.00%) Windows
3 2 (20.00%) CentOS
3 2 (20.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Management
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) CCA
1 8 (80.00%) Citrix Certification
1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 8 (80.00%) MCSE
1 8 (80.00%) CCEE
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
System Software
1 10 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (50.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 5 (50.00%) IAG
2 5 (50.00%) UAG
3 4 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Red Hat
2 8 (80.00%) HP
2 8 (80.00%) Citrix
3 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
4 5 (50.00%) AppSense
5 4 (40.00%) VMware