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This section looks at the demand for Linux skills within the London region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLinux
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3428
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching contract IT job ads13912085
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.854 %2.109 %
As % of the category below21.71 %21.08 %
Daily rates quoted572955
Average minimum daily rate£390£422
Average daily rate£419£444
% change on same period last year-5.73 %
Average maximum daily rate£447£466
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£341
% change on same period last year+2.42 %
Hourly rates quoted4842
Average minimum hourly rate£24.64£29.16
Average hourly rate£26.56£31.05
% change on same period last year-14.45 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.48£32.93
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.07£32.01
% change on same period last year-2.92 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
London
Matching contract IT job ads64079891
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled8.540 %10.01 %
Daily rates quoted24383469
Average minimum daily rate£384£404
Average daily rate£409£428
% change on same period last year-4.64 %
Average maximum daily rate£433£453
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£337
% change on same period last year-0.77 %
Hourly rates quoted649852
Average minimum hourly rate£19.38£21.43
Average hourly rate£20.55£22.58
% change on same period last year-9.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.71£23.73
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.08£23.44
% change on same period last year-5.80 %
Linux EnglandLinux
England

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.

Linux
Demand Trend

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

London Linux Demand Trend

Linux
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Linux Daily Rate Trend

Linux
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Linux across the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

London Linux Daily Rate Histogram

Linux
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Linux Hourly Rate Trend

Linux
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Linux across the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

London Linux Hourly Rate Histogram

Linux
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 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.

LocationRank 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
City of LondonDown-6365£459-6.64 %
Docklands, LondonDown-1030£514+9.81 %
Canary WharfUp+424£464+6.14 %
UxbridgeNew entry-19£480-
LutonUp+247£325-
CroydonUp+166--
EnfieldNew entry-2£200-
WimbledonNew entry-2£211-
HayesNew entry-2£315-
BrentfordUp+32--
ClaphamNew entry-2--
BromleyNew entry-1--
TeddingtonNew entry-1--
West DraytonNew entry-1£302-
RomfordNew entry-1--
Linux EnglandLinux
England

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

11692 (57.87 %)UNIX
2851 (29.10 %)Windows
3842 (28.80 %)Banking
4825 (28.21 %)Solaris
4825 (28.21 %)Java
5767 (26.23 %)Oracle
6698 (23.87 %)SQL
7616 (21.07 %)Perl
8578 (19.77 %)Red Hat
8578 (19.77 %)Finance
9531 (18.16 %)Investment Banking
10469 (16.04 %)Apache
11399 (13.65 %)MySQL
12390 (13.34 %)C++
13363 (12.41 %)XML
14333 (11.39 %)Sybase
15325 (11.11 %)Shell Script
16282 (9.644 %)PHP
16282 (9.644 %)Tomcat
17276 (9.439 %)SQL Server
18265 (9.063 %)Front Office
19255 (8.721 %)J2EE
20253 (8.653 %)OO
21243 (8.311 %)Microsoft
22235 (8.037 %)SAN
23234 (8.003 %)TCP/IP
24218 (7.456 %)HTML
25216 (7.387 %)Oracle 10g
26215 (7.353 %)VMware
27204 (6.977 %)Sun

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1363 (12.41 %)XML
2255 (8.721 %)J2EE
3218 (7.456 %)HTML
4171 (5.848 %)CSS
5140 (4.788 %)JMS
6138 (4.720 %).NET
7133 (4.549 %)Hibernate
7133 (4.549 %)Spring
8122 (4.172 %)AJAX
9116 (3.967 %)WebSphere
10115 (3.933 %)Middleware
11102 (3.488 %)JSP
1294 (3.215 %)JDBC
1386 (2.941 %)J2SE
1482 (2.804 %)XSLT
1578 (2.668 %)WebServices
1677 (2.633 %)LAMP
1775 (2.565 %)Struts
1874 (2.531 %)Swing
1968 (2.326 %)XHTML
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1469 (16.04 %)Apache
2282 (9.644 %)Tomcat
3134 (4.583 %)IIS
497 (3.317 %)WebLogic
596 (3.283 %)JBoss
689 (3.044 %)MS Exchange
788 (3.010 %)Exchange Server 2003
843 (1.471 %)CMS
939 (1.334 %)Exchange Server 2000
1036 (1.231 %)Rendezvous
1135 (1.197 %)WebSphere Application Server
1225 (0.855 %)WebSphere MQ
1225 (0.855 %)TIBCO EMS
1323 (0.787 %)Exchange Server 2007
1323 (0.787 %)SmartSockets
1323 (0.787 %)MQSeries
1419 (0.650 %)Lotus Notes
1518 (0.616 %)ColdFusion
1616 (0.547 %)iPlanet
1616 (0.547 %)SharePoint
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
162 (2.120 %)MS Office
250 (1.710 %)MS Excel
324 (0.821 %)MS Project
420 (0.684 %)Photoshop
513 (0.445 %)MS Visio
67 (0.239 %)Spreadsheet
75 (0.171 %)DOC1
84 (0.137 %)CA Clarity
93 (0.103 %)MS PowerPoint
93 (0.103 %)Fireworks
101 (0.034 %)MATLAB
101 (0.034 %)S-PLUS
101 (0.034 %)Paint Shop Pro
101 (0.034 %)ImageReady
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
151 (1.744 %)RMDS
233 (1.129 %)BusinessWorks
327 (0.923 %)TIBCO iProcess
414 (0.479 %)Oracle EBS
510 (0.342 %)WebTrends
68 (0.274 %)Oracle Applications
77 (0.239 %)Oracle Payroll
86 (0.205 %)SoftGrid
86 (0.205 %)Oracle Financials
95 (0.171 %)Oracle 11i
95 (0.171 %)Summit
95 (0.171 %)Loan IQ
104 (0.137 %)Siebel Analytics
113 (0.103 %)Oracle HRMS
122 (0.068 %)FRONT ARENA
131 (0.034 %)SAP R/3
131 (0.034 %)Oracle ERP
131 (0.034 %)Dynamics CRM
131 (0.034 %)Kondor+
131 (0.034 %)Line 50
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1235 (8.037 %)SAN
2234 (8.003 %)TCP/IP
3186 (6.361 %)Firewall
4168 (5.746 %)DNS
5123 (4.207 %)WAN
6122 (4.172 %)LAN
7113 (3.865 %)Internet
860 (2.052 %)LDAP
951 (1.744 %)DHCP
1044 (1.505 %)VPN
1141 (1.402 %)FTP
1236 (1.231 %)VoIP
1335 (1.197 %)HTTP
1335 (1.197 %)SSL
1434 (1.163 %)Network Security
1532 (1.094 %)OSPF
1630 (1.026 %)BGP
1728 (0.958 %)VLAN
1827 (0.923 %)BIG-IP
1926 (0.889 %)SMTP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1399 (13.65 %)MySQL
2276 (9.439 %)SQL Server
3216 (7.387 %)Oracle 10g
481 (2.770 %)Oracle 9i
573 (2.497 %)RDBMS
640 (1.368 %)SQL Server 2000
737 (1.265 %)SQL Server 2005
834 (1.163 %)Datawarehouse
932 (1.094 %)ETL
1029 (0.992 %)Oracle 8/8i
1128 (0.958 %)DB2
1224 (0.821 %)PostgreSQL
1321 (0.718 %)Oracle Reports
1415 (0.513 %)SQL Server 7
1415 (0.513 %)GIS
1514 (0.479 %)Sybase ASE
1611 (0.376 %)BusinessObjects
1710 (0.342 %)Oracle Discoverer
189 (0.308 %)Informix
198 (0.274 %)DTS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1147 (5.027 %)Subversion
2139 (4.754 %)Ant
3132 (4.514 %)Eclipse
475 (2.565 %)JUnit
548 (1.642 %)ClearCase
641 (1.402 %)Log4j
736 (1.231 %)Flash
826 (0.889 %)LoadRunner
918 (0.616 %)JIRA
1015 (0.513 %)IntelliJ
1114 (0.479 %)Visual Studio
1212 (0.410 %)ClearQuest
139 (0.308 %)JBuilder
139 (0.308 %)Oracle Forms
147 (0.239 %)CruiseControl
156 (0.205 %)PowerBuilder
165 (0.171 %)Rational Robot
165 (0.171 %)RequisitePro
174 (0.137 %)Dreamweaver
174 (0.137 %)TestDirector
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1842 (28.80 %)Banking
2578 (19.77 %)Finance
3531 (18.16 %)Investment Banking
4265 (9.063 %)Front Office
5110 (3.762 %)Government
655 (1.881 %)Telecoms
743 (1.471 %)Back Office
830 (1.026 %)Retail
928 (0.958 %)Games
1027 (0.923 %)Financial Institution
1124 (0.821 %)Publishing
1223 (0.787 %)Education
1318 (0.616 %)Retail Banking
1414 (0.479 %)Marketing
1414 (0.479 %)Legal
1512 (0.410 %)Health
169 (0.308 %)Multimedia
178 (0.274 %)Criminal Justice
187 (0.239 %)Insurance
187 (0.239 %)Auditing
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1917 (31.36 %)Developer
2431 (14.74 %)Administrator
3359 (12.28 %)Java Developer
4337 (11.53 %)Analyst
5271 (9.268 %)Systems Administrator
6169 (5.780 %)UNIX Administrator
7143 (4.891 %)Support Analyst
7143 (4.891 %)C++ Developer
8137 (4.685 %)DBA
9134 (4.583 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
10122 (4.172 %)Oracle DBA
11110 (3.762 %)Linux Administrator
12109 (3.728 %)PHP Developer
1393 (3.181 %)Senior Developer
1492 (3.146 %)Architect
1586 (2.941 %)Consultant
1672 (2.462 %)Linux Systems Administrator
1770 (2.394 %)Web Developer
1868 (2.326 %)Applications Support
1958 (1.984 %)Support Engineer
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1177 (6.053 %)Equities
2133 (4.549 %)Derivative
3112 (3.830 %)Fixed Income
498 (3.352 %)Clustering
569 (2.360 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
646 (1.573 %)Computer Science
738 (1.300 %)Web 2.0
837 (1.265 %)Replication
933 (1.129 %)Multithreading
1032 (1.094 %)Mathematics
1130 (1.026 %)Equity Derivative
1220 (0.684 %)Credit Risk
1220 (0.684 %)Fat Client
1220 (0.684 %)CLARiiON
1220 (0.684 %)Thin Client
1319 (0.650 %)HACMP
1417 (0.581 %)Market Risk
1513 (0.445 %)Social Network
1513 (0.445 %)Statistics
1513 (0.445 %)Client/Server
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11692 (57.87 %)UNIX
2851 (29.10 %)Windows
3825 (28.21 %)Solaris
4115 (3.933 %)Windows Server 2003
5108 (3.694 %)AIX
6100 (3.420 %)Windows NT
796 (3.283 %)HPUX
881 (2.770 %)Windows 2000
966 (2.257 %)Windows XP
1035 (1.197 %)SUSE
1131 (1.060 %)Mac OS X
1230 (1.026 %)Debian
1322 (0.752 %)VMS
1415 (0.513 %)Fedora
157 (0.239 %)MVS
157 (0.239 %)FreeBSD
166 (0.205 %)Embedded Linux
175 (0.171 %)Mac OS X Server
184 (0.137 %)Ubuntu
192 (0.068 %)Nucleus RTOS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1253 (8.653 %)OO
2153 (5.233 %)Migration
3110 (3.762 %)Security Cleared
484 (2.873 %)Project Management
581 (2.770 %)UML
680 (2.736 %)Web Development
774 (2.531 %)SC Cleared
869 (2.360 %)Asset Management
964 (2.189 %)Scrum
1062 (2.120 %)Risk Management
1157 (1.949 %)Agile Software Development
1157 (1.949 %)E-Commerce
1256 (1.915 %)Load Balancing
1355 (1.881 %)Configuration Management
1453 (1.813 %)Disaster Recovery
1453 (1.813 %)ITIL
1453 (1.813 %)Algorithmic Trading
1549 (1.676 %)Electronic Trading
1549 (1.676 %)TDD
1648 (1.642 %)Performance Testing
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1825 (28.21 %)Java
2698 (23.87 %)SQL
3616 (21.07 %)Perl
4390 (13.34 %)C++
5325 (11.11 %)Shell Script
6282 (9.644 %)PHP
7196 (6.703 %)JavaScript
8136 (4.651 %)C
9129 (4.412 %)C#
10128 (4.378 %)Python
11125 (4.275 %)PL/SQL
1285 (2.907 %)PHP5
1367 (2.291 %)Ruby
1367 (2.291 %)Korn
1450 (1.710 %)VBScript
1539 (1.334 %)Transact-SQL
1631 (1.060 %)VB
1726 (0.889 %)PHP4
1821 (0.718 %)Jython
1918 (0.616 %)VB.NET
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1146 (4.993 %)Degree
280 (2.736 %)Microsoft Certification
373 (2.497 %)Cisco Certification
461 (2.086 %)MCSE
546 (1.573 %)CCNA
644 (1.505 %)RHCE
731 (1.060 %)CCNP
828 (0.958 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
916 (0.547 %)CISSP
916 (0.547 %)IBM Certification
1014 (0.479 %)MCP
1110 (0.342 %)CCSA
129 (0.308 %)Oracle Certification
129 (0.308 %)ISEB
138 (0.274 %)RHCT
146 (0.205 %)CCA
146 (0.205 %)Citrix Certification
155 (0.171 %)VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
155 (0.171 %)CCSE
155 (0.171 %)PRINCE2 Certification
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
148 (1.642 %)QA
225 (0.855 %)SLA
35 (0.171 %)MiFID
44 (0.137 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
53 (0.103 %)ISO27001
61 (0.034 %)WCAG
61 (0.034 %)COBIT
61 (0.034 %)Basel II
61 (0.034 %)JTAG
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1180 (6.156 %)Active Directory
2100 (3.420 %)VMware ESX
374 (2.531 %)NetBackup
471 (2.428 %)VMware Infrastructure
570 (2.394 %)Oracle RAC
669 (2.360 %)NFS
752 (1.778 %)Oracle RMAN
829 (0.992 %)Xen
926 (0.889 %)Samba
1025 (0.855 %)AquaLogic
1123 (0.787 %)Squid
1217 (0.581 %)Backup Exec
1316 (0.547 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
1414 (0.479 %)Citrix Presentation Server
156 (0.205 %)Terminal Server
165 (0.171 %)ISA Server
165 (0.171 %)MSMQ
174 (0.137 %)Orbix
174 (0.137 %)MetaFrame
174 (0.137 %)VMware GSX
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
149 (1.676 %)Tivoli
229 (0.992 %)AutoSys
322 (0.752 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
417 (0.581 %)CA SiteMinder
514 (0.479 %)Legato
613 (0.445 %)BMC PATROL
613 (0.445 %)Norton AntiVirus
710 (0.342 %)CiscoWorks
89 (0.308 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
98 (0.274 %)Nagios
107 (0.239 %)OpenView
107 (0.239 %)MOM
116 (0.205 %)CONTROL-M
116 (0.205 %)EMC NetWorker
125 (0.171 %)BMC Performance Manager
134 (0.137 %)EMC TimeFinder
143 (0.103 %)EMC Navisphere
143 (0.103 %)Netcool
143 (0.103 %)Tivoli Monitoring
152 (0.068 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1767 (26.23 %)Oracle
2578 (19.77 %)Red Hat
3333 (11.39 %)Sybase
4243 (8.311 %)Microsoft
5215 (7.353 %)VMware
6204 (6.977 %)Sun
7193 (6.601 %)Cisco
8189 (6.464 %)HP
8189 (6.464 %)VERITAS
9156 (5.335 %)IBM
10147 (5.027 %)TIBCO
11121 (4.138 %)EMC
1297 (3.317 %)Citrix
1391 (3.112 %)Reuters
1482 (2.804 %)Bloomberg
1578 (2.668 %)Remedy
1648 (1.642 %)CheckPoint
1740 (1.368 %)BEA
1837 (1.265 %)Dell
1931 (1.060 %)BMC
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