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The table below looks at the demand for Red Hat Linux skills within the M4 Corridor region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Red Hat Linux over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRed Hat Linux
Location
3 months to
1 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank13-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads40
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.000 %
As % of the category below28.57 %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£358£341
% change on same period last year+4.86 %
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£32.91£36.13
% change on same period last year-8.90 %
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
M4 Corridor
Matching contract IT job ads1418
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.022 %0.019 %
Daily rates quoted37
Average minimum daily rate£400£328
Average daily rate£533£328
% change on same period last year+62.74 %
Average maximum daily rate£667£328
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£320
% change on same period last year-1.12 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£7.00-
Average hourly rate£11.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£15.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.95£21.94
% change on same period last year+0.07 %
Red Hat Linux South EastRed Hat Linux
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.

Red Hat Linux
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Red Hat Linux across the M4 Corridor region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

M4 Corridor Red Hat Linux Demand Trend

Red Hat Linux
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Red Hat Linux across the M4 Corridor region.

M4 Corridor Red Hat Linux Daily Rate Trend

Red Hat Linux
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Red Hat Linux across the M4 Corridor region.

M4 Corridor Red Hat Linux Hourly Rate Trend

Red Hat Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the M4 Corridor region citing Red Hat 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 Red Hat Linux.

110 (100.00 %)Linux
110 (100.00 %)Red Hat
25 (50.00 %)Firewall
25 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
25 (50.00 %)Cisco
25 (50.00 %)Citrix
25 (50.00 %)UNIX
25 (50.00 %)Solaris
25 (50.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
34 (40.00 %)System Testing
34 (40.00 %)SC Cleared
34 (40.00 %)Security Cleared
34 (40.00 %)Government
34 (40.00 %)Altiris
43 (30.00 %)EMC
43 (30.00 %)AWK
43 (30.00 %)Shell Script
43 (30.00 %)HPUX
43 (30.00 %)C
43 (30.00 %)C++
43 (30.00 %)HTML
43 (30.00 %)Perl
43 (30.00 %)SQL
43 (30.00 %)SAN
43 (30.00 %)VERITAS
43 (30.00 %)MS Visio
43 (30.00 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
52 (20.00 %)Sun
52 (20.00 %)Middleware
52 (20.00 %)VMware

Red Hat Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the M4 Corridor region citing Red Hat 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 Red Hat Linux. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (30.00 %)HTML
22 (20.00 %)Middleware
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
15 (50.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (30.00 %)MS Visio
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (50.00 %)Firewall
23 (30.00 %)SAN
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (40.00 %)Government
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (30.00 %)Systems Administrator
13 (30.00 %)Administrator
13 (30.00 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
13 (30.00 %)UNIX Administrator
13 (30.00 %)Solaris Systems Administrator
13 (30.00 %)Solaris Administrator
21 (10.00 %)Server Engineer
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (100.00 %)Linux
25 (50.00 %)UNIX
25 (50.00 %)Solaris
33 (30.00 %)HPUX
33 (30.00 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
41 (10.00 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (10.00 %)Windows
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (40.00 %)System Testing
14 (40.00 %)SC Cleared
14 (40.00 %)Security Cleared
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (30.00 %)C
13 (30.00 %)C++
13 (30.00 %)Perl
13 (30.00 %)SQL
13 (30.00 %)Shell Script
13 (30.00 %)AWK
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (10.00 %)Active Directory
11 (10.00 %)Citrix Presentation Server
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (100.00 %)Red Hat
25 (50.00 %)Citrix
25 (50.00 %)Cisco
34 (40.00 %)Altiris
43 (30.00 %)EMC
43 (30.00 %)VERITAS
52 (20.00 %)VMware
52 (20.00 %)Sun
61 (10.00 %)Microsoft