Manchester Linux Systems Administrator Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Linux Systems Administrator role in IT contracts within the Manchester region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux Systems Administrator in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Linux System Administrator
Location Aylesbury Brighton Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf City of London Coventry East Midlands East of England East Sussex England Feltham Hampshire Hertfordshire Leeds Lincolnshire London Manchester Merseyside Midlands North West Oxfordshire Portsmouth Salisbury South East South West Surrey UK West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	70
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.093 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£334	£246
% change on same period last year	+35.87 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles Manchester
Matching contract IT job ads	1107	1081
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.496 %	1.066 %
Daily rates quoted	212	222
Average minimum daily rate	£318	£329
Average daily rate	£337	£352
% change on same period last year	-4.35 %
Average maximum daily rate	£356	£375
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£355
% change on same period last year	-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted	147	134
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.28	£17.66
Average hourly rate	£20.97	£19.48
% change on same period last year	+7.67 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.67	£21.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.85	£25.69
% change on same period last year	-7.14 %
Linux Systems Administrator North West

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 Systems Administrator
Demand Trend

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

Linux Systems Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Linux Systems Administrator
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region that cited Linux Systems Administrator in their job title 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 with Linux Systems Administrator in their job title.

1 2 (100.00 %) JavaScript 1 2 (100.00 %) Windows 1 2 (100.00 %) Linux 1 2 (100.00 %) Python 1 2 (100.00 %) CGI 1 2 (100.00 %) 3D Graphics 1 2 (100.00 %) Maya 1 2 (100.00 %) 3ds Max 1 2 (100.00 %) Fedora

Linux Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region that cited Linux Systems Administrator in their job title 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 with Linux Systems Administrator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 2 (100.00 %) CGI	Applications 1 2 (100.00 %) Maya 1 2 (100.00 %) 3ds Max
General 1 2 (100.00 %) 3D Graphics	Operating Systems 1 2 (100.00 %) Windows 1 2 (100.00 %) Linux 1 2 (100.00 %) Fedora
Programming Languages 1 2 (100.00 %) JavaScript 1 2 (100.00 %) Python