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This section looks at the demand for Linux skills within the Manchester 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLinux
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank5534
Rank change on same period last yearDown-21
Matching contract IT job ads2635
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.034 %0.035 %
As % of the category below10.48 %15.15 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£288-
Average daily rate£306-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£325-
UK excluding London average daily rate£356£346
% change on same period last year+3.05 %
Hourly rates quoted69
Average minimum hourly rate£23.00£23.78
Average hourly rate£25.17£26.50
% change on same period last year-5.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.33£29.22
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.35£32.08
% change on same period last year-2.25 %
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Manchester
Matching contract IT job ads248231
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.327 %0.230 %
Daily rates quoted3728
Average minimum daily rate£352£271
Average daily rate£371£283
% change on same period last year+31.28 %
Average maximum daily rate£390£295
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£336
% change on same period last year-2.15 %
Hourly rates quoted4471
Average minimum hourly rate£18.31£16.16
Average hourly rate£19.52£17.64
% change on same period last year+10.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.72£19.12
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.12£22.83
% change on same period last year-3.10 %
Linux North WestLinux
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
Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Linux Daily Rate Trend

Linux
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 20 August 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
CheadleNew entry-1--
StockportDown-11£350-
Linux North WestLinux
North West

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

118 (36.73 %)UNIX
216 (32.65 %)Windows
311 (22.45 %)Perl
410 (20.41 %)Degree
59 (18.37 %)TCP/IP
68 (16.33 %)Java
68 (16.33 %)OO
68 (16.33 %)Ruby
68 (16.33 %)Computer Science
77 (14.29 %)C
86 (12.24 %)JavaScript
86 (12.24 %)MySQL
86 (12.24 %)PHP
86 (12.24 %)Solaris
86 (12.24 %)Apache
86 (12.24 %)DHCP
95 (10.20 %)SAN
95 (10.20 %)Red Hat
95 (10.20 %)Device Driver
95 (10.20 %)VMware
95 (10.20 %)Sun
95 (10.20 %)VPN
95 (10.20 %)XML
95 (10.20 %)Red Hat Linux
104 (8.163 %)AIX
104 (8.163 %)Oracle
104 (8.163 %)SQL Server
104 (8.163 %)C++
104 (8.163 %)DNS
104 (8.163 %)LAN

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (10.20 %)XML
23 (6.122 %)Middleware
23 (6.122 %)XHTML
23 (6.122 %)CORBA
23 (6.122 %)J2EE
32 (4.082 %)Spring
32 (4.082 %)WebSphere
32 (4.082 %)WebServices
32 (4.082 %)CSS
32 (4.082 %)ATL
32 (4.082 %)CGI
32 (4.082 %)Hibernate
32 (4.082 %)LAMP
41 (2.041 %)JMS
41 (2.041 %)EJB
41 (2.041 %)JDBC
41 (2.041 %)JSP
41 (2.041 %)Servlets
41 (2.041 %)SOAP
41 (2.041 %)Struts
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (12.24 %)Apache
22 (4.082 %)WebSphere Application Server
31 (2.041 %)Tomcat
31 (2.041 %)WebLogic
31 (2.041 %)IIS
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (4.082 %)MS Visio
12 (4.082 %)Maya
12 (4.082 %)3ds Max
12 (4.082 %)AutoCAD
21 (2.041 %)Adobe Illustrator
21 (2.041 %)MS Excel
21 (2.041 %)MS Office
21 (2.041 %)Photoshop
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (18.37 %)TCP/IP
26 (12.24 %)DHCP
35 (10.20 %)SAN
35 (10.20 %)VPN
44 (8.163 %)DNS
44 (8.163 %)LAN
44 (8.163 %)WAN
52 (4.082 %)VLAN
52 (4.082 %)Ethernet
52 (4.082 %)Wireless
52 (4.082 %)802.11
61 (2.041 %)DVB
61 (2.041 %)PPTP
61 (2.041 %)Internet
61 (2.041 %)Firewall
61 (2.041 %)IPsec
61 (2.041 %)PPP
61 (2.041 %)SSL
61 (2.041 %)VoIP
61 (2.041 %)Network Security
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (12.24 %)MySQL
24 (8.163 %)SQL Server
32 (4.082 %)Oracle 10g
41 (2.041 %)PostgreSQL
41 (2.041 %)Oracle Discoverer
41 (2.041 %)Oracle 8/8i
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (4.082 %)Eclipse
21 (2.041 %)ClearQuest
21 (2.041 %)ClearCase
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (4.082 %)Electronics
12 (4.082 %)Telecoms
12 (4.082 %)3D Graphics
21 (2.041 %)Back Office
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (18.37 %)Developer
26 (12.24 %)Software Engineer
26 (12.24 %)Administrator
35 (10.20 %)Systems Administrator
44 (8.163 %)Linux Engineer
44 (8.163 %)Embedded Software Engineer
44 (8.163 %)Helpdesk Support
44 (8.163 %)2nd Line Support
53 (6.122 %)Web Developer
53 (6.122 %)Consultant
53 (6.122 %)Applications Developer
53 (6.122 %)Web Applications Developer
53 (6.122 %)Java Developer
53 (6.122 %)Linux Administrator
62 (4.082 %)Linux Systems Administrator
62 (4.082 %)Infrastructure Consultant
62 (4.082 %)PHP Developer
62 (4.082 %)Java/J2EE Developer
62 (4.082 %)Implementation Specialist
62 (4.082 %)UNIX Support
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (16.33 %)Computer Science
25 (10.20 %)Device Driver
34 (8.163 %)Blackberry
42 (4.082 %)Multithreading
51 (2.041 %)Firmware
51 (2.041 %)Clustering
51 (2.041 %)Video Conferencing
51 (2.041 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
51 (2.041 %)Web 2.0
51 (2.041 %)STB
51 (2.041 %)Cryptography
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
118 (36.73 %)UNIX
216 (32.65 %)Windows
36 (12.24 %)Solaris
45 (10.20 %)Red Hat Linux
54 (8.163 %)AIX
54 (8.163 %)Windows Server 2003
62 (4.082 %)Embedded Linux
62 (4.082 %)HPUX
62 (4.082 %)Fedora
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (16.33 %)OO
23 (6.122 %)UML
32 (4.082 %)Software Engineering
32 (4.082 %)ITIL
41 (2.041 %)Configuration Management
41 (2.041 %)Service Management
41 (2.041 %)Risk Management
41 (2.041 %)Validation
41 (2.041 %)RAD
41 (2.041 %)PRINCE2
41 (2.041 %)Security Cleared
41 (2.041 %)Load Balancing
41 (2.041 %)Requirements Management
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (22.45 %)Perl
28 (16.33 %)Java
28 (16.33 %)Ruby
37 (14.29 %)C
46 (12.24 %)JavaScript
46 (12.24 %)PHP
54 (8.163 %)C++
63 (6.122 %)Python
72 (4.082 %)Shell Script
81 (2.041 %)SQL
81 (2.041 %)DHTML
81 (2.041 %)PHP5
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
110 (20.41 %)Degree
21 (2.041 %)CCNP
21 (2.041 %)CCNA
21 (2.041 %)Cisco Certification
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (4.082 %)SLA
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (8.163 %)Active Directory
14 (8.163 %)MetaFrame
22 (4.082 %)NetBackup
31 (2.041 %)Snort
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (2.041 %)Nessus
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (10.20 %)Red Hat
15 (10.20 %)VMware
15 (10.20 %)Sun
24 (8.163 %)Oracle
24 (8.163 %)Citrix
33 (6.122 %)EMC
33 (6.122 %)Brocade
42 (4.082 %)Dell
42 (4.082 %)Symantec
51 (2.041 %)Websense
51 (2.041 %)Hitachi
51 (2.041 %)NetApp
51 (2.041 %)Siemens
51 (2.041 %)VERITAS
51 (2.041 %)ILOG
51 (2.041 %)Cisco
51 (2.041 %)IBM
51 (2.041 %)Microsoft
51 (2.041 %)HP
51 (2.041 %)BEA