The first table below looks at the demand for SUSE skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SUSE over the 3 months to 17 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 of the Operating Systems category for the Manchester 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Novell SUSE Linux
Rank 72 82 -
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -
Contract jobs citing SUSE 1 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.109% 0.154% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.613% 0.704% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Average daily rate £450 £340 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+32.35% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £360 £350
% change year-on-year
-6.94% +2.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.59 £37.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-31.76% -11.76%
All Operating Systems
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
163 284 153
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 17.83% 21.83% 14.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 104 60
Average daily rate £275 £300 £268
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% +12.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £175 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £375 £429
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 38 32
Average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% +36.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £9.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.00 £25.00 £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
SUSE
North West

SUSE
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SUSE across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Manchester SUSE Jobs Demand Trend

SUSE
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SUSE across the Manchester region.

Manchester SUSE Daily Rate Trend

SUSE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester SUSE Hourly Rate Trend

SUSE
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing SUSE 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 SUSE.

1 2 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) SSL
2 1 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) Dell
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (50.00%) Thin Client
2 1 (50.00%) AIX
2 1 (50.00%) HPUX
2 1 (50.00%) Solaris
2 1 (50.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) Wyse
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Fat Client
2 1 (50.00%) XenApp
2 1 (50.00%) XenDesktop
2 1 (50.00%) LPAR

SUSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing SUSE 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 SUSE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) SSL
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Manager
2 1 (50.00%) AIX Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Thin Client
1 1 (50.00%) Fat Client
1 1 (50.00%) LPAR
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) AIX
2 1 (50.00%) HPUX
2 1 (50.00%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) XenApp
1 1 (50.00%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) HP
1 1 (50.00%) Dell
1 1 (50.00%) Citrix
1 1 (50.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (50.00%) Wyse