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This section looks at the demand for Linux skills within the Midlands 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
Rank4057
Rank change on same period last yearUp+17
Matching contract IT job ads3728
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.049 %0.028 %
As % of the category below23.42 %14.51 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£440£400
Average daily rate£440£400
% change on same period last year+10.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£440£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£341
% change on same period last year+2.42 %
Hourly rates quoted37
Average minimum hourly rate£24.33£44.29
Average hourly rate£25.50£46.43
% change on same period last year-45.07 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.67£48.57
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.07£32.01
% change on same period last year-2.92 %
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads158193
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.211 %0.195 %
Daily rates quoted3927
Average minimum daily rate£338£333
Average daily rate£364£347
% change on same period last year+4.95 %
Average maximum daily rate£390£361
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£337
% change on same period last year-0.77 %
Hourly rates quoted1225
Average minimum hourly rate£22.48£30.80
Average hourly rate£24.02£31.78
% change on same period last year-24.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.57£32.77
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 Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands Linux Hourly Rate Trend

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

127 (40.30 %)UNIX
223 (34.33 %)Oracle
322 (32.84 %)WebSphere
421 (31.34 %)Java
520 (29.85 %)J2EE
619 (28.36 %)IBM
718 (26.87 %)Solaris
817 (25.37 %)Windows
916 (23.88 %)AIX
1015 (22.39 %)EJB
1114 (20.90 %)SQL
1213 (19.40 %)WebSphere Application Server
1213 (19.40 %)HPUX
1213 (19.40 %)LDAP
1213 (19.40 %)JMS
1312 (17.91 %)MS Visio
1312 (17.91 %)Microsoft
1312 (17.91 %)Chip and PIN
1312 (17.91 %)Apache
1312 (17.91 %)Swing
1312 (17.91 %)JDBC
1312 (17.91 %)JSP
1312 (17.91 %)Servlets
1312 (17.91 %)MS Office
1312 (17.91 %)DB2
1312 (17.91 %)Retail
1312 (17.91 %)JNDI
149 (13.43 %)Red Hat
149 (13.43 %)XML
158 (11.94 %)Tomcat

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
122 (32.84 %)WebSphere
220 (29.85 %)J2EE
315 (22.39 %)EJB
413 (19.40 %)JMS
512 (17.91 %)Swing
512 (17.91 %)JNDI
512 (17.91 %)JDBC
512 (17.91 %)JSP
512 (17.91 %)Servlets
69 (13.43 %)XML
76 (8.955 %)Spring
85 (7.463 %)WebServices
94 (5.970 %)Hibernate
94 (5.970 %)Middleware
101 (1.493 %)LAMP
101 (1.493 %)EDI
101 (1.493 %)AJAX
101 (1.493 %)HTML
101 (1.493 %).NET
101 (1.493 %)SOAP
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
113 (19.40 %)WebSphere Application Server
212 (17.91 %)Apache
38 (11.94 %)Tomcat
43 (4.478 %)MQSeries
51 (1.493 %)NetWeaver
51 (1.493 %)WebSphere MQ
51 (1.493 %)ESB
51 (1.493 %)Mule
51 (1.493 %)IIS
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
112 (17.91 %)MS Office
112 (17.91 %)MS Visio
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (1.493 %)Remedy AR System
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
113 (19.40 %)LDAP
23 (4.478 %)VPN
23 (4.478 %)SAN
23 (4.478 %)FTP
23 (4.478 %)Firewall
23 (4.478 %)Network Security
32 (2.985 %)TCP/IP
41 (1.493 %)Wireless
41 (1.493 %)VLAN
41 (1.493 %)802.11
41 (1.493 %)SS7
41 (1.493 %)ISDN
41 (1.493 %)DHCP
41 (1.493 %)Ethernet
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (17.91 %)DB2
22 (2.985 %)MySQL
22 (2.985 %)SQL Server
31 (1.493 %)Oracle 10g
31 (1.493 %)PostgreSQL
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (5.970 %)Eclipse
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
112 (17.91 %)Retail
23 (4.478 %)Finance
23 (4.478 %)Automotive
32 (2.985 %)Government
32 (2.985 %)Publishing
32 (2.985 %)Financial Institution
32 (2.985 %)Telecoms
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
121 (31.34 %)Developer
219 (28.36 %)Java Developer
314 (20.90 %)Administrator
410 (14.93 %)Systems Administrator
59 (13.43 %)UNIX Administrator
68 (11.94 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
77 (10.45 %)Linux Administrator
77 (10.45 %)UNIX Support
86 (8.955 %)Consultant
95 (7.463 %)Java/J2EE Developer
104 (5.970 %)Linux Systems Administrator
104 (5.970 %)Analyst
104 (5.970 %)J2EE Developer
113 (4.478 %)Cisco Network Engineer
113 (4.478 %)Cisco Engineer
113 (4.478 %)Architect
113 (4.478 %)Network Engineer
113 (4.478 %)Systems Support
113 (4.478 %)Messaging Analyst
122 (2.985 %)Linux Engineer
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (17.91 %)Chip and PIN
24 (5.970 %)Mainframe
24 (5.970 %)IBM Mainframe
33 (4.478 %)Clustering
33 (4.478 %)HACMP
42 (2.985 %)AS400
42 (2.985 %)Device Driver
51 (1.493 %)Web 2.0
51 (1.493 %)PMI
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
127 (40.30 %)UNIX
218 (26.87 %)Solaris
317 (25.37 %)Windows
416 (23.88 %)AIX
513 (19.40 %)HPUX
62 (2.985 %)Windows CE
62 (2.985 %)Embedded Linux
71 (1.493 %)VMS
71 (1.493 %)OpenVMS
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (7.463 %)Security Cleared
24 (5.970 %)SC Cleared
33 (4.478 %)Migration
33 (4.478 %)Unit Testing
33 (4.478 %)Data Migration
42 (2.985 %)SOA
42 (2.985 %)Project Management
51 (1.493 %)Disaster Recovery
51 (1.493 %)Software Engineering
51 (1.493 %)Web Development
51 (1.493 %)Matrix Management
51 (1.493 %)UML
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
121 (31.34 %)Java
214 (20.90 %)SQL
35 (7.463 %)C++
44 (5.970 %)C
44 (5.970 %)Perl
53 (4.478 %)Embedded C
62 (2.985 %)Shell Script
62 (2.985 %)PHP
62 (2.985 %)JavaScript
71 (1.493 %)PL/SQL
71 (1.493 %)C#
71 (1.493 %)DHTML
71 (1.493 %)PowerHouse
71 (1.493 %)DCL
71 (1.493 %)Embedded C++
71 (1.493 %)Transact-SQL
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (4.478 %)CCNA
13 (4.478 %)Cisco Certification
13 (4.478 %)RHCE
21 (1.493 %)Degree
21 (1.493 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (1.493 %)MCDBA
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.493 %)SLA
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (1.493 %)Oracle RAC
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (4.478 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
21 (1.493 %)BMC PATROL
21 (1.493 %)CONTROL-M
21 (1.493 %)Tivoli
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
123 (34.33 %)Oracle
219 (28.36 %)IBM
312 (17.91 %)Microsoft
49 (13.43 %)Red Hat
54 (5.970 %)HP
63 (4.478 %)Cisco
71 (1.493 %)Sybase
71 (1.493 %)SAP
71 (1.493 %)BMC
71 (1.493 %)Mercator
71 (1.493 %)Remedy
71 (1.493 %)VMware
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