The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Midlands 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 24 20 30
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +10
Contract jobs citing Linux 1 12 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 0.549% 4.669% 1.567%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.000% 36.36% 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £350 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £345
% change year-on-year
- +1.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 2
Average hourly rate - £42.50 £22.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +91.01%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +23.07%
All Operating Systems
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
25 33 50
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 13.74% 12.84% 15.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 4 9
Average daily rate £375 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 9
Average hourly rate - £42.50 £21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +97.67%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
Linux
England

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands Linux Jobs Demand Trend

Linux
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This 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 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) MySQL
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
1 1 (50.00%) UNIX
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) MPLS
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Replication
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) German Language
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Database Tuning
1 1 (50.00%) Network Management
1 1 (50.00%) Capacity Management

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) MySQL
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (50.00%) German Language
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) DBA
1 1 (50.00%) MySQL DBA
1 1 (50.00%) Operations Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Operations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) UNIX
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Database Tuning
1 1 (50.00%) Network Management
1 1 (50.00%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
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