The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Red Hat products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Red Hat over the 3 months to 21 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 Vendors for the Milton Keynes 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Red Hat, Inc.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Red Hat
Rank - 48 45
Contract jobs citing Red Hat 0 14 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes - 1.950% 1.681%
As % of the Vendors category - 3.774% 3.968%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 0
Average daily rate - £315 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £400 £350
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.75 £33.50 £30.25
% change year-on-year
+3.73% +10.74%
All Vendors
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
239 371 252
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 45.61% 51.67% 42.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 143 99
Average daily rate £325 £315 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £163 £220 £153
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 32 39
Average hourly rate £13.00 £13.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.70% -3.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.04 £13.00 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.25 £47.50 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
Red Hat
Buckinghamshire

Red Hat
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Red Hat across the Milton Keynes region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Milton Keynes Red Hat Jobs Demand Trend

Red Hat
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Red Hat across the Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Red Hat Daily Rate Trend

Red Hat
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes region citing Red Hat 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 Red Hat.

1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) J2EE
1 1 (50.00%) WebLogic
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Solaris
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) ClearCase
1 1 (50.00%) Siebel
1 1 (50.00%) WebSphere MQ
1 1 (50.00%) ClearQuest
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) VMware
1 1 (50.00%) WebSphere
1 1 (50.00%) Drupal
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Moodle
1 1 (50.00%) Open Source

Red Hat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes region citing Red Hat 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 Red Hat. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) J2EE
1 1 (50.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) WebLogic
1 1 (50.00%) WebSphere MQ
1 1 (50.00%) Drupal
1 1 (50.00%) Moodle
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) ClearCase
1 1 (50.00%) ClearQuest
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Solaris
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Siebel
1 1 (50.00%) VMware