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The table below looks at the demand for Debian Linux skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Debian over the 3 months to 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDebian Linux
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank108-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.244 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£280-
Average daily rate£280-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£280-
UK excluding London average daily rate£325-
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
North West
Matching contract IT job ads410675
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.822 %0.844 %
Daily rates quoted8592
Average minimum daily rate£277£302
Average daily rate£287£314
% change on same period last year-8.75 %
Average maximum daily rate£296£327
UK excluding London average daily rate£309£322
% change on same period last year-3.83 %
Hourly rates quoted85139
Average minimum hourly rate£15.91£14.71
Average hourly rate£17.09£16.50
% change on same period last year+3.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate£18.27£18.29
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.69£21.60
% change on same period last year+0.43 %
Debian EnglandDebian
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.

Debian
Demand Trend

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

North West Debian Demand Trend

Debian
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Debian across the North West region.

North West Debian Daily Rate Trend

Debian
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Debian within the North West region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ManchesterNew entry-1£280-
Debian EnglandDebian
England

Debian
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Debian 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 Debian.

14 (100.00 %)Apache
14 (100.00 %)Tomcat
14 (100.00 %)MySQL
14 (100.00 %)UNIX
14 (100.00 %)Solaris
14 (100.00 %)Nagios
23 (75.00 %)Telecoms
23 (75.00 %)Fedora
23 (75.00 %)CentOS
23 (75.00 %)Linux
23 (75.00 %)Red Hat
23 (75.00 %)Perl
32 (50.00 %)Internet
32 (50.00 %)Shell Script
32 (50.00 %)SMTP
32 (50.00 %)FTP
32 (50.00 %)HTTP
32 (50.00 %)SNMP
32 (50.00 %)Red Hat Linux
32 (50.00 %)NetApp
32 (50.00 %)IMAP
32 (50.00 %)Middleware
41 (25.00 %)Disaster Recovery
41 (25.00 %)IronPort
41 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
41 (25.00 %)DNS
41 (25.00 %)IBM
41 (25.00 %)C++
41 (25.00 %)ITIL

Debian
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Debian 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 Debian. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (50.00 %)Middleware
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (100.00 %)Apache
14 (100.00 %)Tomcat
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (50.00 %)SMTP
12 (50.00 %)FTP
12 (50.00 %)HTTP
12 (50.00 %)SNMP
12 (50.00 %)Internet
12 (50.00 %)IMAP
21 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
21 (25.00 %)DNS
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (100.00 %)MySQL
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (75.00 %)Telecoms
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (75.00 %)Systems Engineer
22 (50.00 %)UNIX Systems Engineer
22 (50.00 %)UNIX Engineer
31 (25.00 %)Systems Administrator
31 (25.00 %)Administrator
31 (25.00 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
31 (25.00 %)UNIX Administrator
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (100.00 %)UNIX
14 (100.00 %)Solaris
23 (75.00 %)Linux
23 (75.00 %)Fedora
23 (75.00 %)CentOS
32 (50.00 %)Red Hat Linux
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)ITIL
11 (25.00 %)Disaster Recovery
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (75.00 %)Perl
22 (50.00 %)Shell Script
31 (25.00 %)C++
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (100.00 %)Nagios
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (75.00 %)Red Hat
22 (50.00 %)NetApp
31 (25.00 %)IBM
31 (25.00 %)IronPort