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This section looks at the demand for Linux skills within the North Yorkshire 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
Rank4243
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads32
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.002 %
As % of the category below3.261 %2.532 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£341
% change on same period last year+2.42 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£35.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.07£32.01
% change on same period last year-2.92 %
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
North Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads9279
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.123 %0.080 %
Daily rates quoted97
Average minimum daily rate£355£239
Average daily rate£360£250
% change on same period last year+43.91 %
Average maximum daily rate£365£261
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£337
% change on same period last year-0.77 %
Hourly rates quoted206
Average minimum hourly rate£15.72£24.62
Average hourly rate£17.13£24.77
% change on same period last year-30.83 %
Average maximum hourly rate£18.54£24.92
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.08£23.44
% change on same period last year-5.80 %
Linux YorkshireLinux
Yorkshire

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 North Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

North Yorkshire 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 North Yorkshire region.

North Yorkshire 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 North Yorkshire region.

North Yorkshire Linux Hourly Rate Trend

Linux
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the North Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
HarrogateNew entry-1--
Linux YorkshireLinux
Yorkshire

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

112 (70.59 %)UNIX
27 (41.18 %)Oracle
27 (41.18 %)Red Hat
36 (35.29 %)Solaris
36 (35.29 %)Sun
45 (29.41 %)IBM
45 (29.41 %)Windows
54 (23.53 %)Internet
54 (23.53 %)AIX
54 (23.53 %)FTP
54 (23.53 %)TCP/IP
63 (17.65 %)Oracle 9i
63 (17.65 %)Oracle 10g
63 (17.65 %)DB2
63 (17.65 %)ITIL
63 (17.65 %)Shell Script
63 (17.65 %)Finance
72 (11.76 %)Banking
72 (11.76 %)Network Design
72 (11.76 %)Firewall
72 (11.76 %)Frame Relay
72 (11.76 %)Debian
72 (11.76 %)Gentoo
72 (11.76 %)OSPF
72 (11.76 %)WebSphere MQ
72 (11.76 %)Terminal Services
72 (11.76 %)Apache
72 (11.76 %)Client/Server
72 (11.76 %)SOA
72 (11.76 %)ATM

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (11.76 %)WebSphere
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (11.76 %)Apache
12 (11.76 %)WebSphere MQ
21 (5.882 %)WebLogic
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (23.53 %)TCP/IP
14 (23.53 %)Internet
14 (23.53 %)FTP
22 (11.76 %)RIP
22 (11.76 %)OSPF
22 (11.76 %)Firewall
22 (11.76 %)Frame Relay
22 (11.76 %)iSCSI
22 (11.76 %)DNS
22 (11.76 %)SSL
22 (11.76 %)SAN
22 (11.76 %)ATM
22 (11.76 %)GPRS
22 (11.76 %)LAN
22 (11.76 %)WAN
31 (5.882 %)LDAP
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (17.65 %)DB2
13 (17.65 %)Oracle 9i
13 (17.65 %)Oracle 10g
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (17.65 %)Finance
22 (11.76 %)Banking
31 (5.882 %)Military
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (29.41 %)Systems Engineer
15 (29.41 %)Administrator
23 (17.65 %)Oracle DBA
23 (17.65 %)UNIX Administrator
23 (17.65 %)DBA
23 (17.65 %)Architect
23 (17.65 %)Systems Administrator
32 (11.76 %)Infrastructure Architect
32 (11.76 %)UNIX Engineer
32 (11.76 %)Server Administrator
32 (11.76 %)Linux Engineer
32 (11.76 %)Infrastructure Designer
41 (5.882 %)Linux Administrator
41 (5.882 %)Linux Systems Administrator
41 (5.882 %)UNIX Systems Engineer
41 (5.882 %)Support Engineer
41 (5.882 %)Systems Architect
41 (5.882 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (11.76 %)Client/Server
21 (5.882 %)HACMP
21 (5.882 %)Clustering
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
112 (70.59 %)UNIX
26 (35.29 %)Solaris
35 (29.41 %)Windows
44 (23.53 %)AIX
52 (11.76 %)Debian
52 (11.76 %)Gentoo
61 (5.882 %)Windows 2000
61 (5.882 %)SUSE
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (17.65 %)ITIL
22 (11.76 %)SOA
22 (11.76 %)Network Design
31 (5.882 %)Security Cleared
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (17.65 %)Shell Script
22 (11.76 %)C
22 (11.76 %)Java
31 (5.882 %)Perl
31 (5.882 %)PL/SQL
31 (5.882 %)SQL
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (11.76 %)PCI DSS
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (11.76 %)Terminal Services
12 (11.76 %)Oracle RAC
21 (5.882 %)Active Directory
21 (5.882 %)Oracle RMAN
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (5.882 %)OpenView
11 (5.882 %)NNM
11 (5.882 %)OVOW
11 (5.882 %)OVIS
North Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (41.18 %)Oracle
17 (41.18 %)Red Hat
26 (35.29 %)Sun
35 (29.41 %)IBM
42 (11.76 %)Citrix
42 (11.76 %)Cisco
51 (5.882 %)HP
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