The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT contracts advertised for the Nottingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 22 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 of the Operating Systems category for the Nottingham 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 10 20 12
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -8
Contract jobs citing Linux 27 10 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham 9.441% 4.425% 7.391%
As % of the Operating Systems category 33.33% 26.32% 25.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 3 4
Average daily rate £350 £435 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.54% +45.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £267 £267 £187
10% offered a daily rate of more than £365 £435 £368
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £350 £338
% change year-on-year
-4.28% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 3
Average hourly rate £27.50 - £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.50 £37.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-1.35% +5.71%
All Operating Systems
Nottingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
81 38 67
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham 28.32% 16.81% 29.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 19 17
Average daily rate £325 £300 £160
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% +87.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £205 £94
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £435 £365
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 4 12
Average hourly rate £17.25 £11.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+56.81% -35.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £10.00 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £30.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Linux
Nottinghamshire

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottingham 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 Nottingham region.

Nottingham Linux Daily Rate Trend

Linux
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Linux across the Nottingham region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Nottingham Linux Daily Rate Histogram

Linux
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Linux across the Nottingham region.

Nottingham Linux Hourly Rate Trend

Linux
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Linux across the Nottingham region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Nottingham Linux Hourly Rate Histogram

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottingham 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 30 (46.88%) UNIX
2 28 (43.75%) Windows
3 22 (34.38%) VMware
3 22 (34.38%) SQL Server
4 20 (31.25%) IBM
5 17 (26.56%) Telecoms
6 16 (25.00%) Web Services
7 14 (21.88%) Citrix
8 13 (20.31%) Device Driver
8 13 (20.31%) Streaming Video
8 13 (20.31%) JNI
8 13 (20.31%) Embedded Linux
8 13 (20.31%) Bluetooth
8 13 (20.31%) C++
8 13 (20.31%) Java
8 13 (20.31%) C
8 13 (20.31%) Android
8 13 (20.31%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (18.75%) VMware Infrastructure
9 12 (18.75%) Validation
10 10 (15.63%) Cisco
11 9 (14.06%) Tivoli
11 9 (14.06%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 9 (14.06%) C#
11 9 (14.06%) .NET
11 9 (14.06%) Finance
11 9 (14.06%) WPF
11 9 (14.06%) Multithreading
11 9 (14.06%) REST
12 8 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottingham 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.

Application Development
1 16 (25.00%) Web Services
2 13 (20.31%) JNI
3 9 (14.06%) .NET
3 9 (14.06%) WPF
3 9 (14.06%) REST
4 5 (7.813%) ASP.NET
5 2 (3.125%) WinForms
6 1 (1.563%) LAMP
6 1 (1.563%) COM
Application Platforms
1 6 (9.375%) IIS
1 6 (9.375%) Apache
2 3 (4.688%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 3 (4.688%) MS Exchange
3 1 (1.563%) Lotus Domino
3 1 (1.563%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 2 (3.125%) Spreadsheet
1 2 (3.125%) MS Office
2 1 (1.563%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 13 (20.31%) Bluetooth
1 13 (20.31%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (12.50%) SAN
3 6 (9.375%) Cisco Nexus
4 5 (7.813%) VoIP
5 3 (4.688%) TCP/IP
5 3 (4.688%) NAS
6 2 (3.125%) Network Security
6 2 (3.125%) Firewall
6 2 (3.125%) VLAN
7 1 (1.563%) IP Telephony
7 1 (1.563%) BIG-IP
7 1 (1.563%) CTI
7 1 (1.563%) LAN
7 1 (1.563%) PBX
7 1 (1.563%) VPN
7 1 (1.563%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (34.38%) SQL Server
2 5 (7.813%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (6.250%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (6.250%) SQL Server 2000
3 4 (6.250%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (3.125%) MySQL
4 2 (3.125%) DB2
5 1 (1.563%) DB2 UDB
5 1 (1.563%) VLDB
5 1 (1.563%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.563%) OLTP
General
1 17 (26.56%) Telecoms
2 9 (14.06%) Finance
3 2 (3.125%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (1.563%) Advertising
4 1 (1.563%) Games
Job Titles
1 23 (35.94%) Developer
2 14 (21.88%) Systems Engineer
3 13 (20.31%) Android Developer
4 6 (9.375%) C# .NET Developer
4 6 (9.375%) Project Manager
4 6 (9.375%) .NET Developer
4 6 (9.375%) C# Developer
4 6 (9.375%) SQL Developer
4 6 (9.375%) SQL Server Developer
5 5 (7.813%) ASP.NET Developer
5 5 (7.813%) Infrastructure Manager
5 5 (7.813%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 5 (7.813%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 4 (6.250%) 3rd Line Support
6 4 (6.250%) Database Developer
6 4 (6.250%) SQL Database Developer
7 3 (4.688%) Network Engineer
7 3 (4.688%) Consultant
8 2 (3.125%) Storage Architect
8 2 (3.125%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 13 (20.31%) Device Driver
1 13 (20.31%) Streaming Video
2 3 (4.688%) Blackberry
3 2 (3.125%) Replication
4 1 (1.563%) IVR
4 1 (1.563%) Mainframe
4 1 (1.563%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 30 (46.88%) UNIX
2 28 (43.75%) Windows
3 13 (20.31%) Embedded Linux
3 13 (20.31%) Android
4 8 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
5 7 (10.94%) Windows Server 2003
5 7 (10.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (7.813%) Windows 2000
7 3 (4.688%) AIX
8 2 (3.125%) HPUX
9 1 (1.563%) SUSE
9 1 (1.563%) zOS
9 1 (1.563%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (18.75%) Validation
2 9 (14.06%) Multithreading
3 8 (12.50%) Service Delivery
4 5 (7.813%) Migration
4 5 (7.813%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (6.250%) Project Management
6 1 (1.563%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (1.563%) Project Planning
6 1 (1.563%) Incident Management
6 1 (1.563%) Business Analysis
6 1 (1.563%) Data Analysis
6 1 (1.563%) Configuration Management
6 1 (1.563%) ITIL
6 1 (1.563%) PRINCE2
6 1 (1.563%) Data Modelling
6 1 (1.563%) Database Tuning
6 1 (1.563%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (20.31%) C++
1 13 (20.31%) Java
1 13 (20.31%) C
2 9 (14.06%) C#
3 6 (9.375%) Perl
4 5 (7.813%) SQL
5 1 (1.563%) JCL
5 1 (1.563%) REXX
5 1 (1.563%) ActionScript
5 1 (1.563%) PHP
5 1 (1.563%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 2 (3.125%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.563%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.563%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (18.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (9.375%) Active Directory
2 6 (9.375%) MetaFrame
3 2 (3.125%) vSphere
4 1 (1.563%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 1 (1.563%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 9 (14.06%) Tivoli
1 9 (14.06%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 3 (4.688%) Tivoli Monitoring
Vendors
1 22 (34.38%) VMware
2 20 (31.25%) IBM
3 14 (21.88%) Citrix
4 10 (15.63%) Cisco
5 7 (10.94%) Oracle
5 7 (10.94%) Red Hat
6 6 (9.375%) HP
7 5 (7.813%) NetApp
7 5 (7.813%) Microsoft
8 3 (4.688%) Novell
8 3 (4.688%) F5
9 2 (3.125%) Twitter
9 2 (3.125%) PlateSpin
9 2 (3.125%) EMC
9 2 (3.125%) Brocade
10 1 (1.563%) Altiris
10 1 (1.563%) McAfee
10 1 (1.563%) Lotus
10 1 (1.563%) Avaya