The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT contracts advertised for the Nottinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 23 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 Nottinghamshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 14 29 18
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -11
Contract jobs citing Linux 30 10 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 9.231% 3.534% 5.941%
As % of the Operating Systems category 31.58% 23.81% 22.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 3 5
Average daily rate £350 £435 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.54% +24.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £278 £267 £196
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £435 £365
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 £37.50 £37.00 £34.50
% change year-on-year
+1.35% +7.24%
All Operating Systems
Nottinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
95 42 80
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 29.23% 14.84% 26.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 20 18
Average daily rate £325 £294 £160
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.63% +83.59%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £207 £94
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £435 £360
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 5 14
Average hourly rate £14.00 £17.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% -
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 £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Linux
East Midlands

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Nottinghamshire Linux Hourly Rate Histogram

Linux
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
Nottingham +7 26 £350 -19.54%
Linux
East Midlands

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 32 (46.38%) Windows
2 30 (43.48%) UNIX
3 26 (37.68%) SQL Server
4 25 (36.23%) VMware
5 24 (34.78%) IBM
6 20 (28.99%) Citrix
7 16 (23.19%) Web Services
7 16 (23.19%) Telecoms
8 13 (18.84%) Device Driver
8 13 (18.84%) Streaming Video
8 13 (18.84%) C++
8 13 (18.84%) Java
8 13 (18.84%) C
8 13 (18.84%) Bluetooth
8 13 (18.84%) Wi-Fi
8 13 (18.84%) JNI
8 13 (18.84%) Embedded Linux
8 13 (18.84%) Android
8 13 (18.84%) Windows Server 2008
9 12 (17.39%) VMware Infrastructure
9 12 (17.39%) Windows Server 2003
9 12 (17.39%) Validation
9 12 (17.39%) Service Delivery
10 11 (15.94%) SAN
10 11 (15.94%) Oracle
11 10 (14.49%) Cisco
11 10 (14.49%) Active Directory
11 10 (14.49%) HP
11 10 (14.49%) Finance
12 9 (13.04%) Tivoli Storage Manager

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 (23.19%) Web Services
2 13 (18.84%) JNI
3 9 (13.04%) .NET
3 9 (13.04%) REST
3 9 (13.04%) WPF
4 5 (7.246%) ASP.NET
5 2 (2.899%) Middleware
5 2 (2.899%) WinForms
5 2 (2.899%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (1.449%) WebSphere
6 1 (1.449%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 8 (11.59%) Apache
2 6 (8.696%) IIS
3 3 (4.348%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 3 (4.348%) WebLogic
4 2 (2.899%) MS Exchange
5 1 (1.449%) Oracle Application Server
5 1 (1.449%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (1.449%) WebSphere Portal
5 1 (1.449%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (1.449%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 2 (2.899%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (2.899%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (1.449%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (1.449%) PeopleSoft HRMS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (18.84%) Bluetooth
1 13 (18.84%) Wi-Fi
2 11 (15.94%) SAN
3 6 (8.696%) Cisco Nexus
4 4 (5.797%) VoIP
5 2 (2.899%) TCP/IP
5 2 (2.899%) Firewall
5 2 (2.899%) NAS
5 2 (2.899%) Network Security
5 2 (2.899%) VLAN
6 1 (1.449%) BIG-IP
6 1 (1.449%) LAN
6 1 (1.449%) VPN
6 1 (1.449%) HTTPS
6 1 (1.449%) Intranet
6 1 (1.449%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (37.68%) SQL Server
2 9 (13.04%) SQL Server 2000
2 9 (13.04%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (11.59%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (7.246%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (4.348%) Oracle 11g
5 3 (4.348%) DB2
6 2 (2.899%) MySQL
6 2 (2.899%) RDBMS
7 1 (1.449%) DB2 UDB
7 1 (1.449%) VLDB
7 1 (1.449%) Oracle 10g
7 1 (1.449%) OLTP
7 1 (1.449%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (1.449%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (1.449%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (1.449%) Ant
General
1 16 (23.19%) Telecoms
2 10 (14.49%) Finance
3 2 (2.899%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (1.449%) Games
4 1 (1.449%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 23 (33.33%) Developer
2 14 (20.29%) Systems Engineer
3 13 (18.84%) Android Developer
4 6 (8.696%) Project Manager
4 6 (8.696%) .NET Developer
4 6 (8.696%) C# Developer
4 6 (8.696%) SQL Developer
4 6 (8.696%) SQL Server Developer
4 6 (8.696%) C# .NET Developer
5 5 (7.246%) Platform Engineer
5 5 (7.246%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 5 (7.246%) Infrastructure Manager
5 5 (7.246%) ASP.NET Developer
5 5 (7.246%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 4 (5.797%) Administrator
6 4 (5.797%) DBA
6 4 (5.797%) 3rd Line Support
6 4 (5.797%) Database Developer
6 4 (5.797%) SQL Database Developer
7 3 (4.348%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (18.84%) Device Driver
1 13 (18.84%) Streaming Video
2 3 (4.348%) Blackberry
3 1 (1.449%) Life Science
3 1 (1.449%) Replication
3 1 (1.449%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.449%) Mainframe
3 1 (1.449%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 32 (46.38%) Windows
2 30 (43.48%) UNIX
3 13 (18.84%) Embedded Linux
3 13 (18.84%) Android
3 13 (18.84%) Windows Server 2008
4 12 (17.39%) Windows Server 2003
5 9 (13.04%) Windows 2000
6 5 (7.246%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (4.348%) AIX
8 2 (2.899%) HPUX
9 1 (1.449%) zOS
9 1 (1.449%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (17.39%) Validation
1 12 (17.39%) Service Delivery
2 9 (13.04%) Multithreading
3 5 (7.246%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (7.246%) Configuration Management
4 4 (5.797%) Project Management
4 4 (5.797%) Migration
5 2 (2.899%) SOA
5 2 (2.899%) Process Management
6 1 (1.449%) Project Planning
6 1 (1.449%) Incident Management
6 1 (1.449%) Business Analysis
6 1 (1.449%) Database Tuning
6 1 (1.449%) Memory Management
6 1 (1.449%) Infrastructure Management
6 1 (1.449%) Data Analysis
6 1 (1.449%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (1.449%) Data Modelling
6 1 (1.449%) ITIL
6 1 (1.449%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 13 (18.84%) C++
1 13 (18.84%) Java
1 13 (18.84%) C
2 9 (13.04%) C#
3 7 (10.14%) Perl
4 5 (7.246%) SQL
5 1 (1.449%) ActionScript 2.0
5 1 (1.449%) JCL
5 1 (1.449%) REXX
5 1 (1.449%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.449%) ActionScript
5 1 (1.449%) PHP
5 1 (1.449%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (7.246%) Citrix Certification
2 4 (5.797%) CCA
2 4 (5.797%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (5.797%) MCSE
2 4 (5.797%) MCITP
2 4 (5.797%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (1.449%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.449%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (17.39%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (14.49%) Active Directory
3 6 (8.696%) MetaFrame
4 5 (7.246%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 5 (7.246%) XenApp
5 2 (2.899%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (2.899%) vSphere
6 1 (1.449%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 9 (13.04%) Tivoli Storage Manager
1 9 (13.04%) Tivoli
2 3 (4.348%) Tivoli Monitoring
Vendors
1 25 (36.23%) VMware
2 24 (34.78%) IBM
3 20 (28.99%) Citrix
4 11 (15.94%) Oracle
5 10 (14.49%) Cisco
5 10 (14.49%) HP
6 8 (11.59%) Microsoft
7 5 (7.246%) Red Hat
8 3 (4.348%) F5
8 3 (4.348%) NetApp
8 3 (4.348%) Novell
9 2 (2.899%) EMC
9 2 (2.899%) Twitter
9 2 (2.899%) PlateSpin
10 1 (1.449%) Brocade
10 1 (1.449%) Altiris
10 1 (1.449%) McAfee
10 1 (1.449%) Lotus
10 1 (1.449%) PeopleSoft