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The table below looks at the demand for Red Hat Linux skills within the Oxfordshire region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Red Hat Linux over the 3 months to 9 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRed Hat Linux
Location
3 months to
9 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank4137
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads812
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.015 %
As % of the category below5.000 %8.824 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£350-
Average daily rate£375-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£400-
UK excluding London average daily rate£362£373
% change on same period last year-2.83 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£27.50
Average hourly rate-£30.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.41£30.44
% change on same period last year-6.69 %
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Oxfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads160136
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.322 %0.167 %
Daily rates quoted2918
Average minimum daily rate£246£286
Average daily rate£259£301
% change on same period last year-13.86 %
Average maximum daily rate£273£316
UK excluding London average daily rate£310£321
% change on same period last year-3.48 %
Hourly rates quoted4046
Average minimum hourly rate£21.58£18.84
Average hourly rate£22.19£20.59
% change on same period last year+7.81 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.81£22.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.55£21.50
% change on same period last year+0.25 %
Red Hat Linux South EastRed Hat Linux
South East

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.

Red Hat Linux
Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire Red Hat Linux Demand Trend

Red Hat Linux
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Red Hat Linux across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Red Hat Linux Daily Rate Trend

Red Hat Linux
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Red Hat Linux across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Red Hat Linux Hourly Rate Trend

Red Hat Linux
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing Red Hat 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 Red Hat Linux.

18 (100.00 %)Linux
18 (100.00 %)Red Hat
18 (100.00 %)Nagios
25 (62.50 %)Shell Script
25 (62.50 %)Python
25 (62.50 %)C++
25 (62.50 %)Perl
25 (62.50 %)SQL
34 (50.00 %)Apache
34 (50.00 %)Load Balancing
43 (37.50 %)C
43 (37.50 %)Subversion
43 (37.50 %)SUSE
43 (37.50 %)NetBackup
52 (25.00 %)NetApp
52 (25.00 %)Windows
52 (25.00 %)JIRA
61 (12.50 %)Castor
61 (12.50 %)Security Cleared
61 (12.50 %)Derivative

Red Hat Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing Red Hat 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 Red Hat Linux. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (12.50 %)Castor
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (50.00 %)Apache
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (37.50 %)Subversion
22 (25.00 %)JIRA
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (37.50 %)Administrator
22 (25.00 %)Junior
22 (25.00 %)Systems Administrator
22 (25.00 %)Linux Administrator
31 (12.50 %)Linux Engineer
31 (12.50 %)Linux Support
31 (12.50 %)Infrastructure Engineer
31 (12.50 %)IT Administrator
31 (12.50 %)Linux Systems Administrator
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (12.50 %)Derivative
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (100.00 %)Linux
23 (37.50 %)SUSE
32 (25.00 %)Windows
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (50.00 %)Load Balancing
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (62.50 %)C++
15 (62.50 %)Perl
15 (62.50 %)SQL
15 (62.50 %)Python
15 (62.50 %)Shell Script
23 (37.50 %)C
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (12.50 %)Security Cleared
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (37.50 %)NetBackup
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
18 (100.00 %)Nagios
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (100.00 %)Red Hat
22 (25.00 %)NetApp