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This section looks at the demand for Linux skills within the Peterborough 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
Rank2323
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.001 %
As % of the category below4.000 %2.778 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£350£275
Average daily rate£400£288
% change on same period last year+39.13 %
Average maximum daily rate£450£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£341
% change on same period last year+2.42 %
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£31.07£32.01
% change on same period last year-2.92 %
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Peterborough
Matching contract IT job ads2536
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.033 %0.036 %
Daily rates quoted82
Average minimum daily rate£279£225
Average daily rate£300£246
% change on same period last year+22.03 %
Average maximum daily rate£321£267
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£337
% change on same period last year-0.77 %
Hourly rates quoted15
Average minimum hourly rate£23.00£20.17
Average hourly rate£25.00£21.17
% change on same period last year+18.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.00£22.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.08£23.44
% change on same period last year-5.80 %
Linux CambridgeshireLinux
Cambridgeshire

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

Peterborough 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 Peterborough region.

Peterborough Linux Daily Rate Trend

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

128 (100.00 %)UNIX
128 (100.00 %)HPUX
128 (100.00 %)Solaris
227 (96.43 %)Hibernate
227 (96.43 %)Spring
323 (82.14 %)Java
421 (75.00 %)Eclipse
421 (75.00 %)SQL
421 (75.00 %)J2EE
421 (75.00 %)Finance
520 (71.43 %)WebSphere
520 (71.43 %)DB2
520 (71.43 %)IBM
619 (67.86 %)WebSphere Application Server
715 (53.57 %)IntelliJ
814 (50.00 %)Ant
913 (46.43 %)JUnit
1011 (39.29 %)UML
1011 (39.29 %)OO
1011 (39.29 %)CRM
1110 (35.71 %)SOA
1110 (35.71 %)CruiseControl
1110 (35.71 %)Atlassian Bamboo
1110 (35.71 %)Continuous Integration
129 (32.14 %)Data Management
137 (25.00 %)Insurance
144 (14.29 %)i5/OS
151 (3.571 %)AS400
151 (3.571 %)NetBeans
151 (3.571 %)JDeveloper

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
127 (96.43 %)Hibernate
127 (96.43 %)Spring
221 (75.00 %)J2EE
320 (71.43 %)WebSphere
41 (3.571 %)EJB
41 (3.571 %)Servlets
41 (3.571 %)NetBeans
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
119 (67.86 %)WebSphere Application Server
21 (3.571 %)WebLogic
21 (3.571 %)JBoss
21 (3.571 %)Tomcat
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
120 (71.43 %)DB2
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
121 (75.00 %)Eclipse
215 (53.57 %)IntelliJ
314 (50.00 %)Ant
413 (46.43 %)JUnit
510 (35.71 %)CruiseControl
510 (35.71 %)Atlassian Bamboo
61 (3.571 %)JDeveloper
61 (3.571 %)JBuilder
61 (3.571 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
121 (75.00 %)Finance
27 (25.00 %)Insurance
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
119 (67.86 %)Java Developer
119 (67.86 %)Developer
29 (32.14 %)DBA
29 (32.14 %)DB2 DBA
34 (14.29 %)Administrator
42 (7.143 %)Java/J2EE Developer
42 (7.143 %)J2EE Developer
51 (3.571 %)Senior J2EE Developer
51 (3.571 %)Senior Java Developer
51 (3.571 %)Senior Java/J2EE Developer
51 (3.571 %)Senior Developer
51 (3.571 %)Development DBA
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (3.571 %)AS400
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
128 (100.00 %)UNIX
128 (100.00 %)HPUX
128 (100.00 %)Solaris
24 (14.29 %)i5/OS
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (39.29 %)UML
111 (39.29 %)OO
111 (39.29 %)CRM
210 (35.71 %)SOA
210 (35.71 %)Continuous Integration
39 (32.14 %)Data Management
41 (3.571 %)RAD
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
123 (82.14 %)Java
221 (75.00 %)SQL
31 (3.571 %)Perl
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
120 (71.43 %)IBM
21 (3.571 %)BEA
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