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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Red Hat products and/or services in IT contracts within the Portsmouth region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Red Hat over the 3 months to 28 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRed Hat
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3 months to
28 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank-21
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads08
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.008 %
As % of the category below0.000 %9.877 %
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£367£342
% change on same period last year+7.14 %
Hourly rates quoted07
Average minimum hourly rate-£37.57
Average hourly rate-£38.79
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.19£31.99
% change on same period last year+3.76 %
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Portsmouth
Matching contract IT job ads10881
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.144 %0.081 %
Daily rates quoted167
Average minimum daily rate£302£290
Average daily rate£316£325
% change on same period last year-2.71 %
Average maximum daily rate£330£360
UK excluding London average daily rate£360£358
% change on same period last year+0.29 %
Hourly rates quoted4550
Average minimum hourly rate£24.96£20.24
Average hourly rate£26.27£22.13
% change on same period last year+18.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.57£24.02
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.02£24.81
% change on same period last year-3.16 %
Red Hat HampshireRed Hat
Hampshire

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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Red Hat, Inc.

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Demand Trend

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

Portsmouth Red Hat Demand Trend

Red Hat
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Portsmouth Red Hat Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 28 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Portsmouth region citing Red Hat 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.

12 (100.00 %)HPUX
12 (100.00 %)Linux
12 (100.00 %)Red Hat Linux
21 (50.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (50.00 %)Perl
21 (50.00 %)SQL
21 (50.00 %)MySQL
21 (50.00 %)Oracle
21 (50.00 %)UNIX
21 (50.00 %)Samba
21 (50.00 %)VMware

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 28 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Portsmouth region citing Red Hat 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)MySQL
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Systems Administrator
12 (100.00 %)Administrator
12 (100.00 %)Linux Systems Administrator
12 (100.00 %)Linux Administrator
21 (50.00 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
21 (50.00 %)UNIX Administrator
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (100.00 %)HPUX
12 (100.00 %)Linux
12 (100.00 %)Red Hat Linux
21 (50.00 %)UNIX
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)Perl
11 (50.00 %)SQL
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (50.00 %)Samba
11 (50.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Oracle
11 (50.00 %)VMware