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The table below looks at the demand for Novell SUSE Linux skills within the Portsmouth region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SUSE over the 3 months to 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkNovell SUSE Linux
Location
3 months to
7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
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£300£304
% change on same period last year-1.31 %
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£33.17£35.67
% change on same period last year-7.02 %
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Portsmouth
Matching contract IT job ads4449
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.088 %0.061 %
Daily rates quoted43
Average minimum daily rate£325£244
Average daily rate£332£272
% change on same period last year+22.16 %
Average maximum daily rate£339£299
UK excluding London average daily rate£309£322
% change on same period last year-3.84 %
Hourly rates quoted2526
Average minimum hourly rate£19.61£24.52
Average hourly rate£21.11£25.55
% change on same period last year-17.39 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.61£26.59
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.59£21.59
% change on same period last year-
SUSE HampshireSUSE
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.

SUSE
Demand Trend

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

Portsmouth SUSE Demand Trend

SUSE
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SUSE across the Portsmouth region.

Portsmouth SUSE Daily Rate Trend

SUSE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Portsmouth SUSE Hourly Rate Trend

SUSE
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Portsmouth region citing SUSE 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 SUSE.

13 (100.00 %)Windows
13 (100.00 %)Linux
13 (100.00 %)Windows XP
13 (100.00 %)Active Directory
13 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
13 (100.00 %)VMware
13 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
21 (33.33 %)Government
21 (33.33 %)RHCE
21 (33.33 %)Red Hat
21 (33.33 %)SC Cleared
21 (33.33 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (33.33 %)Red Hat Linux

SUSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Portsmouth region citing SUSE 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 SUSE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (33.33 %)Government
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (66.67 %)Systems Engineer
12 (66.67 %)Senior Systems Engineer
12 (66.67 %)Linux Engineer
12 (66.67 %)Senior Linux Engineer
21 (33.33 %)Software Engineer
21 (33.33 %)Integration Engineer
21 (33.33 %)Software Integration Engineer
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (100.00 %)Windows
13 (100.00 %)Linux
13 (100.00 %)Windows XP
13 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (33.33 %)Red Hat Linux
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (100.00 %)Security Cleared
21 (33.33 %)RHCE
21 (33.33 %)SC Cleared
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (100.00 %)Active Directory
21 (33.33 %)VMware Infrastructure
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (100.00 %)VMware
21 (33.33 %)Red Hat