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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 Reading 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRed Hat
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank6272
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching contract IT job ads101
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.001 %
As % of the category below1.786 %0.200 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£250-
Average daily rate£265-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£280-
UK excluding London average daily rate£359£355
% change on same period last year+1.22 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£27.00-
Average hourly rate£27.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£27.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.77£31.12
% change on same period last year-10.75 %
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Reading
Matching contract IT job ads560500
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.746 %0.506 %
Daily rates quoted149169
Average minimum daily rate£311£353
Average daily rate£330£385
% change on same period last year-14.34 %
Average maximum daily rate£349£417
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£359
% change on same period last year-0.40 %
Hourly rates quoted5550
Average minimum hourly rate£21.90£24.88
Average hourly rate£23.45£26.67
% change on same period last year-12.07 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.00£28.46
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.25£24.99
% change on same period last year-6.94 %
Red Hat BerkshireRed Hat
Berkshire

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 RedHat.

Red Hat
Demand Trend

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

Reading Red Hat Demand Trend

Red Hat
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading Red Hat Daily Rate 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 Reading region.

Reading Red Hat Hourly Rate Trend

Red Hat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

119 (100.00 %)Linux
213 (68.42 %)MySQL
312 (63.16 %)PHP
312 (63.16 %)HTML
312 (63.16 %)JavaScript
312 (63.16 %)CSS
312 (63.16 %)XML
312 (63.16 %)XSLT
312 (63.16 %)Python
312 (63.16 %)XHTML
312 (63.16 %)CMS
312 (63.16 %)LAMP
312 (63.16 %)Subversion
312 (63.16 %)Drupal
312 (63.16 %)PHP5
411 (57.89 %)Apache
59 (47.37 %)Content Management
68 (42.11 %)Tomcat
76 (31.58 %)Migration
84 (21.05 %)UNIX
84 (21.05 %)Windows
93 (15.79 %)WebServices
93 (15.79 %)Perl
93 (15.79 %)SQL
93 (15.79 %)Data Migration
93 (15.79 %)Exchange Server 2003
102 (10.53 %)IIS
102 (10.53 %)AIX
102 (10.53 %)Cisco
102 (10.53 %)MS Exchange

Red Hat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (63.16 %)XML
112 (63.16 %)XSLT
112 (63.16 %)XHTML
112 (63.16 %)LAMP
112 (63.16 %)Drupal
112 (63.16 %)HTML
112 (63.16 %)CSS
23 (15.79 %)WebServices
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
112 (63.16 %)CMS
211 (57.89 %)Apache
38 (42.11 %)Tomcat
43 (15.79 %)Exchange Server 2003
52 (10.53 %)IIS
52 (10.53 %)MS Exchange
61 (5.263 %)Oracle Application Server
61 (5.263 %)Exchange Server 5.5
61 (5.263 %)Exchange Server 2007
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (5.263 %)MS Office
11 (5.263 %)MS Excel
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (10.53 %)SAN
12 (10.53 %)Internet
12 (10.53 %)Firewall
21 (5.263 %)Wireless
21 (5.263 %)3G
21 (5.263 %)NetScreen
21 (5.263 %)Intranet
21 (5.263 %)Broadband
21 (5.263 %)GPRS
21 (5.263 %)WAN
21 (5.263 %)DNS
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (68.42 %)MySQL
21 (5.263 %)SQL Server
21 (5.263 %)SQL Server 7
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (63.16 %)Subversion
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (5.263 %)Education
11 (5.263 %)Publishing
11 (5.263 %)Billing
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
114 (73.68 %)Developer
211 (57.89 %)Web Developer
34 (21.05 %)PHP Developer
43 (15.79 %)PHP Web Developer
52 (10.53 %)Support Engineer
52 (10.53 %)Technical Engineer
61 (5.263 %)Perl Developer
61 (5.263 %)3rd Line Support
61 (5.263 %)Technical Support Engineer
61 (5.263 %)Network Engineer
61 (5.263 %)Technical Support
61 (5.263 %)UNIX Support
61 (5.263 %)UNIX Engineer
61 (5.263 %)UNIX Support Engineer
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.263 %)Clustering
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
119 (100.00 %)Linux
24 (21.05 %)UNIX
24 (21.05 %)Windows
32 (10.53 %)AIX
32 (10.53 %)SUSE
41 (5.263 %)Debian
41 (5.263 %)Embedded Linux
41 (5.263 %)HPUX
41 (5.263 %)Solaris
41 (5.263 %)Windows 2000
41 (5.263 %)Windows XP
41 (5.263 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (5.263 %)Tru64
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (47.37 %)Content Management
26 (31.58 %)Migration
33 (15.79 %)Data Migration
41 (5.263 %)Project Management
41 (5.263 %)E-business
41 (5.263 %)Security Management
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (63.16 %)JavaScript
112 (63.16 %)Python
112 (63.16 %)PHP
112 (63.16 %)PHP5
23 (15.79 %)SQL
23 (15.79 %)Perl
31 (5.263 %)C
31 (5.263 %)C++
31 (5.263 %)Embedded C
31 (5.263 %)Embedded C++
31 (5.263 %)Assembly Language
31 (5.263 %)Shell Script
31 (5.263 %)VC++
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (10.53 %)Cisco Certification
21 (5.263 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (5.263 %)MCSE
21 (5.263 %)CCNA
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (5.263 %)SLA
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (5.263 %)Active Directory
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (5.263 %)OpenView
11 (5.263 %)Tivoli
11 (5.263 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (10.53 %)Cisco
12 (10.53 %)Microsoft
12 (10.53 %)HP
21 (5.263 %)EMC
21 (5.263 %)CA
21 (5.263 %)CheckPoint
21 (5.263 %)VMware
21 (5.263 %)Altiris
21 (5.263 %)Sun
21 (5.263 %)IBM
21 (5.263 %)Oracle
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