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The table below looks at the demand for Debian Linux skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Debian over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDebian Linux
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
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£294£400
% change on same period last year-26.56 %
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£25.00-
% change on same period last year-
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads474756
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.762 %0.812 %
Daily rates quoted115147
Average minimum daily rate£295£308
Average daily rate£313£320
% change on same period last year-2.39 %
Average maximum daily rate£330£333
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£321
% change on same period last year-1.38 %
Hourly rates quoted6193
Average minimum hourly rate£21.84£16.33
Average hourly rate£23.10£17.45
% change on same period last year+32.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.36£18.57
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.91£21.94
% change on same period last year-0.17 %
Debian UKDebian
UK

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.

Debian
Demand Trend

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

Scotland Debian Demand Trend

Debian
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Debian Hourly Rate Trend

Debian
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Debian 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 Debian.

14 (100.00 %)MySQL
14 (100.00 %)Linux
14 (100.00 %)Red Hat
14 (100.00 %)Red Hat Linux
23 (75.00 %)Finance
31 (25.00 %)Degree
31 (25.00 %)Time Management
31 (25.00 %)Health
31 (25.00 %)Configuration Management

Debian
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Debian 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 Debian. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (100.00 %)MySQL
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (75.00 %)Finance
21 (25.00 %)Health
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Analyst
12 (50.00 %)Operations Analyst
21 (25.00 %)MySQL DBA
21 (25.00 %)DBA
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (100.00 %)Linux
14 (100.00 %)Red Hat Linux
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)Configuration Management
11 (25.00 %)Time Management
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (25.00 %)Degree
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (100.00 %)Red Hat