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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Red Hat products and/or services in IT contracts within the Scotland 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRed Hat
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank8293
Rank change on same period last yearUp+11
Matching contract IT job ads2135
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.030 %0.035 %
As % of the category below1.615 %2.208 %
Daily rates quoted22
Average minimum daily rate£390£275
Average daily rate£409£280
% change on same period last year+45.98 %
Average maximum daily rate£428£285
UK excluding London average daily rate£366£340
% change on same period last year+7.45 %
Hourly rates quoted41
Average minimum hourly rate£41.25£10.00
Average hourly rate£42.50£15.00
% change on same period last year+183.33 %
Average maximum hourly rate£43.75£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.53£34.76
% change on same period last year+2.23 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads13001585
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.847 %1.601 %
Daily rates quoted264310
Average minimum daily rate£321£314
Average daily rate£342£333
% change on same period last year+2.84 %
Average maximum daily rate£364£351
UK excluding London average daily rate£359£355
% change on same period last year+1.00 %
Hourly rates quoted110109
Average minimum hourly rate£21.01£19.29
Average hourly rate£21.88£20.43
% change on same period last year+7.08 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.74£21.57
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.38£24.36
% change on same period last year+0.06 %
Red Hat UKRed Hat
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.

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

Red Hat
Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Red Hat Hourly Rate Trend

Red Hat
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Red Hat across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Scotland Red Hat Hourly Rate Histogram

Red Hat
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Red Hat within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EdinburghDown-48£409+31.85 %
GlasgowUp+174--
AberdeenUp+24--
West LothianNew entry-3--
Red Hat UKRed Hat
UK

Red Hat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

149 (94.23 %)Linux
149 (94.23 %)Red Hat Linux
242 (80.77 %)UNIX
322 (42.31 %)Oracle
421 (40.38 %)Solaris
517 (32.69 %)NetBackup
615 (28.85 %)Shell Script
615 (28.85 %)VERITAS
714 (26.92 %)AIX
810 (19.23 %)SQL
99 (17.31 %)SAN
99 (17.31 %)Sun
99 (17.31 %)WebSphere
108 (15.38 %)Oracle 9i
108 (15.38 %)Oracle 10g
117 (13.46 %)IBM
117 (13.46 %)Oracle RAC
117 (13.46 %)Clustering
126 (11.54 %)Load Balancing
126 (11.54 %)Change Management
126 (11.54 %)CA SiteMinder
126 (11.54 %)SSL
126 (11.54 %)HTTP
135 (9.615 %)NFS
135 (9.615 %)Eclipse
135 (9.615 %)MySQL
135 (9.615 %)Perl
135 (9.615 %)Tru64
135 (9.615 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
135 (9.615 %)IBM HTTP Server

Red Hat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (17.31 %)WebSphere
21 (1.923 %)SOAP
21 (1.923 %)JMS
21 (1.923 %)Spring
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (9.615 %)IBM HTTP Server
22 (3.846 %)WebSphere Application Server
31 (1.923 %)JBoss
31 (1.923 %)Apache
31 (1.923 %)Oracle HTTP Server
31 (1.923 %)Oracle 10gAS
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (17.31 %)SAN
26 (11.54 %)HTTP
26 (11.54 %)SSL
34 (7.692 %)LDAP
43 (5.769 %)TCP/IP
52 (3.846 %)DNS
61 (1.923 %)ISDN
61 (1.923 %)PSTN
61 (1.923 %)SDH
61 (1.923 %)OSPF
61 (1.923 %)BGP
61 (1.923 %)Firewall
61 (1.923 %)Wireless
61 (1.923 %)Ethereal
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (15.38 %)Oracle 9i
18 (15.38 %)Oracle 10g
25 (9.615 %)MySQL
32 (3.846 %)Oracle 8/8i
32 (3.846 %)RDBMS
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (9.615 %)Eclipse
23 (5.769 %)PVCS
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (5.769 %)Finance
22 (3.846 %)Health
31 (1.923 %)Telecoms
31 (1.923 %)Education
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
114 (26.92 %)Administrator
210 (19.23 %)DBA
39 (17.31 %)Oracle DBA
48 (15.38 %)Systems Administrator
57 (13.46 %)Analyst
57 (13.46 %)UNIX Administrator
65 (9.615 %)Systems Engineer
74 (7.692 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
74 (7.692 %)UNIX Support
74 (7.692 %)Linux Support
74 (7.692 %)Support Analyst
83 (5.769 %)UNIX Systems Engineer
83 (5.769 %)Operations Analyst
83 (5.769 %)UNIX Engineer
83 (5.769 %)UNIX Support Analyst
92 (3.846 %)Linux Administrator
92 (3.846 %)Server Specialist
92 (3.846 %)Systems Support
92 (3.846 %)WebSphere Administrator
92 (3.846 %)Consultant
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (13.46 %)Clustering
21 (1.923 %)Computer Science
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
149 (94.23 %)Linux
149 (94.23 %)Red Hat Linux
242 (80.77 %)UNIX
321 (40.38 %)Solaris
414 (26.92 %)AIX
55 (9.615 %)Tru64
55 (9.615 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
64 (7.692 %)Debian
72 (3.846 %)Windows
81 (1.923 %)HPUX
81 (1.923 %)Windows 2000 Server
81 (1.923 %)Windows Server 2003
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (11.54 %)Change Management
16 (11.54 %)Load Balancing
24 (7.692 %)ITIL
32 (3.846 %)Release Management
32 (3.846 %)Migration
41 (1.923 %)Agile Software Development
41 (1.923 %)Time Management
41 (1.923 %)Configuration Management
41 (1.923 %)Security Management
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
115 (28.85 %)Shell Script
210 (19.23 %)SQL
35 (9.615 %)Perl
44 (7.692 %)Korn
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (3.846 %)Degree
21 (1.923 %)CCNP
21 (1.923 %)CCNA
21 (1.923 %)CCDA
21 (1.923 %)Cisco Certification
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
117 (32.69 %)NetBackup
27 (13.46 %)Oracle RAC
35 (9.615 %)NFS
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (11.54 %)CA SiteMinder
21 (1.923 %)MOM
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
122 (42.31 %)Oracle
215 (28.85 %)VERITAS
39 (17.31 %)Sun
47 (13.46 %)IBM
51 (1.923 %)Microsoft
51 (1.923 %)Cisco
51 (1.923 %)HP
51 (1.923 %)EMC
51 (1.923 %)Juniper
51 (1.923 %)Mercator