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This section looks at the demand for Novell SUSE 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 SUSE over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkNovell SUSE Linux
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 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£425£289
% change on same period last year+47.18 %
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£32.40£35.25
% change on same period last year-8.08 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads542830
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.715 %0.827 %
Daily rates quoted92177
Average minimum daily rate£268£320
Average daily rate£287£336
% change on same period last year-14.70 %
Average maximum daily rate£305£353
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£336
% change on same period last year-2.15 %
Hourly rates quoted7297
Average minimum hourly rate£18.18£16.93
Average hourly rate£19.59£18.11
% change on same period last year+8.19 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.01£19.29
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.12£22.83
% change on same period last year-3.10 %
SUSE UKSUSE
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.

SUSE
Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland SUSE Hourly Rate Trend

SUSE
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

11 (100.00 %)UNIX
11 (100.00 %)Solaris
11 (100.00 %)Linux
11 (100.00 %)Sun
11 (100.00 %)SAN
11 (100.00 %)VERITAS
11 (100.00 %)Red Hat
11 (100.00 %)Red Hat Linux

SUSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (100.00 %)SAN
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Systems Administrator
11 (100.00 %)Administrator
11 (100.00 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
11 (100.00 %)UNIX Administrator
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)UNIX
11 (100.00 %)Solaris
11 (100.00 %)Linux
11 (100.00 %)Red Hat Linux
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)Sun
11 (100.00 %)VERITAS
11 (100.00 %)Red Hat