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This section looks at the demand for Linux skills within the Slough region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLinux
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3935
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads31
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.001 %
As % of the category below6.667 %1.333 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£320£300
Average daily rate£320£325
% change on same period last year-1.53 %
Average maximum daily rate£320£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£341
% change on same period last year+2.42 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£35.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.07£32.01
% change on same period last year-2.92 %
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Slough
Matching contract IT job ads4575
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.060 %0.076 %
Daily rates quoted535
Average minimum daily rate£251£349
Average daily rate£272£358
% change on same period last year-24.13 %
Average maximum daily rate£292£367
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£337
% change on same period last year-0.77 %
Hourly rates quoted228
Average minimum hourly rate£19.96£29.31
Average hourly rate£21.49£31.00
% change on same period last year-30.67 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.02£32.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.08£23.44
% change on same period last year-5.80 %
Linux BerkshireLinux
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.

Linux
Demand Trend

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

Slough Linux Demand Trend

Linux
Daily Rate Trend

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

Slough Linux Daily Rate Trend

Linux
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Slough Linux Hourly Rate Trend

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Slough region citing Linux 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 Linux.

18 (72.73 %)UNIX
24 (36.36 %)Oracle
33 (27.27 %)MySQL
33 (27.27 %)Perl
33 (27.27 %)Windows
33 (27.27 %)Shell Script
42 (18.18 %)HP
42 (18.18 %)SAN
42 (18.18 %)Oracle RMAN
42 (18.18 %)Sybase
42 (18.18 %)SQL
42 (18.18 %)Solaris
51 (9.091 %)Service Management
51 (9.091 %)Telecoms
51 (9.091 %)CMS
51 (9.091 %)LAMP
51 (9.091 %)Replication
51 (9.091 %)Apache
51 (9.091 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (9.091 %)Oracle 9i
51 (9.091 %)XHTML
51 (9.091 %)MS Excel
51 (9.091 %)MS Visio
51 (9.091 %)Ingres
51 (9.091 %)LAN
51 (9.091 %)SMS
51 (9.091 %)WAN
51 (9.091 %)WAP
51 (9.091 %)VMS
51 (9.091 %)FTP

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Slough region citing Linux 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 Linux. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (9.091 %)CSS
11 (9.091 %)XML
11 (9.091 %)XHTML
11 (9.091 %)WAP
11 (9.091 %)LAMP
11 (9.091 %)AJAX
11 (9.091 %)WebSphere
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (9.091 %)WebLogic
11 (9.091 %)IIS
11 (9.091 %)Apache
11 (9.091 %)ColdFusion
11 (9.091 %)CMS
11 (9.091 %)Joomla!
11 (9.091 %)Mambo
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (9.091 %)MS Excel
11 (9.091 %)MS Visio
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (18.18 %)SAN
21 (9.091 %)TELNET
21 (9.091 %)LAN
21 (9.091 %)SMS
21 (9.091 %)WAN
21 (9.091 %)FTP
21 (9.091 %)TCP/IP
21 (9.091 %)VPN
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (27.27 %)MySQL
21 (9.091 %)SQL Server
21 (9.091 %)Oracle 8/8i
21 (9.091 %)Oracle 9i
21 (9.091 %)Ingres
21 (9.091 %)RDBMS
21 (9.091 %)Oracle 10g
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (9.091 %)Pharmaceutical
11 (9.091 %)Telecoms
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (27.27 %)Programmer
22 (18.18 %)Analyst Programmer
22 (18.18 %)Developer
22 (18.18 %)Analyst
22 (18.18 %)DBA
22 (18.18 %)Oracle DBA
22 (18.18 %)Support Engineer
31 (9.091 %)Support Consultant
31 (9.091 %)Administrator
31 (9.091 %)Technical Support Engineer
31 (9.091 %)Analyst Developer
31 (9.091 %)UNIX Administrator
31 (9.091 %)Technical Engineer
31 (9.091 %)PHP Developer
31 (9.091 %)UNIX Engineer
31 (9.091 %)UNIX Support Engineer
31 (9.091 %)UNIX Support
31 (9.091 %)PHP Programmer
31 (9.091 %)Data Centre Engineer
31 (9.091 %)Software Programmer
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (9.091 %)Replication
11 (9.091 %)Web 2.0
11 (9.091 %)Social Network
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (72.73 %)UNIX
23 (27.27 %)Windows
32 (18.18 %)Solaris
41 (9.091 %)VMS
41 (9.091 %)AIX
41 (9.091 %)HPUX
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (9.091 %)ITIL
11 (9.091 %)Service Management
11 (9.091 %)Logistics
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (27.27 %)Perl
13 (27.27 %)Shell Script
22 (18.18 %)SQL
31 (9.091 %)PHP5
31 (9.091 %)PHP4
31 (9.091 %)PHP
31 (9.091 %)C
31 (9.091 %)JavaScript
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (9.091 %)CCNP
11 (9.091 %)CCNA
11 (9.091 %)Cisco Certification
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (18.18 %)Oracle RMAN
21 (9.091 %)Oracle RAC
21 (9.091 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (9.091 %)Tivoli
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (36.36 %)Oracle
22 (18.18 %)Sybase
22 (18.18 %)HP
31 (9.091 %)BEA
31 (9.091 %)Red Hat
31 (9.091 %)CheckPoint
31 (9.091 %)SAP
31 (9.091 %)IBM
31 (9.091 %)Microsoft
31 (9.091 %)Sun
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