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Linux Contracts in the South East

Browse 245 Linux job vacancies in the South East

The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the South East region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

3 months to
19 Jun 2013

Same period 2012

Same period 2011

Linux

Rank

Rank change year-on-year

-2

Contract jobs citing Linux

456

490

582

As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East

5.694%

4.902%

5.491%

As % of the Operating Systems category

24.04%

24.39%

23.66%

Number of daily rates quoted

225

196

174

Average daily rate

£400

£350

Average daily rate % change year-on-year

+14.28%

90% offered a daily rate of more than

£273

£225

£220

10% offered a daily rate of more than

£500

£460

£480

UK excluding London average daily rate

£350

£345

% change year-on-year

+1.44%

Number of hourly rates quoted

Average hourly rate

£37.50

£40.00

£34.50

Average hourly rate % change year-on-year

-6.25%

+15.94%

90% offered a hourly rate of more than

£22.25

£28.95

£12.80

10% offered a hourly rate of more than

£45.50

£50.00

£42.50

UK excluding London average hourly rate

£37.50

£40.00

£32.50

% change year-on-year

-6.25%

+23.07%

All Operating Systems
South East

Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category

1897

2009

2460

As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East

23.69%

20.10%

23.21%

Number of daily rates quoted

916

792

924

Average daily rate

£340

£325

Average daily rate % change year-on-year

+4.61%

90% offered a daily rate of more than

£175

£160

£185

10% offered a daily rate of more than

£475

£450

UK excluding London average daily rate

£325

Number of hourly rates quoted

257

330

360

Average hourly rate

£18.00

£17.50

£16.75

Average hourly rate % change year-on-year

+2.85%

+4.47%

90% offered a hourly rate of more than

£12.50

£11.50

£11.00

10% offered a hourly rate of more than

£40.00

£45.00

£39.00

UK excluding London average hourly rate

£16.00

£17.50

£16.00

% change year-on-year

-8.57%

+9.37%

Linux
England

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Linux across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Linux
Daily Rate Trend

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

Linux
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Linux across the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Linux
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Linux
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Linux across the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Linux
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location (Click each for more statistics)	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Find Job Vacancies
Hampshire	+9	160	£350	-	76
Berkshire	+9	107	£375	+15.38%	45
Surrey	0	70	£425	+18.05%	54
West Sussex	+18	32	£445	+14.83%	9
Kent	+11	23	£450	+33.33%	13
Oxfordshire	-17	18	£475	+35.71%	21
Buckinghamshire	-26	18	£320	-5.18%	19
Middlesex	+6	17	£363	+2.11%	1
M4 Corridor	0	4	-	-
Home Counties	-3	2	£210	-47.50%
Thames Valley	-	-	-	-
Sussex	-	-	-	-
East Sussex	-	-	-	-	4
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Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

1	333 (39.60%)	Windows
2	319 (37.93%)	UNIX
3	271 (32.22%)	Oracle
4	211 (25.09%)	Red Hat
5	188 (22.35%)	SQL
6	160 (19.02%)	VMware
7	152 (18.07%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8	138 (16.41%)	Security Cleared
9	136 (16.17%)	Java
10	133 (15.81%)	Microsoft
11	127 (15.10%)	C++
12	113 (13.44%)	C
13	112 (13.32%)	Solaris
14	110 (13.08%)	Finance
15	109 (12.96%)	Perl

16	106 (12.60%)	ITIL
17	102 (12.13%)	MySQL
17	102 (12.13%)	Apache
18	99 (11.77%)	Telecoms
19	98 (11.65%)	SC Cleared
20	93 (11.06%)	SAN
21	91 (10.82%)	VMware Infrastructure
22	89 (10.58%)	TCP/IP
23	86 (10.23%)	PHP
24	84 (9.988%)	SQL Server
24	84 (9.988%)	Oracle 11g
25	82 (9.750%)	Shell Script
26	80 (9.512%)	AIX
27	76 (9.037%)	OO
27	76 (9.037%)	HP

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

Application Development
1	69 (8.205%)	XML
2	59 (7.015%)	HTML
3	48 (5.707%)	jQuery
4	44 (5.232%)	CSS
5	36 (4.281%)	Web Services
6	31 (3.686%)	Middleware
7	28 (3.329%)	OpenGL
8	26 (3.092%)	WebSphere
8	26 (3.092%)	.NET
9	25 (2.973%)	Ajax
10	24 (2.854%)	Spring
10	24 (2.854%)	Hibernate
11	20 (2.378%)	LAMP
12	19 (2.259%)	Motif
13	18 (2.140%)	STL
13	18 (2.140%)	JDBC
14	17 (2.021%)	Boost C++ Libraries
15	15 (1.784%)	JSP
15	15 (1.784%)	J2EE
16	14 (1.665%)	HTML5

Application Platforms
1	102 (12.13%)	Apache
2	43 (5.113%)	Tomcat
3	31 (3.686%)	WebLogic
4	25 (2.973%)	SharePoint
5	19 (2.259%)	MS Exchange
6	15 (1.784%)	Oracle SOA Suite
7	14 (1.665%)	IIS
8	13 (1.546%)	CMS
9	10 (1.189%)	GlassFish
10	9 (1.070%)	Oracle Application Server
11	8 (0.951%)	OpenEdge
11	8 (0.951%)	SharePoint 2010
11	8 (0.951%)	ESB
12	7 (0.832%)	Exchange Server 2003
12	7 (0.832%)	Exchange Server 2007
12	7 (0.832%)	Drupal
12	7 (0.832%)	Exchange Server 2010
12	7 (0.832%)	Amazon AWS
13	6 (0.713%)	SAS
13	6 (0.713%)	CM System

Applications
1	74 (8.799%)	MS Excel
2	27 (3.210%)	MS Office
3	12 (1.427%)	MS Visio
4	10 (1.189%)	MS PowerPoint
5	3 (0.357%)	MS Project
6	2 (0.238%)	Photoshop
7	1 (0.119%)	Doxygen
7	1 (0.119%)	Google Apps
7	1 (0.119%)	Acrobat
7	1 (0.119%)	QuarkXPress

Business Applications
1	14 (1.665%)	Remedy ITSM
2	10 (1.189%)	Oracle EBS
3	8 (0.951%)	Oracle Applications
3	8 (0.951%)	Dynamics NAV
4	7 (0.832%)	AWD
5	3 (0.357%)	Oracle 11i
6	2 (0.238%)	Oracle EBS R12
6	2 (0.238%)	Misys Midas
7	1 (0.119%)	Dynamics CRM
7	1 (0.119%)	3000 Xtra
7	1 (0.119%)	Oracle Financials

Communications & Networking
1	93 (11.06%)	SAN
2	89 (10.58%)	TCP/IP
3	46 (5.470%)	Firewall
4	44 (5.232%)	LAN
4	44 (5.232%)	WAN
5	39 (4.637%)	VoIP
6	34 (4.043%)	DNS
7	32 (3.805%)	HTTP
8	28 (3.329%)	SSL
9	27 (3.210%)	Internet
10	25 (2.973%)	NAS
11	24 (2.854%)	3G
12	23 (2.735%)	Wireless
12	23 (2.735%)	DHCP
13	20 (2.378%)	LDAP
14	19 (2.259%)	LTE
14	19 (2.259%)	DVB
14	19 (2.259%)	SMTP
15	18 (2.140%)	ATM
16	17 (2.021%)	IPsec

Database & Business Intelligence
1	102 (12.13%)	MySQL
2	84 (9.988%)	SQL Server
2	84 (9.988%)	Oracle 11g
3	48 (5.707%)	Oracle 10g
4	47 (5.589%)	PostgreSQL
5	37 (4.400%)	Data Warehouse
6	32 (3.805%)	SQL Server 2008
7	31 (3.686%)	Oracle 8/8i
8	18 (2.140%)	Oracle OWB
8	18 (2.140%)	Oracle BI EE
9	16 (1.902%)	SQL Server 2005
10	14 (1.665%)	Ingres
11	13 (1.546%)	Oracle Reports
12	12 (1.427%)	DB2
13	9 (1.070%)	NoSQL
14	6 (0.713%)	Oracle Exadata
15	5 (0.595%)	Data Mart
15	5 (0.595%)	TimesTen
15	5 (0.595%)	SQL Server 2012
15	5 (0.595%)	TOAD

Development Applications
1	72 (8.561%)	Subversion
2	42 (4.994%)	ClearCase
3	29 (3.448%)	Ant
4	28 (3.329%)	Git (software)
5	25 (2.973%)	NUnit
6	23 (2.735%)	Eclipse
7	20 (2.378%)	JUnit
8	19 (2.259%)	GoogleTest
8	19 (2.259%)	CppUnit
8	19 (2.259%)	Maven
9	18 (2.140%)	Oracle APEX
10	16 (1.902%)	ClearQuest
11	15 (1.784%)	Jenkins
12	14 (1.665%)	GDB
12	14 (1.665%)	CruiseControl
13	13 (1.546%)	Hudson
14	12 (1.427%)	GCC
14	12 (1.427%)	Selenium
15	11 (1.308%)	Trac
16	10 (1.189%)	Rational Rose

General
1	110 (13.08%)	Finance
2	99 (11.77%)	Telecoms
3	27 (3.210%)	Banking
4	24 (2.854%)	Electronics
5	18 (2.140%)	Retail
6	12 (1.427%)	Manufacturing
6	12 (1.427%)	Investment Banking
7	9 (1.070%)	Publishing
7	9 (1.070%)	Military
8	8 (0.951%)	Marketing
9	7 (0.832%)	Games
10	5 (0.595%)	Legal
10	5 (0.595%)	Financial Institution
11	4 (0.476%)	Multimedia
12	3 (0.357%)	General Ledger
13	2 (0.238%)	Back Office
13	2 (0.238%)	Automotive
13	2 (0.238%)	Pharmaceutical
14	1 (0.119%)	Law

Job Titles
1	145 (17.24%)	Developer
2	92 (10.94%)	Software Engineer
3	78 (9.275%)	Administrator
4	68 (8.086%)	DBA
5	67 (7.967%)	Analyst
6	58 (6.897%)	Oracle DBA
7	52 (6.183%)	Architect
8	42 (4.994%)	Consultant
9	40 (4.756%)	Systems Administrator
10	38 (4.518%)	Systems Engineer
11	35 (4.162%)	Support Engineer
11	35 (4.162%)	Linux Administrator
12	28 (3.329%)	Java Developer
12	28 (3.329%)	Senior Oracle DBA
12	28 (3.329%)	PHP Developer
12	28 (3.329%)	Senior DBA
13	26 (3.092%)	Project Manager
14	25 (2.973%)	Technical Architect
14	25 (2.973%)	Linux Engineer
15	24 (2.854%)	Linux Systems Administrator

Miscellaneous
1	40 (4.756%)	Clustering
2	39 (4.637%)	Management Information System
2	39 (4.637%)	Open Source
3	32 (3.805%)	Computer Science
4	26 (3.092%)	DTV
5	23 (2.735%)	Embedded Systems
6	18 (2.140%)	Device Driver
7	13 (1.546%)	Mathematics
7	13 (1.546%)	STB
7	13 (1.546%)	Digital Media
8	10 (1.189%)	Mainframe
8	10 (1.189%)	Smartphone
9	9 (1.070%)	Cryptography
9	9 (1.070%)	iPhone
9	9 (1.070%)	3D Graphics
9	9 (1.070%)	Replication
10	8 (0.951%)	Blackberry
10	8 (0.951%)	Cloud Computing
10	8 (0.951%)	iPad
11	7 (0.832%)	CMDB

Operating Systems
1	333 (39.60%)	Windows
2	319 (37.93%)	UNIX
3	152 (18.07%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4	112 (13.32%)	Solaris
5	80 (9.512%)	AIX
6	62 (7.372%)	Windows Server 2003
6	62 (7.372%)	Windows Server 2008
7	41 (4.875%)	Embedded Linux
8	35 (4.162%)	HPUX
9	31 (3.686%)	Oracle Linux
10	27 (3.210%)	CentOS
11	22 (2.616%)	SUSE
12	17 (2.021%)	Android
12	17 (2.021%)	Windows XP
13	14 (1.665%)	Windows 7
14	10 (1.189%)	Windows 2000
15	6 (0.713%)	Debian
15	6 (0.713%)	Ubuntu
16	4 (0.476%)	Windows Server 2012
16	4 (0.476%)	Fedora

Processes & Methodologies
1	106 (12.60%)	ITIL
2	76 (9.037%)	OO
3	64 (7.610%)	Migration
4	61 (7.253%)	Configuration Management
5	59 (7.015%)	UML
6	49 (5.826%)	OOD
7	42 (4.994%)	Agile Software Development
8	40 (4.756%)	Multithreading
8	40 (4.756%)	TDD
9	31 (3.686%)	Project Management
10	29 (3.448%)	Scrum
10	29 (3.448%)	Continuous Integration
11	28 (3.329%)	E-Commerce
12	26 (3.092%)	Disaster Recovery
13	25 (2.973%)	MVC
14	24 (2.854%)	Software Engineering
14	24 (2.854%)	Release Management
14	24 (2.854%)	Business Intelligence
14	24 (2.854%)	Information Security
15	23 (2.735%)	PRINCE2

Programming Languages
1	188 (22.35%)	SQL
2	136 (16.17%)	Java
3	127 (15.10%)	C++
4	113 (13.44%)	C
5	109 (12.96%)	Perl
6	86 (10.23%)	PHP
7	82 (9.750%)	Shell Script
8	74 (8.799%)	JavaScript
9	61 (7.253%)	Bash shell
10	47 (5.589%)	Python
11	25 (2.973%)	PL/SQL
12	24 (2.854%)	C#
13	22 (2.616%)	PowerShell
14	17 (2.021%)	Korn
15	15 (1.784%)	GLSL
16	12 (1.427%)	VBScript
16	12 (1.427%)	VB
17	11 (1.308%)	Embedded C
18	10 (1.189%)	Embedded C++
19	9 (1.070%)	XPath

Qualifications
1	138 (16.41%)	Security Cleared
2	98 (11.65%)	SC Cleared
3	70 (8.323%)	Degree
4	25 (2.973%)	Cisco Certification
5	21 (2.497%)	Microsoft Certification
6	14 (1.665%)	CCNA
7	12 (1.427%)	MCSE
7	12 (1.427%)	DV Cleared
8	11 (1.308%)	ISEB
9	10 (1.189%)	CCNP
10	8 (0.951%)	RHCE
10	8 (0.951%)	VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11	7 (0.832%)	ITIL Certification
11	7 (0.832%)	MCP
12	6 (0.713%)	IBM Certification
12	6 (0.713%)	HP AIS
12	6 (0.713%)	ISEB Practitioner
13	4 (0.476%)	RHCT
13	4 (0.476%)	JNCIP
14	3 (0.357%)	ACSA

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	19 (2.259%)	SLA
2	17 (2.021%)	QA
3	8 (0.951%)	ISO 9001
4	7 (0.832%)	PCI DSS
5	3 (0.357%)	ISO/IEC 27001
6	2 (0.238%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
6	2 (0.238%)	JSP 440
6	2 (0.238%)	Data Quality
7	1 (0.119%)	JTAG
7	1 (0.119%)	TickIT

System Software
1	91 (10.82%)	VMware Infrastructure
2	72 (8.561%)	Oracle RAC
3	64 (7.610%)	Active Directory
4	31 (3.686%)	vSphere
5	27 (3.210%)	VMware ESX
6	22 (2.616%)	VMware ESXi
7	18 (2.140%)	NFS
7	18 (2.140%)	Hyper-V
8	13 (1.546%)	Veritas Volume Manager
8	13 (1.546%)	Veritas Cluster Server
9	9 (1.070%)	Xen
9	9 (1.070%)	Squid
10	8 (0.951%)	XenApp
11	7 (0.832%)	VMware Server
11	7 (0.832%)	Nmap
12	6 (0.713%)	Terminal Services
12	6 (0.713%)	VMware Workstation
13	5 (0.595%)	Postfix
14	4 (0.476%)	Shibboleth
14	4 (0.476%)	Snort

Systems Management
1	37 (4.400%)	Oracle Enterprise Manager
2	20 (2.378%)	Puppet
3	18 (2.140%)	HP Quality Center
4	15 (1.784%)	NetBackup
4	15 (1.784%)	Nagios
5	10 (1.189%)	Control-M
6	9 (1.070%)	SCCM
6	9 (1.070%)	Tivoli
7	7 (0.832%)	Tivoli Storage Manager
8	6 (0.713%)	Backup Exec
8	6 (0.713%)	Data Guard
9	5 (0.595%)	SCOM
10	3 (0.357%)	CA Endevor
11	2 (0.238%)	AppManager
11	2 (0.238%)	Cisco IPCC
11	2 (0.238%)	HP Data Protector
12	1 (0.119%)	Netcool/Webtop
12	1 (0.119%)	WSUS
12	1 (0.119%)	Nessus
12	1 (0.119%)	HP SIM

Vendors
1	271 (32.22%)	Oracle
2	211 (25.09%)	Red Hat
3	160 (19.02%)	VMware
4	133 (15.81%)	Microsoft
5	76 (9.037%)	HP
6	65 (7.729%)	IBM
7	60 (7.134%)	Cisco
8	34 (4.043%)	Citrix
9	32 (3.805%)	EMC
10	31 (3.686%)	JBoss
11	28 (3.329%)	NetApp
12	25 (2.973%)	Veritas
13	24 (2.854%)	BMC
14	22 (2.616%)	Zend
15	20 (2.378%)	Greenplum
16	17 (2.021%)	Remedy
17	13 (1.546%)	SAP
18	12 (1.427%)	Juniper
18	12 (1.427%)	CheckPoint
19	11 (1.308%)	Novell

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