The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle 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 Oracle Linux over the 3 months to 21 May 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.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Linux (formerly Oracle Enterprise Linux)
Rank 203 232 247
Rank change year-on-year
+29 +15
Contract jobs citing Oracle Linux 17 13 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.215% 0.128% 0.058%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.945% 0.615% 0.248%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 0
Average daily rate £450 £405 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £338 £270
% change year-on-year
+11.11% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Operating Systems
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
1798 2115 2415
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 22.70% 20.82% 23.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 809 859 855
Average daily rate £330 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.53% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £160 £198
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 332 317
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.00 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.94% -8.10%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.75 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Oracle Linux
England

Oracle Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Oracle Linux Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle Linux
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Oracle Linux Daily Rate Trend

Oracle Linux
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle Linux across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South East Oracle Linux Daily Rate Histogram

Oracle Linux
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle Linux within the South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
Hampshire -4 14 £450 +11.11%
Berkshire +11 3 - -
Oracle Linux
England

Oracle Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Oracle 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 Oracle Linux.

1 22 (100.00%) Oracle
1 22 (100.00%) Linux
2 21 (95.45%) Microsoft
3 19 (86.36%) MS Excel
4 18 (81.82%) Windows
4 18 (81.82%) Windows Server 2003
4 18 (81.82%) Security Cleared
5 17 (77.27%) Red Hat
6 16 (72.73%) SC Cleared
7 14 (63.64%) Configuration Management
7 14 (63.64%) VMware
7 14 (63.64%) LAN
7 14 (63.64%) WAN
8 13 (59.09%) ITIL
8 13 (59.09%) SAN
9 10 (45.45%) Wireless
9 10 (45.45%) 3G
9 10 (45.45%) PSTN
9 10 (45.45%) VoIP
9 10 (45.45%) GPRS
9 10 (45.45%) VMware Infrastructure
10 9 (40.91%) Oracle 11g
10 9 (40.91%) Information Security
10 9 (40.91%) UNIX
10 9 (40.91%) Oracle 8/8i
10 9 (40.91%) Perl
10 9 (40.91%) Management Information System
10 9 (40.91%) Risk Management
11 8 (36.36%) PRINCE2
11 8 (36.36%) SQL

Oracle Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Oracle 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 Oracle Linux. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (22.73%) jQuery
1 5 (22.73%) Ajax
1 5 (22.73%) HTML
1 5 (22.73%) CSS
2 4 (18.18%) SAML
3 3 (13.64%) COM
Application Platforms
1 5 (22.73%) Oracle Application Server
2 4 (18.18%) Apache
2 4 (18.18%) Tomcat
2 4 (18.18%) GlassFish
3 1 (4.545%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (4.545%) WebLogic
Applications
1 19 (86.36%) MS Excel
2 7 (31.82%) MS Office
3 5 (22.73%) MS PowerPoint
3 5 (22.73%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 14 (63.64%) LAN
1 14 (63.64%) WAN
2 13 (59.09%) SAN
3 10 (45.45%) Wireless
3 10 (45.45%) 3G
3 10 (45.45%) PSTN
3 10 (45.45%) VoIP
3 10 (45.45%) GPRS
4 4 (18.18%) SSL
4 4 (18.18%) MPLS
4 4 (18.18%) Firewall
4 4 (18.18%) IPsec
4 4 (18.18%) ATM
4 4 (18.18%) Broadband
4 4 (18.18%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (40.91%) Oracle 11g
1 9 (40.91%) Oracle 8/8i
2 5 (22.73%) Oracle BI EE
2 5 (22.73%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (22.73%) Oracle OWB
2 5 (22.73%) Oracle 10g
3 4 (18.18%) Oracle Discoverer
3 4 (18.18%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (18.18%) SQL Server
3 4 (18.18%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (18.18%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (4.545%) SQLPlus
4 1 (4.545%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 5 (22.73%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (4.545%) Jenkins
2 1 (4.545%) Hudson
2 1 (4.545%) Subversion
General
1 1 (4.545%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (45.45%) Architect
2 7 (31.82%) Technical Architect
3 5 (22.73%) Developer
4 4 (18.18%) Technical Writer
4 4 (18.18%) Oracle Developer
5 2 (9.091%) Author
5 2 (9.091%) Technical Author
5 2 (9.091%) Infrastructure Architect
6 1 (4.545%) Security Technical Architect
6 1 (4.545%) Security Architect
6 1 (4.545%) Lead Technical Architect
6 1 (4.545%) Linux Specialist
6 1 (4.545%) Lead Architect
Miscellaneous
1 9 (40.91%) Management Information System
2 4 (18.18%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 22 (100.00%) Linux
2 18 (81.82%) Windows
2 18 (81.82%) Windows Server 2003
3 9 (40.91%) UNIX
4 8 (36.36%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (27.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (13.64%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (63.64%) Configuration Management
2 13 (59.09%) ITIL
3 9 (40.91%) Information Security
3 9 (40.91%) Risk Management
4 8 (36.36%) PRINCE2
5 5 (22.73%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (18.18%) Project Management
6 4 (18.18%) Migration
6 4 (18.18%) Identity Management
6 4 (18.18%) Time Management
7 3 (13.64%) System Testing
7 3 (13.64%) Business Continuity
8 2 (9.091%) Continuous Improvement
9 1 (4.545%) Unit Testing
9 1 (4.545%) Continuous Integration
9 1 (4.545%) Web Development
9 1 (4.545%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 9 (40.91%) Perl
2 8 (36.36%) SQL
3 6 (27.27%) C
4 5 (22.73%) JavaScript
4 5 (22.73%) PL/SQL
4 5 (22.73%) Shell Script
5 4 (18.18%) Java
5 4 (18.18%) PHP
Qualifications
1 18 (81.82%) Security Cleared
2 16 (72.73%) SC Cleared
3 5 (22.73%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.545%) OCP
4 1 (4.545%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.091%) JSP 440
System Software
1 10 (45.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (31.82%) Oracle RAC
3 4 (18.18%) Active Directory
3 4 (18.18%) VMware ESX
3 4 (18.18%) Xen
3 4 (18.18%) Hyper-V
3 4 (18.18%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Vendors
1 22 (100.00%) Oracle
2 21 (95.45%) Microsoft
3 17 (77.27%) Red Hat
4 14 (63.64%) VMware
5 5 (22.73%) Serena
6 4 (18.18%) Cisco
6 4 (18.18%) HP
6 4 (18.18%) JBoss
6 4 (18.18%) 3PAR
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