The first table below looks at the demand for Red Hat Enterprise 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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
Rank 146 158 132
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -26
Contract jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 79 82 124
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 1.014% 0.808% 1.195%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.473% 3.935% 5.059%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 44 44
Average daily rate £450 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £314 £300 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £585 £435 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £413 £350
% change year-on-year
-9.09% +17.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
Average hourly rate £37.50 £56.25 £31.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.33% +81.45%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.50 £33.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+7.57% +20.00%
All Operating Systems
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
1766 2084 2451
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 22.66% 20.54% 23.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 816 847 872
Average daily rate £335 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.07% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £170 £160 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 237 329 333
Average hourly rate £18.00 £17.00 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.88% -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 £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
England

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Red Hat Enterprise Linux Jobs Demand Trend

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Red Hat Enterprise Linux Daily Rate Trend

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East Red Hat Enterprise Linux Daily Rate Histogram

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hourly Rate Trend

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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 Enterprise Linux within the South East region over the 3 months to 24 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 -2 22 £400 +6.66%
Kent +13 19 £450 -
Surrey +8 13 £425 +6.25%
West Sussex +16 10 £585 +50.96%
Berkshire +6 7 £425 +13.33%
Buckinghamshire +4 3 - -
Middlesex +5 1 £375 -1.96%
Oxfordshire +3 1 - -
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
England

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Red Hat Enterprise 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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

1 139 (92.67%) Linux
2 130 (86.67%) Red Hat
3 69 (46.00%) Oracle
4 62 (41.33%) UNIX
5 60 (40.00%) Windows
6 43 (28.67%) VMware
7 36 (24.00%) Oracle 11g
8 34 (22.67%) Oracle RAC
9 33 (22.00%) Finance
9 33 (22.00%) AIX
9 33 (22.00%) SQL
10 31 (20.67%) Solaris
11 29 (19.33%) Microsoft
12 28 (18.67%) Apache
13 26 (17.33%) SAN
14 23 (15.33%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
15 21 (14.00%) VMware Infrastructure
16 20 (13.33%) Windows Server 2008
16 20 (13.33%) vSphere
17 19 (12.67%) Migration
18 17 (11.33%) NetApp
18 17 (11.33%) SQL Server
19 16 (10.67%) HPUX
19 16 (10.67%) Oracle 8/8i
19 16 (10.67%) MS Excel
19 16 (10.67%) Clustering
20 15 (10.00%) PHP
20 15 (10.00%) MySQL
21 14 (9.333%) Java
21 14 (9.333%) IBM

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Red Hat Enterprise 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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (4.667%) XML
2 6 (4.000%) HTML
3 5 (3.333%) Web Services
3 5 (3.333%) Spring
3 5 (3.333%) Middleware
4 4 (2.667%) Motif
4 4 (2.667%) wxWidgets
5 3 (2.000%) SAP PI
5 3 (2.000%) WebSphere
5 3 (2.000%) J2EE
5 3 (2.000%) SAP Basis
6 2 (1.333%) Hibernate
6 2 (1.333%) CSS
6 2 (1.333%) JSP
6 2 (1.333%) XSLT
6 2 (1.333%) XML Schema
6 2 (1.333%) JavaBeans
6 2 (1.333%) Java SE
6 2 (1.333%) Drools
6 2 (1.333%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 28 (18.67%) Apache
2 12 (8.000%) Tomcat
3 8 (5.333%) SharePoint
3 8 (5.333%) OpenEdge
3 8 (5.333%) SharePoint 2010
4 5 (3.333%) WebLogic
5 4 (2.667%) Oracle Application Server
6 3 (2.000%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.667%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.667%) nginx
7 1 (0.667%) GlassFish
7 1 (0.667%) WebLogic Portal
7 1 (0.667%) Commerce Server
7 1 (0.667%) WebSphere MQ
7 1 (0.667%) Documentum
7 1 (0.667%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 1 (0.667%) ActiveMQ
7 1 (0.667%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 16 (10.67%) MS Excel
2 3 (2.000%) MS Visio
2 3 (2.000%) MS Office
3 1 (0.667%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (0.667%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 8 (5.333%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.667%) WebTrends
2 1 (0.667%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 26 (17.33%) SAN
2 12 (8.000%) TCP/IP
3 8 (5.333%) NAS
4 6 (4.000%) LAN
4 6 (4.000%) WAN
4 6 (4.000%) Network Security
5 5 (3.333%) Cisco Nexus
5 5 (3.333%) VLAN
5 5 (3.333%) Kerberos
5 5 (3.333%) DNS
5 5 (3.333%) SSL
6 4 (2.667%) DVB
6 4 (2.667%) Broadband
6 4 (2.667%) Internet
7 3 (2.000%) Fibre Channel
7 3 (2.000%) ATM
7 3 (2.000%) VoIP
7 3 (2.000%) HTTP
7 3 (2.000%) IPv4
7 3 (2.000%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (24.00%) Oracle 11g
2 17 (11.33%) SQL Server
3 16 (10.67%) Oracle 8/8i
4 15 (10.00%) MySQL
5 14 (9.333%) SQL Server 2008
6 7 (4.667%) Oracle 10g
7 5 (3.333%) Ingres
8 4 (2.667%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (2.000%) BusinessObjects
9 3 (2.000%) OLTP
9 3 (2.000%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (1.333%) Oracle OWB
10 2 (1.333%) DB2
10 2 (1.333%) SQL Server 2005
10 2 (1.333%) Oracle BI EE
10 2 (1.333%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.667%) SAP Data Services
11 1 (0.667%) GIS
Development Applications
1 7 (4.667%) Subversion
2 6 (4.000%) ClearCase
3 5 (3.333%) ClearQuest
4 4 (2.667%) NUnit
4 4 (2.667%) CruiseControl
4 4 (2.667%) Ant
4 4 (2.667%) Rational Rose
4 4 (2.667%) CppUnit
4 4 (2.667%) GoogleTest
5 2 (1.333%) Maven
5 2 (1.333%) Eclipse
5 2 (1.333%) Oracle APEX
5 2 (1.333%) Git (software)
5 2 (1.333%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.667%) NWDI
6 1 (0.667%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.667%) Visual Studio
General
1 33 (22.00%) Finance
2 11 (7.333%) Banking
3 7 (4.667%) Telecoms
4 6 (4.000%) Investment Banking
5 3 (2.000%) Marketing
5 3 (2.000%) Retail
5 3 (2.000%) Multimedia
5 3 (2.000%) Financial Institution
6 2 (1.333%) Legal
7 1 (0.667%) Military
7 1 (0.667%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 32 (21.33%) DBA
2 31 (20.67%) Oracle DBA
3 19 (12.67%) Administrator
3 19 (12.67%) Architect
4 15 (10.00%) Senior Oracle DBA
4 15 (10.00%) Senior DBA
5 14 (9.333%) Analyst
6 13 (8.667%) Technical Architect
7 12 (8.000%) Systems Administrator
8 10 (6.667%) Linux Systems Administrator
8 10 (6.667%) Developer
9 9 (6.000%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 8 (5.333%) Linux Administrator
10 8 (5.333%) Linux Engineer
11 6 (4.000%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 5 (3.333%) Infrastructure Architect
12 5 (3.333%) Support Engineer
12 5 (3.333%) Systems Engineer
13 4 (2.667%) Solutions Architect
13 4 (2.667%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.67%) Clustering
2 4 (2.667%) MPEG
2 4 (2.667%) Derivative
3 3 (2.000%) Digital Media
3 3 (2.000%) Symmetrix DMX
3 3 (2.000%) LPAR
3 3 (2.000%) DLPAR
3 3 (2.000%) HACMP
3 3 (2.000%) N-Tier
3 3 (2.000%) Equities
3 3 (2.000%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.333%) CLARiiON
4 2 (1.333%) iSeries
4 2 (1.333%) Open Source
5 1 (0.667%) DataPower
5 1 (0.667%) FMCG
5 1 (0.667%) IPTV
5 1 (0.667%) Mathematics
5 1 (0.667%) NHS
5 1 (0.667%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 139 (92.67%) Linux
2 62 (41.33%) UNIX
3 60 (40.00%) Windows
4 33 (22.00%) AIX
5 31 (20.67%) Solaris
6 20 (13.33%) Windows Server 2008
7 16 (10.67%) HPUX
8 10 (6.667%) Windows Server 2003
9 6 (4.000%) Windows 7
9 6 (4.000%) Oracle Linux
10 5 (3.333%) CentOS
10 5 (3.333%) SUSE
11 4 (2.667%) Windows XP
12 3 (2.000%) Windows 2000
13 2 (1.333%) OpenBSD
13 2 (1.333%) FreeBSD
13 2 (1.333%) Windows 2000 Server
14 1 (0.667%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (12.67%) Migration
2 12 (8.000%) Project Management
3 10 (6.667%) Data Migration
4 9 (6.000%) ITIL
5 8 (5.333%) Configuration Management
6 6 (4.000%) Disaster Recovery
6 6 (4.000%) Service Delivery
6 6 (4.000%) Software Engineering
6 6 (4.000%) E-Commerce
6 6 (4.000%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (4.000%) Fund Management
7 5 (3.333%) Test Scripting
7 5 (3.333%) Continuous Integration
7 5 (3.333%) Service Management
7 5 (3.333%) Scrum
8 4 (2.667%) Unified Process
8 4 (2.667%) Agile Software Development
8 4 (2.667%) CRM
8 4 (2.667%) Data Modelling
8 4 (2.667%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 33 (22.00%) SQL
2 15 (10.00%) PHP
3 14 (9.333%) Java
4 13 (8.667%) Bash shell
4 13 (8.667%) Shell Script
4 13 (8.667%) Python
5 9 (6.000%) C
6 8 (5.333%) Perl
7 7 (4.667%) PL/SQL
8 6 (4.000%) JavaScript
9 5 (3.333%) C++
10 3 (2.000%) PowerShell
10 3 (2.000%) Korn
11 2 (1.333%) VBScript
11 2 (1.333%) VB
11 2 (1.333%) Scala
12 1 (0.667%) C#
Qualifications
1 14 (9.333%) Security Cleared
2 10 (6.667%) SC Cleared
3 7 (4.667%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 6 (4.000%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.000%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (2.000%) RHCE
6 2 (1.333%) JNCIP
6 2 (1.333%) SCSA
6 2 (1.333%) CCNP
6 2 (1.333%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.667%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.667%) HPUX Certification
7 1 (0.667%) CCNA
7 1 (0.667%) RHCT
7 1 (0.667%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.667%) PCI DSS
1 1 (0.667%) SLA
System Software
1 34 (22.67%) Oracle RAC
2 21 (14.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (13.33%) vSphere
4 12 (8.000%) Active Directory
4 12 (8.000%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (7.333%) VMware ESX
6 6 (4.000%) Veritas Volume Manager
7 5 (3.333%) XenApp
7 5 (3.333%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 5 (3.333%) NFS
8 3 (2.000%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (1.333%) Xen
9 2 (1.333%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.667%) VirtualBox
10 1 (0.667%) Veritas File System
10 1 (0.667%) Postfix
10 1 (0.667%) Sendmail
10 1 (0.667%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.667%) Squid
10 1 (0.667%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 23 (15.33%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 9 (6.000%) Puppet
3 4 (2.667%) NetBackup
3 4 (2.667%) Tivoli
4 3 (2.000%) HP Quality Center
4 3 (2.000%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 3 (2.000%) Nagios
5 2 (1.333%) Red Hat Satellite
6 1 (0.667%) Cobbler
6 1 (0.667%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.667%) BMC PATROL
6 1 (0.667%) Control-M
6 1 (0.667%) Legato
6 1 (0.667%) OpenView
6 1 (0.667%) Foglight
Vendors
1 130 (86.67%) Red Hat
2 69 (46.00%) Oracle
3 43 (28.67%) VMware
4 29 (19.33%) Microsoft
5 17 (11.33%) NetApp
6 14 (9.333%) IBM
6 14 (9.333%) EMC
7 13 (8.667%) HP
8 12 (8.000%) JBoss
9 9 (6.000%) Cisco
10 7 (4.667%) Veritas
11 5 (3.333%) Sun
12 4 (2.667%) Intel
12 4 (2.667%) Brocade
13 3 (2.000%) Citrix
13 3 (2.000%) Business Objects
13 3 (2.000%) SAP
13 3 (2.000%) Sybase
14 2 (1.333%) Remedy
14 2 (1.333%) Serena
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