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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Red Hat products and/or services in IT contracts within the South East region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Red Hat over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRed Hat
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank179156
Rank change on same period last yearDown-23
Matching contract IT job ads69150
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.092 %0.152 %
As % of the category below1.191 %1.968 %
Daily rates quoted1664
Average minimum daily rate£345£380
Average daily rate£353£389
% change on same period last year-9.15 %
Average maximum daily rate£361£397
UK excluding London average daily rate£359£355
% change on same period last year+1.22 %
Hourly rates quoted519
Average minimum hourly rate£26.50£30.85
Average hourly rate£26.50£33.18
% change on same period last year-20.12 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.50£35.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.77£31.12
% change on same period last year-10.75 %
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
South East
Matching contract IT job ads57937622
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled7.722 %7.711 %
Daily rates quoted12591853
Average minimum daily rate£335£346
Average daily rate£355£364
% change on same period last year-2.53 %
Average maximum daily rate£376£383
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£359
% change on same period last year-0.40 %
Hourly rates quoted777920
Average minimum hourly rate£21.89£24.18
Average hourly rate£23.28£25.72
% change on same period last year-9.50 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.67£27.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.25£24.99
% change on same period last year-6.94 %
Red Hat EnglandRed Hat
England

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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within RedHat.

Red Hat
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Red Hat across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

South East Red Hat Demand Trend

Red Hat
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Red Hat Daily Rate Trend

Red Hat
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Red Hat across the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

South East Red Hat Daily Rate Histogram

Red Hat
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Red Hat Hourly Rate Trend

Red Hat
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Red Hat across the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

South East Red Hat Hourly Rate Histogram

Red Hat
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Red Hat within the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BerkshireDown-1026£308-24.52 %
HampshireUp+2418£342-
SurreyDown-116--
OxfordshireDown-114--
MiddlesexUp+24£363-23.68 %
M4 CorridorUp+54£408-9.25 %
Thames ValleyUp+193--
SussexNew entry-1£430-
East SussexNew entry-1--
BuckinghamshireUp+121--
Red Hat EnglandRed Hat
England

Red Hat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Red Hat 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.

1191 (91.83 %)Linux
271 (34.13 %)UNIX
364 (30.77 %)Oracle
458 (27.88 %)MySQL
555 (26.44 %)Apache
643 (20.67 %)Solaris
742 (20.19 %)Windows
742 (20.19 %)HP
840 (19.23 %)Python
939 (18.75 %)Tomcat
1038 (18.27 %)SAN
1134 (16.35 %)Security Cleared
1231 (14.90 %)Perl
1330 (14.42 %)PHP
1428 (13.46 %)VMware
1428 (13.46 %)Java
1526 (12.50 %)SQL
1625 (12.02 %)Samba
1724 (11.54 %)SUSE
1823 (11.06 %)NFS
1823 (11.06 %)SC Cleared
1922 (10.58 %)Government
2021 (10.10 %)Oracle Applications
2021 (10.10 %)Sun
2021 (10.10 %)ITIL
2120 (9.615 %)XML
2219 (9.135 %)CMS
2219 (9.135 %)LAMP
2219 (9.135 %)Drupal
2318 (8.654 %)XSLT

Red Hat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Red Hat 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
120 (9.615 %)XML
219 (9.135 %)LAMP
219 (9.135 %)Drupal
318 (8.654 %)XSLT
416 (7.692 %)XHTML
416 (7.692 %)HTML
416 (7.692 %)CSS
510 (4.808 %)J2EE
68 (3.846 %)WebServices
68 (3.846 %)Middleware
77 (3.365 %)Java EE
85 (2.404 %)JMS
93 (1.442 %)JSP
93 (1.442 %)Servlets
93 (1.442 %)WebSphere
102 (0.962 %)JDBC
102 (0.962 %)COM+
102 (0.962 %).NET
111 (0.481 %)SOAP
111 (0.481 %)AJAX
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
155 (26.44 %)Apache
239 (18.75 %)Tomcat
319 (9.135 %)CMS
410 (4.808 %)MS Exchange
59 (4.327 %)IIS
68 (3.846 %)JBoss
68 (3.846 %)Exchange Server 2003
76 (2.885 %)Exchange Server 2007
76 (2.885 %)Oracle Application Server
85 (2.404 %)Oracle 10gAS
85 (2.404 %)WebLogic
92 (0.962 %)WebSphere Application Server
92 (0.962 %)Exchange Server 5.5
92 (0.962 %)Exchange Server 2000
101 (0.481 %)ATG Dynamo
101 (0.481 %)Oracle HTTP Server
101 (0.481 %)MQSeries
South East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (1.923 %)MS Excel
23 (1.442 %)MS Office
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
121 (10.10 %)Oracle Applications
26 (2.885 %)Oracle EBS
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
138 (18.27 %)SAN
217 (8.173 %)DNS
313 (6.250 %)TCP/IP
410 (4.808 %)Internet
59 (4.327 %)LDAP
68 (3.846 %)Firewall
75 (2.404 %)WAN
84 (1.923 %)HTTP
93 (1.442 %)LAN
93 (1.442 %)SMTP
93 (1.442 %)IP Telephony
102 (0.962 %)NetScreen
102 (0.962 %)FTP
111 (0.481 %)SNMP
111 (0.481 %)CTI
111 (0.481 %)Intranet
111 (0.481 %)DHCP
111 (0.481 %)POP3
111 (0.481 %)Bluetooth
111 (0.481 %)Broadband
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
158 (27.88 %)MySQL
29 (4.327 %)Oracle Reports
37 (3.365 %)DB2
45 (2.404 %)Oracle 9i
45 (2.404 %)Oracle 10g
54 (1.923 %)MS Access
54 (1.923 %)Crystal Reports
54 (1.923 %)SQL Server
62 (0.962 %)Oracle 8/8i
62 (0.962 %)DataStage
71 (0.481 %)SQL Server 7
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
117 (8.173 %)Subversion
26 (2.885 %)Oracle Forms
35 (2.404 %)Bugzilla
44 (1.923 %)Ant
51 (0.481 %)Flash
South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
122 (10.58 %)Government
216 (7.692 %)Finance
312 (5.769 %)Telecoms
44 (1.923 %)Games
44 (1.923 %)Retail
53 (1.442 %)Banking
62 (0.962 %)Investment Banking
71 (0.481 %)Billing
71 (0.481 %)Legal
71 (0.481 %)Publishing
71 (0.481 %)Pharmaceutical
71 (0.481 %)Chemicals
71 (0.481 %)Education
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
170 (33.65 %)Administrator
248 (23.08 %)Systems Administrator
340 (19.23 %)Linux Administrator
430 (14.42 %)Linux Systems Administrator
527 (12.98 %)Developer
527 (12.98 %)Analyst
623 (11.06 %)UNIX Administrator
721 (10.10 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
817 (8.173 %)Web Developer
915 (7.212 %)Systems Manager
915 (7.212 %)Support Analyst
1012 (5.769 %)Support Engineer
119 (4.327 %)Consultant
119 (4.327 %)Network Engineer
119 (4.327 %)Systems Engineer
127 (3.365 %)Service Analyst
127 (3.365 %)Service Desk Analyst
127 (3.365 %)PHP Developer
136 (2.885 %)Helpdesk Support
136 (2.885 %)PHP Web Developer
South East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (3.846 %)Clustering
25 (2.404 %)Computer Science
34 (1.923 %)IPTV
34 (1.923 %)Mainframe
34 (1.923 %)AS400
34 (1.923 %)IBM Mainframe
42 (0.962 %)Client/Server
51 (0.481 %)Firmware
51 (0.481 %)Finnish Language
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1191 (91.83 %)Linux
271 (34.13 %)UNIX
343 (20.67 %)Solaris
442 (20.19 %)Windows
524 (11.54 %)SUSE
613 (6.250 %)HPUX
79 (4.327 %)Windows 2000
87 (3.365 %)Debian
87 (3.365 %)Windows Server 2003
96 (2.885 %)Windows XP
96 (2.885 %)AIX
104 (1.923 %)FreeBSD
112 (0.962 %)Windows NT
121 (0.481 %)Tru64
121 (0.481 %)Nucleus RTOS
121 (0.481 %)Embedded Linux
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
134 (16.35 %)Security Cleared
223 (11.06 %)SC Cleared
321 (10.10 %)ITIL
415 (7.212 %)Migration
512 (5.769 %)Content Management
66 (2.885 %)Data Migration
75 (2.404 %)BC Cleared
84 (1.923 %)Time Management
93 (1.442 %)Validation
93 (1.442 %)E-Commerce
93 (1.442 %)Service Management
102 (0.962 %)Disaster Recovery
102 (0.962 %)Project Management
102 (0.962 %)Release Management
111 (0.481 %)System Testing
111 (0.481 %)E-business
111 (0.481 %)Security Management
111 (0.481 %)Service Delivery
111 (0.481 %)B2C
111 (0.481 %)CRM
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
140 (19.23 %)Python
231 (14.90 %)Perl
330 (14.42 %)PHP
428 (13.46 %)Java
526 (12.50 %)SQL
616 (7.692 %)JavaScript
616 (7.692 %)PHP5
76 (2.885 %)Shell Script
76 (2.885 %)Korn
83 (1.442 %)PL/SQL
83 (1.442 %)C
92 (0.962 %)VBScript
101 (0.481 %)VC++
101 (0.481 %)XPath
101 (0.481 %)Embedded C
101 (0.481 %)Embedded C++
101 (0.481 %)Assembly Language
101 (0.481 %)C#
101 (0.481 %)C++
101 (0.481 %)DHTML
South East IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
19 (4.327 %)Degree
27 (3.365 %)RHCT
27 (3.365 %)Cisco Certification
35 (2.404 %)Microsoft Certification
43 (1.442 %)MCP
52 (0.962 %)MCSE
52 (0.962 %)CCNA
52 (0.962 %)RHCE
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (1.923 %)SLA
South East IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
125 (12.02 %)Samba
223 (11.06 %)NFS
312 (5.769 %)NetBackup
47 (3.365 %)Active Directory
56 (2.885 %)Oracle RAC
64 (1.923 %)VMware ESX
64 (1.923 %)VMware Infrastructure
72 (0.962 %)Citrix Presentation Server
81 (0.481 %)VMware Server
81 (0.481 %)MetaFrame
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (2.885 %)CONTROL-M
24 (1.923 %)Tivoli
33 (1.442 %)AutoSys
42 (0.962 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
51 (0.481 %)OpenView
51 (0.481 %)Legato
51 (0.481 %)Norton AntiVirus
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
164 (30.77 %)Oracle
242 (20.19 %)HP
328 (13.46 %)VMware
421 (10.10 %)Sun
516 (7.692 %)Microsoft
614 (6.731 %)Cisco
614 (6.731 %)VERITAS
711 (5.288 %)IBM
87 (3.365 %)Intel
87 (3.365 %)Citrix
87 (3.365 %)NetApp
95 (2.404 %)Dell
104 (1.923 %)Symantec
104 (1.923 %)Altiris
113 (1.442 %)Infovista
122 (0.962 %)CheckPoint
122 (0.962 %)Juniper
122 (0.962 %)EMC
122 (0.962 %)Siebel
131 (0.481 %)Symbian
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