Linux Contracts in the South West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 17 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 West 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 15 20 20
Rank change year-on-year
+5 0
Contract jobs citing Linux 161 244 170
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 7.861% 7.363% 6.069%
As % of the Operating Systems category 31.88% 33.80% 29.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 124 70
Average daily rate £350 £500 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-30.00% +33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £237 £350 £289
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £500 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £350 £340
% change year-on-year
-5.71% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 7 26
Average hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £34.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +17.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £33.50 £17.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £43.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.50 £36.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-2.73% +4.28%
All Operating Systems
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 505 722 569
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 24.66% 21.79% 20.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 265 354 238
Average daily rate £325 £450 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-27.77% +28.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £288 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 69 95
Average hourly rate £15.00 £21.00 £19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.57% +7.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.90 £13.00 £12.42
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.40 £41.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
Linux
England

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Linux Jobs Demand Trend

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 West region.

South West Linux Daily Rate Trend

Linux
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Linux across the South West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South West Linux Daily Rate Histogram

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 West region.

South West Linux Hourly Rate Trend

Linux
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Linux across the South West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South West Linux Hourly Rate Histogram

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 West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Gloucestershire +3 44 £450 -10.00%
Wiltshire +3 38 £350 +3.70%
Bristol +19 36 £300 -25.00%
Dorset -8 21 £200 -46.66%
Devon +6 13 £350 -22.22%
Somerset +5 6 £271 -22.57%
Linux
England

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

1 173 (43.69%) C
2 170 (42.93%) Security Cleared
3 143 (36.11%) UNIX
4 126 (31.82%) DV Cleared
5 122 (30.81%) Windows
6 112 (28.28%) Oracle
7 94 (23.74%) Red Hat
8 82 (20.71%) Java
9 79 (19.95%) MySQL
10 75 (18.94%) VMware
11 68 (17.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 65 (16.41%) C++
13 64 (16.16%) SAN
14 63 (15.91%) VMware Infrastructure
15 62 (15.66%) HP
16 51 (12.88%) Shell Script
17 48 (12.12%) PHP
17 48 (12.12%) Agile Software Development
18 45 (11.36%) Perl
19 42 (10.61%) NetApp
19 42 (10.61%) SC Cleared
20 41 (10.35%) Service Management
20 41 (10.35%) Solaris
21 40 (10.10%) OO
22 39 (9.848%) SQL
23 38 (9.596%) jQuery
24 34 (8.586%) JavaScript
24 34 (8.586%) ITIL
24 34 (8.586%) Cisco
24 34 (8.586%) DHCP

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 38 (9.596%) jQuery
2 29 (7.323%) HTML
2 29 (7.323%) CSS
3 26 (6.566%) Middleware
4 22 (5.556%) EJB
5 18 (4.545%) Web Services
6 17 (4.293%) Drools
7 16 (4.040%) GWT
8 15 (3.788%) JPA
8 15 (3.788%) EJB 3.0
8 15 (3.788%) JMS
9 14 (3.535%) .NET
9 14 (3.535%) LAMP
10 13 (3.283%) REST
11 11 (2.778%) WebCenter
12 10 (2.525%) Qt
12 10 (2.525%) XML
13 9 (2.273%) J2EE
14 8 (2.020%) XSLT
14 8 (2.020%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 29 (7.323%) Apache
2 18 (4.545%) Oracle Application Server
3 14 (3.535%) Oracle 10gAS
3 14 (3.535%) WebLogic
4 10 (2.525%) GlassFish
5 9 (2.273%) Amazon AWS
6 8 (2.020%) OpenStack
6 8 (2.020%) ESB
6 8 (2.020%) Oracle Workflow
7 7 (1.768%) Windows Azure
8 6 (1.515%) Amazon EC2
8 6 (1.515%) ArcSDE
8 6 (1.515%) IIS
8 6 (1.515%) Tomcat
8 6 (1.515%) MS Exchange
8 6 (1.515%) ArcGIS
9 5 (1.263%) Drupal
10 4 (1.010%) WordPress
10 4 (1.010%) Exchange Server 2010
11 3 (0.758%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (1.768%) MS Excel
2 2 (0.505%) MS Office
3 1 (0.253%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 23 (5.808%) Oracle EBS
2 16 (4.040%) Oracle EBS R12
3 11 (2.778%) Oracle 11i
4 4 (1.010%) Oracle Applications
5 3 (0.758%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.253%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.253%) Google Analytics
6 1 (0.253%) Temenos T24
Communications & Networking
1 64 (16.16%) SAN
2 34 (8.586%) DHCP
3 33 (8.333%) LAN
3 33 (8.333%) DNS
4 32 (8.081%) WAN
5 25 (6.313%) Internet
6 21 (5.303%) Ethernet
7 17 (4.293%) NAS
8 14 (3.535%) Firewall
9 13 (3.283%) TCP/IP
10 12 (3.030%) VPN
11 7 (1.768%) MPLS
11 7 (1.768%) SSL
12 6 (1.515%) DVB
12 6 (1.515%) Wireless
12 6 (1.515%) ASN.1
13 5 (1.263%) 4G
13 5 (1.263%) 3G
13 5 (1.263%) HTTP
14 3 (0.758%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (19.95%) MySQL
2 26 (6.566%) Oracle 10g
3 24 (6.061%) SQL Server
3 24 (6.061%) RDBMS
4 20 (5.051%) QlikView
5 19 (4.798%) Oracle BI EE
5 19 (4.798%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (4.040%) Oracle 11g
7 8 (2.020%) TOAD
8 6 (1.515%) Star Schema
8 6 (1.515%) Oracle Reports
8 6 (1.515%) GIS
8 6 (1.515%) Oracle Discoverer
9 5 (1.263%) SQL Server 2008
10 2 (0.505%) SQL Server 2005
11 1 (0.253%) Oracle Exadata
11 1 (0.253%) Oracle 8/8i
11 1 (0.253%) DB2
11 1 (0.253%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 18 (4.545%) Maven
2 12 (3.030%) Visual Studio
3 10 (2.525%) Subversion
4 9 (2.273%) Git (software)
5 8 (2.020%) Eclipse
5 8 (2.020%) JDeveloper
6 7 (1.768%) JUnit
7 6 (1.515%) GCC
8 5 (1.263%) Hudson
9 4 (1.010%) Selenium
9 4 (1.010%) QuickTest Pro
9 4 (1.010%) LoadRunner
10 3 (0.758%) Jenkins
11 2 (0.505%) MSBuild
11 2 (0.505%) FitNesse
11 2 (0.505%) WATIR
11 2 (0.505%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.505%) WebDriver
11 2 (0.505%) ClearQuest
11 2 (0.505%) ClearCase
General
1 21 (5.303%) Finance
2 12 (3.030%) Electronics
3 10 (2.525%) Telecoms
4 7 (1.768%) Banking
5 6 (1.515%) Publishing
6 4 (1.010%) Military
7 3 (0.758%) Manufacturing
7 3 (0.758%) Marketing
7 3 (0.758%) Avionics
8 2 (0.505%) Back Office
9 1 (0.253%) Retail
9 1 (0.253%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 110 (27.78%) Developer
2 61 (15.40%) Software Engineer
3 55 (13.89%) Linux Engineer
4 34 (8.586%) Architect
5 28 (7.071%) PHP Developer
6 26 (6.566%) Consultant
6 26 (6.566%) Administrator
6 26 (6.566%) UNIX Engineer
7 20 (5.051%) Technical Architect
8 19 (4.798%) Support Engineer
9 17 (4.293%) DBA
9 17 (4.293%) Software Developer
9 17 (4.293%) Storage Engineer
10 16 (4.040%) Storage Consultant
11 15 (3.788%) Java Developer
11 15 (3.788%) C++ Developer
12 14 (3.535%) Linux Administrator
13 12 (3.030%) Backup Consultant
14 11 (2.778%) PHP MySQL Developer
15 10 (2.525%) Oracle DBA
Miscellaneous
1 30 (7.576%) Clustering
1 30 (7.576%) Embedded Systems
2 15 (3.788%) RIA
3 14 (3.535%) Computer Science
4 10 (2.525%) Open Source
5 7 (1.768%) SaaS
5 7 (1.768%) PaaS
5 7 (1.768%) APACS
5 7 (1.768%) IaaS
5 7 (1.768%) EPoS
5 7 (1.768%) EMV
5 7 (1.768%) Firmware
6 6 (1.515%) Replication
7 5 (1.263%) STB
7 5 (1.263%) DTV
8 4 (1.010%) Chip and PIN
8 4 (1.010%) Data Integration
9 3 (0.758%) Digital Media
10 2 (0.505%) iPhone
10 2 (0.505%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 143 (36.11%) UNIX
2 122 (30.81%) Windows
3 68 (17.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 41 (10.35%) Solaris
5 25 (6.313%) Android
6 19 (4.798%) Apple iOS
7 12 (3.030%) Oracle Linux
7 12 (3.030%) Windows Server 2008
8 11 (2.778%) VxWorks
9 9 (2.273%) Embedded Linux
10 7 (1.768%) Windows Server 2003
10 7 (1.768%) Windows 7
11 6 (1.515%) CentOS
12 4 (1.010%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.758%) HPUX
14 2 (0.505%) FreeBSD
14 2 (0.505%) Windows XP
14 2 (0.505%) Mac OS X Server
15 1 (0.253%) Windows Vista
15 1 (0.253%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (12.12%) Agile Software Development
2 41 (10.35%) Service Management
3 40 (10.10%) OO
4 34 (8.586%) ITIL
5 30 (7.576%) UML
6 23 (5.808%) Migration
7 21 (5.303%) Configuration Management
8 19 (4.798%) ETL
8 19 (4.798%) BPEL
9 17 (4.293%) Enterprise Architecture
9 17 (4.293%) Benchmarking
9 17 (4.293%) Data Protection
10 16 (4.040%) Scrum
11 15 (3.788%) OOA/OOD
11 15 (3.788%) Customer Engagement
12 13 (3.283%) Data Modelling
12 13 (3.283%) SOA
13 12 (3.030%) PRINCE2
14 11 (2.778%) TDD
14 11 (2.778%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 173 (43.69%) C
2 82 (20.71%) Java
3 65 (16.41%) C++
4 51 (12.88%) Shell Script
5 48 (12.12%) PHP
6 45 (11.36%) Perl
7 39 (9.848%) SQL
8 34 (8.586%) JavaScript
9 30 (7.576%) Python
10 23 (5.808%) C#
11 17 (4.293%) PL/SQL
11 17 (4.293%) Scala
12 12 (3.030%) PHP5
13 11 (2.778%) Bash shell
14 10 (2.525%) Embedded C
15 8 (2.020%) XQuery
16 6 (1.515%) Embedded C++
17 5 (1.263%) PowerShell
17 5 (1.263%) Ruby
18 3 (0.758%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 170 (42.93%) Security Cleared
2 126 (31.82%) DV Cleared
3 42 (10.61%) SC Cleared
4 24 (6.061%) Degree
5 5 (1.263%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.010%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.010%) MCSE
7 3 (0.758%) CCNA
7 3 (0.758%) ISEB
7 3 (0.758%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.505%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (0.505%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.505%) CCNP
9 1 (0.253%) HND
9 1 (0.253%) MCSA
9 1 (0.253%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.253%) SCSA
9 1 (0.253%) MCITP
9 1 (0.253%) Sun Certification
9 1 (0.253%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.040%) JTAG
2 7 (1.768%) QA
3 2 (0.505%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.505%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.253%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.253%) TickIT
System Software
1 63 (15.91%) VMware Infrastructure
2 25 (6.313%) Oracle RAC
3 20 (5.051%) Hyper-V
4 12 (3.030%) Active Directory
5 11 (2.778%) vSphere
6 3 (0.758%) VMware Server
7 2 (0.505%) NFS
7 2 (0.505%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.253%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.253%) Samba
8 1 (0.253%) VMware ESX
8 1 (0.253%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.253%) XenApp
8 1 (0.253%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 24 (6.061%) NetBackup
2 10 (2.525%) Puppet
3 6 (1.515%) HP Quality Center
4 3 (0.758%) Red Hat Satellite
4 3 (0.758%) Backup Exec
4 3 (0.758%) SCCM
5 2 (0.505%) SCOM
5 2 (0.505%) Data Guard
5 2 (0.505%) HP SiteScope
6 1 (0.253%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 1 (0.253%) Norton AntiVirus
6 1 (0.253%) WhatsUp Gold
6 1 (0.253%) WSUS
6 1 (0.253%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 112 (28.28%) Oracle
2 94 (23.74%) Red Hat
3 75 (18.94%) VMware
4 62 (15.66%) HP
5 42 (10.61%) NetApp
6 34 (8.586%) Cisco
7 26 (6.566%) JBoss
8 23 (5.808%) Symantec
9 20 (5.051%) IBM
10 18 (4.545%) Remedy
11 17 (4.293%) Microsoft
12 13 (3.283%) Siebel
13 12 (3.030%) Informatica
14 10 (2.525%) Sun
14 10 (2.525%) Zend
15 8 (2.020%) Hyperion
16 7 (1.768%) Green Hills
17 6 (1.515%) ESRI
18 4 (1.010%) Kofax
18 4 (1.010%) Dell
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IT Support Engineer
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PHP/MySQL Developer
Poole, Dorset
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PHP Developer
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C# Developer
Devon, South West
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Oracle Linux Consultant
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OBIEE Consultant
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