Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the South West region.

 Linux
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank232324
Rank change year-on-year
No change0Up+1
Matching contract IT job ads147128206
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West5.765 %4.586 %4.120 %
As % of the Operating Systems category30.50 %26.12 %23.41 %
Daily rates quoted623264
Average daily rate£325£303£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.430 %-24.37 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£242£223£268
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£445£425£520
UK excluding London average daily rate£311£305£362
% change year-on-year
+1.800 %-15.80 %
Hourly rates quoted91416
Average hourly rate£35.00£32.25£34.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.520 %-6.520 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.50£19.50£13.75
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.00£41.55£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.00£32.50£35.00
% change year-on-year
-7.690 %-7.140 %
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
482490880
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West18.90 %17.56 %17.60 %
Daily rates quoted193115169
Average daily rate£320£315£360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.500 %-12.43 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£213£221£245
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£423£425£470
UK excluding London average daily rate£310£306£334
% change year-on-year
+1.550 %-8.530 %
Hourly rates quoted60103200
Average hourly rate£14.88£17.00£22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.50 %-22.72 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.50£10.00£12.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£35.00£32.50£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.00£17.50£18.00
% change year-on-year
-14.28 %-2.770 %
Linux EnglandLinux
England

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.

Linux
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Linux
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Linux across the South West region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

South West Linux Daily Rate Histogram

Linux
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Linux across the South West region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

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 22 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
BristolUp+1864£320+33.33 %
GloucestershireUp+1624£375+25.00 %
DevonDown-219£355-
WiltshireDown-2410£299-27.57 %
DorsetNew entry-4£315-
SomersetDown-61£340+48.63 %
AvonNew entry-1£310-
CornwallNew entry-1£300-
Linux EnglandLinux
England

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, 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.

190 (37.04 %)UNIX
281 (33.33 %)Security Cleared
368 (27.98 %)Windows
457 (23.46 %)Java
551 (20.99 %)Perl
648 (19.75 %)SC Cleared
747 (19.34 %)Red Hat Linux
747 (19.34 %)Oracle
843 (17.70 %)C++
843 (17.70 %)MySQL
843 (17.70 %)Red Hat
941 (16.87 %)Apache
1040 (16.46 %)XML
1138 (15.64 %)Solaris
1232 (13.17 %)Microsoft
1331 (12.76 %)DV Cleared
1429 (11.93 %)Configuration Management
1528 (11.52 %)C
1627 (11.11 %)UML
1627 (11.11 %)Telecoms
1722 (9.053 %)Middleware
1722 (9.053 %)J2EE
1821 (8.642 %)HPUX
1821 (8.642 %)Bash shell
1920 (8.230 %)SQL
1920 (8.230 %)GIS
2019 (7.819 %).NET
2019 (7.819 %)JavaScript
2019 (7.819 %)SQL Server
2019 (7.819 %)Tomcat

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, 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.

South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
140 (16.46 %)XML
222 (9.053 %)Middleware
222 (9.053 %)J2EE
319 (7.819 %).NET
417 (6.996 %)CORBA
417 (6.996 %)STL
417 (6.996 %)LuciadMap
515 (6.173 %)AJAX
614 (5.761 %)Web Services
614 (5.761 %)CSS
713 (5.350 %)Spring
812 (4.938 %)JSP
910 (4.115 %)Hibernate
109 (3.704 %)LAMP
117 (2.881 %)JDBC
117 (2.881 %)HTML
126 (2.469 %)jQuery
126 (2.469 %)Adobe Flex
126 (2.469 %)Servlets
126 (2.469 %)XHTML
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
141 (16.87 %)Apache
219 (7.819 %)Tomcat
311 (4.527 %)IIS
46 (2.469 %)WebLogic
54 (1.646 %)SharePoint
54 (1.646 %)MQSeries
63 (1.235 %)iPlanet
63 (1.235 %)WebSphere Portal
72 (0.823 %)Oracle Spatial
72 (0.823 %)Liferay
72 (0.823 %)CMS
72 (0.823 %)Lotus Domino
81 (0.412 %)Tuxedo
81 (0.412 %)LiveLink
81 (0.412 %)WebLogic Portal
81 (0.412 %)TIBCO EMS
81 (0.412 %)Drupal
81 (0.412 %)SharePoint Server 2007
81 (0.412 %)Oracle Application Server
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
110 (4.115 %)MS Excel
26 (2.469 %)MS Visio
34 (1.646 %)Spreadsheet
41 (0.412 %)MS Office
41 (0.412 %)NASTRAN
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (0.823 %)SAP HR
21 (0.412 %)Oracle 11i
21 (0.412 %)Oracle EBS
21 (0.412 %)Staffware
21 (0.412 %)BusinessWorks
21 (0.412 %)Oracle BRM
21 (0.412 %)TIBCO iProcess
21 (0.412 %)Summit
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
113 (5.350 %)Internet
212 (4.938 %)SAN
310 (4.115 %)LAN
310 (4.115 %)LDAP
49 (3.704 %)Firewall
58 (3.292 %)NAS
67 (2.881 %)Intrusion Detection
76 (2.469 %)DHCP
76 (2.469 %)UMTS
76 (2.469 %)DNS
85 (2.058 %)TCP/IP
93 (1.235 %)HTTP
102 (0.823 %)SSH
102 (0.823 %)iSCSI
102 (0.823 %)3G
102 (0.823 %)Wireless
102 (0.823 %)3GPP
102 (0.823 %)SMTP
102 (0.823 %)WAN
111 (0.412 %)HTTPS
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
143 (17.70 %)MySQL
220 (8.230 %)GIS
319 (7.819 %)SQL Server
413 (5.350 %)Oracle 11g
56 (2.469 %)SQL Server 2005
56 (2.469 %)Oracle 10g
63 (1.235 %)Oracle 8/8i
63 (1.235 %)DB2
72 (0.823 %)Sybase ASE
72 (0.823 %)SQL Server 2008
72 (0.823 %)SAP BW
72 (0.823 %)DataStage
72 (0.823 %)ETL
72 (0.823 %)Oracle 9i
81 (0.412 %)Oracle Reports
81 (0.412 %)Datawarehouse
81 (0.412 %)PostgreSQL
81 (0.412 %)SQL Server 2000
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
117 (6.996 %)PVCS
215 (6.173 %)Eclipse
312 (4.938 %)Subversion
47 (2.881 %)JBuilder
54 (1.646 %)Maven
63 (1.235 %)Ant
63 (1.235 %)LoadRunner
72 (0.823 %)FitNesse
72 (0.823 %)ClearQuest
72 (0.823 %)ClearCase
72 (0.823 %)JUnit
72 (0.823 %)Visual Studio
81 (0.412 %)TestDirector
81 (0.412 %)IntelliJ
81 (0.412 %)PowerBuilder
81 (0.412 %)WebLOAD
81 (0.412 %)JIRA
81 (0.412 %)Atlassian Bamboo
81 (0.412 %)Git (software)
81 (0.412 %)SilkPerformer
South West IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
127 (11.11 %)Telecoms
218 (7.407 %)Government
314 (5.761 %)Finance
48 (3.292 %)Electronics
57 (2.881 %)Insurance
65 (2.058 %)Health
74 (1.646 %)Banking
83 (1.235 %)Pensions
83 (1.235 %)Animation
83 (1.235 %)Multimedia
92 (0.823 %)Local Government
92 (0.823 %)Music
92 (0.823 %)Manufacturing
92 (0.823 %)Advertising
92 (0.823 %)Education
101 (0.412 %)Home Office
101 (0.412 %)Electric
101 (0.412 %)Publishing
101 (0.412 %)Investment Banking
101 (0.412 %)Billing
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
159 (24.28 %)Developer
235 (14.40 %)Software Engineer
323 (9.465 %)Analyst
420 (8.230 %)Java Developer
519 (7.819 %)Administrator
615 (6.173 %)Linux Engineer
714 (5.761 %)Linux Administrator
714 (5.761 %)Web Developer
813 (5.350 %)Consultant
813 (5.350 %)Test Engineer
911 (4.527 %)Systems Engineer
1010 (4.115 %)Systems Administrator
119 (3.704 %)Java Software Engineer
119 (3.704 %)DBA
128 (3.292 %)UNIX Engineer
128 (3.292 %)Technical Consultant
128 (3.292 %)C++ Software Engineer
128 (3.292 %)C++ Developer
137 (2.881 %)Graduate
137 (2.881 %)Oracle DBA
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
19 (3.704 %)Computer Science
25 (2.058 %)CLARiiON
25 (2.058 %)EMC Centera
25 (2.058 %)Open Source
33 (1.235 %)Clustering
42 (0.823 %)NHS
42 (0.823 %)Device Driver
42 (0.823 %)N-Tier
51 (0.412 %)Management Information System
51 (0.412 %)NPfIT
51 (0.412 %)Firmware
51 (0.412 %)HP Superdome
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
190 (37.04 %)UNIX
268 (27.98 %)Windows
347 (19.34 %)Red Hat Linux
438 (15.64 %)Solaris
521 (8.642 %)HPUX
612 (4.938 %)SUSE
612 (4.938 %)AIX
711 (4.527 %)Windows Server 2003
711 (4.527 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
88 (3.292 %)CentOS
88 (3.292 %)Windows XP
97 (2.881 %)Windows 2000
97 (2.881 %)Windows 2000 Server
97 (2.881 %)Ubuntu
104 (1.646 %)VMS
113 (1.235 %)Fedora
113 (1.235 %)Debian
113 (1.235 %)Windows Server 2008
122 (0.823 %)Embedded Linux
122 (0.823 %)Windows NT
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
129 (11.93 %)Configuration Management
227 (11.11 %)UML
314 (5.761 %)Agile Software Development
411 (4.527 %)ITIL
411 (4.527 %)OO
510 (4.115 %)Project Management
68 (3.292 %)Performance Testing
68 (3.292 %)E-Commerce
77 (2.881 %)PRINCE2
77 (2.881 %)Test Automation
77 (2.881 %)Software Engineering
86 (2.469 %)Web Development
86 (2.469 %)Migration
86 (2.469 %)Disaster Recovery
95 (2.058 %)Validation
95 (2.058 %)Software Testing
95 (2.058 %)Information Assurance
95 (2.058 %)TDD
104 (1.646 %)Content Management
104 (1.646 %)Security Testing
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
157 (23.46 %)Java
251 (20.99 %)Perl
343 (17.70 %)C++
428 (11.52 %)C
521 (8.642 %)Bash shell
620 (8.230 %)SQL
719 (7.819 %)JavaScript
816 (6.584 %)Python
914 (5.761 %)Shell Script
1013 (5.350 %)PHP
115 (2.058 %)Ruby
124 (1.646 %)Tcl
124 (1.646 %)C#
133 (1.235 %)VB.NET
142 (0.823 %)PHP5
142 (0.823 %)Groovy
142 (0.823 %)Progress 4GL
142 (0.823 %)Embedded C
142 (0.823 %)VBA
142 (0.823 %)T-SQL
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
181 (33.33 %)Security Cleared
248 (19.75 %)SC Cleared
331 (12.76 %)DV Cleared
49 (3.704 %)CCNA
49 (3.704 %)Cisco Certification
49 (3.704 %)Microsoft Certification
57 (2.881 %)MCP
66 (2.469 %)Degree
74 (1.646 %)ITIL Certification
82 (0.823 %)CCIP
82 (0.823 %)MCSE
91 (0.412 %)CISSP
91 (0.412 %)PRINCE2 Certification
91 (0.412 %)ISEB
91 (0.412 %)CISM
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (1.646 %)ISO27001
22 (0.823 %)TickIT
31 (0.412 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
31 (0.412 %)QA
South West IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
18 (3.292 %)Active Directory
26 (2.469 %)vSphere
35 (2.058 %)VMware ESX
35 (2.058 %)VMware Infrastructure
44 (1.646 %)Snort
44 (1.646 %)Terminal Services
52 (0.823 %)NFS
61 (0.412 %)Oracle RMAN
61 (0.412 %)Hadoop
61 (0.412 %)Veritas Cluster Server
61 (0.412 %)Xen
61 (0.412 %)Oracle RAC
61 (0.412 %)Citrix Presentation Server
61 (0.412 %)OpenLDAP
61 (0.412 %)qmail
61 (0.412 %)Sendmail
61 (0.412 %)Squid
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
15 (2.058 %)Tivoli
24 (1.646 %)Tivoli Monitoring
33 (1.235 %)Nagios
42 (0.823 %)NetBackup
51 (0.412 %)OpenView
51 (0.412 %)Legato
51 (0.412 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
51 (0.412 %)AutoSys
51 (0.412 %)BMC PATROL
51 (0.412 %)Novell Identity Manager
51 (0.412 %)HP Quality Center
51 (0.412 %)Dollar Universe
51 (0.412 %)EMC NetWorker
51 (0.412 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
51 (0.412 %)Data Guard
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
147 (19.34 %)Oracle
243 (17.70 %)Red Hat
332 (13.17 %)Microsoft
418 (7.407 %)HP
517 (6.996 %)Serena
517 (6.996 %)Cisco
616 (6.584 %)IBM
715 (6.173 %)VMware
811 (4.527 %)Sun
98 (3.292 %)JBoss
106 (2.469 %)EMC
106 (2.469 %)Citrix
115 (2.058 %)NetApp
124 (1.646 %)Sourcefire
133 (1.235 %)SAP
133 (1.235 %)Dell
133 (1.235 %)Terracotta
142 (0.823 %)Oblix
142 (0.823 %)Progress
142 (0.823 %)Lotus