The first table below looks at the demand for SUSE skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SUSE 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 Yorkshire 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
Novell SUSE Linux
Rank 31 31 33
Rank change year-on-year
0 +2
Contract jobs citing SUSE 1 4 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 0.380% 1.533% 1.342%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.333% 4.819% 4.878%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
Average daily rate £335 £275 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.81% -15.38%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £340 £340
% change year-on-year
+17.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £37.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-31.25% -5.88%
All Operating Systems
South Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
75 83 82
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 28.52% 31.80% 27.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 40 44
Average daily rate £330 £275 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -35.29%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £135 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £455 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 20 15
Average hourly rate £25.00 £20.06 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.62% +0.30%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.26 £11.85 £10.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £30.00 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
SUSE
Yorkshire

SUSE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire SUSE Jobs Demand Trend

SUSE
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Yorkshire SUSE Daily Rate Trend

SUSE
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SUSE across the South Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire SUSE Hourly Rate Trend

SUSE
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SUSE within the South Yorkshire 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
Doncaster - 1 £335 -
SUSE
Yorkshire

SUSE
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire region citing SUSE 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 SUSE.

1 4 (100.00%) Solaris
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) HP
1 4 (100.00%) Red Hat
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle RAC
2 3 (75.00%) IBM
2 3 (75.00%) NAS
2 3 (75.00%) Veritas Volume Manager
2 3 (75.00%) Veritas Cluster Server
2 3 (75.00%) SAN
2 3 (75.00%) Veritas
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle
3 2 (50.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) Release Management
4 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (25.00%) Back Office
4 1 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (25.00%) Fedora
4 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Management
4 1 (25.00%) UNIX
4 1 (25.00%) AIX
4 1 (25.00%) HPUX
4 1 (25.00%) VMS

SUSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire region citing SUSE 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 SUSE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) NAS
1 3 (75.00%) SAN
General
1 1 (25.00%) Back Office
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Administrator
2 2 (50.00%) Systems Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (25.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Solaris Systems Administrator
3 1 (25.00%) UNIX Support Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Linux Systems Administrator
3 1 (25.00%) Linux Administrator
3 1 (25.00%) UNIX Support
3 1 (25.00%) Solaris Administrator
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Solaris
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Fedora
2 1 (25.00%) UNIX
2 1 (25.00%) AIX
2 1 (25.00%) HPUX
2 1 (25.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Release Management
1 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Management
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle RAC
1 3 (75.00%) Veritas Volume Manager
1 3 (75.00%) Veritas Cluster Server
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) HP
1 4 (100.00%) Red Hat
2 3 (75.00%) IBM
2 3 (75.00%) Veritas
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle