The first table below looks at the demand for Red Hat Enterprise Linux skills in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton 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 23 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 Southampton 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
Rank 32 - 26
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 1.684% - 0.529%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.747% - 1.724%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
Average daily rate £348 - £198
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £418 £350
% change year-on-year
-7.18% +19.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £37.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.50 £33.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+5.97% +21.81%
All Operating Systems
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
87 43 58
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 29.29% 18.38% 30.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 15 15
Average daily rate £275 £285 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.50% -5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £135 £211 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £331 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 21 20
Average hourly rate £25.00 £22.50 £23.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% -3.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.45 £9.94 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £41.50 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Hampshire

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 Southampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton 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 Southampton region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hourly Rate Trend

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 11 (100.00%) Linux
2 8 (72.73%) Red Hat
3 7 (63.64%) Windows
4 6 (54.55%) Bash shell
5 4 (36.36%) Oracle
5 4 (36.36%) UNIX
6 3 (27.27%) DVB
6 3 (27.27%) LAN
6 3 (27.27%) MPEG
6 3 (27.27%) WAN
6 3 (27.27%) IPv4
6 3 (27.27%) Windows 2000
6 3 (27.27%) Python
6 3 (27.27%) Windows XP
6 3 (27.27%) SQL
6 3 (27.27%) VMware
6 3 (27.27%) Multimedia
6 3 (27.27%) Korn
6 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (27.27%) PowerShell
7 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
7 2 (18.18%) Scrum
7 2 (18.18%) Digital Media
7 2 (18.18%) Software Engineering
7 2 (18.18%) ITIL
7 2 (18.18%) SOA
7 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
7 2 (18.18%) Solaris
7 2 (18.18%) Apache
7 2 (18.18%) Microsoft

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 1 (9.091%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) Apache
2 1 (9.091%) Commerce Server
2 1 (9.091%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) DVB
1 3 (27.27%) LAN
1 3 (27.27%) WAN
1 3 (27.27%) IPv4
2 1 (9.091%) TCP/IP
2 1 (9.091%) Broadband
2 1 (9.091%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) MySQL
General
1 3 (27.27%) Multimedia
2 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Configuration Engineer
1 4 (36.36%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Linux Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Linux Support
3 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Support Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Network Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Systems Support
4 1 (9.091%) Platform Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Linux Support Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Technical Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Administrator
4 1 (9.091%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) PHP Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Systems Support Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Linux Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) MPEG
2 2 (18.18%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Linux
2 7 (63.64%) Windows
3 4 (36.36%) UNIX
4 3 (27.27%) Windows 2000
4 3 (27.27%) Windows XP
5 2 (18.18%) Solaris
6 1 (9.091%) AIX
6 1 (9.091%) HPUX
6 1 (9.091%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (18.18%) Scrum
1 2 (18.18%) Software Engineering
1 2 (18.18%) ITIL
1 2 (18.18%) SOA
2 1 (9.091%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) Bash shell
2 3 (27.27%) Python
2 3 (27.27%) SQL
2 3 (27.27%) Korn
2 3 (27.27%) PowerShell
3 1 (9.091%) Shell Script
3 1 (9.091%) JavaScript
3 1 (9.091%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) CCNA
1 1 (9.091%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (9.091%) Red Hat Satellite
1 1 (9.091%) Puppet
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Red Hat
2 4 (36.36%) Oracle
3 3 (27.27%) VMware
4 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
5 1 (9.091%) Apple
5 1 (9.091%) JBoss