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The table below looks at the demand for Linux skills within the St Albans region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLinux
Location
3 months to
7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank6-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below25.00 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£356
% change on same period last year-8.20 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.73£30.26
% change on same period last year+1.55 %
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
St Albans
Matching contract IT job ads45
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.006 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£120
Average daily rate-£120
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£120
UK excluding London average daily rate£309£322
% change on same period last year-3.84 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£27.97
Average hourly rate-£28.63
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£29.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.59£21.59
% change on same period last year-
Linux HertfordshireLinux
Hertfordshire

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.

Linux
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Linux across the St Albans region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

St Albans 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 St Albans region.

St Albans Linux Daily Rate Trend

Linux
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Linux across the St Albans region.

St Albans Linux Hourly Rate Trend

Linux
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the St Albans 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.

11 (50.00 %)Oracle
11 (50.00 %)UNIX
11 (50.00 %)Windows
11 (50.00 %)Solaris
11 (50.00 %)LAN
11 (50.00 %)VPN
11 (50.00 %)Cisco
11 (50.00 %)Oracle 10g
11 (50.00 %)CCNP
11 (50.00 %)CCNA
11 (50.00 %)CCDP
11 (50.00 %)Cisco Certification
11 (50.00 %)Firewall
11 (50.00 %)Replication
11 (50.00 %)VMware
11 (50.00 %)Oracle RMAN
11 (50.00 %)Network Design
11 (50.00 %)Load Balancing
11 (50.00 %)Oracle RAC
11 (50.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
11 (50.00 %)Data Guard

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the St Albans 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.

St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (50.00 %)LAN
11 (50.00 %)VPN
11 (50.00 %)Firewall
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)Oracle 10g
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)DBA
11 (50.00 %)Solutions Designer
11 (50.00 %)Oracle DBA
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)Replication
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)UNIX
11 (50.00 %)Windows
11 (50.00 %)Solaris
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)Network Design
11 (50.00 %)Load Balancing
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (50.00 %)CCNP
11 (50.00 %)CCNA
11 (50.00 %)CCDP
11 (50.00 %)Cisco Certification
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (50.00 %)Oracle RMAN
11 (50.00 %)Oracle RAC
11 (50.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (50.00 %)Data Guard
St Albans IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Oracle
11 (50.00 %)Cisco
11 (50.00 %)VMware