The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT contracts advertised for the Stirling region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Stirling 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 12 - 6
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Linux 6 0 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stirling 6.186% - 16.84%
As % of the Operating Systems category 42.86% - 57.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 8
Average daily rate £475 - £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £347 £340
% change year-on-year
+0.79% +2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +23.07%
All Operating Systems
Stirling
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
14 6 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stirling 14.43% 10.91% 29.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 15
Average daily rate £375 £350 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -22.22%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +8.02%
Linux
Scotland

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stirling 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 Stirling region.

Stirling Linux Daily Rate Trend

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 Stirling region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Vacancies
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Linux
Scotland

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stirling 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 12 (60.00%) PHP
2 11 (55.00%) Scrum
3 10 (50.00%) Web Application Development
4 9 (45.00%) Interactive TV
4 9 (45.00%) IPTV
4 9 (45.00%) Java
5 8 (40.00%) Ruby on Rails
6 6 (30.00%) Git (software)
6 6 (30.00%) Wireless
6 6 (30.00%) ActionScript
6 6 (30.00%) Web Services
6 6 (30.00%) Flash
7 5 (25.00%) MongoDB
7 5 (25.00%) HTML
7 5 (25.00%) CSS
7 5 (25.00%) MVC
7 5 (25.00%) Games
7 5 (25.00%) Ruby
7 5 (25.00%) Interactive Media
8 4 (20.00%) Smartphone
8 4 (20.00%) Retail
8 4 (20.00%) Python
8 4 (20.00%) Broadband
8 4 (20.00%) JavaScript
8 4 (20.00%) SQL
8 4 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (20.00%) UNIX
8 4 (20.00%) Internet
8 4 (20.00%) Video on Demand
8 4 (20.00%) HTML5

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stirling 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 8 (40.00%) Ruby on Rails
2 6 (30.00%) Flash
2 6 (30.00%) Web Services
3 5 (25.00%) HTML
3 5 (25.00%) CSS
4 4 (20.00%) HTML5
4 4 (20.00%) CSS3
5 2 (10.00%) CakePHP
5 2 (10.00%) XML
5 2 (10.00%) Hibernate
5 2 (10.00%) Spring
6 1 (5.000%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 3 (15.00%) Apache
1 3 (15.00%) nginx
Communications & Networking
1 6 (30.00%) Wireless
2 4 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (20.00%) Broadband
2 4 (20.00%) Internet
3 3 (15.00%) TACACS
3 3 (15.00%) SMTP
4 2 (10.00%) Network Security
4 2 (10.00%) Firewall
4 2 (10.00%) LAN
4 2 (10.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (25.00%) MongoDB
2 3 (15.00%) MySQL
3 2 (10.00%) RDBMS
3 2 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (10.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (30.00%) Git (software)
2 2 (10.00%) Subversion
General
1 5 (25.00%) Games
1 5 (25.00%) Interactive Media
2 4 (20.00%) Retail
3 2 (10.00%) Investment Banking
3 2 (10.00%) Banking
4 1 (5.000%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 15 (75.00%) Developer
2 9 (45.00%) Software Developer
3 6 (30.00%) Senior Developer
3 6 (30.00%) UI Developer
3 6 (30.00%) Senior UI Developer
3 6 (30.00%) UI Programmer
4 5 (25.00%) Interactive Developer
4 5 (25.00%) Senior Interactive Developer
4 5 (25.00%) Senior Software Developer
5 4 (20.00%) Web Developer
5 4 (20.00%) Web Applications Developer
5 4 (20.00%) Applications Developer
6 3 (15.00%) Linux Engineer
6 3 (15.00%) Systems Engineer
7 2 (10.00%) Network Engineer
7 2 (10.00%) PHP Developer
7 2 (10.00%) Java Developer
8 1 (5.000%) Ruby on Rails Developer
8 1 (5.000%) Operations Engineer
8 1 (5.000%) Network Operations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (45.00%) Interactive TV
1 9 (45.00%) IPTV
2 4 (20.00%) Smartphone
2 4 (20.00%) Video on Demand
3 2 (10.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 4 (20.00%) UNIX
2 2 (10.00%) Mac OS X
2 2 (10.00%) Debian
2 2 (10.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (55.00%) Scrum
2 10 (50.00%) Web Application Development
3 5 (25.00%) MVC
4 2 (10.00%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 12 (60.00%) PHP
2 9 (45.00%) Java
3 6 (30.00%) ActionScript
4 5 (25.00%) Ruby
5 4 (20.00%) Python
5 4 (20.00%) JavaScript
5 4 (20.00%) SQL
6 1 (5.000%) ActionScript 3.0
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) ZABBIX
1 2 (10.00%) Puppet
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Oracle
1 2 (10.00%) Sybase
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