The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT contracts advertised for the Stockport region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Linux 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 Stockport 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
Linux
Rank 4 2 6
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +4
Contract jobs citing Linux 5 8 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stockport 38.46% 36.36% 5.556%
As % of the Operating Systems category 83.33% 80.00% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 0
Average daily rate £335 £363 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.58% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £350 £338
% change year-on-year
-4.28% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £40.00 £20.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+100.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.00 £37.00 £34.50
% change year-on-year
- +7.24%
All Operating Systems
Stockport
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
6 10 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stockport 46.15% 45.45% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 0
Average daily rate £320 £350 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.57% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Average hourly rate £40.00 £20.00 £9.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+100.00% +122.22%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Linux
Manchester

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stockport 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 Stockport region.

Stockport Linux Daily Rate Trend

Linux
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Stockport Linux Hourly Rate Trend

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stockport 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 6 (85.71%) Oracle
1 6 (85.71%) Shell Script
2 5 (71.43%) SQL
3 4 (57.14%) J2EE
3 4 (57.14%) Java
3 4 (57.14%) JBoss
3 4 (57.14%) MVC
3 4 (57.14%) Hibernate
3 4 (57.14%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (57.14%) Spring
3 4 (57.14%) ESB
3 4 (57.14%) Spring MVC
3 4 (57.14%) jQuery
4 3 (42.86%) Oracle 11g
4 3 (42.86%) Gradle
4 3 (42.86%) Pair Programming
4 3 (42.86%) Oracle RMAN
4 3 (42.86%) SOA
4 3 (42.86%) JavaScript
5 2 (28.57%) XML
5 2 (28.57%) NetApp
5 2 (28.57%) VMware
5 2 (28.57%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (28.57%) Oracle Spatial
5 2 (28.57%) Data Guard
6 1 (14.29%) HTML5
6 1 (14.29%) CSS3
6 1 (14.29%) TDD
6 1 (14.29%) Finance
6 1 (14.29%) Oracle 10g

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stockport 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 4 (57.14%) J2EE
1 4 (57.14%) Hibernate
1 4 (57.14%) Spring
1 4 (57.14%) Spring MVC
1 4 (57.14%) jQuery
2 2 (28.57%) XML
3 1 (14.29%) HTML5
3 1 (14.29%) CSS3
3 1 (14.29%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 4 (57.14%) ESB
2 2 (28.57%) Oracle Spatial
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Gradle
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Developer
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Java Developer
2 3 (42.86%) Java Developer
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Developer
3 2 (28.57%) DBA
3 2 (28.57%) Oracle DBA
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Java Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Administrator
4 1 (14.29%) Consultant
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) MVC
1 4 (57.14%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (42.86%) Pair Programming
2 3 (42.86%) SOA
3 1 (14.29%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) Shell Script
2 5 (71.43%) SQL
3 4 (57.14%) Java
4 3 (42.86%) JavaScript
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle RMAN
2 2 (28.57%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Oracle
2 4 (57.14%) JBoss
3 2 (28.57%) NetApp
3 2 (28.57%) VMware
Stockport, North West
My client has an urgent project requirement for a 3 month contract, which is likely to extend, for a Java developer with Spring MVC, Hibernate and Agile methodology...
Real Staffing
Rate: £300 - £330 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013