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The table below looks at the demand for Linux skills within the Suffolk 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 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLinux
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank828
Rank change on same period last yearUp+20
Matching contract IT job ads186
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.025 %0.006 %
As % of the category below32.73 %7.229 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£200£350
Average daily rate£200£350
% change on same period last year-42.85 %
Average maximum daily rate£200£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£356£339
% change on same period last year+4.87 %
Hourly rates quoted131
Average minimum hourly rate£27.20£10.00
Average hourly rate£27.46£11.00
% change on same period last year+149.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.72£12.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.34£33.02
% change on same period last year-2.07 %
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Suffolk
Matching contract IT job ads5583
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.077 %0.083 %
Daily rates quoted711
Average minimum daily rate£193£224
Average daily rate£205£227
% change on same period last year-9.93 %
Average maximum daily rate£216£230
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£332
% change on same period last year-0.55 %
Hourly rates quoted3735
Average minimum hourly rate£20.26£21.67
Average hourly rate£21.00£22.56
% change on same period last year-6.90 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.75£23.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.90£22.31
% change on same period last year+2.65 %
Linux East of EnglandLinux
East of England

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk Linux Hourly Rate Trend

Linux
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Linux across the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Suffolk Linux Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Suffolk region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
IpswichUp+1516£200-
Linux East of EnglandLinux
East of England

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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.

128 (84.85 %)Solaris
128 (84.85 %)SAN
218 (54.55 %)HP
317 (51.52 %)EMC
317 (51.52 %)AIX
317 (51.52 %)Cisco
317 (51.52 %)Sun
317 (51.52 %)Brocade
416 (48.48 %)HPUX
515 (45.45 %)VERITAS
515 (45.45 %)NetBackup
515 (45.45 %)HP Data Protector
612 (36.36 %)Legato
612 (36.36 %)Oracle
711 (33.33 %)SQL
711 (33.33 %)OpenView
89 (27.27 %)TCP/IP
89 (27.27 %)Lotus Notes
89 (27.27 %)Lotus Domino
89 (27.27 %)Informix
89 (27.27 %)MS Excel
89 (27.27 %)MS Exchange
89 (27.27 %)SQL Server
89 (27.27 %)Perl
89 (27.27 %)ITIL
89 (27.27 %)NetApp
89 (27.27 %)Lotus
89 (27.27 %)ITIL Certification
89 (27.27 %)VMware
89 (27.27 %)iSCSI

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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.

Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (3.030 %)HTML
11 (3.030 %)J2EE
11 (3.030 %)XHTML
11 (3.030 %)WAP
11 (3.030 %)Hibernate
11 (3.030 %)Spring
11 (3.030 %)Tapestry
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (27.27 %)Lotus Notes
19 (27.27 %)Lotus Domino
19 (27.27 %)MS Exchange
22 (6.061 %)WebLogic
22 (6.061 %)JBoss
31 (3.030 %)SAS
31 (3.030 %)Apache
31 (3.030 %)Tomcat
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (27.27 %)MS Excel
22 (6.061 %)MS Project
22 (6.061 %)MS Office
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
128 (84.85 %)SAN
29 (27.27 %)TCP/IP
29 (27.27 %)iSCSI
31 (3.030 %)Internet
31 (3.030 %)Broadband
31 (3.030 %)SMS
31 (3.030 %)FTP
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (27.27 %)SQL Server
19 (27.27 %)Informix
23 (9.091 %)Oracle 10g
31 (3.030 %)MySQL
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (3.030 %)JUnit
11 (3.030 %)Subversion
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
116 (48.48 %)Storage Engineer
29 (27.27 %)Storage Analyst
29 (27.27 %)Analyst
29 (27.27 %)Support Analyst
37 (21.21 %)Support Engineer
44 (12.12 %)3rd Line Support
53 (9.091 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
62 (6.061 %)Developer
62 (6.061 %)Oracle DBA
62 (6.061 %)DBA
71 (3.030 %)Senior Developer
71 (3.030 %)Technical Support
71 (3.030 %)Systems Administrator
71 (3.030 %)Desktop Support
71 (3.030 %)Software Engineer
71 (3.030 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
71 (3.030 %)UNIX Administrator
71 (3.030 %)Software Design Engineer
71 (3.030 %)Administrator
71 (3.030 %)Design Engineer
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (21.21 %)Clustering
22 (6.061 %)CLARiiON
22 (6.061 %)Symmetrix
31 (3.030 %)Computer Science
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
128 (84.85 %)Solaris
217 (51.52 %)AIX
316 (48.48 %)HPUX
45 (15.15 %)UNIX
45 (15.15 %)Windows
54 (12.12 %)Red Hat Linux
63 (9.091 %)Windows 2000 Server
72 (6.061 %)Tru64
81 (3.030 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (27.27 %)ITIL
22 (6.061 %)SC Cleared
22 (6.061 %)Security Cleared
22 (6.061 %)Service Delivery
31 (3.030 %)Change Management
31 (3.030 %)Disaster Recovery
31 (3.030 %)Agile Software Development
31 (3.030 %)TDD
31 (3.030 %)Content Management
31 (3.030 %)OO
31 (3.030 %)Configuration Management
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (33.33 %)SQL
29 (27.27 %)Perl
32 (6.061 %)PL/SQL
41 (3.030 %)C
41 (3.030 %)Java
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
19 (27.27 %)ITIL Certification
19 (27.27 %)SNIA Certification
27 (21.21 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
27 (21.21 %)MCSE
27 (21.21 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (3.030 %)Degree
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (12.12 %)SLA
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
115 (45.45 %)NetBackup
29 (27.27 %)VMware Infrastructure
37 (21.21 %)NFS
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
115 (45.45 %)HP Data Protector
212 (36.36 %)Legato
311 (33.33 %)OpenView
42 (6.061 %)OVPA
51 (3.030 %)OpenView Configuration Management
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
118 (54.55 %)HP
217 (51.52 %)EMC
217 (51.52 %)Cisco
217 (51.52 %)Sun
217 (51.52 %)Brocade
315 (45.45 %)VERITAS
412 (36.36 %)Oracle
59 (27.27 %)NetApp
59 (27.27 %)Lotus
59 (27.27 %)VMware
64 (12.12 %)Red Hat
72 (6.061 %)BEA
81 (3.030 %)CA