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The table below looks at the demand for Linux skills within the Surrey 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
Rank4841
Rank change on same period last yearDown-7
Matching contract IT job ads4684
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.064 %0.084 %
As % of the category below13.14 %13.55 %
Daily rates quoted927
Average minimum daily rate£326£296
Average daily rate£349£310
% change on same period last year+12.75 %
Average maximum daily rate£373£324
UK excluding London average daily rate£356£339
% change on same period last year+4.87 %
Hourly rates quoted26
Average minimum hourly rate£37.50£35.00
Average hourly rate£41.25£36.67
% change on same period last year+12.50 %
Average maximum hourly rate£45.00£38.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.34£33.02
% change on same period last year-2.07 %
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
Surrey
Matching contract IT job ads350620
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.489 %0.623 %
Daily rates quoted65159
Average minimum daily rate£321£310
Average daily rate£347£325
% change on same period last year+6.72 %
Average maximum daily rate£373£341
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£332
% change on same period last year-0.55 %
Hourly rates quoted84146
Average minimum hourly rate£21.75£18.35
Average hourly rate£23.08£19.30
% change on same period last year+19.58 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.41£20.24
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.90£22.31
% change on same period last year+2.65 %
Linux South EastLinux
South East

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey Linux Daily Rate Trend

Linux
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Surrey Linux Daily Rate Histogram

Linux
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Surrey 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 Surrey 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
CamberleyUp+159£331-30.26 %
GuildfordUp+156£313-
WokingUp+34--
Linux South EastLinux
South East

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

134 (40.48 %)UNIX
231 (36.90 %)Solaris
325 (29.76 %)Red Hat
325 (29.76 %)Red Hat Linux
422 (26.19 %)Oracle
520 (23.81 %)VERITAS
618 (21.43 %)SQL
715 (17.86 %)Java
715 (17.86 %)PHP
814 (16.67 %)Security Cleared
814 (16.67 %)SC Cleared
913 (15.48 %)PL/SQL
913 (15.48 %)Windows
1012 (14.29 %)SAN
1111 (13.10 %)J2EE
1111 (13.10 %)MySQL
1111 (13.10 %)TCP/IP
1111 (13.10 %)Banking
1210 (11.90 %)Investment Banking
1210 (11.90 %)WebLogic
1210 (11.90 %)Cisco
1210 (11.90 %)Finance
139 (10.71 %)JavaScript
139 (10.71 %)DNS
148 (9.524 %)Migration
148 (9.524 %)XHTML
148 (9.524 %)Perl
148 (9.524 %)CSS
157 (8.333 %)IIS
157 (8.333 %)Apache

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111 (13.10 %)J2EE
28 (9.524 %)CSS
28 (9.524 %)XHTML
36 (7.143 %)WebServices
36 (7.143 %)XML
44 (4.762 %)AJAX
52 (2.381 %)JMS
52 (2.381 %)LAMP
52 (2.381 %)Swing
52 (2.381 %)HTML
61 (1.190 %).NET
61 (1.190 %)SOAP
61 (1.190 %)J2ME
61 (1.190 %)WinForms
61 (1.190 %)Middleware
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
110 (11.90 %)WebLogic
27 (8.333 %)IIS
27 (8.333 %)Apache
33 (3.571 %)Tomcat
42 (2.381 %)Rendezvous
42 (2.381 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
42 (2.381 %)QuickPlace
42 (2.381 %)Lotus Domino
51 (1.190 %)Lotus Notes
51 (1.190 %)Exchange Server 2003
51 (1.190 %)MS Exchange
51 (1.190 %)SAS
51 (1.190 %)OpenEdge
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (2.381 %)MS Office
12 (2.381 %)MS Excel
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (1.190 %)Oracle Clinical
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (14.29 %)SAN
211 (13.10 %)TCP/IP
39 (10.71 %)DNS
46 (7.143 %)LDAP
46 (7.143 %)Firewall
54 (4.762 %)Internet
54 (4.762 %)iSCSI
63 (3.571 %)DHCP
72 (2.381 %)SSL
81 (1.190 %)IMAP
81 (1.190 %)HTTP
81 (1.190 %)Bluetooth
81 (1.190 %)SMTP
81 (1.190 %)HTTPS
81 (1.190 %)VPN
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (13.10 %)MySQL
25 (5.952 %)BusinessObjects
25 (5.952 %)BusinessObjects XI
34 (4.762 %)Oracle 10g
43 (3.571 %)DataStage
52 (2.381 %)ETL
52 (2.381 %)DB2
61 (1.190 %)Informix
61 (1.190 %)Oracle 9i
61 (1.190 %)GIS
61 (1.190 %)Base SAS
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (7.143 %)JMeter
21 (1.190 %)Subversion
21 (1.190 %)Oracle Forms
21 (1.190 %)Dreamweaver
21 (1.190 %)WebSpeed
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (13.10 %)Banking
210 (11.90 %)Finance
210 (11.90 %)Investment Banking
36 (7.143 %)Financial Institution
43 (3.571 %)Telecoms
43 (3.571 %)Retail
43 (3.571 %)Multimedia
52 (2.381 %)Government
61 (1.190 %)Games
61 (1.190 %)Electric
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
122 (26.19 %)Administrator
216 (19.05 %)Developer
312 (14.29 %)Tester
411 (13.10 %)UNIX Administrator
510 (11.90 %)Systems Administrator
69 (10.71 %)Linux Administrator
77 (8.333 %)PHP Developer
77 (8.333 %)UNIX Engineer
77 (8.333 %)Analyst
77 (8.333 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
86 (7.143 %)Systems Tester
95 (5.952 %)Systems Engineer
95 (5.952 %)Functional Tester
95 (5.952 %)Non-Functional Tester
104 (4.762 %)Support Analyst
113 (3.571 %)Test Analyst
113 (3.571 %)UNIX Systems Engineer
113 (3.571 %)Senior Tester
113 (3.571 %)Java Developer
113 (3.571 %)Programmer
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (3.571 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
22 (2.381 %)EPoS
22 (2.381 %)Fixed Income
22 (2.381 %)Clustering
31 (1.190 %)Credit Derivative
31 (1.190 %)CCTV
31 (1.190 %)Photography
31 (1.190 %)Mainframe
31 (1.190 %)Client/Server
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
134 (40.48 %)UNIX
231 (36.90 %)Solaris
325 (29.76 %)Red Hat Linux
413 (15.48 %)Windows
56 (7.143 %)Windows Server 2003
64 (4.762 %)FreeBSD
72 (2.381 %)Windows XP
72 (2.381 %)Windows 2000
72 (2.381 %)AIX
72 (2.381 %)SUSE
72 (2.381 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
81 (1.190 %)Debian
81 (1.190 %)HPUX
81 (1.190 %)NetWare
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
114 (16.67 %)SC Cleared
114 (16.67 %)Security Cleared
28 (9.524 %)Migration
35 (5.952 %)ITIL
35 (5.952 %)Web Development
35 (5.952 %)Stress Testing
35 (5.952 %)Test Scripting
44 (4.762 %)DV Cleared
44 (4.762 %)Regression Testing
44 (4.762 %)Disaster Recovery
44 (4.762 %)OO
52 (2.381 %)E-Commerce
52 (2.381 %)SOA
52 (2.381 %)Wealth Management
52 (2.381 %)Release Management
52 (2.381 %)BC Cleared
61 (1.190 %)Performance Testing
61 (1.190 %)Load Testing
61 (1.190 %)Load Balancing
61 (1.190 %)Service Delivery
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
118 (21.43 %)SQL
215 (17.86 %)Java
215 (17.86 %)PHP
313 (15.48 %)PL/SQL
49 (10.71 %)JavaScript
58 (9.524 %)Perl
65 (5.952 %)C
65 (5.952 %)C#
65 (5.952 %)Python
74 (4.762 %)Shell Script
74 (4.762 %)PHP5
74 (4.762 %)C++
74 (4.762 %)DHTML
82 (2.381 %)VB
91 (1.190 %)VB.NET
91 (1.190 %)Korn
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (8.333 %)ISEB
22 (2.381 %)MCP
22 (2.381 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (1.190 %)OCP
31 (1.190 %)Oracle Certification
31 (1.190 %)CCNA
31 (1.190 %)Cisco Certification
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (7.143 %)Samba
24 (4.762 %)Xen
24 (4.762 %)VMware Infrastructure
32 (2.381 %)NetBackup
41 (1.190 %)Squid
41 (1.190 %)NFS
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (3.571 %)CONTROL-M
21 (1.190 %)Legato
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
125 (29.76 %)Red Hat
222 (26.19 %)Oracle
320 (23.81 %)VERITAS
410 (11.90 %)Cisco
56 (7.143 %)Microsoft
56 (7.143 %)BEA
65 (5.952 %)VMware
65 (5.952 %)Sun
65 (5.952 %)HP
65 (5.952 %)Business Objects
73 (3.571 %)Compaq
82 (2.381 %)Sybase
82 (2.381 %)NetApp
82 (2.381 %)TIBCO
91 (1.190 %)Ab Initio
91 (1.190 %)Novell
91 (1.190 %)Lotus
91 (1.190 %)Brocade
91 (1.190 %)SonicWALL
91 (1.190 %)Finjan