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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Red Hat products and/or services in IT contracts within the Swindon region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Red Hat over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRed Hat
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3841
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching contract IT job ads137
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.018 %0.007 %
As % of the category below4.851 %2.941 %
Daily rates quoted72
Average minimum daily rate£364£400
Average daily rate£396£400
% change on same period last year-0.89 %
Average maximum daily rate£429£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£367£341
% change on same period last year+7.68 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£25.00
Average hourly rate-£27.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.35£36.16
% change on same period last year-2.22 %
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Swindon
Matching contract IT job ads268238
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.374 %0.239 %
Daily rates quoted6848
Average minimum daily rate£344£276
Average daily rate£366£296
% change on same period last year+23.78 %
Average maximum daily rate£389£315
UK excluding London average daily rate£360£354
% change on same period last year+1.60 %
Hourly rates quoted3528
Average minimum hourly rate£23.82£23.83
Average hourly rate£26.25£25.81
% change on same period last year+1.69 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.67£27.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.36£24.43
% change on same period last year-0.31 %
Red Hat WiltshireRed Hat
Wiltshire

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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Red Hat, Inc.

Red Hat
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Red Hat across the Swindon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Swindon Red Hat Demand Trend

Red Hat
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Red Hat across the Swindon region.

Swindon Red Hat Daily Rate Trend

Red Hat
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Swindon Red Hat Daily Rate Histogram

Red Hat
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Swindon Red Hat Hourly Rate Trend

Red Hat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon region citing Red Hat 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 Red Hat.

121 (100.00 %)Linux
121 (100.00 %)Red Hat Linux
212 (57.14 %)Security Cleared
310 (47.62 %)SC Cleared
49 (42.86 %)Government
49 (42.86 %)Clustering
57 (33.33 %)Solaris
66 (28.57 %)UNIX
66 (28.57 %)VERITAS
75 (23.81 %)BMC
75 (23.81 %)Sun
75 (23.81 %)Telecoms
75 (23.81 %)VMware
84 (19.05 %)Firewall
84 (19.05 %)Shell Script
84 (19.05 %)Windows
84 (19.05 %)Apache
93 (14.29 %)C
93 (14.29 %)C++
93 (14.29 %)MS Exchange
93 (14.29 %)3G
93 (14.29 %)VxWorks
93 (14.29 %)Microsoft
93 (14.29 %)Windows Server 2003
93 (14.29 %)Active Directory
93 (14.29 %)NetBackup
93 (14.29 %)Device Driver
93 (14.29 %)pSOS
93 (14.29 %)Embedded Linux
102 (9.524 %)Exchange Server 2003

Red Hat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon region citing Red Hat 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 Red Hat. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (19.05 %)Apache
23 (14.29 %)MS Exchange
32 (9.524 %)Exchange Server 2003
41 (4.762 %)Exchange Server 2007
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (19.05 %)Firewall
23 (14.29 %)3G
32 (9.524 %)NetScreen
32 (9.524 %)TCP/IP
32 (9.524 %)SAN
41 (4.762 %)Wi-Fi
41 (4.762 %)Cisco ASA
41 (4.762 %)DNS
41 (4.762 %)LDAP
41 (4.762 %)LAN
41 (4.762 %)VoIP
41 (4.762 %)WAN
41 (4.762 %)DHCP
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (42.86 %)Government
25 (23.81 %)Telecoms
32 (9.524 %)Home Office
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (23.81 %)Linux Engineer
24 (19.05 %)UNIX Engineer
33 (14.29 %)Implementation Engineer
42 (9.524 %)C Developer
42 (9.524 %)Server Engineer
42 (9.524 %)Developer
42 (9.524 %)C++ Developer
51 (4.762 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
51 (4.762 %)UNIX Administrator
51 (4.762 %)Implementation Consultant
51 (4.762 %)Infrastructure Architect
51 (4.762 %)Consultant
51 (4.762 %)Systems Administrator
51 (4.762 %)3rd Line Support
51 (4.762 %)Administrator
51 (4.762 %)Architect
51 (4.762 %)UNIX Consultant
51 (4.762 %)Data Centre Engineer
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (42.86 %)Clustering
23 (14.29 %)Device Driver
32 (9.524 %)PKI
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
121 (100.00 %)Linux
121 (100.00 %)Red Hat Linux
27 (33.33 %)Solaris
36 (28.57 %)UNIX
44 (19.05 %)Windows
53 (14.29 %)Windows Server 2003
53 (14.29 %)VxWorks
53 (14.29 %)pSOS
53 (14.29 %)Embedded Linux
61 (4.762 %)Windows XP
61 (4.762 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (57.14 %)Security Cleared
210 (47.62 %)SC Cleared
32 (9.524 %)ITIL
41 (4.762 %)Project Management
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (19.05 %)Shell Script
23 (14.29 %)C
23 (14.29 %)C++
31 (4.762 %)SQL
31 (4.762 %)Embedded C++
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (9.524 %)RHCE
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (14.29 %)NetBackup
13 (14.29 %)Active Directory
22 (9.524 %)Backup Exec
31 (4.762 %)Citrix Presentation Server
31 (4.762 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (4.762 %)VMware ESX
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (9.524 %)BMC PATROL
21 (4.762 %)BMC Performance Manager
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (28.57 %)VERITAS
25 (23.81 %)BMC
25 (23.81 %)Sun
25 (23.81 %)VMware
33 (14.29 %)Microsoft
42 (9.524 %)Citrix
42 (9.524 %)Juniper
42 (9.524 %)Cisco
42 (9.524 %)IBM
42 (9.524 %)Altiris
42 (9.524 %)Remedy
51 (4.762 %)Symantec