Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category.

LinkLinux
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank3335
Rank change on the same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads13532738
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK3.939 %3.556 %
As % of the Operating Systems category22.00 %17.68 %
Daily rates quoted536810
Average daily rate£335£395
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-15.08 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£280£350
% change on same period last year-20.00 %
Hourly rates quoted78222
Average hourly rate£24.00£32.50
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-26.15 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.50£18.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£32.50
% change on same period last year-23.07 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsAll Operating Systems
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
615115487
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK17.91 %20.12 %
Daily rates quoted20924219
Average daily rate£329£375
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-12.26 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£190£195
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£287£350
% change on same period last year-18.14 %
Hourly rates quoted8092394
Average hourly rate£17.50£17.50
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.00£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.00£36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£16.50
% change on same period last year+6.060 %

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.

Linux
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Linux within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

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 within the UK.

Linux Daily Rate Trend

Linux
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Linux within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

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 within the UK.

Linux Hourly Rate Trend

Linux
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Linux within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

Linux Hourly Rate Histogram

Linux
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+11291£335-15.18 %
LondonUp+1641£400-5.88 %
South EastUp+10331£290-17.14 %
City of LondonUp+4235£400-19.19 %
HampshireUp+9127£290-17.14 %
BerkshireUp+25110£313-10.71 %
South WestUp+2792£300-25.00 %
East of EnglandDown-1072£250-25.92 %
ReadingUp+4252£280+24.44 %
North WestUp+3951£230-29.23 %
West MidlandsUp+2240£215-38.57 %
CambridgeshireUp+140£250-16.66 %
YorkshireUp+736£283-13.07 %
ScotlandUp+2535£219-36.52 %
GloucestershireUp+2932£450+33.52 %
CambridgeDown-231£238-13.63 %
SurreyUp+3627£275-8.33 %
OxfordshireUp+1425£250-13.04 %
BristolUp+924£310-4.61 %
Docklands, LondonUp+1019£434-22.84 %
ManchesterUp+3118£230-34.28 %
West YorkshireUp+1718£275+3.77 %
LeedsUp+1816£275+4.76 %
GlasgowUp+1915£217-39.65 %
MerseysideUp+1714£333-
EssexDown-1114£275+12.24 %
CheshireUp+3813£325+51.16 %
East MidlandsUp+2013£275-8.33 %
LiverpoolUp+1913£333-
WalesUp+2812£325-

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

11279 (44.60 %)UNIX
2959 (33.44 %)Windows
3692 (24.13 %)Oracle
4605 (21.09 %)Solaris
5513 (17.89 %)SQL
6511 (17.82 %)MySQL
7496 (17.29 %)C++
8486 (16.95 %)Java
9449 (15.66 %)Red Hat Linux
10436 (15.20 %)Red Hat
11432 (15.06 %)PHP
12415 (14.47 %)Apache
13378 (13.18 %)Finance
14376 (13.11 %)Banking
15373 (13.01 %)XML
16372 (12.97 %)Perl
17316 (11.02 %)Security Cleared
18296 (10.32 %)JavaScript
19286 (9.972 %)C
20285 (9.937 %)HTML
21262 (9.135 %)Investment Banking
22261 (9.100 %)CSS
23250 (8.717 %)HP
24235 (8.194 %)Python
25230 (8.020 %)OO
26222 (7.741 %)Shell Script
27216 (7.531 %)SC Cleared
28201 (7.008 %)Microsoft
29199 (6.939 %)Windows Server 2003
29199 (6.939 %)LAMP

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1373 (13.01 %)XML
2285 (9.937 %)HTML
3261 (9.100 %)CSS
4199 (6.939 %)LAMP
5142 (4.951 %).NET
5142 (4.951 %)J2EE
6118 (4.114 %)XHTML
7116 (4.045 %)WebServices
8114 (3.975 %)Spring
9113 (3.940 %)AJAX
1088 (3.068 %)WebSphere
1181 (2.824 %)STL
1280 (2.789 %)Hibernate
1280 (2.789 %)Middleware
1357 (1.987 %)Motif
1357 (1.987 %)Flash
1454 (1.883 %)XSLT
1553 (1.848 %)JSP
1646 (1.604 %)ASP.NET
1744 (1.534 %)Ruby on Rails
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1415 (14.47 %)Apache
2127 (4.428 %)Tomcat
392 (3.208 %)CMS
482 (2.859 %)IIS
562 (2.162 %)Drupal
656 (1.953 %)WebLogic
754 (1.883 %)MS Exchange
834 (1.185 %)Rendezvous
929 (1.011 %)Joomla!
1026 (0.907 %)WebSphere Application Server
1125 (0.872 %)Exchange Server 2003
1224 (0.837 %)Documentum
1322 (0.767 %)Exchange Server 2007
1421 (0.732 %)Apache Solr
1518 (0.628 %)Oracle Application Server
1617 (0.593 %)SAS
1716 (0.558 %)SharePoint
1716 (0.558 %)WebSphere MQ
1716 (0.558 %)TIBCO EMS
1813 (0.453 %)WebSphere Portal
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
171 (2.476 %)MS Excel
223 (0.802 %)MS Office
315 (0.523 %)MS Visio
410 (0.349 %)Photoshop
58 (0.279 %)MS Project
67 (0.244 %)Doxygen
75 (0.174 %)Fireworks
83 (0.105 %)Spreadsheet
92 (0.070 %)MS PowerPoint
92 (0.070 %)Adobe Illustrator
101 (0.035 %)ImageReady
101 (0.035 %)SPSS
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
131 (1.081 %)RMDS
223 (0.802 %)Oracle EBS
317 (0.593 %)BusinessWorks
317 (0.593 %)ION MarketView
49 (0.314 %)Oracle ERP
57 (0.244 %)Oracle Applications
66 (0.209 %)Oracle 11i
75 (0.174 %)MFGPRO
84 (0.139 %)Summit
84 (0.139 %)TIBCO iProcess
93 (0.105 %)Siebel Analytics
102 (0.070 %)SAP ERP
102 (0.070 %)SAP HCM
102 (0.070 %)Oracle EBS R12
102 (0.070 %)SoftGrid
102 (0.070 %)Loan IQ
102 (0.070 %)SAP SRM
102 (0.070 %)Oracle Financials
102 (0.070 %)WebTrends
102 (0.070 %)SAP CRM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1190 (6.625 %)SAN
2183 (6.381 %)TCP/IP
3153 (5.335 %)Firewall
4122 (4.254 %)DNS
5113 (3.940 %)Internet
6102 (3.556 %)WAN
7101 (3.522 %)LAN
897 (3.382 %)LDAP
969 (2.406 %)VPN
1061 (2.127 %)DHCP
1158 (2.022 %)NAS
1256 (1.953 %)HTTP
1355 (1.918 %)SMTP
1441 (1.430 %)FTP
1533 (1.151 %)SSL
1630 (1.046 %)SNMP
1729 (1.011 %)Ethernet
1729 (1.011 %)DVB
1828 (0.976 %)Wireless
1927 (0.941 %)Intranet
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1511 (17.82 %)MySQL
2198 (6.904 %)SQL Server
3116 (4.045 %)Oracle 10g
468 (2.371 %)RDBMS
550 (1.743 %)Oracle 9i
638 (1.325 %)Oracle 11g
737 (1.290 %)SQL Server 2005
832 (1.116 %)Datawarehouse
832 (1.116 %)Ingres
930 (1.046 %)GIS
1028 (0.976 %)DB2
1125 (0.872 %)Oracle Reports
1222 (0.767 %)SQL Server 2000
1321 (0.732 %)BusinessObjects
1420 (0.697 %)PostgreSQL
1420 (0.697 %)Informix
1519 (0.662 %)Oracle 8/8i
1617 (0.593 %)ETL
1714 (0.488 %)SQL Server 2008
1812 (0.418 %)Firebird
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1172 (5.997 %)ClearCase
288 (3.068 %)Subversion
332 (1.116 %)Ant
427 (0.941 %)JUnit
525 (0.872 %)Eclipse
616 (0.558 %)Git (software)
715 (0.523 %)Selenium
715 (0.523 %)LoadRunner
813 (0.453 %)ClearQuest
813 (0.453 %)PVCS
912 (0.418 %)JIRA
1011 (0.384 %)WinRunner
1011 (0.384 %)TestDirector
118 (0.279 %)JMeter
127 (0.244 %)Oracle Forms
127 (0.244 %)QuickTest Pro
136 (0.209 %)Paros
136 (0.209 %)Log4j
145 (0.174 %)Dreamweaver
145 (0.174 %)Visual Studio
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1378 (13.18 %)Finance
2376 (13.11 %)Banking
3262 (9.135 %)Investment Banking
4128 (4.463 %)Telecoms
5126 (4.393 %)Front Office
6114 (3.975 %)Government
748 (1.674 %)Education
748 (1.674 %)Retail
840 (1.395 %)Games
920 (0.697 %)Advertising
1019 (0.662 %)Aerospace
1019 (0.662 %)Billing
1116 (0.558 %)Military
1116 (0.558 %)Marketing
1116 (0.558 %)Publishing
1214 (0.488 %)Insurance
1313 (0.453 %)Multimedia
1313 (0.453 %)Back Office
1412 (0.418 %)Pharmaceutical
1511 (0.384 %)Home Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1996 (34.73 %)Developer
2357 (12.45 %)Administrator
3292 (10.18 %)Analyst
4229 (7.985 %)PHP Developer
5221 (7.706 %)C++ Developer
6200 (6.974 %)Systems Administrator
7176 (6.137 %)Java Developer
8150 (5.230 %)Architect
9122 (4.254 %)Support Analyst
10121 (4.219 %)DBA
11102 (3.556 %)Consultant
1294 (3.278 %)Web Developer
1392 (3.208 %)Senior Developer
1392 (3.208 %)Linux Administrator
1487 (3.033 %)Software Engineer
1586 (2.999 %)UNIX Administrator
1684 (2.929 %)Oracle DBA
1774 (2.580 %)Support Engineer
1863 (2.197 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
1961 (2.127 %)Linux Systems Administrator
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
196 (3.347 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
280 (2.789 %)Clustering
374 (2.580 %)Equities
461 (2.127 %)Multithreading
557 (1.987 %)Computer Science
655 (1.918 %)Derivative
737 (1.290 %)IPTV
836 (1.255 %)Fixed Income
836 (1.255 %)Mainframe
934 (1.185 %)DTV
1033 (1.151 %)Client/Server
1130 (1.046 %)Replication
1228 (0.976 %)MPEG
1327 (0.941 %)Thin Client
1327 (0.941 %)Fat Client
1422 (0.767 %)STB
1521 (0.732 %)Mathematics
1619 (0.662 %)PKI
1717 (0.593 %)Market Risk
1816 (0.558 %)SecurID
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11279 (44.60 %)UNIX
2959 (33.44 %)Windows
3605 (21.09 %)Solaris
4449 (15.66 %)Red Hat Linux
5199 (6.939 %)Windows Server 2003
6135 (4.707 %)AIX
7124 (4.324 %)HPUX
8101 (3.522 %)Windows XP
993 (3.243 %)Windows 2000
1077 (2.685 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1161 (2.127 %)SUSE
1233 (1.151 %)Embedded Linux
1233 (1.151 %)Windows Server 2008
1330 (1.046 %)Windows Vista
1424 (0.837 %)Windows NT
1519 (0.662 %)Windows 2000 Server
1618 (0.628 %)Debian
1715 (0.523 %)Ubuntu
1715 (0.523 %)NetWare
1811 (0.384 %)VMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1230 (8.020 %)OO
2164 (5.718 %)UML
3119 (4.149 %)ITIL
490 (3.138 %)Migration
574 (2.580 %)Web Development
668 (2.371 %)Content Management
767 (2.336 %)Configuration Management
866 (2.301 %)Agile Software Development
963 (2.197 %)Electronic Trading
1061 (2.127 %)E-Commerce
1156 (1.953 %)OOD
1156 (1.953 %)Project Management
1255 (1.918 %)SOA
1255 (1.918 %)TDD
1342 (1.464 %)Change Management
1441 (1.430 %)Algorithmic Trading
1540 (1.395 %)Load Balancing
1639 (1.360 %)Software Engineering
1738 (1.325 %)PRINCE2
1738 (1.325 %)OOP
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1513 (17.89 %)SQL
2496 (17.29 %)C++
3486 (16.95 %)Java
4432 (15.06 %)PHP
5372 (12.97 %)Perl
6296 (10.32 %)JavaScript
7286 (9.972 %)C
8235 (8.194 %)Python
9222 (7.741 %)Shell Script
10115 (4.010 %)PHP5
11110 (3.835 %)C#
1282 (2.859 %)Korn
1381 (2.824 %)PL/SQL
1457 (1.987 %)Ruby
1547 (1.639 %)VB
1629 (1.011 %)PHP4
1727 (0.941 %)VBScript
1823 (0.802 %)T-SQL
1823 (0.802 %)COBOL
1918 (0.628 %)JCL
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1316 (11.02 %)Security Cleared
2216 (7.531 %)SC Cleared
3116 (4.045 %)Degree
454 (1.883 %)DV Cleared
546 (1.604 %)Cisco Certification
639 (1.360 %)Microsoft Certification
737 (1.290 %)RHCE
827 (0.941 %)CCNA
924 (0.837 %)MCSE
1023 (0.802 %)CCNP
1118 (0.628 %)Oracle Certification
1216 (0.558 %)ISEB
1313 (0.453 %)CISSP
1313 (0.453 %)OCP
1411 (0.384 %)RHCT
1510 (0.349 %)MCSA
169 (0.314 %)RHCA
169 (0.314 %)ITIL Certification
177 (0.244 %)ISTQB
186 (0.209 %)MCP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
147 (1.639 %)QA
229 (1.011 %)SLA
37 (0.244 %)ISO12207
37 (0.244 %)PCI DSS
45 (0.174 %)ISO27001
54 (0.139 %)WCAG
54 (0.139 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
63 (0.105 %)JTAG
71 (0.035 %)ISO9001
71 (0.035 %)ISO8583
71 (0.035 %)CESG Infosec
71 (0.035 %)Basel II
71 (0.035 %)BS7799
71 (0.035 %)WAI
71 (0.035 %)COBIT
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1132 (4.603 %)Active Directory
278 (2.720 %)NetBackup
278 (2.720 %)Oracle RAC
363 (2.197 %)VMware Infrastructure
447 (1.639 %)Oracle RMAN
545 (1.569 %)NFS
634 (1.185 %)VMware ESX
720 (0.697 %)Backup Exec
818 (0.628 %)Veritas Volume Manager
818 (0.628 %)Veritas Cluster Server
913 (0.453 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1012 (0.418 %)Sendmail
1012 (0.418 %)Xen
1111 (0.384 %)Samba
128 (0.279 %)Postfix
137 (0.244 %)Squid
146 (0.209 %)Hyper-V
146 (0.209 %)SRDF
146 (0.209 %)Terminal Services
155 (0.174 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
148 (1.674 %)Data Guard
241 (1.430 %)OpenView
337 (1.290 %)Tivoli
427 (0.941 %)BMC PATROL
525 (0.872 %)CONTROL-M
620 (0.697 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
620 (0.697 %)Legato
719 (0.662 %)Nagios
719 (0.662 %)TIBCO Hawk
817 (0.593 %)AutoSys
914 (0.488 %)CA SiteMinder
914 (0.488 %)EMC NetWorker
1010 (0.349 %)CiscoWorks
119 (0.314 %)SCCM
128 (0.279 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
128 (0.279 %)OVPI
128 (0.279 %)HP NNM
137 (0.244 %)ServiceCenter
137 (0.244 %)Norton AntiVirus
137 (0.244 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1692 (24.13 %)Oracle
2436 (15.20 %)Red Hat
3250 (8.717 %)HP
4201 (7.008 %)Microsoft
5178 (6.206 %)VMware
6165 (5.753 %)Cisco
7142 (4.951 %)Sybase
8114 (3.975 %)Sun
998 (3.417 %)IBM
1090 (3.138 %)JBoss
1090 (3.138 %)Veritas
1178 (2.720 %)TIBCO
1273 (2.545 %)EMC
1352 (1.813 %)CheckPoint
1449 (1.709 %)Citrix
1546 (1.604 %)Reuters
1546 (1.604 %)NetApp
1640 (1.395 %)Zend
1738 (1.325 %)Remedy
1832 (1.116 %)Symantec