The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle 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 Oracle Linux over the 3 months to 17 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.

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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Linux (formerly Oracle Enterprise Linux)
Rank 479 523 572
Rank change year-on-year
+44 +49
Contract jobs citing Oracle Linux 51 55 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.110% 0.094% 0.026%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.512% 0.465% 0.126%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 14 6
Average daily rate £375 £403 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.83% +14.91%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £353 £313 £241
10% offered a daily rate of more than £573 £447 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £325 £270
% change year-on-year
+15.38% +20.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Operating Systems
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
9962 11825 12738
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 21.47% 20.29% 20.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 5353 5945 6221
Average daily rate £360 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £195 £200 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £501 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 972 1164 1254
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +2.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.21 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%

Oracle Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oracle Linux Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle Linux
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Oracle Linux within the UK.

Oracle Linux Daily Rate Trend

Oracle Linux
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Oracle Linux within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Oracle Linux Daily Rate Histogram

Oracle Linux
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Oracle Linux within the UK.

Oracle Linux Hourly Rate Trend

Oracle Linux
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Oracle Linux within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
England +48 51 £375 -11.76%
South East +28 17 £450 +11.11%
London +14 16 £463 +8.82%
Hampshire +1 14 £450 +11.11%
Yorkshire 0 14 £375 -
City of London +7 8 £363 -14.70%
Andover - 6 £563 -
Berkshire +17 3 - -
South West - 3 £425 -
Wiltshire - 3 £425 -
Bracknell - 3 - -
Swindon - 2 £425 -
North East - 1 £325 -
Durham - 1 £325 -

Oracle Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Oracle 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 Oracle Linux.

1 83 (100.00%) Oracle
1 83 (100.00%) Linux
2 47 (56.63%) Oracle 11g
3 46 (55.42%) ITIL
4 44 (53.01%) Middleware
5 41 (49.40%) Oracle 10g
5 41 (49.40%) Oracle Application Server
6 36 (43.37%) BPEL
7 35 (42.17%) SOA
8 34 (40.96%) Oracle 10gAS
9 31 (37.35%) Change Management
10 30 (36.14%) WebLogic
10 30 (36.14%) Oracle Fusion
11 28 (33.73%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 27 (32.53%) ESB
12 27 (32.53%) HPUX
13 26 (31.33%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 25 (30.12%) LAN
14 25 (30.12%) WAN
14 25 (30.12%) Red Hat
15 24 (28.92%) VMware
15 24 (28.92%) Windows
15 24 (28.92%) Oracle Service Bus
16 23 (27.71%) Oracle 8/8i
16 23 (27.71%) SAN
17 22 (26.51%) Windows Server 2003
18 21 (25.30%) Microsoft
19 20 (24.10%) MS Excel
19 20 (24.10%) VMware Infrastructure
20 19 (22.89%) Security Cleared

Oracle Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Oracle 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 Oracle Linux. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 44 (53.01%) Middleware
2 30 (36.14%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (7.229%) J2EE
4 5 (6.024%) CSS
4 5 (6.024%) Ajax
4 5 (6.024%) jQuery
4 5 (6.024%) HTML
5 4 (4.819%) SAML
5 4 (4.819%) WebCenter
6 3 (3.614%) COM
7 1 (1.205%) JMS
Application Platforms
1 41 (49.40%) Oracle Application Server
2 34 (40.96%) Oracle 10gAS
3 30 (36.14%) WebLogic
4 28 (33.73%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 27 (32.53%) ESB
6 24 (28.92%) Oracle Service Bus
7 5 (6.024%) Apache
7 5 (6.024%) Tomcat
8 4 (4.819%) GlassFish
9 1 (1.205%) AquaLogic Service Bus
9 1 (1.205%) AquaLogic
9 1 (1.205%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (1.205%) IIS
Applications
1 20 (24.10%) MS Excel
2 7 (8.434%) MS Office
3 5 (6.024%) MS Visio
3 5 (6.024%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (12.05%) Oracle EBS
2 9 (10.84%) Oracle EBS R12
3 8 (9.639%) Oracle 11i
4 3 (3.614%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 25 (30.12%) LAN
1 25 (30.12%) WAN
2 23 (27.71%) SAN
3 11 (13.25%) VPN
4 10 (12.05%) 3G
4 10 (12.05%) PSTN
4 10 (12.05%) VoIP
4 10 (12.05%) GPRS
4 10 (12.05%) Wireless
4 10 (12.05%) NAS
5 7 (8.434%) Firewall
6 5 (6.024%) LDAP
6 5 (6.024%) SSL
7 4 (4.819%) MPLS
7 4 (4.819%) ATM
7 4 (4.819%) Broadband
7 4 (4.819%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (56.63%) Oracle 11g
2 41 (49.40%) Oracle 10g
3 23 (27.71%) Oracle 8/8i
4 14 (16.87%) Oracle BI EE
5 13 (15.66%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (9.639%) Oracle Reports
7 7 (8.434%) SQL Server
8 6 (7.229%) DB2
8 6 (7.229%) Oracle OWB
9 4 (4.819%) Oracle Discoverer
9 4 (4.819%) SQL Server 2008
9 4 (4.819%) SQL Server 2005
10 2 (2.410%) Siebel EIM
11 1 (1.205%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (1.205%) Oracle Exadata
11 1 (1.205%) MySQL
11 1 (1.205%) TOAD
11 1 (1.205%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 5 (6.024%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (1.205%) Hudson
2 1 (1.205%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.205%) Subversion
2 1 (1.205%) JIRA
General
1 9 (10.84%) Finance
2 4 (4.819%) Legal
3 3 (3.614%) Banking
4 1 (1.205%) Retail
4 1 (1.205%) Investment Banking
4 1 (1.205%) Retail Banking
4 1 (1.205%) Publishing
4 1 (1.205%) Military
Job Titles
1 31 (37.35%) Administrator
2 22 (26.51%) Middleware Administrator
3 12 (14.46%) Architect
4 8 (9.639%) Team Leader
4 8 (9.639%) Infrastructure Team Leader
5 7 (8.434%) Technical Architect
6 6 (7.229%) Developer
7 4 (4.819%) DBA
7 4 (4.819%) Oracle Developer
7 4 (4.819%) Technical Writer
7 4 (4.819%) Server Engineer
8 3 (3.614%) UNIX Engineer
8 3 (3.614%) Information Assurance Leader
9 2 (2.410%) Oracle DBA
9 2 (2.410%) Infrastructure Architect
9 2 (2.410%) Siebel Administrator
9 2 (2.410%) Consultant
9 2 (2.410%) Author
9 2 (2.410%) Technical Author
10 1 (1.205%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.84%) Management Information System
2 4 (4.819%) Open Source
3 1 (1.205%) Digital Media
3 1 (1.205%) Replication
3 1 (1.205%) Equities
3 1 (1.205%) Streaming Media
3 1 (1.205%) Statistics
3 1 (1.205%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 83 (100.00%) Linux
2 27 (32.53%) HPUX
3 24 (28.92%) Windows
4 22 (26.51%) Windows Server 2003
5 17 (20.48%) UNIX
6 15 (18.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 13 (15.66%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (4.819%) Solaris
9 1 (1.205%) AIX
9 1 (1.205%) OpenVMS
9 1 (1.205%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (55.42%) ITIL
2 36 (43.37%) BPEL
3 35 (42.17%) SOA
4 31 (37.35%) Change Management
5 14 (16.87%) Configuration Management
6 12 (14.46%) PRINCE2
7 9 (10.84%) Risk Management
7 9 (10.84%) Information Security
8 8 (9.639%) Migration
8 8 (9.639%) ETL
8 8 (9.639%) Information Assurance
9 7 (8.434%) Agile Software Development
10 6 (7.229%) Unit Testing
10 6 (7.229%) Multithreading
10 6 (7.229%) OO
10 6 (7.229%) Waterfall
11 5 (6.024%) Business Intelligence
11 5 (6.024%) Project Management
11 5 (6.024%) Performance Management
12 4 (4.819%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 11 (13.25%) Perl
2 10 (12.05%) Java
2 10 (12.05%) SQL
3 6 (7.229%) C
4 5 (6.024%) PL/SQL
4 5 (6.024%) JavaScript
4 5 (6.024%) Shell Script
5 4 (4.819%) PHP
6 1 (1.205%) Python
6 1 (1.205%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 19 (22.89%) Security Cleared
2 16 (19.28%) SC Cleared
3 5 (6.024%) DV Cleared
4 2 (2.410%) CCNP
4 2 (2.410%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (2.410%) OCP
4 2 (2.410%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (1.205%) Degree
5 1 (1.205%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.205%) MCDBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.410%) JSP 440
System Software
1 20 (24.10%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (19.28%) Oracle RAC
3 4 (4.819%) Hyper-V
3 4 (4.819%) XenApp
3 4 (4.819%) XenDesktop
3 4 (4.819%) vSphere
3 4 (4.819%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (4.819%) Active Directory
3 4 (4.819%) VMware ESX
3 4 (4.819%) Xen
4 3 (3.614%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 26 (31.33%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (1.205%) NetBackup
2 1 (1.205%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 83 (100.00%) Oracle
2 25 (30.12%) Red Hat
3 24 (28.92%) VMware
4 21 (25.30%) Microsoft
5 16 (19.28%) HP
6 7 (8.434%) Siebel
6 7 (8.434%) IBM
6 7 (8.434%) Informatica
7 6 (7.229%) Cisco
8 5 (6.024%) JBoss
8 5 (6.024%) Hyperion
8 5 (6.024%) Serena
9 4 (4.819%) 3PAR
9 4 (4.819%) BMC
9 4 (4.819%) EMC
9 4 (4.819%) Citrix
10 2 (2.410%) Juniper
10 2 (2.410%) Nokia
10 2 (2.410%) CheckPoint
11 1 (1.205%) NetApp
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