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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Red Hat Enterprise 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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux over the 3 months to 18 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category.

LinkRed Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank349422520
Rank change year-on-year
Up+73Up+98
Matching contract IT job ads1421786
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.296 %0.043 %0.105 %
As % of the Operating Systems category1.676 %0.241 %0.533 %
Daily rates quoted75711
Average daily rate£375£450£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.66 %+12.50 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£262£272£366
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£450£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£410£450£400
% change year-on-year
-8.880 %+12.50 %
Hourly rates quoted213
Average hourly rate£39.00£25.00£32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+56.00 %-23.07 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£34.20£25.00£29.30
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£43.80£25.00£34.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate--£32.50
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
8475705316129
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK17.65 %17.83 %19.63 %
Daily rates quoted364921054182
Average daily rate£370£325£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.84 %-13.33 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£221£177£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£313£308£335
% change year-on-year
+1.460 %-8.050 %
Hourly rates quoted9469882674
Average hourly rate£16.00£18.50£18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.51 %-
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.00£10.50£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.00£37.50£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.00£17.50£18.00
% change year-on-year
-14.28 %-2.770 %

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.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Demand Trend

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Demand Trend

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux within the UK.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Daily Rate Trend

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux within the UK over the 3 months to 18 March 2010.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Daily Rate Histogram

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux within the UK.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hourly Rate Trend

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux within the UK over the 3 months to 18 March 2010.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hourly Rate Histogram

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Top 26 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux within the UK over the 3 months to 18 March 2010. 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+82138£375-16.66 %
LondonUp+28105£361-3.66 %
South WestUp+1920£394-
City of LondonDown-5413£175-
Docklands, LondonNew entry-12£425-
BristolNo change08£373-
South EastDown-28£418-7.22 %
ExeterNew entry-7£443-
DevonNew entry-7£443-
BerkshireUp+95£425+54.54 %
ScotlandNew entry-4--
ReadingNew entry-4£425-
East of EnglandUp+81£288-24.59 %
West MidlandsNew entry-1£513-
SheffieldNew entry-1£338-
Lytham St AnnesNew entry-1£220-
GlasgowNew entry-1--
IpswichNew entry-1£288-
CroydonNew entry-1£210-
HampshireNew entry-1--
LancashireNew entry-1£220-
South YorkshireNew entry-1£338-
SuffolkNew entry-1£288-
YorkshireNew entry-1£338-
MidlandsNew entry-1£500-
North WestNew entry-1£220-

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Red Hat Enterprise 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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

1229 (100.00 %)Red Hat Linux
2197 (86.03 %)Linux
3156 (68.12 %)Red Hat
496 (41.92 %)UNIX
577 (33.62 %)Apache
673 (31.88 %)Solaris
763 (27.51 %)VMware
859 (25.76 %)Tomcat
859 (25.76 %)DNS
958 (25.33 %)Windows
1049 (21.40 %)Perl
1049 (21.40 %)NFS
1148 (20.96 %)TCP/IP
1246 (20.09 %)SAN
1246 (20.09 %)Security Cleared
1345 (19.65 %)SQL
1444 (19.21 %)HP
1444 (19.21 %)IBM
1542 (18.34 %)Java
1641 (17.90 %)Oracle
1739 (17.03 %)JBoss
1739 (17.03 %)Veritas
1838 (16.59 %)MySQL
1937 (16.16 %)Windows Server 2003
1937 (16.16 %)Finance
2034 (14.85 %)Banking
2133 (14.41 %)AIX
2232 (13.97 %)Shell Script
2232 (13.97 %)VMware ESX
2329 (12.66 %)Sun

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Red Hat Enterprise 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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
120 (8.734 %)J2EE
216 (6.987 %)Web Services
314 (6.114 %)JDBC
413 (5.677 %)Spring
512 (5.240 %)Java EE
512 (5.240 %)Hibernate
512 (5.240 %)JAXB
611 (4.803 %)HTML
78 (3.493 %)Java SE
78 (3.493 %)WebSphere
86 (2.620 %)Middleware
86 (2.620 %).NET
86 (2.620 %)Adobe Flex
94 (1.747 %)LAMP
102 (0.873 %)XML
102 (0.873 %)Symfony
102 (0.873 %).NET Framework
111 (0.437 %)Application Packaging
111 (0.437 %)JMS
111 (0.437 %)X-Windows
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
177 (33.62 %)Apache
259 (25.76 %)Tomcat
39 (3.930 %)IIS
46 (2.620 %)Oracle Application Server
55 (2.183 %)MS Exchange
55 (2.183 %)WebLogic
55 (2.183 %)WebSphere MQ
64 (1.747 %)CMS
64 (1.747 %)WebSphere Application Server
64 (1.747 %)Exchange Server 2003
73 (1.310 %)WebSphere Message Broker
73 (1.310 %)iPlanet
82 (0.873 %)ColdFusion
82 (0.873 %)Drupal
91 (0.437 %)WebSphere Portal
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (0.437 %)NASTRAN
11 (0.437 %)MS PowerPoint
11 (0.437 %)MS Visio
11 (0.437 %)MS Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (1.310 %)Oracle EBS R12
21 (0.437 %)Remedy ITSM
21 (0.437 %)Oracle 11i
21 (0.437 %)Oracle EBS
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
159 (25.76 %)DNS
248 (20.96 %)TCP/IP
346 (20.09 %)SAN
420 (8.734 %)LDAP
516 (6.987 %)HTTP
516 (6.987 %)DHCP
516 (6.987 %)Firewall
611 (4.803 %)Internet
79 (3.930 %)SSL
88 (3.493 %)Ethernet
97 (3.057 %)FTP
97 (3.057 %)SSH
105 (2.183 %)iSCSI
105 (2.183 %)Kerberos
105 (2.183 %)SNMP
105 (2.183 %)DMZ
105 (2.183 %)SMTP
105 (2.183 %)VPN
114 (1.747 %)VLAN
114 (1.747 %)NAS
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
138 (16.59 %)MySQL
221 (9.170 %)SQL Server
317 (7.424 %)Oracle 10g
47 (3.057 %)Oracle 11g
56 (2.620 %)GIS
56 (2.620 %)SQL Server 2000
56 (2.620 %)SQL Server 2008
56 (2.620 %)Sybase ASE
56 (2.620 %)SQL Server 2005
64 (1.747 %)SQL Server 7
64 (1.747 %)Oracle 8/8i
73 (1.310 %)Oracle 9i
81 (0.437 %)Oracle OWB
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
17 (3.057 %)JMeter
25 (2.183 %)LoadRunner
34 (1.747 %)Maven
42 (0.873 %)Subversion
42 (0.873 %)VSS/SourceSafe
42 (0.873 %)ClearCase
42 (0.873 %)Oracle APEX
51 (0.437 %)Selenium
51 (0.437 %)Ant
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
137 (16.16 %)Finance
234 (14.85 %)Banking
317 (7.424 %)Investment Banking
412 (5.240 %)Government
58 (3.493 %)Front Office
65 (2.183 %)Telecoms
73 (1.310 %)Publishing
73 (1.310 %)Back Office
73 (1.310 %)Insurance
82 (0.873 %)Multimedia
82 (0.873 %)Financial Institution
82 (0.873 %)Music
91 (0.437 %)Corporate Banking
91 (0.437 %)Auditing
91 (0.437 %)Local Government
91 (0.437 %)Pensions
91 (0.437 %)Construction
91 (0.437 %)Games
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
191 (39.74 %)Administrator
250 (21.83 %)Systems Administrator
342 (18.34 %)UNIX Administrator
437 (16.16 %)Linux Engineer
529 (12.66 %)Linux Administrator
620 (8.734 %)Solaris Administrator
718 (7.860 %)Systems Engineer
816 (6.987 %)Solaris Systems Administrator
915 (6.550 %)Developer
1014 (6.114 %)Linux Systems Administrator
1112 (5.240 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
1112 (5.240 %)Analyst
1112 (5.240 %)DBA
1211 (4.803 %)Systems Support
1211 (4.803 %)Support Engineer
1310 (4.367 %)Tester
1310 (4.367 %)Java Developer
149 (3.930 %)UNIX Engineer
158 (3.493 %)Senior Java Developer
158 (3.493 %)SQL DBA
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
124 (10.48 %)Clustering
213 (5.677 %)HACMP
213 (5.677 %)LPAR
310 (4.367 %)Replication
48 (3.493 %)Open Source
53 (1.310 %)PKI
53 (1.310 %)Client/Server
62 (0.873 %)iPhone
71 (0.437 %)Video on Demand
71 (0.437 %)Streaming Media
71 (0.437 %)IPTV
71 (0.437 %)DataPower
71 (0.437 %)CLARiiON
71 (0.437 %)BBC
71 (0.437 %)Management Information System
71 (0.437 %)Interactive TV
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1229 (100.00 %)Red Hat Linux
2197 (86.03 %)Linux
396 (41.92 %)UNIX
473 (31.88 %)Solaris
558 (25.33 %)Windows
637 (16.16 %)Windows Server 2003
733 (14.41 %)AIX
824 (10.48 %)CentOS
921 (9.170 %)SUSE
1020 (8.734 %)Windows Server 2008
1114 (6.114 %)HPUX
1211 (4.803 %)Fedora
139 (3.930 %)Windows 2000
146 (2.620 %)Windows NT
154 (1.747 %)Windows XP
154 (1.747 %)Windows 2000 Server
163 (1.310 %)Ubuntu
163 (1.310 %)Debian
172 (0.873 %)zOS
172 (0.873 %)VMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
126 (11.35 %)Agile Software Development
215 (6.550 %)Change Management
314 (6.114 %)Performance Management
413 (5.677 %)Load Balancing
59 (3.930 %)Capacity Planning
59 (3.930 %)ITIL
59 (3.930 %)Migration
68 (3.493 %)Release Management
77 (3.057 %)E-Commerce
85 (2.183 %)Configuration Management
94 (1.747 %)Test Scripting
94 (1.747 %)Continuous Integration
103 (1.310 %)UML
103 (1.310 %)PRINCE2
103 (1.310 %)E-business
112 (0.873 %)Asset Management
112 (0.873 %)Web Design
112 (0.873 %)Performance Testing
112 (0.873 %)Resource Management
112 (0.873 %)Investment Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
149 (21.40 %)Perl
245 (19.65 %)SQL
342 (18.34 %)Java
432 (13.97 %)Shell Script
516 (6.987 %)AWK
614 (6.114 %)C
712 (5.240 %)PHP
88 (3.493 %)Bash shell
97 (3.057 %)PL/SQL
106 (2.620 %)Python
106 (2.620 %)Korn
113 (1.310 %)ActionScript 3.0
113 (1.310 %)ActionScript
113 (1.310 %)C#
122 (0.873 %)C++
122 (0.873 %)VBScript
122 (0.873 %)VBA
131 (0.437 %)C-shell
131 (0.437 %)Ruby
131 (0.437 %)VB
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
146 (20.09 %)Security Cleared
228 (12.23 %)SC Cleared
325 (10.92 %)DV Cleared
45 (2.183 %)RHCE
45 (2.183 %)IBM Certification
52 (0.873 %)Microsoft Certification
52 (0.873 %)ISEB
52 (0.873 %)Sun Certification
52 (0.873 %)MCSE
52 (0.873 %)Degree
61 (0.437 %)PRINCE2 Certification
61 (0.437 %)CISSP
61 (0.437 %)RHCT
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (0.873 %)QA
21 (0.437 %)SLA
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
149 (21.40 %)NFS
232 (13.97 %)VMware ESX
328 (12.23 %)VMware Infrastructure
427 (11.79 %)Active Directory
522 (9.607 %)Veritas Cluster Server
616 (6.987 %)Samba
715 (6.550 %)Veritas Volume Manager
88 (3.493 %)Veritas File System
88 (3.493 %)Oracle RAC
94 (1.747 %)Xen
102 (0.873 %)Sendmail
102 (0.873 %)OpenLDAP
102 (0.873 %)qmail
111 (0.437 %)Postfix
111 (0.437 %)Squid
111 (0.437 %)Citrix Presentation Server
111 (0.437 %)Terminal Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
116 (6.987 %)Nagios
210 (4.367 %)OpenView
210 (4.367 %)HP Data Protector
39 (3.930 %)NetBackup
44 (1.747 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
44 (1.747 %)Cacti
53 (1.310 %)Tivoli
62 (0.873 %)BMC PATROL
62 (0.873 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
62 (0.873 %)YUM
62 (0.873 %)Data Guard
62 (0.873 %)Zenoss
71 (0.437 %)EMC NetWorker
71 (0.437 %)AutoSys
71 (0.437 %)MSI
71 (0.437 %)Legato
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1156 (68.12 %)Red Hat
263 (27.51 %)VMware
344 (19.21 %)HP
344 (19.21 %)IBM
441 (17.90 %)Oracle
539 (17.03 %)JBoss
539 (17.03 %)Veritas
629 (12.66 %)Sun
727 (11.79 %)EMC
814 (6.114 %)NetApp
913 (5.677 %)Sybase
913 (5.677 %)Hitachi
1012 (5.240 %)Microsoft
119 (3.930 %)BMC
127 (3.057 %)BladeLogic
127 (3.057 %)Symantec
135 (2.183 %)ION Trading
144 (1.747 %)Dell
144 (1.747 %)Intel
144 (1.747 %)Citrix