Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Red Hat products and/or services 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 over the 3 months to 17 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 Vendors currently tracked.

LinkRed Hat
Location
3 months to
17 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank177260209
Rank change year-on-year
Up+83Down-51
Matching contract IT job ads430199580
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.889 %0.501 %0.710 %
As % of the Vendors category2.026 %1.135 %1.636 %
Daily rates quoted21264160
Average daily rate£368£350£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.000 %-12.50 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£285£250£300
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£495£450£485
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£328£400
% change year-on-year
+14.50 %-18.12 %
Hourly rates quoted13877
Average hourly rate£17.50£23.50£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.53 %-32.85 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.80£13.71£18.70
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£51.00£34.40£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£14.00£23.50£35.00
% change year-on-year
-40.42 %-32.85 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryAll Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
212241753835444
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK43.89 %44.12 %43.40 %
Daily rates quoted9168507810071
Average daily rate£400£375£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£230£220£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£575£525£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£350£360
% change year-on-year
-4.280 %-2.770 %
Hourly rates quoted120713723126
Average hourly rate£20.00£21.50£21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.970 %+2.380 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.46£11.50£12.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.42£40.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.75£21.00£20.00
% change year-on-year
-10.71 %+5.000 %

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.

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

Red Hat
Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

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 within the UK over the 3 months to 17 March 2010.

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 within the UK.

Red Hat Hourly Rate Trend

Red Hat
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Red Hat within the UK over the 3 months to 17 March 2010.

Red Hat Hourly Rate Histogram

Red Hat
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 Red Hat within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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+79420£370+5.71 %
LondonUp+62290£363+3.57 %
City of LondonDown-2061£375-11.76 %
South EastDown-1746£400+17.64 %
South WestUp+1428£350-17.64 %
Docklands, LondonUp+1724£425+30.76 %
East of EnglandUp+3722£400+35.02 %
BerkshireUp+820£400+33.33 %
HampshireUp+616--
ReadingUp+313£400+33.33 %
BristolUp+113£320-1.53 %
HertfordshireUp+2210£500-
YorkshireUp+510£365+46.00 %
East MidlandsUp+59£375-
West YorkshireUp+39£370-
North WestNew entry-9£320-
EssexNew entry-8£388-
GloucestershireNew entry-8£375-
LeedsUp+57£370-
ColchesterNew entry-7£388-
ScotlandDown-176£300-7.69 %
LiverpoolNew entry-5£320-
NorthamptonshireNew entry-5£375-
MerseysideNew entry-5£320-
NorthamptonNew entry-4£375-
West MidlandsUp+73£298+19.00 %
CroydonUp+43£230-
FarehamDown-23--
MiddlesexDown-33£421-6.55 %
WatfordDown-63£525-

Red Hat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1655 (91.87 %)Red Hat Linux
2651 (91.30 %)Linux
3323 (45.30 %)UNIX
4231 (32.40 %)Windows
5214 (30.01 %)Oracle
6169 (23.70 %)Solaris
7160 (22.44 %)Apache
8153 (21.46 %)Perl
9152 (21.32 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10125 (17.53 %)Shell Script
11121 (16.97 %)Security Cleared
12110 (15.43 %)Java
12110 (15.43 %)Finance
13108 (15.15 %)IBM
14102 (14.31 %)Windows Server 2003
15100 (14.03 %)SAN
15100 (14.03 %)VMware
1699 (13.88 %)Banking
1791 (12.76 %)HP
1791 (12.76 %)DNS
1791 (12.76 %)AIX
1884 (11.78 %)Bash shell
1982 (11.50 %)Sun
2081 (11.36 %)SC Cleared
2180 (11.22 %)Tomcat
2278 (10.94 %)TCP/IP
2377 (10.80 %)SQL
2475 (10.52 %)MySQL
2574 (10.38 %)Microsoft
2672 (10.10 %)Veritas

Red Hat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
138 (5.330 %)WebSphere
235 (4.909 %)J2EE
334 (4.769 %)Middleware
429 (4.067 %)LAMP
524 (3.366 %)XML
622 (3.086 %)HTML
721 (2.945 %)XHTML
819 (2.665 %)Web Services
918 (2.525 %)CSS
1014 (1.964 %).NET
1113 (1.823 %)Spring
1113 (1.823 %)Java EE
1212 (1.683 %)JMS
1311 (1.543 %)COM+
149 (1.262 %)AJAX
158 (1.122 %)Java SE
167 (0.982 %)Hibernate
176 (0.842 %)JDBC
176 (0.842 %)XSLT
185 (0.701 %)CGI
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1160 (22.44 %)Apache
280 (11.22 %)Tomcat
344 (6.171 %)IIS
437 (5.189 %)WebLogic
520 (2.805 %)CMS
618 (2.525 %)Drupal
717 (2.384 %)WebSphere Application Server
813 (1.823 %)WebSphere MQ
813 (1.823 %)Documentum
912 (1.683 %)MS Exchange
1010 (1.403 %)IBM HTTP Server
119 (1.262 %)MQSeries
127 (0.982 %)Oracle Application Server
127 (0.982 %)SharePoint
127 (0.982 %)Oracle 10gAS
136 (0.842 %)Oracle HTTP Server
145 (0.701 %)iPlanet
145 (0.701 %)Rendezvous
154 (0.561 %)WebSphere Message Broker
154 (0.561 %)Jetty
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
121 (2.945 %)MS Excel
214 (1.964 %)MS Office
34 (0.561 %)MS PowerPoint
34 (0.561 %)MS Project
43 (0.421 %)CATIA
51 (0.140 %)Windchill
51 (0.140 %)SPSS
51 (0.140 %)NASTRAN
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
17 (0.982 %)Oracle Applications
17 (0.982 %)Oracle 11i
24 (0.561 %)WebTrends
24 (0.561 %)ENOVIA
32 (0.281 %)RMDS
41 (0.140 %)Teamcenter
41 (0.140 %)Global One
41 (0.140 %)Oracle EBS
41 (0.140 %)SAP Oil and Gas
41 (0.140 %)KBM
41 (0.140 %)TIBCO iProcess
41 (0.140 %)Remedy ITSM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1100 (14.03 %)SAN
291 (12.76 %)DNS
378 (10.94 %)TCP/IP
449 (6.872 %)LDAP
449 (6.872 %)Internet
535 (4.909 %)Firewall
535 (4.909 %)DHCP
629 (4.067 %)LAN
728 (3.927 %)HTTP
827 (3.787 %)WAN
923 (3.226 %)SSL
1020 (2.805 %)SMTP
1020 (2.805 %)SSH
1112 (1.683 %)NAS
1112 (1.683 %)BIG-IP
129 (1.262 %)VPN
138 (1.122 %)Ethernet
147 (0.982 %)IPsec
147 (0.982 %)Intranet
147 (0.982 %)SNMP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
175 (10.52 %)MySQL
259 (8.275 %)SQL Server
351 (7.153 %)Oracle 10g
436 (5.049 %)Oracle 11g
521 (2.945 %)Datawarehouse
614 (1.964 %)DB2
713 (1.823 %)Oracle 9i
713 (1.823 %)SQL Server 2005
811 (1.543 %)ETL
811 (1.543 %)DB2 UDB
99 (1.262 %)Data Mart
108 (1.122 %)IDOL
117 (0.982 %)Oracle 8/8i
126 (0.842 %)RDBMS
135 (0.701 %)BusinessObjects
135 (0.701 %)DataStage
135 (0.701 %)OLTP
135 (0.701 %)Informix
143 (0.421 %)SQL Server 2000
143 (0.421 %)Data Mining
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
117 (2.384 %)Subversion
213 (1.823 %)Ant
312 (1.683 %)Maven
47 (0.982 %)JUnit
47 (0.982 %)Oracle Forms
55 (0.701 %)Eclipse
64 (0.561 %)JIRA
64 (0.561 %)ClearCase
73 (0.421 %)IntelliJ
82 (0.281 %)Visual Studio
82 (0.281 %)VSS/SourceSafe
82 (0.281 %)ClearQuest
82 (0.281 %)PowerBuilder
91 (0.140 %)Log4j
91 (0.140 %)CruiseControl
91 (0.140 %)TestDirector
91 (0.140 %)QuickTest Pro
91 (0.140 %)LoadRunner
91 (0.140 %)Rational Rose
91 (0.140 %)JDeveloper
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1110 (15.43 %)Finance
299 (13.88 %)Banking
347 (6.592 %)Government
446 (6.452 %)Investment Banking
515 (2.104 %)Telecoms
614 (1.964 %)Front Office
711 (1.543 %)Games
88 (1.122 %)Insurance
96 (0.842 %)Financial Institution
96 (0.842 %)Back Office
96 (0.842 %)Law
104 (0.561 %)Publishing
113 (0.421 %)Marketing
113 (0.421 %)Auditing
122 (0.281 %)Pharmaceutical
122 (0.281 %)Retail
122 (0.281 %)Billing
122 (0.281 %)Construction
122 (0.281 %)Education
131 (0.140 %)Military
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1233 (32.68 %)Administrator
2155 (21.74 %)Systems Administrator
3103 (14.45 %)Linux Administrator
485 (11.92 %)UNIX Administrator
576 (10.66 %)Linux Engineer
675 (10.52 %)Linux Systems Administrator
758 (8.135 %)Systems Engineer
758 (8.135 %)Developer
856 (7.854 %)Analyst
954 (7.574 %)Architect
1047 (6.592 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
1141 (5.750 %)UNIX Engineer
1240 (5.610 %)Consultant
1335 (4.909 %)DBA
1433 (4.628 %)Support Analyst
1529 (4.067 %)Support Engineer
1623 (3.226 %)Linux Support
1623 (3.226 %)Solaris Administrator
1722 (3.086 %)Oracle DBA
1821 (2.945 %)Technical Architect
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
152 (7.293 %)Clustering
233 (4.628 %)Open Source
329 (4.067 %)HACMP
428 (3.927 %)PKI
519 (2.665 %)LPAR
617 (2.384 %)Replication
711 (1.543 %)Derivative
88 (1.122 %)DTV
88 (1.122 %)Fixed Income
97 (0.982 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
97 (0.982 %)Client/Server
106 (0.842 %)Equity Derivative
115 (0.701 %)Mainframe
115 (0.701 %)N-Tier
124 (0.561 %)German Language
124 (0.561 %)Firmware
124 (0.561 %)CLARiiON
133 (0.421 %)Grid Computing
133 (0.421 %)Equities
133 (0.421 %)BBC
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1655 (91.87 %)Red Hat Linux
2651 (91.30 %)Linux
3323 (45.30 %)UNIX
4231 (32.40 %)Windows
5169 (23.70 %)Solaris
6152 (21.32 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7102 (14.31 %)Windows Server 2003
891 (12.76 %)AIX
953 (7.433 %)Windows Server 2008
1039 (5.470 %)CentOS
1137 (5.189 %)HPUX
1236 (5.049 %)SUSE
1322 (3.086 %)Windows 2000
1416 (2.244 %)Ubuntu
1416 (2.244 %)Debian
1512 (1.683 %)Windows 2000 Server
169 (1.262 %)Fedora
178 (1.122 %)VMS
178 (1.122 %)Windows XP
182 (0.281 %)Oracle Enterprise Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
154 (7.574 %)Migration
247 (6.592 %)E-Commerce
345 (6.311 %)ITIL
428 (3.927 %)Load Balancing
428 (3.927 %)Performance Management
520 (2.805 %)Agile Software Development
619 (2.665 %)Capacity Planning
718 (2.525 %)Configuration Management
816 (2.244 %)Disaster Recovery
915 (2.104 %)Change Management
915 (2.104 %)E-business
915 (2.104 %)PRINCE2
1014 (1.964 %)Project Management
1113 (1.823 %)Content Management
1212 (1.683 %)SOA
1212 (1.683 %)UML
1310 (1.403 %)Validation
149 (1.262 %)Data Modelling
149 (1.262 %)Release Management
149 (1.262 %)Network Load Balancing
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1153 (21.46 %)Perl
2125 (17.53 %)Shell Script
3110 (15.43 %)Java
484 (11.78 %)Bash shell
577 (10.80 %)SQL
665 (9.116 %)PHP
751 (7.153 %)Korn
840 (5.610 %)Python
938 (5.330 %)C
1022 (3.086 %)PL/SQL
1116 (2.244 %)AWK
1215 (2.104 %)VB
1312 (1.683 %)JavaScript
1411 (1.543 %)C#
1411 (1.543 %)C++
1411 (1.543 %)VBScript
1411 (1.543 %)PHP5
158 (1.122 %)WebLogic Scripting Tool
167 (0.982 %)VBA
167 (0.982 %)Groovy
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1121 (16.97 %)Security Cleared
281 (11.36 %)SC Cleared
333 (4.628 %)DV Cleared
418 (2.525 %)RHCE
517 (2.384 %)Degree
611 (1.543 %)Sun Certification
79 (1.262 %)RHCT
88 (1.122 %)ITIL Certification
88 (1.122 %)Cisco Certification
97 (0.982 %)CCNA
97 (0.982 %)BC Cleared
106 (0.842 %)MCSE
106 (0.842 %)Microsoft Certification
115 (0.701 %)ISEB
115 (0.701 %)IBM Certification
122 (0.281 %)LPIC
122 (0.281 %)CCSA
131 (0.140 %)CISSP
131 (0.140 %)OCP
131 (0.140 %)Oracle Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (0.982 %)QA
22 (0.281 %)HL7
22 (0.281 %)SLA
31 (0.140 %)ISO27001
31 (0.140 %)COBIT
31 (0.140 %)PCI DSS
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
158 (8.135 %)Active Directory
256 (7.854 %)VMware ESX
353 (7.433 %)NFS
450 (7.013 %)VMware Infrastructure
530 (4.208 %)Veritas Cluster Server
530 (4.208 %)Oracle RAC
618 (2.525 %)Veritas Volume Manager
716 (2.244 %)Samba
813 (1.823 %)Oracle RMAN
912 (1.683 %)Veritas File System
105 (0.701 %)Xen
114 (0.561 %)qmail
123 (0.421 %)Sendmail
132 (0.281 %)Citrix Presentation Server
132 (0.281 %)Squid
132 (0.281 %)XenServer
132 (0.281 %)Terminal Services
141 (0.140 %)Snort
141 (0.140 %)MetaFrame
141 (0.140 %)vSphere
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
130 (4.208 %)NetBackup
228 (3.927 %)Data Guard
325 (3.506 %)Nagios
424 (3.366 %)Tivoli
517 (2.384 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
612 (1.683 %)YUM
612 (1.683 %)OpenView
710 (1.403 %)HP Data Protector
89 (1.262 %)Cacti
95 (0.701 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
95 (0.701 %)SCOM
104 (0.561 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
113 (0.421 %)CA SiteMinder
113 (0.421 %)BMC PATROL
122 (0.281 %)EMC NetWorker
122 (0.281 %)Ganglia
122 (0.281 %)Zenoss
122 (0.281 %)AutoSys
122 (0.281 %)MSI
122 (0.281 %)Legato
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1214 (30.01 %)Oracle
2108 (15.15 %)IBM
3100 (14.03 %)VMware
491 (12.76 %)HP
582 (11.50 %)Sun
674 (10.38 %)Microsoft
772 (10.10 %)Veritas
858 (8.135 %)JBoss
944 (6.171 %)EMC
1037 (5.189 %)Cisco
1131 (4.348 %)Citrix
1228 (3.927 %)NetApp
1325 (3.506 %)Dell
1419 (2.665 %)Symantec
1517 (2.384 %)Sybase
1614 (1.964 %)CommVault
1614 (1.964 %)Tripwire
1712 (1.683 %)BladeLogic
1712 (1.683 %)Nortel
1811 (1.543 %)McAfee