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The table below looks at the demand for Novell SUSE Linux skills across the UK with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SUSE over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkNovell SUSE Linux
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank483574
Rank change on same period last yearUp+91
Matching contract IT job ads7692
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.107 %0.093 %
As % of the category below0.557 %0.431 %
Daily rates quoted2132
Average minimum daily rate£338£415
Average daily rate£361£446
% change on same period last year-19.05 %
Average maximum daily rate£384£476
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£298
% change on same period last year+26.41 %
Hourly rates quoted77
Average minimum hourly rate£31.00£35.00
Average hourly rate£32.00£39.29
% change on same period last year-18.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.00£43.57
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.00£39.29
% change on same period last year-18.54 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1364721359
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled19.21 %21.58 %
Daily rates quoted40215886
Average minimum daily rate£334£367
Average daily rate£354£388
% change on same period last year-8.81 %
Average maximum daily rate£373£408
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£331
% change on same period last year-1.19 %
Hourly rates quoted21423203
Average minimum hourly rate£21.29£21.05
Average hourly rate£22.65£22.36
% change on same period last year+1.31 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.01£23.66
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.98£22.27
% change on same period last year+3.17 %

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.

SUSE
Demand Trend

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

SUSE Demand Trend

SUSE
Daily Rate Trend

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

SUSE Daily Rate Trend

SUSE
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SUSE within the UK over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

SUSE Daily Rate Histogram

SUSE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SUSE Hourly Rate Trend

SUSE
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SUSE within the UK over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

SUSE Hourly Rate Histogram

SUSE
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 SUSE within the UK over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+7176£361-19.05 %
LondonUp+4837£352-23.51 %
South EastUp+4316£378-5.50 %
City of LondonDown-912£340-18.97 %
HampshireUp+2610£525-
West MidlandsUp+219--
SolihullNew entry-9--
Canary WharfUp+128--
YorkshireUp+167£375+51.51 %
East of EnglandUp+286--
EssexNew entry-4--
LeedsUp+54£375+56.25 %
West YorkshireUp+104£375+56.25 %
BerkshireUp+303£280-30.00 %
SloughNew entry-3£280-
BasildonNew entry-3--
PortsmouthNew entry-3£525-
South YorkshireUp+62--
North EastNew entry-2--
BarnsleyNew entry-2--
ChichesterNew entry-1--
HertfordshireNew entry-1--
CambridgeshireUp+191--
Tyne and WearNew entry-1--
SurreyUp+201--
West SussexNew entry-1--
BuckinghamshireUp+171--
NewcastleNew entry-1--
Potters BarNew entry-1--
Docklands, LondonUp+371£525-

SUSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SUSE 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 SUSE.

1120 (95.24 %)Linux
266 (52.38 %)Red Hat
363 (50.00 %)Red Hat Linux
459 (46.83 %)Solaris
554 (42.86 %)UNIX
649 (38.89 %)Windows
737 (29.37 %)VERITAS
833 (26.19 %)Windows Server 2003
932 (25.40 %)IBM
1029 (23.02 %)Oracle
1127 (21.43 %)Perl
1127 (21.43 %)Shell Script
1225 (19.84 %)Clustering
1323 (18.25 %)Sun
1422 (17.46 %)HP
1422 (17.46 %)VMware
1520 (15.87 %)Apache
1618 (14.29 %)TCP/IP
1717 (13.49 %)Debian
1816 (12.70 %)Finance
1816 (12.70 %)DNS
1816 (12.70 %)SAN
1816 (12.70 %)MySQL
1816 (12.70 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1914 (11.11 %)Java
1914 (11.11 %)SQL
1914 (11.11 %)Banking
2013 (10.32 %)LAN
2013 (10.32 %)Active Directory
2013 (10.32 %)WAN

SUSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SUSE 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 SUSE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (4.762 %)HTML
16 (4.762 %)XML
16 (4.762 %)WebSphere
25 (3.968 %)J2EE
34 (3.175 %)CGI
34 (3.175 %)Middleware
34 (3.175 %)WebServices
43 (2.381 %)JMS
43 (2.381 %)SOAP
52 (1.587 %)JDBC
52 (1.587 %)JSP
52 (1.587 %).NET
52 (1.587 %)AJAX
52 (1.587 %)XSLT
61 (0.794 %)CORBA
61 (0.794 %)XSD
61 (0.794 %)XSL
61 (0.794 %)WBIMB
61 (0.794 %)CSS
61 (0.794 %)STL
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
120 (15.87 %)Apache
212 (9.524 %)Tomcat
37 (5.556 %)JBoss
45 (3.968 %)IIS
54 (3.175 %)WebLogic
63 (2.381 %)MS Exchange
63 (2.381 %)WebSphere MQ
72 (1.587 %)WebSphere Application Server
72 (1.587 %)MQSeries
72 (1.587 %)ESB
72 (1.587 %)WebSphere Message Broker
81 (0.794 %)Lotus Notes
81 (0.794 %)Exchange Server 2003
81 (0.794 %)TIBCO EMS
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
111 (8.730 %)MS Excel
25 (3.968 %)MS Office
33 (2.381 %)MS PowerPoint
41 (0.794 %)MS Project
41 (0.794 %)MS Visio
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.794 %)BusinessWorks
11 (0.794 %)TIBCO iProcess
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
118 (14.29 %)TCP/IP
216 (12.70 %)DNS
216 (12.70 %)SAN
313 (10.32 %)LAN
313 (10.32 %)WAN
412 (9.524 %)Firewall
55 (3.968 %)FTP
64 (3.175 %)Internet
64 (3.175 %)SMTP
73 (2.381 %)HTTP
82 (1.587 %)VPN
91 (0.794 %)NNTP
91 (0.794 %)DHCP
91 (0.794 %)POP3
91 (0.794 %)PBX
91 (0.794 %)LDAP
91 (0.794 %)ATM
91 (0.794 %)IMAP
91 (0.794 %)iSCSI
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
116 (12.70 %)MySQL
28 (6.349 %)SQL Server
37 (5.556 %)DB2
45 (3.968 %)Oracle 8/8i
54 (3.175 %)Oracle 10g
63 (2.381 %)RDBMS
63 (2.381 %)Oracle 11g
72 (1.587 %)Oracle 9i
72 (1.587 %)SQL Server 2000
72 (1.587 %)SQL Server 2005
81 (0.794 %)Oracle OLAP
81 (0.794 %)OLAP
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (7.143 %)Subversion
22 (1.587 %)JUnit
22 (1.587 %)Rational Rose
22 (1.587 %)Bugzilla
31 (0.794 %)NUnit
31 (0.794 %)CruiseControl
31 (0.794 %)ClearCase
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
116 (12.70 %)Finance
214 (11.11 %)Banking
312 (9.524 %)Investment Banking
48 (6.349 %)Health
54 (3.175 %)Government
63 (2.381 %)Marketing
71 (0.794 %)Local Government
71 (0.794 %)Games
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
137 (29.37 %)Administrator
231 (24.60 %)Systems Administrator
311 (8.730 %)Developer
410 (7.937 %)Technical Support
410 (7.937 %)Linux Engineer
59 (7.143 %)Solaris Administrator
59 (7.143 %)Solaris Systems Administrator
59 (7.143 %)UNIX Administrator
68 (6.349 %)UNIX Engineer
68 (6.349 %)Linux Administrator
77 (5.556 %)Linux Systems Administrator
77 (5.556 %)Analyst
86 (4.762 %)Software Engineer
86 (4.762 %)Consultant
95 (3.968 %)Systems Engineer
95 (3.968 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
95 (3.968 %)Web Administrator
95 (3.968 %)Data Centre Engineer
95 (3.968 %)Linux Consultant
104 (3.175 %)Software Integration Engineer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
125 (19.84 %)Clustering
26 (4.762 %)Equities
33 (2.381 %)Replication
33 (2.381 %)Social Network
42 (1.587 %)Market Risk
42 (1.587 %)Client/Server
42 (1.587 %)N-Tier
42 (1.587 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
42 (1.587 %)Mainframe
51 (0.794 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
51 (0.794 %)Japanese Language
51 (0.794 %)Multithreading
51 (0.794 %)CLARiiON
51 (0.794 %)Fixed Income
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1120 (95.24 %)Linux
263 (50.00 %)Red Hat Linux
359 (46.83 %)Solaris
454 (42.86 %)UNIX
549 (38.89 %)Windows
633 (26.19 %)Windows Server 2003
717 (13.49 %)Debian
816 (12.70 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
912 (9.524 %)Windows XP
1010 (7.937 %)AIX
117 (5.556 %)HPUX
126 (4.762 %)Windows 2000
126 (4.762 %)Windows 2000 Server
135 (3.968 %)Gentoo
144 (3.175 %)CentOS
153 (2.381 %)NetWare
162 (1.587 %)zOS
162 (1.587 %)Windows NT
171 (0.794 %)OpenVMS
171 (0.794 %)Fedora
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (9.524 %)Service Delivery
211 (8.730 %)Security Cleared
310 (7.937 %)Project Management
49 (7.143 %)Problem Management
57 (5.556 %)Validation
64 (3.175 %)ITIL
64 (3.175 %)SC Cleared
73 (2.381 %)SOA
73 (2.381 %)Migration
73 (2.381 %)Stress Testing
82 (1.587 %)Content Management
82 (1.587 %)Project Planning
82 (1.587 %)Risk Management
82 (1.587 %)Disaster Recovery
82 (1.587 %)UML
82 (1.587 %)OOA/OOD
82 (1.587 %)E-Commerce
82 (1.587 %)ERP
82 (1.587 %)BC Cleared
82 (1.587 %)Monte Carlo Method
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
127 (21.43 %)Perl
127 (21.43 %)Shell Script
214 (11.11 %)Java
214 (11.11 %)SQL
39 (7.143 %)C
47 (5.556 %)C++
54 (3.175 %)PHP
63 (2.381 %)VBScript
63 (2.381 %)VB
72 (1.587 %)C#
72 (1.587 %)Python
81 (0.794 %)PL/SQL
81 (0.794 %)AWK
81 (0.794 %)Korn
81 (0.794 %)JavaScript
81 (0.794 %)VBA
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (3.175 %)RHCT
21 (0.794 %)Degree
21 (0.794 %)Cisco Certification
21 (0.794 %)RHCE
21 (0.794 %)ITIL Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.794 %)SLA
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
113 (10.32 %)Active Directory
211 (8.730 %)NFS
38 (6.349 %)VMware Infrastructure
44 (3.175 %)NetBackup
53 (2.381 %)Snort
53 (2.381 %)Oracle RAC
53 (2.381 %)Samba
61 (0.794 %)VMware ESX
61 (0.794 %)Novell eDirectory
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (3.175 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
21 (0.794 %)ZENworks
21 (0.794 %)BMC Performance Manager
21 (0.794 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
21 (0.794 %)OpenView
21 (0.794 %)Legato
21 (0.794 %)Tivoli
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
166 (52.38 %)Red Hat
237 (29.37 %)VERITAS
332 (25.40 %)IBM
429 (23.02 %)Oracle
523 (18.25 %)Sun
622 (17.46 %)HP
622 (17.46 %)VMware
710 (7.937 %)EMC
88 (6.349 %)Microsoft
88 (6.349 %)Hitachi
96 (4.762 %)Citrix
96 (4.762 %)Dell
96 (4.762 %)Fujitsu
105 (3.968 %)Sybase
114 (3.175 %)Cisco
114 (3.175 %)Intel
123 (2.381 %)BMC
123 (2.381 %)NetApp
123 (2.381 %)Novell
123 (2.381 %)TIBCO