The first table below looks at the demand for CentOS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CentOS 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 for the Wales region.

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
CentOS Linux
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing CentOS 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales - - -
As % of the Operating Systems category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £350
% change year-on-year
- -14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.00 £41.25 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.57% +50.00%
All Operating Systems
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
100 126 157
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 24.75% 22.70% 24.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 51 56
Average daily rate £325 £200 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+62.50% -46.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £123 £105 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £395 £350 £489
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 12 18
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% +20.83%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £9.00 £9.07
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.20 £15.50 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
CentOS
UK