Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Red Hat Linux skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Red Hat Linux over the 3 months to 19 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 for the West Midlands region.

 Red Hat Linux
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank7487104
Rank change year-on-year
Up+13Up+17
Matching contract IT job ads3222
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands0.201 %0.117 %0.668 %
As % of the Operating Systems category1.382 %0.690 %3.735 %
Daily rates quoted220
Average daily rate£405£250-
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+62.00 %-
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£325£398
% change year-on-year
+15.38 %-18.23 %
Hourly rates quoted005
Average hourly rate--£28.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£14.00£23.50£32.50
% change year-on-year
-40.42 %-27.69 %
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
217290589
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands14.52 %16.92 %17.88 %
Daily rates quoted607179
Average daily rate£300£253£323
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.81 %-21.70 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£149£190£125
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£350£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£313£310£335
% change year-on-year
+0.800 %-7.460 %
Hourly rates quoted5359173
Average hourly rate£13.50£15.00£15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.00 %-3.220 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£9.50£11.00£10.25
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£34.55£22.00£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.00£17.50£18.00
% change year-on-year
-14.28 %-2.770 %
Red Hat Linux EnglandRed Hat Linux
England

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 Linux
Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Red Hat Linux Demand Trend

Red Hat Linux
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Red Hat Linux across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Red Hat Linux Daily Rate Trend

Red Hat Linux
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Red Hat Linux across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

West Midlands Red Hat Linux Daily Rate Histogram

Red Hat Linux
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Red Hat Linux across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Red Hat Linux Hourly Rate Trend

Red Hat Linux
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 Linux within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 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
BirminghamUp+21£298+19.00 %
HerefordshireNew entry-1--
Red Hat Linux EnglandRed Hat Linux
England

Red Hat Linux
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Red Hat 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 Linux.

14 (100.00 %)Linux
23 (75.00 %)Oracle
23 (75.00 %)Firewall
23 (75.00 %)Red Hat
32 (50.00 %)Oracle Application Server
32 (50.00 %)Oracle RAC
32 (50.00 %)Solaris
32 (50.00 %)E-business
32 (50.00 %)SSL
32 (50.00 %)Oracle 10g
32 (50.00 %)Java
41 (25.00 %)SQL
41 (25.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
41 (25.00 %)UNIX
41 (25.00 %)AIX
41 (25.00 %)Government
41 (25.00 %)Clustering
41 (25.00 %)Agile Software Development
41 (25.00 %)Insurance
41 (25.00 %)SC Cleared
41 (25.00 %)Security Cleared
41 (25.00 %)Pega
41 (25.00 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
41 (25.00 %)Oracle EBS R12
41 (25.00 %)WebSphere
41 (25.00 %)Configuration Management
41 (25.00 %)Service Delivery

Red Hat Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Red Hat 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 Linux. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (25.00 %)WebSphere
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (50.00 %)Oracle Application Server
21 (25.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (25.00 %)Oracle EBS R12
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (75.00 %)Firewall
22 (50.00 %)SSL
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (50.00 %)Oracle 10g
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Government
11 (25.00 %)Insurance
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
11 (25.00 %)Release Manager
11 (25.00 %)Systems Manager
11 (25.00 %)Oracle DBA
11 (25.00 %)Oracle Consultant
11 (25.00 %)UNIX Support
11 (25.00 %)Senior Oracle Consultant
11 (25.00 %)Senior Consultant
11 (25.00 %)Consultant
11 (25.00 %)DBA
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)Clustering
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
14 (100.00 %)Linux
22 (50.00 %)Solaris
31 (25.00 %)UNIX
31 (25.00 %)AIX
31 (25.00 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12 (50.00 %)E-business
21 (25.00 %)Agile Software Development
21 (25.00 %)Configuration Management
21 (25.00 %)Service Delivery
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
12 (50.00 %)Java
21 (25.00 %)SQL
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (25.00 %)SC Cleared
11 (25.00 %)Security Cleared
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (50.00 %)Oracle RAC
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
13 (75.00 %)Oracle
13 (75.00 %)Red Hat
21 (25.00 %)Pega