The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Red Hat products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Red Hat over the 3 months to 22 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 Vendors for the West Sussex 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Red Hat, Inc.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Red Hat
Rank 31 43 31
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -12
Contract jobs citing Red Hat 11 13 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 2.828% 1.952% 4.318%
As % of the Vendors category 5.263% 4.626% 8.716%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 3
Average daily rate £585 £388 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+50.96% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £400 £350
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.75 £34.25 £33.00
% change year-on-year
+1.45% +3.78%
All Vendors
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
209 281 218
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 53.73% 42.19% 49.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 146 93
Average daily rate £400 £350 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -9.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £282 £235 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £585 £488 £485
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 16 22
Average hourly rate £26.00 £15.30 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+69.93% -23.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £11.75 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.60 £31.00 £21.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Red Hat
South East

Red Hat
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Red Hat across the West Sussex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

West Sussex Red Hat Jobs Demand Trend

Red Hat
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Sussex Red Hat Daily Rate Trend

Red Hat
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Red Hat across the West Sussex region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

West Sussex Red Hat Daily Rate Histogram

Red Hat
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Sussex Red Hat Hourly Rate Trend

Red Hat
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 West Sussex region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
Gatwick +9 8 £585 +50.96%
Crawley +6 2 £340 -2.85%
Red Hat
South East

Red Hat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex region 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.

1 12 (100.00%) Linux
1 12 (100.00%) VMware
1 12 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 11 (91.67%) NetApp
3 10 (83.33%) Windows
3 10 (83.33%) SQL Server
3 10 (83.33%) VMware ESX
3 10 (83.33%) SQL Server 2008
4 9 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 9 (75.00%) vSphere
4 9 (75.00%) MySQL
4 9 (75.00%) Apache
4 9 (75.00%) Microsoft
5 8 (66.67%) Active Directory
5 8 (66.67%) SharePoint
5 8 (66.67%) OpenEdge
5 8 (66.67%) PHP
5 8 (66.67%) SharePoint 2010
5 8 (66.67%) Clustering
5 8 (66.67%) Dynamics NAV
6 6 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (50.00%) Cisco
7 5 (41.67%) XenApp
7 5 (41.67%) Windows 7
7 5 (41.67%) Cisco Nexus
8 4 (33.33%) Project Management
8 4 (33.33%) ITIL
9 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
9 2 (16.67%) MS Excel
9 2 (16.67%) EMC

Red Hat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex region 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.

Application Development
1 1 (8.333%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 9 (75.00%) Apache
2 8 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 8 (66.67%) OpenEdge
2 8 (66.67%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (8.333%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) MS Excel
2 1 (8.333%) MS Visio
2 1 (8.333%) MS Project
2 1 (8.333%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 8 (66.67%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (8.333%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (83.33%) SQL Server
1 10 (83.33%) SQL Server 2008
2 9 (75.00%) MySQL
3 1 (8.333%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (8.333%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (8.333%) DB2
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
1 9 (75.00%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (8.333%) VMware Specialist
3 1 (8.333%) Agile Project Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Technical Specialist
3 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (66.67%) Clustering
2 1 (8.333%) DataPower
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) Linux
1 12 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 10 (83.33%) Windows
3 9 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (41.67%) Windows 7
5 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (8.333%) AIX
5 1 (8.333%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Project Management
1 4 (33.33%) ITIL
2 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
3 1 (8.333%) E-Commerce
3 1 (8.333%) Budget Control
3 1 (8.333%) Waterfall
3 1 (8.333%) Capacity Management
3 1 (8.333%) Matrix Management
3 1 (8.333%) Service Management
3 1 (8.333%) Service Delivery
3 1 (8.333%) Data Security
3 1 (8.333%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (8.333%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) PHP
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.333%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (83.33%) VMware ESX
2 9 (75.00%) vSphere
3 8 (66.67%) Active Directory
4 5 (41.67%) XenApp
5 1 (8.333%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (8.333%) Control-M
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) VMware
2 11 (91.67%) NetApp
3 9 (75.00%) Microsoft
4 6 (50.00%) Cisco
5 2 (16.67%) EMC
6 1 (8.333%) Citrix
6 1 (8.333%) Oracle