The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 19 June 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 West Yorkshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 9 20 49
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +29
Contract jobs citing Linux 156 128 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 11.37% 7.356% 2.833%
As % of the Operating Systems category 36.53% 39.26% 16.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 77 16
Average daily rate £275 £325 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.38% +13.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £181 £231 £228
10% offered a daily rate of more than £448 £375 £369
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £345
% change year-on-year
- +1.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 0
Average hourly rate £35.00 £18.25 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+91.78% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +23.07%
All Operating Systems
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
427 326 208
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 31.12% 18.74% 17.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 181 153 75
Average daily rate £308 £313 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.60% +11.60%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £188 £199
10% offered a daily rate of more than £445 £375 £376
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 35 30
Average hourly rate £12.50 £12.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.16% -20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.44 £10.00 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.00 £31.50 £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
Linux
Yorkshire

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Linux across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

West Yorkshire Linux Jobs Demand Trend

Linux
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire Linux Daily Rate Trend

Linux
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Linux across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

West Yorkshire Linux Daily Rate Histogram

Linux
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire Linux Hourly Rate Trend

Linux
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Leeds +8 138 £275 -15.38% 29
Bradford -10 6 £188 - 5
Halifax - 6 £483 - 1
Batley - - - - 1
Brighouse - - - - 1
Wakefield - - - -
Linux
Yorkshire

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing 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 Linux.

1 108 (54.55%) Oracle
2 84 (42.42%) Apache
3 83 (41.92%) PHP
4 78 (39.39%) MySQL
5 63 (31.82%) Web Services
6 57 (28.79%) Python
7 54 (27.27%) Bash shell
8 53 (26.77%) Amazon AWS
8 53 (26.77%) Java
9 52 (26.26%) Configuration Management
10 50 (25.25%) DNS
11 49 (24.75%) UNIX
11 49 (24.75%) Ruby
12 48 (24.24%) C++
13 47 (23.74%) Internet
14 46 (23.23%) Red Hat
14 46 (23.23%) MongoDB
14 46 (23.23%) nginx
15 44 (22.22%) Amazon EC2
15 44 (22.22%) Amazon S3
15 44 (22.22%) Route 53
16 43 (21.72%) Node.js
16 43 (21.72%) SQL
17 41 (20.71%) Windows
18 39 (19.70%) Redis
18 39 (19.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 39 (19.70%) Kanban
18 39 (19.70%) Amazon RDS
19 37 (18.69%) Puppet
19 37 (18.69%) Perl

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing 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 Linux. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 63 (31.82%) Web Services
2 43 (21.72%) Node.js
3 18 (9.091%) CSS
4 16 (8.081%) POSIX
5 15 (7.576%) LAMP
6 14 (7.071%) HTML5
7 13 (6.566%) WebSphere
8 12 (6.061%) CSS3
9 11 (5.556%) J2EE
10 10 (5.051%) jQuery
11 9 (4.545%) REST
11 9 (4.545%) SOAP
11 9 (4.545%) Middleware
12 8 (4.040%) Spring
12 8 (4.040%) XML
13 7 (3.535%) X-Windows
13 7 (3.535%) Hibernate
14 5 (2.525%) Symfony
14 5 (2.525%) Regular Expression
14 5 (2.525%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 84 (42.42%) Apache
2 53 (26.77%) Amazon AWS
3 46 (23.23%) nginx
4 44 (22.22%) Amazon EC2
4 44 (22.22%) Amazon S3
4 44 (22.22%) Route 53
5 34 (17.17%) Tomcat
6 19 (9.596%) WebLogic
7 8 (4.040%) ESB
8 7 (3.535%) Apache Solr
8 7 (3.535%) Adobe CQ
9 6 (3.030%) IIS
9 6 (3.030%) WebSphere Application Server
10 5 (2.525%) Drupal
10 5 (2.525%) Amazon ELB
10 5 (2.525%) CloudFront
11 3 (1.515%) AquaLogic Service Bus
11 3 (1.515%) Oracle Service Bus
11 3 (1.515%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 3 (1.515%) Documentum
Applications
1 6 (3.030%) MS Visio
2 4 (2.020%) MS Excel
3 3 (1.515%) MS Office
4 1 (0.505%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (6.566%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (3.030%) Oracle Retail
3 4 (2.020%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (1.515%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
4 3 (1.515%) Oracle CRM
5 1 (0.505%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 50 (25.25%) DNS
2 47 (23.74%) Internet
3 29 (14.65%) Firewall
4 28 (14.14%) HTTP
4 28 (14.14%) TCP/IP
5 27 (13.64%) SSL
6 26 (13.13%) DHCP
7 13 (6.566%) Cisco ASA
8 12 (6.061%) Intrusion Detection
9 11 (5.556%) BIG-IP
10 7 (3.535%) SAN
11 4 (2.020%) SSH
11 4 (2.020%) NAS
12 3 (1.515%) FTP
12 3 (1.515%) VPN
13 2 (1.010%) Wireless
13 2 (1.010%) WAN
13 2 (1.010%) LAN
13 2 (1.010%) Cisco Nexus
14 1 (0.505%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (39.39%) MySQL
2 46 (23.23%) MongoDB
3 39 (19.70%) Redis
3 39 (19.70%) Amazon RDS
4 21 (10.61%) NoSQL
5 19 (9.596%) SQL Server
6 18 (9.091%) RDBMS
7 16 (8.081%) SimpleDB
7 16 (8.081%) Couchbase
8 14 (7.071%) Data Warehouse
9 11 (5.556%) Oracle 10g
10 10 (5.051%) Oracle OWB
10 10 (5.051%) Oracle 8/8i
11 9 (4.545%) Oracle 11g
12 3 (1.515%) Oracle Reports
12 3 (1.515%) Oracle 9i
13 2 (1.010%) PostgreSQL
13 2 (1.010%) DB2
13 2 (1.010%) Big Data
13 2 (1.010%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 16 (8.081%) Maven
2 14 (7.071%) Git (software)
3 12 (6.061%) Jenkins
4 8 (4.040%) CruiseControl
4 8 (4.040%) Ant
5 7 (3.535%) Subversion
6 4 (2.020%) Hudson
7 3 (1.515%) Talend Open Studio
7 3 (1.515%) LoadRunner
7 3 (1.515%) JIRA
8 2 (1.010%) Capistrano
8 2 (1.010%) Build Forge
9 1 (0.505%) Selenium
9 1 (0.505%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 26 (13.13%) Telecoms
2 22 (11.11%) Finance
3 16 (8.081%) Banking
3 16 (8.081%) Retail
4 10 (5.051%) Investment Banking
5 7 (3.535%) Games
6 6 (3.030%) Online Betting
7 3 (1.515%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 33 (16.67%) Developer
2 30 (15.15%) Software Engineer
3 23 (11.62%) Architect
4 17 (8.586%) Cloud Software Engineer
5 14 (7.071%) Administrator
6 12 (6.061%) Oracle DBA
6 12 (6.061%) Infrastructure Architect
6 12 (6.061%) DBA
7 11 (5.556%) Operations Engineer
8 9 (4.545%) Graduate
8 9 (4.545%) Analyst
8 9 (4.545%) Oracle Developer
9 8 (4.040%) Java Developer
9 8 (4.040%) Data Warehouse Developer
9 8 (4.040%) Oracle Data Warehouse Developer
10 7 (3.535%) Configuration Engineer
11 6 (3.030%) Release Engineer
11 6 (3.030%) Solutions Architect
12 5 (2.525%) Software Manager
12 5 (2.525%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 32 (16.16%) Client/Server
2 12 (6.061%) Open Source
3 5 (2.525%) RIA
4 4 (2.020%) Online Banking
4 4 (2.020%) Cloud Computing
4 4 (2.020%) Reference Data
5 3 (1.515%) Data Integration
5 3 (1.515%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.515%) Clustering
6 2 (1.010%) Heroku
6 2 (1.010%) Computer Science
7 1 (0.505%) Mathematics
7 1 (0.505%) Video on Demand
7 1 (0.505%) Firmware
7 1 (0.505%) Beowulf
7 1 (0.505%) IPTV
7 1 (0.505%) Grid Computing
7 1 (0.505%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 49 (24.75%) UNIX
2 41 (20.71%) Windows
3 39 (19.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 20 (10.10%) HPUX
5 18 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
6 12 (6.061%) Solaris
6 12 (6.061%) AIX
6 12 (6.061%) CentOS
7 10 (5.051%) Windows Server 2012
8 8 (4.040%) Windows Server 2003
9 5 (2.525%) Ubuntu
10 3 (1.515%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.505%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.505%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.505%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (26.26%) Configuration Management
2 39 (19.70%) Kanban
3 30 (15.15%) TDD
4 28 (14.14%) Scrum
4 28 (14.14%) Continuous Integration
5 26 (13.13%) Test Automation
6 24 (12.12%) Load Balancing
7 20 (10.10%) Incident Management
8 19 (9.596%) E-Commerce
8 19 (9.596%) Security Testing
9 16 (8.081%) Capacity Management
10 15 (7.576%) SOA
11 13 (6.566%) Change Management
12 11 (5.556%) Kimball Methodology
13 10 (5.051%) Agile Software Development
13 10 (5.051%) Project Management
13 10 (5.051%) Performance Testing
14 8 (4.040%) BDD
14 8 (4.040%) Test Scripting
14 8 (4.040%) Dimensional Modelling
Programming Languages
1 83 (41.92%) PHP
2 57 (28.79%) Python
3 54 (27.27%) Bash shell
4 53 (26.77%) Java
5 49 (24.75%) Ruby
6 48 (24.24%) C++
7 43 (21.72%) SQL
8 37 (18.69%) Perl
9 22 (11.11%) JavaScript
10 11 (5.556%) PL/SQL
11 10 (5.051%) Shell Script
12 6 (3.030%) C
13 4 (2.020%) AWK
14 2 (1.010%) PowerShell
14 2 (1.010%) Scala
15 1 (0.505%) VBScript
15 1 (0.505%) Embedded C
15 1 (0.505%) Jython
Qualifications
1 8 (4.040%) Security Cleared
2 5 (2.525%) SC Cleared
2 5 (2.525%) ISEB
2 5 (2.525%) Degree
2 5 (2.525%) ISTQB
3 4 (2.020%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 4 (2.020%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (2.020%) MCSE
4 2 (1.010%) CCNA
4 2 (1.010%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.010%) PMP
4 2 (1.010%) VCP5
4 2 (1.010%) VCP4
4 2 (1.010%) BC Cleared
5 1 (0.505%) MCP
5 1 (0.505%) MCSA
5 1 (0.505%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.505%) MCITP
5 1 (0.505%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.020%) QA
2 2 (1.010%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 18 (9.091%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (5.051%) Oracle RAC
3 6 (3.030%) VMware ESX
4 5 (2.525%) Active Directory
5 4 (2.020%) vSphere
6 2 (1.010%) Oracle RMAN
6 2 (1.010%) vCloud
6 2 (1.010%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.010%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.505%) XenApp
7 1 (0.505%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 37 (18.69%) Puppet
2 3 (1.515%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (1.010%) NetBackup
3 2 (1.010%) WSUS
3 2 (1.010%) OpenView
3 2 (1.010%) Tivoli
3 2 (1.010%) Tivoli Monitoring
3 2 (1.010%) Nagios
3 2 (1.010%) PureDisk
3 2 (1.010%) CA Wily
3 2 (1.010%) Data Guard
4 1 (0.505%) ZABBIX
4 1 (0.505%) MOM
Vendors
1 108 (54.55%) Oracle
2 46 (23.23%) Red Hat
3 26 (13.13%) VMware
4 22 (11.11%) Percona
5 17 (8.586%) HP
6 14 (7.071%) Cisco
7 13 (6.566%) Perforce
8 11 (5.556%) F5
9 9 (4.545%) Microsoft
9 9 (4.545%) Adobe
10 8 (4.040%) IBM
11 7 (3.535%) hybris
11 7 (3.535%) JBoss
12 6 (3.030%) Informatica
13 5 (2.525%) Zend
14 4 (2.020%) Citrix
15 3 (1.515%) SolarWinds
15 3 (1.515%) Talend
15 3 (1.515%) Siebel
15 3 (1.515%) Brocade
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