The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle 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 Oracle Linux over the 3 months to 20 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 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Linux (formerly Oracle Enterprise Linux)
Rank - 79 -
Contract jobs citing Oracle Linux 0 13 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire - 0.802% -
As % of the Operating Systems category - 4.467% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £325 £270
% change year-on-year
+15.38% +20.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Operating Systems
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
340 291 194
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 26.81% 17.96% 17.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 127 64
Average daily rate £280 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £155 £192
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £375 £388
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 38 37
Average hourly rate £12.75 £12.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% -20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £10.00 £8.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £30.00 £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +4.93%
Oracle Linux
Yorkshire

Oracle Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire Oracle Linux Jobs Demand Trend

Oracle Linux
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire Oracle Linux Daily Rate Trend

Oracle Linux
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing Oracle 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 Oracle Linux.

1 5 (100.00%) Oracle
1 5 (100.00%) WebLogic
1 5 (100.00%) SOA
1 5 (100.00%) Middleware
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
1 5 (100.00%) BPEL
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle Application Server
1 5 (100.00%) ESB
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 4 (80.00%) HPUX
2 4 (80.00%) Oracle 10gAS
2 4 (80.00%) Oracle 11g
2 4 (80.00%) Change Management
2 4 (80.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 4 (80.00%) Oracle 10g
2 4 (80.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) HP
4 1 (20.00%) Windows
4 1 (20.00%) AIX
4 1 (20.00%) Validation
4 1 (20.00%) AquaLogic
4 1 (20.00%) JMS
4 1 (20.00%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (20.00%) AquaLogic Service Bus
4 1 (20.00%) Oracle Service Bus

Oracle Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 5 (100.00%) Middleware
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (20.00%) JMS
Application Platforms
1 5 (100.00%) ESB
1 5 (100.00%) WebLogic
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle Application Server
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 4 (80.00%) Oracle 10gAS
3 1 (20.00%) AquaLogic Service Bus
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle Service Bus
3 1 (20.00%) AquaLogic
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle 10g
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle 11g
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Administrator
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
2 4 (80.00%) HPUX
3 1 (20.00%) Windows
3 1 (20.00%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) SOA
1 5 (100.00%) BPEL
2 4 (80.00%) ITIL
2 4 (80.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle
2 2 (40.00%) HP