The first table below looks at the demand for Linux skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wolverhampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 17 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 Wolverhampton 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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Linux
Rank 13 8 4
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -4
Contract jobs citing Linux 1 2 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 2.778% 5.714% 43.75%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.11% 20.00% 70.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 5
Average daily rate - £150 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -25.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £338
% change year-on-year
+0.07% +3.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +23.07%
All Operating Systems
Wolverhampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
9 10 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 25.00% 28.57% 62.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 6
Average daily rate £125 £150 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% -25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £100 £150 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £200 £225
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Average hourly rate £16.00 £14.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.08
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +5.70%
Linux
West Midlands

Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wolverhampton 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 Wolverhampton region.

Wolverhampton Linux Daily Rate Trend

Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wolverhampton 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 2 (100.00%) UNIX
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Apache
2 1 (50.00%) Tomcat
2 1 (50.00%) Eclipse
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) ISEB
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) LoadRunner
2 1 (50.00%) CMS
2 1 (50.00%) TDD
2 1 (50.00%) Alterian
2 1 (50.00%) Subversion
2 1 (50.00%) Spring
2 1 (50.00%) Maven
2 1 (50.00%) Statistics
2 1 (50.00%) JSTL
2 1 (50.00%) jQuery
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (50.00%) REST
2 1 (50.00%) HTML
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) J2EE
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle

Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wolverhampton 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 1 (50.00%) HTML
1 1 (50.00%) J2EE
1 1 (50.00%) CSS
1 1 (50.00%) JSP
1 1 (50.00%) XML
1 1 (50.00%) XSLT
1 1 (50.00%) Spring
1 1 (50.00%) JSTL
1 1 (50.00%) jQuery
1 1 (50.00%) REST
Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Apache
1 1 (50.00%) Tomcat
1 1 (50.00%) CMS
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Ant
1 1 (50.00%) Eclipse
1 1 (50.00%) LoadRunner
1 1 (50.00%) Subversion
1 1 (50.00%) Maven
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Tester
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Tester
1 1 (50.00%) Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) UNIX
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) TDD
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISEB
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) HP
1 1 (50.00%) Citrix
1 1 (50.00%) Alterian