The first table below looks at the demand for Oracle Linux skills in IT contracts advertised for the 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 21 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Oracle Linux (formerly Oracle Enterprise Linux)
Rank 97 103 -
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -
Contract jobs citing Oracle Linux 14 13 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.734% 0.569% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.708% 2.889% -
Number of daily rates quoted 14 0 0
Average daily rate £375 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £338 £270
% change year-on-year
+11.11% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Operating Systems
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
517 450 356
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 27.11% 19.70% 19.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 211 136
Average daily rate £315 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £152 £138 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 71 56
Average hourly rate £12.88 £13.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-0.96% -18.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £10.00 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £30.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Oracle Linux
England

Oracle Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Oracle Linux Daily Rate Trend

Oracle Linux
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 27 (100.00%) Oracle
1 27 (100.00%) WebLogic
1 27 (100.00%) SOA
1 27 (100.00%) Linux
2 26 (96.30%) BPEL
2 26 (96.30%) Oracle Application Server
2 26 (96.30%) Middleware
2 26 (96.30%) ESB
2 26 (96.30%) Oracle 11g
2 26 (96.30%) HPUX
2 26 (96.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 25 (92.59%) Oracle 10gAS
3 25 (92.59%) Change Management
3 25 (92.59%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 25 (92.59%) Oracle 10g
3 25 (92.59%) ITIL
4 23 (85.19%) Oracle Service Bus
5 22 (81.48%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (11.11%) HP
7 1 (3.704%) Windows
7 1 (3.704%) AIX
7 1 (3.704%) Validation
7 1 (3.704%) Oracle OWB
7 1 (3.704%) AquaLogic
7 1 (3.704%) JMS
7 1 (3.704%) AquaLogic Service Bus

Oracle Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 26 (96.30%) Middleware
2 22 (81.48%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (3.704%) JMS
Application Platforms
1 27 (100.00%) WebLogic
2 26 (96.30%) Oracle Application Server
2 26 (96.30%) ESB
2 26 (96.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 25 (92.59%) Oracle 10gAS
4 23 (85.19%) Oracle Service Bus
5 1 (3.704%) AquaLogic
5 1 (3.704%) AquaLogic Service Bus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (96.30%) Oracle 11g
2 25 (92.59%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (3.704%) Oracle OWB
Job Titles
1 26 (96.30%) Administrator
2 21 (77.78%) Middleware Administrator
3 1 (3.704%) WebLogic Administrator
Operating Systems
1 27 (100.00%) Linux
2 26 (96.30%) HPUX
3 1 (3.704%) Windows
3 1 (3.704%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (100.00%) SOA
2 26 (96.30%) BPEL
3 25 (92.59%) Change Management
3 25 (92.59%) ITIL
4 1 (3.704%) Validation
Systems Management
1 25 (92.59%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 27 (100.00%) Oracle
2 3 (11.11%) HP