Linux Contracts in the West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Linux skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Linux over the 3 months to 28 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Linux England / West Midlands
Location	3 months to 28 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	20	17	24
Rank change year-on-year	-3	+7
Contract jobs citing Linux	146	244	137
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands	7.03%	8.12%	5.89%
As % of the Operating Systems category	36.87%	41.01%	33.91%
Number of daily rates quoted	103	121	93
Median daily rate	£500	£400	£340
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+25.00%	+17.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£304	£250	£150
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£556	£500	£450
UK excluding London median daily rate	£425	£400	£375
% change year-on-year	+6.25%	+6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1	12	7
Median hourly rate	£40.00	£36.25	£26.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+10.34%	+36.79%
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£40.00	£40.00	£37.50
% change year-on-year	-	+6.66%

Linux is in the operating system skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract Operating System Skills West Midlands
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills	396	595	404
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands	19.06%	19.79%	17.36%
Number of daily rates quoted	240	316	224
Median daily rate	£375	£375	£335
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-	+11.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£135	£125	£140
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£550	£496	£450
UK excluding London median daily rate	£375	£363	£350
% change year-on-year	+3.44%	+3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted	26	49	62
Median hourly rate	£14.00	£13.50	£15.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+3.70%	-12.90%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£10.50	£11.00	£10.46
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£18.00	£36.50	£26.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£15.50	£17.50	£16.50
% change year-on-year	-11.42%	+6.06%

Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in the West Midlands citing Linux as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the Operating Systems category.

Job vacancy trend for Linux in the West Midlands

Linux
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate trend for Linux in the West Midlands

Linux
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Linux in the West Midlands over the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Linux in the West Midlands

Linux
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Contractor hourly rate trend for Linux in the West Midlands

Linux
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Linux within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 28 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Shropshire	+6	58	£525	+19.31%	9
Birmingham	+9	35	£510	+104.00%	22
Warwickshire	-7	10	£200	-49.36%	3
Coventry	+7	9	£369	-7.81%	6
Wolverhampton	-	6	£419	-	3
Herefordshire	-6	4	£375	-28.57%	3
Solihull	-13	3	-	-	2
Dudley	+4	1	-	-
Worcestershire	-4	1	-	-	6
Linux England

Linux
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 28 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Linux also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the West Midlands region with a requirement for Linux.

1	110 (39.86%)	Windows
2	100 (36.23%)	Agile Software Development
3	93 (33.70%)	Puppet
4	88 (31.88%)	Python
5	87 (31.52%)	Amazon AWS
6	83 (30.07%)	Docker
7	81 (29.35%)	Git (software)
8	79 (28.62%)	Unix
8	79 (28.62%)	DevOps
9	74 (26.81%)	Ansible
10	72 (26.09%)	Java
11	70 (25.36%)	Open Source
12	69 (25.00%)	Configuration Management
13	66 (23.91%)	Ruby
13	66 (23.91%)	JIRA

14	64 (23.19%)	Confluence
15	62 (22.46%)	Microsoft Azure
16	59 (21.38%)	PostgreSQL
17	57 (20.65%)	Subversion
17	57 (20.65%)	Jenkins
18	56 (20.29%)	HTTP
19	55 (19.93%)	Bash Shell
19	55 (19.93%)	Continuous Integration
20	53 (19.20%)	Elasticsearch
21	52 (18.84%)	Terraform
22	51 (18.48%)	JSON
23	49 (17.75%)	CentOS
24	48 (17.39%)	Security Cleared
25	43 (15.58%)	TCP/IP
25	43 (15.58%)	SSL

Linux
Co-occurring IT Skills in the West Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	64 (23.19%)	Confluence
2	53 (19.20%)	Elasticsearch
3	23 (8.33%)	Apache
4	17 (6.16%)	JBoss
5	16 (5.80%)	WebLogic
6	13 (4.71%)	nginx
7	12 (4.35%)	Tomcat
8	10 (3.62%)	Cloud Foundry
8	10 (3.62%)	Oracle SOA Suite
9	9 (3.26%)	Oracle Application Server
10	7 (2.54%)	WebSphere
11	6 (2.17%)	IIS
11	6 (2.17%)	MS Exchange
12	5 (1.81%)	Exchange Server 2000
12	5 (1.81%)	Exchange Server 2003
12	5 (1.81%)	Exchange Server 5.5
12	5 (1.81%)	Oracle HTTP Server
13	2 (0.72%)	Apache Solr
13	2 (0.72%)	Mule
13	2 (0.72%)	SharePoint

Applications
1	3 (1.09%)	MS Visio
2	2 (0.72%)	Microsoft Office
3	1 (0.36%)	Spreadsheet

Business Applications
1	6 (2.17%)	Maximo
2	3 (1.09%)	Oracle EBS
3	2 (0.72%)	Oracle 11i
3	2 (0.72%)	Oracle Applications
3	2 (0.72%)	Oracle EBS R12
4	1 (0.36%)	Dynamics CRM

Cloud Services
1	87 (31.52%)	Amazon AWS
2	62 (22.46%)	Microsoft Azure
3	19 (6.88%)	GitHub
4	14 (5.07%)	IaaS
5	13 (4.71%)	PaaS
6	12 (4.35%)	SaaS
7	10 (3.62%)	Heroku
7	10 (3.62%)	OpenShift
8	7 (2.54%)	Google Analytics
9	6 (2.17%)	Cloud Computing
10	3 (1.09%)	AWS CloudFormation
10	3 (1.09%)	IBM SmartCloud
11	2 (0.72%)	Amazon EC2
11	2 (0.72%)	Route 53
12	1 (0.36%)	Amazon ElastiCache
12	1 (0.36%)	Amazon ELB
12	1 (0.36%)	Amazon S3
12	1 (0.36%)	Amazon SQS
12	1 (0.36%)	Office 365
12	1 (0.36%)	Virtual Private Cloud

Communications & Networking
1	56 (20.29%)	HTTP
2	43 (15.58%)	SSL
2	43 (15.58%)	TCP/IP
3	11 (3.99%)	LDAP
4	10 (3.62%)	SAN
4	10 (3.62%)	SNMP
5	8 (2.90%)	Firewall
6	6 (2.17%)	DNS
7	5 (1.81%)	VPN
8	4 (1.45%)	FTP
8	4 (1.45%)	ICMP
8	4 (1.45%)	SSH
8	4 (1.45%)	WAN
9	3 (1.09%)	LAN
9	3 (1.09%)	Network Security
9	3 (1.09%)	Reverse Proxy
10	2 (0.72%)	Internet
10	2 (0.72%)	Wi-Fi
11	1 (0.36%)	3G
11	1 (0.36%)	OSPF

Database & Business Intelligence
1	59 (21.38%)	PostgreSQL
2	38 (13.77%)	MongoDB
3	31 (11.23%)	MySQL
4	24 (8.70%)	Oracle Database
5	22 (7.97%)	NoSQL
6	14 (5.07%)	Relational Database
6	14 (5.07%)	SQL Server
7	8 (2.90%)	Oracle Database 10g
7	8 (2.90%)	Oracle Database 11g
8	5 (1.81%)	Data Warehouse
8	5 (1.81%)	SQL Server 2005
8	5 (1.81%)	SQL Server 2008
9	4 (1.45%)	Amazon RDS
10	3 (1.09%)	RDBMS
11	2 (0.72%)	EDRMS
11	2 (0.72%)	Oracle Discoverer
11	2 (0.72%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
11	2 (0.72%)	SQL Server Integration Services
11	2 (0.72%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
12	1 (0.36%)	Base SAS

Development Applications
1	81 (29.35%)	Git (software)
2	66 (23.91%)	JIRA
3	57 (20.65%)	Jenkins
3	57 (20.65%)	Subversion
4	26 (9.42%)	IntelliJ
5	22 (7.97%)	Maven
6	17 (6.16%)	SoapUI
7	16 (5.80%)	JUnit
8	14 (5.07%)	gulp
8	14 (5.07%)	Selenium
8	14 (5.07%)	Sonatype Nexus
9	13 (4.71%)	Bitbucket
10	10 (3.62%)	Eclipse
10	10 (3.62%)	GitLab
10	10 (3.62%)	Vagrant
11	9 (3.26%)	Ant
11	9 (3.26%)	Grunt
12	8 (2.90%)	Cucumber
12	8 (2.90%)	Team Foundation Server
13	6 (2.17%)	Karma Test Runner

General
1	12 (4.35%)	Finance
2	10 (3.62%)	Billing
3	4 (1.45%)	Retail
4	3 (1.09%)	Manufacturing
4	3 (1.09%)	Telecoms
5	2 (0.72%)	Automotive
5	2 (0.72%)	Electronics
5	2 (0.72%)	Marketing
6	1 (0.36%)	Back Office
6	1 (0.36%)	Banking
6	1 (0.36%)	Front Office
6	1 (0.36%)	Investment Banking
6	1 (0.36%)	Legal
6	1 (0.36%)	Retail Banking

Job Titles
1	83 (30.07%)	Developer
2	49 (17.75%)	Architect
3	36 (13.04%)	DevOps Engineer
4	27 (9.78%)	Scala Developer
5	26 (9.42%)	Java Developer
6	24 (8.70%)	Solutions Architect
7	23 (8.33%)	Linux Developer
8	19 (6.88%)	Consultant
9	17 (6.16%)	Analyst
10	16 (5.80%)	DBA
11	15 (5.43%)	Senior Architect
11	15 (5.43%)	Senior Developer
11	15 (5.43%)	Senior Solutions Architect
12	14 (5.07%)	PHP Developer
13	13 (4.71%)	Agile Developer
13	13 (4.71%)	Programmer
13	13 (4.71%)	SOA Developer
14	12 (4.35%)	Java Programmer
14	12 (4.35%)	Java Scala Developer
14	12 (4.35%)	Linux Engineer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	51 (18.48%)	JSON
2	43 (15.58%)	CSS
2	43 (15.58%)	XML
3	38 (13.77%)	SOAP
4	34 (12.32%)	Middleware
5	31 (11.23%)	HTML
6	29 (10.51%)	Play Framework
6	29 (10.51%)	REST
7	27 (9.78%)	Spring
8	26 (9.42%)	Web Services
9	20 (7.25%)	HTML5
10	17 (6.16%)	JSON Schema
10	17 (6.16%)	WSDL
10	17 (6.16%)	XSLT
11	16 (5.80%)	Node.js
11	16 (5.80%)	XSD
12	15 (5.43%)	jQuery
13	13 (4.71%)	CSS3
13	13 (4.71%)	J2EE
14	11 (3.99%)	Hibernate

Miscellaneous
1	29 (10.51%)	Public Cloud
2	9 (3.26%)	Analytical Skills
3	7 (2.54%)	Enterprise Software
3	7 (2.54%)	Replication
4	6 (2.17%)	Client/Server
4	6 (2.17%)	Data Centre
4	6 (2.17%)	Linux Command Line
5	4 (1.45%)	Management Information System
5	4 (1.45%)	PKI
6	3 (1.09%)	CLARiiON
6	3 (1.09%)	Symmetrix DMX
7	2 (0.72%)	Computer Science
7	2 (0.72%)	Embedded Systems
7	2 (0.72%)	Greenfield Project
7	2 (0.72%)	HP Storage
8	1 (0.36%)	Clustering
8	1 (0.36%)	Credit Risk
8	1 (0.36%)	Infotainment
8	1 (0.36%)	RIA
8	1 (0.36%)	RSA SecurID

Operating Systems
1	110 (39.86%)	Windows
2	79 (28.62%)	Unix
3	49 (17.75%)	CentOS
4	27 (9.78%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5	25 (9.06%)	Windows Server
6	23 (8.33%)	Mac OS X
7	12 (4.35%)	Ubuntu
8	11 (3.99%)	Solaris
9	10 (3.62%)	HPUX
10	8 (2.90%)	Windows Server 2008
10	8 (2.90%)	Windows Server 2012
11	6 (2.17%)	Windows Server 2003
12	5 (1.81%)	Windows 2000 Server
13	4 (1.45%)	AIX
13	4 (1.45%)	Mac OS
14	2 (0.72%)	Windows 10
15	1 (0.36%)	Embedded Linux
15	1 (0.36%)	MVS
15	1 (0.36%)	Oracle Linux

Processes & Methodologies
1	100 (36.23%)	Agile Software Development
2	79 (28.62%)	DevOps
3	70 (25.36%)	Open Source
4	69 (25.00%)	Configuration Management
5	55 (19.93%)	Continuous Integration
6	42 (15.22%)	Scrum
7	40 (14.49%)	Microservices
8	38 (13.77%)	Test Automation
9	33 (11.96%)	SOA
10	31 (11.23%)	TDD
11	28 (10.14%)	Kanban
12	23 (8.33%)	Migration
13	20 (7.25%)	Change Management
14	15 (5.43%)	ITIL
15	14 (5.07%)	Enterprise Architecture
15	14 (5.07%)	OO
16	13 (4.71%)	Conceptual Models
16	13 (4.71%)	SDLC
16	13 (4.71%)	Web Operations
17	12 (4.35%)	Task Automation

Programming Languages
1	88 (31.88%)	Python
2	72 (26.09%)	Java
3	66 (23.91%)	Ruby
4	55 (19.93%)	Bash Shell
5	43 (15.58%)	SQL
6	35 (12.68%)	Perl
6	35 (12.68%)	Scala
7	34 (12.32%)	PHP
8	25 (9.06%)	JavaScript
9	23 (8.33%)	C#
10	11 (3.99%)	Shell Script
11	8 (2.90%)	Groovy
11	8 (2.90%)	PL/SQL
12	7 (2.54%)	C
13	6 (2.17%)	Haskell
13	6 (2.17%)	PowerShell
14	5 (1.81%)	C++
14	5 (1.81%)	ECMAScript
15	4 (1.45%)	Go
15	4 (1.45%)	T-SQL

Qualifications
1	48 (17.39%)	Security Cleared
2	36 (13.04%)	SC Cleared
3	13 (4.71%)	BPSS Clearance
4	5 (1.81%)	DV Cleared
5	4 (1.45%)	Degree
6	3 (1.09%)	BC Cleared
6	3 (1.09%)	MCSA
6	3 (1.09%)	Microsoft Certification
7	2 (0.72%)	Cisco Certification
7	2 (0.72%)	MCSE
8	1 (0.36%)	A+ Certification
8	1 (0.36%)	CCSA
8	1 (0.36%)	CEH
8	1 (0.36%)	GCFA
8	1 (0.36%)	GCIH
8	1 (0.36%)	ITIL Foundation Certificate
8	1 (0.36%)	NCDA
8	1 (0.36%)	NCIE
8	1 (0.36%)	OCP
8	1 (0.36%)	Oracle Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	9 (3.26%)	SLA
2	3 (1.09%)	QA
3	1 (0.36%)	Disclosure Scotland
3	1 (0.36%)	ISO/IEC 20000
3	1 (0.36%)	ISO/IEC 27001
3	1 (0.36%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
3	1 (0.36%)	Solvency II
3	1 (0.36%)	WAI

System Software
1	83 (30.07%)	Docker
2	13 (4.71%)	Active Directory
3	7 (2.54%)	Virtual Machines
4	5 (1.81%)	Samba
4	5 (1.81%)	VMware Infrastructure
5	4 (1.45%)	Hyper-V
6	3 (1.09%)	SRDF
6	3 (1.09%)	VMware ESXi
7	2 (0.72%)	Microsoft App-V
7	2 (0.72%)	Oracle RAC
8	1 (0.36%)	DFS Replication
8	1 (0.36%)	Firmware
8	1 (0.36%)	iptables
8	1 (0.36%)	RACF
8	1 (0.36%)	Veritas Volume Manager
8	1 (0.36%)	Virtual Servers
8	1 (0.36%)	VMware Workstation
8	1 (0.36%)	vSphere
8	1 (0.36%)	Xen
8	1 (0.36%)	XenServer

Systems Management
1	93 (33.70%)	Puppet
2	74 (26.81%)	Ansible
3	52 (18.84%)	Terraform
4	21 (7.61%)	Opscode Chef
5	13 (4.71%)	Kubernetes
6	12 (4.35%)	Salt
7	9 (3.26%)	ZABBIX
8	8 (2.90%)	Kibana
9	6 (2.17%)	Grafana
10	5 (1.81%)	Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
10	5 (1.81%)	Netcool
10	5 (1.81%)	Oracle Identity Management
10	5 (1.81%)	Oracle Identity Manager
11	3 (1.09%)	Data Guard
11	3 (1.09%)	Webmin
12	2 (0.72%)	collectd
12	2 (0.72%)	logstash
12	2 (0.72%)	Oracle RMAN
12	2 (0.72%)	StatsD
12	2 (0.72%)	WSUS

Vendors
1	40 (14.49%)	Oracle
2	36 (13.04%)	Red Hat
3	25 (9.06%)	MuleSoft
4	18 (6.52%)	WSO2
5	15 (5.43%)	Microsoft
6	14 (5.07%)	Google
6	14 (5.07%)	IBM
7	10 (3.62%)	Apigee
7	10 (3.62%)	HP
7	10 (3.62%)	Salesforce.com
7	10 (3.62%)	VMware
8	9 (3.26%)	Atlassian
8	9 (3.26%)	Rackspace
9	8 (2.90%)	Sun
9	8 (2.90%)	webMethods
10	7 (2.54%)	Adobe
10	7 (2.54%)	McAfee
11	5 (1.81%)	Dell
11	5 (1.81%)	EMC
11	5 (1.81%)	NetApp