Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Red Hat products and/or services in IT jobs within the Cambridge region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Red Hat over the 3 months to 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRed Hat
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank85119
Rank change on same period last yearUp+34
Matching permanent IT job ads2112
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.018 %0.006 %
As % of the category below4.225 %1.615 %
Salaries quoted1512
Average minimum salary£40,000£36,583
Average salary£41,900£38,042
% change on same period last year+10.14 %
Average maximum salary£43,800£39,500
UK excluding London average salary£39,031£37,560
% change on same period last year+3.91 %
Cambridge IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
Cambridge
Matching permanent IT job ads497743
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.430 %0.379 %
Salaries quoted420622
Average minimum salary£36,493£32,381
Average salary£39,417£35,990
% change on same period last year+9.52 %
Average maximum salary£42,342£39,599
UK excluding London average salary£40,848£41,897
% change on same period last year-2.50 %
Red Hat CambridgeshireRed Hat
Cambridgeshire

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Red Hat, Inc.

Red Hat
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Red Hat across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Cambridge Red Hat Demand Trend

Red Hat
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Red Hat across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge Red Hat Salary Trend

Red Hat
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Red Hat across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009.

Cambridge Red Hat Salary Histogram

Red Hat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the Cambridge region citing Red Hat 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Red Hat.

159 (100.00 %)Linux
159 (100.00 %)Red Hat Linux
257 (96.61 %)Solaris
356 (94.92 %)UNIX
447 (79.66 %)Perl
531 (52.54 %)Debian
630 (50.85 %)Windows
728 (47.46 %)OpenBSD
728 (47.46 %)Ubuntu
826 (44.07 %)Apache
924 (40.68 %)Sun
1023 (38.98 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1121 (35.59 %)Intrusion Detection
1121 (35.59 %)Windows Server 2003
1121 (35.59 %)C
1220 (33.90 %)Tomcat
1220 (33.90 %)Korn
1319 (32.20 %)Nessus
1319 (32.20 %)Tripwire
1319 (32.20 %)Python
1319 (32.20 %)Windows XP
1319 (32.20 %)SSL
1319 (32.20 %)Active Directory
1319 (32.20 %)Symantec
1319 (32.20 %)Sophos
1319 (32.20 %)VMware ESX
1418 (30.51 %)CGI
1418 (30.51 %)PHP
1516 (27.12 %)HP
1615 (25.42 %)Oracle

Red Hat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the Cambridge region citing Red Hat also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Red Hat. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cambridge IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
118 (30.51 %)CGI
22 (3.390 %)WebServices
Cambridge IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
126 (44.07 %)Apache
220 (33.90 %)Tomcat
32 (3.390 %)MS Exchange
32 (3.390 %)Exchange Server 2003
41 (1.695 %)IIS
Cambridge IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
121 (35.59 %)Intrusion Detection
219 (32.20 %)SSL
311 (18.64 %)Internet
410 (16.95 %)VPN
410 (16.95 %)WAN
59 (15.25 %)LAN
59 (15.25 %)Wireless
67 (11.86 %)Bluetooth
74 (6.780 %)Firewall
83 (5.085 %)TCP/IP
91 (1.695 %)VoIP
91 (1.695 %)SAN
91 (1.695 %)Frame Relay
91 (1.695 %)Cisco PIX
91 (1.695 %)Network Security
91 (1.695 %)MPLS
91 (1.695 %)SS7
91 (1.695 %)Q.931
Cambridge IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (20.34 %)MySQL
21 (1.695 %)SQL Server
Cambridge IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (1.695 %)Finance
11 (1.695 %)Education
11 (1.695 %)Government
11 (1.695 %)Insurance
Cambridge IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
146 (77.97 %)Administrator
231 (52.54 %)Senior Analyst
231 (52.54 %)Analyst
231 (52.54 %)Support Analyst
231 (52.54 %)Senior Support Analyst
324 (40.68 %)Systems Administrator
414 (23.73 %)Linux Administrator
513 (22.03 %)Linux Systems Administrator
611 (18.64 %)UNIX Administrator
79 (15.25 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
85 (8.475 %)UNIX Support Analyst
85 (8.475 %)UNIX Support
85 (8.475 %)Senior UNIX Support
85 (8.475 %)Senior UNIX Support Analyst
92 (3.390 %)Solaris Administrator
101 (1.695 %)MySQL DBA
101 (1.695 %)Applications Support Analyst
101 (1.695 %)Sales Manager
101 (1.695 %)Technical Manager
101 (1.695 %)Solaris Systems Administrator
Cambridge IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (1.695 %)Clustering
Cambridge IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
159 (100.00 %)Linux
159 (100.00 %)Red Hat Linux
257 (96.61 %)Solaris
356 (94.92 %)UNIX
431 (52.54 %)Debian
530 (50.85 %)Windows
628 (47.46 %)OpenBSD
628 (47.46 %)Ubuntu
723 (38.98 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
821 (35.59 %)Windows Server 2003
919 (32.20 %)Windows XP
102 (3.390 %)CentOS
111 (1.695 %)Windows 2000 Server
111 (1.695 %)SUSE
111 (1.695 %)Fedora
Cambridge IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (1.695 %)ITIL
11 (1.695 %)Incident Management
Cambridge IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
147 (79.66 %)Perl
221 (35.59 %)C
320 (33.90 %)Korn
419 (32.20 %)Python
518 (30.51 %)PHP
62 (3.390 %)Java
71 (1.695 %)Shell Script
Cambridge IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
110 (16.95 %)Cisco Certification
110 (16.95 %)RHCE
22 (3.390 %)Degree
31 (1.695 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (1.695 %)MCP
31 (1.695 %)CCNA
Cambridge IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
119 (32.20 %)Active Directory
119 (32.20 %)VMware ESX
Cambridge IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
119 (32.20 %)Nessus
21 (1.695 %)Nagios
Cambridge IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
124 (40.68 %)Sun
219 (32.20 %)Symantec
219 (32.20 %)Sophos
219 (32.20 %)Tripwire
316 (27.12 %)HP
415 (25.42 %)Oracle
511 (18.64 %)Cisco
61 (1.695 %)Microsoft
61 (1.695 %)NetApp
61 (1.695 %)Nokia
61 (1.695 %)VERITAS
61 (1.695 %)CheckPoint