The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Red Hat products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Red Hat over the 3 months to 22 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 Vendors for the Gloucestershire region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within Red Hat, Inc.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Red Hat
Rank 48 71 72
Rank change year-on-year
+23 +1
Permanent jobs citing Red Hat 50 34 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 5.695% 2.684% 1.858%
As % of the Vendors category 11.11% 5.611% 5.556%
Number of salaries quoted 45 19 14
Average salary £35,000 £50,000 £36,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-30.00% +37.93%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £42,500 £33,650
10% offered a salary of more than £41,000 £50,000 £39,250
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-3.61% +3.75%
All Vendors
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
450 606 378
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 51.25% 47.83% 33.45%
Number of salaries quoted 386 530 324
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +15.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £26,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £45,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Red Hat
South West

Red Hat
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Red Hat across the Gloucestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Gloucestershire Red Hat Jobs Demand Trend

Red Hat
Salary Trend

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

Gloucestershire Red Hat Salary Trend

Red Hat
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Red Hat within the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. 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
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Gloucester +13 27 £41,000 -11.35%
Red Hat
South West

Red Hat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

1 91 (100.00%) Linux
1 91 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 78 (85.71%) DV Cleared
3 67 (73.63%) UNIX
4 63 (69.23%) Shell Script
5 56 (61.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 55 (60.44%) Java
7 52 (57.14%) JavaScript
7 52 (57.14%) HTML
8 35 (38.46%) Clustering
9 32 (35.16%) DHCP
9 32 (35.16%) DNS
10 31 (34.07%) CGI
10 31 (34.07%) C#
10 31 (34.07%) C++
10 31 (34.07%) VB
10 31 (34.07%) Software Engineering
10 31 (34.07%) Degree
10 31 (34.07%) Mathematics
11 30 (32.97%) SC Cleared
12 26 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
13 25 (27.47%) Identity Management
14 24 (26.37%) SQL
14 24 (26.37%) Oracle
15 22 (24.18%) Perl
15 22 (24.18%) C
16 21 (23.08%) Apache
16 21 (23.08%) Middleware
16 21 (23.08%) Saba
16 21 (23.08%) FreeMarker

Red Hat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

Application Development
1 52 (57.14%) HTML
2 31 (34.07%) CGI
3 21 (23.08%) Middleware
3 21 (23.08%) FreeMarker
4 3 (3.297%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 21 (23.08%) Apache
2 3 (3.297%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (1.099%) MS Visio
1 1 (1.099%) MS Office
1 1 (1.099%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 32 (35.16%) DHCP
1 32 (35.16%) DNS
2 4 (4.396%) SAN
2 4 (4.396%) iSCSI
2 4 (4.396%) NAS
3 3 (3.297%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (3.297%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (23.08%) Oracle 11g
2 3 (3.297%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (3.297%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.297%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (3.297%) Git (software)
1 3 (3.297%) ClearQuest
1 3 (3.297%) ClearCase
Job Titles
1 31 (34.07%) Java Developer
1 31 (34.07%) C++ Developer
1 31 (34.07%) Developer
1 31 (34.07%) C++/Java Developer
2 21 (23.08%) Support Analyst
2 21 (23.08%) Applications Support
2 21 (23.08%) Analyst
2 21 (23.08%) Applications Support Analyst
3 18 (19.78%) UNIX Administrator
3 18 (19.78%) Linux Administrator
3 18 (19.78%) Administrator
4 17 (18.68%) Systems Administrator
4 17 (18.68%) Linux Systems Administrator
4 17 (18.68%) UNIX Systems Administrator
5 13 (14.29%) Linux Engineer
5 13 (14.29%) UNIX Engineer
6 4 (4.396%) Architect
6 4 (4.396%) Technical Architect
7 3 (3.297%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 1 (1.099%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 35 (38.46%) Clustering
2 31 (34.07%) Mathematics
3 21 (23.08%) PKI
4 3 (3.297%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 91 (100.00%) Linux
2 67 (73.63%) UNIX
3 56 (61.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 17 (18.68%) Solaris
5 10 (10.99%) HPUX
6 7 (7.692%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (7.692%) Windows
7 4 (4.396%) Windows 2000
7 4 (4.396%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (3.297%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (34.07%) Software Engineering
2 26 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
3 25 (27.47%) Identity Management
4 11 (12.09%) ITIL
5 4 (4.396%) PRINCE2
5 4 (4.396%) Service Delivery
5 4 (4.396%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 63 (69.23%) Shell Script
2 55 (60.44%) Java
3 52 (57.14%) JavaScript
4 31 (34.07%) C#
4 31 (34.07%) C++
4 31 (34.07%) VB
5 24 (26.37%) SQL
6 22 (24.18%) Perl
6 22 (24.18%) C
Qualifications
1 91 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 78 (85.71%) DV Cleared
3 31 (34.07%) Degree
4 30 (32.97%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.099%) RHCE
5 1 (1.099%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.396%) QA
System Software
1 10 (10.99%) Veritas Cluster Server
2 4 (4.396%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.297%) vSphere
3 3 (3.297%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (10.99%) Veritas Storage Foundation
2 3 (3.297%) WSUS
2 3 (3.297%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 24 (26.37%) Oracle
2 21 (23.08%) Saba
3 13 (14.29%) Symantec
4 10 (10.99%) Veritas
5 7 (7.692%) VMware
5 7 (7.692%) Cisco
6 5 (5.495%) HP
7 4 (4.396%) Citrix
7 4 (4.396%) NetApp
8 3 (3.297%) SolarWinds
8 3 (3.297%) Perforce
8 3 (3.297%) JBoss
8 3 (3.297%) Dell
9 2 (2.198%) Microsoft