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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Red Hat products and/or services in IT jobs within the Manchester 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRed Hat
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank150147
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching permanent IT job ads2066
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.012 %0.028 %
As % of the category below0.932 %2.004 %
Salaries quoted2065
Average minimum salary£26,850£28,692
Average salary£30,500£31,538
% change on same period last year-3.29 %
Average maximum salary£34,150£34,385
UK excluding London average salary£38,026£38,050
% change on same period last year-0.06 %
Manchester IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
Manchester
Matching permanent IT job ads21453293
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.252 %1.412 %
Salaries quoted18972825
Average minimum salary£35,807£40,721
Average salary£40,951£47,055
% change on same period last year-12.97 %
Average maximum salary£46,094£53,390
UK excluding London average salary£40,427£41,824
% change on same period last year-3.34 %
Red Hat North WestRed Hat
North West

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 Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Red Hat Salary Trend

Red Hat
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Red Hat across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Manchester Red Hat Salary Histogram

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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
StockportDown-51£21,000-3.07 %
Red Hat North WestRed Hat
North West

Red Hat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

129 (80.56 %)Linux
129 (80.56 %)Red Hat Linux
223 (63.89 %)Apache
322 (61.11 %)UNIX
322 (61.11 %)Solaris
322 (61.11 %)Shell Script
421 (58.33 %)Tomcat
421 (58.33 %)Debian
519 (52.78 %)Fedora
519 (52.78 %)MySQL
618 (50.00 %)Internet
618 (50.00 %)CentOS
717 (47.22 %)TCP/IP
816 (44.44 %)Nagios
915 (41.67 %)Perl
1012 (33.33 %)IMAP
1110 (27.78 %)SMTP
1110 (27.78 %)FTP
1110 (27.78 %)HTTP
1110 (27.78 %)Telecoms
128 (22.22 %)Degree
135 (13.89 %)VPN
135 (13.89 %)Windows
143 (8.333 %)Content Management
143 (8.333 %)Statistics
143 (8.333 %)Wiki
143 (8.333 %)Business Continuity
143 (8.333 %)VMware
143 (8.333 %)SUSE
143 (8.333 %)Disaster Recovery

Red Hat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

Manchester IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (8.333 %)J2EE
22 (5.556 %)Middleware
Manchester IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
123 (63.89 %)Apache
221 (58.33 %)Tomcat
33 (8.333 %)MS Exchange
42 (5.556 %)Exchange Server 2003
Manchester IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (8.333 %)MS Excel
21 (2.778 %)MS Office
Manchester IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
118 (50.00 %)Internet
217 (47.22 %)TCP/IP
312 (33.33 %)IMAP
410 (27.78 %)SMTP
410 (27.78 %)FTP
410 (27.78 %)HTTP
55 (13.89 %)VPN
63 (8.333 %)DNS
72 (5.556 %)HTTPS
72 (5.556 %)SAN
72 (5.556 %)SNMP
72 (5.556 %)LAN
81 (2.778 %)VoIP
81 (2.778 %)Firewall
81 (2.778 %)Broadband
Manchester IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
119 (52.78 %)MySQL
22 (5.556 %)SQL Server
22 (5.556 %)PostgreSQL
31 (2.778 %)RDBMS
Manchester IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (27.78 %)Telecoms
22 (5.556 %)Retail
22 (5.556 %)Pensions
31 (2.778 %)Insurance
31 (2.778 %)Finance
Manchester IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
115 (41.67 %)Systems Engineer
211 (30.56 %)Linux Engineer
310 (27.78 %)UNIX Systems Engineer
310 (27.78 %)UNIX Engineer
44 (11.11 %)Support Specialist
44 (11.11 %)Linux Specialist
44 (11.11 %)Linux Support
53 (8.333 %)Analyst
53 (8.333 %)Administrator
62 (5.556 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
62 (5.556 %)UNIX Administrator
62 (5.556 %)Technical Manager
62 (5.556 %)Integration Engineer
62 (5.556 %)Systems Administrator
62 (5.556 %)Support Technician
62 (5.556 %)Support Analyst
62 (5.556 %)Web Manager
62 (5.556 %)Software Support Analyst
71 (2.778 %)Windows Administrator
71 (2.778 %)UNIX Consultant
Manchester IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (8.333 %)Statistics
13 (8.333 %)Wiki
21 (2.778 %)HACMP
21 (2.778 %)Blackberry
Manchester IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
129 (80.56 %)Linux
129 (80.56 %)Red Hat Linux
222 (61.11 %)Solaris
222 (61.11 %)UNIX
321 (58.33 %)Debian
419 (52.78 %)Fedora
518 (50.00 %)CentOS
65 (13.89 %)Windows
73 (8.333 %)Windows Server 2003
73 (8.333 %)SUSE
82 (5.556 %)AIX
91 (2.778 %)HPUX
91 (2.778 %)Windows 2000
91 (2.778 %)Windows XP
91 (2.778 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
91 (2.778 %)Windows Vista
91 (2.778 %)Windows Server 2008
Manchester IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (8.333 %)Disaster Recovery
13 (8.333 %)Business Continuity
13 (8.333 %)Content Management
21 (2.778 %)ITIL
Manchester IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
122 (61.11 %)Shell Script
215 (41.67 %)Perl
33 (8.333 %)Java
42 (5.556 %)PHP
42 (5.556 %)PHP5
42 (5.556 %)PHP4
51 (2.778 %)SQL
Manchester IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (22.22 %)Degree
21 (2.778 %)Oracle Certification
21 (2.778 %)RHCE
21 (2.778 %)RHCT
Manchester IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (5.556 %)Active Directory
21 (2.778 %)VMware ESX
21 (2.778 %)VMware Infrastructure
Manchester IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
116 (44.44 %)Nagios
21 (2.778 %)ARCserve
21 (2.778 %)HP Data Protector
Manchester IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (8.333 %)VMware
22 (5.556 %)EMC
22 (5.556 %)NetApp
31 (2.778 %)Novell
31 (2.778 %)NEC
31 (2.778 %)Citrix
31 (2.778 %)Oracle
31 (2.778 %)Cisco
31 (2.778 %)IBM
31 (2.778 %)Microsoft
31 (2.778 %)Sun
31 (2.778 %)HP
31 (2.778 %)Blue Coat
31 (2.778 %)IronPort