The first table below looks at the demand for Red Hat Enterprise Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Red Hat Enterprise Linux over the 3 months to 17 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 North East region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
Rank 63 64 45
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -19
Permanent jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 1 6 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 0.146% 0.685% 3.190%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.529% 2.239% 12.11%
Number of salaries quoted 0 4 23
Average salary - £32,500 £32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.56%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +6.25%
All Operating Systems
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
189 268 190
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 27.51% 30.59% 26.35%
Number of salaries quoted 170 229 161
Average salary £33,000 £28,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.85% -13.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £22,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £42,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
England

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux across the North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

North East Red Hat Enterprise Linux Jobs Demand Trend

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Salary Trend

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

North East Red Hat Enterprise Linux Salary Trend

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux within the North East region over the 3 months to 17 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
Tyne and Wear -9 1 - -
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
England

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East region citing Red Hat Enterprise 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

1 9 (100.00%) Linux
2 8 (88.89%) Red Hat
3 7 (77.78%) Citrix
4 5 (55.56%) Cisco
5 4 (44.44%) Apache
5 4 (44.44%) SQL
5 4 (44.44%) MySQL
5 4 (44.44%) Firewall
6 3 (33.33%) Oracle
6 3 (33.33%) SAN
7 2 (22.22%) Nagios
7 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
7 2 (22.22%) Replication
7 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
7 2 (22.22%) IBM
7 2 (22.22%) CCNP
7 2 (22.22%) HP
7 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (22.22%) UNIX
7 2 (22.22%) Matrix Management
7 2 (22.22%) CentOS
7 2 (22.22%) XenServer
8 1 (11.11%) Cognos Controller
8 1 (11.11%) VLAN
8 1 (11.11%) Degree
8 1 (11.11%) Axway
8 1 (11.11%) Time Management
8 1 (11.11%) Performance Management
8 1 (11.11%) Base SAS
8 1 (11.11%) Management Information System

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East region citing Red Hat Enterprise 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 4 (44.44%) Apache
2 1 (11.11%) SAS
2 1 (11.11%) OpenEdge
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Cognos Controller
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) Firewall
2 3 (33.33%) SAN
3 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
3 1 (11.11%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) MySQL
2 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
3 1 (11.11%) Base SAS
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Administrator
1 6 (66.67%) Systems Administrator
2 2 (22.22%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Services Delivery Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Service Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Linux Systems Administrator
2 2 (22.22%) Linux Administrator
2 2 (22.22%) Services Delivery Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Linux Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Linux Support
3 1 (11.11%) Solaris Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Linux Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) UNIX Systems Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) UNIX Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Systems Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Replication
2 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Linux
2 2 (22.22%) UNIX
2 2 (22.22%) CentOS
3 1 (11.11%) AIX
3 1 (11.11%) Solaris
3 1 (11.11%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
1 2 (22.22%) Matrix Management
2 1 (11.11%) Time Management
2 1 (11.11%) Performance Management
2 1 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (11.11%) ITIL
2 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (11.11%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) SQL
2 1 (11.11%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) CCNP
1 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (11.11%) RHCE
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) XenServer
2 1 (11.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Nagios
2 1 (11.11%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Red Hat
2 7 (77.78%) Citrix
3 5 (55.56%) Cisco
4 3 (33.33%) Oracle
5 2 (22.22%) IBM
5 2 (22.22%) HP
6 1 (11.11%) Cognos
6 1 (11.11%) Axway