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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 North East 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
Rank8183
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching permanent IT job ads213
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.429 %1.747 %
Salaries quoted213
Average minimum salary£30,000£22,000
Average salary£36,250£24,808
% change on same period last year+46.12 %
Average maximum salary£42,500£27,615
UK excluding London average salary£38,026£38,050
% change on same period last year-0.06 %
North East IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
North East
Matching permanent IT job ads466744
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.272 %0.319 %
Salaries quoted334643
Average minimum salary£31,562£35,499
Average salary£35,996£39,855
% change on same period last year-9.68 %
Average maximum salary£40,430£44,211
UK excluding London average salary£40,427£41,824
% change on same period last year-3.34 %
Red Hat EnglandRed Hat
England

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East 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 North East 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
Tyne and WearUp+132£36,250+100.00 %
Red Hat EnglandRed Hat
England

Red Hat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

18 (88.89 %)Linux
18 (88.89 %)Red Hat Linux
26 (66.67 %)VPN
35 (55.56 %)DNS
35 (55.56 %)Cisco
35 (55.56 %)Shell Script
44 (44.44 %)Firewall
44 (44.44 %)Apache
53 (33.33 %)LAN
53 (33.33 %)WAN
53 (33.33 %)MySQL
53 (33.33 %)Windows
53 (33.33 %)DHCP
61 (11.11 %)Exchange Server 2003
61 (11.11 %)Degree
61 (11.11 %)Network Security
61 (11.11 %)Blue Coat
61 (11.11 %)Network Design
61 (11.11 %)Network Planning
61 (11.11 %)Insurance
61 (11.11 %)Debian
61 (11.11 %)Replication
61 (11.11 %)VMware
61 (11.11 %)VMware ESX
61 (11.11 %)Gentoo
61 (11.11 %)Fedora
61 (11.11 %)Agile Software Development
61 (11.11 %)ARCserve
61 (11.11 %)Middleware
61 (11.11 %)EMC

Red Hat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

North East IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (11.11 %)Middleware
North East IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (44.44 %)Apache
21 (11.11 %)MS Exchange
21 (11.11 %)Exchange Server 2003
North East IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (66.67 %)VPN
25 (55.56 %)DNS
34 (44.44 %)Firewall
43 (33.33 %)DHCP
43 (33.33 %)LAN
43 (33.33 %)WAN
51 (11.11 %)POP3
51 (11.11 %)SMTP
51 (11.11 %)SAN
51 (11.11 %)Internet
51 (11.11 %)LDAP
51 (11.11 %)Network Security
North East IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (33.33 %)MySQL
21 (11.11 %)SQL Server
North East IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (11.11 %)Visual Studio
North East IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (11.11 %)Insurance
North East IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (66.67 %)Linux Systems Administrator
25 (55.56 %)Linux Administrator
25 (55.56 %)Systems Administrator
25 (55.56 %)Administrator
32 (22.22 %)Senior Linux Systems Administrator
41 (11.11 %)Senior Linux Administrator
41 (11.11 %)C++ Software Engineer
41 (11.11 %)Infrastructure Architect
41 (11.11 %)Senior Systems Administrator
41 (11.11 %)Infrastructure Analyst
41 (11.11 %)Architect
41 (11.11 %)Software Engineer
41 (11.11 %)Analyst
North East IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (11.11 %)Replication
North East IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (88.89 %)Linux
18 (88.89 %)Red Hat Linux
23 (33.33 %)Windows
31 (11.11 %)UNIX
31 (11.11 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (11.11 %)Debian
31 (11.11 %)Gentoo
31 (11.11 %)Fedora
North East IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (11.11 %)OO
11 (11.11 %)Agile Software Development
11 (11.11 %)Network Design
11 (11.11 %)Network Planning
North East IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (55.56 %)Shell Script
21 (11.11 %)C
21 (11.11 %)C++
21 (11.11 %)Perl
21 (11.11 %)PHP
North East IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (11.11 %)RHCE
11 (11.11 %)Degree
North East IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (11.11 %)VMware ESX
North East IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (11.11 %)ARCserve
North East IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (55.56 %)Cisco
21 (11.11 %)EMC
21 (11.11 %)Citrix
21 (11.11 %)BEA
21 (11.11 %)Novell
21 (11.11 %)VMware
21 (11.11 %)Blue Coat