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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 Scotland 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRed Hat
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank127144
Rank change on same period last yearUp+17
Matching permanent IT job ads2430
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.014 %0.013 %
As % of the category below1.293 %1.291 %
Salaries quoted1912
Average minimum salary£28,900£33,417
Average salary£31,600£34,292
% change on same period last year-7.84 %
Average maximum salary£34,300£35,167
UK excluding London average salary£38,225£38,011
% change on same period last year+0.56 %
Scotland IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
Scotland
Matching permanent IT job ads18562323
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.074 %1.000 %
Salaries quoted12971446
Average minimum salary£36,446£32,628
Average salary£40,052£35,705
% change on same period last year+12.17 %
Average maximum salary£43,657£38,781
UK excluding London average salary£40,460£41,836
% change on same period last year-3.28 %
Red Hat UKRed Hat
UK

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Red Hat Salary Trend

Red Hat
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Red Hat across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 10 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
GlasgowUp+2012£31,667+17.28 %
EdinburghUp+153£33,500+28.84 %
AberdeenNew entry-2£40,000-
InverclydeNew entry-2£30,000-
Perth and KinrossNew entry-1£30,000-
DundeeNew entry-1£25,000-
TaysideNew entry-1£25,000-
West LothianUp+71£40,000+95.12 %
Scottish BordersNew entry-1£26,500-
Red Hat UKRed Hat
UK

Red Hat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Scotland 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.

138 (100.00 %)Linux
138 (100.00 %)Red Hat Linux
221 (55.26 %)UNIX
316 (42.11 %)Windows
411 (28.95 %)Solaris
510 (26.32 %)WAN
510 (26.32 %)TCP/IP
510 (26.32 %)Windows Server 2003
69 (23.68 %)SAN
78 (21.05 %)VERITAS
78 (21.05 %)Shell Script
78 (21.05 %)Oracle
87 (18.42 %)SQL Server
87 (18.42 %)LAN
87 (18.42 %)Cisco Certification
87 (18.42 %)CCNA
96 (15.79 %)Microsoft
96 (15.79 %)SQL
96 (15.79 %)Clustering
96 (15.79 %)Finance
105 (13.16 %)SQL Server 2005
105 (13.16 %)Banking
105 (13.16 %)Retail
105 (13.16 %)MCSE
105 (13.16 %)Cisco
105 (13.16 %)DNS
105 (13.16 %)Microsoft Certification
105 (13.16 %)Internet
105 (13.16 %)Project Management
105 (13.16 %)Sun

Red Hat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Scotland 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.

Scotland IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (7.895 %)Middleware
21 (2.632 %)WebSphere
21 (2.632 %)JSP
21 (2.632 %)Struts
Scotland IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (7.895 %)JBoss
13 (7.895 %)Jetty
21 (2.632 %)WebSphere Application Server
21 (2.632 %)Apache
21 (2.632 %)MS Exchange
21 (2.632 %)Oracle HTTP Server
21 (2.632 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
21 (2.632 %)WPS
21 (2.632 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (2.632 %)ESB
Scotland IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (2.632 %)MS Office
11 (2.632 %)MS Excel
11 (2.632 %)MS PowerPoint
Scotland IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (26.32 %)WAN
110 (26.32 %)TCP/IP
29 (23.68 %)SAN
37 (18.42 %)LAN
45 (13.16 %)Internet
45 (13.16 %)DNS
54 (10.53 %)LDAP
54 (10.53 %)iSCSI
54 (10.53 %)Firewall
63 (7.895 %)IMAP
63 (7.895 %)VPN
72 (5.263 %)POP3
72 (5.263 %)DHCP
72 (5.263 %)FTP
72 (5.263 %)HTTP
81 (2.632 %)VoIP
81 (2.632 %)Cisco PIX
81 (2.632 %)Cisco ASA
Scotland IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (18.42 %)SQL Server
25 (13.16 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (7.895 %)Oracle 10g
42 (5.263 %)RDBMS
51 (2.632 %)Oracle 9i
Scotland IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (2.632 %)Ant
Scotland IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (15.79 %)Finance
25 (13.16 %)Banking
25 (13.16 %)Retail
34 (10.53 %)Insurance
34 (10.53 %)Pensions
43 (7.895 %)Investment Banking
52 (5.263 %)Health
52 (5.263 %)Games
52 (5.263 %)Telecoms
Scotland IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
114 (36.84 %)Administrator
211 (28.95 %)Systems Administrator
38 (21.05 %)Technical Support
38 (21.05 %)UNIX Administrator
38 (21.05 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
46 (15.79 %)UNIX Support
46 (15.79 %)Linux Engineer
46 (15.79 %)Linux Support
46 (15.79 %)Support Engineer
55 (13.16 %)DBA
55 (13.16 %)Technical Support Engineer
55 (13.16 %)Technical Engineer
55 (13.16 %)UNIX Engineer
55 (13.16 %)UNIX Support Engineer
64 (10.53 %)Consultant
73 (7.895 %)Oracle DBA
82 (5.263 %)Developer
82 (5.263 %)Network Engineer
91 (2.632 %)Systems Engineer
91 (2.632 %)Server Support
Scotland IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (15.79 %)Clustering
21 (2.632 %)Blackberry
Scotland IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
138 (100.00 %)Linux
138 (100.00 %)Red Hat Linux
221 (55.26 %)UNIX
316 (42.11 %)Windows
411 (28.95 %)Solaris
510 (26.32 %)Windows Server 2003
64 (10.53 %)SUSE
64 (10.53 %)Debian
64 (10.53 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
73 (7.895 %)CentOS
73 (7.895 %)Ubuntu
82 (5.263 %)AIX
82 (5.263 %)HPUX
82 (5.263 %)Windows 2000 Server
82 (5.263 %)Windows XP
91 (2.632 %)Windows Vista
Scotland IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (13.16 %)Project Management
22 (5.263 %)ITIL
22 (5.263 %)Disaster Recovery
22 (5.263 %)Network Design
22 (5.263 %)Problem Management
31 (2.632 %)Resource Management
31 (2.632 %)SOA
31 (2.632 %)Change Management
Scotland IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (21.05 %)Shell Script
26 (15.79 %)SQL
33 (7.895 %)C
33 (7.895 %)Perl
42 (5.263 %)PL/SQL
51 (2.632 %)Java
51 (2.632 %)Python
51 (2.632 %)Jython
51 (2.632 %)Korn
Scotland IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (18.42 %)CCNA
17 (18.42 %)Cisco Certification
25 (13.16 %)Microsoft Certification
25 (13.16 %)MCSE
34 (10.53 %)RHCE
43 (7.895 %)Degree
51 (2.632 %)MCP
51 (2.632 %)OCP
51 (2.632 %)OCA
51 (2.632 %)Oracle Certification
Scotland IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (7.895 %)NFS
22 (5.263 %)Active Directory
22 (5.263 %)Samba
22 (5.263 %)NetBackup
31 (2.632 %)Oracle RAC
31 (2.632 %)VMware Infrastructure
Scotland IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (2.632 %)WSUS
Scotland IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (21.05 %)VERITAS
18 (21.05 %)Oracle
26 (15.79 %)Microsoft
35 (13.16 %)Sun
35 (13.16 %)Cisco
44 (10.53 %)Avaya
53 (7.895 %)CheckPoint
53 (7.895 %)Novell
62 (5.263 %)Juniper
71 (2.632 %)VMware
71 (2.632 %)Atos Origin
71 (2.632 %)NETGEAR