The first table below looks at the demand for Red Hat Enterprise Linux skills in IT jobs advertised for the South Wales 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 21 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 South Wales region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
Rank 73 81 -
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -
Permanent jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 16 5 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 1.517% 0.513% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.226% 1.695% -
Number of salaries quoted 15 5 0
Average salary £32,500 £20,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+62.50% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +6.25%
All Operating Systems
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
257 295 211
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 24.36% 30.26% 23.68%
Number of salaries quoted 244 235 207
Average salary £32,500 £33,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.98% -4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £20,000 £23,900
10% offered a salary of more than £48,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Wales

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 South Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales Red Hat Enterprise Linux Salary Trend

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South Wales Red Hat Enterprise Linux Salary Histogram

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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 21 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
Bridgend - 6 £29,000 -
Gwent - 5 £46,500 -
Newport -8 1 £45,000 +125.00%
Cardiff - 1 £52,500 -
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Wales

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 20 (100.00%) Linux
1 20 (100.00%) Red Hat
2 15 (75.00%) UNIX
3 14 (70.00%) AIX
4 13 (65.00%) Clustering
5 10 (50.00%) Firewall
6 9 (45.00%) Oracle
6 9 (45.00%) SQL Server
6 9 (45.00%) TCP/IP
6 9 (45.00%) IBM
7 8 (40.00%) PL/SQL
7 8 (40.00%) SQL
7 8 (40.00%) SC Cleared
7 8 (40.00%) Security Cleared
8 7 (35.00%) SAN
9 6 (30.00%) DTV
9 6 (30.00%) CMS
9 6 (30.00%) Sybase
9 6 (30.00%) Windows
9 6 (30.00%) Apache
9 6 (30.00%) Microsoft
9 6 (30.00%) Solaris
9 6 (30.00%) HTTP
9 6 (30.00%) Compaq
9 6 (30.00%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (25.00%) Digital Media
10 5 (25.00%) Cisco
10 5 (25.00%) Python
10 5 (25.00%) HPUX
10 5 (25.00%) JavaScript

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 Development
1 2 (10.00%) CGI
Application Platforms
1 6 (30.00%) CMS
1 6 (30.00%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 10 (50.00%) Firewall
2 9 (45.00%) TCP/IP
3 7 (35.00%) SAN
4 6 (30.00%) HTTP
5 4 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (20.00%) LAN
5 4 (20.00%) WAN
5 4 (20.00%) VPN
5 4 (20.00%) Cisco PIX
6 1 (5.000%) Internet
6 1 (5.000%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (45.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (20.00%) MySQL
3 3 (15.00%) Oracle 10g
3 3 (15.00%) Oracle 11g
General
1 1 (5.000%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 4 (20.00%) Support Engineer
1 4 (20.00%) Administrator
1 4 (20.00%) Senior Consultant
1 4 (20.00%) Consultant
1 4 (20.00%) Network Engineer
1 4 (20.00%) Network Support Engineer
1 4 (20.00%) UNIX Administrator
1 4 (20.00%) Network Support
2 3 (15.00%) Technical Analyst
2 3 (15.00%) Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 1 (5.000%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (5.000%) UNIX Systems Administrator
4 1 (5.000%) UNIX Engineer
4 1 (5.000%) Linux Engineer
4 1 (5.000%) Virtualisation Specialist
4 1 (5.000%) Configuration Engineer
4 1 (5.000%) VMware Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 13 (65.00%) Clustering
2 6 (30.00%) DTV
2 6 (30.00%) Cloud Computing
3 5 (25.00%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 20 (100.00%) Linux
2 15 (75.00%) UNIX
3 14 (70.00%) AIX
4 6 (30.00%) Windows
4 6 (30.00%) Solaris
5 5 (25.00%) HPUX
6 4 (20.00%) Tru64
7 1 (5.000%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (15.00%) Network Management
1 3 (15.00%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 8 (40.00%) PL/SQL
1 8 (40.00%) SQL
2 5 (25.00%) Python
2 5 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 5 (25.00%) Perl
3 1 (5.000%) PowerHouse
Qualifications
1 8 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 8 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 3 (15.00%) CCNA
3 3 (15.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (5.000%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (10.00%) VMware ESX
3 1 (5.000%) vSphere
Vendors
1 20 (100.00%) Red Hat
2 9 (45.00%) Oracle
2 9 (45.00%) IBM
3 6 (30.00%) Sybase
3 6 (30.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (30.00%) Compaq
4 5 (25.00%) Cisco
4 5 (25.00%) VMware
5 4 (20.00%) HP
6 3 (15.00%) CheckPoint
6 3 (15.00%) Progress
7 1 (5.000%) Capita
7 1 (5.000%) Brocade
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
VMware applications... VMware ESX 3.x/4.x/5.x, server. SAN Storage. Additional Skills: Linux RedHat 3/4/5/7. SUSE 10/11. Solaris 8/9/10...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + Health, Pension + 20% Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013