Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Red Hat Linux skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Red Hat Linux over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category.

LinkRed Hat Linux
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank208198223
Rank change year-on-year
Down-10Up+25
Matching permanent IT job ads8328091772
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.968 %0.954 %0.868 %
As % of the Operating Systems category4.464 %3.888 %3.513 %
Salaries quoted7086671456
Average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,088£27,500£28,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£57,500£55,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.420 %-
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
186402080750438
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK21.70 %24.53 %24.71 %
Salaries quoted156871754841822
Average salary£38,000£35,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.570 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,000£22,500£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£60,000£57,500
UK excluding London average salary£33,500£32,500£32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.070 %-

Red Hat Linux
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Red Hat Linux within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Red Hat Linux Demand Trend

Red Hat Linux
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Red Hat Linux within the UK.

Red Hat Linux Salary Trend

Red Hat Linux
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Red Hat Linux over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 within the UK.

Red Hat Linux Salary Histogram

Red Hat Linux
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Red Hat Linux within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-9820£40,000-
LondonDown-22388£48,750+8.33 %
South EastUp+72245£38,000-5.00 %
City of LondonDown-51106£45,000-10.00 %
South WestUp+3569£35,000+2.94 %
East of EnglandDown-3056£35,000-20.45 %
SurreyUp+5254£35,500+1.42 %
CambridgeshireUp+2344£35,000+12.90 %
BerkshireDown-640£40,000-13.51 %
CambridgeUp+2338£34,500+11.29 %
BristolUp+2531£34,500+15.00 %
ReadingUp+928£40,000-11.11 %
Home CountiesNew entry-27£42,500-
Docklands, LondonUp+623£50,000-16.66 %
BrightonUp+2021£38,000-10.58 %
East SussexUp+1821£38,000-10.58 %
BuckinghamshireUp+521£20,000-11.11 %
HampshireUp+2020£42,000+14.28 %
Milton KeynesUp+720£20,000-11.11 %
West MidlandsUp+520£35,000-
MiddlesexUp+2519£50,000+25.00 %
SomersetUp+2216£35,000+7.69 %
East MidlandsUp+1515£32,500+80.55 %
OxfordshireUp+615£27,500-
KentUp+1114£32,000+10.34 %
North WestDown-2414£40,000+33.33 %
GuildfordUp+4213£35,500+1.42 %
OxfordUp+1312£27,500-
BathUp+2811£35,000+7.69 %
West SussexUp+811£40,000+70.21 %

Red Hat Linux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing Red Hat 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 Linux.

11544 (98.72 %)Linux
21453 (92.90 %)Red Hat
3692 (44.25 %)UNIX
4506 (32.35 %)Windows
5406 (25.96 %)Solaris
6380 (24.30 %)MySQL
7360 (23.02 %)Perl
8351 (22.44 %)Apache
9328 (20.97 %)VMware
10319 (20.40 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11297 (18.99 %)SAN
12287 (18.35 %)Finance
13286 (18.29 %)TCP/IP
14263 (16.82 %)Oracle
15238 (15.22 %)Shell Script
16230 (14.71 %)PHP
17225 (14.39 %)Java
18224 (14.32 %)SQL
19201 (12.85 %)CentOS
20200 (12.79 %)Cisco
21196 (12.53 %)Windows Server 2003
22193 (12.34 %)Bash shell
23184 (11.76 %)Active Directory
24181 (11.57 %)DNS
25175 (11.19 %)Tomcat
26170 (10.87 %)SQL Server
27161 (10.29 %)Firewall
28160 (10.23 %)AIX
29153 (9.783 %)JBoss
30152 (9.719 %)Clustering

Red Hat Linux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing Red Hat 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 Linux. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
185 (5.435 %)HTML
281 (5.179 %)J2EE
379 (5.051 %)XML
461 (3.900 %)LAMP
553 (3.389 %)CSS
649 (3.133 %)Web Services
738 (2.430 %)WebSphere
835 (2.238 %)Hibernate
929 (1.854 %)Spring
929 (1.854 %)AJAX
1026 (1.662 %)JSP
1125 (1.598 %).NET
1221 (1.343 %)SOAP
1319 (1.215 %)Middleware
1418 (1.151 %)XSLT
1517 (1.087 %)ASP
1616 (1.023 %)Servlets
1714 (0.895 %)XSD
1714 (0.895 %)jQuery
1813 (0.831 %)Flash
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1351 (22.44 %)Apache
2175 (11.19 %)Tomcat
379 (5.051 %)IIS
471 (4.540 %)MS Exchange
556 (3.581 %)WebLogic
644 (2.813 %)Exchange Server 2003
735 (2.238 %)SharePoint
833 (2.110 %)Exchange Server 2007
925 (1.598 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1020 (1.279 %)WebSphere Application Server
1115 (0.959 %)ColdFusion
1213 (0.831 %)Resin
1312 (0.767 %)Oracle Application Server
1410 (0.639 %)AquaLogic
157 (0.448 %)Confluence
166 (0.384 %)Jetty
166 (0.384 %)SharePoint Server 2007
166 (0.384 %)WordPress
166 (0.384 %)Apache Solr
166 (0.384 %)CMS
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
154 (3.453 %)MS Excel
232 (2.046 %)MS Visio
329 (1.854 %)MS Office
46 (0.384 %)MS PowerPoint
54 (0.256 %)Photoshop
63 (0.192 %)ImageReady
71 (0.064 %)Fireworks
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
17 (0.448 %)RMDS
24 (0.256 %)Oracle 11i
24 (0.256 %)Oracle EBS
33 (0.192 %)Oracle EBS R12
41 (0.064 %)GL Clearvision
41 (0.064 %)SalesLogix
41 (0.064 %)Oracle General Ledger
41 (0.064 %)Oracle Applications
41 (0.064 %)WebTrends
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1297 (18.99 %)SAN
2286 (18.29 %)TCP/IP
3181 (11.57 %)DNS
4161 (10.29 %)Firewall
5144 (9.207 %)Internet
6108 (6.905 %)DHCP
792 (5.882 %)NAS
885 (5.435 %)VoIP
967 (4.284 %)SNMP
1056 (3.581 %)HTTP
1136 (2.302 %)SMTP
1136 (2.302 %)VPN
1235 (2.238 %)FTP
1235 (2.238 %)LDAP
1333 (2.110 %)LAN
1333 (2.110 %)SSL
1429 (1.854 %)iSCSI
1524 (1.535 %)WAN
1622 (1.407 %)VLAN
1718 (1.151 %)BGP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1380 (24.30 %)MySQL
2170 (10.87 %)SQL Server
365 (4.156 %)RDBMS
460 (3.836 %)Oracle 10g
535 (2.238 %)Oracle 11g
535 (2.238 %)Oracle 8/8i
631 (1.982 %)SQL Server 2005
729 (1.854 %)PostgreSQL
729 (1.854 %)Oracle 9i
729 (1.854 %)Informix
827 (1.726 %)SQL Server 2008
922 (1.407 %)SQL Server 2000
1016 (1.023 %)DB2
1112 (0.767 %)TOAD
1112 (0.767 %)Oracle Discoverer
1211 (0.703 %)Datawarehouse
1310 (0.639 %)Oracle OWB
149 (0.575 %)BusinessObjects
157 (0.448 %)ETL
165 (0.320 %)DTS
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
174 (4.731 %)Subversion
244 (2.813 %)JIRA
328 (1.790 %)Ant
419 (1.215 %)Maven
518 (1.151 %)Eclipse
612 (0.767 %)WebLOAD
79 (0.575 %)ERwin
85 (0.320 %)JUnit
93 (0.192 %)Oracle Forms
93 (0.192 %)ClearCase
93 (0.192 %)Optimizeit
102 (0.128 %)Oracle APEX
102 (0.128 %)CruiseControl
102 (0.128 %)Mercurial
111 (0.064 %)WATIR
111 (0.064 %)FitNesse
111 (0.064 %)Git (software)
111 (0.064 %)Bugzilla
111 (0.064 %)WebSpeed
111 (0.064 %)Dreamweaver
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1287 (18.35 %)Finance
298 (6.266 %)Banking
341 (2.621 %)Retail
440 (2.558 %)Telecoms
538 (2.430 %)Investment Banking
637 (2.366 %)Education
732 (2.046 %)Financial Institution
828 (1.790 %)Government
924 (1.535 %)Pensions
924 (1.535 %)Games
1020 (1.279 %)Health
1116 (1.023 %)Advertising
1211 (0.703 %)Manufacturing
1211 (0.703 %)Insurance
139 (0.575 %)Back Office
148 (0.512 %)Front Office
148 (0.512 %)Publishing
157 (0.448 %)Online Games
166 (0.384 %)Social Media
166 (0.384 %)Construction
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1602 (38.49 %)Administrator
2499 (31.91 %)Systems Administrator
3427 (27.30 %)Linux Administrator
4360 (23.02 %)Linux Systems Administrator
5142 (9.079 %)UNIX Administrator
6135 (8.632 %)Linux Engineer
7132 (8.440 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
8123 (7.864 %)Analyst
9103 (6.586 %)Developer
10101 (6.458 %)Systems Engineer
1182 (5.243 %)Support Engineer
1278 (4.987 %)DBA
1368 (4.348 %)Linux Support
1459 (3.772 %)Systems Analyst
1556 (3.581 %)Senior Systems Administrator
1655 (3.517 %)Infrastructure Engineer
1751 (3.261 %)Senior Linux Administrator
1840 (2.558 %)Senior Linux Systems Administrator
1937 (2.366 %)Oracle DBA
2036 (2.302 %)Support Analyst
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1152 (9.719 %)Clustering
266 (4.220 %)Open Source
339 (2.494 %)Computer Science
428 (1.790 %)Replication
428 (1.790 %)AS400
521 (1.343 %)Client/Server
521 (1.343 %)N-Tier
615 (0.959 %)SaaS
714 (0.895 %)HACMP
714 (0.895 %)Symmetrix
813 (0.831 %)Blackberry
912 (0.767 %)Derivative
1010 (0.639 %)Thin Client
1010 (0.639 %)Fat Client
1010 (0.639 %)Semantic Web
119 (0.575 %)Cloud Computing
128 (0.512 %)LPAR
128 (0.512 %)Web 2.0
128 (0.512 %)Mathematics
137 (0.448 %)CMDB
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11544 (98.72 %)Linux
2692 (44.25 %)UNIX
3506 (32.35 %)Windows
4406 (25.96 %)Solaris
5319 (20.40 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6201 (12.85 %)CentOS
7196 (12.53 %)Windows Server 2003
8160 (10.23 %)AIX
9139 (8.887 %)Debian
10107 (6.841 %)SUSE
11105 (6.714 %)HPUX
12104 (6.650 %)Ubuntu
1385 (5.435 %)Windows Server 2008
1454 (3.453 %)Fedora
1537 (2.366 %)Windows XP
1630 (1.918 %)Windows 2000 Server
1722 (1.407 %)Windows 2000
1816 (1.023 %)Gentoo
1911 (0.703 %)Windows Vista
209 (0.575 %)Oracle Enterprise Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1105 (6.714 %)ITIL
271 (4.540 %)E-Commerce
360 (3.836 %)Disaster Recovery
360 (3.836 %)Load Balancing
448 (3.069 %)Incident Management
538 (2.430 %)Load Testing
637 (2.366 %)Capacity Planning
637 (2.366 %)Project Management
734 (2.174 %)Configuration Management
734 (2.174 %)Problem Management
833 (2.110 %)Migration
931 (1.982 %)Systems Analysis
931 (1.982 %)SOA
1030 (1.918 %)Time Management
1129 (1.854 %)Scrum
1228 (1.790 %)OO
1228 (1.790 %)Performance Management
1327 (1.726 %)Investment Management
1327 (1.726 %)Web Development
1426 (1.662 %)Change Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1360 (23.02 %)Perl
2238 (15.22 %)Shell Script
3230 (14.71 %)PHP
4225 (14.39 %)Java
5224 (14.32 %)SQL
6193 (12.34 %)Bash shell
7111 (7.097 %)Python
8103 (6.586 %)C
974 (4.731 %)JavaScript
1047 (3.005 %)Korn
1142 (2.685 %)Ruby
1231 (1.982 %)PL/SQL
1329 (1.854 %)Bourne shell
1422 (1.407 %)PHP5
1519 (1.215 %)C++
1616 (1.023 %)VB
1713 (0.831 %)VBScript
1713 (0.831 %)AWK
1811 (0.703 %)PHP4
1811 (0.703 %)SPARQL
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1138 (8.824 %)Degree
2113 (7.225 %)RHCE
3108 (6.905 %)Cisco Certification
4103 (6.586 %)CCNA
565 (4.156 %)Microsoft Certification
655 (3.517 %)MCSE
753 (3.389 %)Security Cleared
847 (3.005 %)CCNP
944 (2.813 %)RHCT
1023 (1.471 %)SC Cleared
1120 (1.279 %)MCP
1215 (0.959 %)DV Cleared
1313 (0.831 %)MCSA
1411 (0.703 %)ITIL Certification
156 (0.384 %)EMC Certification
165 (0.320 %)MCITP
165 (0.320 %)PhD
165 (0.320 %)OCP
165 (0.320 %)Oracle Certification
174 (0.256 %)IBM Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
139 (2.494 %)SLA
234 (2.174 %)QA
33 (0.192 %)PCI DSS
41 (0.064 %)ISO/IEC 20000
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1184 (11.76 %)Active Directory
2107 (6.841 %)VMware Infrastructure
383 (5.307 %)VMware ESX
460 (3.836 %)NFS
558 (3.708 %)Veritas Volume Manager
640 (2.558 %)Xen
737 (2.366 %)Oracle RAC
836 (2.302 %)Sendmail
929 (1.854 %)Veritas Cluster Server
1028 (1.790 %)Veritas File System
1126 (1.662 %)Samba
1225 (1.598 %)Oracle RMAN
1323 (1.471 %)Postfix
1418 (1.151 %)Cronacle
159 (0.575 %)vSphere
168 (0.512 %)Squid
168 (0.512 %)ISA Server
177 (0.448 %)XenServer
183 (0.192 %)SRDF
183 (0.192 %)qmail
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
192 (5.882 %)Nagios
237 (2.366 %)NetBackup
332 (2.046 %)Data Guard
430 (1.918 %)Tivoli
525 (1.598 %)Zenoss
621 (1.343 %)Backup Exec
621 (1.343 %)OpenView
715 (0.959 %)BMC PATROL
810 (0.639 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
99 (0.575 %)CONTROL-M
108 (0.512 %)Munin
117 (0.448 %)Norton AntiVirus
117 (0.448 %)YUM
117 (0.448 %)WSUS
126 (0.384 %)EMC NetWorker
126 (0.384 %)Legato
126 (0.384 %)EMC Navisphere
135 (0.320 %)Cacti
144 (0.256 %)Plesk
153 (0.192 %)Sun Identity Manager
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11453 (92.90 %)Red Hat
2328 (20.97 %)VMware
3263 (16.82 %)Oracle
4200 (12.79 %)Cisco
5153 (9.783 %)JBoss
6148 (9.463 %)HP
7138 (8.824 %)Veritas
8132 (8.440 %)Microsoft
9113 (7.225 %)Sun
10102 (6.522 %)IBM
1182 (5.243 %)NetApp
1280 (5.115 %)EMC
1344 (2.813 %)Citrix
1442 (2.685 %)Sybase
1538 (2.430 %)Reuters
1538 (2.430 %)Bloomberg
1632 (2.046 %)Dell
1724 (1.535 %)BMC
1821 (1.343 %)Juniper
1821 (1.343 %)Compaq