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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Red Hat products and/or services in IT jobs across the UK 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRed Hat
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank215232
Rank change on same period last yearUp+17
Matching permanent IT job ads17121955
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.904 %0.801 %
As % of the category below2.106 %1.822 %
Salaries quoted14201483
Average minimum salary£40,879£39,633
Average salary£43,795£42,549
% change on same period last year+2.92 %
Average maximum salary£46,710£45,465
UK excluding London average salary£38,143£36,632
% change on same period last year+4.12 %
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads81287107299
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled42.91 %43.94 %
Salaries quoted6650382068
Average minimum salary£40,243£42,334
Average salary£43,949£46,152
% change on same period last year-4.77 %
Average maximum salary£47,655£49,970
UK excluding London average salary£39,792£42,049
% change on same period last year-5.36 %

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within RedHat.

Red Hat
Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

Red Hat Salary Trend

Red Hat
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Red Hat over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 within the UK.

Red Hat Salary Histogram

Red Hat
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Red Hat within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 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
EnglandUp+161677£43,959+3.17 %
LondonUp+57927£48,902-0.58 %
South EastDown-3385£39,175-2.74 %
City of LondonUp+44247£51,025-6.54 %
East of EnglandUp+29128£39,505+38.62 %
SurreyUp+2109£43,619-1.06 %
YorkshireUp+1682£37,360+13.05 %
BerkshireDown-2678£36,986+0.47 %
HampshireUp+2358£35,227-2.21 %
HertfordshireUp+1154£35,421+32.08 %
West MidlandsDown-4052£37,616+9.82 %
ReadingUp+1151£35,950+20.82 %
Docklands, LondonUp+4348£56,662-10.68 %
North WestDown-2447£27,516-14.27 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1442£39,413-1.84 %
Canary WharfUp+4140£50,875-28.17 %
North YorkshireUp+1436£37,543-3.88 %
CambridgeshireDown-1334£41,172+37.55 %
South WestDown-1133£37,205+4.95 %
CambridgeDown-632£41,833+31.57 %
OxfordshireDown-127£34,387+0.43 %
SuffolkUp+1223£42,619+15.18 %
UxbridgeUp+1323£45,435+51.44 %
HertfordUp+323£25,200+21.44 %
IpswichUp+1123£42,619+36.38 %
MiddlesexDown-2622£46,471+11.88 %
East SussexUp+2122£33,932+41.38 %
EssexUp+2822£40,526+45.77 %
East YorkshireUp+1322£41,370-
WalesUp+2821£36,952+16.08 %

Red Hat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

13306 (90.16 %)Linux
22050 (55.90 %)UNIX
31453 (39.62 %)Solaris
41289 (35.15 %)Windows
51027 (28.01 %)Apache
6992 (27.05 %)Oracle
7874 (23.83 %)Perl
8720 (19.63 %)MySQL
9663 (18.08 %)Finance
10599 (16.33 %)SAN
11598 (16.31 %)Cisco
12596 (16.25 %)DNS
13587 (16.01 %)TCP/IP
14548 (14.94 %)Java
15546 (14.89 %)Sun
16515 (14.04 %)SQL
17504 (13.74 %)SQL Server
18502 (13.69 %)HP
19469 (12.79 %)Tomcat
20459 (12.52 %)Microsoft
21457 (12.46 %)SUSE
22452 (12.33 %)Firewall
23450 (12.27 %)Shell Script
24445 (12.14 %)AIX
25427 (11.64 %)Internet
26426 (11.62 %)VMware
27411 (11.21 %)PHP
28407 (11.10 %)Banking
29363 (9.899 %)Active Directory
30319 (8.699 %)VERITAS

Red Hat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1278 (7.581 %)J2EE
2241 (6.572 %)XML
3158 (4.309 %)WebSphere
4119 (3.245 %)HTML
591 (2.482 %)Hibernate
686 (2.345 %)Spring
783 (2.263 %)Middleware
877 (2.100 %)CSS
877 (2.100 %).NET
971 (1.936 %)LAMP
1059 (1.609 %)ASP
1150 (1.364 %)WebServices
1233 (0.900 %)XHTML
1329 (0.791 %)SOAP
1329 (0.791 %)JSP
1426 (0.709 %)ASP.NET
1524 (0.654 %)XSLT
1524 (0.654 %)AJAX
1620 (0.545 %)CGI
1719 (0.518 %)JMS
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11027 (28.01 %)Apache
2469 (12.79 %)Tomcat
3300 (8.181 %)IIS
4267 (7.281 %)JBoss
5222 (6.054 %)MS Exchange
6208 (5.672 %)WebLogic
7181 (4.936 %)Exchange Server 2003
874 (2.018 %)Exchange Server 2000
962 (1.691 %)Exchange Server 2007
1047 (1.282 %)WebSphere Application Server
1145 (1.227 %)SharePoint
1236 (0.982 %)CMS
1331 (0.845 %)ColdFusion
1430 (0.818 %)Oracle 10gAS
1529 (0.791 %)Resin
1627 (0.736 %)WebLogic Portal
1723 (0.627 %)Oracle Application Server
1822 (0.600 %)MQSeries
1918 (0.491 %)Lotus Notes
2016 (0.436 %)SAS
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1203 (5.536 %)MS Excel
293 (2.536 %)MS Office
343 (1.173 %)Photoshop
426 (0.709 %)ImageReady
511 (0.300 %)MS Visio
66 (0.164 %)QuarkXPress
66 (0.164 %)MATLAB
74 (0.109 %)S-PLUS
74 (0.109 %)Fireworks
74 (0.109 %)MS Project
83 (0.082 %)MS PowerPoint
92 (0.055 %)SPSS
101 (0.027 %)Spreadsheet
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
141 (1.118 %)Oracle EBS
236 (0.982 %)Oracle 11i
330 (0.818 %)Oracle Applications
412 (0.327 %)Axapta
412 (0.327 %)Dynamics CRM
56 (0.164 %)SAP ERP
65 (0.136 %)Summit
65 (0.136 %)RMDS
74 (0.109 %)Dynamics AX
83 (0.082 %)Oracle Financials
92 (0.055 %)TIBCO iProcess
92 (0.055 %)BusinessWorks
101 (0.027 %)Oracle ERP
101 (0.027 %)SoftGrid
101 (0.027 %)Line 50
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1599 (16.33 %)SAN
2596 (16.25 %)DNS
3587 (16.01 %)TCP/IP
4452 (12.33 %)Firewall
5427 (11.64 %)Internet
6249 (6.790 %)WAN
7236 (6.436 %)LAN
8153 (4.172 %)VPN
9145 (3.954 %)LDAP
10123 (3.354 %)SMTP
11102 (2.782 %)DHCP
1295 (2.591 %)FTP
1392 (2.509 %)HTTP
1483 (2.263 %)SNMP
1560 (1.636 %)SSL
1560 (1.636 %)VLAN
1657 (1.554 %)Network Security
1754 (1.473 %)SSH
1846 (1.254 %)BGP
1846 (1.254 %)Cisco PIX
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1720 (19.63 %)MySQL
2504 (13.74 %)SQL Server
3261 (7.118 %)Oracle 10g
4146 (3.981 %)Oracle 9i
5118 (3.218 %)RDBMS
6110 (3.000 %)SQL Server 2005
7105 (2.863 %)DB2
8103 (2.809 %)Oracle 8/8i
971 (1.936 %)PostgreSQL
1061 (1.663 %)SQL Server 2000
1150 (1.364 %)Oracle 11g
1247 (1.282 %)Informix
1324 (0.654 %)Oracle Reports
1423 (0.627 %)SQL Server 7
1521 (0.573 %)Datawarehouse
1612 (0.327 %)Oracle Discoverer
1711 (0.300 %)TOAD
188 (0.218 %)InterSystems Cache
197 (0.191 %)ETL
206 (0.164 %)Star Schema
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
172 (1.963 %)Ant
270 (1.909 %)Subversion
334 (0.927 %)Eclipse
432 (0.873 %)Flash
518 (0.491 %)ClearCase
616 (0.436 %)ClearQuest
713 (0.355 %)LoadRunner
713 (0.355 %)JUnit
86 (0.164 %)WebLogic Workshop
86 (0.164 %)Oracle Forms
86 (0.164 %)TestDirector
86 (0.164 %)JIRA
86 (0.164 %)Oracle APEX
86 (0.164 %)Bugzilla
94 (0.109 %)Introscope
103 (0.082 %)Dreamweaver
112 (0.055 %)JDeveloper
112 (0.055 %)JBuilder
112 (0.055 %)ProC
112 (0.055 %)WATIR
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1663 (18.08 %)Finance
2407 (11.10 %)Banking
3175 (4.772 %)Telecoms
4174 (4.745 %)Investment Banking
5141 (3.845 %)Pensions
6102 (2.782 %)Back Office
795 (2.591 %)Marketing
891 (2.482 %)Health
979 (2.154 %)Retail
1056 (1.527 %)Front Office
1152 (1.418 %)Government
1250 (1.364 %)Insurance
1349 (1.336 %)Education
1446 (1.254 %)Games
1542 (1.145 %)Financial Institution
1630 (0.818 %)Online Games
1727 (0.736 %)Auditing
1823 (0.627 %)Advertising
1922 (0.600 %)Legal
2012 (0.327 %)Law
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11397 (38.10 %)Administrator
21071 (29.21 %)Systems Administrator
3694 (18.93 %)Linux Administrator
4545 (14.86 %)Linux Systems Administrator
5492 (13.42 %)UNIX Administrator
6377 (10.28 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
7273 (7.445 %)Analyst
8198 (5.400 %)Support Engineer
9190 (5.181 %)Developer
10183 (4.990 %)DBA
11174 (4.745 %)Linux Engineer
12172 (4.690 %)Systems Engineer
13163 (4.445 %)Architect
14160 (4.363 %)Support Analyst
15153 (4.172 %)UNIX Engineer
16151 (4.118 %)Oracle DBA
17125 (3.409 %)Consultant
18122 (3.327 %)Linux Support
19115 (3.136 %)Network Engineer
20110 (3.000 %)UNIX Support
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1221 (6.027 %)Clustering
253 (1.445 %)Equities
352 (1.418 %)Computer Science
429 (0.791 %)Derivative
526 (0.709 %)HACMP
622 (0.600 %)Client/Server
721 (0.573 %)Thin Client
721 (0.573 %)Fat Client
820 (0.545 %)IPTV
918 (0.491 %)German Language
1017 (0.464 %)CLARiiON
1116 (0.436 %)AS400
1116 (0.436 %)Replication
1116 (0.436 %)Robotics
1214 (0.382 %)Mathematics
1214 (0.382 %)Management Information System
1313 (0.355 %)Blackberry
1313 (0.355 %)Fixed Income
1412 (0.327 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1412 (0.327 %)Data Protection Act
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13306 (90.16 %)Linux
22050 (55.90 %)UNIX
31453 (39.62 %)Solaris
41289 (35.15 %)Windows
5457 (12.46 %)SUSE
6445 (12.14 %)AIX
7292 (7.963 %)HPUX
8222 (6.054 %)Debian
9220 (5.999 %)Windows 2000
10158 (4.309 %)Fedora
11142 (3.872 %)Windows Server 2003
12136 (3.709 %)Windows XP
13106 (2.891 %)Ubuntu
1485 (2.318 %)Windows NT
1570 (1.909 %)Tru64
1653 (1.445 %)FreeBSD
1719 (0.518 %)Gentoo
1818 (0.491 %)OpenBSD
1914 (0.382 %)Mac OS X
2013 (0.355 %)VMS
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1235 (6.409 %)ITIL
2194 (5.290 %)E-Commerce
3148 (4.036 %)Disaster Recovery
4127 (3.463 %)Load Balancing
580 (2.182 %)OO
672 (1.963 %)Project Management
769 (1.882 %)CRM
868 (1.854 %)UML
963 (1.718 %)Service Delivery
1060 (1.636 %)SOA
1155 (1.500 %)EAI
1253 (1.445 %)Configuration Management
1346 (1.254 %)Change Management
1346 (1.254 %)Security Cleared
1436 (0.982 %)PRINCE2
1436 (0.982 %)Migration
1535 (0.954 %)Data Modelling
1634 (0.927 %)Web Development
1730 (0.818 %)Agile Software Development
1829 (0.791 %)Performance Testing
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1874 (23.83 %)Perl
2548 (14.94 %)Java
3515 (14.04 %)SQL
4450 (12.27 %)Shell Script
5411 (11.21 %)PHP
6156 (4.254 %)Python
7113 (3.082 %)C
896 (2.618 %)C++
896 (2.618 %)JavaScript
979 (2.154 %)Korn
1077 (2.100 %)C#
1172 (1.963 %)VB
1172 (1.963 %)Ruby
1270 (1.909 %)PL/SQL
1362 (1.691 %)AWK
1439 (1.064 %)VBScript
1521 (0.573 %)PHP5
1620 (0.545 %)Tcl
178 (0.218 %)Transact-SQL
178 (0.218 %)ABAP
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1226 (6.163 %)Degree
2222 (6.054 %)RHCE
3213 (5.809 %)Microsoft Certification
4197 (5.372 %)MCSE
5183 (4.990 %)Cisco Certification
6134 (3.654 %)CCNA
762 (1.691 %)RHCT
841 (1.118 %)CCNP
939 (1.064 %)Sun Certification
1030 (0.818 %)Oracle Certification
1030 (0.818 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1129 (0.791 %)SCNA
1228 (0.764 %)MCP
1325 (0.682 %)MCSA
1424 (0.654 %)CCIE
1518 (0.491 %)ITIL Certification
1617 (0.464 %)Citrix Certification
1714 (0.382 %)CCEA
1812 (0.327 %)OCP
1910 (0.273 %)SCSA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
168 (1.854 %)SLA
225 (0.682 %)QA
36 (0.164 %)ISO27001
44 (0.109 %)WAI
53 (0.082 %)JSP 440
53 (0.082 %)PCI DSS
53 (0.082 %)GCP
53 (0.082 %)ISO9001
62 (0.055 %)WCAG
71 (0.027 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1363 (9.899 %)Active Directory
2158 (4.309 %)NetBackup
3138 (3.763 %)VMware Infrastructure
4127 (3.463 %)NFS
5126 (3.436 %)VMware ESX
688 (2.400 %)Oracle RAC
783 (2.263 %)Oracle RMAN
882 (2.236 %)Samba
958 (1.582 %)MetaFrame
1053 (1.445 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1138 (1.036 %)Squid
1237 (1.009 %)Backup Exec
1324 (0.654 %)ISA Server
1419 (0.518 %)Xen
1517 (0.464 %)VMware Server
1616 (0.436 %)Cronacle
1714 (0.382 %)Terminal Services
1811 (0.300 %)AquaLogic
199 (0.245 %)Terminal Server
208 (0.218 %)NDS
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
189 (2.427 %)Nagios
286 (2.345 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
352 (1.418 %)Tivoli
445 (1.227 %)OpenView
533 (0.900 %)MOM
632 (0.873 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
727 (0.736 %)Legato
819 (0.518 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
917 (0.464 %)EMC NetWorker
1016 (0.436 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
1112 (0.327 %)BMC Performance Manager
1211 (0.300 %)BMC PATROL
1310 (0.273 %)CiscoWorks
149 (0.245 %)Norton AntiVirus
149 (0.245 %)Nessus
149 (0.245 %)HP Data Protector
156 (0.164 %)Netcool
165 (0.136 %)Unicenter
165 (0.136 %)ARCserve
174 (0.109 %)WSUS
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1992 (27.05 %)Oracle
2598 (16.31 %)Cisco
3546 (14.89 %)Sun
4502 (13.69 %)HP
5459 (12.52 %)Microsoft
6426 (11.62 %)VMware
7319 (8.699 %)VERITAS
8306 (8.345 %)IBM
9196 (5.345 %)Citrix
10152 (4.145 %)EMC
1185 (2.318 %)Sybase
1272 (1.963 %)Dell
1365 (1.773 %)CheckPoint
1456 (1.527 %)Adobe
1555 (1.500 %)Altiris
1654 (1.473 %)NetApp
1752 (1.418 %)BEA
1844 (1.200 %)Symantec
1943 (1.173 %)Novell
2041 (1.118 %)SAP
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