Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for RHCE in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited RHCE over the 3 months to 9 February 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 Qualifications currently tracked.

LinkRed Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank600693846
Rank change year-on-year
Up+93Up+153
Matching permanent IT job ads6644107
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.084 %0.044 %0.053 %
As % of the Qualifications category0.408 %0.186 %0.251 %
Salaries quoted634389
Average salary£39,750£34,000£37,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.91 %-8.720 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,500£18,000£29,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£59,250£55,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£39,500£18,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+119.44 %-48.57 %
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
161582367242671
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK20.52 %23.42 %21.12 %
Salaries quoted134862018635319
Average salary£40,000£38,000£39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.260 %-2.560 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,500£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£60,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£36,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.160 %+2.850 %

RHCE
Demand Trend

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

RHCE Demand Trend

RHCE
Salary Trend

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

RHCE Salary Trend

RHCE
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing RHCE over the 3 months to 9 February 2010 within the UK.

RHCE Salary Histogram

RHCE
Top 23 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RHCE within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 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
EnglandUp+9766£39,750+16.91 %
South EastUp+7019£42,500+23.18 %
LondonUp+1219£51,250+13.88 %
East of EnglandUp+5216£38,500+2.66 %
CambridgeshireUp+2416£38,500+2.66 %
CambridgeUp+1614£38,000+1.33 %
City of LondonUp+511£57,500+27.77 %
HampshireUp+439£42,500+23.18 %
West YorkshireNew entry-8£24,500-
YorkshireNew entry-8£24,500-
HuddersfieldNew entry-8£24,500-
BerkshireNew entry-7£42,500-
BracknellNew entry-5£41,500-
South WestNew entry-3£36,000-
SalisburyNew entry-3£36,000-
WiltshireNew entry-3£36,000-
SurreyNew entry-3£42,500-
StainesNew entry-2£42,500-
West MidlandsNew entry-1£32,500-
WarwickshireNew entry-1£32,500-
MiddlesexNew entry-1£41,500-
WokinghamNew entry-1£42,500-
RugbyNew entry-1£32,500-

RHCE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing RHCE 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 RHCE.

1152 (96.20 %)Linux
2105 (66.46 %)Red Hat Linux
396 (60.76 %)Red Hat
475 (47.47 %)UNIX
568 (43.04 %)Cisco
665 (41.14 %)Cisco Certification
759 (37.34 %)RHCT
857 (36.08 %)CCNA
953 (33.54 %)Windows
953 (33.54 %)Bash shell
1052 (32.91 %)CCNP
1147 (29.75 %)Perl
1246 (29.11 %)MySQL
1342 (26.58 %)Python
1439 (24.68 %)Apache
1439 (24.68 %)SAN
1537 (23.42 %)VMware
1631 (19.62 %)Microsoft Certification
1730 (18.99 %)PHP
1829 (18.35 %)MCSE
1928 (17.72 %)TCP/IP
1928 (17.72 %)Firewall
2027 (17.09 %)Solaris
2027 (17.09 %)Java
2126 (16.46 %)Active Directory
2225 (15.82 %)SNMP
2324 (15.19 %)DNS
2324 (15.19 %)Tomcat
2423 (14.56 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2522 (13.92 %)Oracle

RHCE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing RHCE 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 RHCE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
113 (8.228 %)HTML
210 (6.329 %)Web Services
36 (3.797 %)J2EE
44 (2.532 %)LAMP
53 (1.899 %)Adobe Flex
62 (1.266 %)WebSphere
62 (1.266 %)Servlets
71 (0.633 %)ASP
71 (0.633 %)XML
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
139 (24.68 %)Apache
224 (15.19 %)Tomcat
38 (5.063 %)SharePoint
43 (1.899 %)Resin
52 (1.266 %)MS Exchange
52 (1.266 %)WebLogic
61 (0.633 %)IIS
61 (0.633 %)Exchange Server 2007
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
17 (4.430 %)MS Excel
26 (3.797 %)MS Office
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
139 (24.68 %)SAN
228 (17.72 %)TCP/IP
228 (17.72 %)Firewall
325 (15.82 %)SNMP
424 (15.19 %)DNS
512 (7.595 %)DHCP
69 (5.696 %)VoIP
69 (5.696 %)SSL
78 (5.063 %)NAS
78 (5.063 %)Wi-Fi
86 (3.797 %)IP Telephony
86 (3.797 %)VPN
95 (3.165 %)ATM
95 (3.165 %)Ethereal
104 (2.532 %)Internet
113 (1.899 %)Asterisk PBX
122 (1.266 %)IMAP
122 (1.266 %)LDAP
131 (0.633 %)ADSL
131 (0.633 %)LAN
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
146 (29.11 %)MySQL
29 (5.696 %)RDBMS
33 (1.899 %)SQL Server
42 (1.266 %)PostgreSQL
42 (1.266 %)Oracle 10g
42 (1.266 %)Oracle Reports
51 (0.633 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (0.633 %)Oracle 9i
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (1.266 %)Subversion
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
113 (8.228 %)Finance
28 (5.063 %)Banking
36 (3.797 %)Telecoms
36 (3.797 %)Manufacturing
45 (3.165 %)Government
54 (2.532 %)Pensions
54 (2.532 %)Health
54 (2.532 %)Back Office
62 (1.266 %)Online Betting
62 (1.266 %)Insurance
71 (0.633 %)Education
71 (0.633 %)Financial Institution
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
148 (30.38 %)Administrator
239 (24.68 %)Systems Administrator
239 (24.68 %)Linux Administrator
333 (20.89 %)Linux Systems Administrator
430 (18.99 %)Linux Engineer
520 (12.66 %)Systems Engineer
619 (12.03 %)NOC Engineer
715 (9.494 %)Infrastructure Engineer
812 (7.595 %)Support Engineer
812 (7.595 %)Architect
911 (6.962 %)Storage Engineer
109 (5.696 %)Senior Systems Engineer
118 (5.063 %)Senior Linux Administrator
118 (5.063 %)Server Engineer
127 (4.430 %)UNIX Engineer
127 (4.430 %)Linux Support
127 (4.430 %)UNIX Support
136 (3.797 %)Implementation Engineer
136 (3.797 %)Senior Linux Engineer
136 (3.797 %)Senior Infrastructure Engineer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
120 (12.66 %)Clustering
28 (5.063 %)Open Source
36 (3.797 %)PDA
36 (3.797 %)Blackberry
36 (3.797 %)Replication
45 (3.165 %)Beowulf
54 (2.532 %)Economics
54 (2.532 %)Management Information System
63 (1.899 %)CLARiiON
72 (1.266 %)Contract for Difference
72 (1.266 %)Computer Science
81 (0.633 %)German Language
81 (0.633 %)Mathematics
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1152 (96.20 %)Linux
2105 (66.46 %)Red Hat Linux
375 (47.47 %)UNIX
453 (33.54 %)Windows
527 (17.09 %)Solaris
623 (14.56 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
717 (10.76 %)Windows Server 2003
812 (7.595 %)CentOS
99 (5.696 %)Ubuntu
107 (4.430 %)Windows XP
107 (4.430 %)IRIX
116 (3.797 %)Windows 2000
124 (2.532 %)Debian
124 (2.532 %)SUSE
124 (2.532 %)AIX
133 (1.899 %)Windows Server 2008
142 (1.266 %)Windows 2000 Server
151 (0.633 %)HPUX
151 (0.633 %)FreeBSD
151 (0.633 %)Windows NT
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
122 (13.92 %)ITIL
220 (12.66 %)Load Balancing
314 (8.861 %)PRINCE2
411 (6.962 %)E-Commerce
411 (6.962 %)Disaster Recovery
510 (6.329 %)Configuration Management
66 (3.797 %)Project Management
74 (2.532 %)Performance Management
74 (2.532 %)Service Delivery
83 (1.899 %)Migration
83 (1.899 %)Electronic Trading
92 (1.266 %)Business Continuity
101 (0.633 %)Network Design
101 (0.633 %)Investment Management
101 (0.633 %)Time Management
101 (0.633 %)Parallel Computing
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
153 (33.54 %)Bash shell
247 (29.75 %)Perl
342 (26.58 %)Python
430 (18.99 %)PHP
527 (17.09 %)Java
614 (8.861 %)Shell Script
713 (8.228 %)C
88 (5.063 %)SQL
92 (1.266 %)T-SQL
101 (0.633 %)JavaScript
101 (0.633 %)AWK
101 (0.633 %)Korn
101 (0.633 %)Bourne shell
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
165 (41.14 %)Cisco Certification
259 (37.34 %)RHCT
357 (36.08 %)CCNA
452 (32.91 %)CCNP
531 (19.62 %)Microsoft Certification
629 (18.35 %)MCSE
712 (7.595 %)MCSA
87 (4.430 %)Security Cleared
87 (4.430 %)Degree
96 (3.797 %)MCTS
96 (3.797 %)MCITP
96 (3.797 %)MCDST
96 (3.797 %)JNCIA
96 (3.797 %)JNCIS
96 (3.797 %)JNCIE
96 (3.797 %)RHCA
96 (3.797 %)MCDBA
104 (2.532 %)ITIL Certification
104 (2.532 %)MCP
113 (1.899 %)SC Cleared
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (1.899 %)SLA
21 (0.633 %)PCI DSS
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
126 (16.46 %)Active Directory
217 (10.76 %)VMware Infrastructure
38 (5.063 %)VMware ESX
47 (4.430 %)NFS
47 (4.430 %)Samba
56 (3.797 %)Oracle RAC
64 (2.532 %)Backup Exec
71 (0.633 %)Xen
71 (0.633 %)Squid
71 (0.633 %)qmail
71 (0.633 %)Sendmail
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
17 (4.430 %)Nagios
26 (3.797 %)Tivoli
26 (3.797 %)OpenView
32 (1.266 %)MOM
32 (1.266 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
41 (0.633 %)Plesk
41 (0.633 %)Cacti
41 (0.633 %)Zenoss
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
196 (60.76 %)Red Hat
268 (43.04 %)Cisco
337 (23.42 %)VMware
422 (13.92 %)Oracle
517 (10.76 %)JBoss
615 (9.494 %)Microsoft
710 (6.329 %)HP
87 (4.430 %)Veritas
96 (3.797 %)Altiris
96 (3.797 %)Blue Coat
96 (3.797 %)Juniper
96 (3.797 %)Websense
103 (1.899 %)Sybase
103 (1.899 %)Dell
103 (1.899 %)EMC
103 (1.899 %)Intel
103 (1.899 %)Sun
103 (1.899 %)Brocade
103 (1.899 %)WatchGuard
111 (0.633 %)IBM