Red Hat Enterprise Linux Jobs

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Red Hat Enterprise Linux skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Red Hat Enterprise Linux over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 513 540 587
Rank change year-on-year +27 +47 -162
Permanent jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 427 482 852
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.42% 0.49% 0.52%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.06% 3.05% 2.76%
Number of salaries quoted 261 273 545
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £140,000 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%

All Operating Systems
UK

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 13,934 15,823 30,904
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.81% 16.06% 18.87%
Number of salaries quoted 10,696 10,615 16,434
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,450
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in the UK

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Salary trend for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in the UK

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in the UK

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux within the UK over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +61 390 £55,000 -15.38% 110
UK excluding London +11 306 £52,500 +5.00% 77
Work from Home +39 189 £60,000 -11.11% 45
South West +20 128 £52,500 - 15
London +62 108 £77,500 -3.13% 52
South East +14 74 £50,000 +11.11% 36
North of England +52 56 £47,500 -13.64% 8
North West +16 32 £70,000 +40.00% 6
Yorkshire +78 23 £47,000 -36.27% 1
Midlands -17 18 £55,000 -8.33% 9
Scotland -75 13 £83,577 +82.68% 4
West Midlands +10 11 £71,038 +35.31% 9
Wales - 8 £50,000 - 1
East Midlands -16 7 £35,000 -46.15%
East of England -21 5 £50,000 -1.96% 4
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 1
North East - 1 £37,500 - 1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 46 (10.77%) WebLogic
2 40 (9.37%) Apache
3 28 (6.56%) Apache Spark
4 14 (3.28%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (2.11%) nginx
6 8 (1.87%) WebSphere
7 6 (1.41%) JBoss
7 6 (1.41%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.70%) CloudStack
9 2 (0.47%) Confluence
10 1 (0.23%) Moodle
10 1 (0.23%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.23%) WinCC
Applications
1 16 (3.75%) Simulink
2 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.23%) Weka
Business Applications
1 46 (10.77%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.23%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.23%) Misys Opics
Cloud Services
1 232 (54.33%) AWS
2 193 (45.20%) Azure
3 96 (22.48%) OpenShift
4 75 (17.56%) Amazon EKS
5 50 (11.71%) SaaS
6 47 (11.01%) Amazon SQS
7 43 (10.07%) GCP
8 32 (7.49%) Serverless
9 30 (7.03%) AWS Lambda
10 29 (6.79%) AWS CloudFormation
11 20 (4.68%) Microsoft 365
12 11 (2.58%) GitHub
13 10 (2.34%) Amazon EC2
14 9 (2.11%) OCI
15 8 (1.87%) Cloud Computing
16 6 (1.41%) Amazon S3
16 6 (1.41%) Datadog
17 3 (0.70%) Nutanix
18 2 (0.47%) Entra ID
18 2 (0.47%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 114 (26.70%) DNS
2 99 (23.19%) TCP/IP
3 63 (14.75%) SSL
4 51 (11.94%) DHCP
5 46 (10.77%) BGP
6 44 (10.30%) HTTP
7 37 (8.67%) Firewall
8 28 (6.56%) AMQP
8 28 (6.56%) LAN
8 28 (6.56%) WAN
9 27 (6.32%) SAN
10 17 (3.98%) VPN
11 9 (2.11%) NAS
12 8 (1.87%) Cisco ASA
12 8 (1.87%) HTTPS
12 8 (1.87%) Internet
12 8 (1.87%) Remote Desktop
12 8 (1.87%) Wireless
13 7 (1.64%) VSAN
13 7 (1.64%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (12.88%) Amazon RDS
2 50 (11.71%) Oracle Database
3 46 (10.77%) RDBMS
3 46 (10.77%) Relational Database
4 31 (7.26%) Hadoop
5 30 (7.03%) Big Data
6 28 (6.56%) Cloudera CDH
7 21 (4.92%) SQL Server
8 17 (3.98%) NoSQL
9 16 (3.75%) MySQL
10 11 (2.58%) InfluxDB
11 8 (1.87%) DB2
11 8 (1.87%) MariaDB
12 7 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
13 3 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
13 3 (0.70%) InterSystems Cache
14 2 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
14 2 (0.47%) Redis
15 1 (0.23%) Data Mart
15 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 74 (17.33%) Git
2 44 (10.30%) Jenkins
3 25 (5.85%) Vagrant
4 16 (3.75%) GitLab
5 15 (3.51%) TeamCity
6 7 (1.64%) Bitbucket
6 7 (1.64%) IBM UrbanCode
7 6 (1.41%) JIRA
8 3 (0.70%) Artifactory
8 3 (0.70%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.70%) Rational DOORS
9 2 (0.47%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.47%) Jasmine
9 2 (0.47%) Selenium
10 1 (0.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.23%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.23%) Subversion
10 1 (0.23%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.23%) Zephyr
General
1 83 (19.44%) Social Skills
2 68 (15.93%) Finance
3 50 (11.71%) Aerospace
4 36 (8.43%) Banking
5 21 (4.92%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (3.98%) Investment Banking
7 16 (3.75%) Telecoms
8 13 (3.04%) Public Sector
9 10 (2.34%) Retail
10 6 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (0.94%) Billing
11 4 (0.94%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.70%) Japanese Language
12 3 (0.70%) Legal
13 2 (0.47%) Automotive
13 2 (0.47%) Back Office
13 2 (0.47%) Front Office
13 2 (0.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.47%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 95 (22.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 66 (15.46%) Linux Engineer
3 63 (14.75%) Software Engineer
4 58 (13.58%) Architect
5 56 (13.11%) Lead
6 53 (12.41%) Senior
7 47 (11.01%) Administrator
7 47 (11.01%) Solutions Architect
8 46 (10.77%) Lead Architect
8 46 (10.77%) Lead Solutions Architect
9 37 (8.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 35 (8.20%) Linux Administrator
11 29 (6.79%) Linux Systems Administrator
11 29 (6.79%) Systems Administrator
12 28 (6.56%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
13 24 (5.62%) Platform Engineer
14 18 (4.22%) AWS Engineer
15 16 (3.75%) DevOps Engineer
15 16 (3.75%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
16 14 (3.28%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (18.27%) RabbitMQ
2 74 (17.33%) Spring Boot
3 37 (8.67%) React
4 33 (7.73%) AngularJS
5 29 (6.79%) Node.js
6 28 (6.56%) gRPC
6 28 (6.56%) Material-UI
6 28 (6.56%) OpenAPI
6 28 (6.56%) REST
6 28 (6.56%) Spring
6 28 (6.56%) Swagger
7 26 (6.09%) Middleware
8 11 (2.58%) LDAP
9 8 (1.87%) CSS
9 8 (1.87%) Keycloak
9 8 (1.87%) WebSphere MQ
10 6 (1.41%) HTML5
10 6 (1.41%) OAuth
10 6 (1.41%) OAuth2
10 6 (1.41%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 50 (11.71%) Public Cloud
2 46 (10.77%) Enterprise Software
3 31 (7.26%) Data Centre
4 28 (6.56%) Cloud Native
5 27 (6.32%) Linux Command Line
6 15 (3.51%) Clustering
7 14 (3.28%) Management Information System
8 13 (3.04%) Hybrid Cloud
9 11 (2.58%) Onboarding
9 11 (2.58%) Replication
10 10 (2.34%) PKI
11 8 (1.87%) FPGA
12 7 (1.64%) Private Cloud
12 7 (1.64%) VAX
13 6 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
14 4 (0.94%) Enterprise Storage
14 4 (0.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 4 (0.94%) SWIFT Messaging Network
15 3 (0.70%) Device Driver
15 3 (0.70%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 427 (100.00%) Linux
2 163 (38.17%) Windows
3 127 (29.74%) CentOS
4 71 (16.63%) Ubuntu
5 65 (15.22%) Windows Server
6 43 (10.07%) Debian
7 31 (7.26%) Unix
8 24 (5.62%) Windows 10
9 20 (4.68%) Windows Server 2016
10 19 (4.45%) CoreOS
10 19 (4.45%) Oracle Linux
11 17 (3.98%) Android
12 13 (3.04%) Solaris
12 13 (3.04%) Windows Server 2012
12 13 (3.04%) Windows Server 2019
13 8 (1.87%) Embedded Linux
14 7 (1.64%) AIX
14 7 (1.64%) Windows 7
14 7 (1.64%) Windows Server 2008
15 4 (0.94%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (30.21%) Agile
2 118 (27.63%) Collaborative Working
3 107 (25.06%) Actionable Insight
3 107 (25.06%) DevOps
4 105 (24.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 89 (20.84%) Open Source
6 81 (18.97%) Infrastructure as Code
7 80 (18.74%) Kanban
8 78 (18.27%) Scrum
9 71 (16.63%) Configuration Management
10 68 (15.93%) Containerisation
10 68 (15.93%) Load Balancing
11 64 (14.99%) Software Engineering
12 55 (12.88%) Migration
13 51 (11.94%) Microservices
13 51 (11.94%) SDLC
13 51 (11.94%) TOGAF
14 50 (11.71%) Project Management
14 50 (11.71%) Systems Engineering
15 46 (10.77%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 214 (50.12%) Python
2 133 (31.15%) Bash
3 119 (27.87%) Java
4 105 (24.59%) PowerShell
5 53 (12.41%) JavaScript
6 40 (9.37%) Perl
7 36 (8.43%) SQL
8 24 (5.62%) C++
9 18 (4.22%) Shell Script
10 17 (3.98%) Kotlin
11 11 (2.58%) C
11 11 (2.58%) C#
11 11 (2.58%) Ruby
12 10 (2.34%) Korn
13 6 (1.41%) VBScript
14 5 (1.17%) TypeScript
15 3 (0.70%) Go
15 3 (0.70%) PHP
15 3 (0.70%) VB
16 2 (0.47%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 206 (48.24%) Security Cleared
2 138 (32.32%) SC Cleared
3 122 (28.57%) DV Cleared
4 49 (11.48%) AWS Certification
5 47 (11.01%) Azure Certification
6 46 (10.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 38 (8.90%) Degree
8 23 (5.39%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (2.58%) CCNA
9 11 (2.58%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (1.41%) A+ Certification
10 6 (1.41%) Network+ Certification
11 5 (1.17%) CCNP
11 5 (1.17%) RHCA
11 5 (1.17%) RHCE
11 5 (1.17%) RHCSA
11 5 (1.17%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.11%) SLA
2 3 (0.70%) NIST
3 2 (0.47%) JSP 440
3 2 (0.47%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.23%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.23%) GDPR
4 1 (0.23%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.23%) QA
4 1 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 103 (24.12%) Docker
1 103 (24.12%) VMware Infrastructure
2 62 (14.52%) Active Directory
3 54 (12.65%) Hyper-V
4 28 (6.56%) VMware ESXi
5 23 (5.39%) vSphere
6 11 (2.58%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (2.58%) XenApp
7 10 (2.34%) Firmware
8 8 (1.87%) Embedded Firmware
9 7 (1.64%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (1.64%) VMware Server
10 5 (1.17%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 5 (1.17%) KVM
11 4 (0.94%) Ceph
11 4 (0.94%) VMware NSX
11 4 (0.94%) XenDesktop
12 3 (0.70%) Gluster
12 3 (0.70%) NFS
12 3 (0.70%) oVirt
Systems Management
1 236 (55.27%) Ansible
2 141 (33.02%) Puppet
3 130 (30.44%) Kubernetes
4 92 (21.55%) Terraform
5 17 (3.98%) Nagios
6 15 (3.51%) Progress Chef
7 14 (3.28%) Prometheus
7 14 (3.28%) vCenter Server
8 13 (3.04%) Red Hat Satellite
8 13 (3.04%) Single Sign-On
8 13 (3.04%) WSUS
9 10 (2.34%) SCCM
10 8 (1.87%) Grafana
10 8 (1.87%) Podman
10 8 (1.87%) Salt
11 7 (1.64%) EMC VPLEX
11 7 (1.64%) Red Hat Spacewalk
11 7 (1.64%) SCOM
12 6 (1.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 6 (1.41%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 263 (61.59%) Red Hat
2 133 (31.15%) VMware
3 94 (22.01%) Oracle
4 74 (17.33%) Microsoft
5 54 (12.65%) Cisco
6 46 (10.77%) Sparx
7 35 (8.20%) Google
8 28 (6.56%) SaltStack
9 24 (5.62%) Citrix
10 18 (4.22%) IBM
11 16 (3.75%) F5
11 16 (3.75%) Xilinx
12 14 (3.28%) Splunk
13 11 (2.58%) Fortinet
13 11 (2.58%) Juniper
13 11 (2.58%) TOWER Software
14 10 (2.34%) Serena
15 8 (1.87%) Atlassian
15 8 (1.87%) EMC
15 8 (1.87%) Veeam