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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 522 542 595
Rank change year-on-year +20 +53 -158
Permanent jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 424 480 861
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.41% 0.49% 0.52%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.03% 3.06% 2.74%
Number of salaries quoted 257 273 546
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £64,140 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.25% +11.55% -8.00%
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% - -6.10%

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 13,986 15,669 31,425
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.63% 16.10% 18.82%
Number of salaries quoted 10,693 10,509 16,510
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,250
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 £92,000 £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 28 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 28 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 +39 388 £55,000 -15.38% 82
UK excluding London +3 303 £52,500 +5.00% 53
Work from Home +45 186 £60,000 -11.11% 34
South West +11 128 £52,500 +0.96% 11
London +85 108 £80,000 +3.23% 35
South East +5 74 £50,000 +11.11% 21
North of England +63 54 £52,500 - 7
North West +24 32 £70,000 +80.65% 5
Yorkshire +75 21 £47,500 -36.67% 1
Midlands -12 18 £55,000 -8.33% 6
Scotland -73 12 £83,577 +82.68% 3
West Midlands +12 11 £71,038 +35.31% 5
Wales - 8 £50,000 - 2
East Midlands -24 7 £35,000 -45.10% 1
East of England -33 5 £50,000 -1.96% 3
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 (10.85%) WebLogic
2 40 (9.43%) Apache
3 28 (6.60%) Apache Spark
4 14 (3.30%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (2.12%) nginx
6 8 (1.89%) WebSphere
7 6 (1.42%) JBoss
7 6 (1.42%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.71%) CloudStack
9 2 (0.47%) Confluence
10 1 (0.24%) Moodle
10 1 (0.24%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.24%) WinCC
Applications
1 18 (4.25%) Simulink
2 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.24%) Weka
Business Applications
1 46 (10.85%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.24%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.24%) Misys Opics
Cloud Services
1 235 (55.42%) AWS
2 195 (45.99%) Azure
3 97 (22.88%) OpenShift
4 75 (17.69%) Amazon EKS
5 51 (12.03%) SaaS
6 47 (11.08%) Amazon SQS
7 43 (10.14%) GCP
8 32 (7.55%) Serverless
9 30 (7.08%) AWS Lambda
10 29 (6.84%) AWS CloudFormation
11 20 (4.72%) Microsoft 365
12 11 (2.59%) Amazon EC2
13 10 (2.36%) GitHub
14 9 (2.12%) OCI
15 8 (1.89%) Cloud Computing
16 6 (1.42%) Amazon S3
16 6 (1.42%) Datadog
17 3 (0.71%) Nutanix
18 2 (0.47%) Entra ID
18 2 (0.47%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 115 (27.12%) DNS
2 100 (23.58%) TCP/IP
3 63 (14.86%) SSL
4 52 (12.26%) DHCP
5 46 (10.85%) BGP
6 45 (10.61%) HTTP
7 38 (8.96%) Firewall
8 29 (6.84%) LAN
8 29 (6.84%) WAN
9 28 (6.60%) AMQP
9 28 (6.60%) SAN
10 17 (4.01%) VPN
11 9 (2.12%) NAS
12 8 (1.89%) Cisco ASA
12 8 (1.89%) HTTPS
12 8 (1.89%) Internet
12 8 (1.89%) Remote Desktop
12 8 (1.89%) Wireless
13 7 (1.65%) VSAN
13 7 (1.65%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (13.21%) Amazon RDS
2 49 (11.56%) Oracle Database
3 46 (10.85%) RDBMS
3 46 (10.85%) Relational Database
4 31 (7.31%) Hadoop
5 30 (7.08%) Big Data
6 28 (6.60%) Cloudera CDH
7 21 (4.95%) SQL Server
8 19 (4.48%) NoSQL
9 16 (3.77%) MySQL
10 11 (2.59%) InfluxDB
11 8 (1.89%) DB2
11 8 (1.89%) MariaDB
12 7 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
13 3 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
13 3 (0.71%) InterSystems Cache
14 2 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
14 2 (0.47%) Redis
15 1 (0.24%) Data Mart
15 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 75 (17.69%) Git
2 44 (10.38%) Jenkins
3 27 (6.37%) Vagrant
4 15 (3.54%) GitLab
4 15 (3.54%) TeamCity
5 7 (1.65%) Bitbucket
6 6 (1.42%) IBM UrbanCode
6 6 (1.42%) JIRA
7 3 (0.71%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.71%) Rational DOORS
8 2 (0.47%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.47%) Jasmine
8 2 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.47%) Selenium
9 1 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.24%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.24%) Subversion
9 1 (0.24%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.24%) Zephyr
General
1 83 (19.58%) Social Skills
2 67 (15.80%) Finance
3 51 (12.03%) Aerospace
4 34 (8.02%) Banking
5 21 (4.95%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (3.77%) Investment Banking
6 16 (3.77%) Telecoms
7 12 (2.83%) Public Sector
8 10 (2.36%) Retail
9 6 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (0.94%) Billing
10 4 (0.94%) Japanese Language
10 4 (0.94%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.71%) Legal
12 2 (0.47%) Automotive
12 2 (0.47%) Back Office
12 2 (0.47%) Front Office
12 2 (0.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.47%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 94 (22.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 65 (15.33%) Linux Engineer
3 64 (15.09%) Software Engineer
4 58 (13.68%) Architect
5 56 (13.21%) Lead
6 55 (12.97%) Senior
7 48 (11.32%) Administrator
8 47 (11.08%) Solutions Architect
9 46 (10.85%) Lead Architect
9 46 (10.85%) Lead Solutions Architect
10 39 (9.20%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 35 (8.25%) Linux Administrator
12 30 (7.08%) Systems Administrator
13 29 (6.84%) Linux Systems Administrator
14 28 (6.60%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
15 23 (5.42%) Platform Engineer
16 18 (4.25%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
17 17 (4.01%) AWS Engineer
18 16 (3.77%) DevOps Engineer
19 14 (3.30%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (18.40%) RabbitMQ
2 74 (17.45%) Spring Boot
3 37 (8.73%) React
4 33 (7.78%) AngularJS
5 29 (6.84%) Node.js
6 28 (6.60%) gRPC
6 28 (6.60%) Material-UI
6 28 (6.60%) Middleware
6 28 (6.60%) OpenAPI
6 28 (6.60%) REST
6 28 (6.60%) Spring
6 28 (6.60%) Swagger
7 11 (2.59%) LDAP
8 8 (1.89%) CSS
8 8 (1.89%) Keycloak
8 8 (1.89%) WebSphere MQ
9 6 (1.42%) CSS3
9 6 (1.42%) HTML
9 6 (1.42%) OAuth2
9 6 (1.42%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 50 (11.79%) Public Cloud
2 46 (10.85%) Enterprise Software
3 33 (7.78%) Data Centre
4 28 (6.60%) Cloud Native
5 26 (6.13%) Linux Command Line
6 15 (3.54%) Clustering
7 14 (3.30%) Management Information System
8 12 (2.83%) Hybrid Cloud
9 11 (2.59%) Replication
10 10 (2.36%) Onboarding
10 10 (2.36%) PKI
11 8 (1.89%) FPGA
12 7 (1.65%) Private Cloud
12 7 (1.65%) VAX
13 6 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
14 4 (0.94%) Enterprise Storage
14 4 (0.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 3 (0.71%) Device Driver
15 3 (0.71%) SWIFT Messaging Network
15 3 (0.71%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 424 (100.00%) Linux
2 162 (38.21%) Windows
3 126 (29.72%) CentOS
4 73 (17.22%) Ubuntu
5 64 (15.09%) Windows Server
6 43 (10.14%) Debian
7 33 (7.78%) Unix
8 24 (5.66%) Windows 10
9 20 (4.72%) Windows Server 2016
10 19 (4.48%) Android
10 19 (4.48%) CoreOS
10 19 (4.48%) Oracle Linux
11 15 (3.54%) Solaris
12 13 (3.07%) Windows Server 2012
12 13 (3.07%) Windows Server 2019
13 8 (1.89%) AIX
13 8 (1.89%) Embedded Linux
14 7 (1.65%) Windows 7
14 7 (1.65%) Windows Server 2008
15 4 (0.94%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (30.19%) Agile
2 121 (28.54%) Collaborative Working
3 106 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
3 106 (25.00%) DevOps
4 104 (24.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 90 (21.23%) Open Source
6 82 (19.34%) Infrastructure as Code
7 80 (18.87%) Kanban
8 78 (18.40%) Scrum
9 71 (16.75%) Configuration Management
10 68 (16.04%) Containerisation
10 68 (16.04%) Load Balancing
11 65 (15.33%) Software Engineering
12 54 (12.74%) Migration
13 53 (12.50%) Microservices
14 51 (12.03%) SDLC
14 51 (12.03%) TOGAF
15 50 (11.79%) Project Management
15 50 (11.79%) Systems Engineering
16 46 (10.85%) Cloud Operations
Programming Languages
1 212 (50.00%) Python
2 130 (30.66%) Bash
3 120 (28.30%) Java
4 103 (24.29%) PowerShell
5 55 (12.97%) JavaScript
6 37 (8.73%) Perl
6 37 (8.73%) SQL
7 26 (6.13%) C++
8 19 (4.48%) Kotlin
9 17 (4.01%) Shell Script
10 11 (2.59%) C
10 11 (2.59%) C#
11 10 (2.36%) Ruby
12 9 (2.12%) Korn
13 5 (1.18%) TypeScript
13 5 (1.18%) VBScript
14 3 (0.71%) Go
14 3 (0.71%) VB
15 2 (0.47%) PHP
15 2 (0.47%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 205 (48.35%) Security Cleared
2 139 (32.78%) SC Cleared
3 120 (28.30%) DV Cleared
4 49 (11.56%) AWS Certification
5 47 (11.08%) Azure Certification
6 46 (10.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 40 (9.43%) Degree
8 25 (5.90%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (2.59%) CCNA
9 11 (2.59%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (1.42%) A+ Certification
10 6 (1.42%) Network+ Certification
11 5 (1.18%) CCNP
11 5 (1.18%) RHCA
11 5 (1.18%) RHCE
11 5 (1.18%) RHCSA
11 5 (1.18%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.36%) SLA
2 3 (0.71%) NIST
3 2 (0.47%) JSP 440
3 2 (0.47%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.24%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.24%) GDPR
4 1 (0.24%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.24%) QA
4 1 (0.24%) SOC 2
System Software
1 104 (24.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 103 (24.29%) Docker
3 60 (14.15%) Active Directory
4 55 (12.97%) Hyper-V
5 28 (6.60%) VMware ESXi
6 23 (5.42%) vSphere
7 12 (2.83%) Virtual Machines
8 11 (2.59%) XenApp
9 10 (2.36%) Firmware
10 8 (1.89%) Embedded Firmware
11 7 (1.65%) Virtual Desktop
11 7 (1.65%) VMware Server
12 5 (1.18%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 5 (1.18%) KVM
13 4 (0.94%) Ceph
13 4 (0.94%) VMware NSX
13 4 (0.94%) XenDesktop
14 3 (0.71%) Gluster
14 3 (0.71%) NFS
14 3 (0.71%) oVirt
Systems Management
1 234 (55.19%) Ansible
2 141 (33.25%) Puppet
3 131 (30.90%) Kubernetes
4 93 (21.93%) Terraform
5 17 (4.01%) Nagios
6 15 (3.54%) Prometheus
7 14 (3.30%) Progress Chef
7 14 (3.30%) vCenter Server
8 13 (3.07%) Single Sign-On
8 13 (3.07%) WSUS
9 12 (2.83%) Red Hat Satellite
10 10 (2.36%) SCCM
11 8 (1.89%) Grafana
11 8 (1.89%) Podman
12 7 (1.65%) EMC VPLEX
12 7 (1.65%) Red Hat Spacewalk
12 7 (1.65%) Salt
12 7 (1.65%) SCOM
13 6 (1.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 6 (1.42%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 263 (62.03%) Red Hat
2 136 (32.08%) VMware
3 94 (22.17%) Oracle
4 73 (17.22%) Microsoft
5 53 (12.50%) Cisco
6 46 (10.85%) Sparx
7 35 (8.25%) Google
8 28 (6.60%) SaltStack
9 24 (5.66%) Citrix
10 18 (4.25%) Xilinx
11 17 (4.01%) IBM
12 16 (3.77%) F5
13 15 (3.54%) Splunk
14 11 (2.59%) Fortinet
14 11 (2.59%) Juniper
15 10 (2.36%) Serena
15 10 (2.36%) TOWER Software
16 8 (1.89%) Atlassian
16 8 (1.89%) EMC
16 8 (1.89%) Veeam