Red Hat
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Red Hat products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Red Hat over the 6 months to 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Red Hat, Inc.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 299 215 261
Rank change year-on-year -84 +46 +5
Contract jobs citing Red Hat 306 719 930
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.72% 1.27% 1.06%
As % of the Vendors category 1.69% 2.93% 2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 227 555 612
10th Percentile £340 £425 £405
25th Percentile £425 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -13.02% +2.17% +15.00%
75th Percentile £588 £700 £675
90th Percentile £674 £798 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £520 £530 £533
% change year-on-year -1.89% -0.47% +15.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 14 16
10th Percentile £59.60 £25.75 £29.69
25th Percentile £65.00 £27.80 £45.56
Median hourly rate £74.44 £43.25 £60.25
Median % change year-on-year +72.12% -28.22% +51.57%
75th Percentile £75.00 £53.75 £72.41
90th Percentile £76.50 £59.00 £83.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.44 £37.50 £69.05
% change year-on-year +98.51% -45.69% +74.81%

All Vendors
UK

Red Hat is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,094 24,542 35,263
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.41% 43.25% 40.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,274 16,410 23,514
10th Percentile £263 £270 £300
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £638
90th Percentile £738 £740 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,125 654 873
10th Percentile £12.13 £15.00 £12.25
25th Percentile £14.48 £18.71 £15.25
Median hourly rate £22.00 £42.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.24% +97.67% +2.38%
75th Percentile £57.33 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £37.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year -42.77% +97.37% +4.44%

Red Hat
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Red Hat in the UK

Red Hat
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Red Hat.

Daily rate trend for Red Hat in the UK

Red Hat
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Red Hat over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Red Hat in the UK

Red Hat
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Red Hat.

Hourly rate trend for Red Hat in the UK

Red Hat
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Red Hat over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Red Hat in the UK

Red Hat
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Red Hat within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -60 270 £525 -16.00% 258
UK excluding London -14 202 £520 -1.89% 235
South East +18 91 £538 -2.27% 65
London -92 90 £510 -21.54% 113
Work from Home -63 76 £475 -15.18% 85
Midlands +59 45 £566 +24.55% 34
South West -1 31 £550 -6.38% 25
West Midlands +38 29 £630 +113.56% 31
Scotland -12 24 £340 -32.00% 27
East of England -16 18 £550 -21.03% 12
East Midlands +24 16 £509 +3.94% 3
North West +6 7 £528 -4.00% 31
North of England +5 7 £528 +0.57% 47
Wales +6 1 - -

Red Hat
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 23 (7.52%) Apache
2 16 (5.23%) Tomcat
3 15 (4.90%) JBoss
4 13 (4.25%) nginx
4 13 (4.25%) OpenStack
5 12 (3.92%) IIS
6 8 (2.61%) Confluence
7 6 (1.96%) MQSeries
8 5 (1.63%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.33%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.33%) SAS
9 1 (0.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (2.94%) Temenos T24
2 7 (2.29%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.98%) Global One
4 1 (0.33%) MFGPRO
4 1 (0.33%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
4 1 (0.33%) RMDS
4 1 (0.33%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 59 (19.28%) AWS
2 46 (15.03%) Azure
3 29 (9.48%) OpenShift
4 17 (5.56%) Amazon S3
5 16 (5.23%) GitHub
6 14 (4.58%) Amazon EC2
7 13 (4.25%) Slack
8 11 (3.59%) Amazon EKS
8 11 (3.59%) Route 53
8 11 (3.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 10 (3.27%) IaaS
10 9 (2.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 8 (2.61%) AWS CloudFormation
12 7 (2.29%) AWS Lambda
12 7 (2.29%) Serverless
13 6 (1.96%) Amazon ECR
13 6 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
14 5 (1.63%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 5 (1.63%) Amazon SQS
14 5 (1.63%) CloudFront
Communications & Networking
1 32 (10.46%) SAN
2 25 (8.17%) TCP/IP
3 24 (7.84%) Firewall
4 22 (7.19%) DNS
5 15 (4.90%) Network Security
6 12 (3.92%) Intrusion Detection
7 9 (2.94%) NAS
8 8 (2.61%) HTTP
9 7 (2.29%) VPN
10 6 (1.96%) DHCP
10 6 (1.96%) SSL
11 4 (1.31%) FTP
11 4 (1.31%) H.323
11 4 (1.31%) HTTPS
11 4 (1.31%) IPsec
11 4 (1.31%) tcpdump
11 4 (1.31%) Wireshark
12 3 (0.98%) Kerberos
12 3 (0.98%) Wireless
13 2 (0.65%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 26 (8.50%) PostgreSQL
3 24 (7.84%) Elasticsearch
4 16 (5.23%) Amazon RDS
4 16 (5.23%) Relational Database
5 15 (4.90%) RDBMS
6 14 (4.58%) MySQL
7 10 (3.27%) Big Data
7 10 (3.27%) MongoDB
8 7 (2.29%) Oracle Database
9 5 (1.63%) Amazon Aurora
10 4 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.98%) InfluxDB
11 3 (0.98%) Informix
12 1 (0.33%) Apache Cassandra
12 1 (0.33%) Couchbase
12 1 (0.33%) Metadata
12 1 (0.33%) NoSQL
12 1 (0.33%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 32 (10.46%) Jenkins
2 25 (8.17%) Git
2 25 (8.17%) GitLab
3 12 (3.92%) SonarQube
4 11 (3.59%) JIRA
5 9 (2.94%) Artifactory
5 9 (2.94%) Bitbucket
6 6 (1.96%) Sonatype Nexus
6 6 (1.96%) TeamCity
7 5 (1.63%) Bitbucket Server
7 5 (1.63%) CA Release Automation
8 4 (1.31%) Maven
9 3 (0.98%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.98%) JUnit
10 2 (0.65%) EasyMock
10 2 (0.65%) Mockito
10 2 (0.65%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (0.65%) Postman
10 2 (0.65%) Selenium
10 2 (0.65%) Subversion
General
1 43 (14.05%) Social Skills
2 32 (10.46%) Finance
3 26 (8.50%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (8.17%) Public Sector
5 13 (4.25%) Banking
6 6 (1.96%) Telecoms
7 5 (1.63%) Legal
8 2 (0.65%) Advertising
8 2 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (0.65%) Military
9 1 (0.33%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.33%) Back Office
9 1 (0.33%) Front Office
9 1 (0.33%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.33%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 58 (18.95%) Linux Engineer
2 34 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 34 (11.11%) Support Engineer
3 27 (8.82%) Architect
4 25 (8.17%) Developer
5 22 (7.19%) Linux Support
6 21 (6.86%) DevOps Engineer
7 18 (5.88%) Linux Systems Administrator
7 18 (5.88%) Systems Administrator
8 16 (5.23%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
8 16 (5.23%) Python Developer
9 15 (4.90%) Administrator
9 15 (4.90%) Applications Support
9 15 (4.90%) Senior
10 14 (4.58%) Analyst
11 12 (3.92%) AWS Engineer
11 12 (3.92%) Cloud Engineer
11 12 (3.92%) Solutions Architect
12 11 (3.59%) Infrastructure Support
12 11 (3.59%) Linux Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (8.50%) Elastic Stack
2 17 (5.56%) Apache NiFi
3 13 (4.25%) YAML
4 11 (3.59%) REST
5 9 (2.94%) IBM Integration Bus
6 8 (2.61%) Spring Boot
7 7 (2.29%) Kafka
8 6 (1.96%) CSS
8 6 (1.96%) FIX Protocol
8 6 (1.96%) HTML
8 6 (1.96%) Middleware
9 5 (1.63%) LDAP
9 5 (1.63%) Swagger
10 4 (1.31%) HTML5
10 4 (1.31%) Laravel
11 3 (0.98%) .NET
11 3 (0.98%) AWS CDK
11 3 (0.98%) Spring
11 3 (0.98%) XML
12 2 (0.65%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.84%) Linux Command Line
2 21 (6.86%) Data Centre
3 20 (6.54%) Management Information System
4 16 (5.23%) Onboarding
4 16 (5.23%) PKI
5 15 (4.90%) Clustering
5 15 (4.90%) Distributed Applications
6 12 (3.92%) Cyber Defence
6 12 (3.92%) Replication
7 8 (2.61%) SCADA
8 5 (1.63%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.31%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.31%) Fat Client
9 4 (1.31%) IVR
9 4 (1.31%) Thin Client
10 3 (0.98%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.65%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.65%) Grid Computing
11 2 (0.65%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 247 (80.72%) Linux
2 151 (49.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 87 (28.43%) Windows
4 48 (15.69%) Unix
5 41 (13.40%) Windows Server
6 34 (11.11%) Ubuntu
7 33 (10.78%) CentOS
8 32 (10.46%) Debian
9 24 (7.84%) Solaris
10 17 (5.56%) Windows Server 2016
11 14 (4.58%) Windows Server 2019
12 10 (3.27%) Windows Server 2012
13 9 (2.94%) Android
13 9 (2.94%) Apple iOS
14 6 (1.96%) Rocky
14 6 (1.96%) Windows Server 2008
15 4 (1.31%) Windows 10
16 3 (0.98%) SUSE
16 3 (0.98%) VMS
17 2 (0.65%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (15.36%) DevOps
2 45 (14.71%) Agile
3 43 (14.05%) Infrastructure as Code
4 39 (12.75%) CI/CD
4 39 (12.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 32 (10.46%) High Availability
5 32 (10.46%) ITIL
6 31 (10.13%) Migration
7 28 (9.15%) Configuration Management
8 24 (7.84%) Customer Service
9 23 (7.52%) Data Engineering
9 23 (7.52%) Disaster Recovery
9 23 (7.52%) Software Engineering
10 22 (7.19%) Change Management
11 18 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
11 18 (5.88%) Information Security
12 17 (5.56%) Observability
13 16 (5.23%) Roadmaps
13 16 (5.23%) Runbook
13 16 (5.23%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 77 (25.16%) Python
2 51 (16.67%) Shell Script
3 48 (15.69%) Bash
4 45 (14.71%) PowerShell
5 19 (6.21%) SQL
6 16 (5.23%) Perl
7 11 (3.59%) Java
8 5 (1.63%) Korn
9 4 (1.31%) PHP
9 4 (1.31%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.98%) C++
10 3 (0.98%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.65%) AWK
11 2 (0.65%) Bourne shell
11 2 (0.65%) JavaScript
11 2 (0.65%) VBScript
12 1 (0.33%) C
12 1 (0.33%) C#
12 1 (0.33%) Go
Qualifications
1 143 (46.73%) Security Cleared
2 105 (34.31%) SC Cleared
3 48 (15.69%) DV Cleared
4 21 (6.86%) Degree
5 13 (4.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (4.25%) RHCE
6 9 (2.94%) MCSE
6 9 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.96%) MCSA
7 6 (1.96%) RHCT
8 4 (1.31%) RHCSA
9 1 (0.33%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.33%) CEH
9 1 (0.33%) CISSP
9 1 (0.33%) GIAC
9 1 (0.33%) Linux+ Certification
9 1 (0.33%) LPIC
9 1 (0.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.90%) QA
2 10 (3.27%) Actionable Recommendations
3 9 (2.94%) SLA
4 3 (0.98%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.65%) GDPR
5 2 (0.65%) NIST
6 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 70 (22.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 37 (12.09%) Active Directory
3 32 (10.46%) Docker
4 27 (8.82%) Hyper-V
5 24 (7.84%) Virtual Machines
6 19 (6.21%) KVM
7 16 (5.23%) vSphere
8 11 (3.59%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (1.31%) Samba
9 4 (1.31%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (1.31%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.65%) Ceph
10 2 (0.65%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 2 (0.65%) Varnish
10 2 (0.65%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 1 (0.33%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.33%) Xen
Systems Management
1 102 (33.33%) Ansible
2 51 (16.67%) Terraform
3 50 (16.34%) Kubernetes
4 31 (10.13%) Red Hat Satellite
5 24 (7.84%) Grafana
6 20 (6.54%) Prometheus
7 19 (6.21%) Kibana
8 17 (5.56%) Progress Chef
9 14 (4.58%) Puppet
10 13 (4.25%) logstash
11 8 (2.61%) Packer
11 8 (2.61%) Salt
12 7 (2.29%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 7 (2.29%) SCOM
12 7 (2.29%) WSUS
13 5 (1.63%) Istio
13 5 (1.63%) Rancher
13 5 (1.63%) SELinux
13 5 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
13 5 (1.63%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 111 (36.27%) VMware
2 46 (15.03%) Microsoft
3 38 (12.42%) Oracle
4 16 (5.23%) IBM
5 14 (4.58%) Citrix
6 13 (4.25%) Amdocs
6 13 (4.25%) SolarWinds
7 12 (3.92%) Dell
8 10 (3.27%) HP
9 9 (2.94%) Temenos
10 8 (2.61%) Qualys
11 7 (2.29%) Bloomberg
11 7 (2.29%) Splunk
12 6 (1.96%) Refinitiv
12 6 (1.96%) SaltStack
12 6 (1.96%) Veritas
13 5 (1.63%) AppDynamics
13 5 (1.63%) Cisco
14 4 (1.31%) Dynatrace
14 4 (1.31%) Verint