Red Hat Enterprise Linux Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Red Hat Enterprise Linux skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 56 64
Rank change year-on-year -12 +8 +20
Contract jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 11 2
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 1.20% 1.61% 0.28%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.96% 10.58% 2.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 2
10th Percentile £511 £358 £336
25th Percentile £539 £366 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £385 £548
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -29.68% -12.40%
75th Percentile £604 £400 £694
90th Percentile £612 £405 £773
West Midlands median daily rate £581 £507 £475
% change year-on-year +14.73% +6.68% -21.65%

All Operating Systems
Birmingham

Red Hat Enterprise Linux falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 113 104 87
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 15.07% 15.18% 12.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 66 63
10th Percentile £173 £190 £185
25th Percentile £241 £222 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% - +25.00%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £520
90th Percentile £619 £738 £600
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £426 £400
% change year-on-year +11.63% +6.38% -19.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £11.44 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year - -32.71% +17.50%
West Midlands median hourly rate £21.46 £18.57 £17.72
% change year-on-year +15.59% +4.77% +7.39%

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux in Birmingham over the 6 months to 26 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in Birmingham

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
1 2 (22.22%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) DKIM
1 4 (44.44%) DMARC
1 4 (44.44%) SMTP
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (44.44%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Linux
2 5 (55.56%) Windows
3 4 (44.44%) CentOS
3 4 (44.44%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) SIEM
2 5 (55.56%) SOAR
2 5 (55.56%) Threat Detection
3 4 (44.44%) High Availability
3 4 (44.44%) Load Balancing
4 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 8 (88.89%) Python
2 4 (44.44%) Bash
2 4 (44.44%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Postfix
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Splunk
2 2 (22.22%) Foundry
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft