Red Hat Enterprise Linux Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Red Hat Enterprise Linux skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 65 57
Rank change year-on-year -4 -8 +39
Contract jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 4 22
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.77% 0.48% 2.10%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.26% 2.70% 18.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 19
10th Percentile £181 £370 £575
25th Percentile £273 £400 £603
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £620
Median % change year-on-year - -27.42% +3.33%
75th Percentile £525 £469 £675
90th Percentile £555 £480 £680
South West median daily rate £550 £582 £600
% change year-on-year -5.50% -3.00% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £119.00 - -
South West median hourly rate £119.00 - -

All Operating Systems
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 114 148 116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 14.56% 17.81% 11.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 57 86
10th Percentile £68 £140 £170
25th Percentile £258 £225 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £544
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -17.24% +20.83%
75th Percentile £575 £533 £629
90th Percentile £750 £653 £675
South West median daily rate £425 £523 £500
% change year-on-year -18.66% +4.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 45 7
10th Percentile £18.24 £65.00 £50.10
25th Percentile £18.87 £66.25 -
Median hourly rate £21.46 £70.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -69.34% - +6.87%
75th Percentile £65.00 - -
90th Percentile £68.00 - £74.00
South West median hourly rate £21.83 £70.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -68.82% +7.69% -

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux job vacancy trend in Bristol

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux in Bristol over the 6 months to 21 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in Bristol

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) BGP
1 1 (16.67%) Ethernet VPN
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) OSPF
1 1 (16.67%) SAN
1 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
1 1 (16.67%) VXLAN
1 1 (16.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) MongoDB
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
1 2 (33.33%) System Design Authority
2 1 (16.67%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
2 4 (66.67%) Ubuntu
3 1 (16.67%) Windows
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) API Design
1 4 (66.67%) API Integration
1 4 (66.67%) Architectural Patterns
1 4 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 4 (66.67%) Containerisation
1 4 (66.67%) DevSecOps
1 4 (66.67%) Machine Learning
1 4 (66.67%) OCR
1 4 (66.67%) Patch Management
1 4 (66.67%) Software Architecture
2 3 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
3 2 (33.33%) Target Operating Model
4 1 (16.67%) AI
4 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (16.67%) High Availability
4 1 (16.67%) Image Processing
4 1 (16.67%) Observability
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (16.67%) Server Patching
4 1 (16.67%) Software Deployment
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) CCNA
3 1 (16.67%) CCNP
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (66.67%) Kubernetes
1 4 (66.67%) SCOM
2 1 (16.67%) Cilium
2 1 (16.67%) Podman
2 1 (16.67%) Red Hat Satellite
2 1 (16.67%) yum
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) NVIDIA
1 2 (33.33%) Red Hat
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) Juniper
2 1 (16.67%) VMware