Red Hat Contracts in Bristol

Red Hat
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring knowledge or experience of Red Hat products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Red Hat over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two 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
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 71 83
Rank change year-on-year +34 +12 +7
Contract jobs citing Red Hat 21 11 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 3.66% 1.04% 0.34%
As % of the Vendors category 8.08% 2.47% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 2
10th Percentile £429 £440 -
25th Percentile - £463 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £475 £625
Median % change year-on-year -7.37% -24.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £500 £525 £638
90th Percentile £510 £533 -
South West median daily rate £615 £500 £575
% change year-on-year +23.00% -13.04% +12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 1
10th Percentile - £60.95 -
25th Percentile - £68.38 £53.75
Median hourly rate £68.00 £74.44 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +29.46% -
75th Percentile - £75.21 £61.25
90th Percentile - £76.58 -
South West median hourly rate £68.00 £74.44 £57.50
% change year-on-year -8.65% +29.46% -16.73%

All Vendors
Bristol

Red Hat falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 260 445 371
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 45.30% 42.22% 31.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 229 273
10th Percentile £210 £185 £280
25th Percentile £355 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £514 £513
Median % change year-on-year -12.37% +0.20% +2.50%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £638
90th Percentile £675 £728 £725
South West median daily rate £513 £502 £525
% change year-on-year +2.19% -4.48% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 115 25
10th Percentile £18.13 £36.25 £15.86
25th Percentile £18.51 £43.88 £53.75
Median hourly rate £35.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.15% - +80.56%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £80.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £80.00 £94.25
South West median hourly rate £35.00 £47.50 £62.00
% change year-on-year -26.32% -23.39% +30.53%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Red Hat in Bristol

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Red Hat in Bristol

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Red Hat in Bristol

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Red Hat in Bristol over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Red Hat in Bristol

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 1 (4.76%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.76%) AWS
1 1 (4.76%) OpenShift
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) GitLab
2 1 (4.76%) Artifactory
2 1 (4.76%) Git
2 1 (4.76%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (19.05%) Legal
2 2 (9.52%) Finance
2 2 (9.52%) Law
3 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Marketing
3 1 (4.76%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (61.90%) Linux Engineer
2 11 (52.38%) Product Engineer
2 11 (52.38%) Products Support Engineer
2 11 (52.38%) Software Support Engineer
2 11 (52.38%) Support Engineer
3 8 (38.10%) Linux Support
3 8 (38.10%) Linux Support Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) DevOps Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Lead
5 1 (4.76%) Lead DevOps
5 1 (4.76%) Lead DevOps Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Linux Specialist
5 1 (4.76%) Project Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (57.14%) Middleware
2 1 (4.76%) Apache NiFi
2 1 (4.76%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.76%) Data Centre
1 1 (4.76%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 19 (90.48%) Linux
2 13 (61.90%) Ubuntu
3 1 (4.76%) CentOS
3 1 (4.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (4.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 5 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (19.05%) Containerisation
3 4 (19.05%) Task Automation
4 3 (14.29%) CI/CD
5 2 (9.52%) DevOps
5 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure as Code
6 1 (4.76%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (4.76%) Commercial Awareness
6 1 (4.76%) Computer Science
6 1 (4.76%) Configuration Management
6 1 (4.76%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (4.76%) Decision-Making
6 1 (4.76%) DevSecOps
6 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Management
6 1 (4.76%) Problem Management
6 1 (4.76%) Process Improvement
6 1 (4.76%) Technical Leadership
6 1 (4.76%) User Experience
6 1 (4.76%) Workload Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (61.90%) Ada
1 13 (61.90%) C
1 13 (61.90%) C++
1 13 (61.90%) JavaScript
1 13 (61.90%) Shell Script
2 7 (33.33%) Python
3 5 (23.81%) Bash
4 1 (4.76%) PowerShell
4 1 (4.76%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 10 (47.62%) Security Cleared
2 9 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.76%) AWS Certification
3 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.76%) Degree
3 1 (4.76%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) QA
System Software
1 5 (23.81%) Docker
2 4 (19.05%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (33.33%) Ansible
1 7 (33.33%) Kubernetes
2 2 (9.52%) Terraform
3 1 (4.76%) Puppet
Vendors
1 5 (23.81%) VMware
2 4 (19.05%) NetApp