RHCE Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire with a requirement for RHCE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing RHCE 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.39% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.82% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 - -
South East median daily rate £500 - £450

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Buckinghamshire

RHCE falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 243 125 229
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 47.09% 44.17% 39.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 92 188
10th Percentile £356 £200 £321
25th Percentile £463 £347 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £510
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -11.76% +10.87%
75th Percentile £610 £575 £619
90th Percentile £640 £630 £725
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 3 11
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.10 £15.85
25th Percentile £16.35 £14.75 £15.93
Median hourly rate £18.32 £18.70 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.03% +3.89% +24.14%
75th Percentile £28.52 £19.60 £21.25
90th Percentile £29.61 £20.14 £22.52
South East median hourly rate £26.97 £56.75 £59.50
% change year-on-year -52.47% -4.63% +32.22%

RHCE
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing RHCE relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

RHCE job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

RHCE
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing RHCE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing RHCE

RHCE
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RHCE within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 21 February 2026. 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
Milton Keynes - 2 £610 - 2
RHCE
South East

RHCE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Linux Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) LFCS
1 2 (100.00%) RHCSA
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) LPIC
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Red Hat