Red Hat Enterprise Linux Contracts in England

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Red Hat Enterprise Linux skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Red Hat Enterprise Linux over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 241 309 227
Rank change year-on-year +68 -82 +53
Contract jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 263 244 595
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.08% 0.66% 1.18%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.70% 4.81% 7.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 181 186 446
10th Percentile £400 £353 £413
25th Percentile £475 £436 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £551 £525 £625
Median % change year-on-year +4.95% -16.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £595 £700
90th Percentile £750 £650 £798
UK median daily rate £550 £524 £600
% change year-on-year +5.06% -12.75% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 11
10th Percentile - £33.00 -
25th Percentile - £44.73 £51.25
Median hourly rate - £60.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year - +14.29% +118.75%
75th Percentile - £72.94 £74.50
90th Percentile - £75.98 -
UK median hourly rate - £60.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year - +14.29% -16.67%

All Operating Systems
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 3,414 5,072 8,228
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.02% 13.64% 16.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,320 3,461 5,863
10th Percentile £200 £181 £193
25th Percentile £313 £289 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £513
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -9.76% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £638
90th Percentile £700 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £475 £469 £505
% change year-on-year +1.28% -7.13% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 369 384
10th Percentile £15.26 £12.75 £13.97
25th Percentile £17.44 £15.17 £17.74
Median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.91% -42.11% +76.74%
75th Percentile £64.38 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £39.30
% change year-on-year +9.91% -44.02% +74.67%

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in England

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in England

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in England

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in England

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
London +44 95 £595 +16.67% 37
North of England +66 67 £550 +18.92% 21
Yorkshire +35 34 £700 +51.35% 7
South East -3 32 £550 - 23
North West +33 28 £496 +41.71% 11
South West +59 22 £615 +2.50% 15
Midlands +13 15 £540 +3.85% 15
West Midlands +18 13 £546 -0.82% 7
North East - 5 £558 - 3
East of England +15 4 £600 +60.00% 7
East Midlands -2 2 £506 +17.61% 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
UK

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 31 (11.79%) Confluence
2 19 (7.22%) Apache Spark
2 19 (7.22%) nginx
3 16 (6.08%) Apache
4 12 (4.56%) JBoss
4 12 (4.56%) Traefik
5 6 (2.28%) Tomcat
6 3 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (1.14%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.76%) CMS
7 2 (0.76%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.38%) Documentum
8 1 (0.38%) FileNet
8 1 (0.38%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.38%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.38%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.38%) WebSphere Application Server
8 1 (0.38%) WinCC
Cloud Services
1 97 (36.88%) AWS
2 62 (23.57%) Azure
3 35 (13.31%) OpenShift
4 33 (12.55%) AWS CloudFormation
5 20 (7.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 20 (7.60%) Amazon ECS
5 20 (7.60%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (7.22%) Slack
7 18 (6.84%) GitHub
8 16 (6.08%) Cloud Computing
8 16 (6.08%) Entra ID
8 16 (6.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 15 (5.70%) AWS Fargate
10 13 (4.94%) Amazon S3
11 11 (4.18%) GCP
12 9 (3.42%) Amazon EC2
12 9 (3.42%) Azure Monitor
13 7 (2.66%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 5 (1.90%) AWS KMS
14 5 (1.90%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 57 (21.67%) DNS
2 40 (15.21%) TCP/IP
3 36 (13.69%) DHCP
4 26 (9.89%) HTTP
5 15 (5.70%) Firewall
6 9 (3.42%) NAS
7 8 (3.04%) VPN
8 6 (2.28%) SAN
9 4 (1.52%) FTP
9 4 (1.52%) SMTP
9 4 (1.52%) tcpdump
9 4 (1.52%) Telnet
10 3 (1.14%) BIG-IP
11 2 (0.76%) Ethernet
11 2 (0.76%) Kerberos
11 2 (0.76%) SDH
11 2 (0.76%) SSH
11 2 (0.76%) SSL
11 2 (0.76%) VLAN
11 2 (0.76%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (18.63%) MongoDB
2 40 (15.21%) PostgreSQL
3 32 (12.17%) MySQL
4 25 (9.51%) Elasticsearch
5 22 (8.37%) Apache Cassandra
6 20 (7.60%) SQL Server
7 16 (6.08%) Hadoop
8 14 (5.32%) Relational Database
9 12 (4.56%) Big Data
10 8 (3.04%) RDBMS
11 5 (1.90%) NoSQL
11 5 (1.90%) Oracle Database
12 4 (1.52%) Data Lake
13 3 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
13 3 (1.14%) Oracle Database 12c
13 3 (1.14%) Sybase ASE
14 2 (0.76%) IDOL
14 2 (0.76%) MariaDB
14 2 (0.76%) Redis
15 1 (0.38%) Apache Accumulo
Development Applications
1 61 (23.19%) Jenkins
2 49 (18.63%) GitLab
3 46 (17.49%) Git
4 43 (16.35%) JIRA
5 22 (8.37%) Cucumber
6 19 (7.22%) Jasmine
6 19 (7.22%) JUnit
7 14 (5.32%) SonarQube
7 14 (5.32%) Sonatype Nexus
8 13 (4.94%) TeamCity
9 9 (3.42%) Bitbucket Server
9 9 (3.42%) CA Release Automation
10 6 (2.28%) Artifactory
11 5 (1.90%) Bitbucket
11 5 (1.90%) Subversion
12 4 (1.52%) Gradle
13 3 (1.14%) Eclipse
13 3 (1.14%) git-flow
14 2 (0.76%) HP UFT
14 2 (0.76%) LoadRunner
General
1 44 (16.73%) Finance
1 44 (16.73%) Social Skills
2 33 (12.55%) Public Sector
3 27 (10.27%) Banking
4 12 (4.56%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (2.66%) Military
6 6 (2.28%) Telecoms
7 4 (1.52%) Electronics
7 4 (1.52%) Manufacturing
7 4 (1.52%) Marketing
8 3 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.14%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.14%) Law
8 3 (1.14%) Legal
9 2 (0.76%) Back Office
9 2 (0.76%) Front Office
10 1 (0.38%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.38%) Retail
Job Titles
1 54 (20.53%) DevOps Engineer
2 44 (16.73%) Senior
3 39 (14.83%) Linux Engineer
4 24 (9.13%) Developer
5 23 (8.75%) Senior DevOps
6 21 (7.98%) Java Developer
6 21 (7.98%) Lead
7 17 (6.46%) Architect
7 17 (6.46%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 16 (6.08%) Azure Engineer
8 16 (6.08%) Senior Developer
9 15 (5.70%) Senior Java Developer
10 14 (5.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 13 (4.94%) Kubernetes Engineer
12 12 (4.56%) Administrator
13 11 (4.18%) AWS DevOps
14 10 (3.80%) Linux Administrator
15 9 (3.42%) AWS Engineer
16 8 (3.04%) Automation Engineer
16 8 (3.04%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (12.93%) Spring Boot
2 26 (9.89%) Spring
3 22 (8.37%) cloud-init
4 21 (7.98%) Kafka
4 21 (7.98%) Spring Security
5 20 (7.60%) Spring Batch
6 19 (7.22%) RESTful
7 18 (6.84%) Swagger
8 17 (6.46%) OpenAPI
9 15 (5.70%) Elastic Stack
10 14 (5.32%) Keycloak
11 13 (4.94%) OpenTelemetry
12 10 (3.80%) LDAP
13 7 (2.66%) .NET
14 6 (2.28%) RabbitMQ
15 4 (1.52%) LAMP
15 4 (1.52%) OAuth
15 4 (1.52%) pytest
15 4 (1.52%) REST
16 3 (1.14%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.46%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 15 (5.70%) PKI
3 12 (4.56%) Data Centre
4 10 (3.80%) CSOC
4 10 (3.80%) Replication
5 9 (3.42%) Enterprise Storage
6 7 (2.66%) Clustering
6 7 (2.66%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (2.28%) Client/Server
7 6 (2.28%) Private Cloud
7 6 (2.28%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.52%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.52%) EMC VMAX
8 4 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.14%) Derivative
9 3 (1.14%) Hedge funds
9 3 (1.14%) Mainframe
10 2 (0.76%) Credit Derivative
10 2 (0.76%) Fixed Income
10 2 (0.76%) Interest Rate Derivative
Operating Systems
1 263 (100.00%) Linux
2 82 (31.18%) Windows
3 47 (17.87%) Unix
3 47 (17.87%) Windows Server
4 37 (14.07%) CentOS
5 16 (6.08%) Solaris
6 12 (4.56%) VMS
7 8 (3.04%) HPUX
7 8 (3.04%) Rocky
8 7 (2.66%) Ubuntu
9 5 (1.90%) AIX
9 5 (1.90%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (1.14%) Oracle Linux
10 3 (1.14%) SUSE
11 2 (0.76%) Amazon Linux
11 2 (0.76%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.38%) Alpine Linux
12 1 (0.38%) Debian
12 1 (0.38%) Fedora
12 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (42.21%) CI/CD
2 109 (41.44%) DevOps
3 63 (23.95%) Containerisation
4 51 (19.39%) Infrastructure as Code
5 50 (19.01%) Continuous Integration
6 48 (18.25%) Microservices
7 40 (15.21%) Agile
7 40 (15.21%) High Availability
8 37 (14.07%) Observability
9 35 (13.31%) Migration
10 33 (12.55%) Problem-Solving
11 29 (11.03%) Test Automation
12 27 (10.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 27 (10.27%) Software Engineering
12 27 (10.27%) TDD
13 26 (9.89%) Technical Leadership
14 25 (9.51%) BDD
15 23 (8.75%) Cloud Security
16 21 (7.98%) Configuration Management
17 20 (7.60%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 104 (39.54%) Python
2 94 (35.74%) Bash
3 48 (18.25%) Java
4 42 (15.97%) SQL
5 32 (12.17%) PowerShell
6 25 (9.51%) Go
7 19 (7.22%) Perl
8 14 (5.32%) Shell Script
9 9 (3.42%) Ruby
10 6 (2.28%) C#
10 6 (2.28%) VBScript
11 5 (1.90%) JavaScript
12 4 (1.52%) C++
12 4 (1.52%) PHP
13 3 (1.14%) Groovy
14 1 (0.38%) C-shell
14 1 (0.38%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.38%) Rust
14 1 (0.38%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.38%) VB
Qualifications
1 133 (50.57%) Security Cleared
2 97 (36.88%) SC Cleared
3 36 (13.69%) DV Cleared
4 15 (5.70%) AWS Certification
5 11 (4.18%) RHCE
6 7 (2.66%) Degree
7 4 (1.52%) RHCSA
8 3 (1.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.76%) RHCA
10 1 (0.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.38%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.38%) CASP
10 1 (0.38%) CCNP
10 1 (0.38%) CISA
10 1 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.38%) CISM
10 1 (0.38%) CISSP
10 1 (0.38%) OCA
10 1 (0.38%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.32%) NCSC
2 7 (2.66%) GDPR
3 6 (2.28%) PCI DSS
4 5 (1.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (1.52%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.52%) NIST
6 3 (1.14%) QA
7 2 (0.76%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.38%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 87 (33.08%) Docker
2 52 (19.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (9.13%) Active Directory
4 17 (6.46%) Hyper-V
5 10 (3.80%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (3.42%) vSphere
7 7 (2.66%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 6 (2.28%) NFS
9 4 (1.52%) Samba
10 3 (1.14%) Oracle RAC
10 3 (1.14%) vCloud
10 3 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (1.14%) VMware NSX
10 3 (1.14%) VMware Workstation
11 2 (0.76%) Veritas File System
11 2 (0.76%) Veritas Volume Manager
12 1 (0.38%) Firmware
12 1 (0.38%) Gluster
12 1 (0.38%) GlusterFS
Systems Management
1 125 (47.53%) Kubernetes
2 103 (39.16%) Terraform
3 91 (34.60%) Ansible
4 35 (13.31%) Grafana
5 34 (12.93%) Puppet
6 29 (11.03%) Packer
7 25 (9.51%) Prometheus
8 16 (6.08%) Kibana
8 16 (6.08%) ZABBIX
9 15 (5.70%) Consul
9 15 (5.70%) Istio
10 14 (5.32%) HAProxy
10 14 (5.32%) Jamf Pro
10 14 (5.32%) linkerd
10 14 (5.32%) Progress Chef
10 14 (5.32%) Rancher
11 13 (4.94%) Argo
12 8 (3.04%) Red Hat Satellite
13 7 (2.66%) SELinux
14 6 (2.28%) yum
Vendors
1 124 (47.15%) Red Hat
2 68 (25.86%) VMware
3 48 (18.25%) Splunk
4 27 (10.27%) Oracle
5 22 (8.37%) ServiceNow
6 18 (6.84%) AppDynamics
7 17 (6.46%) HP
8 16 (6.08%) F5
9 15 (5.70%) SolarWinds
10 14 (5.32%) Okta
11 13 (4.94%) Cisco
11 13 (4.94%) Veritas
12 12 (4.56%) Apple
12 12 (4.56%) ESET
12 12 (4.56%) Microsoft
13 10 (3.80%) Fortinet
13 10 (3.80%) Palo Alto
14 9 (3.42%) EMC
14 9 (3.42%) IBM
15 5 (1.90%) Dell