Red Hat Contracts in England

Red Hat
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 12 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 244 291 230
Rank change year-on-year +47 -61 +21
Contract jobs citing Red Hat 246 268 567
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.01% 0.73% 1.16%
As % of the Vendors category 2.13% 1.73% 2.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 205 430
10th Percentile £395 £359 £425
25th Percentile £449 £463 £502
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £603
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.86% +2.55%
75th Percentile £625 £588 £700
90th Percentile £700 £688 £798
UK median daily rate £550 £520 £585
% change year-on-year +5.77% -11.11% +1.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 16
10th Percentile - £60.95 £25.75
25th Percentile - £68.38 £28.40
Median hourly rate £68.00 £74.44 £50.75
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +46.68% -19.79%
75th Percentile - £75.21 £64.56
90th Percentile - £76.58 £74.50
UK median hourly rate £68.00 £74.44 £52.50
% change year-on-year -8.65% +41.79% -16.67%

All Vendors
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 11,545 15,476 20,443
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.47% 42.09% 41.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,438 9,830 14,055
10th Percentile £280 £263 £263
25th Percentile £408 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £518 £535
Median % change year-on-year +1.35% -3.18% +1.90%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £748 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -0.49% -1.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 472 1,015 592
10th Percentile £14.46 £12.13 £15.21
25th Percentile £17.44 £14.41 £18.50
Median hourly rate £26.73 £22.50 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.78% -41.56% +79.91%
75th Percentile £60.00 £57.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £76.25 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £22.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +17.14% -48.24% +97.67%

Red Hat
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Red Hat in England

Red Hat
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Red Hat in England

Red Hat
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Red Hat in England over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Red Hat in England

Red Hat
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Red Hat in England

Red Hat
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Red Hat in England over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Red Hat in England

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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 within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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 +39 98 £595 +16.67% 98
South West +67 41 £615 +16.86% 57
North of England +41 35 £403 -30.86% 56
South East -12 33 £550 +4.76% 97
North West +24 24 £393 -32.53% 32
Midlands -2 16 £545 -0.91% 71
East of England +17 13 £465 -15.45% 31
West Midlands +15 12 £546 -6.75% 33
Yorkshire - 11 £405 - 17
East Midlands -4 4 £544 +1.59% 34
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UK

Red Hat
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 13 (5.28%) Confluence
2 10 (4.07%) JBoss
3 9 (3.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (3.66%) OpenStack
4 7 (2.85%) Skype for Business
5 6 (2.44%) Mattermost
6 5 (2.03%) Apache
7 3 (1.22%) nginx
7 3 (1.22%) SharePoint
7 3 (1.22%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.41%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.41%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.41%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.41%) WinCC
Applications
1 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.22%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.41%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.41%) iTrent
2 1 (0.41%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 75 (30.49%) AWS
2 67 (27.24%) Azure
3 64 (26.02%) OpenShift
4 22 (8.94%) GitHub
5 20 (8.13%) GCP
6 12 (4.88%) Amazon EC2
6 12 (4.88%) Amazon EKS
7 10 (4.07%) Nutanix
8 9 (3.66%) AWS CloudFormation
8 9 (3.66%) IaaS
9 8 (3.25%) Amazon S3
10 7 (2.85%) Azure Stack
10 7 (2.85%) Microsoft 365
11 6 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (2.44%) SaaS
12 5 (2.03%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (1.63%) PaaS
14 3 (1.22%) Amazon SQS
14 3 (1.22%) Azure Monitor
14 3 (1.22%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 52 (21.14%) DNS
1 52 (21.14%) TCP/IP
2 32 (13.01%) DHCP
3 24 (9.76%) HTTP
4 20 (8.13%) Firewall
5 19 (7.72%) SAN
6 14 (5.69%) NAS
7 9 (3.66%) Internet
8 7 (2.85%) Skype
9 6 (2.44%) LAN
9 6 (2.44%) Softphone
9 6 (2.44%) Unified Communications
9 6 (2.44%) VSAN
9 6 (2.44%) WebEx
10 5 (2.03%) BGP
10 5 (2.03%) Ethernet VPN
10 5 (2.03%) Fibre Channel
10 5 (2.03%) OSPF
10 5 (2.03%) WAN
11 4 (1.63%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.69%) Elasticsearch
2 13 (5.28%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (5.28%) Relational Database
3 9 (3.66%) SQL Server
4 8 (3.25%) Amazon Aurora
4 8 (3.25%) Amazon RDS
4 8 (3.25%) RDBMS
5 7 (2.85%) MySQL
5 7 (2.85%) Oracle Database
6 4 (1.63%) Apache Cassandra
6 4 (1.63%) Redis
7 3 (1.22%) Hazelcast
7 3 (1.22%) Oracle Database 12c
8 2 (0.81%) Big Data
8 2 (0.81%) CockroachDB
8 2 (0.81%) MariaDB
8 2 (0.81%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.41%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.41%) DB2
9 1 (0.41%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 36 (14.63%) Git
1 36 (14.63%) Jenkins
2 30 (12.20%) JIRA
3 18 (7.32%) TeamCity
4 14 (5.69%) GitLab
5 13 (5.28%) Subversion
6 12 (4.88%) Sonatype Nexus
7 10 (4.07%) SonarQube
8 9 (3.66%) Bitbucket Server
8 9 (3.66%) CA Release Automation
9 7 (2.85%) Artifactory
10 4 (1.63%) Bitbucket
10 4 (1.63%) Maven
11 3 (1.22%) Eclipse
12 1 (0.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 1 (0.41%) Cucumber
12 1 (0.41%) Cypress.io
12 1 (0.41%) Jasmine
12 1 (0.41%) JUnit
12 1 (0.41%) Serena SBM
General
1 47 (19.11%) Social Skills
2 44 (17.89%) Finance
3 24 (9.76%) Banking
4 11 (4.47%) Telecoms
5 7 (2.85%) Investment Banking
6 6 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (2.44%) Legal
6 6 (2.44%) Public Sector
7 5 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.22%) Law
8 3 (1.22%) Marketing
9 2 (0.81%) Back Office
9 2 (0.81%) Electronics
9 2 (0.81%) Front Office
9 2 (0.81%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.81%) Military
10 1 (0.41%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.41%) Retail
Job Titles
1 46 (18.70%) Linux Engineer
2 33 (13.41%) DevOps Engineer
3 26 (10.57%) Senior
4 23 (9.35%) Administrator
5 21 (8.54%) Architect
6 19 (7.72%) Support Engineer
7 17 (6.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 17 (6.91%) Linux Administrator
8 12 (4.88%) Lead
9 11 (4.47%) Infrastructure Architect
9 11 (4.47%) Linux Support
9 11 (4.47%) Product Engineer
9 11 (4.47%) Products Support Engineer
9 11 (4.47%) Senior DevOps
9 11 (4.47%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 11 (4.47%) Software Support Engineer
10 10 (4.07%) Analyst
11 8 (3.25%) Cloud Engineer
11 8 (3.25%) Linux Support Engineer
11 8 (3.25%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (8.94%) Elastic Stack
2 13 (5.28%) Middleware
3 12 (4.88%) LDAP
3 12 (4.88%) Spring Boot
4 11 (4.47%) Spring
5 9 (3.66%) REST
6 6 (2.44%) XMPP
7 5 (2.03%) Kafka
7 5 (2.03%) YAML
8 3 (1.22%) ActiveMQ
8 3 (1.22%) AngularJS
8 3 (1.22%) FIX Protocol
8 3 (1.22%) J2EE
8 3 (1.22%) Node.js
8 3 (1.22%) React
8 3 (1.22%) XML
9 2 (0.81%) LAMP
9 2 (0.81%) Murex MxML
9 2 (0.81%) RESTful
10 1 (0.41%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.50%) Data Centre
1 16 (6.50%) Public Cloud
2 11 (4.47%) Clustering
3 10 (4.07%) CSOC
3 10 (4.07%) Private Cloud
3 10 (4.07%) Replication
4 9 (3.66%) Enterprise Storage
4 9 (3.66%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (2.85%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (2.44%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.03%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (1.63%) Distributed Computing
8 4 (1.63%) EMC VMAX
9 3 (1.22%) Derivative
9 3 (1.22%) Eurex
9 3 (1.22%) Fixed Income
9 3 (1.22%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.22%) PKI
10 2 (0.81%) Credit Derivative
10 2 (0.81%) Interest Rate Derivative
Operating Systems
1 203 (82.52%) Linux
2 120 (48.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 79 (32.11%) Windows
4 49 (19.92%) Windows Server
5 35 (14.23%) Ubuntu
6 30 (12.20%) CentOS
7 29 (11.79%) Unix
8 23 (9.35%) Solaris
9 12 (4.88%) VMS
10 9 (3.66%) Windows Server 2016
11 8 (3.25%) AIX
12 6 (2.44%) Windows Server 2019
13 5 (2.03%) HPUX
14 4 (1.63%) Oracle Linux
15 3 (1.22%) Debian
15 3 (1.22%) Rocky
15 3 (1.22%) SUSE
15 3 (1.22%) Windows 10
15 3 (1.22%) Windows Server 2012
16 2 (0.81%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (31.71%) DevOps
2 57 (23.17%) Problem-Solving
3 53 (21.54%) CI/CD
4 52 (21.14%) Containerisation
5 39 (15.85%) High Availability
6 30 (12.20%) Infrastructure as Code
7 27 (10.98%) Configuration Management
8 26 (10.57%) Continuous Integration
8 26 (10.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 26 (10.57%) Migration
9 23 (9.35%) Deployment Automation
10 22 (8.94%) Microservices
10 22 (8.94%) Software Engineering
11 21 (8.54%) Disaster Recovery
11 21 (8.54%) ITIL
11 21 (8.54%) Task Automation
12 19 (7.72%) Agile
13 18 (7.32%) Infrastructure Management
14 16 (6.50%) Incident Management
14 16 (6.50%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 97 (39.43%) Python
2 69 (28.05%) Bash
3 39 (15.85%) PowerShell
4 36 (14.63%) Perl
5 32 (13.01%) Java
5 32 (13.01%) Shell Script
6 30 (12.20%) SQL
7 18 (7.32%) C++
8 16 (6.50%) JavaScript
9 14 (5.69%) C
10 13 (5.28%) Ada
11 9 (3.66%) Ruby
12 3 (1.22%) C#
13 2 (0.81%) Korn
13 2 (0.81%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.41%) ActionScript 2.0
14 1 (0.41%) C-shell
14 1 (0.41%) Groovy
14 1 (0.41%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.41%) VB
Qualifications
1 88 (35.77%) Security Cleared
2 63 (25.61%) SC Cleared
3 24 (9.76%) DV Cleared
4 12 (4.88%) RHCE
5 10 (4.07%) Degree
6 8 (3.25%) RHCSA
7 6 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (2.44%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (1.63%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.81%) CCIE
9 2 (0.81%) CCIE Data Center
9 2 (0.81%) CCNP
9 2 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.81%) CISSP
9 2 (0.81%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.41%) CISA
10 1 (0.41%) CISM
10 1 (0.41%) IBM Certification
10 1 (0.41%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.07%) GDPR
2 8 (3.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 6 (2.44%) QA
4 4 (1.63%) NIST
5 2 (0.81%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.41%) WCAG
System Software
1 73 (29.67%) Docker
2 69 (28.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (10.57%) Active Directory
4 20 (8.13%) Hyper-V
5 16 (6.50%) vSphere
6 15 (6.10%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (3.25%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 7 (2.85%) NFS
8 7 (2.85%) VMware NSX
9 4 (1.63%) Lustre
9 4 (1.63%) Veritas File System
9 4 (1.63%) Veritas Volume Manager
10 3 (1.22%) Ceph
10 3 (1.22%) KVM
10 3 (1.22%) Oracle RAC
10 3 (1.22%) Samba
11 1 (0.41%) Firmware
11 1 (0.41%) GlusterFS
11 1 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 115 (46.75%) Ansible
2 94 (38.21%) Kubernetes
3 62 (25.20%) Terraform
4 46 (18.70%) Puppet
5 32 (13.01%) Progress Chef
6 16 (6.50%) Grafana
6 16 (6.50%) Prometheus
6 16 (6.50%) Red Hat Satellite
7 10 (4.07%) Kibana
7 10 (4.07%) Nagios
8 9 (3.66%) QRadar
9 8 (3.25%) SELinux
10 7 (2.85%) SCOM
10 7 (2.85%) Tivoli
10 7 (2.85%) VxRail
11 6 (2.44%) Control-M
11 6 (2.44%) Rundeck
11 6 (2.44%) vCenter Server
11 6 (2.44%) ZABBIX
12 5 (2.03%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 96 (39.02%) VMware
2 47 (19.11%) Splunk
3 29 (11.79%) Oracle
4 24 (9.76%) ServiceNow
5 23 (9.35%) Microsoft
6 22 (8.94%) Cisco
7 16 (6.50%) F5
7 16 (6.50%) IBM
7 16 (6.50%) SolarWinds
8 15 (6.10%) EMC
9 14 (5.69%) NetApp
10 13 (5.28%) AppDynamics
10 13 (5.28%) Veritas
11 12 (4.88%) HP
12 11 (4.47%) Dell
13 10 (4.07%) Fortinet
13 10 (4.07%) Palo Alto
14 9 (3.66%) CyberArk
14 9 (3.66%) Google
14 9 (3.66%) Qualys