Red Hat Enterprise Linux Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Red Hat Enterprise Linux skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 24 -
Rank change year-on-year -4 - -
Contract jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 11 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 4.70% 0.71% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 42.31% 5.56% -
Number of daily rates quoted 10 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £409 -
Median % change year-on-year +34.47% - -
North West median daily rate £550 £550 £495
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -20.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £74.26 - -
North West median hourly rate £74.26 - -

All Operating Systems
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 26 18 16
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 11.11% 12.77% 7.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 11 11
10th Percentile £169 £250 £170
25th Percentile - £342 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +10.53% +16.92%
75th Percentile - £575 £519
90th Percentile £680 £588 £688
North West median daily rate £358 £385 £438
% change year-on-year -7.01% -12.00% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 1
10th Percentile - £21.79 -
25th Percentile - £31.24 -
Median hourly rate £41.94 £49.00 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.41% +2.08% +20.00%
75th Percentile - £59.59 -
90th Percentile £61.33 £64.74 -
North West median hourly rate £21.46 £22.09 £18.25
% change year-on-year -2.85% +21.04% -45.93%

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

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 Lancashire region over the 6 months to 31 January 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
Preston - 7 £550 - 1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
North West

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

Application Platforms
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (45.45%) SharePoint
2 1 (9.09%) SharePoint Server
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Entra ID
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (54.55%) BGP
1 6 (54.55%) Firewall
1 6 (54.55%) Software-Defined Networking
1 6 (54.55%) VLAN
2 5 (45.45%) WebEx
3 3 (27.27%) Network Security
General
1 10 (90.91%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (45.45%) Legal
3 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (90.91%) Platform Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Software Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (45.45%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 3 (27.27%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (27.27%) Data Centre
3 1 (9.09%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Linux
1 11 (100.00%) Windows
1 11 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Change Control
1 10 (90.91%) ITSM
1 10 (90.91%) Platform Engineering
1 10 (90.91%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (72.73%) Service Management
3 7 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (63.64%) Knowledge Management
4 6 (54.55%) Containerisation
4 6 (54.55%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (45.45%) Acceptance Criteria
5 5 (45.45%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 5 (45.45%) Identity Access Management
5 5 (45.45%) Product Requirements
5 5 (45.45%) User Stories
6 4 (36.36%) Mobile Device Management
6 4 (36.36%) Performance Monitoring
7 3 (27.27%) High Availability
7 3 (27.27%) Regulatory Compliance
7 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (27.27%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) Bash
1 11 (100.00%) PowerShell
2 8 (72.73%) Perl
2 8 (72.73%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (90.91%) SC Cleared
1 10 (90.91%) Security Cleared
2 7 (63.64%) CCDP
2 7 (63.64%) CCNA
2 7 (63.64%) CCNP
2 7 (63.64%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (27.27%) Degree
System Software
1 8 (72.73%) Active Directory
2 4 (36.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (27.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (36.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 3 (27.27%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Red Hat
2 8 (72.73%) Citrix
2 8 (72.73%) VMware
3 5 (45.45%) Cisco
3 5 (45.45%) Microsoft