Red Hat Enterprise Linux Contract Job Trends in London

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Red Hat Enterprise Linux skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 344 289 300
Rank change year-on-year -55 +11 -87
Contract jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 82 80 97
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.41% 0.59% 0.57%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.30% 5.02% 4.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 49 73
10th Percentile £353 £400 £361
25th Percentile £413 £440 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £550 £510
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% +7.84% -20.00%
75th Percentile £550 £675 £613
90th Percentile £637 £708 £735
England median daily rate £497 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -5.33% - -14.29%

All Operating Systems
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,547 1,593 2,072
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.78% 11.75% 12.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,026 1,089 1,439
10th Percentile £206 £249 £213
25th Percentile £350 £370 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £600
90th Percentile £688 £738 £738
England median daily rate £463 £463 £475
% change year-on-year - -2.63% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 40 63
10th Percentile £18.43 £18.87 £15.60
25th Percentile £19.50 £22.38 £18.57
Median hourly rate £21.50 £24.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% +9.09% -56.18%
75th Percentile £26.25 £25.18 £28.19
90th Percentile £57.00 £50.68 £60.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +41.30% -8.00% -41.18%

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux job vacancy trend in London

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux in London over the 6 months to 18 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in London

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 18 July 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
Central London -15 5 £625 -3.85% 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
England

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 12 (14.63%) nginx
2 10 (12.20%) Tomcat
3 5 (6.10%) Confluence
3 5 (6.10%) SharePoint
4 3 (3.66%) WebLogic
4 3 (3.66%) WebSphere
5 2 (2.44%) Documentum
5 2 (2.44%) OpenStack
6 1 (1.22%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (1.22%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (1.22%) JBoss
6 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (1.22%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 4 (4.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.22%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.22%) FLEXCUBE
1 1 (1.22%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 38 (46.34%) AWS
2 21 (25.61%) Azure
3 13 (15.85%) Datadog
4 11 (13.41%) Amazon EC2
5 10 (12.20%) Amazon EKS
5 10 (12.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 9 (10.98%) Amazon S3
7 8 (9.76%) AWS Lambda
7 8 (9.76%) Serverless
8 7 (8.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 7 (8.54%) GitHub
8 7 (8.54%) OpenShift
9 6 (7.32%) Entra ID
9 6 (7.32%) GCP
9 6 (7.32%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (6.10%) Amazon ECS
10 5 (6.10%) AWS CloudFormation
10 5 (6.10%) AWS CloudTrail
10 5 (6.10%) Azure Monitor
10 5 (6.10%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 13 (15.85%) Firewall
2 10 (12.20%) VPN
3 9 (10.98%) DNS
4 7 (8.54%) TCP/IP
5 5 (6.10%) SSL
6 4 (4.88%) HTTP
6 4 (4.88%) Kerberos
6 4 (4.88%) SAN
6 4 (4.88%) SSH
6 4 (4.88%) VLAN
6 4 (4.88%) VSAN
6 4 (4.88%) WAN
7 3 (3.66%) Network Security
7 3 (3.66%) OpenVPN
8 2 (2.44%) Internet
9 1 (1.22%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (1.22%) DHCP
9 1 (1.22%) DSL
9 1 (1.22%) LAN
9 1 (1.22%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (13.41%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (7.32%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (7.32%) MySQL
3 5 (6.10%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (4.88%) GIS
4 4 (4.88%) MongoDB
4 4 (4.88%) Oracle Database
5 3 (3.66%) SQL Server
6 2 (2.44%) Redis
6 2 (2.44%) Relational Database
6 2 (2.44%) SQLite
7 1 (1.22%) Data Mining
7 1 (1.22%) Oracle Database 12c
7 1 (1.22%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (1.22%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 13 (15.85%) Git
1 13 (15.85%) GitLab
1 13 (15.85%) Jenkins
2 4 (4.88%) JIRA
3 2 (2.44%) Artifactory
4 1 (1.22%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.22%) Introscope
4 1 (1.22%) Toad
General
1 17 (20.73%) Social Skills
2 11 (13.41%) Public Sector
3 10 (12.20%) Finance
4 9 (10.98%) Banking
5 7 (8.54%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (4.88%) Publishing
7 3 (3.66%) Retail
8 2 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.44%) Law
9 1 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.22%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.22%) International Banking
9 1 (1.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (15.85%) DevOps Engineer
1 13 (15.85%) Linux Engineer
2 11 (13.41%) AWS Engineer
3 10 (12.20%) Cloud Engineer
4 8 (9.76%) Lead
5 7 (8.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 7 (8.54%) Platform Engineer
5 7 (8.54%) Senior
6 6 (7.32%) Architect
7 5 (6.10%) AWS DevOps
7 5 (6.10%) AWS DevOps Engineer
8 4 (4.88%) Automation Engineer
8 4 (4.88%) Azure Engineer
8 4 (4.88%) DevSecOps Engineer
8 4 (4.88%) Migration Engineer
8 4 (4.88%) Security Architect
9 3 (3.66%) Enterprise Architect
9 3 (3.66%) Network Engineer
9 3 (3.66%) Senior Security Architect
9 3 (3.66%) Unix Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.32%) Middleware
2 5 (6.10%) Elastic Stack
3 4 (4.88%) Azure Blueprints
3 4 (4.88%) EJB
3 4 (4.88%) JSON
3 4 (4.88%) REST
3 4 (4.88%) Spring
4 3 (3.66%) boto
4 3 (3.66%) Java EE
4 3 (3.66%) Kafka
4 3 (3.66%) Keycloak
4 3 (3.66%) OAuth
4 3 (3.66%) OpenLayers
5 2 (2.44%) Celery
5 2 (2.44%) Mojolicious
5 2 (2.44%) Moose
5 2 (2.44%) React
5 2 (2.44%) SPNEGO
5 2 (2.44%) Vue
5 2 (2.44%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 18 (21.95%) Cloud Native
2 10 (12.20%) Security Posture
3 9 (10.98%) Linux Command Line
4 8 (9.76%) Onboarding
5 6 (7.32%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (7.32%) Replication
6 5 (6.10%) Clustering
6 5 (6.10%) Data Centre
6 5 (6.10%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (4.88%) CMDB
8 3 (3.66%) Cloud Security Posture
8 3 (3.66%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (3.66%) Enterprise Storage
8 3 (3.66%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (3.66%) Management Information System
8 3 (3.66%) PKI
9 2 (2.44%) Client/Server
9 2 (2.44%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (2.44%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 2 (2.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 82 (100.00%) Linux
2 35 (42.68%) Windows
3 24 (29.27%) Windows Server
4 15 (18.29%) Ubuntu
5 11 (13.41%) Solaris
5 11 (13.41%) Unix
6 10 (12.20%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (9.76%) Windows Server 2008
8 7 (8.54%) SUSE
9 5 (6.10%) AIX
10 4 (4.88%) Alpine Linux
10 4 (4.88%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (3.66%) Oracle Linux
11 3 (3.66%) VMS
12 2 (2.44%) CentOS
13 1 (1.22%) Android
13 1 (1.22%) HPUX
13 1 (1.22%) Mac OS
13 1 (1.22%) Rocky
13 1 (1.22%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (43.90%) DevOps
2 32 (39.02%) CI/CD
3 21 (25.61%) Configuration Management
3 21 (25.61%) Infrastructure as Code
4 18 (21.95%) Containerisation
5 15 (18.29%) AI
5 15 (18.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 15 (18.29%) Platform Engineering
5 15 (18.29%) Vulnerability Management
6 13 (15.85%) Agile
6 13 (15.85%) Migration
6 13 (15.85%) Observability
6 13 (15.85%) Security Operations
6 13 (15.85%) Validation
7 11 (13.41%) Incident Management
7 11 (13.41%) Runbook
7 11 (13.41%) Stakeholder Management
8 10 (12.20%) Change Management
8 10 (12.20%) High Availability
8 10 (12.20%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 37 (45.12%) Python
2 21 (25.61%) PowerShell
3 20 (24.39%) Bash
4 14 (17.07%) Java
5 11 (13.41%) SQL
6 9 (10.98%) PL/SQL
7 6 (7.32%) Shell Script
8 4 (4.88%) Bicep
8 4 (4.88%) Korn
9 3 (3.66%) C
9 3 (3.66%) JavaScript
10 2 (2.44%) C++
10 2 (2.44%) Perl
10 2 (2.44%) Search Processing Language
11 1 (1.22%) Go
11 1 (1.22%) Groovy
11 1 (1.22%) Jython
Qualifications
1 35 (42.68%) Security Cleared
2 27 (32.93%) SC Cleared
3 8 (9.76%) Degree
4 7 (8.54%) CISSP
5 6 (7.32%) AWS Certification
6 5 (6.10%) Azure Certification
6 5 (6.10%) CISM
6 5 (6.10%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (4.88%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.44%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (2.44%) ISSAP
8 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (2.44%) RHCE
9 1 (1.22%) CISA
9 1 (1.22%) CRISC
9 1 (1.22%) GCIH
9 1 (1.22%) GIAC
9 1 (1.22%) GSEC
9 1 (1.22%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.32%) NIST
2 5 (6.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.66%) SOC 2
4 2 (2.44%) HIPAA
4 2 (2.44%) ISO 15022
4 2 (2.44%) ISO 20022
4 2 (2.44%) NCSC
4 2 (2.44%) PCI DSS
4 2 (2.44%) QA
5 1 (1.22%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.22%) GRC
5 1 (1.22%) PMO
5 1 (1.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.22%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (21.95%) Docker
2 16 (19.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (12.20%) VMware ESXi
4 9 (10.98%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (7.32%) Oracle RAC
6 5 (6.10%) Active Directory
6 5 (6.10%) Hyper-V
7 4 (4.88%) vSphere
8 3 (3.66%) Firmware
9 1 (1.22%) Ceph
9 1 (1.22%) NFS
9 1 (1.22%) Squid
Systems Management
1 40 (48.78%) Ansible
2 32 (39.02%) Terraform
3 23 (28.05%) Kubernetes
4 12 (14.63%) Puppet
5 11 (13.41%) Grafana
6 10 (12.20%) Prometheus
7 6 (7.32%) Oracle RMAN
8 5 (6.10%) systemd
9 4 (4.88%) Failover Clustering
9 4 (4.88%) vCenter Server
9 4 (4.88%) VxRail
10 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Clustering
10 3 (3.66%) Packer
10 3 (3.66%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (3.66%) yum
11 2 (2.44%) Data Guard
11 2 (2.44%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (2.44%) Nagios
11 2 (2.44%) Progress Chef
11 2 (2.44%) SELinux
Vendors
1 31 (37.80%) Red Hat
2 21 (25.61%) Oracle
3 17 (20.73%) VMware
4 14 (17.07%) Splunk
5 12 (14.63%) Microsoft
6 11 (13.41%) IBM
6 11 (13.41%) ServiceNow
7 7 (8.54%) Google
8 6 (7.32%) Qualys
8 6 (7.32%) Rapid7
8 6 (7.32%) Tenable
9 5 (6.10%) CrowdStrike
9 5 (6.10%) Okta
10 4 (4.88%) Dell
11 3 (3.66%) NetApp
11 3 (3.66%) PagerDuty
11 3 (3.66%) Sybase
11 3 (3.66%) TOWER Software
12 2 (2.44%) CyberArk
12 2 (2.44%) Veracode