Red Hat Enterprise Linux Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Red Hat Enterprise Linux skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	129	109	80
Rank change year-on-year	-20	-29	+5
Contract jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux	17	11	41
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland	0.71%	0.69%	2.22%
As % of the Operating Systems category	5.50%	3.68%	11.45%
Number of daily rates quoted	8	5	32
10^th Percentile	£450	£481	-
25^th Percentile	£464	£489	£340
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£482	£503	£456
Median % change year-on-year	-4.18%	+10.14%	-13.10%
75^th Percentile	£507	£538	£513
90^th Percentile	£565	£551	£543
UK median daily rate	£513	£515	£525
% change year-on-year	-0.46%	-1.93%	-4.98%

All Operating Systems
Scotland

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 Scotland.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills	309	299	358
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland	12.82%	18.78%	19.39%
Number of daily rates quoted	162	150	224
10^th Percentile	£150	£181	£166
25^th Percentile	£233	£308	£240
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£383	£454	£395
Median % change year-on-year	-15.75%	+15.08%	-16.95%
75^th Percentile	£505	£534	£500
90^th Percentile	£614	£575	£625
UK median daily rate	£470	£450	£475
% change year-on-year	+4.44%	-5.26%	-4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted	18	18	13
10^th Percentile	£13.45	-	£13.64
25^th Percentile	£13.89	-	£18.00
Median hourly rate	£15.81	£25.15	£20.29
Median % change year-on-year	-37.14%	+23.98%	+6.45%
75^th Percentile	£19.33	-	£24.18
90^th Percentile	£41.75	-	£50.84
UK median hourly rate	£25.75	£24.00	£52.50
% change year-on-year	+7.29%	-54.29%	+31.91%

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux in Scotland over the 6 months to 22 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in Scotland

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 22 October 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
Glasgow	-4	9	£475	-	8
Edinburgh	-8	8	£488	-2.89%	1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux UK

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 22 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Scotland region with a requirement for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Linux	100.0%	17
2	AWS	64.7%	11
3	Python	58.8%	10
4	Red Hat	52.9%	9
5	OpenShift	47.1%	8
6	CI/CD	41.2%	7
6	Docker	41.2%	7
6	Kubernetes	41.2%	7
6	Windows	41.2%	7
10	Migration	35.3%	6
11	Azure	29.4%	5
11	Capacity Management	29.4%	5
11	DevOps	29.4%	5
11	GCP	29.4%	5
11	Git	29.4%	5
11	IBM	29.4%	5
11	iSCSI	29.4%	5
11	Jenkins	29.4%	5
11	NFS	29.4%	5
11	OO	29.4%	5
11	OOP	29.4%	5
11	Perl	29.4%	5
11	Preventative Maintenance	29.4%	5
11	Problem Management	29.4%	5
11	REST	29.4%	5
11	SDLC	29.4%	5
11	SQL	29.4%	5
11	Terraform	29.4%	5
11	Unix	29.4%	5
11	Windows Server	29.4%	5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Operating Systems

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Linux	100.0%	17
2	Windows	41.2%	7
3	Unix	29.4%	5
3	Windows Server	29.4%	5
5	AIX	11.8%	2
5	Solaris	11.8%	2
7	Data ONTAP	5.9%	1