Red Hat Enterprise Linux Contracts in Sheffield

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Sheffield 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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 55 46
Rank change year-on-year +11 -9 -8
Contract jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 1 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 2.54% 0.26% 1.13%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.25% 0.96% 9.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 4
10th Percentile £360 - £223
25th Percentile £425 £473 £482
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £485 £675
Median % change year-on-year +13.40% -28.15% +42.11%
75th Percentile £638 £498 £719
90th Percentile £650 - £753
South Yorkshire median daily rate £550 £485 £675
% change year-on-year +13.40% -28.15% +42.11%

All Operating Systems
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 80 104 55
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 22.60% 27.01% 12.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 63 38
10th Percentile £150 £238 £409
25th Percentile £356 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £430 £500
Median % change year-on-year +22.09% -14.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £621 £534 £669
90th Percentile £711 £588 £700
South Yorkshire median daily rate £525 £430 £500
% change year-on-year +22.09% -14.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 2
10th Percentile - - £11.65
25th Percentile £18.10 £21.25 £12.63
Median hourly rate £18.21 £22.25 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +43.55% -15.07%
75th Percentile £18.41 £23.75 £19.63
90th Percentile £18.47 - £21.35
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.21 £22.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year -17.25% +41.94% -15.07%

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Job vacancy trend for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in Sheffield

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Daily rate trend for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in Sheffield

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux in Sheffield over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in Sheffield

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) AWS
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Firewall
1 3 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (11.11%) DHCP
2 1 (11.11%) DNS
2 1 (11.11%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Big Data
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 5 (55.56%) Jenkins
2 4 (44.44%) Git
3 3 (33.33%) Postman
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Linux Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Senior
2 3 (33.33%) Senior Linux Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) DevOps Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Technical Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Automation Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Data Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) DevOps Automation Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Linux
2 3 (33.33%) AIX
2 3 (33.33%) Solaris
2 3 (33.33%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
2 3 (33.33%) Unix
3 1 (11.11%) Windows
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) DevOps
2 4 (44.44%) Agile
3 3 (33.33%) Configuration Management
3 3 (33.33%) Data Management
4 2 (22.22%) CI/CD
4 2 (22.22%) Containerisation
4 2 (22.22%) Data Protection
4 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Automation
4 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Management
4 2 (22.22%) Problem Management
4 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (22.22%) Task Automation
4 2 (22.22%) Translating Business Requirements
5 1 (11.11%) Big Data Analytics
5 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (11.11%) Data Analytics
5 1 (11.11%) Data Pipeline
5 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (11.11%) Software Deployment
5 1 (11.11%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) Python
2 2 (22.22%) Shell Script
3 1 (11.11%) Bash
3 1 (11.11%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Veritas Cluster Server
1 4 (44.44%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (11.11%) Docker
2 1 (11.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (55.56%) Ansible
2 4 (44.44%) Puppet
3 2 (22.22%) Kubernetes
4 1 (11.11%) NetApp OnCommand
4 1 (11.11%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Red Hat
2 4 (44.44%) VMware
3 3 (33.33%) MuleSoft
4 1 (11.11%) Commvault
4 1 (11.11%) Databricks
4 1 (11.11%) Google
4 1 (11.11%) NetApp
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle
4 1 (11.11%) Veritas