RHCSA Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for RHCSA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 22 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 - 147
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing RHCSA 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.083% - 0.036%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.19% - 0.086%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 - £600
South East median daily rate £529 - £450

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

RHCSA falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,074 600 1,167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 44.82% 35.69% 42.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 738 340 668
10th Percentile £258 £243 £205
25th Percentile £356 £383 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -2.44% +1.49%
75th Percentile £573 £636 £615
90th Percentile £638 £676 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 33 96
10th Percentile £16.35 £19.89 £18.00
25th Percentile £19.38 £42.88 £44.41
Median hourly rate £29.61 £61.50 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year -51.85% +5.48% +4.21%
75th Percentile £83.00 £65.62 £68.63
90th Percentile £95.00 £84.86 £85.65
South East median hourly rate £26.44 £56.75 £59.50
% change year-on-year -53.41% -4.63% +32.22%

RHCSA
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing RHCSA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

RHCSA job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

RHCSA
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing RHCSA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing RHCSA

RHCSA
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RHCSA within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 22 February 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
Buckinghamshire - 2 £610 - 3
RHCSA
South East

RHCSA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Linux Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) LFCS
1 2 (100.00%) RHCE
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) LPIC
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Red Hat