Red Hat Enterprise Linux Contracts in the UK excluding London

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 175 221 160
Rank change year-on-year +46 -61 +108
Contract jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 174 184 358
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.36% 0.89% 1.49%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.89% 5.60% 7.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 141 256
10th Percentile £393 £350 £379
25th Percentile £463 £431 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £634 £600 £638
90th Percentile £750 £655 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £522 £600
% change year-on-year +5.36% -13.00% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 11
10th Percentile - £33.00 -
25th Percentile - £44.73 £51.25
Median hourly rate - £60.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year - +14.29% +15.38%
75th Percentile - £72.94 £74.50
90th Percentile - £75.98 -
UK median hourly rate - £60.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year - +14.29% -16.67%

All Operating Systems
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 2,206 3,284 4,628
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.25% 15.82% 19.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,420 2,182 3,233
10th Percentile £178 £175 £163
25th Percentile £243 £258 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £638 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £475 £468 £504
% change year-on-year +1.50% -7.14% +0.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 158 321 337
10th Percentile £15.30 £12.25 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.44 £14.27 £17.50
Median hourly rate £22.69 £22.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -26.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile £62.25 £60.75 £61.25
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £72.25
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £22.00 £39.00
% change year-on-year +9.09% -43.59% +73.33%

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in the UK excluding London

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in the UK excluding London

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in the UK excluding London

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in the UK excluding London

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 May 2025. 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
North of England +71 68 £550 +18.92% 21
Scotland +19 35 £477 -8.62% 15
Yorkshire +34 34 £700 +51.35% 6
South East -4 31 £550 - 24
North West +30 28 £496 +41.71% 12
South West +55 21 £615 +2.50% 19
Midlands +10 15 £540 +3.85% 15
West Midlands +19 13 £546 -0.82% 8
North East - 6 £565 - 3
East of England +14 4 £600 +60.00% 6
East Midlands +2 2 £506 +17.61% 5
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
UK

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (6.90%) JBoss
2 11 (6.32%) Confluence
3 10 (5.75%) nginx
4 9 (5.17%) Apache
5 7 (4.02%) Traefik
6 5 (2.87%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (1.72%) Tomcat
7 3 (1.72%) WebLogic
8 2 (1.15%) Documentum
8 2 (1.15%) FileNet
8 2 (1.15%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.57%) SAS
9 1 (0.57%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.57%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.57%) WebSphere Application Server
Cloud Services
1 65 (37.36%) AWS
2 50 (28.74%) Azure
3 31 (17.82%) OpenShift
4 23 (13.22%) AWS CloudFormation
5 15 (8.62%) Amazon ECS
6 13 (7.47%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (6.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 12 (6.90%) AWS Fargate
8 11 (6.32%) Entra ID
9 10 (5.75%) Cloud Computing
10 9 (5.17%) Slack
10 9 (5.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 7 (4.02%) Amazon EC2
12 5 (2.87%) Amazon S3
13 4 (2.30%) OCI
13 4 (2.30%) Serverless
14 3 (1.72%) AWS KMS
14 3 (1.72%) GCP
15 2 (1.15%) AWS Lambda
15 2 (1.15%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 40 (22.99%) DNS
2 32 (18.39%) TCP/IP
3 29 (16.67%) DHCP
4 20 (11.49%) HTTP
5 13 (7.47%) Firewall
6 6 (3.45%) SAN
7 5 (2.87%) NAS
8 3 (1.72%) FTP
8 3 (1.72%) SMTP
8 3 (1.72%) tcpdump
8 3 (1.72%) Telnet
8 3 (1.72%) VPN
9 2 (1.15%) BIG-IP
9 2 (1.15%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 2 (1.15%) Network Security
9 2 (1.15%) SSL
10 1 (0.57%) Fibre Channel
10 1 (0.57%) iSCSI
10 1 (0.57%) Skype
10 1 (0.57%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (14.94%) MongoDB
2 16 (9.20%) MySQL
2 16 (9.20%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (9.20%) SQL Server
3 12 (6.90%) Apache Cassandra
4 11 (6.32%) Elasticsearch
5 8 (4.60%) RDBMS
5 8 (4.60%) Relational Database
6 4 (2.30%) Oracle Exadata
7 3 (1.72%) Oracle Database
8 2 (1.15%) Big Data
8 2 (1.15%) InfluxDB
8 2 (1.15%) Oracle Database 12c
8 2 (1.15%) Power BI
9 1 (0.57%) Amazon Aurora
9 1 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.57%) Apache Accumulo
9 1 (0.57%) DB2
9 1 (0.57%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.57%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 37 (21.26%) Jenkins
2 29 (16.67%) Git
2 29 (16.67%) GitLab
3 21 (12.07%) JIRA
4 10 (5.75%) Cucumber
4 10 (5.75%) Jasmine
4 10 (5.75%) JUnit
4 10 (5.75%) SonarQube
5 9 (5.17%) Bitbucket Server
5 9 (5.17%) CA Release Automation
5 9 (5.17%) Sonatype Nexus
5 9 (5.17%) TeamCity
6 3 (1.72%) Eclipse
7 2 (1.15%) Artifactory
7 2 (1.15%) Bitbucket
7 2 (1.15%) Selenium
7 2 (1.15%) Subversion
General
1 32 (18.39%) Social Skills
2 24 (13.79%) Public Sector
3 18 (10.34%) Finance
4 17 (9.77%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (4.60%) Banking
6 3 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (1.72%) Military
7 2 (1.15%) Electronics
7 2 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.15%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.15%) Marketing
7 2 (1.15%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 37 (21.26%) Senior
2 36 (20.69%) DevOps Engineer
3 20 (11.49%) Linux Engineer
4 16 (9.20%) Senior DevOps
5 15 (8.62%) Architect
5 15 (8.62%) Developer
6 12 (6.90%) Senior DevOps Engineer
7 11 (6.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 11 (6.32%) Java Developer
7 11 (6.32%) Lead
7 11 (6.32%) Senior Developer
8 10 (5.75%) Senior Java Developer
9 8 (4.60%) Infrastructure Architect
10 7 (4.02%) Automation Engineer
10 7 (4.02%) AWS DevOps
10 7 (4.02%) AWS Engineer
10 7 (4.02%) Azure Engineer
11 6 (3.45%) DV Cleared Application Packager
11 6 (3.45%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
11 6 (3.45%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (12.07%) Spring Boot
2 17 (9.77%) cloud-init
3 13 (7.47%) Spring
4 11 (6.32%) RESTful
4 11 (6.32%) Spring Security
5 10 (5.75%) Kafka
5 10 (5.75%) Spring Batch
6 9 (5.17%) Elastic Stack
6 9 (5.17%) Keycloak
6 9 (5.17%) Swagger
7 8 (4.60%) OpenAPI
8 6 (3.45%) LDAP
9 4 (2.30%) pytest
10 3 (1.72%) .NET
10 3 (1.72%) IBM Integration Bus
10 3 (1.72%) Middleware
10 3 (1.72%) OAuth
11 2 (1.15%) AWS CDK
11 2 (1.15%) LAMP
11 2 (1.15%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.05%) Data Centre
2 12 (6.90%) Replication
3 11 (6.32%) PKI
4 10 (5.75%) Enterprise Storage
5 8 (4.60%) CSOC
5 8 (4.60%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 7 (4.02%) Client/Server
6 7 (4.02%) Mainframe
7 4 (2.30%) Clustering
8 3 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.57%) Blackberry
9 1 (0.57%) Derivative
9 1 (0.57%) EMC VMAX
9 1 (0.57%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.57%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.57%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.57%) NVMe
9 1 (0.57%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.57%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 174 (100.00%) Linux
2 81 (46.55%) Windows
3 38 (21.84%) Windows Server
4 28 (16.09%) Unix
5 23 (13.22%) CentOS
6 16 (9.20%) Solaris
7 10 (5.75%) VMS
8 9 (5.17%) HPUX
9 7 (4.02%) AIX
10 6 (3.45%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (2.30%) Ubuntu
12 2 (1.15%) Amazon Linux
12 2 (1.15%) Data ONTAP
13 1 (0.57%) Alpine Linux
13 1 (0.57%) Fedora
13 1 (0.57%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.57%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.57%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (37.36%) DevOps
2 53 (30.46%) CI/CD
3 34 (19.54%) Continuous Integration
4 32 (18.39%) Containerisation
4 32 (18.39%) High Availability
5 28 (16.09%) Agile
5 28 (16.09%) Infrastructure as Code
6 23 (13.22%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (13.22%) Service Management
7 22 (12.64%) Microservices
7 22 (12.64%) Technical Leadership
8 21 (12.07%) Software Engineering
9 19 (10.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 17 (9.77%) Disaster Recovery
11 14 (8.05%) Cloud Security
11 14 (8.05%) Observability
11 14 (8.05%) Performance Tuning
12 13 (7.47%) Migration
12 13 (7.47%) Secrets Management
13 12 (6.90%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 78 (44.83%) Python
2 64 (36.78%) Bash
3 33 (18.97%) Java
4 26 (14.94%) PowerShell
5 24 (13.79%) SQL
6 18 (10.34%) Go
7 14 (8.05%) Perl
8 8 (4.60%) Shell Script
9 6 (3.45%) VBScript
10 5 (2.87%) Ruby
11 3 (1.72%) C++
11 3 (1.72%) Groovy
11 3 (1.72%) PHP
12 2 (1.15%) Rust
13 1 (0.57%) Bicep
13 1 (0.57%) C-shell
Qualifications
1 85 (48.85%) Security Cleared
2 52 (29.89%) SC Cleared
3 27 (15.52%) DV Cleared
4 9 (5.17%) AWS Certification
5 7 (4.02%) RHCE
6 2 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.15%) CISM
6 2 (1.15%) CISSP
6 2 (1.15%) RHCSA
6 2 (1.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (0.57%) CCNP
7 1 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.57%) Degree
7 1 (0.57%) OCA
7 1 (0.57%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.57%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.75%) NCSC
2 8 (4.60%) Disclosure Scotland
3 3 (1.72%) GDPR
3 3 (1.72%) NIST
4 2 (1.15%) QA
5 1 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.57%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 45 (25.86%) Docker
2 36 (20.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (10.92%) Active Directory
4 17 (9.77%) Hyper-V
5 8 (4.60%) vSphere
6 7 (4.02%) Oracle RAC
6 7 (4.02%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (2.30%) NFS
8 3 (1.72%) Samba
8 3 (1.72%) VMware NSX
9 2 (1.15%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 1 (0.57%) Firmware
10 1 (0.57%) GPFS
10 1 (0.57%) KVM
10 1 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.57%) Xen
Systems Management
1 62 (35.63%) Kubernetes
2 50 (28.74%) Terraform
3 48 (27.59%) Ansible
4 22 (12.64%) Puppet
5 19 (10.92%) Packer
6 17 (9.77%) Grafana
7 14 (8.05%) Kibana
7 14 (8.05%) Prometheus
8 12 (6.90%) Progress Chef
9 9 (5.17%) Consul
9 9 (5.17%) HAProxy
9 9 (5.17%) Istio
9 9 (5.17%) Jamf Pro
9 9 (5.17%) linkerd
9 9 (5.17%) Rancher
9 9 (5.17%) ZABBIX
10 7 (4.02%) Data Guard
10 7 (4.02%) SELinux
11 5 (2.87%) NetBackup
11 5 (2.87%) yum
Vendors
1 94 (54.02%) Red Hat
2 57 (32.76%) VMware
3 30 (17.24%) Splunk
4 19 (10.92%) Oracle
5 16 (9.20%) HP
6 13 (7.47%) AppDynamics
6 13 (7.47%) IBM
7 12 (6.90%) Cisco
7 12 (6.90%) F5
8 10 (5.75%) Dell
8 10 (5.75%) Palo Alto
8 10 (5.75%) ServiceNow
8 10 (5.75%) SolarWinds
9 9 (5.17%) Okta
9 9 (5.17%) Sun
9 9 (5.17%) Veritas
10 8 (4.60%) Fortinet
10 8 (4.60%) Microsoft
11 7 (4.02%) Apple
11 7 (4.02%) Unisys