Red Hat Contracts in the UK excluding London

Red Hat
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Red Hat products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Red Hat over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Red Hat, Inc.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 205 200 234
Rank change year-on-year -5 +34 -55
Contract jobs citing Red Hat 190 291 319
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.93% 1.24% 1.04%
As % of the Vendors category 2.18% 2.78% 2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 219 206
10th Percentile £350 £400 £379
25th Percentile £425 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £545 £513
Median % change year-on-year -3.39% +6.34% +17.14%
75th Percentile £584 £638 £625
90th Percentile £659 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £585 £572
% change year-on-year -10.26% +2.27% +19.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 16 12
10th Percentile £60.95 £25.75 £46.25
25th Percentile £68.38 £28.40 £54.69
Median hourly rate £74.44 £50.75 £69.05
Median % change year-on-year +46.68% -26.50% +51.76%
75th Percentile £75.21 £64.56 £82.81
90th Percentile £76.58 £74.50 £83.98
UK median hourly rate £74.44 £52.50 £63.00
% change year-on-year +41.79% -16.67% +31.94%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

Red Hat is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 8,713 10,454 12,244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 42.76% 44.48% 39.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,220 7,184 8,264
10th Percentile £206 £205 £185
25th Percentile £363 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +7.53% +9.41%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £690 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 954 479 634
10th Percentile £11.80 £14.25 £10.77
25th Percentile £14.16 £17.61 £14.00
Median hourly rate £21.46 £37.50 £18.70
Median % change year-on-year -42.77% +100.53% +1.08%
75th Percentile £59.50 £62.50 £35.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.05 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £42.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -48.24% +97.67% -2.27%

Red Hat
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Red Hat in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Red Hat in the UK excluding London

Red Hat
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Red Hat in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Red Hat in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Red Hat in the UK excluding London

Red Hat
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Red Hat in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Red Hat in the UK excluding London

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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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. 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
South East +35 91 £525 -5.83% 20
Midlands +53 35 £550 +21.03% 28
Scotland -2 20 £340 -32.00% 19
West Midlands +36 18 £585 +98.31% 22
East of England -22 18 £550 -21.43% 13
East Midlands +29 16 £535 +9.24% 6
South West -11 14 £550 -4.35% 21
North West -2 13 £583 -2.92% 12
North of England -9 13 £583 +5.91% 23
Wales +16 1 - -
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UK

Red Hat
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 15 (7.89%) Apache
2 12 (6.32%) IIS
3 7 (3.68%) JBoss
3 7 (3.68%) Tomcat
4 6 (3.16%) nginx
5 5 (2.63%) Confluence
6 4 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.53%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.53%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (3.68%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.58%) Sage X3
3 2 (1.05%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
3 2 (1.05%) RMDS
4 1 (0.53%) MFGPRO
4 1 (0.53%) Sage 50
4 1 (0.53%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 26 (13.68%) Azure
2 25 (13.16%) AWS
3 24 (12.63%) OpenShift
4 11 (5.79%) GitHub
5 7 (3.68%) Amazon EC2
6 6 (3.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 6 (3.16%) Amazon S3
7 5 (2.63%) Datadog
8 3 (1.58%) Amazon OpenSearch
8 3 (1.58%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (1.58%) AWS CodeBuild
8 3 (1.58%) AWS CodeCommit
8 3 (1.58%) AWS CodePipeline
8 3 (1.58%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (1.58%) CloudFront
8 3 (1.58%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.58%) Route 53
8 3 (1.58%) Serverless
8 3 (1.58%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 37 (19.47%) SAN
2 26 (13.68%) TCP/IP
3 12 (6.32%) DNS
4 11 (5.79%) Intrusion Detection
4 11 (5.79%) Network Security
5 10 (5.26%) Firewall
6 6 (3.16%) HTTP
6 6 (3.16%) Wireless
7 5 (2.63%) DHCP
7 5 (2.63%) H.323
7 5 (2.63%) InfiniBand
8 4 (2.11%) NAS
8 4 (2.11%) VPN
8 4 (2.11%) WAN
9 3 (1.58%) Cisco IOS
10 2 (1.05%) Fibre Channel
10 2 (1.05%) LAN
11 1 (0.53%) Multicast
11 1 (0.53%) OpenLDAP
11 1 (0.53%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (10.53%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (8.42%) SQL Server
3 10 (5.26%) Big Data
4 9 (4.74%) Elasticsearch
4 9 (4.74%) MongoDB
4 9 (4.74%) MySQL
5 7 (3.68%) RDBMS
5 7 (3.68%) Relational Database
6 6 (3.16%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (2.11%) Oracle Database
8 3 (1.58%) Amazon Aurora
8 3 (1.58%) InfluxDB
8 3 (1.58%) Informix
9 1 (0.53%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.53%) Couchbase
9 1 (0.53%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.53%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 18 (9.47%) GitLab
2 14 (7.37%) Git
3 12 (6.32%) JIRA
4 10 (5.26%) Jenkins
5 8 (4.21%) Artifactory
6 7 (3.68%) Bitbucket
6 7 (3.68%) SonarQube
7 6 (3.16%) TeamCity
8 5 (2.63%) Bitbucket Server
8 5 (2.63%) CA Release Automation
8 5 (2.63%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (1.05%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (1.05%) Subversion
10 1 (0.53%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.53%) Gerrit
10 1 (0.53%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.53%) JMeter
10 1 (0.53%) JUnit
10 1 (0.53%) Maven
General
1 24 (12.63%) Social Skills
2 23 (12.11%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (8.95%) Public Sector
4 9 (4.74%) Telecoms
5 6 (3.16%) Finance
5 6 (3.16%) Legal
6 3 (1.58%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.05%) Advertising
7 2 (1.05%) Banking
7 2 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.05%) Electronics
7 2 (1.05%) Marketing
7 2 (1.05%) Military
7 2 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.53%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 40 (21.05%) Linux Engineer
2 26 (13.68%) Developer
3 22 (11.58%) Python Developer
4 18 (9.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 16 (8.42%) Support Engineer
6 14 (7.37%) Senior
7 13 (6.84%) Linux Systems Administrator
7 13 (6.84%) Systems Administrator
8 12 (6.32%) Administrator
9 11 (5.79%) Cloud Engineer
10 10 (5.26%) 3rd Line Support
10 10 (5.26%) Analyst
11 9 (4.74%) DevOps Engineer
11 9 (4.74%) Linux Administrator
12 8 (4.21%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 8 (4.21%) Database Specialist
12 8 (4.21%) Platform Engineer
13 6 (3.16%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 6 (3.16%) Architect
13 6 (3.16%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.42%) Apache NiFi
2 6 (3.16%) Spring Boot
2 6 (3.16%) YAML
3 5 (2.63%) Elastic Stack
3 5 (2.63%) REST
4 3 (1.58%) .NET
4 3 (1.58%) AWS CDK
4 3 (1.58%) EDI
5 2 (1.05%) CSS
5 2 (1.05%) Django
5 2 (1.05%) HornetQ
5 2 (1.05%) HTML
5 2 (1.05%) Kafka
5 2 (1.05%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (1.05%) VCL
6 1 (0.53%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.53%) Node.js
6 1 (0.53%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.53%) React
6 1 (0.53%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.00%) Linux Command Line
1 19 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 13 (6.84%) Distributed Applications
2 13 (6.84%) PKI
3 12 (6.32%) Clustering
3 12 (6.32%) Cyber Defence
3 12 (6.32%) Data Centre
4 11 (5.79%) Replication
5 5 (2.63%) Enterprise Storage
5 5 (2.63%) IVR
5 5 (2.63%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.11%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.11%) Fat Client
6 4 (2.11%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (2.11%) Thin Client
7 3 (1.58%) CCTV
7 3 (1.58%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.05%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.53%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 145 (76.32%) Linux
2 74 (38.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 53 (27.89%) Windows
4 37 (19.47%) Debian
5 36 (18.95%) Ubuntu
6 23 (12.11%) Unix
7 21 (11.05%) Windows Server
8 19 (10.00%) Solaris
9 16 (8.42%) Windows Server 2019
10 15 (7.89%) Windows Server 2016
11 13 (6.84%) Windows Server 2012
12 12 (6.32%) CentOS
13 11 (5.79%) Android
14 9 (4.74%) Windows Server 2008
15 8 (4.21%) Apple iOS
16 3 (1.58%) Mac OS
16 3 (1.58%) SUSE
16 3 (1.58%) VMS
17 2 (1.05%) Windows 10
18 1 (0.53%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (18.42%) Agile
1 35 (18.42%) ITIL
2 28 (14.74%) Migration
3 27 (14.21%) Data Engineering
4 26 (13.68%) High Availability
5 23 (12.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 21 (11.05%) DevOps
6 21 (11.05%) Disaster Recovery
7 20 (10.53%) Configuration Management
7 20 (10.53%) Customer Service
7 20 (10.53%) Data Modelling
8 18 (9.47%) Roadmaps
9 17 (8.95%) Change Management
9 17 (8.95%) Prototyping
9 17 (8.95%) Software Engineering
9 17 (8.95%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 16 (8.42%) Information Security
11 15 (7.89%) Capacity Management
11 15 (7.89%) CI/CD
11 15 (7.89%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 56 (29.47%) Python
2 33 (17.37%) Bash
3 20 (10.53%) Shell Script
4 17 (8.95%) PowerShell
5 13 (6.84%) SQL
6 9 (4.74%) Perl
7 5 (2.63%) MATLAB
8 3 (1.58%) Java
8 3 (1.58%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.05%) AWK
9 2 (1.05%) Bourne shell
9 2 (1.05%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.05%) Korn
10 1 (0.53%) C
10 1 (0.53%) C#
10 1 (0.53%) C++
10 1 (0.53%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 114 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 80 (42.11%) SC Cleared
3 49 (25.79%) DV Cleared
4 15 (7.89%) Degree
5 10 (5.26%) RHCE
6 8 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (4.21%) MCSE
6 8 (4.21%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (3.16%) MCSA
7 6 (3.16%) RHCT
8 4 (2.11%) RHCSA
9 1 (0.53%) GIAC
9 1 (0.53%) Linux+ Certification
9 1 (0.53%) LPIC
9 1 (0.53%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.26%) Actionable Recommendations
2 7 (3.68%) QA
3 4 (2.11%) SLA
4 2 (1.05%) GDPR
System Software
1 41 (21.58%) VMware Infrastructure
2 36 (18.95%) Active Directory
3 17 (8.95%) Docker
4 16 (8.42%) vSphere
5 15 (7.89%) Hyper-V
6 11 (5.79%) KVM
7 9 (4.74%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (4.74%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (2.63%) Firmware
9 4 (2.11%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (2.11%) VMware NSX
10 2 (1.05%) Ceph
10 2 (1.05%) Varnish
10 2 (1.05%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 1 (0.53%) Samba
11 1 (0.53%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.53%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.53%) Xen
Systems Management
1 54 (28.42%) Ansible
2 29 (15.26%) Kubernetes
3 28 (14.74%) Terraform
4 22 (11.58%) Red Hat Satellite
5 8 (4.21%) Grafana
6 7 (3.68%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 6 (3.16%) Kibana
7 6 (3.16%) Progress Chef
7 6 (3.16%) WSUS
8 5 (2.63%) Dell DRAC
8 5 (2.63%) Istio
8 5 (2.63%) NetBackup
8 5 (2.63%) SELinux
9 4 (2.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (2.11%) Nessus
9 4 (2.11%) Rancher
9 4 (2.11%) SCCM
9 4 (2.11%) SCOM
9 4 (2.11%) Tivoli Identity Manager
9 4 (2.11%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 81 (42.63%) VMware
2 42 (22.11%) Microsoft
3 23 (12.11%) Oracle
4 15 (7.89%) Dell
4 15 (7.89%) HP
5 13 (6.84%) SolarWinds
6 8 (4.21%) Nimble Storage
6 8 (4.21%) Veritas
7 7 (3.68%) Cisco
7 7 (3.68%) Citrix
7 7 (3.68%) Splunk
7 7 (3.68%) Veeam
8 5 (2.63%) 3PAR
8 5 (2.63%) AppDynamics
8 5 (2.63%) Avaya
8 5 (2.63%) IBM
8 5 (2.63%) Isilon
8 5 (2.63%) NetApp
8 5 (2.63%) Verint
9 4 (2.11%) Atlassian