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 6 June 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
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 186 169 249
Rank change year-on-year -17 +80 -44
Contract jobs citing Red Hat 226 322 303
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.07% 1.41% 0.98%
As % of the Vendors category 2.53% 3.15% 2.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 241 201
10th Percentile £340 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £530 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% -1.85% +13.68%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £638
90th Percentile £672 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £511 £588 £575
% change year-on-year -13.02% +2.17% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 13 8
10th Percentile £59.60 £25.75 £37.40
25th Percentile £65.00 £27.50 £46.25
Median hourly rate £74.44 £37.50 £68.75
Median % change year-on-year +98.51% -45.45% +74.05%
75th Percentile £75.00 £53.75 £83.81
90th Percentile £76.50 £59.75 £84.23
UK median hourly rate £74.44 £43.25 £48.58
% change year-on-year +72.12% -10.97% +22.99%

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 8,919 10,234 12,507
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 42.37% 44.94% 40.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,341 6,988 8,493
10th Percentile £210 £205 £190
25th Percentile £372 £363 £354
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £660
UK median daily rate £514 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.19% - +8.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 997 431 646
10th Percentile £12.00 £14.25 £11.28
25th Percentile £14.27 £17.60 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.50 £37.50 £19.37
Median % change year-on-year -42.67% +93.57% +7.63%
75th Percentile £59.50 £60.00 £37.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £56.00
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £42.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -47.06% +97.67% +4.88%

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 6 June 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 6 June 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 6 June 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 +25 98 £538 -2.27% 23
Midlands +56 58 £576 +26.75% 26
West Midlands +39 39 £608 +95.97% 23
South West +4 39 £575 -2.13% 17
Scotland 0 28 £340 -32.00% 21
East of England -25 20 £550 -18.09% 12
East Midlands +22 19 £498 -5.14% 3
North West -8 7 £528 -4.00% 25
North of England -9 7 £528 -1.54% 33
Wales +4 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 14 (6.19%) Apache
2 11 (4.87%) IIS
3 7 (3.10%) JBoss
4 5 (2.21%) Tomcat
5 3 (1.33%) Confluence
6 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.44%) nginx
7 1 (0.44%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (3.10%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.44%) MFGPRO
2 1 (0.44%) Sage 50
2 1 (0.44%) SAP BRIM
2 1 (0.44%) SAP Hybris
2 1 (0.44%) SAP PSCD
2 1 (0.44%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 25 (11.06%) OpenShift
2 23 (10.18%) AWS
3 22 (9.73%) Azure
4 9 (3.98%) GitHub
5 5 (2.21%) Amazon EC2
5 5 (2.21%) Serverless
6 4 (1.77%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 4 (1.77%) Amazon OpenSearch
6 4 (1.77%) Amazon S3
6 4 (1.77%) AWS CloudFormation
6 4 (1.77%) AWS CodeBuild
6 4 (1.77%) AWS CodeCommit
6 4 (1.77%) AWS CodePipeline
7 3 (1.33%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.88%) Azure Stack
8 2 (0.88%) Datadog
9 1 (0.44%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.44%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.44%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 26 (11.50%) SAN
2 17 (7.52%) TCP/IP
3 15 (6.64%) Intrusion Detection
4 14 (6.19%) Network Security
5 9 (3.98%) DNS
6 6 (2.65%) Firewall
7 5 (2.21%) DHCP
8 4 (1.77%) H.323
8 4 (1.77%) HTTP
8 4 (1.77%) NAS
9 3 (1.33%) Wireless
10 2 (0.88%) Fibre Channel
10 2 (0.88%) Skype
10 2 (0.88%) VPN
11 1 (0.44%) Internet
11 1 (0.44%) IPv4
11 1 (0.44%) OpenLDAP
11 1 (0.44%) OSPF
11 1 (0.44%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.44%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (9.73%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (7.52%) SQL Server
3 14 (6.19%) Big Data
4 11 (4.87%) MongoDB
5 10 (4.42%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (3.10%) RDBMS
6 7 (3.10%) Relational Database
7 6 (2.65%) MySQL
8 4 (1.77%) Amazon Aurora
8 4 (1.77%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (1.77%) InfluxDB
8 4 (1.77%) Informix
9 3 (1.33%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.44%) Apache Cassandra
10 1 (0.44%) Couchbase
10 1 (0.44%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.44%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.44%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 29 (12.83%) GitLab
2 26 (11.50%) Git
3 11 (4.87%) JIRA
4 10 (4.42%) Jenkins
5 9 (3.98%) Artifactory
6 6 (2.65%) SonarQube
6 6 (2.65%) TeamCity
7 5 (2.21%) Bitbucket Server
7 5 (2.21%) CA Release Automation
7 5 (2.21%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (1.77%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.88%) JUnit
9 2 (0.88%) Subversion
10 1 (0.44%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.44%) Gerrit
10 1 (0.44%) Gradle
10 1 (0.44%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.44%) JMeter
10 1 (0.44%) Maven
10 1 (0.44%) Oracle APEX
General
1 27 (11.95%) Public Sector
2 24 (10.62%) Analytical Skills
2 24 (10.62%) Social Skills
3 7 (3.10%) Telecoms
4 5 (2.21%) Finance
4 5 (2.21%) Legal
5 2 (0.88%) Advertising
5 2 (0.88%) Banking
5 2 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (0.88%) Military
6 1 (0.44%) Aerospace
6 1 (0.44%) Billing
Job Titles
1 45 (19.91%) Linux Engineer
2 32 (14.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 24 (10.62%) Support Engineer
4 20 (8.85%) Linux Systems Administrator
5 19 (8.41%) Systems Administrator
6 18 (7.96%) Developer
7 17 (7.52%) Linux Support
8 15 (6.64%) Architect
8 15 (6.64%) Python Developer
9 13 (5.75%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
10 12 (5.31%) Administrator
10 12 (5.31%) Infrastructure Support
10 12 (5.31%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 12 (5.31%) Linux Support Engineer
10 12 (5.31%) Senior
11 10 (4.42%) 3rd Line Support
12 9 (3.98%) DevOps Engineer
12 9 (3.98%) Linux Administrator
13 8 (3.54%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 8 (3.54%) Database Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (9.29%) Apache NiFi
2 20 (8.85%) YAML
3 6 (2.65%) REST
3 6 (2.65%) Spring Boot
4 5 (2.21%) Elastic Stack
5 4 (1.77%) AWS CDK
6 2 (0.88%) .NET
6 2 (0.88%) Kafka
7 1 (0.44%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.44%) CSS
7 1 (0.44%) EJB
7 1 (0.44%) IBM Integration Bus
7 1 (0.44%) Java EE
7 1 (0.44%) JMS
7 1 (0.44%) jQuery
7 1 (0.44%) Middleware
7 1 (0.44%) React
7 1 (0.44%) Spring
7 1 (0.44%) Web Services
7 1 (0.44%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (11.06%) Linux Command Line
2 22 (9.73%) Management Information System
3 16 (7.08%) Cyber Defence
3 16 (7.08%) Distributed Applications
4 15 (6.64%) Clustering
4 15 (6.64%) PKI
5 11 (4.87%) Replication
5 11 (4.87%) SCADA
6 9 (3.98%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.21%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.77%) Fat Client
8 4 (1.77%) Grid Computing
8 4 (1.77%) IVR
8 4 (1.77%) Thin Client
9 3 (1.33%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.88%) CMDB
10 2 (0.88%) Operational Technology
11 1 (0.44%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.44%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 185 (81.86%) Linux
2 110 (48.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 72 (31.86%) Windows
4 30 (13.27%) Ubuntu
5 28 (12.39%) Unix
6 27 (11.95%) Windows Server
7 26 (11.50%) Debian
7 26 (11.50%) Solaris
8 13 (5.75%) CentOS
8 13 (5.75%) Windows Server 2016
9 12 (5.31%) Android
9 12 (5.31%) Apple iOS
10 10 (4.42%) Windows Server 2012
10 10 (4.42%) Windows Server 2019
11 6 (2.65%) Windows Server 2008
12 4 (1.77%) Rocky
12 4 (1.77%) Windows 10
13 3 (1.33%) SUSE
13 3 (1.33%) VMS
14 1 (0.44%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (15.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 32 (14.16%) Infrastructure as Code
3 30 (13.27%) DevOps
4 29 (12.83%) Configuration Management
4 29 (12.83%) High Availability
4 29 (12.83%) Migration
5 27 (11.95%) Agile
5 27 (11.95%) ITIL
6 26 (11.50%) Data Engineering
7 21 (9.29%) Information Security
8 19 (8.41%) Change Management
8 19 (8.41%) Disaster Recovery
9 18 (7.96%) Cybersecurity
9 18 (7.96%) Software Engineering
9 18 (7.96%) Storage Management
9 18 (7.96%) Task Automation
10 17 (7.52%) Performance Tuning
10 17 (7.52%) Security Operations
10 17 (7.52%) SIEM
11 16 (7.08%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 45 (19.91%) Python
2 34 (15.04%) PowerShell
3 33 (14.60%) Bash
4 22 (9.73%) Shell Script
5 12 (5.31%) SQL
6 9 (3.98%) Perl
7 4 (1.77%) Java
7 4 (1.77%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.88%) AWK
8 2 (0.88%) Bourne shell
8 2 (0.88%) C
8 2 (0.88%) Korn
9 1 (0.44%) C#
9 1 (0.44%) C++
9 1 (0.44%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.44%) Rust
Qualifications
1 152 (67.26%) Security Cleared
2 107 (47.35%) SC Cleared
3 52 (23.01%) DV Cleared
4 14 (6.19%) Degree
4 14 (6.19%) RHCE
5 9 (3.98%) MCSE
5 9 (3.98%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (2.65%) MCSA
7 6 (2.65%) RHCT
8 5 (2.21%) RHCSA
9 1 (0.44%) GIAC
9 1 (0.44%) Linux+ Certification
9 1 (0.44%) LPIC
9 1 (0.44%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.19%) Actionable Recommendations
2 9 (3.98%) QA
3 7 (3.10%) SLA
4 2 (0.88%) GDPR
System Software
1 57 (25.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 28 (12.39%) Active Directory
3 26 (11.50%) Hyper-V
4 23 (10.18%) Docker
4 23 (10.18%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (6.64%) vSphere
6 14 (6.19%) KVM
7 11 (4.87%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (1.77%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.88%) Ceph
9 2 (0.88%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 1 (0.44%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.44%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.44%) Xen
Systems Management
1 75 (33.19%) Ansible
2 41 (18.14%) Terraform
3 34 (15.04%) Red Hat Satellite
4 31 (13.72%) Kubernetes
5 19 (8.41%) Progress Chef
6 16 (7.08%) Puppet
7 13 (5.75%) Salt
8 10 (4.42%) SCOM
9 9 (3.98%) Grafana
10 7 (3.10%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 7 (3.10%) WSUS
11 6 (2.65%) Kibana
11 6 (2.65%) Rancher
11 6 (2.65%) Tivoli Identity Manager
12 5 (2.21%) Istio
12 5 (2.21%) SCCM
12 5 (2.21%) SELinux
13 4 (1.77%) Nessus
13 4 (1.77%) SCSM
13 4 (1.77%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 90 (39.82%) VMware
2 40 (17.70%) Microsoft
3 24 (10.62%) Oracle
4 13 (5.75%) SolarWinds
5 11 (4.87%) SaltStack
6 10 (4.42%) Dell
7 8 (3.54%) HP
8 7 (3.10%) Citrix
8 7 (3.10%) IBM
8 7 (3.10%) Splunk
9 6 (2.65%) Veritas
10 5 (2.21%) AppDynamics
10 5 (2.21%) Atlassian
11 4 (1.77%) Avaya
11 4 (1.77%) Commvault
11 4 (1.77%) Veeam
11 4 (1.77%) Verint
12 2 (0.88%) Adobe
12 2 (0.88%) EMC
12 2 (0.88%) Sun