Red Hat Enterprise Linux Contract Job Trends

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Red Hat Enterprise Linux skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
5 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 347 324 272
Rank change year-on-year -23 -52 -60
Contract jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 365 238 313
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.67% 0.72% 0.82%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.89% 5.31% 5.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 158 211
10th Percentile £398 £355 £353
25th Percentile £449 £425 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £520
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -1.92% -7.35%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £638
90th Percentile £702 £666 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £492 £520
% change year-on-year +1.63% -5.38% -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 1 2
10th Percentile £36.75 - -
25th Percentile £41.71 £60.00 -
Median hourly rate £52.54 £65.00 £112.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.17% -41.97% +57.19%
75th Percentile £68.75 £69.99 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £52.54 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year -19.17% - -

All Operating Systems
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,300 4,479 5,341
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.74% 13.57% 14.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,340 2,854 3,316
10th Percentile £193 £185 £200
25th Percentile £313 £283 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £575
90th Percentile £675 £661 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 405 303 253
10th Percentile £14.10 £15.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £17.25 £18.87 £22.00
Median hourly rate £25.77 £25.15 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.47% -52.10% +20.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £56.68 £68.75
90th Percentile £74.00 £67.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.66 £25.15 £56.75
% change year-on-year +6.00% -55.68% +41.29%

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux job vacancy trend in the UK

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux over the 6 months to 5 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in the UK

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux over the 6 months to 5 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in the UK

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Top 16 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 5 October 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
England -10 332 £500 -2.91% 181
UK excluding London -5 225 £500 +1.63% 117
London -36 122 £513 +0.49% 72
Work from Home -66 79 £464 -11.62% 61
North of England -42 59 £500 +0.81% 30
South East -42 49 £484 -1.02% 31
East of England +13 41 £556 +37.35% 20
South West -10 41 £534 -2.95% 15
North West -19 39 £482 +19.90% 18
Yorkshire -29 19 £650 +30.00% 9
Midlands -40 18 £525 -0.71% 10
Scotland -14 16 £475 -5.00% 10
East Midlands -5 9 £530 +26.19% 2
West Midlands -51 9 £525 -9.70% 8
North East -39 2 £626 +8.87% 3
Wales - 1 £475 - 2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (3.56%) Confluence
2 12 (3.29%) JBoss
3 11 (3.01%) nginx
4 9 (2.47%) Apache
5 7 (1.92%) SharePoint
6 6 (1.64%) Tomcat
7 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (1.37%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.55%) Documentum
8 2 (0.55%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.55%) Traefik
8 2 (0.55%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 4 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.27%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) FLEXCUBE
1 1 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 109 (29.86%) AWS
2 85 (23.29%) Azure
3 44 (12.05%) OpenShift
4 38 (10.41%) GCP
5 25 (6.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 24 (6.58%) GitHub
7 21 (5.75%) Datadog
8 20 (5.48%) Amazon EC2
8 20 (5.48%) Amazon EKS
8 20 (5.48%) AWS CloudFormation
9 18 (4.93%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 18 (4.93%) Entra ID
10 17 (4.66%) Amazon S3
11 16 (4.38%) Serverless
12 15 (4.11%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 15 (4.11%) IaaS
13 14 (3.84%) Azure DevOps
13 14 (3.84%) GitHub Actions
14 13 (3.56%) Amazon ECS
14 13 (3.56%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 45 (12.33%) DNS
2 44 (12.05%) Firewall
3 39 (10.68%) SAN
4 31 (8.49%) TCP/IP
5 22 (6.03%) SSL
6 21 (5.75%) DHCP
6 21 (5.75%) Kerberos
7 20 (5.48%) Network Security
8 13 (3.56%) VLAN
9 10 (2.74%) BGP
9 10 (2.74%) HTTP
10 9 (2.47%) SSH
11 8 (2.19%) HSRP
11 8 (2.19%) OSPF
11 8 (2.19%) VoIP
11 8 (2.19%) VRRP
12 7 (1.92%) VPN
13 5 (1.37%) LAN
13 5 (1.37%) WAN
13 5 (1.37%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (7.95%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (6.30%) Oracle Database
3 17 (4.66%) SQL Server
4 12 (3.29%) Amazon RDS
5 11 (3.01%) MySQL
6 9 (2.47%) SQLite
7 8 (2.19%) MongoDB
7 8 (2.19%) SAP HANA
8 6 (1.64%) Big Data
8 6 (1.64%) Hadoop
8 6 (1.64%) Redis
8 6 (1.64%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.37%) Data Lake
10 4 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.82%) GIS
11 3 (0.82%) Metadata
11 3 (0.82%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.82%) Oracle Database 12c
12 2 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.55%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 56 (15.34%) Jenkins
2 55 (15.07%) Git
3 43 (11.78%) GitLab
4 18 (4.93%) JIRA
5 9 (2.47%) Sonatype Nexus
6 5 (1.37%) Artifactory
6 5 (1.37%) Bitbucket
7 4 (1.10%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (1.10%) Cucumber
7 4 (1.10%) Zephyr
8 3 (0.82%) JMeter
8 3 (0.82%) Locust
8 3 (0.82%) Maven
8 3 (0.82%) Robot Framework
8 3 (0.82%) TestCafe
8 3 (0.82%) Toad
9 2 (0.55%) Gerrit
10 1 (0.27%) Ant
10 1 (0.27%) Newman
10 1 (0.27%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 66 (18.08%) Social Skills
2 61 (16.71%) Finance
3 39 (10.68%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (7.67%) Banking
5 25 (6.85%) Documentation Skills
6 18 (4.93%) Public Sector
7 9 (2.47%) Legal
8 7 (1.92%) Military
9 6 (1.64%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.64%) Retail
10 5 (1.37%) Aerospace
10 5 (1.37%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.37%) Publishing
11 4 (1.10%) Law
11 4 (1.10%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.55%) Aviation
13 2 (0.55%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.27%) Local Government
14 1 (0.27%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 79 (21.64%) Linux Engineer
2 53 (14.52%) Senior
3 40 (10.96%) DevOps Engineer
3 40 (10.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 32 (8.77%) Cloud Engineer
5 23 (6.30%) Architect
6 21 (5.75%) Administrator
7 19 (5.21%) Security Engineer
8 18 (4.93%) Platform Engineer
9 16 (4.38%) Automation Engineer
9 16 (4.38%) AWS Engineer
9 16 (4.38%) Senior Linux Engineer
10 15 (4.11%) Linux Administrator
11 14 (3.84%) Linux Systems Engineer
11 14 (3.84%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 14 (3.84%) Systems Engineer
12 13 (3.56%) Systems Administrator
13 12 (3.29%) Linux Systems Administrator
13 12 (3.29%) Network Engineer
13 12 (3.29%) Unix Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (26.30%) Terraform
2 22 (6.03%) REST
3 14 (3.84%) LDAP
4 13 (3.56%) Middleware
5 12 (3.29%) Kafka
6 8 (2.19%) Azure Blueprints
6 8 (2.19%) JSON
6 8 (2.19%) SPNEGO
7 7 (1.92%) ARM Templates
8 6 (1.64%) Elastic Stack
9 5 (1.37%) Keycloak
9 5 (1.37%) OAuth
9 5 (1.37%) React
9 5 (1.37%) Vue
10 4 (1.10%) Django
10 4 (1.10%) Node.js
10 4 (1.10%) OpenTofu
10 4 (1.10%) WebSphere MQ
10 4 (1.10%) XML
10 4 (1.10%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (12.05%) Cloud Native
2 29 (7.95%) Security Posture
3 24 (6.58%) Replication
4 21 (5.75%) Onboarding
5 19 (5.21%) Data Centre
6 17 (4.66%) Enterprise Storage
7 16 (4.38%) Management Information System
8 15 (4.11%) Clustering
8 15 (4.11%) PKI
9 14 (3.84%) Legacy Systems
10 12 (3.29%) Enterprise Cloud
10 12 (3.29%) Hybrid Cloud
11 11 (3.01%) Linux Command Line
12 10 (2.74%) Data Protection Act
12 10 (2.74%) Virtual Team
13 8 (2.19%) Cloud Security Posture
13 8 (2.19%) Private Cloud
13 8 (2.19%) Product Ownership
13 8 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
14 7 (1.92%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 365 (100.00%) Linux
2 145 (39.73%) Windows
3 80 (21.92%) Windows Server
4 46 (12.60%) CentOS
5 45 (12.33%) Ubuntu
6 44 (12.05%) Unix
7 29 (7.95%) Solaris
8 23 (6.30%) Rocky
9 19 (5.21%) AIX
10 12 (3.29%) SUSE
11 10 (2.74%) Windows Server 2012
12 9 (2.47%) Oracle Linux
13 7 (1.92%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
13 7 (1.92%) Windows 10
13 7 (1.92%) Windows Server 2019
14 6 (1.64%) HPUX
15 5 (1.37%) Windows Server 2008
16 4 (1.10%) Alpine Linux
17 3 (0.82%) VMS
17 3 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (34.79%) CI/CD
2 125 (34.25%) DevOps
3 82 (22.47%) Infrastructure as Code
4 71 (19.45%) Configuration Management
5 69 (18.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 66 (18.08%) Migration
7 62 (16.99%) Containerisation
8 58 (15.89%) ITIL
9 57 (15.62%) Problem-Solving
10 56 (15.34%) Change Management
11 51 (13.97%) Agile
11 51 (13.97%) Platform Engineering
12 46 (12.60%) Observability
13 44 (12.05%) Continuous Improvement
13 44 (12.05%) Infrastructure Automation
14 36 (9.86%) Cloud Security
15 35 (9.59%) Root Cause Analysis
15 35 (9.59%) Runbook
16 34 (9.32%) Performance Tuning
17 32 (8.77%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 156 (42.74%) Python
2 117 (32.05%) Bash
3 93 (25.48%) PowerShell
4 41 (11.23%) Java
5 30 (8.22%) SQL
6 23 (6.30%) Shell Script
7 21 (5.75%) Perl
8 13 (3.56%) C
8 13 (3.56%) C++
9 11 (3.01%) Bicep
10 10 (2.74%) Korn
11 9 (2.47%) Go
11 9 (2.47%) Groovy
12 7 (1.92%) PL/SQL
13 6 (1.64%) JavaScript
14 3 (0.82%) MATLAB
15 2 (0.55%) C#
15 2 (0.55%) Search Processing Language
16 1 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
16 1 (0.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 153 (41.92%) Security Cleared
2 101 (27.67%) SC Cleared
3 46 (12.60%) DV Cleared
4 34 (9.32%) Degree
5 28 (7.67%) AWS Certification
6 27 (7.40%) CISSP
7 21 (5.75%) Azure Certification
8 18 (4.93%) RHCE
9 9 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.92%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (1.92%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (1.64%) CCNA
11 6 (1.64%) CCNP
11 6 (1.64%) CISM
11 6 (1.64%) RHCSA
12 3 (0.82%) MOS
12 3 (0.82%) RHCA
13 2 (0.55%) ISSAP
13 2 (0.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (2.74%) NIST
2 7 (1.92%) QA
3 6 (1.64%) SLA
4 5 (1.37%) GRC
4 5 (1.37%) NCSC
5 4 (1.10%) Disclosure Scotland
5 4 (1.10%) ISO 15022
5 4 (1.10%) ISO 20022
5 4 (1.10%) SOC 2
6 3 (0.82%) HIPAA
6 3 (0.82%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.27%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.27%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.27%) OpenSCAP
7 1 (0.27%) PMO
System Software
1 76 (20.82%) Docker
2 50 (13.70%) Active Directory
3 48 (13.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (6.58%) Virtual Machines
5 20 (5.48%) vSphere
6 17 (4.66%) VMware ESXi
7 16 (4.38%) NFS
8 10 (2.74%) Hyper-V
9 7 (1.92%) Oracle RAC
10 6 (1.64%) Corosync
11 4 (1.10%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 4 (1.10%) Veritas Volume Manager
12 3 (0.82%) GPFS
12 3 (0.82%) KVM
13 2 (0.55%) Ceph
13 2 (0.55%) Squid
14 1 (0.27%) Firmware
14 1 (0.27%) oVirt
14 1 (0.27%) RHEV
14 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 127 (34.79%) Ansible
2 100 (27.40%) Kubernetes
3 43 (11.78%) Puppet
4 34 (9.32%) Progress Chef
5 32 (8.77%) Grafana
6 30 (8.22%) Prometheus
7 26 (7.12%) Red Hat Satellite
8 18 (4.93%) NetBackup
9 15 (4.11%) Failover Clustering
10 13 (3.56%) Nagios
11 8 (2.19%) Packer
11 8 (2.19%) Podman
12 7 (1.92%) Pacemaker
12 7 (1.92%) SCCM
13 6 (1.64%) Oracle RMAN
13 6 (1.64%) systemd
13 6 (1.64%) WSUS
14 5 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
15 4 (1.10%) vCenter Server
15 4 (1.10%) yum
Vendors
1 172 (47.12%) Red Hat
2 66 (18.08%) VMware
3 65 (17.81%) Microsoft
4 55 (15.07%) Oracle
5 31 (8.49%) Google
6 28 (7.67%) NetApp
7 25 (6.85%) Cisco
7 25 (6.85%) Splunk
8 20 (5.48%) ServiceNow
9 18 (4.93%) IBM
10 14 (3.84%) Veeam
11 11 (3.01%) SaltStack
12 10 (2.74%) Qualys
13 9 (2.47%) Rapid7
13 9 (2.47%) SAP
13 9 (2.47%) SolarWinds
13 9 (2.47%) Tenable
13 9 (2.47%) Veritas
14 7 (1.92%) EMC
14 7 (1.92%) HP
201 Red Hat Enterprise Linux jobs Nationwide