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 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
19 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 352 326 275
Rank change year-on-year -26 -51 -66
Contract jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 377 239 319
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.69% 0.73% 0.83%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.99% 5.37% 5.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 162 224
10th Percentile £399 £335 £357
25th Percentile £449 £410 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £520
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -1.92% -9.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £624
90th Percentile £690 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £495 £520
% change year-on-year +1.01% -4.81% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 0 0
10th Percentile £36.75 - -
25th Percentile £41.71 - -
Median hourly rate £52.54 - -
75th Percentile £68.75 - -
90th Percentile £79.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £52.54 - -

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 5,394 4,453 5,451
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.83% 13.51% 14.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,393 2,846 3,476
10th Percentile £190 £188 £200
25th Percentile £313 £300 £329
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 £674 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £432 £450
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 404 281 270
10th Percentile £14.21 £15.50 £15.96
25th Percentile £17.25 £18.87 £20.30
Median hourly rate £27.50 £25.15 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.34% -49.70% +5.26%
75th Percentile £67.25 £58.75 £68.75
90th Percentile £74.90 £67.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £55.00
% change year-on-year +29.22% -54.27% +19.88%

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 19 September 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 19 September 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 19 September 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 +3 343 £500 -2.91% 191
UK excluding London -17 235 £500 +1.01% 111
London -26 122 £500 -3.38% 88
Work from Home -59 79 £481 -8.38% 44
North of England -43 65 £500 +6.16% 20
South East -38 53 £460 -12.38% 25
South West -4 44 £551 +0.18% 19
North West -33 41 £489 +31.14% 18
East of England +11 40 £513 +26.54% 25
Yorkshire -28 24 £550 +10.00% 1
Midlands -48 17 £528 +6.57% 13
Scotland -21 15 £488 -2.40% 8
West Midlands -51 9 £525 -9.70% 12
East Midlands -11 8 £530 +26.19% 1
North East -52 1 - - 1
Wales - 1 £475 - 3

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 12 (3.18%) Confluence
1 12 (3.18%) JBoss
1 12 (3.18%) nginx
2 10 (2.65%) Apache
3 9 (2.39%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.86%) Tomcat
5 6 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (1.59%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.80%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.53%) Documentum
7 2 (0.53%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.53%) Traefik
8 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.27%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Fuse
8 1 (0.27%) SAS
8 1 (0.27%) WebSphere Application Server
8 1 (0.27%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 4 (1.06%) 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
1 108 (28.65%) AWS
2 87 (23.08%) Azure
3 46 (12.20%) OpenShift
4 37 (9.81%) GCP
5 23 (6.10%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 22 (5.84%) GitHub
7 21 (5.57%) Datadog
8 19 (5.04%) Amazon EKS
8 19 (5.04%) AWS CloudFormation
9 18 (4.77%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 18 (4.77%) Amazon EC2
10 17 (4.51%) Entra ID
11 16 (4.24%) Serverless
12 15 (3.98%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 14 (3.71%) Amazon S3
13 14 (3.71%) Azure Monitor
14 13 (3.45%) AWS Lambda
14 13 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
14 13 (3.45%) GitHub Actions
14 13 (3.45%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (13.26%) DNS
2 47 (12.47%) Firewall
3 39 (10.34%) SAN
4 31 (8.22%) TCP/IP
5 22 (5.84%) DHCP
5 22 (5.84%) Kerberos
6 21 (5.57%) SSL
7 19 (5.04%) Network Security
8 17 (4.51%) VLAN
9 12 (3.18%) VPN
10 9 (2.39%) HTTP
10 9 (2.39%) SSH
11 7 (1.86%) BGP
11 7 (1.86%) VoIP
12 6 (1.59%) VSAN
12 6 (1.59%) WAN
13 5 (1.33%) HSRP
13 5 (1.33%) NAS
13 5 (1.33%) OSPF
13 5 (1.33%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (7.96%) PostgreSQL
2 24 (6.37%) Oracle Database
3 16 (4.24%) SQL Server
4 11 (2.92%) MySQL
5 10 (2.65%) Amazon RDS
6 9 (2.39%) SQLite
7 8 (2.12%) MongoDB
8 7 (1.86%) SAP HANA
9 6 (1.59%) Big Data
9 6 (1.59%) Hadoop
9 6 (1.59%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.33%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (1.33%) Redis
11 4 (1.06%) Data Lake
11 4 (1.06%) Oracle Database 12c
12 3 (0.80%) GIS
13 2 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.53%) InfluxDB
13 2 (0.53%) Metadata
13 2 (0.53%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 58 (15.38%) Jenkins
2 53 (14.06%) Git
3 45 (11.94%) GitLab
4 18 (4.77%) JIRA
5 9 (2.39%) Sonatype Nexus
6 6 (1.59%) Artifactory
7 5 (1.33%) Bitbucket
8 4 (1.06%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (1.06%) Cucumber
8 4 (1.06%) Zephyr
9 3 (0.80%) Toad
10 2 (0.53%) Gerrit
10 2 (0.53%) JMeter
10 2 (0.53%) Locust
10 2 (0.53%) Maven
10 2 (0.53%) Robot Framework
10 2 (0.53%) TestCafe
11 1 (0.27%) Introscope
11 1 (0.27%) Newman
11 1 (0.27%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 66 (17.51%) Social Skills
2 58 (15.38%) Finance
3 39 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (7.16%) Documentation Skills
5 26 (6.90%) Banking
6 21 (5.57%) Public Sector
7 11 (2.92%) Legal
8 8 (2.12%) Aerospace
8 8 (2.12%) Military
9 6 (1.59%) Retail
10 5 (1.33%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.33%) Publishing
11 4 (1.06%) Law
12 3 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.80%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.80%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.53%) Aviation
14 1 (0.27%) Corporate Banking
14 1 (0.27%) Local Government
14 1 (0.27%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 84 (22.28%) Linux Engineer
2 56 (14.85%) Senior
3 39 (10.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 38 (10.08%) DevOps Engineer
5 31 (8.22%) Cloud Engineer
6 24 (6.37%) Administrator
6 24 (6.37%) Architect
7 19 (5.04%) Platform Engineer
8 18 (4.77%) Linux Administrator
8 18 (4.77%) Security Engineer
9 17 (4.51%) AWS Engineer
9 17 (4.51%) Senior Linux Engineer
10 15 (3.98%) Automation Engineer
10 15 (3.98%) Lead
11 14 (3.71%) Linux Systems Engineer
11 14 (3.71%) Systems Engineer
12 13 (3.45%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 13 (3.45%) Systems Administrator
12 13 (3.45%) Unix Engineer
13 12 (3.18%) Linux Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (24.40%) Terraform
2 18 (4.77%) REST
3 15 (3.98%) Middleware
4 14 (3.71%) LDAP
5 11 (2.92%) Kafka
6 8 (2.12%) Azure Blueprints
6 8 (2.12%) SPNEGO
7 7 (1.86%) ARM Templates
7 7 (1.86%) JSON
8 6 (1.59%) .NET
8 6 (1.59%) Elastic Stack
9 5 (1.33%) OAuth
9 5 (1.33%) React
9 5 (1.33%) Vue
9 5 (1.33%) WebSphere MQ
10 4 (1.06%) Celery
10 4 (1.06%) JWT
10 4 (1.06%) Keycloak
10 4 (1.06%) Node.js
10 4 (1.06%) OpenTofu
Miscellaneous
1 44 (11.67%) Cloud Native
2 29 (7.69%) Security Posture
3 27 (7.16%) Replication
4 21 (5.57%) Clustering
4 21 (5.57%) Data Centre
5 19 (5.04%) Onboarding
6 18 (4.77%) Management Information System
7 15 (3.98%) Enterprise Storage
8 14 (3.71%) Hybrid Cloud
8 14 (3.71%) Linux Command Line
8 14 (3.71%) PKI
9 13 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
10 12 (3.18%) Enterprise Cloud
11 11 (2.92%) Data Protection Act
12 10 (2.65%) Virtual Team
13 9 (2.39%) Private Cloud
14 8 (2.12%) Cloud Security Posture
14 8 (2.12%) Enterprise Software
14 8 (2.12%) Legacy Applications
15 7 (1.86%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 377 (100.00%) Linux
2 145 (38.46%) Windows
3 78 (20.69%) Windows Server
4 46 (12.20%) CentOS
5 45 (11.94%) Ubuntu
6 44 (11.67%) Unix
7 29 (7.69%) Solaris
8 21 (5.57%) Rocky
9 18 (4.77%) AIX
10 15 (3.98%) SUSE
11 10 (2.65%) Oracle Linux
12 9 (2.39%) Windows Server 2019
13 8 (2.12%) VMS
13 8 (2.12%) Windows Server 2012
14 7 (1.86%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
15 6 (1.59%) HPUX
15 6 (1.59%) Windows 10
16 5 (1.33%) Windows Server 2008
17 4 (1.06%) Alpine Linux
17 4 (1.06%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (33.95%) CI/CD
2 120 (31.83%) DevOps
3 81 (21.49%) Infrastructure as Code
4 68 (18.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 67 (17.77%) Configuration Management
6 66 (17.51%) Migration
7 65 (17.24%) Containerisation
8 57 (15.12%) ITIL
9 56 (14.85%) Change Management
10 55 (14.59%) Platform Engineering
10 55 (14.59%) Problem-Solving
11 50 (13.26%) Agile
12 45 (11.94%) Continuous Improvement
13 43 (11.41%) Observability
14 41 (10.88%) Infrastructure Automation
15 39 (10.34%) Performance Tuning
16 37 (9.81%) Runbook
17 35 (9.28%) Cloud Security
17 35 (9.28%) Root Cause Analysis
18 34 (9.02%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 159 (42.18%) Python
2 114 (30.24%) Bash
3 97 (25.73%) PowerShell
4 40 (10.61%) Java
5 29 (7.69%) SQL
6 25 (6.63%) Shell Script
7 22 (5.84%) Perl
8 13 (3.45%) C
8 13 (3.45%) C++
9 11 (2.92%) Bicep
10 10 (2.65%) Korn
11 9 (2.39%) Go
11 9 (2.39%) Groovy
12 8 (2.12%) PL/SQL
13 6 (1.59%) C#
13 6 (1.59%) JavaScript
14 5 (1.33%) MATLAB
15 2 (0.53%) Search Processing Language
16 1 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
16 1 (0.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 165 (43.77%) Security Cleared
2 114 (30.24%) SC Cleared
3 44 (11.67%) DV Cleared
4 33 (8.75%) Degree
5 28 (7.43%) AWS Certification
6 27 (7.16%) CISSP
7 24 (6.37%) Azure Certification
8 17 (4.51%) RHCE
9 9 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.86%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (1.59%) CISM
12 5 (1.33%) RHCSA
13 4 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.80%) CCNA
14 3 (0.80%) CCNP
14 3 (0.80%) RHCA
15 2 (0.53%) ISSAP
15 2 (0.53%) MOS
15 2 (0.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (2.39%) NIST
1 9 (2.39%) SLA
2 8 (2.12%) QA
3 6 (1.59%) NCSC
4 5 (1.33%) GRC
5 4 (1.06%) Disclosure Scotland
5 4 (1.06%) ISO 15022
5 4 (1.06%) ISO 20022
5 4 (1.06%) SOC 2
6 3 (0.80%) HIPAA
6 3 (0.80%) PCI DSS
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 74 (19.63%) Docker
2 50 (13.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 49 (13.00%) Active Directory
4 33 (8.75%) Virtual Machines
5 24 (6.37%) VMware ESXi
6 23 (6.10%) vSphere
7 16 (4.24%) NFS
8 14 (3.71%) Hyper-V
9 8 (2.12%) Oracle RAC
10 6 (1.59%) Corosync
11 4 (1.06%) Ceph
11 4 (1.06%) Firmware
11 4 (1.06%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 4 (1.06%) Veritas Volume Manager
12 3 (0.80%) KVM
12 3 (0.80%) VMware NSX
13 2 (0.53%) GPFS
13 2 (0.53%) Squid
14 1 (0.27%) OpenSSH
14 1 (0.27%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 132 (35.01%) Ansible
2 99 (26.26%) Kubernetes
3 41 (10.88%) Puppet
4 34 (9.02%) Progress Chef
5 30 (7.96%) Grafana
6 28 (7.43%) Prometheus
6 28 (7.43%) Red Hat Satellite
7 19 (5.04%) Failover Clustering
8 18 (4.77%) NetBackup
9 10 (2.65%) Nagios
9 10 (2.65%) Podman
9 10 (2.65%) vCenter Server
10 9 (2.39%) Packer
11 8 (2.12%) Oracle RMAN
12 7 (1.86%) Pacemaker
13 6 (1.59%) Check_MK
13 6 (1.59%) SCCM
13 6 (1.59%) systemd
14 5 (1.33%) SELinux
14 5 (1.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 182 (48.28%) Red Hat
2 70 (18.57%) VMware
3 64 (16.98%) Microsoft
4 55 (14.59%) Oracle
5 30 (7.96%) Google
6 27 (7.16%) NetApp
7 25 (6.63%) Splunk
8 22 (5.84%) Cisco
9 20 (5.31%) IBM
9 20 (5.31%) ServiceNow
10 14 (3.71%) Veeam
11 11 (2.92%) SaltStack
12 10 (2.65%) Qualys
13 9 (2.39%) Rapid7
13 9 (2.39%) Tenable
13 9 (2.39%) Veritas
14 8 (2.12%) SAP
15 7 (1.86%) HP
15 7 (1.86%) McAfee
16 6 (1.59%) Dell
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