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 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 359 231 310
Rank change year-on-year -128 +79 -102
Contract jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 279 340 301
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.60% 1.16% 0.69%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.92% 8.32% 5.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 199 240 224
10th Percentile £400 £400 £352
25th Percentile £450 £453 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £595 £650 £625
90th Percentile £675 £738 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 5
10th Percentile £74.30 - £22.57
25th Percentile £74.92 - £25.18
Median hourly rate £82.50 - £52.50
75th Percentile £92.50 - £71.25
90th Percentile £116.35 - £75.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.00 - £52.50
% change year-on-year - - -16.09%

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 4,711 4,087 5,896
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.21% 13.89% 13.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,067 2,724 3,966
10th Percentile £181 £200 £183
25th Percentile £310 £320 £290
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +2.70% -9.76%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £594
90th Percentile £660 £699 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 321 173 406
10th Percentile £15.62 £16.30 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.13 £15.31
Median hourly rate £34.00 £24.18 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.61% +9.91% -26.67%
75th Percentile £67.25 £62.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £68.00 £67.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.13 £24.18 £20.00
% change year-on-year +41.15% +20.90% -25.93%

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 18 April 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 18 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in the UK

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Top 17 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 18 April 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 -138 224 £501 -11.02% 78
UK excluding London -76 198 £500 -9.09% 59
Work from Home -72 88 £513 -5.44% 27
North of England -72 64 £523 -5.00% 13
South East -32 47 £475 -13.64% 16
London -107 37 £518 -13.75% 27
Yorkshire -62 32 £500 -20.95% 5
North West -43 28 £550 +39.95% 5
South West -23 26 £575 -6.50% 21
East of England -15 23 £477 -20.58% 7
Midlands -61 20 £530 -1.85% 1
West Midlands -60 17 £539 -1.28%
Scotland -22 13 £463 -3.44% 1
North East -11 7 £550 -1.35% 3
Northern Ireland +5 3 £375 - 1
East Midlands -33 3 £420 -17.00% 1
Wales - 2 - - 1

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 (4.66%) nginx
2 11 (3.94%) Confluence
3 10 (3.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (3.58%) Tomcat
4 9 (3.23%) SharePoint
4 9 (3.23%) WebLogic
5 8 (2.87%) Apache
6 7 (2.51%) SAS
7 3 (1.08%) IBM HTTP Server
7 3 (1.08%) OpenStack
7 3 (1.08%) WebSphere
7 3 (1.08%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.72%) JBoss
8 2 (0.72%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 2 (0.72%) WebSphere Portal
9 1 (0.36%) Documentum
9 1 (0.36%) FileNet
9 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.36%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 63 (22.58%) AWS
2 60 (21.51%) Azure
3 40 (14.34%) OpenShift
4 17 (6.09%) GCP
5 15 (5.38%) Amazon EC2
5 15 (5.38%) GitHub
6 14 (5.02%) Amazon S3
7 9 (3.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 7 (2.51%) Azure Sentinel
8 7 (2.51%) Entra ID
9 6 (2.15%) Amazon EKS
10 5 (1.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 5 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (1.79%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 5 (1.79%) IaaS
10 5 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (1.79%) Nutanix
10 5 (1.79%) OCI
11 4 (1.43%) Azure Monitor
11 4 (1.43%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 37 (13.26%) Firewall
2 25 (8.96%) SAN
3 16 (5.73%) DNS
4 15 (5.38%) VLAN
5 10 (3.58%) VSAN
6 9 (3.23%) HTTP
7 8 (2.87%) Kerberos
7 8 (2.87%) Network Security
8 7 (2.51%) BGP
9 6 (2.15%) iSCSI
9 6 (2.15%) Software-Defined Networking
9 6 (2.15%) SSL
9 6 (2.15%) TCP/IP
9 6 (2.15%) VPN
9 6 (2.15%) WebEx
10 5 (1.79%) DHCP
10 5 (1.79%) Fibre Channel
11 4 (1.43%) DKIM
11 4 (1.43%) DMARC
11 4 (1.43%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (7.89%) Oracle Database
2 14 (5.02%) MongoDB
3 13 (4.66%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (2.51%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (2.51%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (2.15%) SQL Server
6 5 (1.79%) GIS
7 4 (1.43%) MySQL
7 4 (1.43%) Oracle Database 12c
7 4 (1.43%) SAP HANA
8 3 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (1.08%) MariaDB
8 3 (1.08%) Oracle Exadata
8 3 (1.08%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.72%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.72%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.72%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.36%) IBM InfoSphere
10 1 (0.36%) Metadata
10 1 (0.36%) OpenStack Swift
Development Applications
1 34 (12.19%) Jenkins
2 32 (11.47%) GitLab
3 31 (11.11%) Git
4 14 (5.02%) JIRA
5 6 (2.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 5 (1.79%) Artifactory
7 3 (1.08%) Introscope
7 3 (1.08%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.72%) Maven
8 2 (0.72%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.36%) GoCD
9 1 (0.36%) PVCS
9 1 (0.36%) Subversion
General
1 70 (25.09%) Social Skills
2 28 (10.04%) Public Sector
3 25 (8.96%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (8.24%) Documentation Skills
5 20 (7.17%) Finance
6 18 (6.45%) Banking
7 10 (3.58%) Legal
8 8 (2.87%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.43%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.72%) Back Office
10 2 (0.72%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.72%) Front Office
10 2 (0.72%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.72%) Military
10 2 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.36%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.36%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.36%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.36%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (13.62%) Linux Engineer
2 32 (11.47%) Administrator
2 32 (11.47%) Architect
3 28 (10.04%) Platform Engineer
4 24 (8.60%) Senior
5 22 (7.89%) Lead
6 20 (7.17%) Linux Administrator
7 18 (6.45%) Software Engineer
8 15 (5.38%) DevOps Engineer
9 12 (4.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (3.94%) Senior Linux Engineer
11 10 (3.58%) Systems Administrator
12 9 (3.23%) DBA
12 9 (3.23%) Oracle DBA
13 8 (2.87%) Lead Software Engineer
13 8 (2.87%) Solutions Architect
14 7 (2.51%) Security Engineer
15 6 (2.15%) Consultant
15 6 (2.15%) Systems Engineer
15 6 (2.15%) Unix Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (7.17%) LDAP
2 17 (6.09%) Middleware
3 9 (3.23%) YAML
4 8 (2.87%) Spring
5 6 (2.15%) EJB
5 6 (2.15%) Spring Boot
5 6 (2.15%) XMPP
6 5 (1.79%) Loki
6 5 (1.79%) OpenLayers
6 5 (1.79%) REST
7 4 (1.43%) .NET
7 4 (1.43%) JSP
8 3 (1.08%) Elastic Stack
8 3 (1.08%) FastAPI
8 3 (1.08%) Flask
8 3 (1.08%) Java EE
8 3 (1.08%) Java SE
8 3 (1.08%) JDBC
8 3 (1.08%) Kafka
8 3 (1.08%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 37 (13.26%) Data Centre
2 21 (7.53%) Cloud Native
3 19 (6.81%) Product Ownership
4 14 (5.02%) Clustering
4 14 (5.02%) Management Information System
5 12 (4.30%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (3.58%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (3.23%) Public Cloud
8 8 (2.87%) Onboarding
8 8 (2.87%) Replication
9 7 (2.51%) Legacy Applications
10 6 (2.15%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (2.15%) FlexPod
11 5 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (1.79%) Linux Command Line
11 5 (1.79%) PKI
11 5 (1.79%) Virtual Team
12 4 (1.43%) Enterprise Storage
12 4 (1.43%) NVMe
Operating Systems
1 279 (100.00%) Linux
2 97 (34.77%) Windows
3 50 (17.92%) Windows Server
4 43 (15.41%) Ubuntu
5 34 (12.19%) CentOS
6 23 (8.24%) Unix
7 18 (6.45%) VMS
8 17 (6.09%) Solaris
9 15 (5.38%) Windows Server 2019
10 12 (4.30%) Windows Server 2016
11 11 (3.94%) Oracle Linux
12 9 (3.23%) Windows Server 2008
13 7 (2.51%) AIX
13 7 (2.51%) CoreOS
13 7 (2.51%) Rocky
13 7 (2.51%) SUSE
14 6 (2.15%) Data ONTAP
14 6 (2.15%) Debian
15 4 (1.43%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
16 3 (1.08%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (30.47%) CI/CD
2 75 (26.88%) DevOps
3 62 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 43 (15.41%) Infrastructure as Code
5 41 (14.70%) Continuous Improvement
6 40 (14.34%) Agile
6 40 (14.34%) High Availability
6 40 (14.34%) Platform Engineering
7 39 (13.98%) Containerisation
8 38 (13.62%) Migration
9 28 (10.04%) ITIL
9 28 (10.04%) Performance Tuning
10 27 (9.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 26 (9.32%) SIEM
11 26 (9.32%) Software Engineering
12 24 (8.60%) Roadmaps
13 23 (8.24%) ITSM
14 22 (7.89%) Disaster Recovery
15 21 (7.53%) DevSecOps
15 21 (7.53%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 103 (36.92%) Python
2 69 (24.73%) Bash
3 65 (23.30%) PowerShell
4 40 (14.34%) Shell Script
5 31 (11.11%) Perl
6 30 (10.75%) SQL
7 24 (8.60%) Java
8 11 (3.94%) PL/SQL
9 9 (3.23%) JavaScript
9 9 (3.23%) MATLAB
10 8 (2.87%) Go
10 8 (2.87%) Ruby
11 5 (1.79%) Korn
12 4 (1.43%) C#
13 3 (1.08%) Jython
14 1 (0.36%) Bicep
14 1 (0.36%) C++
14 1 (0.36%) Groovy
14 1 (0.36%) Rust
14 1 (0.36%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 138 (49.46%) Security Cleared
2 104 (37.28%) SC Cleared
3 28 (10.04%) DV Cleared
4 22 (7.89%) Degree
5 20 (7.17%) RHCE
6 16 (5.73%) OCP
6 16 (5.73%) Oracle Certification
7 11 (3.94%) Azure Certification
8 9 (3.23%) CCDP
8 9 (3.23%) CCNA
8 9 (3.23%) CCNP
8 9 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (3.23%) CISSP
9 4 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.43%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.43%) RHCA
9 4 (1.43%) RHCSA
9 4 (1.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (1.08%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.58%) SLA
2 7 (2.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.79%) GDPR
3 5 (1.79%) NIST
4 4 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.43%) NCSC
4 4 (1.43%) QA
5 3 (1.08%) GRC
5 3 (1.08%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.72%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.36%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.36%) OpenSCAP
7 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.36%) SOC 2
System Software
1 55 (19.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 37 (13.26%) Docker
3 36 (12.90%) Active Directory
4 25 (8.96%) Virtual Machines
5 23 (8.24%) vSphere
6 21 (7.53%) VMware ESXi
7 12 (4.30%) Oracle RAC
8 9 (3.23%) NFS
9 7 (2.51%) Hyper-V
9 7 (2.51%) VMware NSX
10 5 (1.79%) Ceph
10 5 (1.79%) Postfix
10 5 (1.79%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 4 (1.43%) Corosync
11 4 (1.43%) Firmware
11 4 (1.43%) QEMU
12 3 (1.08%) GPFS
13 2 (0.72%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 2 (0.72%) KVM
13 2 (0.72%) Samba
Systems Management
1 107 (38.35%) Ansible
2 65 (23.30%) Kubernetes
3 46 (16.49%) Terraform
4 27 (9.68%) Red Hat Satellite
5 22 (7.89%) Grafana
6 17 (6.09%) Puppet
7 16 (5.73%) Oracle RMAN
8 15 (5.38%) Podman
9 14 (5.02%) Prometheus
10 11 (3.94%) Argo
10 11 (3.94%) Check_MK
10 11 (3.94%) vCenter Server
11 10 (3.58%) Progress Chef
12 8 (2.87%) Data Guard
12 8 (2.87%) Failover Clustering
13 7 (2.51%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 6 (2.15%) SCOM
14 6 (2.15%) SnapMirror
14 6 (2.15%) vMotion
15 5 (1.79%) vRealize
Vendors
1 180 (64.52%) Red Hat
2 87 (31.18%) VMware
3 48 (17.20%) Oracle
4 44 (15.77%) Microsoft
5 22 (7.89%) Cisco
5 22 (7.89%) Dell
5 22 (7.89%) Splunk
6 17 (6.09%) IBM
7 12 (4.30%) Citrix
8 11 (3.94%) NetApp
9 10 (3.58%) Google
10 9 (3.23%) HP
11 8 (2.87%) NVIDIA
11 8 (2.87%) ServiceNow
12 7 (2.51%) Brocade
13 6 (2.15%) Broadcom
13 6 (2.15%) Commvault
13 6 (2.15%) Tenable
14 5 (1.79%) SAP
14 5 (1.79%) Veritas