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

 6 months to
13 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 345 319 278
Rank change year-on-year -26 -41 -67
Contract jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 364 253 323
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.67% 0.77% 0.84%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.85% 5.69% 5.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 169 231
10th Percentile £400 £337 £360
25th Percentile £449 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £510
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +0.98% -11.30%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £603
90th Percentile £690 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 0 0
10th Percentile £36.75 - -
25th Percentile £41.11 - -
Median hourly rate £52.54 - -
75th Percentile £69.22 - -
90th Percentile £79.50 - -
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 5,313 4,443 5,440
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.77% 13.50% 14.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,351 2,842 3,506
10th Percentile £190 £190 £200
25th Percentile £313 £300 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.22% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £582
90th Percentile £675 £675 £685
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £440 £450
% change year-on-year +2.27% -2.22% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 390 272 279
10th Percentile £14.10 £15.50 £15.43
25th Percentile £17.25 £18.74 £20.00
Median hourly rate £26.00 £25.15 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.38% -48.67% +6.80%
75th Percentile £65.17 £57.81 £68.75
90th Percentile £74.36 £67.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £52.50
% change year-on-year +29.22% -52.10% +17.15%

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 13 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 13 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in the UK

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Top 15 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 13 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 -9 330 £500 -3.80% 150
UK excluding London -16 226 £500 - 83
London -41 118 £500 -4.76% 73
Work from Home -72 75 £475 -9.52% 103
North of England -48 65 £500 +17.37% 17
South East -41 50 £460 -14.42% 22
South West -6 48 £567 +3.14% 14
North West -42 40 £489 +24.30% 13
East of England +7 33 £519 +28.09% 24
Yorkshire -29 25 £538 +7.50% 1
Scotland -29 15 £488 -2.40% 5
Midlands -48 14 £530 -1.30% 6
East Midlands -13 8 £530 +26.19%
West Midlands -54 6 £568 -0.74% 6
Wales - 1 £475 -

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 (3.30%) JBoss
1 12 (3.30%) nginx
2 11 (3.02%) Apache
3 10 (2.75%) Confluence
4 9 (2.47%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.92%) Tomcat
6 6 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (1.65%) WebSphere
7 3 (0.82%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.55%) Documentum
8 2 (0.55%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.55%) SAS
8 2 (0.55%) Traefik
9 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.27%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.27%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.27%) WebSphere Application Server
9 1 (0.27%) WebSphere Portal
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
1 106 (29.12%) AWS
2 83 (22.80%) Azure
3 44 (12.09%) OpenShift
4 33 (9.07%) GCP
5 24 (6.59%) GitHub
6 23 (6.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 20 (5.49%) AWS CloudFormation
8 19 (5.22%) Amazon EKS
8 19 (5.22%) Datadog
9 18 (4.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 18 (4.95%) Amazon EC2
10 16 (4.40%) Entra ID
10 16 (4.40%) Serverless
11 15 (4.12%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 14 (3.85%) Amazon S3
12 14 (3.85%) Azure Monitor
12 14 (3.85%) GitHub Actions
12 14 (3.85%) IaaS
13 13 (3.57%) Amazon ECS
13 13 (3.57%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 49 (13.46%) DNS
2 44 (12.09%) Firewall
3 39 (10.71%) SAN
4 25 (6.87%) TCP/IP
5 22 (6.04%) Kerberos
6 21 (5.77%) DHCP
7 17 (4.67%) VLAN
8 16 (4.40%) Network Security
9 15 (4.12%) SSL
10 12 (3.30%) VPN
11 8 (2.20%) SSH
12 7 (1.92%) VoIP
13 6 (1.65%) VSAN
13 6 (1.65%) WAN
14 5 (1.37%) NAS
15 4 (1.10%) HTTP
15 4 (1.10%) Reverse Proxy
16 3 (0.82%) FTP
16 3 (0.82%) Intrusion Detection
16 3 (0.82%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (7.97%) PostgreSQL
2 25 (6.87%) Oracle Database
3 16 (4.40%) SQL Server
4 11 (3.02%) MySQL
5 10 (2.75%) Amazon RDS
6 9 (2.47%) SQLite
7 7 (1.92%) MongoDB
7 7 (1.92%) SAP HANA
8 6 (1.65%) Big Data
8 6 (1.65%) Hadoop
8 6 (1.65%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.37%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (1.10%) Data Lake
10 4 (1.10%) Oracle Database 12c
10 4 (1.10%) Redis
11 3 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.82%) GIS
12 2 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.55%) InfluxDB
12 2 (0.55%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 55 (15.11%) Jenkins
2 51 (14.01%) Git
3 42 (11.54%) GitLab
4 16 (4.40%) JIRA
5 7 (1.92%) Sonatype Nexus
6 6 (1.65%) Artifactory
7 4 (1.10%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.82%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.82%) Toad
9 2 (0.55%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 2 (0.55%) Gerrit
9 2 (0.55%) JMeter
9 2 (0.55%) Locust
9 2 (0.55%) Maven
9 2 (0.55%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.55%) TestCafe
9 2 (0.55%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.27%) Introscope
10 1 (0.27%) Newman
10 1 (0.27%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 66 (18.13%) Social Skills
2 57 (15.66%) Finance
3 37 (10.16%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (7.14%) Banking
4 26 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
5 22 (6.04%) Public Sector
6 11 (3.02%) Legal
7 8 (2.20%) Military
8 7 (1.92%) Aerospace
9 6 (1.65%) Retail
10 5 (1.37%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.37%) Publishing
11 3 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.82%) Law
11 3 (0.82%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.55%) Aviation
12 2 (0.55%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.27%) Corporate Banking
13 1 (0.27%) Local Government
13 1 (0.27%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 81 (22.25%) Linux Engineer
2 56 (15.38%) Senior
3 37 (10.16%) DevOps Engineer
4 36 (9.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 31 (8.52%) Cloud Engineer
6 25 (6.87%) Architect
7 24 (6.59%) Administrator
8 18 (4.95%) Linux Administrator
8 18 (4.95%) Platform Engineer
8 18 (4.95%) Security Engineer
9 17 (4.67%) Senior Linux Engineer
10 16 (4.40%) AWS Engineer
10 16 (4.40%) Lead
11 14 (3.85%) Automation Engineer
11 14 (3.85%) Linux Systems Engineer
11 14 (3.85%) Systems Engineer
11 14 (3.85%) Unix Engineer
12 13 (3.57%) Systems Administrator
13 12 (3.30%) Linux Systems Administrator
14 11 (3.02%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (24.73%) Terraform
2 16 (4.40%) REST
3 15 (4.12%) Middleware
4 13 (3.57%) LDAP
5 10 (2.75%) Kafka
6 8 (2.20%) Azure Blueprints
6 8 (2.20%) SPNEGO
7 7 (1.92%) ARM Templates
7 7 (1.92%) JSON
8 6 (1.65%) .NET
8 6 (1.65%) Elastic Stack
9 5 (1.37%) OAuth
9 5 (1.37%) React
9 5 (1.37%) Vue
9 5 (1.37%) WebSphere MQ
10 4 (1.10%) Celery
10 4 (1.10%) Django
10 4 (1.10%) JWT
10 4 (1.10%) Node.js
10 4 (1.10%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (12.09%) Cloud Native
2 29 (7.97%) Security Posture
3 27 (7.42%) Replication
4 21 (5.77%) Clustering
4 21 (5.77%) Data Centre
5 17 (4.67%) Management Information System
5 17 (4.67%) Onboarding
6 16 (4.40%) Enterprise Storage
7 14 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
7 14 (3.85%) Linux Command Line
7 14 (3.85%) PKI
8 13 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (3.30%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (3.30%) Enterprise Cloud
10 10 (2.75%) Virtual Team
11 9 (2.47%) Private Cloud
12 8 (2.20%) Cloud Security Posture
12 8 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (2.20%) Legacy Applications
12 8 (2.20%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 364 (100.00%) Linux
2 136 (37.36%) Windows
3 72 (19.78%) Windows Server
4 44 (12.09%) Ubuntu
5 43 (11.81%) CentOS
6 42 (11.54%) Unix
7 28 (7.69%) Solaris
8 23 (6.32%) Rocky
9 16 (4.40%) AIX
10 13 (3.57%) SUSE
11 11 (3.02%) Oracle Linux
12 10 (2.75%) Windows Server 2019
13 8 (2.20%) VMS
13 8 (2.20%) Windows Server 2012
14 6 (1.65%) HPUX
14 6 (1.65%) Windows 10
15 5 (1.37%) Windows Server 2008
15 5 (1.37%) Windows Server 2016
16 4 (1.10%) Alpine Linux
16 4 (1.10%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (35.16%) CI/CD
2 118 (32.42%) DevOps
3 80 (21.98%) Infrastructure as Code
4 69 (18.96%) Configuration Management
5 65 (17.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 63 (17.31%) Containerisation
7 61 (16.76%) Migration
8 55 (15.11%) Platform Engineering
9 54 (14.84%) Agile
9 54 (14.84%) ITIL
10 53 (14.56%) Change Management
11 51 (14.01%) Problem-Solving
12 47 (12.91%) Continuous Improvement
13 42 (11.54%) Observability
14 39 (10.71%) Performance Tuning
15 37 (10.16%) Infrastructure Automation
16 36 (9.89%) Runbook
17 35 (9.62%) Cloud Security
17 35 (9.62%) High Availability
18 34 (9.34%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 157 (43.13%) Python
2 109 (29.95%) Bash
3 96 (26.37%) PowerShell
4 38 (10.44%) Java
5 28 (7.69%) SQL
6 24 (6.59%) Shell Script
7 21 (5.77%) Perl
8 13 (3.57%) C
8 13 (3.57%) C++
9 12 (3.30%) Bicep
10 10 (2.75%) Korn
11 8 (2.20%) Go
11 8 (2.20%) PL/SQL
12 7 (1.92%) Groovy
12 7 (1.92%) JavaScript
13 6 (1.65%) C#
14 5 (1.37%) MATLAB
15 2 (0.55%) Search Processing Language
16 1 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
16 1 (0.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 158 (43.41%) Security Cleared
2 114 (31.32%) SC Cleared
3 41 (11.26%) DV Cleared
4 34 (9.34%) Degree
5 28 (7.69%) AWS Certification
6 27 (7.42%) CISSP
7 24 (6.59%) Azure Certification
8 16 (4.40%) RHCE
9 10 (2.75%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.92%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (1.65%) CISM
12 4 (1.10%) RHCSA
13 3 (0.82%) RHCA
14 2 (0.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.55%) ISSAP
14 2 (0.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 2 (0.55%) VCAP
14 2 (0.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (2.47%) SLA
2 8 (2.20%) NIST
3 7 (1.92%) NCSC
4 6 (1.65%) QA
5 5 (1.37%) GRC
6 4 (1.10%) Disclosure Scotland
6 4 (1.10%) ISO 15022
6 4 (1.10%) ISO 20022
6 4 (1.10%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.82%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.82%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.27%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.27%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.27%) OpenSCAP
8 1 (0.27%) PMO
System Software
1 72 (19.78%) Docker
2 47 (12.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 43 (11.81%) Active Directory
4 33 (9.07%) Virtual Machines
5 24 (6.59%) VMware ESXi
6 18 (4.95%) vSphere
7 16 (4.40%) NFS
8 14 (3.85%) Hyper-V
9 8 (2.20%) Oracle RAC
10 6 (1.65%) Corosync
11 4 (1.10%) Ceph
11 4 (1.10%) Firmware
11 4 (1.10%) Veritas Volume Manager
12 3 (0.82%) KVM
12 3 (0.82%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 3 (0.82%) VMware NSX
13 2 (0.55%) GPFS
13 2 (0.55%) Squid
14 1 (0.27%) oVirt
14 1 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 131 (35.99%) Ansible
2 98 (26.92%) Kubernetes
3 42 (11.54%) Puppet
4 35 (9.62%) Progress Chef
5 28 (7.69%) Grafana
5 28 (7.69%) Red Hat Satellite
6 26 (7.14%) Prometheus
7 19 (5.22%) Failover Clustering
8 16 (4.40%) NetBackup
9 10 (2.75%) Podman
9 10 (2.75%) vCenter Server
10 9 (2.47%) Packer
11 8 (2.20%) Oracle RMAN
12 7 (1.92%) Pacemaker
13 6 (1.65%) Check_MK
13 6 (1.65%) SCCM
13 6 (1.65%) systemd
14 5 (1.37%) SELinux
14 5 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
14 5 (1.37%) WSUS
Vendors
1 181 (49.73%) Red Hat
2 64 (17.58%) Microsoft
2 64 (17.58%) VMware
3 55 (15.11%) Oracle
4 27 (7.42%) Google
5 26 (7.14%) NetApp
6 23 (6.32%) Splunk
7 20 (5.49%) IBM
8 19 (5.22%) ServiceNow
9 17 (4.67%) Cisco
10 14 (3.85%) Veeam
11 11 (3.02%) SaltStack
12 10 (2.75%) Qualys
13 9 (2.47%) Rapid7
13 9 (2.47%) Tenable
14 8 (2.20%) SAP
15 7 (1.92%) HP
15 7 (1.92%) McAfee
15 7 (1.92%) Veritas
16 6 (1.65%) Dell
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