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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 350 235 313
Rank change year-on-year -115 +78 -107
Contract jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 287 338 293
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.62% 1.15% 0.67%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.11% 8.20% 5.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 238 219
10th Percentile £400 £400 £350
25th Percentile £450 £454 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £589 £650 £606
90th Percentile £675 £738 £673
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £547
% change year-on-year -9.09% +0.64% -0.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 0 5
10th Percentile £74.26 - £22.57
25th Percentile £74.68 - £25.18
Median hourly rate £80.00 - £52.50
75th Percentile £92.50 - £71.25
90th Percentile £113.70 - £75.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £78.75 - £52.50

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 4,701 4,121 5,811
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.14% 13.99% 13.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,067 2,730 3,918
10th Percentile £185 £200 £183
25th Percentile £312 £325 £291
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +2.70% -9.76%
75th Percentile £575 £599 £591
90th Percentile £657 £699 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £450 £440
% change year-on-year -5.56% +2.27% -7.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 179 398
10th Percentile £15.81 £16.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.41 £18.13 £15.19
Median hourly rate £34.00 £24.18 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.61% +9.91% -41.33%
75th Percentile £67.54 £62.50 £59.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £68.00 £69.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.57 £24.18 £21.00
% change year-on-year +42.95% +15.14% -30.00%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 -143 230 £500 -10.71% 84
UK excluding London -66 202 £500 -9.09% 63
Work from Home -57 89 £500 -7.96% 26
North of England -71 66 £520 -5.45% 12
South East -41 46 £475 -13.64% 17
London -109 39 £505 -15.83% 28
Yorkshire -59 33 £500 -20.95% 5
North West -38 29 £550 +39.95% 4
South West -31 28 £575 -6.50% 23
East of England -13 24 £477 -20.58% 5
Midlands -61 19 £534 -1.20% 4
West Midlands -53 17 £539 -1.28% 2
Scotland -23 14 £463 -3.04% 1
North East -17 7 £550 -1.35% 3
Northern Ireland +2 3 £375 - 1
East Midlands -35 2 £475 -6.13% 2
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 14 (4.88%) nginx
2 11 (3.83%) Confluence
3 10 (3.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (3.48%) Tomcat
4 9 (3.14%) Apache
4 9 (3.14%) SharePoint
4 9 (3.14%) WebLogic
5 7 (2.44%) SAS
6 4 (1.39%) WebSphere
7 3 (1.05%) IBM HTTP Server
7 3 (1.05%) JBoss
7 3 (1.05%) OpenStack
7 3 (1.05%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.70%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 2 (0.70%) WebSphere Portal
9 1 (0.35%) Documentum
9 1 (0.35%) FileNet
9 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.35%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.35%) Traefik
Applications
1 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 65 (22.65%) AWS
2 62 (21.60%) Azure
3 42 (14.63%) OpenShift
4 17 (5.92%) GCP
5 15 (5.23%) Amazon EC2
5 15 (5.23%) GitHub
6 14 (4.88%) Amazon S3
7 9 (3.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 7 (2.44%) Azure Sentinel
8 7 (2.44%) Entra ID
9 6 (2.09%) Amazon EKS
10 5 (1.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 5 (1.74%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (1.74%) Azure Monitor
10 5 (1.74%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 5 (1.74%) IaaS
10 5 (1.74%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (1.74%) Nutanix
10 5 (1.74%) OCI
11 4 (1.39%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 37 (12.89%) Firewall
2 25 (8.71%) SAN
3 16 (5.57%) DNS
4 15 (5.23%) VLAN
5 10 (3.48%) VSAN
6 9 (3.14%) HTTP
7 8 (2.79%) Kerberos
7 8 (2.79%) Network Security
8 7 (2.44%) BGP
8 7 (2.44%) SSL
9 6 (2.09%) iSCSI
9 6 (2.09%) Software-Defined Networking
9 6 (2.09%) TCP/IP
9 6 (2.09%) VPN
9 6 (2.09%) WebEx
10 5 (1.74%) DHCP
10 5 (1.74%) Fibre Channel
11 4 (1.39%) DKIM
11 4 (1.39%) DMARC
11 4 (1.39%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (8.01%) Oracle Database
2 14 (4.88%) MongoDB
3 13 (4.53%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (2.44%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (2.09%) SQL Server
6 5 (1.74%) GIS
6 5 (1.74%) SAP HANA
7 4 (1.39%) MySQL
7 4 (1.39%) Oracle Database 12c
8 3 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (1.05%) MariaDB
8 3 (1.05%) Oracle Exadata
8 3 (1.05%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.70%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.70%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.70%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.35%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.35%) DB2
10 1 (0.35%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 36 (12.54%) Jenkins
2 35 (12.20%) GitLab
3 32 (11.15%) Git
4 15 (5.23%) JIRA
5 7 (2.44%) Artifactory
6 6 (2.09%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 5 (1.74%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (1.05%) Introscope
8 3 (1.05%) Maven
9 2 (0.70%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.35%) Ant
10 1 (0.35%) GoCD
10 1 (0.35%) PVCS
10 1 (0.35%) Subversion
General
1 69 (24.04%) Social Skills
2 28 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
2 28 (9.76%) Public Sector
3 23 (8.01%) Documentation Skills
4 22 (7.67%) Finance
5 19 (6.62%) Banking
6 10 (3.48%) Legal
7 8 (2.79%) Aerospace
8 4 (1.39%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.70%) Back Office
9 2 (0.70%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.70%) Front Office
9 2 (0.70%) Military
9 2 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.35%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.35%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.35%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.35%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 41 (14.29%) Linux Engineer
2 32 (11.15%) Administrator
2 32 (11.15%) Architect
3 29 (10.10%) Platform Engineer
4 26 (9.06%) Senior
5 24 (8.36%) Lead
6 20 (6.97%) Linux Administrator
7 18 (6.27%) DevOps Engineer
7 18 (6.27%) Software Engineer
8 13 (4.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 12 (4.18%) Senior Linux Engineer
10 11 (3.83%) Systems Administrator
11 9 (3.14%) DBA
11 9 (3.14%) Oracle DBA
12 8 (2.79%) Lead Software Engineer
12 8 (2.79%) Solutions Architect
13 7 (2.44%) Security Engineer
13 7 (2.44%) Unix Engineer
14 6 (2.09%) Consultant
14 6 (2.09%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (6.97%) LDAP
2 18 (6.27%) Middleware
3 9 (3.14%) YAML
4 8 (2.79%) Spring
5 6 (2.09%) EJB
5 6 (2.09%) Spring Boot
5 6 (2.09%) XMPP
6 5 (1.74%) OpenLayers
6 5 (1.74%) REST
7 4 (1.39%) .NET
7 4 (1.39%) Elastic Stack
7 4 (1.39%) JSP
7 4 (1.39%) Kafka
8 3 (1.05%) FastAPI
8 3 (1.05%) Flask
8 3 (1.05%) Java EE
8 3 (1.05%) Java SE
8 3 (1.05%) JDBC
8 3 (1.05%) Loki
8 3 (1.05%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 38 (13.24%) Data Centre
2 19 (6.62%) Cloud Native
2 19 (6.62%) Product Ownership
3 15 (5.23%) Clustering
3 15 (5.23%) Management Information System
4 13 (4.53%) Hybrid Cloud
5 11 (3.83%) Onboarding
6 10 (3.48%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (3.14%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (3.14%) Public Cloud
8 8 (2.79%) Replication
9 7 (2.44%) Legacy Applications
10 6 (2.09%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (2.09%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (2.09%) FlexPod
11 5 (1.74%) Linux Command Line
11 5 (1.74%) PKI
12 4 (1.39%) EMC VMAX
12 4 (1.39%) Enterprise Storage
12 4 (1.39%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 287 (100.00%) Linux
2 101 (35.19%) Windows
3 51 (17.77%) Windows Server
4 43 (14.98%) Ubuntu
5 34 (11.85%) CentOS
6 24 (8.36%) Unix
7 19 (6.62%) Solaris
8 18 (6.27%) VMS
9 15 (5.23%) Windows Server 2019
10 12 (4.18%) Oracle Linux
10 12 (4.18%) Windows Server 2016
11 9 (3.14%) Windows Server 2008
12 8 (2.79%) AIX
12 8 (2.79%) CoreOS
12 8 (2.79%) SUSE
13 7 (2.44%) Rocky
14 6 (2.09%) Data ONTAP
14 6 (2.09%) Debian
15 4 (1.39%) HPUX
15 4 (1.39%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (29.97%) CI/CD
2 79 (27.53%) DevOps
3 64 (22.30%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (14.63%) Continuous Improvement
4 42 (14.63%) Infrastructure as Code
4 42 (14.63%) Platform Engineering
5 41 (14.29%) Containerisation
5 41 (14.29%) High Availability
6 40 (13.94%) Migration
7 38 (13.24%) Agile
8 31 (10.80%) ITIL
9 30 (10.45%) Performance Tuning
10 28 (9.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 27 (9.41%) SIEM
12 26 (9.06%) Software Engineering
13 25 (8.71%) Roadmaps
14 24 (8.36%) ITSM
15 22 (7.67%) Change Management
15 22 (7.67%) Disaster Recovery
15 22 (7.67%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 104 (36.24%) Python
2 70 (24.39%) Bash
3 66 (23.00%) PowerShell
4 40 (13.94%) Shell Script
5 31 (10.80%) Perl
6 30 (10.45%) SQL
7 24 (8.36%) Java
8 11 (3.83%) PL/SQL
9 9 (3.14%) JavaScript
9 9 (3.14%) MATLAB
10 8 (2.79%) Go
10 8 (2.79%) Ruby
11 5 (1.74%) Korn
12 4 (1.39%) C#
13 3 (1.05%) Jython
14 2 (0.70%) C++
14 2 (0.70%) Groovy
15 1 (0.35%) C
15 1 (0.35%) Rust
15 1 (0.35%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 140 (48.78%) Security Cleared
2 106 (36.93%) SC Cleared
3 28 (9.76%) DV Cleared
4 24 (8.36%) Degree
5 22 (7.67%) RHCE
6 16 (5.57%) OCP
6 16 (5.57%) Oracle Certification
7 11 (3.83%) Azure Certification
8 10 (3.48%) CISSP
9 9 (3.14%) CCDP
9 9 (3.14%) CCNA
9 9 (3.14%) CCNP
9 9 (3.14%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (1.74%) CompTIA Security+
11 5 (1.74%) RHCA
12 4 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (1.39%) RHCSA
12 4 (1.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (1.05%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.48%) SLA
2 7 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.74%) GDPR
3 5 (1.74%) NIST
4 4 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.39%) GRC
4 4 (1.39%) NCSC
4 4 (1.39%) QA
5 3 (1.05%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.70%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.35%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.35%) OpenSCAP
7 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.35%) SOC 2
System Software
1 55 (19.16%) VMware Infrastructure
2 38 (13.24%) Docker
3 36 (12.54%) Active Directory
4 26 (9.06%) Virtual Machines
5 21 (7.32%) VMware ESXi
5 21 (7.32%) vSphere
6 12 (4.18%) Oracle RAC
7 9 (3.14%) NFS
8 7 (2.44%) Hyper-V
8 7 (2.44%) VMware NSX
9 6 (2.09%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 5 (1.74%) Ceph
10 5 (1.74%) Corosync
10 5 (1.74%) Postfix
11 4 (1.39%) Firmware
11 4 (1.39%) QEMU
12 3 (1.05%) GPFS
13 2 (0.70%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 2 (0.70%) KVM
13 2 (0.70%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 112 (39.02%) Ansible
2 66 (23.00%) Kubernetes
3 48 (16.72%) Terraform
4 27 (9.41%) Red Hat Satellite
5 21 (7.32%) Grafana
6 18 (6.27%) Puppet
7 16 (5.57%) Oracle RMAN
7 16 (5.57%) Podman
8 13 (4.53%) Prometheus
9 11 (3.83%) Check_MK
9 11 (3.83%) vCenter Server
10 10 (3.48%) Argo
10 10 (3.48%) Progress Chef
11 9 (3.14%) Failover Clustering
12 8 (2.79%) Data Guard
13 7 (2.44%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 7 (2.44%) SCOM
14 6 (2.09%) SnapMirror
14 6 (2.09%) vMotion
15 5 (1.74%) Pacemaker
Vendors
1 181 (63.07%) Red Hat
2 87 (30.31%) VMware
3 50 (17.42%) Oracle
4 45 (15.68%) Microsoft
5 24 (8.36%) Splunk
6 22 (7.67%) Cisco
6 22 (7.67%) Dell
7 17 (5.92%) IBM
8 12 (4.18%) Citrix
9 11 (3.83%) NetApp
10 10 (3.48%) Google
10 10 (3.48%) HP
10 10 (3.48%) ServiceNow
11 8 (2.79%) NVIDIA
12 7 (2.44%) Brocade
13 6 (2.09%) Broadcom
13 6 (2.09%) Commvault
13 6 (2.09%) SAP
13 6 (2.09%) Tenable
14 5 (1.74%) Veritas