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 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 353 241 230
Rank change year-on-year -112 -11 -3
Contract jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 251 348 461
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.68% 1.04% 1.07%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.28% 7.43% 7.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 223 322
10th Percentile £363 £413 £400
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £583 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.98% +5.91% -6.14%
75th Percentile £608 £688 £638
90th Percentile £675 £750 £722
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -6.67% +2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 3
10th Percentile £71.41 - £21.69
25th Percentile £75.00 - £23.00
Median hourly rate £90.00 £112.00 £25.18
Median % change year-on-year -19.64% +344.80% -65.27%
75th Percentile £119.00 - £39.47
90th Percentile - - £48.04
UK excluding London median hourly rate £97.00 - £25.18
% change year-on-year - - -65.51%

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 4,751 4,682 6,400
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.83% 14.02% 14.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,109 2,922 4,351
10th Percentile £175 £200 £180
25th Percentile £263 £313 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
75th Percentile £560 £588 £600
90th Percentile £668 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £410 £425 £430
% change year-on-year -3.53% -1.16% -4.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 350 176 310
10th Percentile £15.22 £16.25 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.94 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £32.25
Median % change year-on-year -30.14% +11.63% +29.00%
75th Percentile £62.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.20 £70.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £30.78 £26.09
% change year-on-year -18.29% +17.98% +18.59%

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 31 December 2025.

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 31 December 2025.

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 31 December 2025. 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 -95 210 £537 -10.50% 52
UK excluding London -61 156 £525 -6.67% 32
Work from Home -50 71 £545 +4.81% 18
London -73 58 £525 -12.50% 25
South East -9 48 £484 -15.87% 10
North of England -69 29 £550 -12.35% 7
Midlands -36 27 £550 +1.76% 2
South West -8 21 £550 -8.33% 5
West Midlands -33 21 £582 +14.80%
North West -18 18 £550 - 3
East of England -9 13 £477 -20.58% 7
Scotland -18 10 £514 +2.75% 2
Yorkshire -66 8 £500 -31.03% 4
North East -8 6 £550 -
East Midlands -14 6 £420 -23.39% 2
Northern Ireland - 6 £375 -
Wales - 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 8 (3.19%) Apache
2 7 (2.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.79%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.39%) SAS
4 5 (1.99%) Tomcat
5 4 (1.59%) JBoss
5 4 (1.59%) nginx
6 3 (1.20%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.80%) Confluence
7 2 (0.80%) NetWeaver
7 2 (0.80%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.80%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 1 (0.40%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.40%) CMS
8 1 (0.40%) Documentum
8 1 (0.40%) FileNet
8 1 (0.40%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.80%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (0.80%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.40%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 43 (17.13%) AWS
2 38 (15.14%) OpenShift
3 34 (13.55%) Azure
4 15 (5.98%) GitHub
5 14 (5.58%) Amazon S3
6 13 (5.18%) Amazon EC2
7 12 (4.78%) Entra ID
8 10 (3.98%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 9 (3.59%) GCP
10 8 (3.19%) SaaS
11 7 (2.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 6 (2.39%) Amazon ECS
12 6 (2.39%) AWS CloudFormation
12 6 (2.39%) AWS Fargate
12 6 (2.39%) Azure Sentinel
12 6 (2.39%) OCI
13 5 (1.99%) npm
14 4 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
14 4 (1.59%) IaaS
15 3 (1.20%) Amazon ECR
Communications & Networking
1 32 (12.75%) Firewall
2 28 (11.16%) DNS
3 18 (7.17%) SAN
4 12 (4.78%) SMTP
5 11 (4.38%) VLAN
6 10 (3.98%) DKIM
6 10 (3.98%) DMARC
7 8 (3.19%) TCP/IP
8 7 (2.79%) SSL
9 6 (2.39%) BGP
9 6 (2.39%) DHCP
9 6 (2.39%) Internet
9 6 (2.39%) Software-Defined Networking
9 6 (2.39%) WebEx
10 5 (1.99%) AMQP
10 5 (1.99%) Kerberos
11 4 (1.59%) Network Security
11 4 (1.59%) VSAN
12 3 (1.20%) LAN
12 3 (1.20%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.37%) Oracle Database
2 20 (7.97%) MongoDB
3 8 (3.19%) RDBMS
3 8 (3.19%) Relational Database
4 7 (2.79%) Amazon RDS
4 7 (2.79%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (2.79%) MySQL
5 6 (2.39%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (2.39%) SQL Server
6 5 (1.99%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (1.59%) MariaDB
8 3 (1.20%) Apache Cassandra
8 3 (1.20%) InfluxDB
8 3 (1.20%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.80%) DB2
9 2 (0.80%) GIS
9 2 (0.80%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 2 (0.80%) Oracle Exadata
9 2 (0.80%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.40%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 25 (9.96%) Git
2 21 (8.37%) GitLab
3 20 (7.97%) Jenkins
4 10 (3.98%) JIRA
5 8 (3.19%) Maven
6 6 (2.39%) Sonatype Nexus
6 6 (2.39%) TeamCity
7 5 (1.99%) Subversion
8 4 (1.59%) Terragrunt
9 3 (1.20%) Artifactory
9 3 (1.20%) Mockito
9 3 (1.20%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.80%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.80%) Gradle
10 2 (0.80%) Oracle APEX
11 1 (0.40%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.40%) Bitbucket Server
11 1 (0.40%) CA Release Automation
11 1 (0.40%) Eclipse
General
1 78 (31.08%) Social Skills
2 29 (11.55%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (10.36%) Public Sector
4 20 (7.97%) Finance
5 17 (6.77%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (2.79%) Legal
7 6 (2.39%) Banking
8 5 (1.99%) Aerospace
8 5 (1.99%) Financial Institution
8 5 (1.99%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.59%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.20%) Back Office
10 3 (1.20%) Front Office
11 1 (0.40%) Automotive
11 1 (0.40%) Billing
11 1 (0.40%) Electronics
11 1 (0.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.40%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.40%) Military
11 1 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 37 (14.74%) Administrator
2 32 (12.75%) Architect
3 25 (9.96%) Linux Engineer
4 16 (6.37%) DevOps Engineer
4 16 (6.37%) Platform Engineer
5 15 (5.98%) Linux Administrator
6 14 (5.58%) Lead
6 14 (5.58%) Senior
7 12 (4.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 12 (4.78%) Systems Administrator
8 11 (4.38%) Applications Engineer
8 11 (4.38%) Developer
8 11 (4.38%) Support Engineer
9 10 (3.98%) Consultant
9 10 (3.98%) Site Engineer
9 10 (3.98%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 7 (2.79%) Infrastructure Support
10 7 (2.79%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (2.79%) Storage and Backup Administrator
10 7 (2.79%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.78%) LDAP
2 11 (4.38%) Loki
3 10 (3.98%) Middleware
4 9 (3.59%) Kafka
5 8 (3.19%) REST
6 7 (2.79%) Keycloak
7 6 (2.39%) AWS CDK
7 6 (2.39%) cloud-init
7 6 (2.39%) Spring
7 6 (2.39%) Spring Boot
7 6 (2.39%) XMPP
8 5 (1.99%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (1.20%) ActiveMQ
9 3 (1.20%) JAX-RS
9 3 (1.20%) Regular Expression
9 3 (1.20%) SAP Basis
9 3 (1.20%) Spring Batch
9 3 (1.20%) Spring Security
9 3 (1.20%) YAML
10 2 (0.80%) Ajax
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.37%) Cloud Native
1 21 (8.37%) Data Centre
2 15 (5.98%) Clustering
3 14 (5.58%) Product Ownership
4 11 (4.38%) Onboarding
5 9 (3.59%) Enterprise Storage
6 8 (3.19%) PKI
6 8 (3.19%) Virtual Team
7 7 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (2.39%) Management Information System
8 6 (2.39%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.99%) Hedge funds
9 5 (1.99%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.59%) Client/Server
10 4 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.59%) Replication
10 4 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.20%) Derivative
11 3 (1.20%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 251 (100.00%) Linux
2 79 (31.47%) Windows
3 43 (17.13%) Windows Server
4 33 (13.15%) CentOS
5 31 (12.35%) Ubuntu
6 29 (11.55%) Unix
7 14 (5.58%) Solaris
8 12 (4.78%) Windows Server 2019
9 11 (4.38%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (1.99%) OpenVMS
10 5 (1.99%) Oracle Linux
11 4 (1.59%) VMS
11 4 (1.59%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (1.20%) AIX
12 3 (1.20%) Debian
12 3 (1.20%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
13 2 (0.80%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.80%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
14 1 (0.40%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (30.68%) CI/CD
2 54 (21.51%) DevOps
2 54 (21.51%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (18.73%) Infrastructure as Code
4 45 (17.93%) Containerisation
5 36 (14.34%) High Availability
6 35 (13.94%) Agile
7 30 (11.95%) Disaster Recovery
8 29 (11.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 26 (10.36%) Observability
10 25 (9.96%) ITIL
10 25 (9.96%) Migration
11 24 (9.56%) SIEM
12 22 (8.76%) Continuous Improvement
12 22 (8.76%) DevSecOps
13 20 (7.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 19 (7.57%) Patch Management
14 19 (7.57%) Stakeholder Management
15 18 (7.17%) ITSM
15 18 (7.17%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 92 (36.65%) Python
2 83 (33.07%) Bash
3 43 (17.13%) PowerShell
4 40 (15.94%) Shell Script
5 27 (10.76%) Perl
6 20 (7.97%) SQL
7 19 (7.57%) Java
8 10 (3.98%) Go
9 5 (1.99%) PL/SQL
10 4 (1.59%) JavaScript
11 3 (1.20%) Korn
11 3 (1.20%) MATLAB
11 3 (1.20%) Ruby
11 3 (1.20%) VBScript
12 2 (0.80%) C++
12 2 (0.80%) Rust
13 1 (0.40%) C
13 1 (0.40%) C#
13 1 (0.40%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 116 (46.22%) Security Cleared
2 84 (33.47%) SC Cleared
3 25 (9.96%) DV Cleared
4 13 (5.18%) RHCE
5 12 (4.78%) Degree
6 10 (3.98%) CCNP
6 10 (3.98%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (3.59%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (3.59%) CCDP
7 9 (3.59%) CCNA
8 5 (1.99%) RHCSA
9 4 (1.59%) OCP
9 4 (1.59%) Oracle Certification
10 3 (1.20%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.20%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.20%) CESG Certified Professional
10 3 (1.20%) CISSP
10 3 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.20%) SAP Certification
11 2 (0.80%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.59%) GDPR
2 7 (2.79%) NCSC
3 6 (2.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.39%) NIST
4 4 (1.59%) QA
4 4 (1.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.20%) NIST 800
5 3 (1.20%) SLA
6 2 (0.80%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.40%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.40%) HL7
7 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 45 (17.93%) VMware Infrastructure
2 38 (15.14%) Docker
3 30 (11.95%) Active Directory
4 11 (4.38%) VMware ESXi
4 11 (4.38%) vSphere
5 10 (3.98%) Postfix
6 8 (3.19%) KVM
7 7 (2.79%) Oracle RAC
7 7 (2.79%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (2.39%) Dovecot
9 4 (1.59%) NFS
9 4 (1.59%) QEMU
9 4 (1.59%) Veritas File System
9 4 (1.59%) Veritas Volume Manager
10 3 (1.20%) Hyper-V
10 3 (1.20%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 2 (0.80%) Ceph
11 2 (0.80%) Firmware
11 2 (0.80%) GPFS
12 1 (0.40%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 93 (37.05%) Ansible
2 66 (26.29%) Kubernetes
3 41 (16.33%) Terraform
4 37 (14.74%) Red Hat Satellite
5 26 (10.36%) Grafana
6 23 (9.16%) Prometheus
7 14 (5.58%) Argo
8 12 (4.78%) Podman
8 12 (4.78%) SCOM
9 10 (3.98%) Kustomize
10 8 (3.19%) Data Guard
10 8 (3.19%) Puppet
11 7 (2.79%) EMC NetWorker
11 7 (2.79%) EMC VPLEX
11 7 (2.79%) NetBackup
11 7 (2.79%) SCCM
12 6 (2.39%) Jamf Pro
12 6 (2.39%) Packer
12 6 (2.39%) Progress Chef
13 5 (1.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 164 (65.34%) Red Hat
2 87 (34.66%) VMware
3 40 (15.94%) Oracle
3 40 (15.94%) Splunk
4 27 (10.76%) Microsoft
5 20 (7.97%) Cisco
6 19 (7.57%) Dell
7 13 (5.18%) Citrix
8 11 (4.38%) CyberArk
9 9 (3.59%) HP
9 9 (3.59%) NVIDIA
10 8 (3.19%) Brocade
10 8 (3.19%) Qualys
10 8 (3.19%) Veritas
11 7 (2.79%) 3PAR
11 7 (2.79%) Broadcom
11 7 (2.79%) EMC
11 7 (2.79%) Isilon
11 7 (2.79%) NetApp
11 7 (2.79%) Okta