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 11 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 375 224 294
Rank change year-on-year -151 +70 -102
Contract jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 259 352 346
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.61% 1.19% 0.77%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.43% 8.34% 5.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 230 246
10th Percentile £400 £400 £350
25th Percentile £454 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £568 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.61% +3.32% -6.14%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £631
90th Percentile £675 £738 £703
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £551 £545
% change year-on-year -9.26% +1.10% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 2 5
10th Percentile £74.26 - £22.57
25th Percentile £74.68 - £25.18
Median hourly rate £90.00 £112.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.64% +113.33% -20.45%
75th Percentile £113.50 - £71.25
90th Percentile £119.00 - £75.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £82.50 - £52.50
% change year-on-year - - -22.79%

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 4,766 4,219 6,110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.20% 14.31% 13.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,130 2,744 4,072
10th Percentile £180 £200 £180
25th Percentile £275 £313 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.89% +5.56% -12.24%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £588
90th Percentile £658 £699 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £413 £440 £425
% change year-on-year -6.25% +3.53% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 350 154 415
10th Percentile £15.00 £16.55 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.76 £20.00 £15.58
Median hourly rate £22.81 £29.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.34% +28.89% -15.09%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £26.25 £22.50
% change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -13.46%

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 11 March 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 11 March 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 11 March 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 -150 209 £525 -8.70% 47
UK excluding London -85 175 £500 -9.26% 43
Work from Home -52 88 £500 -9.09% 16
North of England -72 52 £525 -14.63% 8
South East -39 50 £484 -12.05% 22
London -120 38 £525 -12.50% 12
Yorkshire -73 27 £500 -23.08% 4
South West -20 21 £575 -6.50% 5
North West -32 21 £550 - 3
Midlands -76 19 £501 -9.17% 2
East of England -12 17 £478 -20.33%
West Midlands -63 17 £537 -2.54% 1
Scotland -1 11 £450 -7.79% 6
North East -10 7 £550 -1.35% 1
Northern Ireland - 3 £375 -
East Midlands -38 2 £420 -21.79% 1
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 12 (4.63%) nginx
2 11 (4.25%) Confluence
3 9 (3.47%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (3.09%) WebLogic
5 7 (2.70%) Apache
5 7 (2.70%) SharePoint
5 7 (2.70%) Tomcat
6 6 (2.32%) SAS
7 3 (1.16%) JBoss
7 3 (1.16%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.77%) IBM HTTP Server
8 2 (0.77%) NetWeaver
8 2 (0.77%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.77%) WebSphere Application Server
9 1 (0.39%) FileNet
9 1 (0.39%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 1 (0.39%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.39%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.39%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 4 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 56 (21.62%) AWS
2 47 (18.15%) Azure
3 43 (16.60%) OpenShift
4 18 (6.95%) GCP
5 15 (5.79%) Amazon EC2
5 15 (5.79%) GitHub
6 14 (5.41%) Amazon S3
7 12 (4.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 9 (3.47%) Entra ID
9 7 (2.70%) Azure Sentinel
9 7 (2.70%) OCI
10 6 (2.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 6 (2.32%) Nutanix
11 5 (1.93%) Amazon EKS
11 5 (1.93%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 5 (1.93%) IaaS
11 5 (1.93%) Microsoft 365
12 4 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (1.16%) npm
13 3 (1.16%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 33 (12.74%) Firewall
2 21 (8.11%) SAN
3 14 (5.41%) DNS
4 12 (4.63%) VLAN
5 7 (2.70%) BGP
6 6 (2.32%) HTTP
6 6 (2.32%) Kerberos
6 6 (2.32%) Software-Defined Networking
6 6 (2.32%) WebEx
7 5 (1.93%) Fibre Channel
7 5 (1.93%) iSCSI
7 5 (1.93%) Network Security
7 5 (1.93%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.54%) DKIM
8 4 (1.54%) DMARC
8 4 (1.54%) SMTP
8 4 (1.54%) VSAN
9 3 (1.16%) AMQP
9 3 (1.16%) DHCP
9 3 (1.16%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.11%) Oracle Database
2 15 (5.79%) MongoDB
3 9 (3.47%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (2.32%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (2.32%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (1.93%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (1.93%) GIS
5 5 (1.93%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.16%) DB2
6 3 (1.16%) MariaDB
6 3 (1.16%) MySQL
6 3 (1.16%) Oracle Database 12c
6 3 (1.16%) Oracle Exadata
6 3 (1.16%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (1.16%) RDBMS
6 3 (1.16%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.77%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.77%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.39%) IBM InfoSphere
8 1 (0.39%) OpenStack Swift
Development Applications
1 33 (12.74%) Jenkins
2 29 (11.20%) GitLab
3 28 (10.81%) Git
4 14 (5.41%) JIRA
5 6 (2.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 5 (1.93%) Maven
6 5 (1.93%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (1.54%) Artifactory
8 3 (1.16%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.77%) Introscope
9 2 (0.77%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.77%) Subversion
10 1 (0.39%) GoCD
10 1 (0.39%) Gradle
10 1 (0.39%) TeamCity
General
1 74 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 30 (11.58%) Public Sector
3 27 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (7.72%) Documentation Skills
5 16 (6.18%) Finance
6 14 (5.41%) Banking
7 8 (3.09%) Legal
8 6 (2.32%) Aerospace
9 5 (1.93%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.77%) Back Office
10 2 (0.77%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.77%) Front Office
10 2 (0.77%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.39%) Automotive
11 1 (0.39%) Billing
11 1 (0.39%) Electronics
11 1 (0.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.39%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.39%) Military
Job Titles
1 32 (12.36%) Architect
2 31 (11.97%) Administrator
3 25 (9.65%) Linux Engineer
3 25 (9.65%) Platform Engineer
4 18 (6.95%) Lead
5 17 (6.56%) Linux Administrator
6 15 (5.79%) DevOps Engineer
6 15 (5.79%) Senior
7 12 (4.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (4.25%) Software Engineer
9 9 (3.47%) Systems Administrator
10 8 (3.09%) Consultant
10 8 (3.09%) DBA
10 8 (3.09%) Oracle DBA
10 8 (3.09%) Solutions Architect
11 7 (2.70%) Security Engineer
11 7 (2.70%) Systems Engineer
12 6 (2.32%) Developer
12 6 (2.32%) Support Engineer
13 5 (1.93%) Senior Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.95%) LDAP
2 16 (6.18%) Middleware
3 9 (3.47%) Loki
3 9 (3.47%) YAML
4 8 (3.09%) Spring
5 6 (2.32%) Spring Boot
5 6 (2.32%) XMPP
6 5 (1.93%) EJB
6 5 (1.93%) OpenLayers
6 5 (1.93%) REST
7 4 (1.54%) Kafka
8 3 (1.16%) AWS CDK
8 3 (1.16%) cloud-init
8 3 (1.16%) Elastic Stack
8 3 (1.16%) FastAPI
8 3 (1.16%) Flask
8 3 (1.16%) Java EE
8 3 (1.16%) Java SE
8 3 (1.16%) Keycloak
8 3 (1.16%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 34 (13.13%) Data Centre
2 24 (9.27%) Cloud Native
3 18 (6.95%) Product Ownership
4 12 (4.63%) Management Information System
4 12 (4.63%) Onboarding
5 10 (3.86%) Clustering
5 10 (3.86%) Hybrid Cloud
6 9 (3.47%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (3.09%) Legacy Applications
7 8 (3.09%) Virtual Team
8 7 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.70%) PKI
8 7 (2.70%) Public Cloud
9 6 (2.32%) FlexPod
10 5 (1.93%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.93%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.54%) NVMe
12 3 (1.16%) Cyber Defence
12 3 (1.16%) EMC VMAX
Operating Systems
1 259 (100.00%) Linux
2 87 (33.59%) Windows
3 45 (17.37%) Windows Server
4 41 (15.83%) Ubuntu
5 36 (13.90%) CentOS
6 23 (8.88%) Unix
7 14 (5.41%) Solaris
8 12 (4.63%) Windows Server 2019
9 11 (4.25%) VMS
10 10 (3.86%) Windows Server 2016
11 8 (3.09%) Windows Server 2008
12 6 (2.32%) CoreOS
12 6 (2.32%) Data ONTAP
12 6 (2.32%) Oracle Linux
13 5 (1.93%) Debian
13 5 (1.93%) Rocky
14 3 (1.16%) AIX
14 3 (1.16%) OpenVMS
14 3 (1.16%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
15 2 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (34.36%) CI/CD
2 67 (25.87%) DevOps
3 63 (24.32%) Problem-Solving
4 40 (15.44%) Agile
4 40 (15.44%) Infrastructure as Code
5 37 (14.29%) Containerisation
6 36 (13.90%) Continuous Improvement
7 35 (13.51%) High Availability
8 32 (12.36%) Platform Engineering
9 29 (11.20%) Migration
10 28 (10.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 27 (10.42%) SIEM
12 25 (9.65%) DevSecOps
12 25 (9.65%) ITIL
13 24 (9.27%) Observability
14 23 (8.88%) ITSM
15 22 (8.49%) Roadmaps
16 21 (8.11%) Disaster Recovery
16 21 (8.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 20 (7.72%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 96 (37.07%) Python
2 72 (27.80%) Bash
3 57 (22.01%) PowerShell
4 39 (15.06%) Shell Script
5 31 (11.97%) Perl
6 28 (10.81%) SQL
7 23 (8.88%) Java
8 10 (3.86%) PL/SQL
9 9 (3.47%) Go
10 8 (3.09%) JavaScript
10 8 (3.09%) Ruby
11 7 (2.70%) MATLAB
12 5 (1.93%) Korn
13 2 (0.77%) Jython
14 1 (0.39%) C++
14 1 (0.39%) Groovy
14 1 (0.39%) Rust
14 1 (0.39%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 127 (49.03%) Security Cleared
2 94 (36.29%) SC Cleared
3 26 (10.04%) DV Cleared
4 22 (8.49%) Degree
5 16 (6.18%) RHCE
6 15 (5.79%) OCP
6 15 (5.79%) Oracle Certification
7 10 (3.86%) CCDP
7 10 (3.86%) CCNA
7 10 (3.86%) CCNP
7 10 (3.86%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (2.70%) Azure Certification
9 6 (2.32%) CISSP
10 4 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.16%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.16%) CESG Certified Professional
11 3 (1.16%) CISM
11 3 (1.16%) RHCSA
11 3 (1.16%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.70%) SLA
2 6 (2.32%) GDPR
2 6 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (2.32%) NIST
3 5 (1.93%) NCSC
4 4 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.16%) NIST 800
5 3 (1.16%) QA
6 2 (0.77%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.39%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.39%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.39%) HL7
7 1 (0.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 53 (20.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 32 (12.36%) Active Directory
2 32 (12.36%) Docker
3 19 (7.34%) vSphere
4 14 (5.41%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (4.63%) Oracle RAC
5 12 (4.63%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (3.09%) NFS
7 5 (1.93%) Postfix
7 5 (1.93%) VMware NSX
8 4 (1.54%) QEMU
8 4 (1.54%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 3 (1.16%) GPFS
10 2 (0.77%) Ceph
10 2 (0.77%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.77%) Firmware
10 2 (0.77%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.77%) KVM
10 2 (0.77%) Lustre
10 2 (0.77%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 101 (39.00%) Ansible
2 72 (27.80%) Kubernetes
3 45 (17.37%) Terraform
4 31 (11.97%) Red Hat Satellite
5 25 (9.65%) Grafana
6 15 (5.79%) Podman
6 15 (5.79%) Prometheus
6 15 (5.79%) Puppet
7 14 (5.41%) Oracle RMAN
8 13 (5.02%) Argo
9 11 (4.25%) SCOM
10 9 (3.47%) Check_MK
11 8 (3.09%) Data Guard
11 8 (3.09%) Kustomize
11 8 (3.09%) Progress Chef
12 7 (2.70%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 6 (2.32%) SCCM
13 6 (2.32%) SnapMirror
14 5 (1.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 5 (1.93%) vRealize
Vendors
1 164 (63.32%) Red Hat
2 88 (33.98%) VMware
3 41 (15.83%) Oracle
4 38 (14.67%) Microsoft
5 29 (11.20%) Splunk
6 22 (8.49%) Cisco
7 19 (7.34%) Dell
8 14 (5.41%) Citrix
9 12 (4.63%) IBM
10 11 (4.25%) NetApp
10 11 (4.25%) NVIDIA
11 10 (3.86%) Google
12 8 (3.09%) Tenable
13 7 (2.70%) Brocade
13 7 (2.70%) ServiceNow
14 6 (2.32%) HP
14 6 (2.32%) Symantec
15 5 (1.93%) Broadcom
15 5 (1.93%) CyberArk
15 5 (1.93%) Fortinet