Red Hat Enterprise Linux Contracts

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Red Hat Enterprise Linux skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Red Hat Enterprise Linux over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 282 224 278
Rank change year-on-year -58 +54 +32
Contract jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 330 642 877
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.82% 1.18% 0.98%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.88% 7.52% 6.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 247 453 603
10th Percentile £350 £413 £418
25th Percentile £433 £465 £498
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £585 £590
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -0.85% +18.00%
75th Percentile £600 £675 £663
90th Percentile £672 £798 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £530
% change year-on-year - -0.85% +11.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 10 11
10th Percentile £65.18 - £22.00
25th Percentile £67.31 £51.25 £42.89
Median hourly rate £72.75 £71.25 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% +13.10% +1.20%
75th Percentile £76.31 £73.75 £77.50
90th Percentile £77.33 £73.88 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £72.75 £72.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year +0.34% +3.57% -5.41%

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 5,608 8,533 13,536
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.96% 15.70% 15.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,709 5,862 9,367
10th Percentile £193 £188 £181
25th Percentile £325 £325 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.82%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £625
90th Percentile £688 £713 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £465 £450 £440
% change year-on-year +3.33% +2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 375 386 541
10th Percentile £12.60 £14.64 £12.66
25th Percentile £16.83 £18.52 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.00 £42.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.18% +88.89% +32.35%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.38 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.50 £32.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year +6.15% +62.50% +25.00%

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in the UK

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Daily rate trend for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in the UK

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in the UK

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Hourly rate trend for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in the UK

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Top 14 Contract 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 26 July 2024. 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 -60 274 £525 -14.29% 33
UK excluding London -8 212 £525 - 32
London -74 92 £510 -20.93% 9
South East +23 89 £573 +4.09% 9
Work from Home -57 78 £475 -13.56% 19
Midlands +43 55 £550 +14.58% 3
South West +30 41 £582 -3.00% 9
Scotland +3 37 £448 -10.40% 6
West Midlands +23 35 £564 +17.40% 3
East Midlands - 20 £449 -
North of England +5 11 £507 -10.75% 4
East of England -13 7 £500 +11.11% 3
Yorkshire +16 6 £485 -9.56% 2
North West +17 5 £528 -12.00% 1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 20 (6.06%) JBoss
2 19 (5.76%) Apache
3 17 (5.15%) Tomcat
4 12 (3.64%) OpenStack
5 11 (3.33%) nginx
6 7 (2.12%) WebSphere
7 6 (1.82%) Confluence
7 6 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (1.52%) WebLogic
9 3 (0.91%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.91%) IBM Domino
9 3 (0.91%) IBM Notes
10 2 (0.61%) IIS
10 2 (0.61%) Red Hat Fuse
11 1 (0.30%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.30%) OpenEdge
11 1 (0.30%) SAS
11 1 (0.30%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (0.91%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 9 (2.73%) Temenos T24
2 6 (1.82%) Global One
3 3 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.30%) MFGPRO
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.30%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 82 (24.85%) AWS
2 58 (17.58%) Azure
3 26 (7.88%) OpenShift
4 25 (7.58%) Amazon S3
5 24 (7.27%) Amazon EC2
6 18 (5.45%) AWS CloudFormation
6 18 (5.45%) Serverless
7 14 (4.24%) AWS Lambda
8 12 (3.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 11 (3.33%) Slack
10 10 (3.03%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 9 (2.73%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (2.73%) GCP
12 8 (2.42%) Amazon SQS
12 8 (2.42%) AWS KMS
12 8 (2.42%) GitHub
13 7 (2.12%) Amazon ECS
13 7 (2.12%) Azure AKS
13 7 (2.12%) Route 53
14 6 (1.82%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 25 (7.58%) DNS
2 17 (5.15%) Firewall
3 15 (4.55%) DHCP
4 12 (3.64%) SAN
5 11 (3.33%) SSL
6 10 (3.03%) Kerberos
7 7 (2.12%) TCP/IP
8 5 (1.52%) Fibre Channel
8 5 (1.52%) LAN
8 5 (1.52%) WAN
9 4 (1.21%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (0.91%) VSAN
11 2 (0.61%) Intrusion Detection
11 2 (0.61%) OpenLDAP
12 1 (0.30%) AMQP
12 1 (0.30%) NAS
12 1 (0.30%) Network Security
12 1 (0.30%) SSH
12 1 (0.30%) VPN
12 1 (0.30%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (14.85%) SQL Server
2 30 (9.09%) Relational Database
3 29 (8.79%) RDBMS
4 25 (7.58%) Elasticsearch
5 18 (5.45%) PostgreSQL
6 13 (3.94%) MongoDB
6 13 (3.94%) Oracle Database
7 11 (3.33%) MySQL
8 8 (2.42%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (2.12%) InfluxDB
10 5 (1.52%) DB2
11 4 (1.21%) Amazon Aurora
11 4 (1.21%) Informix
12 3 (0.91%) NoSQL
12 3 (0.91%) SAP HANA
13 2 (0.61%) Amazon Redshift
13 2 (0.61%) Oracle Exadata
14 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
14 1 (0.30%) IBM InfoSphere
14 1 (0.30%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 59 (17.88%) Jenkins
2 45 (13.64%) GitLab
3 41 (12.42%) Git
4 17 (5.15%) JIRA
5 13 (3.94%) Artifactory
6 12 (3.64%) Sonatype Nexus
7 6 (1.82%) Bitbucket Server
7 6 (1.82%) SonarQube
7 6 (1.82%) TeamCity
8 5 (1.52%) CA Release Automation
9 3 (0.91%) Jaeger
9 3 (0.91%) Maven
9 3 (0.91%) Robot Framework
9 3 (0.91%) Selenium
10 2 (0.61%) Ant
10 2 (0.61%) Subversion
11 1 (0.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.30%) Oracle APEX
11 1 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.30%) Vagrant
General
1 45 (13.64%) Public Sector
2 40 (12.12%) Social Skills
3 30 (9.09%) Finance
4 24 (7.27%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (5.15%) Banking
6 5 (1.52%) Billing
7 3 (0.91%) Telecoms
8 2 (0.61%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.30%) Advertising
9 1 (0.30%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.30%) Electronics
9 1 (0.30%) Front Office
9 1 (0.30%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.30%) Law
9 1 (0.30%) Legal
9 1 (0.30%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.30%) Marketing
9 1 (0.30%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.30%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 48 (14.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 38 (11.52%) Architect
3 37 (11.21%) Linux Engineer
4 30 (9.09%) Support Engineer
5 28 (8.48%) Linux Systems Administrator
6 26 (7.88%) Administrator
7 25 (7.58%) DevOps Engineer
8 24 (7.27%) Systems Administrator
9 18 (5.45%) Linux Administrator
10 17 (5.15%) Linux Support
11 16 (4.85%) Lead
12 14 (4.24%) Consultant
12 14 (4.24%) Infrastructure Support
12 14 (4.24%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
12 14 (4.24%) Platform Engineer
13 13 (3.94%) AWS Engineer
14 12 (3.64%) Linux Support Engineer
14 12 (3.64%) Senior
15 11 (3.33%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
16 10 (3.03%) AWS DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (7.58%) Middleware
2 19 (5.76%) Elastic Stack
2 19 (5.76%) YAML
3 11 (3.33%) AWS CDK
3 11 (3.33%) Kafka
4 9 (2.73%) HTML
4 9 (2.73%) IBM Integration Bus
5 8 (2.42%) HTML5
6 6 (1.82%) Spring Boot
7 4 (1.21%) JSON
8 3 (0.91%) LDAP
8 3 (0.91%) RabbitMQ
9 2 (0.61%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.61%) Apache NiFi
9 2 (0.61%) LAMP
9 2 (0.61%) Node.js
9 2 (0.61%) React
9 2 (0.61%) Vue
9 2 (0.61%) Web Services
10 1 (0.30%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.06%) Linux Command Line
2 19 (5.76%) Onboarding
3 14 (4.24%) Client/Server
4 13 (3.94%) Clustering
4 13 (3.94%) Data Centre
4 13 (3.94%) SCADA
5 9 (2.73%) Replication
6 6 (1.82%) Cloud Native
6 6 (1.82%) Grid Computing
6 6 (1.82%) Management Information System
6 6 (1.82%) PKI
7 5 (1.52%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.91%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (0.91%) e-Learning
9 3 (0.91%) Learning Management System
9 3 (0.91%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.61%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.61%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.61%) LPAR
Operating Systems
1 330 (100.00%) Linux
2 134 (40.61%) Windows
3 68 (20.61%) Unix
4 57 (17.27%) Windows Server
5 40 (12.12%) CentOS
6 27 (8.18%) Solaris
7 16 (4.85%) Windows Server 2019
8 15 (4.55%) AIX
9 13 (3.94%) Ubuntu
10 6 (1.82%) VMS
11 5 (1.52%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (1.52%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (1.21%) Oracle Linux
12 4 (1.21%) Rocky
13 3 (0.91%) HPUX
13 3 (0.91%) SUSE
13 3 (0.91%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
13 3 (0.91%) Windows 10
13 3 (0.91%) zOS
14 2 (0.61%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (26.06%) DevOps
2 64 (19.39%) Infrastructure as Code
3 60 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 53 (16.06%) CI/CD
5 42 (12.73%) Agile
6 34 (10.30%) Configuration Management
6 34 (10.30%) Containerisation
7 29 (8.79%) Migration
8 24 (7.27%) Problem-Solving
9 21 (6.36%) Cybersecurity
9 21 (6.36%) Platform Engineering
9 21 (6.36%) Virtual Infrastructure
10 20 (6.06%) Microservices
10 20 (6.06%) Performance Tuning
10 20 (6.06%) Task Automation
11 19 (5.76%) Infrastructure Automation
12 18 (5.45%) SIEM
12 18 (5.45%) Validation
13 17 (5.15%) High Availability
14 16 (4.85%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 92 (27.88%) Python
2 71 (21.52%) PowerShell
3 60 (18.18%) Shell Script
4 37 (11.21%) SQL
5 32 (9.70%) Bash
6 19 (5.76%) Java
7 16 (4.85%) Perl
8 13 (3.94%) VBScript
9 12 (3.64%) Groovy
10 9 (2.73%) C#
11 7 (2.12%) C
11 7 (2.12%) Korn
11 7 (2.12%) PL/SQL
12 6 (1.82%) ProC
13 5 (1.52%) JavaScript
13 5 (1.52%) TypeScript
14 3 (0.91%) C++
14 3 (0.91%) LotusScript
14 3 (0.91%) PHP
15 2 (0.61%) Go
Qualifications
1 177 (53.64%) Security Cleared
2 124 (37.58%) SC Cleared
3 57 (17.27%) DV Cleared
4 15 (4.55%) Degree
5 11 (3.33%) RHCE
6 6 (1.82%) MCSE
6 6 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.21%) CCNA
7 4 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.21%) Microsoft Certified Master
7 4 (1.21%) RHCSA
8 1 (0.30%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.30%) Linux+ Certification
8 1 (0.30%) LPIC
8 1 (0.30%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.73%) NIST
1 9 (2.73%) SLA
2 8 (2.42%) PCI DSS
3 7 (2.12%) QA
4 6 (1.82%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (0.91%) GDPR
6 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 81 (24.55%) VMware Infrastructure
2 56 (16.97%) Docker
3 42 (12.73%) Active Directory
4 29 (8.79%) Virtual Machines
5 24 (7.27%) VMware ESXi
6 19 (5.76%) Hyper-V
6 19 (5.76%) vSphere
7 13 (3.94%) VMware NSX
8 11 (3.33%) KVM
9 4 (1.21%) VMware Server
10 3 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.30%) Firmware
11 1 (0.30%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.30%) Xen
Systems Management
1 126 (38.18%) Ansible
2 73 (22.12%) Kubernetes
3 57 (17.27%) Terraform
4 33 (10.00%) Puppet
5 32 (9.70%) Grafana
6 30 (9.09%) Progress Chef
7 23 (6.97%) Red Hat Satellite
8 22 (6.67%) Kibana
8 22 (6.67%) Prometheus
9 19 (5.76%) Packer
10 17 (5.15%) Salt
10 17 (5.15%) SCCM
11 12 (3.64%) vCenter Server
12 11 (3.33%) logstash
13 6 (1.82%) Control-M
13 6 (1.82%) SCOM
13 6 (1.82%) SCSM
13 6 (1.82%) SELinux
14 5 (1.52%) yum
15 4 (1.21%) vRealize
Vendors
1 187 (56.67%) Red Hat
2 117 (35.45%) VMware
3 58 (17.58%) Oracle
4 44 (13.33%) Microsoft
5 18 (5.45%) IBM
6 16 (4.85%) SaltStack
7 14 (4.24%) CyberArk
8 11 (3.33%) ArcSight
8 11 (3.33%) Splunk
9 10 (3.03%) Amdocs
10 9 (2.73%) Temenos
10 9 (2.73%) Veritas
11 8 (2.42%) AppDynamics
11 8 (2.42%) Qualys
11 8 (2.42%) Sybase
12 7 (2.12%) Cisco
12 7 (2.12%) Confluent
12 7 (2.12%) Veeam
13 6 (1.82%) HP
14 5 (1.52%) Dell