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 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 341 267 215
Rank change year-on-year -74 -52 +13
Contract jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 254 337 528
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.71% 0.93% 1.15%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.35% 6.62% 7.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 209 368
10th Percentile £353 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £459 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £656 £638
90th Percentile £660 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £547 £530
% change year-on-year -8.59% +3.21% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 7
10th Percentile £68.56 - £23.44
25th Percentile £74.63 - £38.22
Median hourly rate £109.00 £112.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.68% +60.00% -3.45%
75th Percentile £119.00 - £73.75
90th Percentile - - £74.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £109.00 - £70.00
% change year-on-year - - -4.11%

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 4,752 5,094 6,938
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.26% 14.05% 15.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,062 3,109 4,717
10th Percentile £181 £200 £183
25th Percentile £263 £325 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
75th Percentile £563 £583 £609
90th Percentile £660 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £401 £440 £438
% change year-on-year -8.86% +0.57% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 368 208 343
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.18 £14.47
25th Percentile £18.87 £22.44 £18.13
Median hourly rate £25.00 £50.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +66.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £55.03 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.84 £70.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £51.25 £27.25
% change year-on-year -51.22% +88.07% +21.11%

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 30 November 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 30 November 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 30 November 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 -71 221 £525 -8.70% 44
UK excluding London -40 147 £500 -8.59% 40
Work from Home -29 73 £538 +6.44% 20
London -36 71 £525 -12.50% 20
South East -6 43 £484 -12.05% 23
North of England -62 33 £550 -12.35% 1
Midlands -33 25 £545 +3.81% 4
South West +6 23 £550 +2.33% 7
North West -19 20 £550 - 1
West Midlands -21 19 £581 +25.70% 4
Yorkshire -48 10 £475 -34.48%
East of England -7 8 £450 -25.00% 2
Scotland -23 8 £514 +2.75% 3
North East -6 6 £550 +6.02%
East Midlands -21 6 £420 -20.75%
Northern Ireland - 6 £363 -
Wales - 1 - - 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 15 (5.91%) Apache
2 8 (3.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.76%) SharePoint
4 6 (2.36%) JBoss
4 6 (2.36%) Tomcat
5 4 (1.57%) Confluence
5 4 (1.57%) Documentum
5 4 (1.57%) FileNet
5 4 (1.57%) nginx
5 4 (1.57%) SAS
6 3 (1.18%) Apache Spark
6 3 (1.18%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.79%) NetWeaver
7 2 (0.79%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 1 (0.39%) CMS
8 1 (0.39%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.39%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.79%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (0.79%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.39%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 53 (20.87%) AWS
2 35 (13.78%) OpenShift
3 27 (10.63%) Azure
4 18 (7.09%) GitHub
5 13 (5.12%) Amazon EC2
5 13 (5.12%) Amazon S3
5 13 (5.12%) Entra ID
5 13 (5.12%) GCP
6 12 (4.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 8 (3.15%) AWS CloudFormation
7 8 (3.15%) SaaS
8 7 (2.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 7 (2.76%) Amazon ECS
8 7 (2.76%) AWS Fargate
8 7 (2.76%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.97%) npm
9 5 (1.97%) Serverless
10 4 (1.57%) Amazon SQS
10 4 (1.57%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 4 (1.57%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 35 (13.78%) Firewall
2 32 (12.60%) DNS
3 18 (7.09%) SAN
4 12 (4.72%) SMTP
4 12 (4.72%) VLAN
5 11 (4.33%) TCP/IP
6 10 (3.94%) DKIM
6 10 (3.94%) DMARC
7 9 (3.54%) DHCP
8 7 (2.76%) BGP
8 7 (2.76%) SSL
9 6 (2.36%) Internet
9 6 (2.36%) Software-Defined Networking
9 6 (2.36%) WebEx
10 5 (1.97%) AMQP
10 5 (1.97%) Network Security
11 4 (1.57%) NAS
11 4 (1.57%) VPN
11 4 (1.57%) VSAN
12 3 (1.18%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (9.06%) MongoDB
2 18 (7.09%) Oracle Database
3 12 (4.72%) MySQL
4 11 (4.33%) RDBMS
4 11 (4.33%) Relational Database
5 10 (3.94%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (3.54%) Elasticsearch
7 8 (3.15%) SQL Server
8 7 (2.76%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (2.36%) MariaDB
10 5 (1.97%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (1.57%) InfluxDB
12 3 (1.18%) Apache Cassandra
12 3 (1.18%) Big Data
12 3 (1.18%) Data Lake
12 3 (1.18%) Hadoop
13 2 (0.79%) DB2
13 2 (0.79%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 2 (0.79%) Oracle Exadata
13 2 (0.79%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 24 (9.45%) Jenkins
2 23 (9.06%) Git
3 22 (8.66%) GitLab
4 13 (5.12%) JIRA
5 12 (4.72%) Sonatype Nexus
6 8 (3.15%) Maven
6 8 (3.15%) TeamCity
7 5 (1.97%) SonarQube
7 5 (1.97%) Subversion
8 4 (1.57%) Artifactory
8 4 (1.57%) Bitbucket
8 4 (1.57%) Terragrunt
9 3 (1.18%) Bitbucket Server
9 3 (1.18%) CA Release Automation
9 3 (1.18%) Mockito
9 3 (1.18%) MSI
9 3 (1.18%) Robot Framework
9 3 (1.18%) Vagrant
10 2 (0.79%) Gradle
10 2 (0.79%) Oracle APEX
General
1 74 (29.13%) Social Skills
2 28 (11.02%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (10.63%) Finance
4 26 (10.24%) Public Sector
5 11 (4.33%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (2.76%) Legal
7 5 (1.97%) Banking
7 5 (1.97%) Financial Institution
7 5 (1.97%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.79%) Aerospace
8 2 (0.79%) Back Office
8 2 (0.79%) Front Office
9 1 (0.39%) Automotive
9 1 (0.39%) Billing
9 1 (0.39%) Electronics
9 1 (0.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.39%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.39%) Military
9 1 (0.39%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (14.17%) Administrator
2 30 (11.81%) Linux Engineer
3 21 (8.27%) Architect
4 19 (7.48%) DevOps Engineer
5 18 (7.09%) Senior
6 16 (6.30%) Linux Administrator
6 16 (6.30%) Platform Engineer
6 16 (6.30%) Systems Administrator
7 14 (5.51%) Developer
8 12 (4.72%) Consultant
8 12 (4.72%) Lead
9 11 (4.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 11 (4.33%) Support Engineer
10 10 (3.94%) Applications Engineer
10 10 (3.94%) Linux Systems Administrator
10 10 (3.94%) Site Engineer
10 10 (3.94%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 9 (3.54%) Integration Engineer
12 8 (3.15%) Systems Engineer
13 7 (2.76%) Storage Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.72%) Kafka
2 11 (4.33%) Loki
3 8 (3.15%) Keycloak
3 8 (3.15%) REST
3 8 (3.15%) Spring Boot
4 7 (2.76%) cloud-init
4 7 (2.76%) Elastic Stack
4 7 (2.76%) LDAP
5 6 (2.36%) AWS CDK
5 6 (2.36%) Middleware
5 6 (2.36%) Spring
5 6 (2.36%) XMPP
6 5 (1.97%) JSON
7 4 (1.57%) RESTful
8 3 (1.18%) JAX-RS
8 3 (1.18%) LAMP
8 3 (1.18%) Regular Expression
8 3 (1.18%) SAP Basis
8 3 (1.18%) Spring Batch
8 3 (1.18%) Spring Security
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.09%) Data Centre
2 17 (6.69%) Cloud Native
3 16 (6.30%) Clustering
4 14 (5.51%) Product Ownership
5 13 (5.12%) PKI
6 11 (4.33%) Onboarding
7 10 (3.94%) Enterprise Storage
8 8 (3.15%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (3.15%) Virtual Team
9 7 (2.76%) Replication
10 6 (2.36%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.97%) Hedge funds
11 5 (1.97%) Legacy Applications
12 4 (1.57%) Client/Server
12 4 (1.57%) Linux Command Line
12 4 (1.57%) Public Cloud
12 4 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (1.18%) HP Storage
13 3 (1.18%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 254 (100.00%) Linux
2 84 (33.07%) Windows
3 47 (18.50%) Windows Server
4 40 (15.75%) CentOS
5 30 (11.81%) Ubuntu
6 28 (11.02%) Unix
7 15 (5.91%) Solaris
8 14 (5.51%) Windows Server 2019
9 10 (3.94%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (2.36%) Oracle Linux
11 5 (1.97%) OpenVMS
12 4 (1.57%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (1.18%) AIX
13 3 (1.18%) Debian
13 3 (1.18%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 2 (0.79%) Mac OS
14 2 (0.79%) SUSE
14 2 (0.79%) Windows 10
14 2 (0.79%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.39%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (31.10%) CI/CD
2 57 (22.44%) DevOps
3 48 (18.90%) Infrastructure as Code
4 47 (18.50%) Agile
4 47 (18.50%) Containerisation
5 43 (16.93%) Problem-Solving
6 38 (14.96%) High Availability
7 33 (12.99%) Observability
8 30 (11.81%) Migration
9 28 (11.02%) Disaster Recovery
10 27 (10.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 22 (8.66%) Stakeholder Management
12 20 (7.87%) Continuous Improvement
12 20 (7.87%) ITIL
13 19 (7.48%) Configuration Management
13 19 (7.48%) Microservices
13 19 (7.48%) Platform Engineering
14 18 (7.09%) Infrastructure Automation
14 18 (7.09%) Patch Management
15 17 (6.69%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 93 (36.61%) Python
2 90 (35.43%) Bash
3 43 (16.93%) PowerShell
4 33 (12.99%) Shell Script
5 29 (11.42%) Perl
6 24 (9.45%) Java
7 19 (7.48%) SQL
8 9 (3.54%) Go
9 6 (2.36%) JavaScript
10 5 (1.97%) PHP
10 5 (1.97%) Rust
11 3 (1.18%) PL/SQL
11 3 (1.18%) VBScript
12 2 (0.79%) AWK
12 2 (0.79%) C
12 2 (0.79%) C++
12 2 (0.79%) sed
13 1 (0.39%) C#
13 1 (0.39%) Korn
13 1 (0.39%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 111 (43.70%) Security Cleared
2 82 (32.28%) SC Cleared
3 27 (10.63%) DV Cleared
4 12 (4.72%) Degree
5 11 (4.33%) CCNP
5 11 (4.33%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (3.94%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (3.94%) CCNA
7 9 (3.54%) CCDP
7 9 (3.54%) RHCE
8 4 (1.57%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.57%) RHCSA
9 3 (1.18%) CISSP
9 3 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.18%) SAP Certification
10 2 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.79%) CESG Certified Professional
10 2 (0.79%) CISM
10 2 (0.79%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.39%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.15%) NCSC
1 8 (3.15%) QA
2 6 (2.36%) GDPR
3 5 (1.97%) NIST
4 4 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.79%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.79%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.39%) Def Stans
6 1 (0.39%) HL7
6 1 (0.39%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 51 (20.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 41 (16.14%) Docker
3 30 (11.81%) Active Directory
4 10 (3.94%) Postfix
4 10 (3.94%) VMware ESXi
4 10 (3.94%) vSphere
5 7 (2.76%) KVM
6 6 (2.36%) Dovecot
6 6 (2.36%) NFS
6 6 (2.36%) Oracle RAC
7 5 (1.97%) GPFS
7 5 (1.97%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (1.57%) Hyper-V
8 4 (1.57%) Veritas File System
8 4 (1.57%) Veritas Volume Manager
9 3 (1.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 2 (0.79%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 2 (0.79%) VirtualBox
10 2 (0.79%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.39%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 91 (35.83%) Ansible
2 68 (26.77%) Kubernetes
3 53 (20.87%) Terraform
4 31 (12.20%) Red Hat Satellite
5 29 (11.42%) Grafana
6 24 (9.45%) Prometheus
7 16 (6.30%) Argo
8 12 (4.72%) Progress Chef
8 12 (4.72%) SCOM
9 10 (3.94%) Kustomize
9 10 (3.94%) Puppet
10 8 (3.15%) Nagios
11 7 (2.76%) EMC NetWorker
11 7 (2.76%) EMC VPLEX
11 7 (2.76%) Jamf Pro
11 7 (2.76%) NetBackup
11 7 (2.76%) Packer
11 7 (2.76%) SCCM
12 6 (2.36%) Podman
13 5 (1.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 157 (61.81%) Red Hat
2 88 (34.65%) VMware
3 41 (16.14%) Oracle
4 35 (13.78%) Splunk
5 26 (10.24%) Microsoft
6 22 (8.66%) Cisco
7 17 (6.69%) Dell
8 13 (5.12%) Citrix
9 10 (3.94%) CyberArk
9 10 (3.94%) HP
10 8 (3.15%) Okta
10 8 (3.15%) Qualys
10 8 (3.15%) Veritas
11 7 (2.76%) 3PAR
11 7 (2.76%) Brocade
11 7 (2.76%) EMC
11 7 (2.76%) Isilon
11 7 (2.76%) NetApp
11 7 (2.76%) ServiceNow
12 6 (2.36%) Nimble Storage