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 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
8 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 352 305 274
Rank change year-on-year -47 -31 -46
Contract jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 347 270 330
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.65% 0.82% 0.85%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.67% 6.17% 6.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 192 249
10th Percentile £397 £358 £356
25th Percentile £425 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £497 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +0.96% -12.61%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £672
UK excluding London median daily rate £494 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -4.95% -1.00% -3.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 2
10th Percentile £36.44 - £65.18
25th Percentile £40.80 - £67.31
Median hourly rate £51.02 - £72.75
75th Percentile £75.00 - £76.31
90th Percentile £80.50 - £77.33
UK excluding London median hourly rate £51.02 - £72.75
% change year-on-year - - +0.34%

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 5,205 4,373 5,437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.71% 13.29% 13.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,288 2,799 3,615
10th Percentile £191 £198 £200
25th Percentile £319 £313 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -2.63% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £663 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £457 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +1.44% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 360 258 335
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.50 £12.45
25th Percentile £17.60 £18.13 £17.69
Median hourly rate £25.92 £24.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -12.73% -35.29%
75th Percentile £65.00 £56.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.05 £67.30 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.66 £22.53 £42.50
% change year-on-year +18.33% -46.99% +45.05%

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 8 August 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 8 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in the UK

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Top 15 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 8 August 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 -26 309 £500 -5.84% 77
UK excluding London -32 222 £494 -4.95% 45
London -40 99 £500 -9.09% 39
Work from Home -77 84 £484 -7.90% 18
North of England -56 72 £500 +24.38% 12
South East -40 54 £455 -17.27% 14
South West -15 39 £543 -1.36% 14
North West -31 38 £481 +22.26% 9
Yorkshire -28 34 £508 +1.50% 2
East of England +9 28 £525 +8.81% 2
Midlands -53 15 £500 -7.41% 2
Scotland -29 13 £500 - 3
East Midlands -5 8 £530 +11.58%
West Midlands -61 7 £466 -15.48% 2
Wales - 1 £475 -

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 17 (4.90%) nginx
2 14 (4.03%) Confluence
3 12 (3.46%) Apache
4 10 (2.88%) JBoss
4 10 (2.88%) Tomcat
5 7 (2.02%) WebSphere
6 6 (1.73%) SharePoint
6 6 (1.73%) WebLogic
7 5 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.86%) IBM HTTP Server
8 3 (0.86%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.86%) SAS
8 3 (0.86%) WebSphere Application Server
9 2 (0.58%) Documentum
9 2 (0.58%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 2 (0.58%) WebSphere Portal
10 1 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Fuse
10 1 (0.29%) Traefik
Applications
1 4 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.29%) FLEXCUBE
1 1 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 106 (30.55%) AWS
2 85 (24.50%) Azure
3 40 (11.53%) OpenShift
4 31 (8.93%) GCP
5 27 (7.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 25 (7.20%) GitHub
7 19 (5.48%) Amazon EC2
8 17 (4.90%) Amazon S3
8 17 (4.90%) Datadog
9 16 (4.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 16 (4.61%) AWS CloudFormation
9 16 (4.61%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 15 (4.32%) Amazon EKS
10 15 (4.32%) Serverless
11 13 (3.75%) Azure Monitor
12 12 (3.46%) AWS Lambda
12 12 (3.46%) Entra ID
12 12 (3.46%) GitHub Actions
12 12 (3.46%) IaaS
13 10 (2.88%) AWS CloudTrail
Communications & Networking
1 51 (14.70%) Firewall
2 47 (13.54%) DNS
3 38 (10.95%) SAN
4 17 (4.90%) DHCP
4 17 (4.90%) VLAN
5 16 (4.61%) TCP/IP
6 15 (4.32%) SSL
7 14 (4.03%) Kerberos
7 14 (4.03%) Network Security
8 13 (3.75%) VPN
9 8 (2.31%) SSH
10 6 (1.73%) HTTP
10 6 (1.73%) iSCSI
10 6 (1.73%) VSAN
10 6 (1.73%) WAN
11 5 (1.44%) VoIP
12 4 (1.15%) NAS
13 3 (0.86%) FTP
13 3 (0.86%) Intrusion Detection
13 3 (0.86%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (7.78%) PostgreSQL
2 26 (7.49%) Oracle Database
3 16 (4.61%) SQL Server
4 11 (3.17%) MySQL
5 9 (2.59%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (2.59%) MongoDB
6 7 (2.02%) Oracle Database 12c
6 7 (2.02%) SAP HANA
7 6 (1.73%) Data Lake
7 6 (1.73%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (1.15%) Big Data
8 4 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.15%) GIS
8 4 (1.15%) Hadoop
8 4 (1.15%) Redis
8 4 (1.15%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.58%) SQLite
9 2 (0.58%) Sybase ASE
10 1 (0.29%) IBM InfoSphere
Development Applications
1 48 (13.83%) Jenkins
2 40 (11.53%) Git
3 36 (10.37%) GitLab
4 18 (5.19%) JIRA
5 7 (2.02%) Sonatype Nexus
6 6 (1.73%) Artifactory
7 5 (1.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 3 (0.86%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.86%) Introscope
8 3 (0.86%) Toad
9 2 (0.58%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.58%) Maven
9 2 (0.58%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.58%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.29%) Ant
10 1 (0.29%) PVCS
General
1 64 (18.44%) Social Skills
2 49 (14.12%) Finance
3 32 (9.22%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (8.65%) Public Sector
5 27 (7.78%) Banking
6 24 (6.92%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (3.17%) Legal
8 6 (1.73%) Military
9 5 (1.44%) Aerospace
9 5 (1.44%) Publishing
9 5 (1.44%) Retail
10 4 (1.15%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.58%) Aviation
12 2 (0.58%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.58%) Law
12 2 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.58%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.29%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.29%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 72 (20.75%) Linux Engineer
2 50 (14.41%) Senior
3 35 (10.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 30 (8.65%) Cloud Engineer
5 26 (7.49%) DevOps Engineer
6 23 (6.63%) Architect
7 21 (6.05%) Administrator
7 21 (6.05%) Platform Engineer
8 18 (5.19%) Lead
9 16 (4.61%) Security Engineer
9 16 (4.61%) Senior Linux Engineer
10 15 (4.32%) Linux Administrator
11 14 (4.03%) AWS Engineer
11 14 (4.03%) Software Engineer
12 13 (3.75%) Unix Engineer
13 12 (3.46%) Systems Engineer
14 11 (3.17%) Linux Systems Engineer
15 9 (2.59%) Azure Engineer
15 9 (2.59%) Lead Software Engineer
15 9 (2.59%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.32%) Middleware
2 13 (3.75%) REST
3 11 (3.17%) LDAP
4 9 (2.59%) Kafka
5 7 (2.02%) Elastic Stack
5 7 (2.02%) JSON
5 7 (2.02%) Spring
6 6 (1.73%) Azure Blueprints
7 5 (1.44%) .NET
7 5 (1.44%) ARM Templates
7 5 (1.44%) OAuth
7 5 (1.44%) Vue
7 5 (1.44%) WebSphere MQ
8 4 (1.15%) Django
8 4 (1.15%) EJB
8 4 (1.15%) Jakarta EE
8 4 (1.15%) JWT
8 4 (1.15%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (1.15%) React
8 4 (1.15%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 48 (13.83%) Cloud Native
2 28 (8.07%) Security Posture
3 24 (6.92%) Data Centre
4 23 (6.63%) Replication
5 20 (5.76%) Clustering
6 17 (4.90%) Hybrid Cloud
6 17 (4.90%) Management Information System
6 17 (4.90%) Onboarding
7 13 (3.75%) Linux Command Line
8 12 (3.46%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (3.46%) PKI
9 9 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (2.59%) Product Ownership
10 8 (2.31%) Virtual Team
11 7 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (2.02%) Enterprise Cloud
11 7 (2.02%) Mainframe
12 6 (1.73%) Enterprise Storage
12 6 (1.73%) Private Cloud
12 6 (1.73%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 347 (100.00%) Linux
2 124 (35.73%) Windows
3 63 (18.16%) Windows Server
4 42 (12.10%) Ubuntu
5 36 (10.37%) CentOS
5 36 (10.37%) Unix
6 26 (7.49%) Solaris
7 18 (5.19%) Rocky
8 14 (4.03%) Oracle Linux
8 14 (4.03%) Windows Server 2019
9 13 (3.75%) AIX
9 13 (3.75%) SUSE
9 13 (3.75%) VMS
10 8 (2.31%) Windows Server 2008
11 7 (2.02%) Windows Server 2012
11 7 (2.02%) Windows Server 2016
12 6 (1.73%) CoreOS
12 6 (1.73%) HPUX
13 5 (1.44%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
13 5 (1.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (32.28%) CI/CD
2 108 (31.12%) DevOps
3 72 (20.75%) Infrastructure as Code
4 59 (17.00%) Agile
4 59 (17.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 59 (17.00%) ITIL
4 59 (17.00%) Migration
5 57 (16.43%) Configuration Management
6 49 (14.12%) Containerisation
6 49 (14.12%) Platform Engineering
7 48 (13.83%) Problem-Solving
8 46 (13.26%) Change Management
9 44 (12.68%) Continuous Improvement
10 42 (12.10%) Observability
11 41 (11.82%) Performance Tuning
12 40 (11.53%) High Availability
13 36 (10.37%) Runbook
14 32 (9.22%) Cloud Security
15 30 (8.65%) SIEM
15 30 (8.65%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 137 (39.48%) Python
2 94 (27.09%) Bash
3 91 (26.22%) PowerShell
4 37 (10.66%) Java
5 27 (7.78%) SQL
6 25 (7.20%) Shell Script
7 15 (4.32%) Perl
8 11 (3.17%) JavaScript
9 10 (2.88%) PL/SQL
10 9 (2.59%) Bicep
10 9 (2.59%) C
10 9 (2.59%) C++
11 7 (2.02%) Go
11 7 (2.02%) Korn
12 5 (1.44%) C#
12 5 (1.44%) Groovy
13 4 (1.15%) MATLAB
14 3 (0.86%) Jython
14 3 (0.86%) Search Processing Language
15 1 (0.29%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 155 (44.67%) Security Cleared
2 120 (34.58%) SC Cleared
3 37 (10.66%) Degree
4 28 (8.07%) DV Cleared
5 25 (7.20%) CISSP
6 24 (6.92%) AWS Certification
7 21 (6.05%) Azure Certification
8 18 (5.19%) RHCE
9 11 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (2.02%) CISM
10 7 (2.02%) OCP
10 7 (2.02%) Oracle Certification
11 6 (1.73%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (1.44%) RHCSA
13 3 (0.86%) RHCA
14 2 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.58%) ISSAP
14 2 (0.58%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.59%) SLA
2 8 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.73%) NIST
3 6 (1.73%) QA
4 5 (1.44%) GRC
4 5 (1.44%) NCSC
5 4 (1.15%) Disclosure Scotland
5 4 (1.15%) SOC 2
6 3 (0.86%) HIPAA
6 3 (0.86%) ISO 15022
6 3 (0.86%) ISO 20022
6 3 (0.86%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.29%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.29%) OpenSCAP
8 1 (0.29%) PMO
8 1 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 61 (17.58%) Docker
2 48 (13.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (10.66%) Active Directory
3 37 (10.66%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (4.90%) NFS
4 17 (4.90%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (4.03%) Hyper-V
6 13 (3.75%) vSphere
7 10 (2.88%) Oracle RAC
8 6 (1.73%) Corosync
9 4 (1.15%) Ceph
10 3 (0.86%) Firmware
10 3 (0.86%) Veritas Volume Manager
11 2 (0.58%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 2 (0.58%) KVM
11 2 (0.58%) Samba
11 2 (0.58%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 2 (0.58%) Squid
11 2 (0.58%) SRDF
11 2 (0.58%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 127 (36.60%) Ansible
2 95 (27.38%) Kubernetes
3 88 (25.36%) Terraform
4 34 (9.80%) Puppet
5 32 (9.22%) Progress Chef
6 28 (8.07%) Red Hat Satellite
7 25 (7.20%) Grafana
8 21 (6.05%) Prometheus
9 17 (4.90%) Failover Clustering
10 13 (3.75%) NetBackup
10 13 (3.75%) Oracle RMAN
11 8 (2.31%) Packer
12 7 (2.02%) Pacemaker
12 7 (2.02%) Podman
12 7 (2.02%) systemd
12 7 (2.02%) vCenter Server
13 6 (1.73%) SELinux
14 5 (1.44%) Nagios
14 5 (1.44%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 5 (1.44%) WSUS
Vendors
1 183 (52.74%) Red Hat
2 65 (18.73%) VMware
3 60 (17.29%) Microsoft
4 58 (16.71%) Oracle
5 28 (8.07%) Google
6 22 (6.34%) IBM
7 21 (6.05%) Splunk
8 20 (5.76%) ServiceNow
9 17 (4.90%) NetApp
10 16 (4.61%) Cisco
11 12 (3.46%) Veeam
12 10 (2.88%) HP
13 9 (2.59%) Dell
13 9 (2.59%) SAP
13 9 (2.59%) Tenable
14 8 (2.31%) Qualys
14 8 (2.31%) SaltStack
15 7 (2.02%) Rapid7
16 6 (1.73%) Databricks
16 6 (1.73%) McAfee
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