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 13 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 364 248 317
Rank change year-on-year -116 +69 -117
Contract jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 277 309 280
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.59% 1.07% 0.65%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.02% 7.64% 4.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 223 208
10th Percentile £396 £400 £356
25th Percentile £449 £451 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £520
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -13.33%
75th Percentile £588 £631 £600
90th Percentile £644 £738 £657
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £529
% change year-on-year -9.09% +3.97% -3.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 2
10th Percentile £40.62 - £65.18
25th Percentile £66.12 - £67.31
Median hourly rate £78.75 - £72.75
75th Percentile £88.75 - £76.31
90th Percentile £92.50 - £77.33
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.68 - £72.75
% change year-on-year - - +38.57%

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 4,604 4,043 5,692
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.75% 13.95% 13.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,976 2,655 3,844
10th Percentile £185 £200 £185
25th Percentile £313 £313 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £470 £465
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +1.08% -7.92%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £656 £689 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £438 £449 £445
% change year-on-year -2.51% +0.84% -6.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 317 178 390
10th Percentile £15.97 £15.25 £12.73
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.53 £15.31
Median hourly rate £47.50 £22.94 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +107.08% +4.26% -42.86%
75th Percentile £67.25 £57.50 £60.56
90th Percentile £75.00 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £22.00 £22.25
% change year-on-year +115.91% -1.12% -24.06%

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 13 May 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 13 May 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 13 May 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 -125 222 £500 -9.26% 70
UK excluding London -64 194 £500 -9.09% 54
Work from Home -71 83 £500 -7.15% 14
North of England -76 56 £500 -3.80% 12
South East -39 43 £475 -13.64% 15
London -111 39 £500 -15.25% 23
Yorkshire -43 36 £500 -16.67% 5
South West -22 30 £543 -11.79% 17
East of England -7 26 £480 -19.96% 5
Midlands -50 20 £537 -0.56% 4
North West -44 18 £497 +0.20% 5
West Midlands -54 17 £545 +0.93% 1
Scotland -14 14 £463 -2.63%
East Midlands -27 3 £530 +4.74% 3
Wales - 3 £475 -
Northern Ireland +3 2 £375 +7.14% 1
North East -21 2 £400 -29.82% 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 (5.42%) nginx
2 12 (4.33%) Tomcat
3 11 (3.97%) Apache
4 10 (3.61%) Confluence
5 8 (2.89%) WebLogic
6 6 (2.17%) SAS
7 4 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (1.44%) WebSphere
8 3 (1.08%) IBM HTTP Server
8 3 (1.08%) JBoss
8 3 (1.08%) OpenStack
8 3 (1.08%) SharePoint
8 3 (1.08%) WebSphere Application Server
9 2 (0.72%) Documentum
9 2 (0.72%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 2 (0.72%) WebSphere Portal
10 1 (0.36%) FileNet
10 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Fuse
10 1 (0.36%) Traefik
Cloud Services
1 65 (23.47%) AWS
2 63 (22.74%) Azure
3 44 (15.88%) OpenShift
4 17 (6.14%) GitHub
5 15 (5.42%) GCP
6 12 (4.33%) Amazon EC2
7 11 (3.97%) Amazon S3
8 9 (3.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 7 (2.53%) Azure Sentinel
10 6 (2.17%) Amazon EKS
11 5 (1.81%) Azure Monitor
11 5 (1.81%) Azure Stack
11 5 (1.81%) IaaS
11 5 (1.81%) Nutanix
12 4 (1.44%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (1.44%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.44%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 4 (1.44%) Microsoft 365
12 4 (1.44%) MinIO
12 4 (1.44%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 29 (10.47%) Firewall
2 25 (9.03%) SAN
3 19 (6.86%) DNS
4 10 (3.61%) Kerberos
5 9 (3.25%) HTTP
5 9 (3.25%) VSAN
6 8 (2.89%) TCP/IP
6 8 (2.89%) VLAN
7 7 (2.53%) SSL
7 7 (2.53%) VPN
8 6 (2.17%) iSCSI
8 6 (2.17%) Network Security
9 5 (1.81%) DHCP
9 5 (1.81%) Fibre Channel
10 4 (1.44%) DKIM
10 4 (1.44%) DMARC
10 4 (1.44%) NAS
10 4 (1.44%) SMTP
10 4 (1.44%) WAN
11 3 (1.08%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (7.58%) Oracle Database
2 14 (5.05%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (3.61%) MongoDB
4 8 (2.89%) SQL Server
5 7 (2.53%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (2.53%) SAP HANA
6 6 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (2.17%) GIS
7 4 (1.44%) MySQL
7 4 (1.44%) Oracle Database 12c
8 3 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (1.08%) MariaDB
8 3 (1.08%) Oracle Exadata
8 3 (1.08%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.72%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.36%) IBM InfoSphere
10 1 (0.36%) Metadata
10 1 (0.36%) OpenStack Swift
10 1 (0.36%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.36%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 42 (15.16%) GitLab
2 38 (13.72%) Jenkins
3 33 (11.91%) Git
4 14 (5.05%) JIRA
5 6 (2.17%) Artifactory
6 5 (1.81%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (1.44%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (1.08%) Introscope
9 2 (0.72%) Maven
9 2 (0.72%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.36%) Ant
10 1 (0.36%) GoCD
10 1 (0.36%) PVCS
General
1 62 (22.38%) Social Skills
2 27 (9.75%) Public Sector
3 26 (9.39%) Documentation Skills
4 21 (7.58%) Finance
5 18 (6.50%) Banking
6 16 (5.78%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (3.25%) Aerospace
8 5 (1.81%) Legal
9 4 (1.44%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.72%) Back Office
10 2 (0.72%) Front Office
10 2 (0.72%) Military
10 2 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.36%) Aviation
11 1 (0.36%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.36%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 41 (14.80%) Linux Engineer
2 30 (10.83%) Administrator
2 30 (10.83%) Architect
3 29 (10.47%) Senior
4 24 (8.66%) Lead
5 21 (7.58%) DevOps Engineer
6 19 (6.86%) Linux Administrator
6 19 (6.86%) Platform Engineer
7 16 (5.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 16 (5.78%) Software Engineer
8 14 (5.05%) Senior Linux Engineer
9 10 (3.61%) Systems Administrator
10 9 (3.25%) Lead Software Engineer
11 7 (2.53%) DBA
11 7 (2.53%) Oracle DBA
11 7 (2.53%) Security Engineer
11 7 (2.53%) Solutions Architect
11 7 (2.53%) Unix Engineer
12 5 (1.81%) Consultant
12 5 (1.81%) Migration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (8.30%) LDAP
2 20 (7.22%) Middleware
3 9 (3.25%) YAML
4 8 (2.89%) Spring
5 7 (2.53%) EJB
6 6 (2.17%) OpenLayers
7 5 (1.81%) REST
7 5 (1.81%) Spring Boot
8 4 (1.44%) .NET
8 4 (1.44%) Elastic Stack
8 4 (1.44%) Java EE
8 4 (1.44%) JSP
8 4 (1.44%) Kafka
9 3 (1.08%) FastAPI
9 3 (1.08%) Flask
9 3 (1.08%) Java SE
9 3 (1.08%) JDBC
9 3 (1.08%) RabbitMQ
10 2 (0.72%) JSON
10 2 (0.72%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 38 (13.72%) Data Centre
2 21 (7.58%) Cloud Native
3 16 (5.78%) Management Information System
4 14 (5.05%) Clustering
5 12 (4.33%) Hybrid Cloud
5 12 (4.33%) Onboarding
6 9 (3.25%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (3.25%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (3.25%) Replication
7 8 (2.89%) Product Ownership
8 7 (2.53%) Legacy Applications
8 7 (2.53%) Public Cloud
9 6 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (2.17%) FlexPod
9 6 (2.17%) PKI
10 5 (1.81%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.44%) EMC VMAX
11 4 (1.44%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (1.44%) NVMe
11 4 (1.44%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 277 (100.00%) Linux
2 96 (34.66%) Windows
3 44 (15.88%) Ubuntu
4 41 (14.80%) Windows Server
5 39 (14.08%) CentOS
6 21 (7.58%) Solaris
7 20 (7.22%) Unix
8 18 (6.50%) VMS
9 16 (5.78%) Windows Server 2019
10 11 (3.97%) Windows Server 2016
11 10 (3.61%) Oracle Linux
11 10 (3.61%) Windows Server 2008
12 9 (3.25%) Rocky
12 9 (3.25%) SUSE
13 8 (2.89%) CoreOS
14 7 (2.53%) AIX
14 7 (2.53%) Debian
15 6 (2.17%) Data ONTAP
16 5 (1.81%) Windows Server 2012
17 4 (1.44%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (29.24%) CI/CD
2 78 (28.16%) DevOps
3 53 (19.13%) Problem-Solving
4 40 (14.44%) Migration
5 39 (14.08%) Agile
5 39 (14.08%) Infrastructure as Code
6 38 (13.72%) High Availability
7 37 (13.36%) Containerisation
8 35 (12.64%) Continuous Improvement
9 34 (12.27%) Performance Tuning
9 34 (12.27%) Platform Engineering
10 33 (11.91%) ITIL
11 27 (9.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 26 (9.39%) Configuration Management
12 26 (9.39%) SIEM
13 25 (9.03%) Software Engineering
14 24 (8.66%) Runbook
15 23 (8.30%) Change Management
15 23 (8.30%) Disaster Recovery
16 22 (7.94%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 97 (35.02%) Python
2 56 (20.22%) Bash
3 55 (19.86%) PowerShell
4 37 (13.36%) Shell Script
5 29 (10.47%) SQL
6 24 (8.66%) Java
7 20 (7.22%) Perl
8 12 (4.33%) PL/SQL
9 11 (3.97%) JavaScript
9 11 (3.97%) MATLAB
10 9 (3.25%) Go
11 8 (2.89%) Ruby
12 5 (1.81%) Korn
13 4 (1.44%) C#
14 3 (1.08%) Jython
15 1 (0.36%) Bicep
15 1 (0.36%) C++
15 1 (0.36%) Groovy
15 1 (0.36%) Rust
15 1 (0.36%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 132 (47.65%) Security Cleared
2 101 (36.46%) SC Cleared
3 26 (9.39%) DV Cleared
4 24 (8.66%) RHCE
5 23 (8.30%) Degree
6 16 (5.78%) OCP
6 16 (5.78%) Oracle Certification
7 11 (3.97%) Azure Certification
8 10 (3.61%) CISSP
9 9 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.81%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (1.81%) RHCA
11 4 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.44%) RHCSA
11 4 (1.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (1.08%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.08%) CISM
12 3 (1.08%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (1.08%) VCAP
13 2 (0.72%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.69%) SLA
2 6 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.44%) GDPR
3 4 (1.44%) GRC
3 4 (1.44%) NCSC
3 4 (1.44%) NIST
4 3 (1.08%) QA
5 2 (0.72%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.72%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.36%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.36%) OpenSCAP
6 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.36%) SOC 2
System Software
1 50 (18.05%) VMware Infrastructure
2 35 (12.64%) Docker
3 34 (12.27%) Active Directory
4 30 (10.83%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (6.86%) VMware ESXi
6 18 (6.50%) vSphere
7 11 (3.97%) NFS
8 10 (3.61%) Oracle RAC
9 9 (3.25%) Hyper-V
10 6 (2.17%) Corosync
10 6 (2.17%) VMware NSX
11 5 (1.81%) Postfix
12 4 (1.44%) Ceph
12 4 (1.44%) Firmware
12 4 (1.44%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 3 (1.08%) GPFS
13 3 (1.08%) KVM
13 3 (1.08%) QEMU
14 2 (0.72%) Samba
14 2 (0.72%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 113 (40.79%) Ansible
2 61 (22.02%) Kubernetes
3 48 (17.33%) Terraform
4 24 (8.66%) Red Hat Satellite
5 18 (6.50%) Grafana
5 18 (6.50%) Podman
6 16 (5.78%) Oracle RMAN
6 16 (5.78%) Puppet
7 13 (4.69%) Check_MK
8 11 (3.97%) Failover Clustering
8 11 (3.97%) Prometheus
9 10 (3.61%) vCenter Server
10 9 (3.25%) Progress Chef
11 7 (2.53%) Pacemaker
12 6 (2.17%) Argo
12 6 (2.17%) Data Guard
12 6 (2.17%) SnapMirror
12 6 (2.17%) vMotion
13 5 (1.81%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 5 (1.81%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 164 (59.21%) Red Hat
2 78 (28.16%) VMware
3 47 (16.97%) Oracle
4 40 (14.44%) Microsoft
5 25 (9.03%) Splunk
6 19 (6.86%) IBM
7 18 (6.50%) Dell
8 15 (5.42%) Cisco
9 10 (3.61%) Google
9 10 (3.61%) HP
9 10 (3.61%) NetApp
10 8 (2.89%) NVIDIA
10 8 (2.89%) SAP
11 7 (2.53%) ServiceNow
12 6 (2.17%) Broadcom
12 6 (2.17%) Brocade
12 6 (2.17%) Commvault
12 6 (2.17%) Tenable
13 5 (1.81%) Fortinet
14 4 (1.44%) Veritas