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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 358 319 281
Rank change year-on-year -39 -38 -58
Contract jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 346 268 328
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.65% 0.81% 0.84%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.70% 6.14% 6.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 235 192 248
10th Percentile £375 £358 £356
25th Percentile £437 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £672
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.80% -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 5,161 4,367 5,453
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.66% 13.26% 14.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,265 2,793 3,610
10th Percentile £193 £200 £200
25th Percentile £320 £313 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £460 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.26% -3.16% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £663 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £459 £450 £473
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.91% +5.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 358 259 334
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.50 £12.44
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% -31.80%
75th Percentile £65.00 £56.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.15 £67.20 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.66 £22.56 £45.00
% change year-on-year +18.17% -49.87% +63.64%

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 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 11 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 11 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 -24 309 £500 -5.84% 76
UK excluding London -30 218 £500 -3.80% 49
London -48 103 £500 -9.09% 38
Work from Home -72 84 £484 -7.90% 18
North of England -51 72 £500 +24.38% 12
South East -55 50 £455 -17.27% 13
South West -7 39 £543 -1.36% 16
North West -23 39 £481 +22.39% 10
Yorkshire -34 33 £500 - 1
East of England +6 28 £525 +8.81% 1
Midlands -58 15 £500 -7.41% 2
Scotland -31 13 £500 - 6
East Midlands -5 8 £530 +11.58%
West Midlands -64 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 15 (4.34%) nginx
2 12 (3.47%) Apache
2 12 (3.47%) Confluence
3 11 (3.18%) JBoss
4 10 (2.89%) Tomcat
5 7 (2.02%) WebSphere
6 6 (1.73%) SharePoint
6 6 (1.73%) WebLogic
7 5 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.87%) IBM HTTP Server
8 3 (0.87%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.87%) SAS
8 3 (0.87%) 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 (1.16%) 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
1 108 (31.21%) AWS
2 84 (24.28%) Azure
3 41 (11.85%) OpenShift
4 33 (9.54%) GCP
5 27 (7.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 23 (6.65%) GitHub
7 19 (5.49%) Amazon EC2
8 17 (4.91%) Amazon S3
8 17 (4.91%) AWS CloudFormation
8 17 (4.91%) Datadog
8 17 (4.91%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 16 (4.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 16 (4.62%) Amazon EKS
10 15 (4.34%) Serverless
11 14 (4.05%) IaaS
12 13 (3.76%) Azure Monitor
13 12 (3.47%) AWS Lambda
13 12 (3.47%) Entra ID
13 12 (3.47%) GitHub Actions
14 11 (3.18%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 49 (14.16%) Firewall
2 47 (13.58%) DNS
3 38 (10.98%) SAN
4 17 (4.91%) DHCP
4 17 (4.91%) VLAN
5 16 (4.62%) TCP/IP
6 15 (4.34%) Kerberos
6 15 (4.34%) SSL
7 14 (4.05%) Network Security
8 13 (3.76%) 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 (1.45%) VoIP
12 4 (1.16%) NAS
13 3 (0.87%) FTP
13 3 (0.87%) Intrusion Detection
13 3 (0.87%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (7.51%) Oracle Database
2 25 (7.23%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (4.62%) SQL Server
4 11 (3.18%) MySQL
5 9 (2.60%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (2.60%) MongoDB
6 7 (2.02%) Oracle Database 12c
6 7 (2.02%) SAP HANA
7 6 (1.73%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (1.45%) Big Data
8 5 (1.45%) Hadoop
9 4 (1.16%) Data Lake
9 4 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.16%) GIS
9 4 (1.16%) Redis
9 4 (1.16%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.58%) SQLite
10 2 (0.58%) Sybase ASE
11 1 (0.29%) OpenStack Swift
Development Applications
1 48 (13.87%) Jenkins
2 42 (12.14%) Git
3 36 (10.40%) GitLab
4 16 (4.62%) JIRA
5 7 (2.02%) Sonatype Nexus
6 6 (1.73%) Artifactory
7 5 (1.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 3 (0.87%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.87%) Introscope
8 3 (0.87%) 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 67 (19.36%) Social Skills
2 48 (13.87%) Finance
3 33 (9.54%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (8.38%) Public Sector
5 28 (8.09%) Banking
6 24 (6.94%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (3.18%) Legal
8 6 (1.73%) Military
9 5 (1.45%) Aerospace
9 5 (1.45%) Publishing
9 5 (1.45%) Retail
10 4 (1.16%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.87%) 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 73 (21.10%) Linux Engineer
2 50 (14.45%) Senior
3 35 (10.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 31 (8.96%) Cloud Engineer
5 26 (7.51%) DevOps Engineer
6 22 (6.36%) Administrator
7 21 (6.07%) Architect
7 21 (6.07%) Platform Engineer
8 18 (5.20%) Lead
9 17 (4.91%) Security Engineer
10 16 (4.62%) Linux Administrator
10 16 (4.62%) Senior Linux Engineer
11 14 (4.05%) AWS Engineer
11 14 (4.05%) Software Engineer
12 13 (3.76%) Systems Engineer
12 13 (3.76%) Unix Engineer
13 12 (3.47%) Linux Systems Engineer
14 10 (2.89%) Systems Administrator
15 9 (2.60%) Lead Software Engineer
15 9 (2.60%) Linux Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.34%) Middleware
2 13 (3.76%) REST
3 11 (3.18%) LDAP
4 9 (2.60%) 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 (1.45%) .NET
7 5 (1.45%) ARM Templates
7 5 (1.45%) OAuth
7 5 (1.45%) Vue
7 5 (1.45%) WebSphere MQ
8 4 (1.16%) Celery
8 4 (1.16%) Django
8 4 (1.16%) EJB
8 4 (1.16%) Jakarta EE
8 4 (1.16%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (1.16%) XML
8 4 (1.16%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 49 (14.16%) Cloud Native
2 29 (8.38%) Security Posture
3 24 (6.94%) Data Centre
4 23 (6.65%) Replication
5 21 (6.07%) Clustering
6 18 (5.20%) Hybrid Cloud
7 17 (4.91%) Management Information System
8 16 (4.62%) Onboarding
9 13 (3.76%) Linux Command Line
10 12 (3.47%) Legacy Systems
10 12 (3.47%) PKI
11 9 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (2.60%) Product Ownership
12 8 (2.31%) Data Protection Act
12 8 (2.31%) Enterprise Cloud
12 8 (2.31%) Private Cloud
12 8 (2.31%) Virtual Team
13 7 (2.02%) Mainframe
14 6 (1.73%) Cloud Security Posture
14 6 (1.73%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 346 (100.00%) Linux
2 124 (35.84%) Windows
3 62 (17.92%) Windows Server
4 41 (11.85%) Ubuntu
5 38 (10.98%) Unix
6 36 (10.40%) CentOS
7 26 (7.51%) Solaris
8 18 (5.20%) Rocky
9 14 (4.05%) Oracle Linux
9 14 (4.05%) Windows Server 2019
10 13 (3.76%) AIX
10 13 (3.76%) SUSE
10 13 (3.76%) VMS
11 8 (2.31%) Windows Server 2008
12 7 (2.02%) Windows Server 2016
13 6 (1.73%) CoreOS
13 6 (1.73%) HPUX
13 6 (1.73%) Windows Server 2012
14 5 (1.45%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 5 (1.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (33.24%) CI/CD
2 112 (32.37%) DevOps
3 73 (21.10%) Infrastructure as Code
4 61 (17.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 60 (17.34%) Agile
5 60 (17.34%) Configuration Management
6 59 (17.05%) Migration
7 57 (16.47%) ITIL
8 49 (14.16%) Containerisation
8 49 (14.16%) Platform Engineering
9 47 (13.58%) Change Management
10 45 (13.01%) Continuous Improvement
10 45 (13.01%) Problem-Solving
11 43 (12.43%) Observability
12 42 (12.14%) Performance Tuning
13 40 (11.56%) High Availability
14 36 (10.40%) Runbook
15 33 (9.54%) Cloud Security
16 31 (8.96%) Infrastructure Automation
16 31 (8.96%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 138 (39.88%) Python
2 94 (27.17%) Bash
3 91 (26.30%) PowerShell
4 38 (10.98%) Java
5 27 (7.80%) SQL
6 25 (7.23%) Shell Script
7 17 (4.91%) Perl
8 11 (3.18%) C
8 11 (3.18%) C++
9 10 (2.89%) Bicep
9 10 (2.89%) PL/SQL
10 9 (2.60%) JavaScript
11 7 (2.02%) Go
11 7 (2.02%) Korn
12 5 (1.45%) C#
12 5 (1.45%) Groovy
13 4 (1.16%) MATLAB
14 3 (0.87%) Jython
14 3 (0.87%) Search Processing Language
15 1 (0.29%) R
Qualifications
1 154 (44.51%) Security Cleared
2 119 (34.39%) SC Cleared
3 34 (9.83%) Degree
4 29 (8.38%) DV Cleared
5 25 (7.23%) AWS Certification
6 24 (6.94%) CISSP
7 22 (6.36%) Azure Certification
8 18 (5.20%) RHCE
9 11 (3.18%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (2.02%) OCP
10 7 (2.02%) Oracle Certification
11 6 (1.73%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (1.45%) CISM
12 5 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (1.45%) RHCSA
13 3 (0.87%) 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 (2.60%) SLA
2 8 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.73%) NIST
3 6 (1.73%) QA
4 5 (1.45%) GRC
4 5 (1.45%) NCSC
5 4 (1.16%) Disclosure Scotland
5 4 (1.16%) SOC 2
6 3 (0.87%) HIPAA
6 3 (0.87%) ISO 15022
6 3 (0.87%) ISO 20022
6 3 (0.87%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.29%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.29%) OpenSCAP
7 1 (0.29%) PMO
7 1 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 62 (17.92%) Docker
2 49 (14.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (10.69%) Active Directory
3 37 (10.69%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (4.91%) NFS
4 17 (4.91%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (4.05%) Hyper-V
5 14 (4.05%) vSphere
6 10 (2.89%) Oracle RAC
7 6 (1.73%) Corosync
8 4 (1.16%) Ceph
9 3 (0.87%) Firmware
9 3 (0.87%) Veritas Volume Manager
10 2 (0.58%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.58%) KVM
10 2 (0.58%) Samba
10 2 (0.58%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 2 (0.58%) Squid
10 2 (0.58%) SRDF
10 2 (0.58%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 125 (36.13%) Ansible
2 97 (28.03%) Kubernetes
3 90 (26.01%) Terraform
4 37 (10.69%) Puppet
5 35 (10.12%) Progress Chef
6 26 (7.51%) Red Hat Satellite
7 25 (7.23%) Grafana
8 21 (6.07%) Prometheus
9 18 (5.20%) Failover Clustering
10 13 (3.76%) NetBackup
10 13 (3.76%) 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 (1.45%) Nagios
14 5 (1.45%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 5 (1.45%) WSUS
Vendors
1 183 (52.89%) Red Hat
2 64 (18.50%) VMware
3 59 (17.05%) Microsoft
4 58 (16.76%) Oracle
5 28 (8.09%) Google
6 23 (6.65%) IBM
7 21 (6.07%) Splunk
8 20 (5.78%) ServiceNow
9 17 (4.91%) Cisco
9 17 (4.91%) NetApp
10 12 (3.47%) Veeam
11 10 (2.89%) HP
11 10 (2.89%) SaltStack
12 9 (2.60%) Dell
12 9 (2.60%) SAP
13 8 (2.31%) Qualys
13 8 (2.31%) Tenable
14 7 (2.02%) Rapid7
15 6 (1.73%) McAfee
16 5 (1.45%) TOWER Software