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

 6 months to
6 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 365 277 296
Rank change year-on-year -88 +19 -94
Contract jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 314 293 320
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.61% 0.92% 0.74%
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.29% 6.73% 5.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 214 237
10th Percentile £359 £369 £346
25th Percentile £415 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -7.95% +0.96% -12.24%
75th Percentile £561 £597 £600
90th Percentile £638 £675 £666
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £517 £535
% change year-on-year -6.74% -3.29% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 0 2
10th Percentile £37.50 - £65.18
25th Percentile £41.71 - £67.31
Median hourly rate £62.50 - £72.75
75th Percentile £78.75 - £76.31
90th Percentile £90.00 - £77.33
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.33 - £72.75
% change year-on-year - - +2.11%

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 4,990 4,354 5,926
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.63% 13.69% 13.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,192 2,818 3,884
10th Percentile £190 £200 £190
25th Percentile £313 £313 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.05% -2.16% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £580 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £693
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £461
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -0.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 337 225 434
10th Percentile £15.10 £15.50 £12.75
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.44 £16.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £22.56 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.25% -9.76% -41.18%
75th Percentile £63.75 £42.16 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £65.90 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.77 £18.87 £35.00
% change year-on-year +36.57% -46.09% +19.45%

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 6 July 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 6 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in the UK

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Top 16 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 6 July 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 -76 268 £483 -8.00% 59
UK excluding London -58 208 £483 -6.74% 49
Work from Home -75 81 £486 -7.52% 16
London -82 73 £481 -12.50% 17
North of England -54 71 £500 +24.38% 10
South East -45 42 £440 -20.00% 13
Yorkshire -36 38 £508 +6.84% 2
South West -7 37 £534 -13.21% 12
North West -37 31 £475 +20.87% 8
East of England -6 26 £475 -1.55% 3
Midlands -56 16 £501 -6.80% 4
Scotland -30 15 £475 +1.44% 7
East Midlands -12 8 £530 +4.74% 1
West Midlands -59 8 £484 -10.18% 3
North East -36 2 £400 -30.43%
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 16 (5.10%) nginx
2 13 (4.14%) Tomcat
3 11 (3.50%) Apache
3 11 (3.50%) Confluence
4 8 (2.55%) WebLogic
5 6 (1.91%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (1.91%) WebSphere
6 5 (1.59%) JBoss
7 3 (0.96%) IBM HTTP Server
7 3 (0.96%) SAS
7 3 (0.96%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.96%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.64%) Documentum
8 2 (0.64%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.64%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 2 (0.64%) Red Hat Fuse
8 2 (0.64%) WebSphere Portal
9 1 (0.32%) Traefik
Applications
1 4 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.32%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.32%) FLEXCUBE
1 1 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 95 (30.25%) AWS
2 71 (22.61%) Azure
3 45 (14.33%) OpenShift
4 28 (8.92%) GCP
5 25 (7.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 22 (7.01%) GitHub
7 18 (5.73%) Amazon S3
8 17 (5.41%) Amazon EC2
9 14 (4.46%) Datadog
10 13 (4.14%) Amazon EKS
11 12 (3.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 12 (3.82%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 12 (3.82%) Serverless
12 10 (3.18%) AWS CloudFormation
13 9 (2.87%) AWS Lambda
13 9 (2.87%) Azure Monitor
13 9 (2.87%) Entra ID
13 9 (2.87%) GitHub Actions
14 8 (2.55%) Azure AKS
14 8 (2.55%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 44 (14.01%) Firewall
2 40 (12.74%) DNS
3 35 (11.15%) SAN
4 15 (4.78%) VLAN
5 14 (4.46%) DHCP
6 13 (4.14%) SSL
7 11 (3.50%) Network Security
7 11 (3.50%) VPN
8 9 (2.87%) HTTP
9 7 (2.23%) Kerberos
9 7 (2.23%) TCP/IP
10 6 (1.91%) iSCSI
10 6 (1.91%) VSAN
10 6 (1.91%) WAN
11 5 (1.59%) SSH
11 5 (1.59%) VoIP
12 4 (1.27%) Fibre Channel
12 4 (1.27%) NAS
13 3 (0.96%) FTP
14 2 (0.64%) InfiniBand
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (7.96%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (5.73%) Oracle Database
3 13 (4.14%) SQL Server
4 11 (3.50%) MongoDB
5 10 (3.18%) MySQL
6 8 (2.55%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (2.55%) Elasticsearch
7 7 (2.23%) GIS
7 7 (2.23%) SAP HANA
8 5 (1.59%) Data Lake
9 4 (1.27%) Oracle Database 12c
9 4 (1.27%) Redis
9 4 (1.27%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
12 1 (0.32%) BusinessObjects
12 1 (0.32%) IBM InfoSphere
12 1 (0.32%) MariaDB
12 1 (0.32%) OpenStack Swift
12 1 (0.32%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 47 (14.97%) Jenkins
2 40 (12.74%) GitLab
3 31 (9.87%) Git
4 18 (5.73%) JIRA
5 6 (1.91%) Artifactory
5 6 (1.91%) Sonatype Nexus
6 5 (1.59%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 3 (0.96%) Introscope
8 2 (0.64%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.32%) Ant
9 1 (0.32%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.32%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.32%) GoCD
9 1 (0.32%) Maven
9 1 (0.32%) PVCS
General
1 56 (17.83%) Social Skills
2 35 (11.15%) Finance
3 34 (10.83%) Public Sector
4 24 (7.64%) Banking
5 23 (7.32%) Documentation Skills
6 18 (5.73%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (2.87%) Legal
8 5 (1.59%) Aerospace
8 5 (1.59%) Military
8 5 (1.59%) Retail
9 4 (1.27%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.27%) Publishing
10 2 (0.64%) Aviation
10 2 (0.64%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.64%) Law
10 2 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.32%) International Banking
11 1 (0.32%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.32%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 55 (17.52%) Linux Engineer
2 42 (13.38%) Senior
3 30 (9.55%) DevOps Engineer
4 29 (9.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 21 (6.69%) Cloud Engineer
5 21 (6.69%) Platform Engineer
6 20 (6.37%) Administrator
6 20 (6.37%) Architect
6 20 (6.37%) Lead
7 16 (5.10%) Linux Administrator
7 16 (5.10%) Software Engineer
8 15 (4.78%) Senior Linux Engineer
9 12 (3.82%) Security Engineer
10 10 (3.18%) AWS Engineer
10 10 (3.18%) Unix Engineer
11 9 (2.87%) Lead Software Engineer
12 7 (2.23%) Azure Engineer
12 7 (2.23%) Security Architect
12 7 (2.23%) Support Engineer
13 6 (1.91%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.41%) Middleware
2 12 (3.82%) LDAP
3 11 (3.50%) REST
4 9 (2.87%) Spring
5 7 (2.23%) EJB
5 7 (2.23%) Elastic Stack
5 7 (2.23%) Kafka
6 6 (1.91%) OpenLayers
6 6 (1.91%) Spring Boot
6 6 (1.91%) Vue
7 5 (1.59%) JSON
7 5 (1.59%) OAuth
8 4 (1.27%) .NET
8 4 (1.27%) Azure Blueprints
8 4 (1.27%) Django
8 4 (1.27%) Java EE
8 4 (1.27%) Java SE
8 4 (1.27%) JSP
8 4 (1.27%) JWT
8 4 (1.27%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (12.74%) Cloud Native
2 30 (9.55%) Data Centre
3 24 (7.64%) Security Posture
4 19 (6.05%) Management Information System
5 17 (5.41%) Hybrid Cloud
6 16 (5.10%) Onboarding
7 14 (4.46%) Clustering
7 14 (4.46%) Legacy Systems
7 14 (4.46%) Replication
8 13 (4.14%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (3.50%) PKI
10 9 (2.87%) Linux Command Line
11 8 (2.55%) Legacy Applications
11 8 (2.55%) Product Ownership
12 6 (1.91%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (1.91%) FlexPod
12 6 (1.91%) Mainframe
13 5 (1.59%) CMDB
13 5 (1.59%) Public Cloud
13 5 (1.59%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 314 (100.00%) Linux
2 116 (36.94%) Windows
3 59 (18.79%) Windows Server
4 44 (14.01%) Ubuntu
5 34 (10.83%) CentOS
6 28 (8.92%) Solaris
7 27 (8.60%) Unix
8 17 (5.41%) Windows Server 2019
9 15 (4.78%) VMS
10 12 (3.82%) AIX
10 12 (3.82%) Oracle Linux
10 12 (3.82%) Rocky
10 12 (3.82%) SUSE
11 11 (3.50%) Windows Server 2008
12 10 (3.18%) Windows Server 2016
13 8 (2.55%) CoreOS
14 7 (2.23%) Windows Server 2012
15 6 (1.91%) Data ONTAP
16 5 (1.59%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
16 5 (1.59%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (33.76%) CI/CD
2 100 (31.85%) DevOps
3 61 (19.43%) Infrastructure as Code
4 57 (18.15%) Agile
5 52 (16.56%) Migration
6 49 (15.61%) ITIL
6 49 (15.61%) Problem-Solving
7 48 (15.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 47 (14.97%) Containerisation
9 45 (14.33%) Platform Engineering
10 43 (13.69%) Configuration Management
11 42 (13.38%) Change Management
12 35 (11.15%) Continuous Improvement
12 35 (11.15%) High Availability
13 34 (10.83%) Observability
14 32 (10.19%) Performance Tuning
14 32 (10.19%) Roadmaps
14 32 (10.19%) Runbook
15 31 (9.87%) Software Engineering
16 29 (9.24%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 122 (38.85%) Python
2 82 (26.11%) Bash
3 74 (23.57%) PowerShell
4 32 (10.19%) Java
5 30 (9.55%) Shell Script
6 26 (8.28%) SQL
7 13 (4.14%) JavaScript
8 12 (3.82%) Perl
8 12 (3.82%) PL/SQL
9 7 (2.23%) Go
10 6 (1.91%) MATLAB
11 5 (1.59%) Bicep
11 5 (1.59%) Korn
12 4 (1.27%) C
12 4 (1.27%) C#
13 3 (0.96%) C++
13 3 (0.96%) Groovy
13 3 (0.96%) Jython
14 2 (0.64%) Ruby
14 2 (0.64%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 149 (47.45%) Security Cleared
2 116 (36.94%) SC Cleared
3 36 (11.46%) Degree
4 26 (8.28%) DV Cleared
5 22 (7.01%) CISSP
6 20 (6.37%) RHCE
7 17 (5.41%) AWS Certification
7 17 (5.41%) Azure Certification
8 12 (3.82%) OCP
8 12 (3.82%) Oracle Certification
9 10 (3.18%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (2.23%) CISM
11 6 (1.91%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (1.59%) RHCA
13 4 (1.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
14 3 (0.96%) RHCSA
14 3 (0.96%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (0.96%) VCAP
15 2 (0.64%) NCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.18%) SLA
2 8 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.23%) NIST
4 5 (1.59%) GRC
4 5 (1.59%) NCSC
4 5 (1.59%) QA
5 4 (1.27%) SOC 2
6 3 (0.96%) Disclosure Scotland
6 3 (0.96%) HIPAA
6 3 (0.96%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.64%) ISO 15022
7 2 (0.64%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.32%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.32%) OpenSCAP
8 1 (0.32%) PMO
8 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 56 (17.83%) Docker
2 50 (15.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (12.10%) Virtual Machines
4 33 (10.51%) Active Directory
5 19 (6.05%) NFS
6 17 (5.41%) VMware ESXi
6 17 (5.41%) vSphere
7 12 (3.82%) Hyper-V
8 9 (2.87%) Oracle RAC
9 6 (1.91%) Corosync
9 6 (1.91%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.96%) Ceph
10 3 (0.96%) Firmware
10 3 (0.96%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 3 (0.96%) Veritas Volume Manager
11 2 (0.64%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 2 (0.64%) KVM
11 2 (0.64%) Samba
11 2 (0.64%) Squid
11 2 (0.64%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 123 (39.17%) Ansible
2 87 (27.71%) Kubernetes
3 82 (26.11%) Terraform
4 25 (7.96%) Red Hat Satellite
5 24 (7.64%) Grafana
6 19 (6.05%) Puppet
7 18 (5.73%) Progress Chef
8 17 (5.41%) Prometheus
9 14 (4.46%) Failover Clustering
10 12 (3.82%) Oracle RMAN
11 8 (2.55%) NetBackup
11 8 (2.55%) Packer
11 8 (2.55%) Podman
12 7 (2.23%) Pacemaker
12 7 (2.23%) vCenter Server
13 6 (1.91%) Argo
13 6 (1.91%) Check_MK
13 6 (1.91%) SnapMirror
13 6 (1.91%) vMotion
14 5 (1.59%) vRealize
Vendors
1 173 (55.10%) Red Hat
2 69 (21.97%) VMware
3 52 (16.56%) Oracle
4 44 (14.01%) Microsoft
5 26 (8.28%) Google
6 23 (7.32%) IBM
7 17 (5.41%) Splunk
8 15 (4.78%) Cisco
8 15 (4.78%) NetApp
9 14 (4.46%) ServiceNow
10 10 (3.18%) Dell
10 10 (3.18%) HP
11 9 (2.87%) Tenable
12 8 (2.55%) SAP
13 7 (2.23%) Qualys
14 6 (1.91%) Commvault
14 6 (1.91%) Databricks
14 6 (1.91%) McAfee
14 6 (1.91%) Rapid7
14 6 (1.91%) Veritas
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