Red Hat Contract Job Trends

Red Hat
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of Red Hat products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Red Hat over the 6 months leading up to 23 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Red Hat, Inc.

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 310 270 282
Rank change year-on-year -40 +12 -80
Contract jobs citing Red Hat 377 296 346
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.74% 0.99% 0.79%
As % of the Vendors category 1.82% 2.08% 1.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 205 241
10th Percentile £400 £396 £340
25th Percentile £445 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £537 £510
Median % change year-on-year -6.89% +5.29% -11.30%
75th Percentile £550 £623 £585
90th Percentile £620 £683 £672
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £520 £520
% change year-on-year -5.24% -0.05% -1.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 11 6
10th Percentile £60.20 - £60.50
25th Percentile £62.50 - £66.88
Median hourly rate £70.00 £68.00 £74.22
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -8.38% +97.92%
75th Percentile - - £74.86
90th Percentile £76.36 - £76.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £68.00 £74.22
% change year-on-year +2.94% -8.38% +97.92%

All Vendors
UK

Red Hat falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 20,692 14,246 18,519
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 40.75% 47.54% 42.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,970 8,765 11,497
10th Percentile £313 £281 £270
25th Percentile £413 £403 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £518
Median % change year-on-year - -3.38% -1.43%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £715 £735
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,065 661 1,168
10th Percentile £15.64 £14.84 £12.25
25th Percentile £19.00 £17.30 £14.50
Median hourly rate £33.99 £25.50 £24.05
Median % change year-on-year +33.29% +6.03% -43.18%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.75 £59.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £68.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.75 £23.00 £22.56
% change year-on-year +38.04% +1.95% -39.84%

Red Hat
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Red Hat relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Red Hat job vacancy trend in the UK

Red Hat
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Red Hat.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Red Hat

Red Hat
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Red Hat over the 6 months to 23 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Red Hat in the UK

Red Hat
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Red Hat.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Red Hat

Red Hat
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Red Hat over the 6 months to 23 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Red Hat in the UK

Red Hat
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 within the UK over the 6 months to 23 June 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 -64 325 £500 -9.09% 36
UK excluding London -35 264 £493 -5.24% 29
North of England -8 112 £500 +23.92% 7
Work from Home -45 111 £500 -6.89% 13
South East -25 78 £450 -16.04% 7
Yorkshire -9 62 £500 +10.50% 1
London -97 60 £550 -5.98% 9
South West -35 37 £525 -14.63% 6
North West -40 26 £453 +13.96% 2
North East - 24 £511 - 4
East of England -15 23 £475 +10.47%
Midlands -46 22 £483 -12.11% 6
West Midlands -50 19 £483 -12.19% 3
Scotland -28 4 £425 -11.27% 1
East Midlands -19 3 £488 -9.22% 3
Wales -17 1 £475 -

Red Hat
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 27 (7.16%) nginx
2 26 (6.90%) Confluence
3 15 (3.98%) Tomcat
4 10 (2.65%) Apache
5 7 (1.86%) WebLogic
6 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (1.06%) WebSphere
7 4 (1.06%) WebSphere Application Server
8 3 (0.80%) IIS
8 3 (0.80%) JBoss
8 3 (0.80%) SAS
8 3 (0.80%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.53%) Camunda
9 2 (0.53%) IBM HTTP Server
9 2 (0.53%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 2 (0.53%) WebSphere Portal
10 1 (0.27%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.27%) Oracle Coherence
10 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.33%) Maximo
2 1 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 144 (38.20%) OpenShift
2 83 (22.02%) AWS
3 63 (16.71%) Azure
4 37 (9.81%) GitHub
5 25 (6.63%) GCP
6 24 (6.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 15 (3.98%) Amazon S3
8 14 (3.71%) Serverless
9 13 (3.45%) Amazon EC2
9 13 (3.45%) AWS Lambda
10 12 (3.18%) Amazon EKS
10 12 (3.18%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 11 (2.92%) GitHub Actions
12 10 (2.65%) AWS CloudFormation
13 9 (2.39%) Route 53
14 8 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
14 8 (2.12%) CloudBees
15 6 (1.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 6 (1.59%) Azure AKS
15 6 (1.59%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 50 (13.26%) DNS
2 43 (11.41%) Firewall
3 32 (8.49%) SAN
4 16 (4.24%) TCP/IP
4 16 (4.24%) VPN
5 10 (2.65%) DHCP
5 10 (2.65%) HTTP
6 9 (2.39%) OpenVPN
7 8 (2.12%) NAS
8 7 (1.86%) SSL
8 7 (1.86%) VLAN
8 7 (1.86%) WAN
9 5 (1.33%) iSCSI
9 5 (1.33%) VoIP
9 5 (1.33%) VSAN
10 4 (1.06%) Kerberos
11 3 (0.80%) FCoE
11 3 (0.80%) Fibre Channel
11 3 (0.80%) FTP
12 2 (0.53%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.77%) Elasticsearch
2 15 (3.98%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (3.18%) SQL Server
4 11 (2.92%) Oracle Database
5 7 (1.86%) MySQL
5 7 (1.86%) SAP HANA
6 6 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (1.59%) MongoDB
7 5 (1.33%) GIS
8 3 (0.80%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.53%) CockroachDB
9 2 (0.53%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.53%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.27%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.27%) Db2
10 1 (0.27%) IBM InfoSphere
10 1 (0.27%) Oracle Database 12c
10 1 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 70 (18.57%) Jenkins
2 44 (11.67%) SonarQube
3 33 (8.75%) GitLab
3 33 (8.75%) JIRA
4 27 (7.16%) Git
5 7 (1.86%) Bitbucket
5 7 (1.86%) Sonatype Nexus
6 5 (1.33%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 3 (0.80%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.80%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.53%) Ant
8 2 (0.53%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.53%) Gatling
8 2 (0.53%) Gradle
8 2 (0.53%) Introscope
8 2 (0.53%) JUnit
8 2 (0.53%) Maven
8 2 (0.53%) Mockito
8 2 (0.53%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.53%) Selenium
General
1 77 (20.42%) Social Skills
2 41 (10.88%) Public Sector
3 36 (9.55%) Documentation Skills
4 35 (9.28%) Finance
5 23 (6.10%) Banking
6 15 (3.98%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (2.92%) Aerospace
8 6 (1.59%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.33%) Military
10 3 (0.80%) Retail
11 2 (0.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.53%) Law
11 2 (0.53%) Legal
11 2 (0.53%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.27%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.27%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.27%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 51 (13.53%) Architect
2 46 (12.20%) Linux Engineer
3 28 (7.43%) Administrator
3 28 (7.43%) Senior
4 27 (7.16%) Software Engineer
5 26 (6.90%) Developer
6 25 (6.63%) Lead
7 24 (6.37%) DevOps Engineer
7 24 (6.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 19 (5.04%) Linux Administrator
9 16 (4.24%) Java Developer
9 16 (4.24%) Java Engineer
9 16 (4.24%) Platform Engineer
10 14 (3.71%) Cloud Engineer
11 13 (3.45%) Consultant
11 13 (3.45%) Solutions Architect
12 12 (3.18%) Analyst
12 12 (3.18%) Security Engineer
13 11 (2.92%) SC Cleared Java Developer
14 9 (2.39%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (10.08%) AngularJS
2 34 (9.02%) Quarkus
3 26 (6.90%) YAML
4 23 (6.10%) LDAP
5 17 (4.51%) Middleware
6 16 (4.24%) OpenTelemetry
7 13 (3.45%) Node.js
8 12 (3.18%) Spring
9 11 (2.92%) Elastic Stack
10 10 (2.65%) OpenID
10 10 (2.65%) Spring Boot
11 9 (2.39%) REST
12 8 (2.12%) Express.js
12 8 (2.12%) Kafka
13 6 (1.59%) CSS
13 6 (1.59%) EJB
13 6 (1.59%) HTML
13 6 (1.59%) React
14 5 (1.33%) ARM Templates
14 5 (1.33%) OpenLayers
Miscellaneous
1 45 (11.94%) Cloud Native
2 42 (11.14%) Data Centre
3 36 (9.55%) Hybrid Cloud
4 20 (5.31%) Management Information System
5 15 (3.98%) Enterprise Software
6 14 (3.71%) Security Posture
7 11 (2.92%) Data Protection Act
7 11 (2.92%) Public Cloud
8 10 (2.65%) Enterprise Storage
8 10 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (2.65%) Replication
9 9 (2.39%) Clustering
10 8 (2.12%) Legacy Applications
11 6 (1.59%) EMC VMAX
11 6 (1.59%) FlexPod
11 6 (1.59%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (1.33%) Onboarding
13 4 (1.06%) Virtual Team
14 3 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
14 3 (0.80%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 228 (60.48%) Linux
2 184 (48.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 70 (18.57%) Windows
4 31 (8.22%) Windows Server
5 26 (6.90%) CentOS
6 21 (5.57%) Ubuntu
7 20 (5.31%) Solaris
8 18 (4.77%) Windows Server 2019
9 16 (4.24%) Unix
10 13 (3.45%) SUSE
11 11 (2.92%) Windows Server 2008
12 10 (2.65%) AIX
13 9 (2.39%) Data ONTAP
13 9 (2.39%) VMS
13 9 (2.39%) Windows Server 2016
14 8 (2.12%) CoreOS
14 8 (2.12%) Oracle Linux
15 5 (1.33%) HPUX
16 3 (0.80%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
17 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (35.01%) CI/CD
2 128 (33.95%) DevOps
3 82 (21.75%) Agile
4 72 (19.10%) Containerisation
5 63 (16.71%) Problem-Solving
6 60 (15.92%) Migration
6 60 (15.92%) Test Automation
7 55 (14.59%) Software Engineering
8 53 (14.06%) DevSecOps
8 53 (14.06%) RBAC
9 51 (13.53%) Scrum
10 47 (12.47%) Continuous Improvement
11 41 (10.88%) Observability
12 40 (10.61%) Infrastructure as Code
12 40 (10.61%) ITIL
12 40 (10.61%) Roadmaps
12 40 (10.61%) SDLC
13 38 (10.08%) Front End Development
13 38 (10.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 37 (9.81%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 123 (32.63%) Python
2 78 (20.69%) Bash
3 65 (17.24%) Java
4 51 (13.53%) PowerShell
5 31 (8.22%) Shell Script
6 18 (4.77%) Perl
6 18 (4.77%) SQL
7 13 (3.45%) JavaScript
8 11 (2.92%) MATLAB
9 9 (2.39%) PL/SQL
9 9 (2.39%) Ruby
10 8 (2.12%) Bicep
11 6 (1.59%) Go
12 3 (0.80%) Korn
12 3 (0.80%) R
12 3 (0.80%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.53%) Groovy
13 2 (0.53%) Jython
13 2 (0.53%) Rust
14 1 (0.27%) C
Qualifications
1 171 (45.36%) Security Cleared
2 132 (35.01%) SC Cleared
3 35 (9.28%) DV Cleared
4 32 (8.49%) RHCE
5 24 (6.37%) Degree
6 23 (6.10%) Azure Certification
6 23 (6.10%) CISSP
7 18 (4.77%) OCP
7 18 (4.77%) Oracle Certification
8 14 (3.71%) AWS Certification
9 11 (2.92%) RHCSA
10 7 (1.86%) CISM
11 6 (1.59%) LFCS
12 5 (1.33%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (1.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (1.06%) LPIC
13 4 (1.06%) RHCA
14 3 (0.80%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (9.55%) QA
2 13 (3.45%) SLA
3 8 (2.12%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.86%) NIST
5 5 (1.33%) GRC
5 5 (1.33%) NCSC
5 5 (1.33%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.53%) PMO
7 1 (0.27%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.27%) OpenSCAP
7 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 56 (14.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 43 (11.41%) Docker
3 31 (8.22%) Active Directory
4 22 (5.84%) vSphere
5 18 (4.77%) NFS
5 18 (4.77%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (3.45%) VMware NSX
7 11 (2.92%) Squid
7 11 (2.92%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (2.12%) Oracle RAC
9 6 (1.59%) Corosync
9 6 (1.59%) SRDF
10 4 (1.06%) Hyper-V
11 3 (0.80%) Dovecot
11 3 (0.80%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 3 (0.80%) KVM
11 3 (0.80%) Postfix
11 3 (0.80%) Veritas Volume Manager
12 2 (0.53%) Ceph
12 2 (0.53%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 149 (39.52%) Kubernetes
2 129 (34.22%) Ansible
3 88 (23.34%) Terraform
4 64 (16.98%) Argo
5 56 (14.85%) Grafana
6 38 (10.08%) Prometheus
7 32 (8.49%) Red Hat Satellite
8 22 (5.84%) Puppet
8 22 (5.84%) Single Sign-On
9 16 (4.24%) vCenter Server
10 15 (3.98%) Progress Chef
11 14 (3.71%) NetBackup
11 14 (3.71%) Podman
12 11 (2.92%) Check_MK
13 9 (2.39%) FortiGate
13 9 (2.39%) SnapMirror
14 8 (2.12%) Failover Clustering
14 8 (2.12%) Oracle RMAN
15 7 (1.86%) Consul
15 7 (1.86%) Pacemaker
Vendors
1 84 (22.28%) VMware
2 48 (12.73%) Oracle
3 47 (12.47%) Microsoft
4 28 (7.43%) IBM
5 22 (5.84%) Google
6 21 (5.57%) Dell
7 19 (5.04%) Cisco
7 19 (5.04%) Pure Storage
8 17 (4.51%) Splunk
9 14 (3.71%) SAP
9 14 (3.71%) Veritas
10 12 (3.18%) NetApp
11 11 (2.92%) Commvault
12 9 (2.39%) Dynatrace
13 7 (1.86%) Atlassian
13 7 (1.86%) HP
14 6 (1.59%) Brocade
14 6 (1.59%) MathWorks
14 6 (1.59%) ServiceNow
14 6 (1.59%) Siemens