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 16 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
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 310 265 279
Rank change year-on-year -45 +14 -80
Contract jobs citing Red Hat 370 290 345
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.74% 0.98% 0.79%
As % of the Vendors category 1.81% 2.06% 1.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 194 241
10th Percentile £400 £395 £340
25th Percentile £449 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £537 £510
Median % change year-on-year -6.89% +5.29% -12.82%
75th Percentile £550 £623 £583
90th Percentile £622 £688 £672
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £520 £520
% change year-on-year -3.80% -0.05% -1.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 11 6
10th Percentile £60.00 - £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 £75.83 - £76.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £69.50 £68.00 £74.22
% change year-on-year +2.21% -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 20,424 14,104 18,400
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 40.68% 47.61% 42.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,835 8,673 11,415
10th Percentile £313 £280 £270
25th Percentile £413 £401 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,048 645 1,150
10th Percentile £15.36 £14.84 £12.13
25th Percentile £18.75 £17.35 £14.50
Median hourly rate £33.98 £25.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +33.25% +7.14% -44.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £53.95 £59.30
90th Percentile £79.65 £69.29 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.25 £23.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +35.87% +2.22% -43.15%

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Red Hat over the 6 months to 16 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 16 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Red Hat in the UK

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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 16 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 -59 317 £500 -9.09% 52
UK excluding London -41 257 £500 -3.80% 42
North of England -10 111 £500 +23.92% 11
Work from Home -34 111 £500 -6.89% 15
South East -26 73 £480 -10.61% 18
Yorkshire -12 62 £500 +10.50% 2
London -102 59 £550 -8.33% 10
South West -31 35 £525 -14.63% 7
North West -40 26 £453 +13.96% 3
East of England -18 24 £475 +10.47%
North East - 23 £511 - 6
Midlands -54 20 £500 -9.09% 5
West Midlands -53 17 £500 -9.17% 2
Scotland -22 5 £425 -11.27% 1
East Midlands -25 3 £488 -9.22% 3
Wales -16 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 (7.30%) nginx
2 26 (7.03%) Confluence
3 15 (4.05%) Tomcat
4 10 (2.70%) Apache
5 7 (1.89%) WebLogic
6 4 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (1.08%) WebSphere
6 4 (1.08%) WebSphere Application Server
7 3 (0.81%) IIS
7 3 (0.81%) JBoss
7 3 (0.81%) SAS
7 3 (0.81%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.54%) Camunda
8 2 (0.54%) IBM HTTP Server
8 2 (0.54%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.54%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 2 (0.54%) WebSphere Portal
9 1 (0.27%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.35%) Maximo
2 1 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 146 (39.46%) OpenShift
2 85 (22.97%) AWS
3 67 (18.11%) Azure
4 41 (11.08%) GitHub
5 25 (6.76%) GCP
6 23 (6.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 15 (4.05%) GitHub Actions
8 14 (3.78%) Amazon S3
9 13 (3.51%) Serverless
10 12 (3.24%) Amazon EC2
10 12 (3.24%) Amazon EKS
10 12 (3.24%) AWS Lambda
10 12 (3.24%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 9 (2.43%) AWS CloudFormation
11 9 (2.43%) Route 53
12 8 (2.16%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (2.16%) CloudBees
13 6 (1.62%) Azure AKS
14 5 (1.35%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 5 (1.35%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 48 (12.97%) DNS
2 42 (11.35%) Firewall
3 29 (7.84%) SAN
4 16 (4.32%) TCP/IP
4 16 (4.32%) VPN
5 10 (2.70%) HTTP
6 9 (2.43%) OpenVPN
7 8 (2.16%) DHCP
7 8 (2.16%) NAS
8 7 (1.89%) SSL
8 7 (1.89%) VLAN
9 6 (1.62%) VSAN
9 6 (1.62%) WAN
10 5 (1.35%) iSCSI
11 4 (1.08%) Kerberos
12 3 (0.81%) FCoE
12 3 (0.81%) Fibre Channel
12 3 (0.81%) FTP
12 3 (0.81%) VoIP
13 2 (0.54%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (5.14%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (4.86%) Elasticsearch
3 11 (2.97%) SQL Server
4 10 (2.70%) Oracle Database
5 7 (1.89%) MySQL
5 7 (1.89%) SAP HANA
6 6 (1.62%) MongoDB
7 5 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (1.35%) GIS
8 4 (1.08%) Redis
9 3 (0.81%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.54%) CockroachDB
10 2 (0.54%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.54%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.27%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.27%) Db2
11 1 (0.27%) IBM InfoSphere
11 1 (0.27%) Oracle Database 12c
11 1 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 69 (18.65%) Jenkins
2 43 (11.62%) SonarQube
3 38 (10.27%) GitLab
4 32 (8.65%) JIRA
5 28 (7.57%) Git
6 7 (1.89%) Bitbucket
6 7 (1.89%) Sonatype Nexus
7 5 (1.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 3 (0.81%) Artifactory
8 3 (0.81%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.54%) Ant
9 2 (0.54%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.54%) Gatling
9 2 (0.54%) Gradle
9 2 (0.54%) Introscope
9 2 (0.54%) JUnit
9 2 (0.54%) Maven
9 2 (0.54%) Mockito
9 2 (0.54%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.54%) Selenium
General
1 74 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 40 (10.81%) Public Sector
3 35 (9.46%) Finance
4 34 (9.19%) Documentation Skills
5 23 (6.22%) Banking
6 14 (3.78%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (2.97%) Aerospace
8 7 (1.89%) Telecoms
9 3 (0.81%) Military
9 3 (0.81%) Retail
10 2 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.54%) Law
10 2 (0.54%) Legal
10 2 (0.54%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.27%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.27%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.27%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 51 (13.78%) Architect
2 45 (12.16%) Linux Engineer
3 30 (8.11%) DevOps Engineer
4 29 (7.84%) Software Engineer
5 28 (7.57%) Administrator
6 27 (7.30%) Senior
7 26 (7.03%) Developer
8 25 (6.76%) Lead
9 23 (6.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 19 (5.14%) Linux Administrator
11 16 (4.32%) Java Developer
12 15 (4.05%) Java Engineer
12 15 (4.05%) Platform Engineer
13 13 (3.51%) Cloud Engineer
13 13 (3.51%) Consultant
14 12 (3.24%) Security Engineer
14 12 (3.24%) Solutions Architect
15 11 (2.97%) Analyst
15 11 (2.97%) SC Cleared Java Developer
16 9 (2.43%) Senior Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (10.00%) AngularJS
2 33 (8.92%) Quarkus
3 28 (7.57%) YAML
4 23 (6.22%) LDAP
5 17 (4.59%) Middleware
6 16 (4.32%) OpenTelemetry
7 13 (3.51%) Node.js
8 12 (3.24%) Kafka
8 12 (3.24%) Spring
9 11 (2.97%) Elastic Stack
10 10 (2.70%) OpenID
10 10 (2.70%) Spring Boot
11 9 (2.43%) REST
12 8 (2.16%) Express.js
13 6 (1.62%) CSS
13 6 (1.62%) EJB
13 6 (1.62%) HTML
13 6 (1.62%) React
14 5 (1.35%) JSON
14 5 (1.35%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 47 (12.70%) Cloud Native
2 42 (11.35%) Data Centre
3 35 (9.46%) Hybrid Cloud
4 20 (5.41%) Management Information System
5 15 (4.05%) Enterprise Software
6 14 (3.78%) Security Posture
7 11 (2.97%) Data Protection Act
7 11 (2.97%) Public Cloud
8 10 (2.70%) Enterprise Storage
8 10 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (2.70%) Replication
9 8 (2.16%) Clustering
9 8 (2.16%) Legacy Applications
10 6 (1.62%) EMC VMAX
10 6 (1.62%) FlexPod
10 6 (1.62%) Onboarding
11 5 (1.35%) Linux Command Line
12 4 (1.08%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
13 3 (0.81%) EMC VNX
Operating Systems
1 218 (58.92%) Linux
2 173 (46.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 66 (17.84%) Windows
4 29 (7.84%) Windows Server
5 26 (7.03%) CentOS
6 22 (5.95%) Ubuntu
7 19 (5.14%) Solaris
8 17 (4.59%) Windows Server 2019
9 15 (4.05%) Unix
10 11 (2.97%) SUSE
10 11 (2.97%) Windows Server 2008
11 10 (2.70%) VMS
12 9 (2.43%) AIX
12 9 (2.43%) Data ONTAP
12 9 (2.43%) Windows Server 2016
13 8 (2.16%) CoreOS
13 8 (2.16%) Oracle Linux
14 5 (1.35%) HPUX
15 3 (0.81%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
16 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (36.76%) CI/CD
2 134 (36.22%) DevOps
3 80 (21.62%) Agile
4 78 (21.08%) Containerisation
5 60 (16.22%) Migration
5 60 (16.22%) Test Automation
6 56 (15.14%) Software Engineering
7 55 (14.86%) Problem-Solving
8 53 (14.32%) RBAC
9 50 (13.51%) DevSecOps
9 50 (13.51%) Scrum
10 47 (12.70%) Continuous Improvement
11 45 (12.16%) Observability
12 43 (11.62%) Infrastructure as Code
13 40 (10.81%) Roadmaps
14 39 (10.54%) SDLC
15 37 (10.00%) Front End Development
15 37 (10.00%) High Availability
15 37 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 34 (9.19%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 127 (34.32%) Python
2 81 (21.89%) Bash
3 64 (17.30%) Java
4 49 (13.24%) PowerShell
5 30 (8.11%) Shell Script
6 18 (4.86%) Perl
6 18 (4.86%) SQL
7 13 (3.51%) JavaScript
8 11 (2.97%) MATLAB
9 9 (2.43%) PL/SQL
9 9 (2.43%) Ruby
10 8 (2.16%) Bicep
11 6 (1.62%) Go
12 3 (0.81%) Korn
12 3 (0.81%) R
12 3 (0.81%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.54%) Groovy
13 2 (0.54%) Jython
13 2 (0.54%) Rust
14 1 (0.27%) C
Qualifications
1 166 (44.86%) Security Cleared
2 130 (35.14%) SC Cleared
3 33 (8.92%) DV Cleared
4 31 (8.38%) RHCE
5 24 (6.49%) Degree
6 23 (6.22%) Azure Certification
6 23 (6.22%) CISSP
7 18 (4.86%) OCP
7 18 (4.86%) Oracle Certification
8 14 (3.78%) AWS Certification
9 11 (2.97%) RHCSA
10 7 (1.89%) CISM
11 6 (1.62%) LFCS
12 5 (1.35%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (1.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 5 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (1.08%) LPIC
13 4 (1.08%) RHCA
14 3 (0.81%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (9.46%) QA
2 13 (3.51%) SLA
3 8 (2.16%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.16%) NCSC
4 7 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.89%) NIST
5 5 (1.35%) GRC
5 5 (1.35%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.54%) 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 54 (14.59%) VMware Infrastructure
2 43 (11.62%) Docker
3 30 (8.11%) Active Directory
4 23 (6.22%) vSphere
5 19 (5.14%) Virtual Machines
6 18 (4.86%) NFS
7 14 (3.78%) VMware NSX
8 13 (3.51%) VMware ESXi
9 11 (2.97%) Squid
10 8 (2.16%) Oracle RAC
11 6 (1.62%) Corosync
11 6 (1.62%) SRDF
12 5 (1.35%) KVM
13 3 (0.81%) Dovecot
13 3 (0.81%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 3 (0.81%) Hyper-V
13 3 (0.81%) Postfix
13 3 (0.81%) Veritas Volume Manager
14 2 (0.54%) Ceph
14 2 (0.54%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 153 (41.35%) Kubernetes
2 128 (34.59%) Ansible
3 91 (24.59%) Terraform
4 67 (18.11%) Argo
5 60 (16.22%) Grafana
6 42 (11.35%) Prometheus
7 25 (6.76%) Red Hat Satellite
8 22 (5.95%) Single Sign-On
9 21 (5.68%) Puppet
10 18 (4.86%) vCenter Server
11 15 (4.05%) Podman
11 15 (4.05%) Progress Chef
12 13 (3.51%) NetBackup
13 11 (2.97%) Check_MK
14 9 (2.43%) FortiGate
14 9 (2.43%) SnapMirror
15 8 (2.16%) Oracle RMAN
16 7 (1.89%) Consul
16 7 (1.89%) Failover Clustering
16 7 (1.89%) Pacemaker
Vendors
1 82 (22.16%) VMware
2 46 (12.43%) Oracle
3 44 (11.89%) Microsoft
4 27 (7.30%) IBM
5 22 (5.95%) Google
6 21 (5.68%) Dell
6 21 (5.68%) Splunk
7 19 (5.14%) Pure Storage
8 18 (4.86%) Cisco
9 14 (3.78%) Veritas
10 13 (3.51%) SAP
11 12 (3.24%) NetApp
12 11 (2.97%) Commvault
13 9 (2.43%) Dynatrace
14 7 (1.89%) Atlassian
14 7 (1.89%) HP
14 7 (1.89%) NVIDIA
15 6 (1.62%) Brocade
15 6 (1.62%) ServiceNow
16 5 (1.35%) MathWorks