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 19 November 2025, 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
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 304 246 179
Rank change year-on-year -58 -67 +61
Contract jobs citing Red Hat 310 371 667
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.87% 1.02% 1.44%
As % of the Vendors category 1.83% 2.28% 3.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 232 507
10th Percentile £357 £369 £400
25th Percentile £425 £455 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.30% -2.23% -
75th Percentile £600 £653 £659
90th Percentile £660 £810 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -2.38% -0.47% +0.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 9 3
10th Percentile £51.25 £63.88 £20.56
25th Percentile £57.50 £68.00 £20.66
Median hourly rate £68.00 £74.00 £22.28
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% +232.21% -69.49%
75th Percentile - £75.00 £24.45
90th Percentile £69.99 £112.00 £24.89
UK excluding London median hourly rate £68.00 £74.00 £22.28
% change year-on-year -8.11% +232.21% -70.69%

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 16,949 16,285 21,028
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.47% 44.93% 45.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,664 9,571 13,497
10th Percentile £288 £300 £259
25th Percentile £405 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.45%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £720 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 879 512 677
10th Percentile £15.34 £15.62 £15.03
25th Percentile £18.25 £18.94 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.21 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.75% -32.12% +73.08%
75th Percentile £42.50 £62.51 £63.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.75 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £27.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -18.18% -38.20% +100.00%

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 19 November 2025.

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 19 November 2025.

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 19 November 2025. 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 -57 284 £525 -4.55% 121
UK excluding London -50 211 £513 -2.38% 80
Work from Home +4 100 £525 +5.00% 68
London -33 81 £550 -4.35% 57
South East +2 72 £485 -14.91% 33
North of England -12 63 £525 +1.45% 12
South West -20 37 £599 +9.41% 13
Yorkshire -35 29 £520 +0.97% 1
Midlands -59 22 £450 -24.53% 9
North West -16 20 £550 +10.00% 8
North East +10 17 £550 - 3
West Midlands -51 13 £563 -10.71% 9
East Midlands -19 9 £420 -19.23%
East of England -22 8 £373 -25.50% 7
Scotland -24 7 £500 +5.26% 2
Northern Ireland - 5 £350 - 6

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 18 (5.81%) Confluence
2 13 (4.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (3.87%) Apache
4 7 (2.26%) JBoss
4 7 (2.26%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.29%) nginx
5 4 (1.29%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.97%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.97%) WebSphere Application Server
7 2 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.65%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.65%) Appian
7 2 (0.65%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.32%) Mattermost
8 1 (0.32%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.32%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.32%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (0.97%) Maximo
2 1 (0.32%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 100 (32.26%) OpenShift
2 59 (19.03%) Azure
3 55 (17.74%) AWS
4 42 (13.55%) GitHub
5 22 (7.10%) GCP
6 17 (5.48%) Amazon EKS
7 11 (3.55%) Amazon EC2
8 10 (3.23%) Amazon S3
8 10 (3.23%) CloudBees
8 10 (3.23%) SaaS
9 8 (2.58%) IaaS
10 7 (2.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 6 (1.94%) Azure Monitor
11 6 (1.94%) Entra ID
11 6 (1.94%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (1.61%) Azure AKS
12 5 (1.61%) IBM Cloud
13 4 (1.29%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (1.29%) Cohesity
13 4 (1.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 38 (12.26%) DNS
2 32 (10.32%) Firewall
3 22 (7.10%) SAN
4 21 (6.77%) TCP/IP
5 10 (3.23%) DHCP
6 9 (2.90%) Internet
6 9 (2.90%) SSL
6 9 (2.90%) VLAN
7 8 (2.58%) BGP
7 8 (2.58%) Software-Defined Networking
8 7 (2.26%) WebEx
9 6 (1.94%) DKIM
9 6 (1.94%) DMARC
9 6 (1.94%) Network Security
9 6 (1.94%) SMTP
9 6 (1.94%) VSAN
10 5 (1.61%) VPN
11 4 (1.29%) NAS
11 4 (1.29%) Skype
12 3 (0.97%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (8.39%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (5.16%) MongoDB
3 12 (3.87%) Oracle Database
4 10 (3.23%) Elasticsearch
5 9 (2.90%) Relational Database
6 7 (2.26%) MySQL
6 7 (2.26%) RDBMS
6 7 (2.26%) Redis
7 5 (1.61%) SQL Server
8 3 (0.97%) Amazon Aurora
8 3 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.97%) Apache Cassandra
8 3 (0.97%) Oracle Exadata
9 2 (0.65%) Big Data
9 2 (0.65%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.65%) InfluxDB
9 2 (0.65%) MariaDB
9 2 (0.65%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.65%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 2 (0.65%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 61 (19.68%) Jenkins
2 33 (10.65%) Git
3 30 (9.68%) GitLab
4 24 (7.74%) JIRA
5 14 (4.52%) SonarQube
6 13 (4.19%) Sonatype Nexus
7 9 (2.90%) Artifactory
7 9 (2.90%) TeamCity
8 5 (1.61%) Subversion
9 4 (1.29%) Bitbucket Server
9 4 (1.29%) CA Release Automation
9 4 (1.29%) Gradle
9 4 (1.29%) Maven
9 4 (1.29%) Postman
9 4 (1.29%) Visual Studio Code
10 3 (0.97%) Log4j
10 3 (0.97%) Mockito
10 3 (0.97%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.97%) Poetry
10 3 (0.97%) PyCharm
General
1 82 (26.45%) Social Skills
2 33 (10.65%) Finance
3 32 (10.32%) Public Sector
4 24 (7.74%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (2.90%) Banking
6 7 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (2.26%) Financial Institution
6 7 (2.26%) Legal
7 5 (1.61%) Aerospace
7 5 (1.61%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.29%) Telecoms
9 3 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.32%) Automotive
11 1 (0.32%) Aviation
11 1 (0.32%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.32%) Law
Job Titles
1 33 (10.65%) Administrator
1 33 (10.65%) DevOps Engineer
2 32 (10.32%) Developer
3 30 (9.68%) Linux Engineer
4 29 (9.35%) Senior
5 28 (9.03%) Platform Engineer
6 24 (7.74%) Architect
7 21 (6.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 20 (6.45%) Support Engineer
9 15 (4.84%) Full-Stack Developer
9 15 (4.84%) Linux Administrator
10 14 (4.52%) Automation Engineer
11 12 (3.87%) Data Engineer
11 12 (3.87%) Product Engineer
11 12 (3.87%) Products Support Engineer
11 12 (3.87%) Software Support Engineer
12 11 (3.55%) Systems Administrator
13 10 (3.23%) Consultant
13 10 (3.23%) Data Protection Engineer
14 9 (2.90%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (8.39%) React
2 21 (6.77%) Middleware
3 20 (6.45%) Elastic Stack
4 18 (5.81%) Keycloak
4 18 (5.81%) Spring
5 16 (5.16%) AngularJS
5 16 (5.16%) CSS
5 16 (5.16%) HTML
5 16 (5.16%) Node.js
6 15 (4.84%) Kafka
6 15 (4.84%) REST
7 12 (3.87%) Loki
8 10 (3.23%) Spring Boot
8 10 (3.23%) Vue
9 8 (2.58%) Ruby on Rails
10 7 (2.26%) Apache NiFi
10 7 (2.26%) ARM Templates
10 7 (2.26%) XMPP
10 7 (2.26%) YAML
11 6 (1.94%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 35 (11.29%) Cloud Native
2 27 (8.71%) Product Ownership
3 15 (4.84%) Data Centre
4 13 (4.19%) Onboarding
5 12 (3.87%) Private Cloud
6 11 (3.55%) Clustering
7 10 (3.23%) Enterprise Storage
7 10 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
8 9 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (2.58%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (2.58%) Hedge funds
9 8 (2.58%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.94%) Replication
11 5 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.61%) Linux Command Line
11 5 (1.61%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.61%) PKI
12 3 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (0.97%) HP Storage
12 3 (0.97%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 223 (71.94%) Linux
2 159 (51.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 70 (22.58%) Windows
4 37 (11.94%) Windows Server
5 29 (9.35%) Ubuntu
6 28 (9.03%) Unix
7 22 (7.10%) CentOS
8 17 (5.48%) Solaris
9 11 (3.55%) Windows Server 2016
10 7 (2.26%) Oracle Linux
10 7 (2.26%) Windows Server 2012
10 7 (2.26%) Windows Server 2019
11 6 (1.94%) AIX
12 5 (1.61%) Debian
12 5 (1.61%) OpenVMS
13 4 (1.29%) Mac OS
14 3 (0.97%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 3 (0.97%) Windows 10
15 1 (0.32%) Rocky
15 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (41.61%) CI/CD
2 96 (30.97%) DevOps
3 70 (22.58%) Containerisation
4 66 (21.29%) Problem-Solving
5 65 (20.97%) Infrastructure as Code
6 58 (18.71%) Migration
7 50 (16.13%) Agile
8 46 (14.84%) Configuration Management
9 39 (12.58%) Platform Engineering
10 37 (11.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 34 (10.97%) High Availability
12 33 (10.65%) Scrum
13 31 (10.00%) ITIL
13 31 (10.00%) Software Engineering
14 29 (9.35%) Disaster Recovery
14 29 (9.35%) Microservices
15 27 (8.71%) Observability
16 22 (7.10%) User Stories
17 20 (6.45%) Continuous Improvement
17 20 (6.45%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 130 (41.94%) Python
2 104 (33.55%) Bash
3 48 (15.48%) PowerShell
4 42 (13.55%) JavaScript
5 40 (12.90%) Java
5 40 (12.90%) Shell Script
6 35 (11.29%) SQL
7 32 (10.32%) Perl
8 18 (5.81%) C
9 13 (4.19%) C++
10 12 (3.87%) Ada
11 11 (3.55%) C#
11 11 (3.55%) TypeScript
12 8 (2.58%) Ruby
13 6 (1.94%) Bicep
14 4 (1.29%) Groovy
14 4 (1.29%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.65%) AWK
15 2 (0.65%) sed
16 1 (0.32%) Go
Qualifications
1 134 (43.23%) Security Cleared
2 113 (36.45%) SC Cleared
3 23 (7.42%) DV Cleared
4 20 (6.45%) Degree
5 12 (3.87%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (3.55%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (2.90%) CCDP
7 9 (2.90%) CCNA
7 9 (2.90%) CCNP
8 8 (2.58%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (2.26%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (1.94%) CISSP
10 6 (1.94%) RHCE
11 5 (1.61%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.61%) RHCSA
12 4 (1.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 3 (0.97%) CISM
13 3 (0.97%) MCSE
14 2 (0.65%) IBM Certification
14 2 (0.65%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.84%) QA
2 6 (1.94%) GDPR
2 6 (1.94%) NIST
3 5 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.29%) NIST 800
4 4 (1.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.32%) HL7
5 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.32%) NCSC
System Software
1 59 (19.03%) VMware Infrastructure
2 58 (18.71%) Docker
3 27 (8.71%) Active Directory
4 22 (7.10%) vSphere
5 10 (3.23%) VMware NSX
6 8 (2.58%) KVM
6 8 (2.58%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (2.26%) NFS
8 6 (1.94%) Dovecot
8 6 (1.94%) Postfix
9 5 (1.61%) Hyper-V
10 4 (1.29%) Oracle RAC
10 4 (1.29%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 4 (1.29%) Veritas File System
10 4 (1.29%) Veritas Volume Manager
11 3 (0.97%) GPFS
11 3 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
12 2 (0.65%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.32%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 126 (40.65%) Kubernetes
2 119 (38.39%) Ansible
3 68 (21.94%) Terraform
4 49 (15.81%) Argo
5 32 (10.32%) Prometheus
5 32 (10.32%) Red Hat Satellite
6 30 (9.68%) Grafana
7 20 (6.45%) NetBackup
8 17 (5.48%) Puppet
9 13 (4.19%) Istio
9 13 (4.19%) Progress Chef
10 11 (3.55%) vCenter Server
11 10 (3.23%) Kustomize
12 7 (2.26%) SCOM
13 6 (1.94%) EMC NetWorker
13 6 (1.94%) EMC VPLEX
13 6 (1.94%) Packer
13 6 (1.94%) Podman
14 5 (1.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 5 (1.61%) Kibana
Vendors
1 95 (30.65%) VMware
2 39 (12.58%) Microsoft
3 33 (10.65%) Splunk
4 22 (7.10%) Cisco
4 22 (7.10%) Oracle
5 19 (6.13%) Veritas
6 18 (5.81%) Commvault
7 15 (4.84%) Dell
8 11 (3.55%) IBM
9 10 (3.23%) Citrix
10 9 (2.90%) HP
11 8 (2.58%) Pure Storage
12 7 (2.26%) 3PAR
12 7 (2.26%) EMC
12 7 (2.26%) NetApp
13 6 (1.94%) Broadcom
13 6 (1.94%) Cloudera
13 6 (1.94%) Google
13 6 (1.94%) Isilon
13 6 (1.94%) Nimble Storage