Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for RHCA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 598 711 850
Rank change year-on-year +113 +139 -164
Contract jobs citing RHCA 2 5 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.008% 0.015%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.015% 0.031% 0.068%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 6
10th Percentile - - £544
25th Percentile - £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £625
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -24.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile - £488 -
90th Percentile - £495 £633
UK excluding London median daily rate - £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

RHCA is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,178 16,121 19,056
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.53% 27.29% 21.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,130 10,752 12,590
10th Percentile £300 £330 £330
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £626
90th Percentile £744 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £530 £500
% change year-on-year - +6.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,075 841 765
10th Percentile £13.86 £15.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.84 £20.00 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +27.06% +12.88%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £66.86
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.94 £49.72 £34.38
% change year-on-year -17.66% +44.65% -0.48%

RHCA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing RHCA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for RHCA in the UK

RHCA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing RHCA.

Daily rate trend for RHCA in the UK

RHCA
Top 1 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RHCA within the UK over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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
Work from Home +128 2 £550 +15.79% 1

RHCA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) OpenShift
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Ceph
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Juniper
1 2 (100.00%) Red Hat