Red Hat Enterprise Linux Job Trends in England

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Red Hat Enterprise Linux skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 550 488 500
Rank change year-on-year -62 +12 -10
Permanent jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 182 165 325
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.20% 0.38% 0.40%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.20% 2.53% 2.99%
Number of salaries quoted 150 126 245
10th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,313 £55,313 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +21.74% -8.73%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £100,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% +21.74% -8.73%

All Operating Systems
England

Red Hat Enterprise Linux falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,680 6,528 10,862
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.38% 15.08% 13.44%
Number of salaries quoted 4,324 4,338 8,282
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,875 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £31,500 £32,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,000 £47,300
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -11.21% -9.90%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% -9.52%

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux job vacancy trend in England

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux in England over the 6 months to 23 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in England

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux within the England region over the 6 months to 23 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -44 68 £66,250 -17.19% 31
South East -7 55 £67,500 +9.76% 9
North of England -22 33 £81,250 +25.00% 7
North West +14 25 £47,500 -36.56% 7
South West -47 15 £75,000 +20.00% 7
Midlands -34 6 £75,000 +30.43% 5
East of England -7 5 £55,000 - 2
East Midlands -28 5 £75,000 +30.43% 1
Yorkshire -38 4 £97,500 +50.00%
North East -51 4 £97,500 +77.27%
West Midlands -33 1 - - 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
UK

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 17 (9.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (4.95%) Apache
2 9 (4.95%) Confluence
3 7 (3.85%) OpenStack
4 5 (2.75%) SharePoint
5 4 (2.20%) Apache Spark
6 2 (1.10%) CMS
6 2 (1.10%) WordPress
7 1 (0.55%) JBoss
7 1 (0.55%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.55%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 13 (7.14%) FLEXCUBE
Cloud Services
1 54 (29.67%) AWS
2 36 (19.78%) Azure
3 17 (9.34%) GitHub
4 15 (8.24%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (4.95%) AWS CloudFormation
6 7 (3.85%) Azure Stack
6 7 (3.85%) Datadog
6 7 (3.85%) OpenShift
7 6 (3.30%) Amazon EKS
7 6 (3.30%) AWS Lambda
7 6 (3.30%) Serverless
8 5 (2.75%) GCP
9 4 (2.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 4 (2.20%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (2.20%) Amazon S3
9 4 (2.20%) Nutanix
9 4 (2.20%) SaaS
9 4 (2.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 3 (1.65%) CloudFront
10 3 (1.65%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 48 (26.37%) DNS
2 38 (20.88%) Firewall
3 30 (16.48%) SAN
4 16 (8.79%) LAN
5 13 (7.14%) TCP/IP
6 12 (6.59%) HTTP
7 11 (6.04%) Remote Desktop
8 10 (5.49%) iSCSI
9 9 (4.95%) NAS
10 8 (4.40%) NetScaler
10 8 (4.40%) WAN
10 8 (4.40%) Wireshark
11 4 (2.20%) AMQP
11 4 (2.20%) Kerberos
12 3 (1.65%) DHCP
12 3 (1.65%) VoIP
12 3 (1.65%) VPN
13 2 (1.10%) Network Security
13 2 (1.10%) SSL
13 2 (1.10%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.69%) SQL Server
2 13 (7.14%) Oracle Database
3 8 (4.40%) MySQL
3 8 (4.40%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (3.85%) MongoDB
5 6 (3.30%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (3.30%) Hadoop
6 4 (2.20%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (2.20%) Big Data
6 4 (2.20%) Cloudera CDH
7 1 (0.55%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 34 (18.68%) Git
2 25 (13.74%) GitLab
3 22 (12.09%) Jenkins
4 18 (9.89%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 14 (7.69%) JIRA
6 3 (1.65%) Bitbucket
7 2 (1.10%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.55%) git-flow
8 1 (0.55%) Maven
8 1 (0.55%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.55%) Selenium
8 1 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.55%) TeamCity
General
1 69 (37.91%) Social Skills
2 36 (19.78%) Finance
3 28 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (11.54%) Banking
5 16 (8.79%) Public Sector
6 12 (6.59%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (5.49%) Aerospace
7 10 (5.49%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.75%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.20%) Mandarin Language
10 3 (1.65%) Front Office
10 3 (1.65%) Military
11 2 (1.10%) Advertising
11 2 (1.10%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.55%) Law
12 1 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (17.58%) Senior
2 28 (15.38%) Linux Engineer
3 25 (13.74%) Administrator
4 21 (11.54%) Systems Administrator
5 20 (10.99%) Applications Architect
5 20 (10.99%) Architect
6 19 (10.44%) DevOps Engineer
7 15 (8.24%) Lead
8 14 (7.69%) Principal DevOps Engineer
8 14 (7.69%) Principal Engineer
8 14 (7.69%) Security Architect
9 13 (7.14%) DBA
9 13 (7.14%) Oracle DBA
9 13 (7.14%) Senior DBA
9 13 (7.14%) Senior Oracle DBA
10 11 (6.04%) Linux Administrator
11 10 (5.49%) Linux Systems Administrator
11 10 (5.49%) Support Engineer
12 9 (4.95%) Linux Support
12 9 (4.95%) Senior Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (12.64%) LDAP
1 23 (12.64%) Regular Expression
2 19 (10.44%) XMPP
3 8 (4.40%) WebSockets
4 7 (3.85%) ARM Templates
4 7 (3.85%) JSON
4 7 (3.85%) JSON Schema
4 7 (3.85%) XML
5 5 (2.75%) React
6 4 (2.20%) AngularJS
6 4 (2.20%) gRPC
6 4 (2.20%) Material-UI
6 4 (2.20%) Middleware
6 4 (2.20%) Node.js
6 4 (2.20%) OpenAPI
6 4 (2.20%) RabbitMQ
6 4 (2.20%) Spring
6 4 (2.20%) Spring Boot
6 4 (2.20%) Swagger
6 4 (2.20%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 30 (16.48%) Cloud Native
2 18 (9.89%) Data Centre
3 16 (8.79%) PKI
4 14 (7.69%) Management Information System
5 6 (3.30%) Enterprise Storage
5 6 (3.30%) Security Posture
6 5 (2.75%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (2.75%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 5 (2.75%) Operational Technology
7 4 (2.20%) Blockchain
7 4 (2.20%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.20%) Replication
7 4 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.20%) Web3
8 3 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.65%) Fixed Income
8 3 (1.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (1.10%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (1.10%) Social Media
10 1 (0.55%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 182 (100.00%) Linux
2 71 (39.01%) Windows
3 64 (35.16%) Windows Server
4 47 (25.82%) CentOS
5 27 (14.84%) Unix
6 21 (11.54%) Ubuntu
7 19 (10.44%) AIX
8 13 (7.14%) Oracle Linux
9 12 (6.59%) Debian
10 9 (4.95%) Windows Server 2019
11 7 (3.85%) Rocky
12 5 (2.75%) OpenVMS
13 3 (1.65%) VMS
14 2 (1.10%) Amazon Linux
14 2 (1.10%) CoreOS
14 2 (1.10%) Solaris
14 2 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (36.81%) DevOps
2 55 (30.22%) CI/CD
3 40 (21.98%) SIEM
4 38 (20.88%) Infrastructure as Code
5 37 (20.33%) High Availability
5 37 (20.33%) Problem-Solving
6 36 (19.78%) ITIL
7 35 (19.23%) Platform Engineering
8 31 (17.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 30 (16.48%) Configuration Management
10 28 (15.38%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 28 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
11 24 (13.19%) Continuous Improvement
11 24 (13.19%) Cybersecurity
12 23 (12.64%) Disaster Recovery
13 22 (12.09%) Agile
14 20 (10.99%) Incident Response
14 20 (10.99%) Observability
15 19 (10.44%) Roadmaps
15 19 (10.44%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 53 (29.12%) Bash
2 47 (25.82%) Python
3 31 (17.03%) SQL
4 29 (15.93%) PowerShell
5 21 (11.54%) Shell Script
6 19 (10.44%) Korn
7 15 (8.24%) Java
8 13 (7.14%) PL/SQL
9 11 (6.04%) PHP
10 7 (3.85%) JavaScript
11 4 (2.20%) Perl
12 2 (1.10%) C
13 1 (0.55%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 82 (45.05%) Security Cleared
2 56 (30.77%) DV Cleared
3 30 (16.48%) SC Cleared
4 21 (11.54%) Degree
5 11 (6.04%) RHCSA
6 7 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.75%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (2.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (2.20%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (2.20%) CCSP
8 4 (2.20%) CISM
8 4 (2.20%) CISSP
8 4 (2.20%) Postgraduate
8 4 (2.20%) RHCE
9 3 (1.65%) CCNA
9 3 (1.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (1.65%) MCSE
10 2 (1.10%) Azure Certification
10 2 (1.10%) Dell Certification
10 2 (1.10%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.75%) NIST
1 5 (2.75%) SLA
2 4 (2.20%) GDPR
2 4 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 52 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 51 (28.02%) Docker
3 36 (19.78%) vSphere
4 31 (17.03%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (7.14%) Oracle RAC
6 10 (5.49%) Hyper-V
7 8 (4.40%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 6 (3.30%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (2.75%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 2 (1.10%) Samba
10 2 (1.10%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (1.10%) Xen
11 1 (0.55%) KVM
11 1 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 64 (35.16%) Kubernetes
2 53 (29.12%) Ansible
3 52 (28.57%) Terraform
4 30 (16.48%) Nagios
5 23 (12.64%) Puppet
6 13 (7.14%) Data Guard
6 13 (7.14%) Oracle RMAN
7 10 (5.49%) ZABBIX
8 7 (3.85%) Grafana
8 7 (3.85%) Podman
8 7 (3.85%) WSUS
9 5 (2.75%) Docker Swarm
9 5 (2.75%) Prometheus
9 5 (2.75%) Red Hat Satellite
10 4 (2.20%) Argo
11 2 (1.10%) McAfee ePO
11 2 (1.10%) NetBackup
11 2 (1.10%) Progress Chef
11 2 (1.10%) Rancher
11 2 (1.10%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 111 (60.99%) Red Hat
2 65 (35.71%) VMware
3 40 (21.98%) Microsoft
4 22 (12.09%) McAfee
5 18 (9.89%) Oracle
6 14 (7.69%) Splunk
7 13 (7.14%) IBM
8 12 (6.59%) NetApp
9 10 (5.49%) Dell
10 9 (4.95%) SolarWinds
11 8 (4.40%) Citrix
12 6 (3.30%) ServiceNow
13 5 (2.75%) Google
13 5 (2.75%) Veeam
14 4 (2.20%) CyberArk
14 4 (2.20%) Ivanti
14 4 (2.20%) Qualys
14 4 (2.20%) Rapid7
14 4 (2.20%) SaltStack
14 4 (2.20%) Tenable