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 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 553 480 471
Rank change year-on-year -73 -9 -17
Permanent jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 192 168 312
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.20% 0.38% 0.43%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.26% 2.57% 3.35%
Number of salaries quoted 145 124 235
10th Percentile £46,613 £49,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £53,750 £41,302
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £68,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +14.58% -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £98,875 £102,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +17.39% -11.54%

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 5,881 6,532 9,319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.18% 14.94% 12.86%
Number of salaries quoted 4,439 4,344 6,685
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,125 £31,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% -14.43% -7.62%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,000 £48,925
% change year-on-year +7.14% -14.15% -6.81%

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 20 August 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 20 August 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 -64 63 £75,000 -6.25% 19
South East -15 55 £67,500 +10.66% 10
North of England -13 43 £97,500 +50.00% 11
North West +8 31 £55,000 -26.54% 7
South West -55 19 £75,000 +20.00% 14
Midlands -29 7 £75,000 +30.43% 3
Yorkshire -37 6 £97,500 +50.00% 2
North East -55 6 £97,500 +77.27% 2
East Midlands -27 5 £75,000 +30.43%
East of England -31 4 £48,750 +3.17% 4
West Midlands -30 2 - - 3
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 12 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (4.69%) Apache
2 9 (4.69%) Confluence
2 9 (4.69%) OpenStack
3 5 (2.60%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.04%) JBoss
4 2 (1.04%) nginx
5 1 (0.52%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 1 (0.52%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.52%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 11 (5.73%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.52%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 67 (34.90%) AWS
2 39 (20.31%) Azure
3 24 (12.50%) GitHub
4 14 (7.29%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (6.25%) OpenShift
6 10 (5.21%) AWS CloudFormation
7 7 (3.65%) Amazon EKS
7 7 (3.65%) AWS Lambda
7 7 (3.65%) Datadog
7 7 (3.65%) Serverless
8 6 (3.13%) GCP
9 5 (2.60%) Azure Stack
9 5 (2.60%) Nutanix
10 4 (2.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (2.08%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (2.08%) Amazon S3
10 4 (2.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 3 (1.56%) CloudFront
11 3 (1.56%) Route 53
11 3 (1.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 44 (22.92%) DNS
2 36 (18.75%) Firewall
3 25 (13.02%) SAN
4 17 (8.85%) LAN
5 13 (6.77%) TCP/IP
6 11 (5.73%) WAN
7 10 (5.21%) HTTP
7 10 (5.21%) Remote Desktop
8 9 (4.69%) iSCSI
8 9 (4.69%) NAS
9 8 (4.17%) NetScaler
9 8 (4.17%) Wireshark
10 6 (3.13%) DHCP
11 5 (2.60%) AMQP
11 5 (2.60%) Kerberos
11 5 (2.60%) VSAN
12 3 (1.56%) VoIP
12 3 (1.56%) VPN
13 2 (1.04%) PBX
13 2 (1.04%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.85%) SQL Server
2 13 (6.77%) Oracle Database
3 9 (4.69%) MySQL
4 8 (4.17%) MongoDB
4 8 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (3.65%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (3.65%) Hadoop
6 6 (3.13%) Big Data
7 5 (2.60%) Cloudera CDH
8 4 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.52%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.52%) GIS
9 1 (0.52%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 43 (22.40%) Git
2 31 (16.15%) GitLab
2 31 (16.15%) Jenkins
3 25 (13.02%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 13 (6.77%) JIRA
5 3 (1.56%) Bitbucket
6 2 (1.04%) Artifactory
6 2 (1.04%) Maven
7 1 (0.52%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.52%) git-flow
7 1 (0.52%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.52%) Selenium
7 1 (0.52%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.52%) TeamCity
General
1 73 (38.02%) Social Skills
2 34 (17.71%) Finance
3 28 (14.58%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 17 (8.85%) Banking
6 11 (5.73%) Aerospace
7 10 (5.21%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (5.21%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (3.13%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (2.08%) Mandarin Language
10 4 (2.08%) Military
11 3 (1.56%) Front Office
11 3 (1.56%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.04%) Advertising
13 1 (0.52%) Law
13 1 (0.52%) Police
Job Titles
1 31 (16.15%) Senior
2 28 (14.58%) Linux Engineer
3 27 (14.06%) Administrator
3 27 (14.06%) DevOps Engineer
4 22 (11.46%) Systems Administrator
5 21 (10.94%) Principal DevOps Engineer
5 21 (10.94%) Principal Engineer
6 20 (10.42%) Applications Architect
6 20 (10.42%) Architect
7 15 (7.81%) Lead
8 14 (7.29%) Security Architect
9 13 (6.77%) DBA
10 11 (5.73%) Linux Administrator
10 11 (5.73%) Oracle DBA
10 11 (5.73%) Senior DBA
10 11 (5.73%) Senior Oracle DBA
11 10 (5.21%) Linux Systems Administrator
12 8 (4.17%) AIX Engineer
12 8 (4.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (4.17%) Senior Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (31.25%) Terraform
2 24 (12.50%) LDAP
3 23 (11.98%) Regular Expression
4 19 (9.90%) XMPP
5 8 (4.17%) JSON
6 7 (3.65%) JSON Schema
6 7 (3.65%) XML
7 6 (3.13%) RabbitMQ
7 6 (3.13%) React
7 6 (3.13%) WebSockets
8 5 (2.60%) AngularJS
8 5 (2.60%) ARM Templates
8 5 (2.60%) gRPC
8 5 (2.60%) Material-UI
8 5 (2.60%) Node.js
8 5 (2.60%) OpenAPI
8 5 (2.60%) REST
8 5 (2.60%) Spring
8 5 (2.60%) Spring Boot
8 5 (2.60%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 37 (19.27%) Cloud Native
2 17 (8.85%) Data Centre
3 13 (6.77%) PKI
4 11 (5.73%) Management Information System
5 7 (3.65%) Security Posture
5 7 (3.65%) Social Media
6 6 (3.13%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.60%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.60%) Manufacturing Execution System
7 5 (2.60%) Operational Technology
7 5 (2.60%) Replication
8 4 (2.08%) Blockchain
8 4 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (2.08%) Web3
9 3 (1.56%) Clustering
9 3 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.56%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (1.56%) Enterprise Storage
9 3 (1.56%) Fixed Income
9 3 (1.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 192 (100.00%) Linux
2 73 (38.02%) Windows
3 65 (33.85%) Windows Server
4 60 (31.25%) CentOS
5 27 (14.06%) Unix
6 20 (10.42%) AIX
6 20 (10.42%) Ubuntu
7 14 (7.29%) Debian
8 12 (6.25%) Rocky
8 12 (6.25%) Windows Server 2019
9 11 (5.73%) Oracle Linux
10 5 (2.60%) CoreOS
10 5 (2.60%) OpenVMS
10 5 (2.60%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (1.56%) Solaris
11 3 (1.56%) VMS
12 2 (1.04%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (38.54%) DevOps
2 61 (31.77%) CI/CD
3 42 (21.88%) Infrastructure as Code
3 42 (21.88%) Platform Engineering
4 41 (21.35%) ITIL
5 37 (19.27%) High Availability
6 36 (18.75%) SIEM
7 34 (17.71%) Problem-Solving
7 34 (17.71%) Site Reliability Engineering
7 34 (17.71%) Technical Leadership
8 29 (15.10%) Configuration Management
9 28 (14.58%) Continuous Improvement
9 28 (14.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 26 (13.54%) Cybersecurity
10 26 (13.54%) Microservices
11 23 (11.98%) Agile
12 21 (10.94%) Disaster Recovery
12 21 (10.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 21 (10.94%) Roadmaps
13 20 (10.42%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 57 (29.69%) Bash
2 54 (28.13%) Python
3 32 (16.67%) PowerShell
4 25 (13.02%) SQL
5 24 (12.50%) Shell Script
6 20 (10.42%) Java
7 18 (9.38%) Korn
8 12 (6.25%) PL/SQL
9 8 (4.17%) JavaScript
10 7 (3.65%) PHP
11 4 (2.08%) Perl
12 2 (1.04%) C
13 1 (0.52%) C#
13 1 (0.52%) C++
13 1 (0.52%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 91 (47.40%) Security Cleared
2 64 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 39 (20.31%) SC Cleared
4 21 (10.94%) Degree
5 11 (5.73%) RHCSA
6 8 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (3.13%) RHCE
8 5 (2.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 5 (2.60%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (2.60%) CCSP
8 5 (2.60%) CISM
8 5 (2.60%) CISSP
9 4 (2.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (2.08%) Postgraduate
10 3 (1.56%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.56%) CCNA
10 3 (1.56%) Dell Certification
10 3 (1.56%) MCSA
10 3 (1.56%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.13%) SLA
2 5 (2.60%) GDPR
2 5 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (2.60%) NIST
2 5 (2.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.52%) QA
System Software
1 61 (31.77%) Docker
2 52 (27.08%) Active Directory
3 34 (17.71%) vSphere
4 25 (13.02%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (7.29%) Hyper-V
6 12 (6.25%) Oracle RAC
7 11 (5.73%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (3.65%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 6 (3.13%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (2.60%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 2 (1.04%) Samba
11 2 (1.04%) Xen
12 1 (0.52%) KVM
12 1 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 68 (35.42%) Ansible
1 68 (35.42%) Kubernetes
2 28 (14.58%) Puppet
3 25 (13.02%) Nagios
4 13 (6.77%) Data Guard
4 13 (6.77%) Oracle RMAN
5 11 (5.73%) ZABBIX
6 8 (4.17%) Podman
7 7 (3.65%) Grafana
8 6 (3.13%) Red Hat Satellite
9 5 (2.60%) McAfee ePO
9 5 (2.60%) Prometheus
9 5 (2.60%) SCVMM
10 4 (2.08%) Argo
10 4 (2.08%) Docker Swarm
10 4 (2.08%) WSUS
11 2 (1.04%) FlexNet
11 2 (1.04%) NetBackup
11 2 (1.04%) Progress Chef
11 2 (1.04%) Rancher
Vendors
1 115 (59.90%) Red Hat
2 59 (30.73%) VMware
3 41 (21.35%) Microsoft
4 21 (10.94%) McAfee
4 21 (10.94%) Oracle
5 13 (6.77%) IBM
5 13 (6.77%) Splunk
6 12 (6.25%) NetApp
7 10 (5.21%) Dell
8 9 (4.69%) Citrix
9 7 (3.65%) ServiceNow
9 7 (3.65%) SolarWinds
10 6 (3.13%) Google
11 5 (2.60%) CyberArk
11 5 (2.60%) Ivanti
11 5 (2.60%) Qualys
11 5 (2.60%) Rapid7
11 5 (2.60%) SaltStack
11 5 (2.60%) Veeam
11 5 (2.60%) Veracode