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

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 540 476 513
Rank change year-on-year -64 +37 +28
Permanent jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 159 139 324
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.19% 0.36% 0.38%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.16% 2.26% 2.67%
Number of salaries quoted 131 109 240
10th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £38,650
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +27.27% -15.38%
75th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £71,563
90th Percentile £88,750 £96,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £63,750 £67,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% +22.73% -15.38%

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 5,037 6,156 12,141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.09% 16.16% 14.30%
Number of salaries quoted 3,811 3,783 9,779
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,000 £25,759
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.29%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,751 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -14.29%

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 May 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 May 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 -10 75 £60,000 -20.00% 11
South East -3 47 £67,500 +17.39% 9
North West +6 18 £51,250 -31.55% 6
North of England -55 18 £51,250 -26.79% 13
South West -42 16 £75,000 +11.53% 19
East of England -19 2 £56,250 -21.05% 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 19 (11.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (6.92%) Apache
3 8 (5.03%) SharePoint
4 6 (3.77%) Confluence
5 5 (3.14%) Apache Spark
6 4 (2.52%) OpenStack
7 3 (1.89%) CMS
7 3 (1.89%) WordPress
8 1 (0.63%) IIS
8 1 (0.63%) nginx
8 1 (0.63%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.63%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (3.14%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle 11i
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.63%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 44 (27.67%) AWS
2 33 (20.75%) Azure
3 13 (8.18%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (6.29%) AWS CloudFormation
5 8 (5.03%) SaaS
6 7 (4.40%) Amazon EKS
6 7 (4.40%) AWS Lambda
6 7 (4.40%) GCP
6 7 (4.40%) OpenShift
6 7 (4.40%) Serverless
7 6 (3.77%) Azure Stack
7 6 (3.77%) Datadog
8 4 (2.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 4 (2.52%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (2.52%) Amazon S3
8 4 (2.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 3 (1.89%) CloudFront
9 3 (1.89%) GitHub
9 3 (1.89%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (1.89%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 51 (32.08%) DNS
2 30 (18.87%) Firewall
2 30 (18.87%) SAN
3 20 (12.58%) LAN
4 18 (11.32%) TCP/IP
5 17 (10.69%) HTTP
6 11 (6.92%) WAN
7 10 (6.29%) iSCSI
7 10 (6.29%) NAS
8 8 (5.03%) NetScaler
8 8 (5.03%) Remote Desktop
8 8 (5.03%) Wireshark
9 6 (3.77%) DHCP
10 5 (3.14%) AMQP
10 5 (3.14%) Multicast
11 4 (2.52%) VSAN
12 3 (1.89%) VoIP
12 3 (1.89%) VPN
13 2 (1.26%) Network Security
13 2 (1.26%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (8.81%) SQL Server
2 10 (6.29%) MySQL
2 10 (6.29%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (5.03%) Oracle Database
4 6 (3.77%) Hadoop
5 5 (3.14%) Big Data
5 5 (3.14%) Cloudera CDH
5 5 (3.14%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (3.14%) MongoDB
6 4 (2.52%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.63%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.63%) Oracle Database 12c
7 1 (0.63%) Power BI
7 1 (0.63%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.63%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.63%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.63%) Sybase ASE
7 1 (0.63%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 20 (12.58%) Git
2 11 (6.92%) GitLab
3 10 (6.29%) JIRA
4 6 (3.77%) Jenkins
5 5 (3.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 4 (2.52%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.63%) git-flow
7 1 (0.63%) Maven
7 1 (0.63%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 49 (30.82%) Social Skills
2 40 (25.16%) Finance
3 20 (12.58%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (9.43%) Banking
5 12 (7.55%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (5.66%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (5.66%) Front Office
7 8 (5.03%) Aerospace
8 6 (3.77%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.52%) Mandarin Language
10 3 (1.89%) Military
11 2 (1.26%) Advertising
11 2 (1.26%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.63%) Retail
12 1 (0.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 31 (19.50%) Linux Engineer
2 29 (18.24%) Administrator
3 20 (12.58%) Senior
4 19 (11.95%) Systems Administrator
5 17 (10.69%) Linux Administrator
5 17 (10.69%) Linux Support
6 16 (10.06%) Applications Architect
6 16 (10.06%) Architect
7 15 (9.43%) Support Engineer
8 13 (8.18%) Linux Support Engineer
9 11 (6.92%) Linux Systems Administrator
10 10 (6.29%) Lead
10 10 (6.29%) Security Architect
10 10 (6.29%) Senior Linux Engineer
11 9 (5.66%) Developer
12 7 (4.40%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 7 (4.40%) 3rd Line Support
12 7 (4.40%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 7 (4.40%) DBA
13 6 (3.77%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (10.06%) Regular Expression
2 14 (8.81%) LDAP
3 12 (7.55%) XMPP
4 9 (5.66%) WebSockets
5 6 (3.77%) ARM Templates
5 6 (3.77%) REST
6 5 (3.14%) AngularJS
6 5 (3.14%) FIX Protocol
6 5 (3.14%) gRPC
6 5 (3.14%) Material-UI
6 5 (3.14%) Middleware
6 5 (3.14%) Node.js
6 5 (3.14%) OpenAPI
6 5 (3.14%) RabbitMQ
6 5 (3.14%) React
6 5 (3.14%) Spring
6 5 (3.14%) Spring Boot
6 5 (3.14%) Swagger
7 4 (2.52%) JSON
7 4 (2.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (14.47%) Data Centre
2 16 (10.06%) Cloud Native
3 15 (9.43%) PKI
4 14 (8.81%) Management Information System
5 8 (5.03%) Clustering
6 6 (3.77%) Enterprise Storage
7 5 (3.14%) Derivative
7 5 (3.14%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (3.14%) Operational Technology
7 5 (3.14%) Replication
7 5 (3.14%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (2.52%) Blockchain
8 4 (2.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 4 (2.52%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.52%) Web3
9 3 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.89%) Fixed Income
9 3 (1.89%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.63%) Equities
10 1 (0.63%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 159 (100.00%) Linux
2 64 (40.25%) Windows
3 56 (35.22%) Windows Server
4 39 (24.53%) CentOS
5 24 (15.09%) Unix
6 20 (12.58%) Ubuntu
7 10 (6.29%) Windows Server 2019
8 9 (5.66%) Debian
9 8 (5.03%) AIX
10 6 (3.77%) Oracle Linux
11 5 (3.14%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (2.52%) CoreOS
13 3 (1.89%) Solaris
13 3 (1.89%) VMS
14 2 (1.26%) Amazon Linux
14 2 (1.26%) Rocky
15 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (30.19%) DevOps
2 41 (25.79%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (22.01%) CI/CD
4 32 (20.13%) SIEM
5 30 (18.87%) ITIL
6 26 (16.35%) High Availability
7 25 (15.72%) Infrastructure as Code
8 23 (14.47%) Configuration Management
9 19 (11.95%) Agile
9 19 (11.95%) Containerisation
9 19 (11.95%) Platform Engineering
10 18 (11.32%) Disaster Recovery
11 17 (10.69%) Cybersecurity
12 16 (10.06%) Observability
13 14 (8.81%) Roadmaps
13 14 (8.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 13 (8.18%) Antivirus Management
14 13 (8.18%) Application Security
14 13 (8.18%) Time Management
15 12 (7.55%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 51 (32.08%) Python
2 47 (29.56%) Bash
3 27 (16.98%) SQL
4 26 (16.35%) PowerShell
5 15 (9.43%) PHP
6 12 (7.55%) Java
6 12 (7.55%) Korn
7 11 (6.92%) Perl
7 11 (6.92%) Shell Script
8 6 (3.77%) C++
8 6 (3.77%) JavaScript
9 5 (3.14%) PL/SQL
10 2 (1.26%) C
11 1 (0.63%) Groovy
11 1 (0.63%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 53 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 34 (21.38%) DV Cleared
3 18 (11.32%) Degree
4 13 (8.18%) SC Cleared
5 12 (7.55%) RHCSA
6 6 (3.77%) AWS Certification
7 5 (3.14%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (3.14%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (2.52%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (2.52%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (2.52%) Postgraduate
8 4 (2.52%) RHCE
9 3 (1.89%) CCNA
9 3 (1.89%) MCSE
10 2 (1.26%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.63%) CISM
11 1 (0.63%) CISSP
11 1 (0.63%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.63%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.29%) SLA
2 2 (1.26%) NIST
3 1 (0.63%) GDPR
3 1 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.63%) QA
3 1 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 43 (27.04%) Active Directory
2 41 (25.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (22.01%) Docker
4 31 (19.50%) vSphere
5 11 (6.92%) Hyper-V
6 8 (5.03%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 5 (3.14%) Oracle RAC
7 5 (3.14%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 3 (1.89%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 3 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (1.26%) Samba
10 1 (0.63%) KVM
10 1 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 46 (28.93%) Kubernetes
2 42 (26.42%) Ansible
3 36 (22.64%) Terraform
4 23 (14.47%) Nagios
5 19 (11.95%) Puppet
6 8 (5.03%) WSUS
7 7 (4.40%) Podman
8 6 (3.77%) Data Guard
8 6 (3.77%) Grafana
9 5 (3.14%) Oracle RMAN
9 5 (3.14%) ZABBIX
10 4 (2.52%) Argo
10 4 (2.52%) Docker Swarm
10 4 (2.52%) McAfee ePO
10 4 (2.52%) SCVMM
11 3 (1.89%) Prometheus
11 3 (1.89%) Red Hat Satellite
12 1 (0.63%) Packer
12 1 (0.63%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.63%) Red Hat Spacewalk
Vendors
1 109 (68.55%) Red Hat
2 70 (44.03%) VMware
3 33 (20.75%) Microsoft
4 19 (11.95%) McAfee
5 12 (7.55%) Oracle
6 10 (6.29%) Dell
6 10 (6.29%) SolarWinds
7 9 (5.66%) Splunk
8 8 (5.03%) Citrix
8 8 (5.03%) NetApp
9 6 (3.77%) Google
10 5 (3.14%) IBM
10 5 (3.14%) SaltStack
10 5 (3.14%) Symantec
11 3 (1.89%) Mirantis
11 3 (1.89%) Pure Storage
11 3 (1.89%) Veeam
12 2 (1.26%) CyberArk
12 2 (1.26%) D-Link
12 2 (1.26%) ServiceNow