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

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 567 477 471
Rank change year-on-year -90 -6 -21
Permanent jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 185 165 293
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.18% 0.38% 0.43%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.07% 2.74% 3.26%
Number of salaries quoted 127 116 214
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £41,202
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £92,500 £81,250 £79,375
90th Percentile £105,000 £96,250 £97,431
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% +4.00% -3.85%

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 6,018 6,023 8,977
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.88% 14.03% 13.06%
Number of salaries quoted 4,474 3,895 5,540
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% -17.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -16.00% -4.76%

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 21 September 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 21 September 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 -99 55 £75,000 -6.25% 104
North of England -29 51 £97,500 +50.00% 24
South East -50 42 £67,500 +4.25% 29
North West +2 36 £56,000 -6.67% 22
South West -54 22 £75,000 +25.00% 21
Yorkshire -38 8 £97,500 +50.00% 1
East of England -44 7 £48,750 +12.07% 27
North East -54 7 £97,500 +77.27% 1
Midlands -56 7 £75,000 +30.43% 15
East Midlands -33 5 £75,000 +30.43% 2
West Midlands -50 2 - - 13
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 9 (4.86%) Apache
1 9 (4.86%) Confluence
1 9 (4.86%) OpenStack
2 7 (3.78%) Apache Spark
2 7 (3.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.08%) JBoss
3 2 (1.08%) nginx
4 1 (0.54%) IIS
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 1 (0.54%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.54%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 10 (5.41%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.54%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 71 (38.38%) AWS
2 39 (21.08%) Azure
3 29 (15.68%) GitHub
4 15 (8.11%) OpenShift
5 13 (7.03%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (5.41%) AWS CloudFormation
7 9 (4.86%) Amazon EKS
7 9 (4.86%) AWS Lambda
7 9 (4.86%) Serverless
8 8 (4.32%) GCP
9 5 (2.70%) Amazon EC2
9 5 (2.70%) Amazon S3
9 5 (2.70%) Datadog
9 5 (2.70%) Nutanix
9 5 (2.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 4 (2.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (2.16%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (2.16%) Azure Stack
10 4 (2.16%) Entra ID
10 4 (2.16%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 31 (16.76%) DNS
2 26 (14.05%) Firewall
3 19 (10.27%) SAN
4 12 (6.49%) LAN
5 11 (5.95%) TCP/IP
6 8 (4.32%) Remote Desktop
6 8 (4.32%) WAN
7 7 (3.78%) AMQP
7 7 (3.78%) iSCSI
8 6 (3.24%) DHCP
8 6 (3.24%) HTTP
9 5 (2.70%) Kerberos
9 5 (2.70%) VSAN
10 4 (2.16%) NAS
10 4 (2.16%) NetScaler
10 4 (2.16%) SSL
10 4 (2.16%) Wireshark
11 3 (1.62%) VoIP
12 2 (1.08%) VPN
13 1 (0.54%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.11%) SQL Server
2 13 (7.03%) Oracle Database
3 9 (4.86%) Hadoop
4 8 (4.32%) Big Data
4 8 (4.32%) MongoDB
5 7 (3.78%) Cloudera CDH
5 7 (3.78%) MySQL
6 6 (3.24%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (2.70%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (2.16%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.54%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.54%) GIS
9 1 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.54%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 41 (22.16%) Git
2 36 (19.46%) GitLab
3 35 (18.92%) Jenkins
4 27 (14.59%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 12 (6.49%) JIRA
6 3 (1.62%) Bitbucket
7 2 (1.08%) Artifactory
7 2 (1.08%) Maven
8 1 (0.54%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.54%) git-flow
8 1 (0.54%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.54%) Selenium
8 1 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.54%) TeamCity
General
1 69 (37.30%) Social Skills
2 33 (17.84%) Finance
3 29 (15.68%) Public Sector
4 24 (12.97%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (9.19%) Aerospace
6 14 (7.57%) Banking
7 8 (4.32%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (4.32%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (3.24%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (2.16%) Military
11 3 (1.62%) Front Office
11 3 (1.62%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.08%) Advertising
12 2 (1.08%) Mandarin Language
12 2 (1.08%) Retail
13 1 (0.54%) Law
13 1 (0.54%) Police
Job Titles
1 31 (16.76%) DevOps Engineer
1 31 (16.76%) Senior
2 25 (13.51%) Principal DevOps Engineer
2 25 (13.51%) Principal Engineer
3 24 (12.97%) Administrator
4 23 (12.43%) Linux Engineer
5 19 (10.27%) Systems Administrator
6 14 (7.57%) Architect
7 13 (7.03%) Applications Architect
7 13 (7.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 12 (6.49%) DBA
8 12 (6.49%) Lead
9 10 (5.41%) Oracle DBA
9 10 (5.41%) Security Architect
9 10 (5.41%) Senior DBA
9 10 (5.41%) Senior Oracle DBA
10 9 (4.86%) Software Engineer
11 8 (4.32%) AIX Engineer
11 8 (4.32%) Linux Administrator
12 7 (3.78%) Linux Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (34.59%) Terraform
2 19 (10.27%) LDAP
3 17 (9.19%) Regular Expression
4 16 (8.65%) XMPP
5 8 (4.32%) RabbitMQ
5 8 (4.32%) React
6 7 (3.78%) AngularJS
6 7 (3.78%) gRPC
6 7 (3.78%) Material-UI
6 7 (3.78%) Node.js
6 7 (3.78%) OpenAPI
6 7 (3.78%) REST
6 7 (3.78%) Spring
6 7 (3.78%) Spring Boot
6 7 (3.78%) Swagger
7 5 (2.70%) ARM Templates
7 5 (2.70%) JSON
8 4 (2.16%) JSON Schema
8 4 (2.16%) WebSockets
8 4 (2.16%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (23.78%) Cloud Native
2 14 (7.57%) Data Centre
3 9 (4.86%) PKI
4 8 (4.32%) Management Information System
5 7 (3.78%) Replication
5 7 (3.78%) Social Media
6 6 (3.24%) Onboarding
6 6 (3.24%) Security Posture
7 5 (2.70%) Manufacturing Execution System
7 5 (2.70%) Operational Technology
8 4 (2.16%) Clustering
8 4 (2.16%) Enterprise Cloud
8 4 (2.16%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.62%) Fixed Income
9 3 (1.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (1.62%) Private Cloud
10 2 (1.08%) Blockchain
10 2 (1.08%) Public Cloud
10 2 (1.08%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 185 (100.00%) Linux
2 67 (36.22%) Windows
3 59 (31.89%) CentOS
4 58 (31.35%) Windows Server
5 26 (14.05%) Unix
6 19 (10.27%) AIX
6 19 (10.27%) Ubuntu
7 15 (8.11%) Debian
8 14 (7.57%) Rocky
9 12 (6.49%) Windows Server 2019
10 10 (5.41%) Oracle Linux
11 5 (2.70%) CoreOS
11 5 (2.70%) OpenVMS
11 5 (2.70%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (1.62%) Solaris
13 2 (1.08%) Amazon Linux
13 2 (1.08%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (38.38%) DevOps
2 61 (32.97%) CI/CD
3 49 (26.49%) Infrastructure as Code
4 42 (22.70%) Platform Engineering
5 41 (22.16%) ITIL
6 39 (21.08%) Technical Leadership
7 37 (20.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 32 (17.30%) Configuration Management
8 32 (17.30%) Microservices
9 31 (16.76%) High Availability
10 29 (15.68%) Continuous Improvement
10 29 (15.68%) Problem-Solving
11 27 (14.59%) Cybersecurity
11 27 (14.59%) SIEM
12 25 (13.51%) Agile
12 25 (13.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 25 (13.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 22 (11.89%) Roadmaps
14 21 (11.35%) Containerisation
15 18 (9.73%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 54 (29.19%) Bash
2 53 (28.65%) Python
3 30 (16.22%) PowerShell
4 22 (11.89%) Java
4 22 (11.89%) SQL
5 19 (10.27%) Shell Script
6 17 (9.19%) Korn
7 11 (5.95%) PL/SQL
8 10 (5.41%) JavaScript
9 4 (2.16%) PHP
10 3 (1.62%) Perl
11 2 (1.08%) Bicep
11 2 (1.08%) Go
12 1 (0.54%) C#
12 1 (0.54%) C++
12 1 (0.54%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 94 (50.81%) Security Cleared
2 63 (34.05%) DV Cleared
3 49 (26.49%) SC Cleared
4 21 (11.35%) Degree
5 9 (4.86%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (3.78%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (3.24%) CISSP
7 6 (3.24%) RHCSA
8 5 (2.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 5 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (2.70%) CCSP
8 5 (2.70%) CISM
9 4 (2.16%) Azure Certification
9 4 (2.16%) CCNA
9 4 (2.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (1.62%) Dell Certification
10 3 (1.62%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (1.62%) MCSA
10 3 (1.62%) MCSE
10 3 (1.62%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.70%) GDPR
1 5 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (2.70%) NIST
1 5 (2.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 4 (2.16%) SLA
3 1 (0.54%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.54%) QA
System Software
1 63 (34.05%) Docker
2 43 (23.24%) Active Directory
3 25 (13.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (13.51%) vSphere
4 13 (7.03%) Hyper-V
4 13 (7.03%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (5.95%) Oracle RAC
6 6 (3.24%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (2.70%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 4 (2.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (1.08%) Xen
10 1 (0.54%) NFS
10 1 (0.54%) Samba
10 1 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.54%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 75 (40.54%) Ansible
2 67 (36.22%) Kubernetes
3 29 (15.68%) Puppet
4 21 (11.35%) Nagios
5 12 (6.49%) Data Guard
5 12 (6.49%) Oracle RMAN
6 10 (5.41%) Podman
7 9 (4.86%) ZABBIX
8 7 (3.78%) Red Hat Satellite
9 6 (3.24%) Grafana
10 5 (2.70%) McAfee ePO
10 5 (2.70%) SCVMM
11 4 (2.16%) Docker Swarm
11 4 (2.16%) NetBackup
11 4 (2.16%) Prometheus
12 3 (1.62%) Nessus
12 3 (1.62%) SCOM
12 3 (1.62%) vRealize
12 3 (1.62%) WSUS
13 2 (1.08%) Rancher
Vendors
1 112 (60.54%) Red Hat
2 47 (25.41%) VMware
3 36 (19.46%) Microsoft
4 21 (11.35%) Oracle
5 18 (9.73%) McAfee
6 12 (6.49%) IBM
6 12 (6.49%) Splunk
7 11 (5.95%) NetApp
8 8 (4.32%) Dell
8 8 (4.32%) Google
9 7 (3.78%) Citrix
9 7 (3.78%) SaltStack
9 7 (3.78%) ServiceNow
9 7 (3.78%) Veeam
10 6 (3.24%) SolarWinds
11 5 (2.70%) CyberArk
11 5 (2.70%) Ivanti
11 5 (2.70%) Qualys
11 5 (2.70%) Rapid7
11 5 (2.70%) Veracode