RHCSA Job Trends in England

Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for RHCSA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 606 653 675
Rank change year-on-year +47 +22 +289
Permanent jobs citing RHCSA 11 26 5
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.021% 0.054% 0.010%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.063% 0.14% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 4
10th Percentile £38,438 £45,000 £54,325
25th Percentile £48,281 £56,250 £61,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,750 £57,500 £69,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.26% -17.27% +80.52%
75th Percentile £90,000 £65,000 £76,000
90th Percentile - £77,000 -
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -8.00% +62.34%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

RHCSA falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17,337 18,034 14,576
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 32.81% 37.46% 29.58%
Number of salaries quoted 7,052 7,064 9,925
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £29,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £75,900 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,518 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.59% +3.51% -

RHCSA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing RHCSA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

RHCSA job vacancy trend in England

RHCSA
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing RHCSA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing RHCSA

RHCSA
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing RHCSA in England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for RHCSA in England

RHCSA
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RHCSA within the England region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
South West +13 6 - -
London +40 4 £90,000 +20.00% 2
South East - 1 £33,750 - 1
RHCSA
UK

RHCSA
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) AWS
2 2 (18.18%) Azure
3 1 (9.09%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) DNS
2 1 (9.09%) DHCP
2 1 (9.09%) Firewall
2 1 (9.09%) HTTP
2 1 (9.09%) LAN
2 1 (9.09%) TCP/IP
2 1 (9.09%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Git
General
1 7 (63.64%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Banking
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Marketing
3 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
3 1 (9.09%) Retail
3 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Administrator
1 7 (63.64%) Systems Administrator
2 2 (18.18%) Linux Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Cloud Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Linux Administrator
3 1 (9.09%) Linux Systems Administrator
3 1 (9.09%) Platform Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Platform Support Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Solutions Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) e-Learning
2 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
2 1 (9.09%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Linux
2 4 (36.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (18.18%) Windows
4 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) High Availability
1 6 (54.55%) Innovative Thinking
2 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (18.18%) Cost Optimisation
2 2 (18.18%) DevOps
3 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (9.09%) Customer-Centricity
3 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (9.09%) Data Management
3 1 (9.09%) Incident Response
3 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (9.09%) ITIL
3 1 (9.09%) Line Management
3 1 (9.09%) Performance Management
3 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (9.09%) SOA
3 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (9.09%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) Python
1 2 (18.18%) SQL
2 1 (9.09%) Bash
2 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) CCNP
1 7 (63.64%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (54.55%) DV Cleared
2 6 (54.55%) SC Cleared
2 6 (54.55%) Security Cleared
3 3 (27.27%) RHCE
4 2 (18.18%) MCSE
4 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (9.09%) CCNA
5 1 (9.09%) LPIC
5 1 (9.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 1 (9.09%) Hyper-V
2 1 (9.09%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (36.36%) Terraform
2 1 (9.09%) Ansible
2 1 (9.09%) Nagios
2 1 (9.09%) Red Hat Satellite
2 1 (9.09%) SCCM
2 1 (9.09%) vRealize Orchestrator
2 1 (9.09%) WSUS
Vendors
1 10 (90.91%) Red Hat
2 7 (63.64%) Cisco
3 3 (27.27%) VMware
4 2 (18.18%) SolarWinds
5 1 (9.09%) Citrix