Red Hat Job Trends in London

Red Hat
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring knowledge or experience of Red Hat products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Red Hat over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Red Hat, Inc.

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 308 284 339
Rank change year-on-year -24 +55 +21
Permanent jobs citing Red Hat 103 106 176
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.49% 0.89% 0.75%
As % of the Vendors category 1.70% 2.10% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 62 66 112
10th Percentile £47,617 £46,125 £49,170
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,313 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% -12.12% +17.86%
75th Percentile £95,000 £81,250 £96,250
90th Percentile £112,500 £90,000 £102,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -4.00%

All Vendors
London

Red Hat falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6,067 5,049 9,348
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 29.08% 42.30% 39.95%
Number of salaries quoted 3,817 3,024 6,497
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,500 £35,500
25th Percentile £54,633 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +3.70% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £106,250
England median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.64% +10.00% -13.04%

Red Hat
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Red Hat job vacancy trend in London

Red Hat
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Red Hat.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Red Hat

Red Hat
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Red Hat in London over the 6 months to 23 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Red Hat in London

Red Hat
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Red Hat within the London 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
Central London -16 15 £75,000 +1.69% 1
East London -7 10 £87,500 +27.27% 1
South London +13 9 £50,000 -33.33% 1
West London -19 3 £85,000 +73.47%
Red Hat
England

Red Hat
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 20 (19.42%) Apache
2 17 (16.50%) Apache Spark
3 16 (15.53%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (6.80%) Confluence
5 3 (2.91%) CMS
5 3 (2.91%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (2.91%) nginx
5 3 (2.91%) Tomcat
5 3 (2.91%) WordPress
6 2 (1.94%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (8.74%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.97%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.97%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 46 (44.66%) AWS
2 24 (23.30%) Azure
3 18 (17.48%) Amazon S3
3 18 (17.48%) OpenShift
4 8 (7.77%) GCP
5 7 (6.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 7 (6.80%) Amazon ECS
5 7 (6.80%) Nutanix
6 6 (5.83%) Amazon ECR
7 5 (4.85%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (3.88%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.94%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (1.94%) AWS CloudTrail
9 2 (1.94%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.94%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.94%) Datadog
9 2 (1.94%) GitHub
9 2 (1.94%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.94%) Serverless
9 2 (1.94%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 20 (19.42%) LAN
2 17 (16.50%) TCP/IP
3 15 (14.56%) DNS
4 13 (12.62%) WAN
5 9 (8.74%) Firewall
5 9 (8.74%) HTTP
6 7 (6.80%) Multicast
7 5 (4.85%) SAN
8 4 (3.88%) IPv4
8 4 (3.88%) Software-Defined Networking
9 3 (2.91%) DHCP
9 3 (2.91%) VoIP
9 3 (2.91%) WLAN
10 2 (1.94%) iSCSI
10 2 (1.94%) VLAN
11 1 (0.97%) Cisco ASA
11 1 (0.97%) NAS
11 1 (0.97%) Network Security
11 1 (0.97%) VSAN
11 1 (0.97%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (16.50%) Oracle Database
1 17 (16.50%) Tableau
2 16 (15.53%) Apache Hive
2 16 (15.53%) Impala
2 16 (15.53%) Parquet
2 16 (15.53%) Spark SQL
3 9 (8.74%) MySQL
4 5 (4.85%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (4.85%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.94%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (1.94%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.97%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.97%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.97%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.97%) Sybase ASE
6 1 (0.97%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 36 (34.95%) Git
2 18 (17.48%) GitLab
3 16 (15.53%) IBM UrbanCode
4 7 (6.80%) Jenkins
4 7 (6.80%) JIRA
5 5 (4.85%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.97%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.97%) git-flow
6 1 (0.97%) JUnit
6 1 (0.97%) Maven
6 1 (0.97%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 54 (52.43%) Finance
2 34 (33.01%) Banking
3 24 (23.30%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (17.48%) Social Skills
5 15 (14.56%) Investment Banking
6 9 (8.74%) Front Office
7 7 (6.80%) Legal
7 7 (6.80%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (3.88%) Aerospace
8 4 (3.88%) Automotive
8 4 (3.88%) Electronics
8 4 (3.88%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.91%) Military
9 3 (2.91%) Retail
10 2 (1.94%) Advertising
10 2 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.97%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 33 (32.04%) Administrator
2 25 (24.27%) Systems Administrator
3 24 (23.30%) Linux Administrator
4 19 (18.45%) Linux Systems Administrator
5 17 (16.50%) Analyst
6 14 (13.59%) Transformation Analyst
7 13 (12.62%) Banking Analyst
8 10 (9.71%) Developer
8 10 (9.71%) Lead
9 9 (8.74%) Business Analyst
9 9 (8.74%) Linux Engineer
10 8 (7.77%) Data Business Analyst
10 8 (7.77%) Linux/Unix DevOps
11 7 (6.80%) Infrastructure Support
11 7 (6.80%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
11 7 (6.80%) Technical Analyst
11 7 (6.80%) Unix Support
12 6 (5.83%) C++ Developer
12 6 (5.83%) DevOps Engineer
12 6 (5.83%) Linux Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (15.53%) PySpark
2 9 (8.74%) Pandas
2 9 (8.74%) WebSockets
3 6 (5.83%) FIX Protocol
4 3 (2.91%) Middleware
5 2 (1.94%) LDAP
5 2 (1.94%) LEMP Stack
5 2 (1.94%) Node.js
6 1 (0.97%) .NET
6 1 (0.97%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.97%) Kafka
6 1 (0.97%) MFC
6 1 (0.97%) REST
6 1 (0.97%) Spring
6 1 (0.97%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.97%) STL
6 1 (0.97%) wxWidgets
Miscellaneous
1 25 (24.27%) Data Centre
2 12 (11.65%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (7.77%) Clustering
4 7 (6.80%) Enterprise Storage
5 5 (4.85%) Derivative
5 5 (4.85%) Operational Technology
6 4 (3.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (3.88%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (2.91%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (2.91%) Fixed Income
7 3 (2.91%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (2.91%) Replication
8 2 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.94%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.97%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (0.97%) Equities
9 1 (0.97%) Eurex
9 1 (0.97%) FPGA
9 1 (0.97%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 82 (79.61%) Linux
2 55 (53.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 22 (21.36%) Windows
4 19 (18.45%) Windows Server
5 12 (11.65%) CentOS
6 10 (9.71%) Unix
7 7 (6.80%) Ubuntu
8 5 (4.85%) Rocky
9 4 (3.88%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (2.91%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.97%) CoreOS
11 1 (0.97%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.97%) Solaris
11 1 (0.97%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (38.83%) CI/CD
2 31 (30.10%) DevOps
3 26 (25.24%) Agile
4 23 (22.33%) Infrastructure as Code
5 21 (20.39%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (20.39%) Scrum
6 17 (16.50%) AI
6 17 (16.50%) Data Pipeline
6 17 (16.50%) User Acceptance Testing
7 16 (15.53%) Analytics
7 16 (15.53%) Data Governance
7 16 (15.53%) Data Transformation
7 16 (15.53%) ETL
7 16 (15.53%) Low Latency
7 16 (15.53%) Root Cause Analysis
8 15 (14.56%) Containerisation
8 15 (14.56%) ITIL
9 14 (13.59%) Performance Tuning
10 13 (12.62%) Performance Monitoring
11 12 (11.65%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 47 (45.63%) Python
2 31 (30.10%) SQL
3 26 (25.24%) Bash
4 14 (13.59%) PowerShell
5 11 (10.68%) Java
6 6 (5.83%) C++
7 3 (2.91%) PHP
7 3 (2.91%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.94%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.94%) Perl
9 1 (0.97%) C#
9 1 (0.97%) Groovy
9 1 (0.97%) Korn
9 1 (0.97%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 19 (18.45%) Security Cleared
2 13 (12.62%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (12.62%) RHCSA
3 10 (9.71%) AWS Certification
3 10 (9.71%) Degree
3 10 (9.71%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (7.77%) SC Cleared
5 7 (6.80%) CCNA
6 5 (4.85%) ITIL Certification
6 5 (4.85%) RHCE
6 5 (4.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (3.88%) CCDA
7 4 (3.88%) ISTQB
7 4 (3.88%) MCSE
7 4 (3.88%) OSCP
8 3 (2.91%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.94%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.94%) MCSA
10 1 (0.97%) CCIE
10 1 (0.97%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (15.53%) Data Quality
2 9 (8.74%) GDPR
3 8 (7.77%) QA
3 8 (7.77%) SLA
4 7 (6.80%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 7 (6.80%) HIPAA
5 2 (1.94%) NIST
6 1 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 40 (38.83%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (14.56%) Docker
3 13 (12.62%) Active Directory
4 9 (8.74%) vSphere
5 7 (6.80%) Hyper-V
6 5 (4.85%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 4 (3.88%) Squid
7 4 (3.88%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.97%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 34 (33.01%) Ansible
2 23 (22.33%) Kubernetes
3 22 (21.36%) Terraform
4 16 (15.53%) Nagios
5 6 (5.83%) Grafana
6 5 (4.85%) Red Hat Satellite
6 5 (4.85%) ZABBIX
7 4 (3.88%) Packer
8 2 (1.94%) Proxmox
8 2 (1.94%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.97%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.97%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.97%) Puppet
9 1 (0.97%) Red Hat Spacewalk
9 1 (0.97%) SCCM
9 1 (0.97%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.97%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.97%) WSUS
Vendors
1 52 (50.49%) VMware
2 24 (23.30%) Oracle
3 13 (12.62%) Microsoft
4 12 (11.65%) SolarWinds
5 11 (10.68%) Splunk
6 7 (6.80%) Cisco
6 7 (6.80%) Dell
6 7 (6.80%) Symantec
7 6 (5.83%) Rapid7
7 6 (5.83%) Veeam
8 4 (3.88%) NetApp
9 3 (2.91%) Pure Storage
10 2 (1.94%) CyberArk
10 2 (1.94%) HP
10 2 (1.94%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.94%) Zscaler
11 1 (0.97%) Bloomberg
11 1 (0.97%) McAfee
11 1 (0.97%) Reuters
11 1 (0.97%) Sophos