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 4 October 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
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 366 263 286
Rank change year-on-year -103 +23 +42
Permanent jobs citing Red Hat 85 125 177
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.33% 1.06% 0.94%
As % of the Vendors category 1.09% 2.35% 2.39%
Number of salaries quoted 51 73 108
10th Percentile £47,500 £52,750 £57,625
25th Percentile £60,625 £61,500 £64,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £72,500 £79,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.24% -8.23% -1.25%
75th Percentile £98,125 £87,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £125,000 £95,000 £122,500
England median annual salary £71,250 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +1.79% - +12.00%

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 7,805 5,313 7,401
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 30.13% 44.90% 39.46%
Number of salaries quoted 5,164 3,343 4,160
10th Percentile £38,750 £35,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% - +3.70%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £91,313
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £112,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.58% -5.45% -4.35%

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 4 October 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 4 October 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 +1 7 £95,000 +65.22% 9
South London +4 5 £50,000 -37.50%
West London -14 4 £85,000 - 5
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 11 (12.94%) Confluence
2 8 (9.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.18%) Apache
3 1 (1.18%) IIS
3 1 (1.18%) JBoss
3 1 (1.18%) nginx
3 1 (1.18%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.18%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (9.41%) Fidessa
2 1 (1.18%) FLEXCUBE
Cloud Services
1 39 (45.88%) AWS
2 23 (27.06%) Azure
3 17 (20.00%) OpenShift
4 14 (16.47%) Snowflake
5 9 (10.59%) GCP
6 7 (8.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 7 (8.24%) Amazon ECR
6 7 (8.24%) Amazon ECS
7 5 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (4.71%) Nutanix
9 3 (3.53%) Entra ID
10 1 (1.18%) Datadog
10 1 (1.18%) SaaS
10 1 (1.18%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 15 (17.65%) DNS
2 14 (16.47%) TCP/IP
3 12 (14.12%) Firewall
4 9 (10.59%) DHCP
5 8 (9.41%) FIX Connectivity
5 8 (9.41%) LAN
6 6 (7.06%) SAN
6 6 (7.06%) WAN
7 4 (4.71%) HTTP
7 4 (4.71%) IPv4
7 4 (4.71%) Kerberos
7 4 (4.71%) Software-Defined Networking
8 3 (3.53%) VoIP
8 3 (3.53%) VPN
9 2 (2.35%) BGP
9 2 (2.35%) iSCSI
10 1 (1.18%) Ethernet VPN
10 1 (1.18%) Network Security
10 1 (1.18%) SSL
10 1 (1.18%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (17.65%) SQL Server
2 8 (9.41%) Elasticsearch
2 8 (9.41%) MySQL
3 4 (4.71%) MongoDB
4 3 (3.53%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 19 (22.35%) GitLab
2 13 (15.29%) Git
3 12 (14.12%) JIRA
4 5 (5.88%) Bitbucket
5 4 (4.71%) Jenkins
6 1 (1.18%) Artifactory
6 1 (1.18%) Subversion
General
1 26 (30.59%) Finance
2 22 (25.88%) Banking
3 15 (17.65%) Social Skills
4 10 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (4.71%) Aerospace
6 4 (4.71%) Automotive
6 4 (4.71%) Electronics
6 4 (4.71%) Manufacturing
7 3 (3.53%) Front Office
7 3 (3.53%) Military
7 3 (3.53%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.18%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (24.71%) Administrator
2 18 (21.18%) Systems Administrator
3 15 (17.65%) Linux Administrator
3 15 (17.65%) Linux Engineer
3 15 (17.65%) Linux Systems Administrator
4 14 (16.47%) Developer
5 10 (11.76%) Full-Stack Developer
5 10 (11.76%) Java Developer
5 10 (11.76%) Linux Systems Engineer
6 9 (10.59%) Cloud Engineer
6 9 (10.59%) Senior
7 8 (9.41%) Consultant
7 8 (9.41%) DevOps Administrator
7 8 (9.41%) DevOps Engineer
7 8 (9.41%) DevOps Systems Engineer
7 8 (9.41%) Lead
7 8 (9.41%) Linux DevOps Administrator
7 8 (9.41%) Linux DevOps Engineer
7 8 (9.41%) Linux/Unix DevOps
8 7 (8.24%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (18.82%) Terraform
2 8 (9.41%) FIX Protocol
3 4 (4.71%) LDAP
3 4 (4.71%) WebSockets
4 1 (1.18%) CSS
4 1 (1.18%) CSS3
4 1 (1.18%) HTML
4 1 (1.18%) HTML5
4 1 (1.18%) Keycloak
4 1 (1.18%) OAuth
4 1 (1.18%) OAuth2
4 1 (1.18%) OpenID
4 1 (1.18%) React
Miscellaneous
1 13 (15.29%) Data Centre
2 10 (11.76%) Cloud Native
3 8 (9.41%) Eurex
3 8 (9.41%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (7.06%) Onboarding
5 5 (5.88%) Linux Command Line
5 5 (5.88%) Operational Technology
6 4 (4.71%) Renewable Energy
6 4 (4.71%) Security Posture
7 3 (3.53%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (3.53%) Enterprise Cloud
7 3 (3.53%) Equity Derivative
7 3 (3.53%) Fixed Income
7 3 (3.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (3.53%) Reference Data
8 2 (2.35%) Management Information System
8 2 (2.35%) Replication
8 2 (2.35%) Social Media
9 1 (1.18%) Hedge funds
9 1 (1.18%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 60 (70.59%) Linux
2 27 (31.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 24 (28.24%) CentOS
4 20 (23.53%) Windows
5 16 (18.82%) Rocky
5 16 (18.82%) Windows Server
6 11 (12.94%) Unix
7 10 (11.76%) Ubuntu
8 5 (5.88%) Solaris
9 3 (3.53%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (1.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (21.18%) DevOps
2 17 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 17 (20.00%) ITIL
3 16 (18.82%) CI/CD
3 16 (18.82%) Containerisation
4 11 (12.94%) Low Latency
4 11 (12.94%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (11.76%) Full-Stack Development
5 10 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 9 (10.59%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (9.41%) Capacity Planning
7 8 (9.41%) Client Onboarding
7 8 (9.41%) Configuration Management
7 8 (9.41%) Mentoring
7 8 (9.41%) Performance Monitoring
7 8 (9.41%) Software Engineering
8 7 (8.24%) Agile
8 7 (8.24%) Enterprise Architecture
8 7 (8.24%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 32 (37.65%) Python
2 27 (31.76%) Bash
3 25 (29.41%) Java
4 15 (17.65%) PowerShell
4 15 (17.65%) SQL
5 9 (10.59%) JavaScript
6 8 (9.41%) Perl
6 8 (9.41%) Ruby
7 2 (2.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 15 (17.65%) Security Cleared
2 12 (14.12%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (12.94%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (10.59%) RHCSA
5 7 (8.24%) CCNA
5 7 (8.24%) Degree
6 6 (7.06%) DV Cleared
7 5 (5.88%) CISM
7 5 (5.88%) CISSP
7 5 (5.88%) RHCE
7 5 (5.88%) SC Cleared
8 4 (4.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (4.71%) AWS Certification
8 4 (4.71%) CCSP
8 4 (4.71%) ISTQB
8 4 (4.71%) OSCP
9 3 (3.53%) Azure Certification
9 3 (3.53%) Dell Certification
9 3 (3.53%) MCSA
9 3 (3.53%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.41%) QA
2 6 (7.06%) NIST
3 5 (5.88%) GDPR
3 5 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (4.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (3.53%) SLA
6 1 (1.18%) COBIT
6 1 (1.18%) NCSC
6 1 (1.18%) PMO
System Software
1 23 (27.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (17.65%) Docker
3 14 (16.47%) Active Directory
4 8 (9.41%) Hyper-V
5 5 (5.88%) vSphere
6 4 (4.71%) Squid
6 4 (4.71%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (4.71%) VMware NSX
7 3 (3.53%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (1.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 18 (21.18%) Kubernetes
2 17 (20.00%) Ansible
3 12 (14.12%) Nagios
4 7 (8.24%) Grafana
5 5 (5.88%) ZABBIX
6 4 (4.71%) Packer
6 4 (4.71%) Red Hat Satellite
7 3 (3.53%) WSUS
8 2 (2.35%) Argo
9 1 (1.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (1.18%) Puppet
9 1 (1.18%) SCCM
9 1 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (1.18%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 32 (37.65%) Microsoft
1 32 (37.65%) Oracle
2 24 (28.24%) VMware
3 16 (18.82%) Splunk
4 14 (16.47%) OutSystems
5 11 (12.94%) Rapid7
6 8 (9.41%) Bloomberg
6 8 (9.41%) CQG
6 8 (9.41%) ION Trading
6 8 (9.41%) Patsystems
6 8 (9.41%) Reuters
6 8 (9.41%) Trayport
7 5 (5.88%) Cisco
7 5 (5.88%) ServiceNow
7 5 (5.88%) SolarWinds
8 4 (4.71%) CyberArk
8 4 (4.71%) Ivanti
8 4 (4.71%) Qualys
8 4 (4.71%) Veeam
8 4 (4.71%) Veracode