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 15 April 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
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 305 296 330
Rank change year-on-year -9 +34 +26
Permanent jobs citing Red Hat 107 105 160
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.56% 0.81% 0.70%
As % of the Vendors category 1.87% 1.98% 1.73%
Number of salaries quoted 67 71 109
10th Percentile £51,250 £45,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -14.71% +21.43%
75th Percentile £97,500 £86,250 £102,500
90th Percentile £140,000 £96,250 £110,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% -14.98%

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 5,731 5,298 9,238
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 30.08% 41.05% 40.35%
Number of salaries quoted 3,528 3,169 6,607
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £50,250 £52,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £109,125 £110,000 £105,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -11.50%

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 15 April 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 15 April 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 +3 19 £55,000 -28.10% 5
East London -8 10 £87,500 +27.27%
South London +19 4 - - 2
West London -20 2 £85,000 +73.47% 1
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 22 (20.56%) Apache
2 18 (16.82%) Apache Airflow
3 17 (15.89%) Apache Spark
4 9 (8.41%) Confluence
4 9 (8.41%) Tomcat
5 6 (5.61%) IIS
6 5 (4.67%) nginx
7 3 (2.80%) CMS
7 3 (2.80%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (2.80%) WordPress
8 2 (1.87%) WebSphere
8 2 (1.87%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 9 (8.41%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.93%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (1.87%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 46 (42.99%) AWS
2 25 (23.36%) OpenShift
3 24 (22.43%) Azure
4 18 (16.82%) Amazon S3
5 11 (10.28%) GCP
6 7 (6.54%) Nutanix
7 6 (5.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 6 (5.61%) Amazon ECS
8 5 (4.67%) Amazon ECR
9 4 (3.74%) Entra ID
9 4 (3.74%) GitHub
10 3 (2.80%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (1.87%) Amazon EC2
11 2 (1.87%) AWS CloudTrail
11 2 (1.87%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (1.87%) Datadog
11 2 (1.87%) dbt
11 2 (1.87%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (1.87%) Serverless
11 2 (1.87%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 18 (16.82%) DNS
2 16 (14.95%) LAN
2 16 (14.95%) TCP/IP
3 12 (11.21%) Multicast
3 12 (11.21%) WAN
4 11 (10.28%) Firewall
5 6 (5.61%) HTTP
6 4 (3.74%) DHCP
6 4 (3.74%) SSL
7 3 (2.80%) VLAN
7 3 (2.80%) WLAN
8 2 (1.87%) FIX Connectivity
8 2 (1.87%) IPv4
8 2 (1.87%) NAS
8 2 (1.87%) SAN
8 2 (1.87%) SNMP
8 2 (1.87%) Software-Defined Networking
9 1 (0.93%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.93%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.93%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (15.89%) Oracle Database
1 17 (15.89%) Tableau
2 16 (14.95%) Apache Hive
2 16 (14.95%) Impala
2 16 (14.95%) Parquet
2 16 (14.95%) Spark SQL
3 9 (8.41%) SQL Server
4 8 (7.48%) MySQL
5 5 (4.67%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (3.74%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (1.87%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (1.87%) DB2
7 2 (1.87%) MongoDB
7 2 (1.87%) Power BI
7 2 (1.87%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.93%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.93%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.93%) Sybase ASE
8 1 (0.93%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 33 (30.84%) Git
2 16 (14.95%) IBM UrbanCode
3 15 (14.02%) GitLab
4 10 (9.35%) Jenkins
5 9 (8.41%) JIRA
6 7 (6.54%) Bitbucket
7 5 (4.67%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.93%) git-flow
8 1 (0.93%) JUnit
8 1 (0.93%) Maven
8 1 (0.93%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 61 (57.01%) Finance
2 32 (29.91%) Banking
3 19 (17.76%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (17.76%) Social Skills
4 17 (15.89%) Investment Banking
5 12 (11.21%) Front Office
6 7 (6.54%) Legal
6 7 (6.54%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (3.74%) Advertising
8 3 (2.80%) Retail
9 2 (1.87%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.87%) Automotive
9 2 (1.87%) Electronics
9 2 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.87%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (27.10%) Administrator
2 26 (24.30%) Linux Administrator
3 18 (16.82%) Analyst
4 17 (15.89%) Systems Administrator
5 14 (13.08%) Linux Systems Administrator
5 14 (13.08%) Transformation Analyst
6 13 (12.15%) Banking Analyst
6 13 (12.15%) Developer
7 11 (10.28%) C++ Developer
8 9 (8.41%) Business Analyst
8 9 (8.41%) Infrastructure Support
8 9 (8.41%) Platform Engineer
8 9 (8.41%) Unix Support
9 8 (7.48%) Data Business Analyst
9 8 (7.48%) Lead
9 8 (7.48%) Senior
10 7 (6.54%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
10 7 (6.54%) Linux Engineer
10 7 (6.54%) Linux/Unix DevOps
10 7 (6.54%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (14.95%) PySpark
2 12 (11.21%) FIX Protocol
3 9 (8.41%) Pandas
4 7 (6.54%) Middleware
5 5 (4.67%) Kafka
5 5 (4.67%) LDAP
5 5 (4.67%) WebSockets
6 4 (3.74%) Node.js
7 2 (1.87%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.87%) CSS
7 2 (1.87%) HTML
7 2 (1.87%) LAPP Stack
7 2 (1.87%) LEMP Stack
7 2 (1.87%) React
7 2 (1.87%) Vue
7 2 (1.87%) WebSphere MQ
8 1 (0.93%) .NET
8 1 (0.93%) AWS CDK
8 1 (0.93%) SAML
8 1 (0.93%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 16 (14.95%) Data Centre
2 10 (9.35%) Derivative
2 10 (9.35%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (7.48%) Clustering
4 7 (6.54%) Enterprise Storage
4 7 (6.54%) Linux Command Line
5 5 (4.67%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.87%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.87%) Eurex
6 2 (1.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.87%) FPGA
6 2 (1.87%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.93%) IoT
7 1 (0.93%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.93%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.93%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (0.93%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 84 (78.50%) Linux
2 56 (52.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 19 (17.76%) Windows
4 15 (14.02%) Windows Server
5 13 (12.15%) CentOS
6 12 (11.21%) Unix
7 10 (9.35%) Ubuntu
8 7 (6.54%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (6.54%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (4.67%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (2.80%) Rocky
11 2 (1.87%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (1.87%) Solaris
12 1 (0.93%) CoreOS
12 1 (0.93%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (41.12%) CI/CD
2 34 (31.78%) DevOps
3 32 (29.91%) Agile
4 26 (24.30%) Infrastructure as Code
5 22 (20.56%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (18.69%) Data Pipeline
6 20 (18.69%) Scrum
7 19 (17.76%) AI
7 19 (17.76%) User Acceptance Testing
8 18 (16.82%) Analytics
8 18 (16.82%) Low Latency
9 17 (15.89%) Configuration Management
10 16 (14.95%) Data Governance
10 16 (14.95%) Data Transformation
10 16 (14.95%) ETL
10 16 (14.95%) Root Cause Analysis
11 15 (14.02%) Performance Tuning
12 13 (12.15%) Containerisation
12 13 (12.15%) ITIL
13 12 (11.21%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 54 (50.47%) Python
2 28 (26.17%) Bash
3 26 (24.30%) SQL
4 16 (14.95%) PowerShell
5 11 (10.28%) C++
6 9 (8.41%) Java
7 4 (3.74%) JavaScript
7 4 (3.74%) Shell Script
8 3 (2.80%) Perl
8 3 (2.80%) PHP
9 2 (1.87%) Ruby
10 1 (0.93%) C#
10 1 (0.93%) Groovy
10 1 (0.93%) Korn
10 1 (0.93%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 16 (14.95%) Security Cleared
2 11 (10.28%) AWS Certification
3 10 (9.35%) Degree
4 7 (6.54%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (6.54%) ITIL Certification
4 7 (6.54%) RHCSA
5 5 (4.67%) SC Cleared
5 5 (4.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (3.74%) CCDA
6 4 (3.74%) DV Cleared
6 4 (3.74%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (2.80%) OSCP
7 3 (2.80%) RHCE
8 2 (1.87%) CCNA
8 2 (1.87%) CISSP
8 2 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.87%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.93%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.93%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (14.95%) Data Quality
2 9 (8.41%) GDPR
3 7 (6.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 7 (6.54%) HIPAA
3 7 (6.54%) QA
3 7 (6.54%) SLA
4 2 (1.87%) NIST
5 1 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 35 (32.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (14.95%) Docker
3 15 (14.02%) Active Directory
4 8 (7.48%) vSphere
5 5 (4.67%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 2 (1.87%) KVM
6 2 (1.87%) Squid
6 2 (1.87%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.87%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.93%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 41 (38.32%) Ansible
2 25 (23.36%) Kubernetes
3 22 (20.56%) Terraform
4 11 (10.28%) Nagios
5 7 (6.54%) Red Hat Satellite
6 5 (4.67%) Grafana
6 5 (4.67%) Progress Chef
7 4 (3.74%) Puppet
8 2 (1.87%) Argo
8 2 (1.87%) Packer
8 2 (1.87%) Proxmox
8 2 (1.87%) Red Hat Spacewalk
8 2 (1.87%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (1.87%) vCenter Server
8 2 (1.87%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.93%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.93%) SCCM
9 1 (0.93%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 48 (44.86%) VMware
2 28 (26.17%) Oracle
3 8 (7.48%) Splunk
4 7 (6.54%) Dell
4 7 (6.54%) Microsoft
4 7 (6.54%) SolarWinds
4 7 (6.54%) Symantec
5 6 (5.61%) Cisco
6 5 (4.67%) Atlassian
6 5 (4.67%) Rapid7
7 4 (3.74%) NetApp
7 4 (3.74%) ServiceNow
8 3 (2.80%) Pure Storage
8 3 (2.80%) Veeam
9 2 (1.87%) CyberArk
9 2 (1.87%) ION Trading
9 2 (1.87%) Patsystems
9 2 (1.87%) Reuters
9 2 (1.87%) Trayport
9 2 (1.87%) Zscaler