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 July 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 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 340 270 316
Rank change year-on-year -70 +46 +41
Permanent jobs citing Red Hat 87 118 187
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.39% 0.95% 0.81%
As % of the Vendors category 1.31% 2.17% 2.11%
Number of salaries quoted 50 75 119
10th Percentile £47,500 £48,500 £56,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £56,250 £65,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% -14.71% +21.43%
75th Percentile £102,813 £85,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £115,375 £97,500 £110,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £63,750
% change year-on-year -7.14% +9.80% +6.25%

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 6,663 5,426 8,880
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 29.94% 43.47% 38.29%
Number of salaries quoted 4,326 3,438 6,056
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £36,125
25th Percentile £54,633 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +3.70% +2.27%
75th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £110,000
England median annual salary £57,239 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.07% +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 15 July 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 July 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 -9 11 £90,000 +22.03% 2
South London +16 9 £50,000 -37.50%
East London -3 6 - -
West London -10 4 £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 19 (21.84%) Apache
2 17 (19.54%) Apache Spark
3 16 (18.39%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (11.49%) Confluence
5 3 (3.45%) CMS
5 3 (3.45%) WordPress
6 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (2.30%) nginx
6 2 (2.30%) Tomcat
7 1 (1.15%) SharePoint
7 1 (1.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 9 (10.34%) MS Visio
2 3 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.15%) Chatbot
3 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.15%) FLEXCUBE
Cloud Services
1 43 (49.43%) AWS
2 28 (32.18%) Azure
3 20 (22.99%) OpenShift
4 18 (20.69%) Amazon S3
5 10 (11.49%) GCP
6 9 (10.34%) Nutanix
7 8 (9.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 8 (9.20%) Amazon ECS
8 7 (8.05%) Amazon ECR
9 4 (4.60%) Entra ID
9 4 (4.60%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (2.30%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (2.30%) AWS CloudTrail
10 2 (2.30%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (2.30%) Datadog
10 2 (2.30%) GitHub
10 2 (2.30%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (2.30%) Serverless
10 2 (2.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 1 (1.15%) CloudFront
Communications & Networking
1 18 (20.69%) LAN
2 12 (13.79%) DNS
2 12 (13.79%) WAN
3 11 (12.64%) TCP/IP
4 9 (10.34%) Firewall
5 8 (9.20%) HTTP
6 5 (5.75%) SAN
7 4 (4.60%) IPv4
7 4 (4.60%) Kerberos
7 4 (4.60%) Software-Defined Networking
8 3 (3.45%) VoIP
8 3 (3.45%) WLAN
9 2 (2.30%) BGP
9 2 (2.30%) iSCSI
9 2 (2.30%) Multicast
9 2 (2.30%) VLAN
9 2 (2.30%) VPN
10 1 (1.15%) Ethernet VPN
10 1 (1.15%) VSAN
10 1 (1.15%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (19.54%) Tableau
2 16 (18.39%) Apache Hive
2 16 (18.39%) Impala
2 16 (18.39%) Oracle Database
2 16 (18.39%) Parquet
2 16 (18.39%) Spark SQL
3 9 (10.34%) MySQL
4 6 (6.90%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (6.90%) SQL Server
5 4 (4.60%) MongoDB
6 2 (2.30%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (1.15%) DynamoDB
7 1 (1.15%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 36 (41.38%) Git
2 18 (20.69%) GitLab
3 16 (18.39%) IBM UrbanCode
4 11 (12.64%) JIRA
5 6 (6.90%) Jenkins
6 4 (4.60%) Bitbucket
7 1 (1.15%) git-flow
7 1 (1.15%) JUnit
7 1 (1.15%) Maven
7 1 (1.15%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 40 (45.98%) Finance
2 34 (39.08%) Banking
3 24 (27.59%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (20.69%) Social Skills
5 15 (17.24%) Investment Banking
6 7 (8.05%) Legal
7 5 (5.75%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (4.60%) Aerospace
8 4 (4.60%) Automotive
8 4 (4.60%) Electronics
8 4 (4.60%) Manufacturing
9 3 (3.45%) Front Office
9 3 (3.45%) Military
9 3 (3.45%) Retail
10 2 (2.30%) Advertising
10 2 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (2.30%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (33.33%) Administrator
2 26 (29.89%) Systems Administrator
3 20 (22.99%) Linux Administrator
3 20 (22.99%) Linux Systems Administrator
4 17 (19.54%) Analyst
5 14 (16.09%) Transformation Analyst
6 13 (14.94%) Banking Analyst
7 12 (13.79%) Lead
8 10 (11.49%) Linux Engineer
8 10 (11.49%) Linux/Unix DevOps
9 9 (10.34%) Business Analyst
10 8 (9.20%) Data Business Analyst
10 8 (9.20%) Linux Systems Engineer
11 7 (8.05%) DevOps Engineer
11 7 (8.05%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
11 7 (8.05%) Technical Analyst
12 6 (6.90%) DevOps Administrator
12 6 (6.90%) DevOps Systems Engineer
12 6 (6.90%) Linux DevOps Administrator
12 6 (6.90%) Linux DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (18.39%) PySpark
2 9 (10.34%) Pandas
3 8 (9.20%) WebSockets
4 4 (4.60%) LDAP
5 3 (3.45%) Middleware
6 2 (2.30%) LEMP Stack
6 2 (2.30%) Node.js
7 1 (1.15%) AWS CDK
7 1 (1.15%) Spring
7 1 (1.15%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 20 (22.99%) Data Centre
2 12 (13.79%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (8.05%) Enterprise Storage
4 5 (5.75%) Operational Technology
5 4 (4.60%) Linux Command Line
5 4 (4.60%) Renewable Energy
5 4 (4.60%) Security Posture
6 3 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (3.45%) Fixed Income
6 3 (3.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (3.45%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.30%) Cloud Native
7 2 (2.30%) Enterprise Cloud
7 2 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (2.30%) Replication
8 1 (1.15%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (1.15%) Public Cloud
8 1 (1.15%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 66 (75.86%) Linux
2 39 (44.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 21 (24.14%) Windows
4 19 (21.84%) Windows Server
5 12 (13.79%) CentOS
6 6 (6.90%) Ubuntu
7 5 (5.75%) Rocky
8 3 (3.45%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (2.30%) Unix
10 1 (1.15%) CoreOS
10 1 (1.15%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (47.13%) CI/CD
2 27 (31.03%) DevOps
3 24 (27.59%) Agile
4 23 (26.44%) Infrastructure as Code
5 21 (24.14%) Scrum
6 20 (22.99%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (19.54%) AI
8 16 (18.39%) Analytics
8 16 (18.39%) Containerisation
8 16 (18.39%) Data Governance
8 16 (18.39%) Data Pipeline
8 16 (18.39%) Data Transformation
8 16 (18.39%) ETL
8 16 (18.39%) User Acceptance Testing
9 15 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
9 15 (17.24%) Root Cause Analysis
10 14 (16.09%) Performance Tuning
11 12 (13.79%) Configuration Management
11 12 (13.79%) Performance Monitoring
11 12 (13.79%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 46 (52.87%) Python
2 28 (32.18%) SQL
3 25 (28.74%) Bash
4 15 (17.24%) PowerShell
5 14 (16.09%) Java
6 3 (3.45%) PHP
7 2 (2.30%) JavaScript
7 2 (2.30%) Shell Script
8 1 (1.15%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 18 (20.69%) Security Cleared
2 15 (17.24%) Cisco Certification
3 13 (14.94%) RHCSA
4 10 (11.49%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (9.20%) Degree
5 8 (9.20%) SC Cleared
6 7 (8.05%) CCNA
7 6 (6.90%) RHCE
8 5 (5.75%) AWS Certification
9 4 (4.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (4.60%) CCSP
9 4 (4.60%) CISM
9 4 (4.60%) CISSP
9 4 (4.60%) ISTQB
9 4 (4.60%) OSCP
9 4 (4.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (3.45%) Azure Certification
10 3 (3.45%) CCDA
10 3 (3.45%) MCSE
11 2 (2.30%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (18.39%) Data Quality
2 12 (13.79%) GDPR
3 8 (9.20%) QA
4 7 (8.05%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 7 (8.05%) HIPAA
5 5 (5.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (5.75%) NIST
6 4 (4.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (3.45%) SLA
8 1 (1.15%) COBIT
8 1 (1.15%) PMO
System Software
1 31 (35.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (17.24%) Active Directory
2 15 (17.24%) Docker
3 9 (10.34%) vSphere
4 8 (9.20%) Hyper-V
5 4 (4.60%) Squid
5 4 (4.60%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (4.60%) VMware NSX
6 2 (2.30%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 25 (28.74%) Ansible
2 24 (27.59%) Terraform
3 23 (26.44%) Kubernetes
4 16 (18.39%) Nagios
5 7 (8.05%) Red Hat Satellite
6 6 (6.90%) Grafana
7 5 (5.75%) ZABBIX
8 4 (4.60%) Packer
9 2 (2.30%) Proxmox
9 2 (2.30%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (2.30%) WSUS
10 1 (1.15%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (1.15%) Progress Chef
10 1 (1.15%) Puppet
10 1 (1.15%) SCCM
10 1 (1.15%) SCVMM
10 1 (1.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 41 (47.13%) VMware
2 25 (28.74%) Oracle
3 14 (16.09%) Microsoft
3 14 (16.09%) Splunk
4 11 (12.64%) SolarWinds
5 10 (11.49%) Rapid7
6 7 (8.05%) Cisco
7 6 (6.90%) Dell
7 6 (6.90%) Veeam
8 5 (5.75%) ServiceNow
9 4 (4.60%) CyberArk
9 4 (4.60%) Ivanti
9 4 (4.60%) Qualys
9 4 (4.60%) Tenable
9 4 (4.60%) Veracode
10 3 (3.45%) Juniper
10 3 (3.45%) NetApp
11 2 (2.30%) Fujitsu
11 2 (2.30%) HP
11 2 (2.30%) Zscaler