Red Hat Enterprise Linux Job Trends in the Midlands

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Red Hat Enterprise Linux skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 274 215 270
Rank change year-on-year -59 +55 -37
Permanent jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 10 18
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.046% 0.18% 0.18%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.95% 1.28% 1.49%
Number of salaries quoted 5 7 11
10th Percentile £62,000 £49,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £72,500 £53,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £57,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.43% +43.75% -25.58%
75th Percentile £77,500 £58,750 £58,875
90th Percentile - £66,750 £71,991
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% +4.00% -3.85%

All Operating Systems
Midlands

Red Hat Enterprise Linux falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 738 782 1,212
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.83% 13.83% 12.07%
Number of salaries quoted 552 602 672
10th Percentile £27,343 £26,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £29,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £35,750 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.88% -10.63% -11.11%
75th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £68,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £41,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.76% -18.00% -4.76%

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux in the Midlands over the 6 months to 13 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in the Midlands

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 September 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
East Midlands -34 5 £75,000 +30.43%
West Midlands -41 2 - - 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
England

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (14.29%) nginx
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle HTTP Server
1 1 (14.29%) Tomcat
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (14.29%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
1 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (71.43%) Manufacturing
2 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
2 1 (14.29%) Law
2 1 (14.29%) Police
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Subject Matter Expert
2 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Mainframe Developer
2 1 (14.29%) OpenVMS Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Support
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Java SE
1 1 (14.29%) OpenLayers
1 1 (14.29%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 1 (14.29%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (14.29%) Mainframe
2 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Linux
2 5 (71.43%) OpenVMS
3 1 (14.29%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Continuous Improvement
1 6 (85.71%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (71.43%) Computer Science
2 5 (71.43%) ERP
2 5 (71.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
3 1 (14.29%) Containerisation
3 1 (14.29%) DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Automation
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Integration Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (14.29%) Master Data Management
3 1 (14.29%) Platform Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Bash
1 1 (14.29%) Java
1 1 (14.29%) PL/SQL
1 1 (14.29%) Python
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 1 (14.29%) Docker
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (14.29%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Ansible
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) VMware