Red Hat Enterprise Linux Job Trends in the North West

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 2 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	237	217	221
Rank change year-on-year	-20	+4	-30
Permanent jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux	33	3	8
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West	0.26%	0.061%	0.12%
As % of the Operating Systems category	5.52%	0.39%	1.10%
Number of salaries quoted	13	1	3
10^th Percentile	-	-	£42,988
25^th Percentile	£40,000	£52,500	£48,969
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£56,536	£60,000	£65,465
Median % change year-on-year	-5.77%	-8.35%	+0.17%
75^th Percentile	£101,250	£67,500	£71,991
90^th Percentile	£104,250	-	-
England median annual salary	£75,000	£70,000	£65,465
% change year-on-year	+7.14%	+6.93%	+0.71%

All Operating Systems
North West

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 citing operating system skills in the North West.

	6 months to 2 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing operating system skills	598	774	725
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West	4.63%	15.80%	10.44%
Number of salaries quoted	436	307	363
10^th Percentile	£28,000	£26,250	£26,550
25^th Percentile	£31,000	£29,000	£32,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£40,500	£40,000	£42,500
Median % change year-on-year	+1.25%	-5.88%	-15.00%
75^th Percentile	£60,000	£57,500	£56,250
90^th Percentile	£68,125	£65,000	£68,750
England median annual salary	£46,000	£42,000	£50,000
% change year-on-year	+9.52%	-16.00%	-1.96%

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Salary Trend in the North West

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux in the North West over the 6 months to 2 November 2026.

Salary histogram for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in the North West

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 2 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Manchester	-39	20	£97,500	+62.50%	6
Lancashire	-	12	£40,000	-	6
Cheshire	-	1	-	-	1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux England

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 2 November 2026, job vacancies citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North West region citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Linux	100.0%	33
2	Red Hat	78.8%	26
3	Security Cleared	60.6%	20
4	Ansible	54.5%	18
4	Python	54.5%	18
6	Infrastructure as Code	51.5%	17
7	Bash	48.5%	16
7	Docker	48.5%	16
9	SC Cleared	45.5%	15
10	DevOps	42.4%	14
11	CI/CD	39.4%	13
12	AWS	33.3%	11
12	CentOS	33.3%	11
14	Agile	27.3%	9
14	Cybersecurity	27.3%	9
14	Git	27.3%	9
14	Kubernetes	27.3%	9
14	Podman	27.3%	9
14	Software Engineering	27.3%	9
14	Terraform	27.3%	9
21	DV Cleared	24.2%	8
21	Microservices	24.2%	8
23	Azure	21.2%	7
23	Bill of Materials	21.2%	7
23	GitHub	21.2%	7
23	Go	21.2%	7
23	Infrastructure Automation	21.2%	7
23	SBOM	21.2%	7
23	SIEM	21.2%	7
23	Site Reliability Engineering	21.2%	7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Operating Systems

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Linux	100.0%	33
2	CentOS	33.3%	11
3	Windows	21.2%	7
4	AIX	15.2%	5
4	Windows Server	15.2%	5
6	CoreOS	9.1%	3
6	Ubuntu	9.1%	3
6	Windows Server 2016	9.1%	3
6	Windows Server 2019	9.1%	3
10	Debian	6.1%	2
10	Unix	6.1%	2