Red Hat Enterprise Linux Job Trends in Scotland

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
UK > Scotland

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

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 120 260
Rank change year-on-year -12 +140 -74
Permanent jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 9 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.25% 0.47% 0.14%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.77% 4.57% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 6
10th Percentile £38,820 £37,375 -
25th Percentile £40,800 £39,063 £75,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £43,750 £83,577
Median % change year-on-year +5.14% -47.65% +82.68%
75th Percentile £46,500 £49,063 £91,934
90th Percentile £59,100 £51,125 -
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +27.27% -15.38%

All Operating Systems
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 212 197 788
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 6.50% 10.25% 12.64%
Number of salaries quoted 98 161 432
10th Percentile £27,275 £35,000 £25,200
25th Percentile £31,250 £47,500 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £57,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.91% +21.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,000 £61,313
90th Percentile £70,375 £85,000 £79,875
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -14.29%

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux job vacancy trend in Scotland

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Salary Histogram in Scotland

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

Salary histogram for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in Scotland

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 13 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
South Ayrshire - 7 £46,000 -
Glasgow -17 1 £40,800 -18.40%
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
UK

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (100.00%) IaaS
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 1 (12.50%) OCI
2 1 (12.50%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (87.50%) ATM
1 7 (87.50%) Multicast
1 7 (87.50%) TCP/IP
1 7 (87.50%) tcpdump
1 7 (87.50%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Exadata
1 1 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (87.50%) Aerospace
2 7 (87.50%) Automotive
3 6 (75.00%) Spanish Language
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Banking
4 1 (12.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Deployment Engineer
1 7 (87.50%) Integration Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Database Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Database Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) AIX
2 1 (12.50%) Solaris
2 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (75.00%) Integration Testing
2 6 (75.00%) Validation
3 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
3 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (12.50%) Database Tuning
3 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (12.50%) High Availability
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) Network Architecture
3 1 (12.50%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (12.50%) Problem Management
3 1 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (12.50%) SDLC
3 1 (12.50%) Service Management
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (12.50%) Bash
2 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 7 (87.50%) Docker
1 7 (87.50%) KVM
1 7 (87.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 7 (87.50%) Ansible
1 7 (87.50%) Kubernetes
1 7 (87.50%) Puppet
2 1 (12.50%) Data Guard
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) VMware
2 1 (12.50%) Dynatrace
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Red Hat
2 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow