Red Hat Enterprise Linux Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Red Hat Enterprise Linux skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 174 185
Rank change year-on-year +20 +11 -9
Permanent jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 37 11 16
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.55% 0.30% 0.31%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.54% 2.54% 2.48%
Number of salaries quoted 34 11 14
10th Percentile £54,625 - -
25th Percentile £66,250 - £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £44,982
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +55.62% +9.05%
75th Percentile £68,750 - £51,877
90th Percentile £72,500 - £53,818
South East median annual salary £67,500 £65,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.66% +46.11% -

All Operating Systems
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 491 433 646
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.35% 11.97% 12.50%
Number of salaries quoted 404 334 508
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £36,844
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% -13.54% +1.05%
75th Percentile £67,500 £47,010 £59,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £71,125
South East median annual salary £47,000 £40,000 £48,250
% change year-on-year +17.50% -17.10% +7.22%

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 10 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in the Thames Valley

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 10 August 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
Berkshire +45 29 £67,500 -20.59% 1
Buckinghamshire -6 8 £70,000 -
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
South East

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 8 (21.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (5.41%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 8 (21.62%) AWS
1 8 (21.62%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 31 (83.78%) Firewall
2 27 (72.97%) DNS
3 16 (43.24%) SAN
4 11 (29.73%) Remote Desktop
5 8 (21.62%) iSCSI
5 8 (21.62%) NAS
5 8 (21.62%) NetScaler
5 8 (21.62%) Wireshark
6 2 (5.41%) Network Security
6 2 (5.41%) PBX
6 2 (5.41%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (21.62%) MySQL
1 8 (21.62%) PostgreSQL
1 8 (21.62%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.70%) Big Data
General
1 14 (37.84%) Social Skills
2 8 (21.62%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.41%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (54.05%) Applications Architect
1 20 (54.05%) Architect
2 14 (37.84%) Security Architect
3 13 (35.14%) Senior
4 8 (21.62%) Linux Engineer
4 8 (21.62%) Senior Linux Engineer
5 5 (13.51%) Security Engineer
6 4 (10.81%) Applications Engineer
6 4 (10.81%) Design Engineer
7 3 (8.11%) Senior Security Engineer
8 2 (5.41%) Administrator
8 2 (5.41%) Linux Administrator
8 2 (5.41%) Linux Systems Administrator
8 2 (5.41%) Senior Linux Administrator
8 2 (5.41%) Senior Linux Systems Administrator
8 2 (5.41%) Senior Systems Administrator
8 2 (5.41%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (62.16%) Regular Expression
2 19 (51.35%) LDAP
2 19 (51.35%) XMPP
3 7 (18.92%) JSON
3 7 (18.92%) JSON Schema
3 7 (18.92%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (29.73%) PKI
2 8 (21.62%) Management Information System
3 6 (16.22%) Cloud Native
4 4 (10.81%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (5.41%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 37 (100.00%) Linux
2 28 (75.68%) Windows
2 28 (75.68%) Windows Server
3 2 (5.41%) CentOS
3 2 (5.41%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (62.16%) SIEM
2 19 (51.35%) Validation
3 16 (43.24%) Antivirus Management
3 16 (43.24%) Application Security
3 16 (43.24%) Pattern Matching
3 16 (43.24%) Platform Engineering
4 14 (37.84%) Architectural Design
5 12 (32.43%) Resource Management
5 12 (32.43%) Server Management
6 10 (27.03%) High Availability
7 8 (21.62%) ITIL
7 8 (21.62%) Time Management
8 4 (10.81%) Cybersecurity
9 3 (8.11%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (8.11%) Data Integration
10 2 (5.41%) Customer Requirements
10 2 (5.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 2 (5.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 2 (5.41%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 2 (5.41%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (27.03%) Bash
2 9 (24.32%) Shell Script
3 8 (21.62%) PowerShell
4 6 (16.22%) Korn
5 2 (5.41%) C
Qualifications
1 29 (78.38%) DV Cleared
1 29 (78.38%) Security Cleared
2 6 (16.22%) Degree
3 2 (5.41%) RHCE
3 2 (5.41%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.41%) SLA
System Software
1 35 (94.59%) Active Directory
2 29 (78.38%) vSphere
3 8 (21.62%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 8 (21.62%) Docker
4 2 (5.41%) Samba
4 2 (5.41%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (21.62%) Kubernetes
2 2 (5.41%) Ansible
Vendors
1 30 (81.08%) Microsoft
2 29 (78.38%) VMware
3 27 (72.97%) Red Hat
4 15 (40.54%) McAfee
5 8 (21.62%) Citrix
5 8 (21.62%) Dell
5 8 (21.62%) NetApp
6 2 (5.41%) D-Link