OpenShift Jobs

Red Hat OpenShift
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring OpenShift skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited OpenShift over the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 604 327 448
Rank change year-on-year -277 +121 -34
Permanent jobs citing OpenShift 164 498 864
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.94% 0.70%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.74% 2.19% 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 111 239 318
10th Percentile £60,000 £52,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £70,500 £65,950 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £82,500 £78,750
Median % change year-on-year -6.06% +4.76% +10.14%
75th Percentile £115,000 £112,500 £105,000
90th Percentile £138,750 £143,750 £136,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £70,576 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.27% +8.58% +18.18%

All Cloud Skills
UK

OpenShift falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 22,214 22,735 52,894
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.03% 42.91% 43.06%
Number of salaries quoted 12,943 17,864 35,548
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,750 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.77% -3.64% +4.76%

OpenShift
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing OpenShift as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for OpenShift in the UK

OpenShift
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing OpenShift.

Salary trend for OpenShift in the UK

OpenShift
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing OpenShift over the 6 months to 8 December 2024.

Salary histogram for OpenShift in the UK

OpenShift
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OpenShift within the UK over the 6 months to 8 December 2024. 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
England -250 152 £80,000 -11.11% 54
London -106 83 £95,000 -5.00% 34
UK excluding London -248 77 £75,000 +6.27% 27
Work from Home -150 72 £76,500 +7.31% 87
South West -68 35 £75,000 - 12
South East -42 15 £65,000 -16.13% 4
North of England -102 11 £60,996 -2.41% 2
North West -86 10 £50,000 -18.03% 2
Scotland -33 8 £60,000 -14.98% 7
Midlands -57 5 £50,000 -20.00% 1
West Midlands -41 3 £50,000 -20.00% 1
East Midlands -39 2 - -
East of England -61 2 - - 1
Wales +14 1 £93,500 +32.48%
Yorkshire -10 1 £71,991 +2.01%

OpenShift
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 35 (21.34%) Apache
2 32 (19.51%) Apache Spark
3 23 (14.02%) Apache Airflow
3 23 (14.02%) nginx
4 10 (6.10%) Camunda
5 8 (4.88%) Confluence
5 8 (4.88%) Jupyter
6 4 (2.44%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.61%) JBoss
7 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.61%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 2 (1.22%) Maximo
2 1 (0.61%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 95 (57.93%) AWS
2 52 (31.71%) Azure
3 34 (20.73%) AWS Lambda
3 34 (20.73%) Serverless
4 32 (19.51%) Amazon ECS
5 23 (14.02%) AWS CloudFormation
6 21 (12.80%) Amazon S3
7 19 (11.59%) GCP
8 17 (10.37%) Amazon EC2
9 16 (9.76%) Amazon SQS
9 16 (9.76%) dbt
10 9 (5.49%) IaaS
10 9 (5.49%) IBM Cloud
10 9 (5.49%) MinIO
10 9 (5.49%) PaaS
11 8 (4.88%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (3.66%) Azure Monitor
12 6 (3.66%) GitHub
13 5 (3.05%) Azure Sentinel
13 5 (3.05%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.05%) Firewall
1 5 (3.05%) Network Security
2 4 (2.44%) VPN
3 2 (1.22%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (1.22%) IPsec
3 2 (1.22%) NAS
3 2 (1.22%) SAN
4 1 (0.61%) DNS
4 1 (0.61%) IPv4
4 1 (0.61%) OSPF
4 1 (0.61%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.61%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (14.02%) Apache Iceberg
2 20 (12.20%) Hadoop
3 18 (10.98%) Amazon RDS
3 18 (10.98%) MongoDB
4 16 (9.76%) Amazon Athena
4 16 (9.76%) Amazon Redshift
4 16 (9.76%) Apache Arrow
4 16 (9.76%) Apache Ignite
4 16 (9.76%) Dremio
5 12 (7.32%) Big Data
5 12 (7.32%) NoSQL
6 11 (6.71%) Oracle Database
7 8 (4.88%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (4.88%) Presto
8 7 (4.27%) Apache Hudi
8 7 (4.27%) Delta Lake
9 5 (3.05%) Relational Database
10 4 (2.44%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (1.83%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 40 (24.39%) Jenkins
2 36 (21.95%) Artifactory
3 11 (6.71%) Git
4 10 (6.10%) Bitbucket
4 10 (6.10%) JIRA
5 8 (4.88%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 7 (4.27%) GitLab
7 5 (3.05%) Maven
8 3 (1.83%) Gatling
8 3 (1.83%) Gradle
8 3 (1.83%) JUnit
8 3 (1.83%) Mockito
8 3 (1.83%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.61%) Ant
9 1 (0.61%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.61%) Snyk
9 1 (0.61%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.61%) webpack
General
1 71 (43.29%) Finance
2 32 (19.51%) Front Office
3 17 (10.37%) Public Sector
4 15 (9.15%) Tech for Good
5 11 (6.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (6.10%) Banking
7 8 (4.88%) Law
7 8 (4.88%) Social Skills
8 7 (4.27%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (1.83%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.83%) Marketing
9 3 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.22%) Dutch Language
10 2 (1.22%) German Language
10 2 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.22%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.22%) Retail Banking
10 2 (1.22%) Spanish Language
10 2 (1.22%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.61%) Legal
Job Titles
1 54 (32.93%) AWS Engineer
2 50 (30.49%) DevOps Engineer
3 40 (24.39%) Senior
4 33 (20.12%) AWS DevOps
4 33 (20.12%) AWS DevOps Engineer
5 27 (16.46%) Data Engineer
5 27 (16.46%) Kubernetes Engineer
5 27 (16.46%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 24 (14.63%) Python Engineer
7 20 (12.20%) Cloud Engineer
8 18 (10.98%) Cisco Engineer
8 18 (10.98%) Senior Cisco Engineer
8 18 (10.98%) Virtualisation Engineer
9 17 (10.37%) Platform Engineer
10 14 (8.54%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 14 (8.54%) Software Engineer
11 11 (6.71%) Automation Engineer
11 11 (6.71%) Cloud Automation Engineer
11 11 (6.71%) Developer
11 11 (6.71%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (19.51%) J2EE
2 31 (18.90%) Kafka
3 23 (14.02%) PySpark
4 20 (12.20%) React
5 15 (9.15%) Apache NiFi
6 11 (6.71%) Elastic Stack
7 10 (6.10%) KeystoneJS
7 10 (6.10%) Node.js
7 10 (6.10%) RabbitMQ
7 10 (6.10%) Swagger
8 8 (4.88%) ActiveMQ
8 8 (4.88%) YAML
9 7 (4.27%) PyArrow
9 7 (4.27%) Spring
10 5 (3.05%) AngularJS
10 5 (3.05%) CSS
10 5 (3.05%) HTML
10 5 (3.05%) Spring Boot
11 4 (2.44%) RESTful
12 3 (1.83%) Java SE
Miscellaneous
1 29 (17.68%) Hybrid Cloud
2 16 (9.76%) Tandem
3 14 (8.54%) Data Centre
3 14 (8.54%) Linux Command Line
4 12 (7.32%) Public Cloud
5 9 (5.49%) Blockchain
5 9 (5.49%) e-Learning
6 6 (3.66%) Cloud Native
7 5 (3.05%) Clustering
8 4 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.83%) Management Information System
10 2 (1.22%) IoT
10 2 (1.22%) Life Science
10 2 (1.22%) PKI
10 2 (1.22%) Product Ownership
10 2 (1.22%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.61%) Algorithms
11 1 (0.61%) Distributed Systems
11 1 (0.61%) Industry 4.0
11 1 (0.61%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 51 (31.10%) Linux
2 24 (14.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 11 (6.71%) Unix
4 10 (6.10%) Windows
5 6 (3.66%) Ubuntu
6 5 (3.05%) SUSE
7 2 (1.22%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.61%) CentOS
8 1 (0.61%) CoreOS
8 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (49.39%) CI/CD
2 79 (48.17%) Agile
3 78 (47.56%) DevOps
4 60 (36.59%) Software Engineering
5 59 (35.98%) Site Reliability Engineering
6 43 (26.22%) Containerisation
7 40 (24.39%) Open Source
8 35 (21.34%) Infrastructure as Code
9 32 (19.51%) Asset Management
10 31 (18.90%) Data Engineering
11 26 (15.85%) Mentoring
12 25 (15.24%) Test Automation
13 20 (12.20%) Deployment Automation
13 20 (12.20%) Microservices
14 19 (11.59%) Decision-Making
15 18 (10.98%) High Availability
15 18 (10.98%) Problem-Solving
16 16 (9.76%) Financial Modelling
16 16 (9.76%) Full-Stack Development
17 15 (9.15%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 93 (56.71%) Python
2 87 (53.05%) Java
3 34 (20.73%) Go
4 20 (12.20%) PowerShell
5 19 (11.59%) Bash
5 19 (11.59%) JavaScript
6 17 (10.37%) SQL
7 16 (9.76%) Perl
8 13 (7.93%) TypeScript
9 10 (6.10%) Lua
10 9 (5.49%) Shell Script
11 3 (1.83%) C#
12 2 (1.22%) Jython
13 1 (0.61%) Bicep
13 1 (0.61%) C++
13 1 (0.61%) Groovy
13 1 (0.61%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.61%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 49 (29.88%) Security Cleared
2 24 (14.63%) DV Cleared
3 17 (10.37%) SC Cleared
4 12 (7.32%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (7.32%) RHCA
5 10 (6.10%) CCIE
5 10 (6.10%) CCIE Data Center
5 10 (6.10%) VCDX
6 5 (3.05%) Degree
7 4 (2.44%) Azure Certification
7 4 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.83%) RHCE
9 2 (1.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (1.22%) CCSP
9 2 (1.22%) CEH
9 2 (1.22%) CISM
9 2 (1.22%) CISSP
9 2 (1.22%) IBM Certification
9 2 (1.22%) SSCP
10 1 (0.61%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.27%) Accessibility
1 7 (4.27%) Data Quality
System Software
1 98 (59.76%) Docker
2 29 (17.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (13.41%) vSphere
4 11 (6.71%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (4.27%) HDFS
6 4 (2.44%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.61%) Active Directory
7 1 (0.61%) KVM
7 1 (0.61%) Lustre
7 1 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.61%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.61%) Xen
Systems Management
1 139 (84.76%) Kubernetes
2 90 (54.88%) Terraform
3 63 (38.41%) Ansible
4 17 (10.37%) Puppet
5 12 (7.32%) Grafana
5 12 (7.32%) Prometheus
6 11 (6.71%) Progress Chef
6 11 (6.71%) Salt
7 9 (5.49%) HAProxy
8 5 (3.05%) Packer
9 2 (1.22%) CloudForms
9 2 (1.22%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (1.22%) Podman
9 2 (1.22%) Rancher
9 2 (1.22%) vRealize
10 1 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.61%) Istio
10 1 (0.61%) Karpenter
10 1 (0.61%) Kibana
10 1 (0.61%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 61 (37.20%) Red Hat
2 29 (17.68%) VMware
3 27 (16.46%) Oracle
4 20 (12.20%) Cisco
5 11 (6.71%) IBM
5 11 (6.71%) Microsoft
6 8 (4.88%) Google
6 8 (4.88%) SAP
7 3 (1.83%) McAfee
7 3 (1.83%) Sophos
8 1 (0.61%) BMC
8 1 (0.61%) Cloudera
8 1 (0.61%) Commvault
8 1 (0.61%) HP
8 1 (0.61%) Intel
8 1 (0.61%) Remedy
8 1 (0.61%) Splunk
8 1 (0.61%) xMatters