Red Hat Enterprise Linux Job Trends

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Red Hat Enterprise Linux skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 569 502 555
Rank change year-on-year -67 +53 -53
Permanent jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 195 181 353
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.37% 0.36%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.18% 2.62% 2.71%
Number of salaries quoted 162 135 269
10th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £53,563 £55,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +21.74% -8.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £100,000 £95,695
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% +23.81% +5.00%

All Operating Systems
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 6,125 6,910 13,039
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.19% 14.07% 13.28%
Number of salaries quoted 4,630 4,609 9,935
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -7.61% -12.38%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,400 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux job vacancy trend in the UK

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Salary Trend

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

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux over the 6 months to 17 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in the UK

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Top 16 Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 17 July 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
England -60 183 £67,500 -3.57% 40
UK excluding London -45 124 £67,500 +3.85% 33
London -29 70 £65,000 -18.75% 10
South East -10 55 £67,500 +9.76% 8
North of England -19 32 £65,000 - 10
North West +10 24 £47,500 -36.56% 7
Work from Home -54 23 £70,000 - 10
South West -41 15 £75,000 +20.00% 8
Scotland +8 10 £46,000 +8.24% 2
Midlands -34 6 £75,000 +30.43% 3
East of England -13 5 £55,000 -16.98% 2
East Midlands -14 5 £75,000 +30.43% 1
Yorkshire -44 4 £97,500 +50.00% 2
North East -55 4 £97,500 +77.27% 1
West Midlands -22 1 - - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 19 (9.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (4.62%) Confluence
3 8 (4.10%) Apache
4 7 (3.59%) SharePoint
5 6 (3.08%) OpenStack
6 4 (2.05%) Apache Spark
7 2 (1.03%) CMS
7 2 (1.03%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 12 (6.15%) FLEXCUBE
Cloud Services
1 56 (28.72%) AWS
2 41 (21.03%) Azure
3 17 (8.72%) GitHub
4 15 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (4.62%) AWS CloudFormation
6 8 (4.10%) IaaS
7 7 (3.59%) Azure Stack
8 6 (3.08%) Amazon EKS
8 6 (3.08%) AWS Lambda
8 6 (3.08%) Datadog
8 6 (3.08%) Serverless
9 5 (2.56%) GCP
9 5 (2.56%) OpenShift
9 5 (2.56%) SaaS
10 4 (2.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (2.05%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (2.05%) Amazon S3
10 4 (2.05%) Nutanix
10 4 (2.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 3 (1.54%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 54 (27.69%) DNS
2 38 (19.49%) Firewall
3 33 (16.92%) SAN
4 22 (11.28%) TCP/IP
5 19 (9.74%) LAN
6 14 (7.18%) HTTP
6 14 (7.18%) Wireshark
7 11 (5.64%) Remote Desktop
8 10 (5.13%) iSCSI
8 10 (5.13%) WAN
9 9 (4.62%) NAS
10 8 (4.10%) NetScaler
11 6 (3.08%) ATM
11 6 (3.08%) Multicast
11 6 (3.08%) tcpdump
12 5 (2.56%) DHCP
13 4 (2.05%) AMQP
13 4 (2.05%) Kerberos
13 4 (2.05%) VSAN
14 3 (1.54%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.21%) SQL Server
2 12 (6.15%) Oracle Database
3 9 (4.62%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (4.10%) MySQL
5 7 (3.59%) MongoDB
6 6 (3.08%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (3.08%) Hadoop
7 4 (2.05%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (2.05%) Big Data
7 4 (2.05%) Cloudera CDH
8 1 (0.51%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.51%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 35 (17.95%) Git
2 26 (13.33%) GitLab
3 21 (10.77%) Jenkins
4 18 (9.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 14 (7.18%) JIRA
6 2 (1.03%) Artifactory
6 2 (1.03%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.51%) git-flow
7 1 (0.51%) Maven
7 1 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 76 (38.97%) Social Skills
2 36 (18.46%) Finance
3 30 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (11.79%) Banking
5 17 (8.72%) Public Sector
6 16 (8.21%) Aerospace
7 12 (6.15%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (6.15%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (3.08%) Automotive
8 6 (3.08%) Spanish Language
9 5 (2.56%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.05%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (2.05%) Mandarin Language
11 3 (1.54%) Front Office
11 3 (1.54%) Military
12 2 (1.03%) Advertising
12 2 (1.03%) Retail
12 2 (1.03%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.51%) Law
13 1 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (16.41%) Senior
2 28 (14.36%) Linux Engineer
3 24 (12.31%) Administrator
4 20 (10.26%) Applications Architect
4 20 (10.26%) Architect
4 20 (10.26%) Systems Administrator
5 19 (9.74%) DevOps Engineer
6 14 (7.18%) Lead
6 14 (7.18%) Principal DevOps Engineer
6 14 (7.18%) Principal Engineer
6 14 (7.18%) Security Architect
7 13 (6.67%) Support Engineer
8 12 (6.15%) DBA
8 12 (6.15%) Linux Administrator
8 12 (6.15%) Oracle DBA
8 12 (6.15%) Senior DBA
8 12 (6.15%) Senior Oracle DBA
9 11 (5.64%) Linux Systems Administrator
10 10 (5.13%) Linux Support
10 10 (5.13%) Linux Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (11.79%) LDAP
1 23 (11.79%) Regular Expression
2 19 (9.74%) XMPP
3 9 (4.62%) WebSockets
4 7 (3.59%) ARM Templates
4 7 (3.59%) JSON
4 7 (3.59%) JSON Schema
4 7 (3.59%) XML
5 4 (2.05%) AngularJS
5 4 (2.05%) gRPC
5 4 (2.05%) Middleware
5 4 (2.05%) Node.js
5 4 (2.05%) OpenAPI
5 4 (2.05%) RabbitMQ
5 4 (2.05%) React
5 4 (2.05%) REST
5 4 (2.05%) Spring
5 4 (2.05%) Spring Boot
5 4 (2.05%) Swagger
5 4 (2.05%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 30 (15.38%) Cloud Native
2 22 (11.28%) Data Centre
3 18 (9.23%) PKI
4 14 (7.18%) Management Information System
5 6 (3.08%) Enterprise Storage
5 6 (3.08%) Security Posture
6 5 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (2.56%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 5 (2.56%) Operational Technology
6 5 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.05%) Blockchain
7 4 (2.05%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.05%) Replication
7 4 (2.05%) Web3
8 3 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.54%) Fixed Income
8 3 (1.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (1.03%) Enterprise Cloud
10 1 (0.51%) Mainframe
10 1 (0.51%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 195 (100.00%) Linux
2 76 (38.97%) Windows
3 68 (34.87%) Windows Server
4 50 (25.64%) CentOS
5 26 (13.33%) Unix
6 24 (12.31%) Ubuntu
7 18 (9.23%) AIX
8 14 (7.18%) Debian
9 13 (6.67%) Oracle Linux
10 11 (5.64%) Windows Server 2019
11 7 (3.59%) Rocky
12 5 (2.56%) OpenVMS
13 4 (2.05%) CoreOS
13 4 (2.05%) Windows Server 2016
14 3 (1.54%) Solaris
14 3 (1.54%) VMS
15 2 (1.03%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (34.36%) DevOps
2 53 (27.18%) CI/CD
3 44 (22.56%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (21.54%) SIEM
5 38 (19.49%) ITIL
6 37 (18.97%) Infrastructure as Code
7 36 (18.46%) High Availability
8 35 (17.95%) Platform Engineering
9 30 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 30 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 28 (14.36%) Configuration Management
10 28 (14.36%) Site Reliability Engineering
11 27 (13.85%) Technical Leadership
12 25 (12.82%) Cybersecurity
12 25 (12.82%) Validation
13 24 (12.31%) Disaster Recovery
14 20 (10.26%) Agile
14 20 (10.26%) Observability
15 19 (9.74%) Incident Response
16 18 (9.23%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 57 (29.23%) Python
2 55 (28.21%) Bash
3 34 (17.44%) SQL
4 32 (16.41%) PowerShell
5 21 (10.77%) Shell Script
6 18 (9.23%) Korn
7 15 (7.69%) Java
8 12 (6.15%) PHP
8 12 (6.15%) PL/SQL
9 6 (3.08%) JavaScript
10 5 (2.56%) Perl
11 2 (1.03%) C
12 1 (0.51%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 82 (42.05%) Security Cleared
2 57 (29.23%) DV Cleared
3 30 (15.38%) SC Cleared
4 22 (11.28%) Degree
5 12 (6.15%) RHCSA
6 10 (5.13%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (3.59%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (2.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (2.05%) CCSP
9 4 (2.05%) CISM
9 4 (2.05%) CISSP
9 4 (2.05%) Postgraduate
9 4 (2.05%) RHCE
10 3 (1.54%) CCNA
10 3 (1.54%) MCSE
11 2 (1.03%) Azure Certification
11 2 (1.03%) Dell Certification
11 2 (1.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (1.03%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.56%) NIST
1 5 (2.56%) SLA
2 4 (2.05%) GDPR
2 4 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 56 (28.72%) Active Directory
2 55 (28.21%) Docker
3 41 (21.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 38 (19.49%) vSphere
5 13 (6.67%) Oracle RAC
6 12 (6.15%) Hyper-V
7 8 (4.10%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 7 (3.59%) KVM
9 6 (3.08%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (2.56%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 2 (1.03%) Samba
11 2 (1.03%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (1.03%) Xen
Systems Management
1 68 (34.87%) Kubernetes
2 61 (31.28%) Ansible
3 54 (27.69%) Terraform
4 30 (15.38%) Nagios
5 27 (13.85%) Puppet
6 13 (6.67%) Data Guard
7 12 (6.15%) Oracle RMAN
8 9 (4.62%) WSUS
8 9 (4.62%) ZABBIX
9 8 (4.10%) Grafana
9 8 (4.10%) Red Hat Satellite
10 7 (3.59%) Podman
11 5 (2.56%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (2.56%) Prometheus
12 4 (2.05%) Argo
12 4 (2.05%) McAfee ePO
12 4 (2.05%) Progress Chef
12 4 (2.05%) SCVMM
13 2 (1.03%) FlexNet
13 2 (1.03%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 116 (59.49%) Red Hat
2 75 (38.46%) VMware
3 44 (22.56%) Microsoft
4 26 (13.33%) McAfee
5 19 (9.74%) Oracle
6 13 (6.67%) Splunk
7 12 (6.15%) IBM
7 12 (6.15%) NetApp
8 10 (5.13%) Dell
8 10 (5.13%) SolarWinds
9 8 (4.10%) Citrix
10 7 (3.59%) ServiceNow
11 5 (2.56%) Google
11 5 (2.56%) Veeam
12 4 (2.05%) CyberArk
12 4 (2.05%) Ivanti
12 4 (2.05%) Qualys
12 4 (2.05%) Rapid7
12 4 (2.05%) SaltStack
12 4 (2.05%) Tenable