Red Hat Enterprise Linux Jobs

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Red Hat Enterprise Linux skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Red Hat Enterprise Linux over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 521 511 550
Rank change year-on-year -10 +39 +27
Permanent jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 164 424 514
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.31% 0.43% 0.49%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.49% 3.00% 3.09%
Number of salaries quoted 125 263 290
10th Percentile £46,750 £38,778 £38,175
25th Percentile £55,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -15.38% +12.07%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £95,750 £102,500 £122,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £52,500 £51,250
% change year-on-year +23.81% +2.44% +2.50%

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 6,583 14,121 16,635
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.62% 14.36% 15.99%
Number of salaries quoted 4,456 10,927 11,200
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,760 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,250 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,625 £80,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -1.18% -5.56% -

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in the UK

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Salary trend for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in the UK

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

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 30 April 2025. 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 -15 145 £70,000 +27.27% 102
UK excluding London +5 93 £65,000 +23.81% 82
London +64 62 £77,500 +3.33% 31
Work from Home +60 58 £70,000 +16.67% 118
South East +60 22 £57,500 +15.00% 15
North of England +49 22 £70,000 +40.00% 25
East of England +65 14 £61,250 +22.50% 5
Midlands +56 13 £65,000 +18.18% 11
Yorkshire +58 12 £67,500 +43.62% 11
South West +7 9 £71,991 +37.13% 14
Scotland +119 8 £43,750 -47.65% 10
East Midlands +50 8 - - 3
North West +8 8 £74,870 +6.96% 13
West Midlands +45 5 £65,000 -8.50% 7
Wales +37 5 £47,500 -5.00% 1
North East - 2 £55,000 - 1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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 10 (6.10%) Apache
2 7 (4.27%) nginx
3 6 (3.66%) Confluence
3 6 (3.66%) Tomcat
4 5 (3.05%) NetWeaver
5 3 (1.83%) WinCC
6 1 (0.61%) Drupal
6 1 (0.61%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 3 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (3.05%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 3 (1.83%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 37 (22.56%) AWS
2 33 (20.12%) Azure
3 11 (6.71%) PaaS
4 10 (6.10%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (6.10%) GitHub
5 8 (4.88%) OpenShift
6 7 (4.27%) Azure Monitor
6 7 (4.27%) IaaS
7 6 (3.66%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (3.05%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 5 (3.05%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (1.83%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (1.22%) Azure AKS
10 2 (1.22%) Azure Functions
10 2 (1.22%) GCP
10 2 (1.22%) SaaS
10 2 (1.22%) Serverless
11 1 (0.61%) Amazon EventBridge
11 1 (0.61%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.61%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 22 (13.41%) Firewall
2 16 (9.76%) DNS
3 12 (7.32%) Ethernet
3 12 (7.32%) TCP/IP
4 11 (6.71%) Cisco ISE
4 11 (6.71%) MPLS
5 9 (5.49%) DHCP
5 9 (5.49%) SSL
6 8 (4.88%) SAN
7 7 (4.27%) VPN
8 6 (3.66%) LAN
8 6 (3.66%) VSAN
9 4 (2.44%) Cisco IOS
9 4 (2.44%) Cisco Nexus
9 4 (2.44%) NAS
9 4 (2.44%) VoIP
9 4 (2.44%) WAN
10 3 (1.83%) HTTP
10 3 (1.83%) Telnet
10 3 (1.83%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.32%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.27%) Relational Database
3 5 (3.05%) BusinessObjects
3 5 (3.05%) MariaDB
3 5 (3.05%) SAP BW
3 5 (3.05%) SAP Data Services
3 5 (3.05%) SAP HANA
4 4 (2.44%) MySQL
4 4 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (2.44%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.61%) DB2
5 1 (0.61%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.61%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 22 (13.41%) Git
2 9 (5.49%) GitLab
3 8 (4.88%) Jenkins
3 8 (4.88%) JIRA
3 8 (4.88%) Sonatype Nexus
4 5 (3.05%) Bitbucket
4 5 (3.05%) Oracle Forms
5 4 (2.44%) Artifactory
5 4 (2.44%) Subversion
6 1 (0.61%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.61%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 48 (29.27%) Finance
2 39 (23.78%) Social Skills
3 28 (17.07%) Banking
4 19 (11.59%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (4.88%) Military
6 5 (3.05%) Electronics
6 5 (3.05%) General Ledger
6 5 (3.05%) Telecoms
7 4 (2.44%) Investment Banking
8 3 (1.83%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.22%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.22%) Law
10 1 (0.61%) Front Office
10 1 (0.61%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.61%) Retail
Job Titles
1 29 (17.68%) Administrator
2 28 (17.07%) Systems Administrator
3 25 (15.24%) Linux Systems Administrator
4 23 (14.02%) Linux Administrator
4 23 (14.02%) Senior
5 15 (9.15%) Platform Engineer
5 15 (9.15%) Security Engineer
6 14 (8.54%) Architect
6 14 (8.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 12 (7.32%) Analyst
7 12 (7.32%) Cloud Engineer
8 11 (6.71%) Azure Engineer
8 11 (6.71%) Lead
9 9 (5.49%) IT Support
10 8 (4.88%) DevOps Engineer
10 8 (4.88%) Linux Engineer
10 8 (4.88%) Linux Support
10 8 (4.88%) Project Analyst
10 8 (4.88%) Systems Engineer
11 7 (4.27%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (9.15%) Middleware
2 5 (3.05%) GraphQL
2 5 (3.05%) REST
2 5 (3.05%) Web Services
3 3 (1.83%) ARM Templates
3 3 (1.83%) FIX Protocol
4 2 (1.22%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.22%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (1.22%) Lambda Expressions
4 2 (1.22%) WebSockets
5 1 (0.61%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.61%) Apache NiFi
5 1 (0.61%) JSON
5 1 (0.61%) Kafka
5 1 (0.61%) Laravel
5 1 (0.61%) Next.js
5 1 (0.61%) Node.js
5 1 (0.61%) React
5 1 (0.61%) YAML
5 1 (0.61%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 20 (12.20%) Data Centre
2 18 (10.98%) Clustering
3 13 (7.93%) Management Information System
4 12 (7.32%) Hybrid Cloud
4 12 (7.32%) Linux Command Line
5 10 (6.10%) Hedge funds
6 9 (5.49%) Cloud Native
6 9 (5.49%) Security Posture
7 8 (4.88%) Public Cloud
8 7 (4.27%) Product Ownership
9 6 (3.66%) Onboarding
10 4 (2.44%) Client/Server
10 4 (2.44%) Replication
10 4 (2.44%) SCADA
11 3 (1.83%) Enterprise Storage
11 3 (1.83%) Equities
11 3 (1.83%) Fixed Income
11 3 (1.83%) FPGA
11 3 (1.83%) Verilog
11 3 (1.83%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 164 (100.00%) Linux
2 48 (29.27%) Windows
3 34 (20.73%) Windows Server
4 28 (17.07%) Unix
5 12 (7.32%) CentOS
6 11 (6.71%) Solaris
7 10 (6.10%) Ubuntu
8 8 (4.88%) zOS
9 7 (4.27%) AIX
10 4 (2.44%) Oracle Linux
10 4 (2.44%) Rocky
10 4 (2.44%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (1.83%) VMS
12 2 (1.22%) Amazon Linux
12 2 (1.22%) Debian
12 2 (1.22%) SUSE
13 1 (0.61%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (35.37%) DevOps
2 32 (19.51%) CI/CD
2 32 (19.51%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (17.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 27 (16.46%) Infrastructure as Code
5 26 (15.85%) Customer Service
6 25 (15.24%) ITIL
7 24 (14.63%) Agile
7 24 (14.63%) Disaster Recovery
7 24 (14.63%) Roadmaps
8 23 (14.02%) Platform Engineering
9 21 (12.80%) Configuration Management
10 19 (11.59%) Containerisation
11 18 (10.98%) Performance Monitoring
12 15 (9.15%) Customer Requirements
12 15 (9.15%) Mentoring
13 14 (8.54%) Computer Science
14 13 (7.93%) Cybersecurity
15 12 (7.32%) Continuous Integration
15 12 (7.32%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (29.27%) Python
2 44 (26.83%) Bash
3 31 (18.90%) PowerShell
4 15 (9.15%) SQL
5 9 (5.49%) Java
6 8 (4.88%) Perl
7 6 (3.66%) C
7 6 (3.66%) C++
7 6 (3.66%) Shell Script
8 5 (3.05%) C#
9 3 (1.83%) PHP
9 3 (1.83%) R
9 3 (1.83%) SystemVerilog
9 3 (1.83%) Tcl
9 3 (1.83%) VB
10 2 (1.22%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.61%) COBOL
11 1 (0.61%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.61%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 30 (18.29%) Security Cleared
2 22 (13.41%) Degree
3 20 (12.20%) SC Cleared
4 16 (9.76%) DV Cleared
5 12 (7.32%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (6.71%) CCNA
7 9 (5.49%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (4.88%) A+ Certification
8 8 (4.88%) AWS Certification
8 8 (4.88%) Network+ Certification
9 6 (3.66%) RHCSA
10 5 (3.05%) Azure Certification
11 4 (2.44%) CCNP
11 4 (2.44%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (1.83%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (1.83%) MCSA
12 3 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (1.22%) Master's Degree
13 2 (1.22%) MCP
13 2 (1.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 7 (4.27%) SLA
3 6 (3.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.44%) Def Stans
4 4 (2.44%) GDPR
5 3 (1.83%) HIPAA
5 3 (1.83%) SOC 2
6 2 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.61%) ISO 15022
7 1 (0.61%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.61%) NCSC
7 1 (0.61%) NIST
7 1 (0.61%) PMO
7 1 (0.61%) QA
System Software
1 46 (28.05%) VMware Infrastructure
2 24 (14.63%) VMware ESXi
3 16 (9.76%) Active Directory
3 16 (9.76%) Docker
4 15 (9.15%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (7.32%) vSphere
6 9 (5.49%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (4.88%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 4 (2.44%) Firmware
8 4 (2.44%) Hyper-V
8 4 (2.44%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (1.83%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 2 (1.22%) Postfix
10 2 (1.22%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.61%) KVM
Systems Management
1 60 (36.59%) Ansible
2 28 (17.07%) Terraform
3 19 (11.59%) Kubernetes
4 18 (10.98%) Puppet
5 12 (7.32%) Nagios
6 8 (4.88%) Grafana
7 7 (4.27%) vCenter Server
8 6 (3.66%) WSUS
9 5 (3.05%) Graylog
9 5 (3.05%) Progress Chef
9 5 (3.05%) Prometheus
9 5 (3.05%) SCCM
9 5 (3.05%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 4 (2.44%) Rundeck
10 4 (2.44%) SCOM
11 3 (1.83%) Functional Safety
11 3 (1.83%) Rancher
11 3 (1.83%) VxRail
12 2 (1.22%) Dell DRAC
12 2 (1.22%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 103 (62.80%) Red Hat
2 64 (39.02%) VMware
3 39 (23.78%) Cisco
4 25 (15.24%) Microsoft
5 19 (11.59%) Juniper
6 18 (10.98%) Oracle
7 13 (7.93%) NetApp
8 11 (6.71%) SevOne
9 9 (5.49%) Citrix
9 9 (5.49%) IBM
10 8 (4.88%) Atlassian
10 8 (4.88%) ServiceNow
10 8 (4.88%) Veritas
11 7 (4.27%) Pure Storage
11 7 (4.27%) SolarWinds
11 7 (4.27%) Symantec
12 6 (3.66%) Dell
12 6 (3.66%) EMC
13 5 (3.05%) SAP
14 4 (2.44%) PagerDuty