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 26 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 523 515 539
Rank change year-on-year -8 +24 +22
Permanent jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 164 426 547
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.32% 0.43% 0.52%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.49% 3.01% 3.26%
Number of salaries quoted 125 265 301
10th Percentile £46,250 £38,806 £38,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £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 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,750 £102,500 £121,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +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 6,581 14,133 16,774
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.75% 14.40% 15.95%
Number of salaries quoted 4,451 10,947 11,330
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,759 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,375 £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 £68,750 £62,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £86,250 £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 26 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 26 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 -27 145 £70,000 +27.27% 149
UK excluding London +17 92 £65,000 +23.81% 101
London +77 63 £77,500 +3.33% 68
Work from Home +38 56 £70,000 +16.67% 140
South East +58 22 £57,500 +15.00% 19
North of England +41 20 £70,000 +40.00% 30
East of England +70 14 £61,250 +22.50% 4
Midlands +67 13 £65,000 +18.18% 13
Yorkshire +58 10 £70,000 +48.94% 14
South West +4 10 £71,991 +37.13% 16
Scotland +125 8 £43,750 -47.65% 18
East Midlands +58 8 - - 3
North West +7 8 £74,870 +6.96% 14
West Midlands +62 5 £65,000 -8.50% 8
Wales +41 5 £47,500 -5.00% 1
North East - 2 £55,000 - 3

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 11 (6.71%) Apache
2 8 (4.88%) nginx
3 7 (4.27%) Confluence
4 6 (3.66%) Tomcat
5 5 (3.05%) NetWeaver
6 3 (1.83%) WinCC
7 1 (0.61%) Drupal
7 1 (0.61%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.61%) SharePoint
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 35 (21.34%) AWS
2 34 (20.73%) Azure
3 11 (6.71%) PaaS
4 10 (6.10%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (6.10%) GitHub
5 9 (5.49%) 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%) Datadog
11 1 (0.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 24 (14.63%) Firewall
2 15 (9.15%) DNS
3 13 (7.93%) TCP/IP
4 12 (7.32%) Ethernet
5 11 (6.71%) Cisco ISE
5 11 (6.71%) MPLS
6 9 (5.49%) SSL
7 8 (4.88%) DHCP
7 8 (4.88%) SAN
7 8 (4.88%) 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%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (2.44%) NAS
9 4 (2.44%) VoIP
9 4 (2.44%) WAN
10 3 (1.83%) Network Security
10 3 (1.83%) VLAN
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 23 (14.02%) Git
2 9 (5.49%) GitLab
2 9 (5.49%) JIRA
3 8 (4.88%) Jenkins
3 8 (4.88%) Sonatype Nexus
4 6 (3.66%) Bitbucket
5 5 (3.05%) Oracle Forms
6 4 (2.44%) Artifactory
6 4 (2.44%) Subversion
7 1 (0.61%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.61%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 48 (29.27%) Finance
2 40 (24.39%) Social Skills
3 28 (17.07%) Banking
4 20 (12.20%) 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%) Aerospace
7 4 (2.44%) Investment Banking
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%) Security Engineer
6 14 (8.54%) Architect
6 14 (8.54%) Platform Engineer
7 13 (7.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 12 (7.32%) Analyst
8 12 (7.32%) Cloud Engineer
8 12 (7.32%) Lead
9 11 (6.71%) Azure Engineer
10 9 (5.49%) IT Support
11 8 (4.88%) DevOps Engineer
11 8 (4.88%) Linux Engineer
11 8 (4.88%) Linux Support
11 8 (4.88%) Project Analyst
11 8 (4.88%) Systems Engineer
12 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%) Apache NiFi
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%) 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 19 (11.59%) Clustering
3 13 (7.93%) Management Information System
4 12 (7.32%) Linux Command Line
5 10 (6.10%) Hedge funds
5 10 (6.10%) Hybrid Cloud
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%) Equities
11 3 (1.83%) Fixed Income
11 3 (1.83%) FPGA
11 3 (1.83%) Reference Data
11 3 (1.83%) Verilog
11 3 (1.83%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 164 (100.00%) Linux
2 47 (28.66%) Windows
3 33 (20.12%) Windows Server
4 28 (17.07%) Unix
5 12 (7.32%) CentOS
6 11 (6.71%) Solaris
6 11 (6.71%) Ubuntu
7 8 (4.88%) zOS
8 7 (4.27%) AIX
9 5 (3.05%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (2.44%) Oracle Linux
10 4 (2.44%) Rocky
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%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.61%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.61%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (35.98%) DevOps
2 33 (20.12%) CI/CD
2 33 (20.12%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (16.46%) Infrastructure as Code
3 27 (16.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 26 (15.85%) Customer Service
4 26 (15.85%) ITIL
5 25 (15.24%) Agile
6 24 (14.63%) Disaster Recovery
6 24 (14.63%) Roadmaps
7 22 (13.41%) Platform Engineering
8 21 (12.80%) Configuration Management
9 18 (10.98%) Containerisation
9 18 (10.98%) Performance Monitoring
10 16 (9.76%) Mentoring
11 15 (9.15%) Customer Requirements
12 14 (8.54%) Computer Science
13 13 (7.93%) Cybersecurity
14 12 (7.32%) Continuous Integration
14 12 (7.32%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 47 (28.66%) Python
2 45 (27.44%) Bash
3 29 (17.68%) 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 31 (18.90%) Security Cleared
2 22 (13.41%) Degree
3 20 (12.20%) SC Cleared
4 17 (10.37%) DV Cleared
5 13 (7.93%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (6.71%) CCNA
7 9 (5.49%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (5.49%) Network+ Certification
8 8 (4.88%) A+ Certification
9 6 (3.66%) AWS Certification
9 6 (3.66%) RHCSA
10 5 (3.05%) Azure Certification
10 5 (3.05%) 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%) Docker
4 15 (9.15%) Active Directory
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%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (1.83%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 3 (1.83%) Hyper-V
10 2 (1.22%) Postfix
10 2 (1.22%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.61%) KVM
Systems Management
1 59 (35.98%) Ansible
2 28 (17.07%) Terraform
3 18 (10.98%) Kubernetes
3 18 (10.98%) Puppet
4 12 (7.32%) Nagios
5 8 (4.88%) Grafana
6 7 (4.27%) vCenter Server
7 5 (3.05%) Graylog
7 5 (3.05%) Progress Chef
7 5 (3.05%) Prometheus
7 5 (3.05%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 4 (2.44%) Rundeck
8 4 (2.44%) WSUS
9 3 (1.83%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (1.83%) Functional Safety
9 3 (1.83%) Rancher
9 3 (1.83%) SCCM
9 3 (1.83%) VxRail
10 2 (1.22%) SCOM
10 2 (1.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 103 (62.80%) Red Hat
2 64 (39.02%) VMware
3 39 (23.78%) Cisco
4 24 (14.63%) Microsoft
5 19 (11.59%) Juniper
6 16 (9.76%) 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%) McAfee