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 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 474 506 613
Rank change year-on-year +32 +107 -119
Permanent jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 410 430 860
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.45% 0.53% 0.49%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.54% 3.17% 2.78%
Number of salaries quoted 256 263 554
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,100 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,875 £44,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £63,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.73% +9.57% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,487 £114,000 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year +3.96% - -6.48%

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 11,570 13,584 30,885
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.80% 16.83% 17.62%
Number of salaries quoted 8,403 9,692 16,343
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

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 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in the UK

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Top 17 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 July 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 +29 375 £57,500 -8.73% 33
UK excluding London +10 286 £52,500 +3.96% 32
Work from Home +48 183 £61,250 -5.77% 19
London +38 113 £85,000 +13.33% 9
South West +19 102 £55,000 - 9
South East 0 77 £45,000 - 9
North of England +38 56 £65,465 +0.44% 4
North West +4 30 £65,465 +0.71% 1
Yorkshire +72 23 £65,000 -10.34% 2
Midlands -15 19 £40,000 -25.58% 3
Scotland -49 13 £87,500 +33.89% 6
East Midlands -20 12 £40,000 -30.43%
Wales +36 8 £50,000 +26.58%
West Midlands -5 7 £65,465 +24.69% 3
East of England -14 7 £54,000 -2.70% 3
Northern Ireland - 4 - -
North East - 3 £65,465 - 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 46 (11.22%) WebLogic
2 40 (9.76%) Apache
3 29 (7.07%) Apache Spark
4 11 (2.68%) Tuxedo
5 10 (2.44%) nginx
6 9 (2.20%) OpenStack
7 8 (1.95%) Microsoft Exchange
7 8 (1.95%) WebSphere
8 6 (1.46%) JBoss
9 3 (0.73%) CloudStack
10 1 (0.24%) Confluence
Applications
1 32 (7.80%) Simulink
2 1 (0.24%) Weka
Business Applications
1 46 (11.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.24%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.24%) Misys Opics
2 1 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 220 (53.66%) AWS
2 201 (49.02%) Azure
3 78 (19.02%) OpenShift
4 76 (18.54%) Amazon EKS
5 47 (11.46%) Amazon SQS
6 40 (9.76%) GCP
7 33 (8.05%) SaaS
8 31 (7.56%) AWS Lambda
8 31 (7.56%) Serverless
9 30 (7.32%) AWS CloudFormation
10 17 (4.15%) Microsoft 365
11 14 (3.41%) Amazon EC2
12 11 (2.68%) Cloud Computing
13 7 (1.71%) OCI
14 6 (1.46%) Amazon S3
14 6 (1.46%) Datadog
15 4 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
15 4 (0.98%) Azure Monitor
16 2 (0.49%) Entra ID
16 2 (0.49%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 104 (25.37%) DNS
2 88 (21.46%) TCP/IP
3 61 (14.88%) SSL
4 46 (11.22%) BGP
5 42 (10.24%) DHCP
6 39 (9.51%) Firewall
7 33 (8.05%) HTTP
8 31 (7.56%) LAN
8 31 (7.56%) WAN
9 29 (7.07%) AMQP
10 26 (6.34%) SAN
11 18 (4.39%) VPN
12 16 (3.90%) Remote Desktop
13 8 (1.95%) Cisco ASA
13 8 (1.95%) HTTPS
13 8 (1.95%) NAS
13 8 (1.95%) SNMP
13 8 (1.95%) Wireless
14 7 (1.71%) Internet
15 6 (1.46%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (14.39%) Amazon RDS
2 47 (11.46%) Oracle Database
3 46 (11.22%) RDBMS
3 46 (11.22%) Relational Database
4 35 (8.54%) Big Data
5 34 (8.29%) NoSQL
6 32 (7.80%) Hadoop
7 29 (7.07%) Cloudera CDH
8 17 (4.15%) SQL Server
9 12 (2.93%) MySQL
10 11 (2.68%) InfluxDB
11 8 (1.95%) DB2
11 8 (1.95%) MariaDB
12 7 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
13 6 (1.46%) Elasticsearch
14 2 (0.49%) Redis
15 1 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
15 1 (0.24%) Dremio
Development Applications
1 67 (16.34%) Git
2 47 (11.46%) Jenkins
3 41 (10.00%) Vagrant
4 19 (4.63%) GitLab
5 15 (3.66%) TeamCity
6 6 (1.46%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.73%) JIRA
8 2 (0.49%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.49%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.49%) Jasmine
8 2 (0.49%) Selenium
9 1 (0.24%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.24%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.24%) Subversion
9 1 (0.24%) WebDriver
General
1 84 (20.49%) Social Skills
2 69 (16.83%) Finance
3 55 (13.41%) Aerospace
4 32 (7.80%) Banking
5 20 (4.88%) Investment Banking
6 15 (3.66%) Public Sector
6 15 (3.66%) Tech for Good
6 15 (3.66%) Telecoms
7 11 (2.68%) Retail
8 9 (2.20%) Analytical Skills
9 8 (1.95%) Manufacturing
10 7 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.98%) Japanese Language
12 4 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.73%) Billing
14 1 (0.24%) Automotive
14 1 (0.24%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.24%) Law
14 1 (0.24%) Police
Job Titles
1 80 (19.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 78 (19.02%) Software Engineer
3 57 (13.90%) Architect
4 55 (13.41%) Linux Engineer
5 53 (12.93%) Senior
6 52 (12.68%) Lead
7 48 (11.71%) Solutions Architect
8 46 (11.22%) Lead Architect
8 46 (11.22%) Lead Solutions Architect
9 42 (10.24%) Administrator
10 32 (7.80%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
11 30 (7.32%) Linux Administrator
11 30 (7.32%) Platform Engineer
11 30 (7.32%) Systems Administrator
12 29 (7.07%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
13 27 (6.59%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 24 (5.85%) Linux Systems Administrator
15 23 (5.61%) AWS Engineer
16 21 (5.12%) Cloud Engineer
17 18 (4.39%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (18.78%) RabbitMQ
2 75 (18.29%) Spring Boot
3 36 (8.78%) Middleware
4 35 (8.54%) React
5 31 (7.56%) AngularJS
6 30 (7.32%) Node.js
7 29 (7.07%) gRPC
7 29 (7.07%) Material-UI
7 29 (7.07%) OpenAPI
7 29 (7.07%) REST
7 29 (7.07%) Spring
7 29 (7.07%) Swagger
8 12 (2.93%) LDAP
9 8 (1.95%) CSS
9 8 (1.95%) Keycloak
9 8 (1.95%) WebSphere MQ
10 6 (1.46%) CSS3
10 6 (1.46%) OAuth
10 6 (1.46%) OAuth2
10 6 (1.46%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 48 (11.71%) Public Cloud
2 46 (11.22%) Enterprise Software
3 42 (10.24%) Data Centre
4 30 (7.32%) Cloud Native
5 28 (6.83%) Linux Command Line
6 21 (5.12%) Management Information System
7 20 (4.88%) Hybrid Cloud
8 12 (2.93%) Clustering
8 12 (2.93%) Replication
9 10 (2.44%) Onboarding
9 10 (2.44%) PKI
10 9 (2.20%) FPGA
11 8 (1.95%) Distributed Systems
12 6 (1.46%) Private Cloud
13 4 (0.98%) Cyber Threat
13 4 (0.98%) Raspberry Pi
13 4 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
14 3 (0.73%) Algorithms
14 3 (0.73%) Product Ownership
14 3 (0.73%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 410 (100.00%) Linux
2 149 (36.34%) Windows
3 120 (29.27%) CentOS
4 97 (23.66%) Ubuntu
5 52 (12.68%) Windows Server
6 47 (11.46%) Debian
7 34 (8.29%) Android
8 20 (4.88%) Windows Server 2016
9 19 (4.63%) Unix
10 18 (4.39%) Oracle Linux
10 18 (4.39%) Solaris
10 18 (4.39%) Windows 10
11 17 (4.15%) Windows Server 2019
12 11 (2.68%) Windows Server 2012
13 9 (2.20%) AIX
14 6 (1.46%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
15 5 (1.22%) Rocky
16 4 (0.98%) CoreOS
16 4 (0.98%) SUSE
16 4 (0.98%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (32.93%) Agile
2 131 (31.95%) Collaborative Working
3 116 (28.29%) Infrastructure as Code
4 112 (27.32%) Open Source
5 92 (22.44%) Software Engineering
6 91 (22.20%) Actionable Insight
7 90 (21.95%) DevOps
8 88 (21.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 84 (20.49%) Configuration Management
10 80 (19.51%) Kanban
11 78 (19.02%) Scrum
12 70 (17.07%) Containerisation
13 69 (16.83%) Load Balancing
13 69 (16.83%) Microservices
14 57 (13.90%) Project Management
15 56 (13.66%) Cloud Operations
16 55 (13.41%) Migration
17 52 (12.68%) TOGAF
18 50 (12.20%) SDLC
19 49 (11.95%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 216 (52.68%) Python
2 120 (29.27%) Java
3 99 (24.15%) Bash
4 89 (21.71%) PowerShell
5 69 (16.83%) JavaScript
6 55 (13.41%) Perl
6 55 (13.41%) SQL
7 41 (10.00%) C++
8 33 (8.05%) Kotlin
9 22 (5.37%) Shell Script
10 14 (3.41%) Ruby
11 12 (2.93%) Korn
12 11 (2.68%) C#
12 11 (2.68%) COBOL
12 11 (2.68%) Micro Focus COBOL
13 8 (1.95%) C
14 6 (1.46%) PHP
15 4 (0.98%) Go
16 3 (0.73%) C-shell
16 3 (0.73%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 193 (47.07%) Security Cleared
2 147 (35.85%) SC Cleared
3 96 (23.41%) DV Cleared
4 55 (13.41%) Degree
5 50 (12.20%) Azure Certification
6 49 (11.95%) AWS Certification
7 46 (11.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 42 (10.24%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (3.66%) CCNA
9 15 (3.66%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (2.44%) RHCSA
11 8 (1.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 6 (1.46%) RHCE
13 5 (1.22%) A+ Certification
13 5 (1.22%) CCNP
13 5 (1.22%) Network+ Certification
13 5 (1.22%) RHCA
13 5 (1.22%) TOGAF Certification
14 4 (0.98%) CTC Cleared
14 4 (0.98%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.93%) SLA
2 6 (1.46%) QA
3 4 (0.98%) GDPR
3 4 (0.98%) HIPAA
3 4 (0.98%) SOC 2
4 1 (0.24%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.24%) NIST
System Software
1 108 (26.34%) Docker
2 104 (25.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 46 (11.22%) Active Directory
4 39 (9.51%) Hyper-V
5 32 (7.80%) VMware ESXi
6 29 (7.07%) vSphere
7 17 (4.15%) Virtual Machines
7 17 (4.15%) XenDesktop
8 15 (3.66%) XenApp
9 8 (1.95%) VMware Server
10 7 (1.71%) Ceph
10 7 (1.71%) Virtual Desktop
11 5 (1.22%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 5 (1.22%) Firmware
11 5 (1.22%) KVM
12 4 (0.98%) LXC
12 4 (0.98%) Squid
12 4 (0.98%) VMware NSX
13 3 (0.73%) oVirt
13 3 (0.73%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 228 (55.61%) Ansible
2 138 (33.66%) Kubernetes
2 138 (33.66%) Terraform
3 135 (32.93%) Puppet
4 26 (6.34%) Progress Chef
5 19 (4.63%) Nagios
5 19 (4.63%) Salt
6 18 (4.39%) Prometheus
7 14 (3.41%) Red Hat Satellite
7 14 (3.41%) vCenter Server
8 13 (3.17%) Single Sign-On
9 12 (2.93%) WSUS
10 11 (2.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 11 (2.68%) Grafana
11 9 (2.20%) Podman
12 8 (1.95%) SCCM
13 7 (1.71%) Red Hat Spacewalk
13 7 (1.71%) SCOM
14 6 (1.46%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 5 (1.22%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 215 (52.44%) Red Hat
2 126 (30.73%) VMware
3 90 (21.95%) Oracle
4 74 (18.05%) Microsoft
5 46 (11.22%) Sparx
6 45 (10.98%) Cisco
7 36 (8.78%) Google
8 33 (8.05%) Citrix
9 32 (7.80%) Xilinx
10 31 (7.56%) SaltStack
11 17 (4.15%) F5
12 15 (3.66%) IBM
13 14 (3.41%) Splunk
14 13 (3.17%) TOWER Software
15 12 (2.93%) Fortinet
16 11 (2.68%) Dell
16 11 (2.68%) Juniper
16 11 (2.68%) Micro Focus
17 10 (2.44%) EMC
17 10 (2.44%) Serena