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 1 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 558 493 553
Rank change year-on-year -65 +60 -7
Permanent jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 166 165 349
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.39% 0.36%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.10% 2.55% 2.53%
Number of salaries quoted 132 126 263
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,875 £38,778
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +27.27% -15.38%
75th Percentile £72,813 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £96,250 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £66,250 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.92% +23.81% +2.44%

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 5,353 6,462 13,773
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.95% 15.28% 14.37%
Number of salaries quoted 3,901 4,374 10,930
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £25,976
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,199 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £41,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -3.61% -2.35% -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 1 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in the UK

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Top 11 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 1 May 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 -60 149 £61,250 -12.50% 57
UK excluding London -76 83 £66,250 +1.92% 41
London -13 75 £57,500 -26.98% 21
South East -1 47 £67,500 +17.39% 13
Work from Home -31 27 £70,000 - 15
North West -18 16 £56,000 -25.20% 2
North of England -67 16 £56,000 -20.00% 7
Scotland -26 9 £46,000 +5.14%
South West -54 9 £66,250 -7.97% 14
East of England -36 1 £70,000 +14.29% 4
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 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 (11.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (7.23%) Apache
3 8 (4.82%) SharePoint
4 6 (3.61%) Confluence
5 5 (3.01%) Apache Spark
6 4 (2.41%) IIS
6 4 (2.41%) OpenStack
6 4 (2.41%) Tomcat
7 3 (1.81%) CMS
7 3 (1.81%) WordPress
8 2 (1.20%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.60%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.81%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.60%) Oracle 11i
2 1 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.60%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 42 (25.30%) AWS
2 32 (19.28%) Azure
3 13 (7.83%) SaaS
4 12 (7.23%) AWS CloudFormation
4 12 (7.23%) OpenShift
5 11 (6.63%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (5.42%) Amazon EKS
7 8 (4.82%) IaaS
8 7 (4.22%) AWS Lambda
8 7 (4.22%) GCP
8 7 (4.22%) Serverless
9 6 (3.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 6 (3.61%) Datadog
10 4 (2.41%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (2.41%) Amazon S3
10 4 (2.41%) AWS CloudTrail
10 4 (2.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 3 (1.81%) Azure Stack
11 3 (1.81%) GitHub
11 3 (1.81%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 51 (30.72%) DNS
2 29 (17.47%) SAN
3 28 (16.87%) Firewall
4 22 (13.25%) TCP/IP
5 18 (10.84%) LAN
6 17 (10.24%) HTTP
7 14 (8.43%) Multicast
8 13 (7.83%) Wireshark
9 11 (6.63%) WAN
10 10 (6.02%) NAS
11 8 (4.82%) iSCSI
11 8 (4.82%) Remote Desktop
12 7 (4.22%) NetScaler
13 6 (3.61%) ATM
13 6 (3.61%) DHCP
13 6 (3.61%) tcpdump
14 5 (3.01%) AMQP
15 3 (1.81%) SNMP
15 3 (1.81%) VSAN
16 2 (1.20%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (10.84%) SQL Server
2 11 (6.63%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (6.02%) MySQL
4 6 (3.61%) Oracle Database
5 5 (3.01%) Big Data
5 5 (3.01%) Cloudera CDH
5 5 (3.01%) Hadoop
6 4 (2.41%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (2.41%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (2.41%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.81%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.60%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.60%) Oracle Database 12c
8 1 (0.60%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.60%) Power BI
8 1 (0.60%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.60%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.60%) Sybase ASE
8 1 (0.60%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 15 (9.04%) Git
2 12 (7.23%) Jenkins
3 11 (6.63%) GitLab
4 9 (5.42%) JIRA
5 8 (4.82%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 7 (4.22%) Bitbucket
7 3 (1.81%) Robot Framework
7 3 (1.81%) TestRail
8 2 (1.20%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.60%) git-flow
9 1 (0.60%) Maven
9 1 (0.60%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 59 (35.54%) Social Skills
2 39 (23.49%) Finance
3 17 (10.24%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (7.23%) Aerospace
4 12 (7.23%) Banking
5 11 (6.63%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (6.02%) Front Office
7 6 (3.61%) Automotive
7 6 (3.61%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.61%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (3.61%) Spanish Language
8 4 (2.41%) Advertising
8 4 (2.41%) Mandarin Language
9 2 (1.20%) Retail
10 1 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.60%) Military
10 1 (0.60%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.60%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 34 (20.48%) Linux Engineer
2 30 (18.07%) Administrator
3 22 (13.25%) Linux Administrator
4 20 (12.05%) Linux Support
4 20 (12.05%) Senior
5 19 (11.45%) Support Engineer
6 17 (10.24%) Systems Administrator
7 16 (9.64%) Linux Support Engineer
8 14 (8.43%) Applications Architect
8 14 (8.43%) Architect
9 11 (6.63%) Linux Systems Administrator
9 11 (6.63%) Senior Linux Engineer
10 10 (6.02%) Developer
10 10 (6.02%) Lead
11 9 (5.42%) C++ Developer
11 9 (5.42%) DevOps Engineer
11 9 (5.42%) Security Architect
12 7 (4.22%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 7 (4.22%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 7 (4.22%) Linux Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (8.43%) LDAP
1 14 (8.43%) Regular Expression
2 10 (6.02%) XMPP
3 8 (4.82%) FIX Protocol
3 8 (4.82%) Middleware
4 7 (4.22%) WebSockets
5 6 (3.61%) REST
6 5 (3.01%) AngularJS
6 5 (3.01%) gRPC
6 5 (3.01%) Material-UI
6 5 (3.01%) Node.js
6 5 (3.01%) OpenAPI
6 5 (3.01%) RabbitMQ
6 5 (3.01%) React
6 5 (3.01%) Spring
6 5 (3.01%) Spring Boot
6 5 (3.01%) Swagger
7 4 (2.41%) JSON
7 4 (2.41%) web3js
7 4 (2.41%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (12.05%) Data Centre
2 14 (8.43%) Management Information System
2 14 (8.43%) PKI
3 13 (7.83%) Cloud Native
4 8 (4.82%) Clustering
4 8 (4.82%) Derivative
5 6 (3.61%) Enterprise Storage
5 6 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (3.01%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (3.01%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.41%) Blockchain
7 4 (2.41%) Web3
8 3 (1.81%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.81%) Replication
8 3 (1.81%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.81%) Video on Demand
8 3 (1.81%) Video\Live Streaming
9 2 (1.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (1.20%) FPGA
9 2 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 166 (100.00%) Linux
2 58 (34.94%) Windows
3 49 (29.52%) Windows Server
4 47 (28.31%) CentOS
5 22 (13.25%) Ubuntu
6 18 (10.84%) Unix
7 12 (7.23%) Debian
8 9 (5.42%) Windows Server 2019
9 7 (4.22%) AIX
9 7 (4.22%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (3.61%) Oracle Linux
11 5 (3.01%) Solaris
12 4 (2.41%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (1.81%) CoreOS
13 3 (1.81%) VMS
14 2 (1.20%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (26.51%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (25.90%) DevOps
3 33 (19.88%) CI/CD
4 27 (16.27%) High Availability
4 27 (16.27%) Infrastructure as Code
4 27 (16.27%) ITIL
5 25 (15.06%) Configuration Management
5 25 (15.06%) SIEM
6 23 (13.86%) Agile
7 22 (13.25%) Containerisation
8 20 (12.05%) Platform Engineering
9 19 (11.45%) Validation
10 18 (10.84%) Disaster Recovery
11 15 (9.04%) Continuous Improvement
11 15 (9.04%) Cybersecurity
12 13 (7.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 13 (7.83%) Migration
13 12 (7.23%) Application Security
13 12 (7.23%) Time Management
14 11 (6.63%) Antivirus Management
Programming Languages
1 61 (36.75%) Python
2 50 (30.12%) Bash
3 29 (17.47%) PowerShell
4 23 (13.86%) SQL
5 18 (10.84%) Perl
6 14 (8.43%) PHP
7 13 (7.83%) Shell Script
8 10 (6.02%) Java
8 10 (6.02%) Korn
9 9 (5.42%) C++
10 5 (3.01%) JavaScript
11 3 (1.81%) PL/SQL
12 2 (1.20%) C
13 1 (0.60%) Groovy
13 1 (0.60%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (30.12%) Security Cleared
2 34 (20.48%) DV Cleared
3 17 (10.24%) Degree
4 14 (8.43%) SC Cleared
5 10 (6.02%) RHCSA
6 9 (5.42%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (3.61%) AWS Certification
8 5 (3.01%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (2.41%) Postgraduate
9 4 (2.41%) RHCE
10 3 (1.81%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 3 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 1 (0.60%) CISM
12 1 (0.60%) Dell Certification
12 1 (0.60%) Linux+ Certification
12 1 (0.60%) MCSA
12 1 (0.60%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.82%) SLA
2 2 (1.20%) NIST
3 1 (0.60%) GDPR
3 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.60%) QA
3 1 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 45 (27.11%) Docker
1 45 (27.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 43 (25.90%) Active Directory
3 29 (17.47%) vSphere
4 8 (4.82%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 8 (4.82%) Hyper-V
5 7 (4.22%) KVM
6 5 (3.01%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 5 (3.01%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (2.41%) Oracle RAC
8 3 (1.81%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (1.20%) Samba
10 1 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 56 (33.73%) Ansible
2 54 (32.53%) Kubernetes
3 33 (19.88%) Terraform
4 23 (13.86%) Puppet
5 17 (10.24%) Nagios
6 11 (6.63%) Grafana
7 8 (4.82%) WSUS
8 7 (4.22%) Red Hat Satellite
9 6 (3.61%) Progress Chef
10 5 (3.01%) Data Guard
10 5 (3.01%) Podman
10 5 (3.01%) ZABBIX
11 4 (2.41%) Argo
11 4 (2.41%) Prometheus
12 3 (1.81%) McAfee ePO
12 3 (1.81%) Oracle RMAN
12 3 (1.81%) SCVMM
13 2 (1.20%) Red Hat Spacewalk
14 1 (0.60%) Graylog
14 1 (0.60%) Packer
Vendors
1 107 (64.46%) Red Hat
2 75 (45.18%) VMware
3 32 (19.28%) Microsoft
4 17 (10.24%) McAfee
5 16 (9.64%) Oracle
6 11 (6.63%) Dell
7 10 (6.02%) Splunk
8 8 (4.82%) SolarWinds
9 7 (4.22%) Citrix
9 7 (4.22%) NetApp
10 6 (3.61%) Google
11 5 (3.01%) SaltStack
11 5 (3.01%) Symantec
12 4 (2.41%) Atlassian
12 4 (2.41%) Mirantis
13 3 (1.81%) HP
13 3 (1.81%) IBM
13 3 (1.81%) Pure Storage
14 2 (1.20%) Dynatrace
14 2 (1.20%) ServiceNow