Red Hat Enterprise Linux Jobs

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Red Hat Enterprise Linux skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Red Hat Enterprise Linux over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 514 523 584
Rank change year-on-year +9 +61 -191
Permanent jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 423 539 840
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.43% 0.52% 0.54%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.00% 3.23% 2.89%
Number of salaries quoted 262 299 573
10th Percentile £38,764 £39,650 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +12.07% -3.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £85,625 £75,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £123,000 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -4.76%

All Operating Systems
UK

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 14,079 16,671 29,105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.36% 15.93% 18.88%
Number of salaries quoted 10,884 11,238 16,744
10th Percentile £25,760 £27,000 £26,398
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 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 +41 383 £55,000 -15.38% 70
UK excluding London -10 308 £52,500 - 44
Work from Home +29 186 £60,000 -11.11% 47
South West +24 125 £52,500 -2.33% 9
London +63 102 £75,000 -6.25% 31
South East +27 74 £50,000 +11.11% 10
North of England +52 57 £50,000 -20.00% 5
North West +25 33 £70,000 +40.00% 3
Yorkshire +81 24 £47,000 -31.40% 1
Midlands -8 18 £55,000 -8.33% 5
Scotland -78 17 £83,577 +82.68% 6
West Midlands +27 11 £71,038 +35.31% 4
Wales - 8 £50,000 - 1
East of England -21 7 £50,000 +4.17% 8
East Midlands -31 7 £35,000 -41.67% 1
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 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 (10.87%) WebLogic
2 34 (8.04%) Apache
3 24 (5.67%) Apache Spark
4 15 (3.55%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (1.89%) WebSphere
6 7 (1.65%) OpenStack
7 6 (1.42%) nginx
8 3 (0.71%) CloudStack
8 3 (0.71%) JBoss
9 2 (0.47%) Confluence
10 1 (0.24%) Gunicorn
10 1 (0.24%) Moodle
10 1 (0.24%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.24%) uWSGI
10 1 (0.24%) WinCC
Applications
1 10 (2.36%) Simulink
2 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.24%) Weka
Business Applications
1 46 (10.87%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.24%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.24%) Misys Opics
2 1 (0.24%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 225 (53.19%) AWS
2 181 (42.79%) Azure
3 88 (20.80%) OpenShift
4 71 (16.78%) Amazon EKS
5 49 (11.58%) SaaS
6 47 (11.11%) Amazon SQS
7 38 (8.98%) GCP
8 28 (6.62%) Serverless
9 26 (6.15%) AWS Lambda
10 25 (5.91%) AWS CloudFormation
11 22 (5.20%) Microsoft 365
12 18 (4.26%) GitHub
13 8 (1.89%) OCI
14 7 (1.65%) Cloud Computing
15 6 (1.42%) Amazon S3
16 5 (1.18%) Amazon EC2
17 3 (0.71%) Datadog
17 3 (0.71%) Nutanix
18 2 (0.47%) Azure DevOps
18 2 (0.47%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 110 (26.00%) DNS
2 91 (21.51%) TCP/IP
3 59 (13.95%) SSL
4 48 (11.35%) BGP
4 48 (11.35%) DHCP
5 41 (9.69%) HTTP
6 36 (8.51%) Firewall
7 27 (6.38%) WAN
8 26 (6.15%) LAN
9 24 (5.67%) AMQP
10 21 (4.96%) SAN
11 16 (3.78%) VPN
12 9 (2.13%) Internet
12 9 (2.13%) Wireless
13 8 (1.89%) HTTPS
14 7 (1.65%) VSAN
14 7 (1.65%) VXLAN
15 6 (1.42%) Cisco ASA
16 5 (1.18%) Ethernet VPN
16 5 (1.18%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (12.53%) Oracle Database
2 50 (11.82%) Amazon RDS
3 46 (10.87%) RDBMS
3 46 (10.87%) Relational Database
4 26 (6.15%) Hadoop
5 25 (5.91%) Big Data
6 24 (5.67%) Cloudera CDH
7 20 (4.73%) MySQL
7 20 (4.73%) SQL Server
8 11 (2.60%) InfluxDB
9 10 (2.36%) NoSQL
9 10 (2.36%) PostgreSQL
10 9 (2.13%) MariaDB
11 8 (1.89%) DB2
12 3 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (0.71%) InterSystems Cache
13 2 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.47%) Redis
14 1 (0.24%) Data Mart
14 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 71 (16.78%) Git
2 34 (8.04%) Jenkins
3 19 (4.49%) GitLab
4 18 (4.26%) Vagrant
5 11 (2.60%) TeamCity
6 10 (2.36%) IBM UrbanCode
7 6 (1.42%) JIRA
7 6 (1.42%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (0.95%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.95%) Selenium
9 3 (0.71%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.71%) Rational DOORS
9 3 (0.71%) Robot Framework
10 2 (0.47%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.47%) Jasmine
11 1 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.24%) Subversion
11 1 (0.24%) WebDriver
11 1 (0.24%) Zephyr
General
1 82 (19.39%) Social Skills
2 67 (15.84%) Finance
3 38 (8.98%) Aerospace
3 38 (8.98%) Banking
4 23 (5.44%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (4.49%) Investment Banking
6 18 (4.26%) Telecoms
7 16 (3.78%) Public Sector
8 10 (2.36%) Retail
9 4 (0.95%) Billing
9 4 (0.95%) Legal
9 4 (0.95%) Manufacturing
10 3 (0.71%) Japanese Language
10 3 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.47%) Back Office
11 2 (0.47%) Front Office
11 2 (0.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.47%) Law
11 2 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.47%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 99 (23.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 63 (14.89%) Linux Engineer
3 59 (13.95%) Lead
4 58 (13.71%) Architect
5 55 (13.00%) Software Engineer
6 49 (11.58%) Senior
7 48 (11.35%) Administrator
8 47 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
9 46 (10.87%) Lead Architect
9 46 (10.87%) Lead Solutions Architect
10 37 (8.75%) Linux Administrator
11 35 (8.27%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 31 (7.33%) Linux Systems Administrator
13 29 (6.86%) Systems Administrator
14 27 (6.38%) Platform Engineer
15 24 (5.67%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
16 21 (4.96%) AWS Engineer
17 17 (4.02%) Linux Support
18 15 (3.55%) Cloud Engineer
18 15 (3.55%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (17.26%) RabbitMQ
2 70 (16.55%) Spring Boot
3 30 (7.09%) React
4 29 (6.86%) AngularJS
5 25 (5.91%) Node.js
6 24 (5.67%) gRPC
6 24 (5.67%) Material-UI
6 24 (5.67%) OpenAPI
6 24 (5.67%) REST
6 24 (5.67%) Spring
6 24 (5.67%) Swagger
7 19 (4.49%) Middleware
8 8 (1.89%) WebSphere MQ
9 7 (1.65%) LDAP
9 7 (1.65%) Web Services
10 5 (1.18%) CSS
10 5 (1.18%) Keycloak
11 4 (0.95%) XMPP
12 3 (0.71%) CSS3
12 3 (0.71%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 51 (12.06%) Public Cloud
2 46 (10.87%) Enterprise Software
3 31 (7.33%) Linux Command Line
4 28 (6.62%) Data Centre
5 24 (5.67%) Cloud Native
6 17 (4.02%) Hybrid Cloud
7 14 (3.31%) Clustering
7 14 (3.31%) Management Information System
8 13 (3.07%) Onboarding
9 12 (2.84%) PKI
10 10 (2.36%) Replication
11 7 (1.65%) Private Cloud
11 7 (1.65%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 7 (1.65%) VAX
12 6 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
14 4 (0.95%) Enterprise Storage
14 4 (0.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 3 (0.71%) Device Driver
15 3 (0.71%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 423 (100.00%) Linux
2 171 (40.43%) Windows
3 122 (28.84%) CentOS
4 73 (17.26%) Windows Server
5 60 (14.18%) Ubuntu
6 35 (8.27%) Debian
7 30 (7.09%) Unix
8 23 (5.44%) Windows 10
9 20 (4.73%) CoreOS
10 18 (4.26%) Windows Server 2016
11 15 (3.55%) Windows Server 2019
12 14 (3.31%) Oracle Linux
13 12 (2.84%) Windows Server 2012
14 11 (2.60%) Android
15 10 (2.36%) Solaris
16 8 (1.89%) Embedded Linux
16 8 (1.89%) Windows Server 2008
17 7 (1.65%) Windows 7
18 6 (1.42%) AIX
19 4 (0.95%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (29.08%) Agile
2 115 (27.19%) Actionable Insight
3 105 (24.82%) DevOps
4 104 (24.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 100 (23.64%) Collaborative Working
6 78 (18.44%) Open Source
7 75 (17.73%) Scrum
8 73 (17.26%) Kanban
9 67 (15.84%) Infrastructure as Code
9 67 (15.84%) Load Balancing
10 61 (14.42%) Configuration Management
11 59 (13.95%) Containerisation
12 58 (13.71%) Migration
13 56 (13.24%) Software Engineering
14 51 (12.06%) Project Management
14 51 (12.06%) TOGAF
15 50 (11.82%) SDLC
15 50 (11.82%) Systems Engineering
16 48 (11.35%) CI/CD
17 46 (10.87%) Cloud Operations
Programming Languages
1 212 (50.12%) Python
2 133 (31.44%) Bash
3 107 (25.30%) PowerShell
4 105 (24.82%) Java
5 49 (11.58%) Perl
6 40 (9.46%) JavaScript
7 33 (7.80%) SQL
8 22 (5.20%) Shell Script
9 17 (4.02%) C++
10 13 (3.07%) C
10 13 (3.07%) Korn
10 13 (3.07%) Ruby
11 10 (2.36%) C#
11 10 (2.36%) Kotlin
12 9 (2.13%) VBScript
13 7 (1.65%) PHP
14 6 (1.42%) TypeScript
15 4 (0.95%) Go
16 3 (0.71%) VB
17 2 (0.47%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 197 (46.57%) Security Cleared
2 124 (29.31%) SC Cleared
3 120 (28.37%) DV Cleared
4 48 (11.35%) AWS Certification
5 46 (10.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 46 (10.87%) Azure Certification
6 32 (7.57%) Degree
7 16 (3.78%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (2.84%) CCNA
8 12 (2.84%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (1.65%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (1.42%) A+ Certification
10 6 (1.42%) Network+ Certification
11 5 (1.18%) CCNP
11 5 (1.18%) RHCA
11 5 (1.18%) RHCE
11 5 (1.18%) RHCSA
11 5 (1.18%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (1.89%) SLA
2 3 (0.71%) NIST
3 2 (0.47%) JSP 440
3 2 (0.47%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.24%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.24%) QA
System Software
1 102 (24.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 96 (22.70%) Docker
3 69 (16.31%) Active Directory
4 53 (12.53%) Hyper-V
5 25 (5.91%) VMware ESXi
6 21 (4.96%) vSphere
7 11 (2.60%) Firmware
8 9 (2.13%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (1.89%) Embedded Firmware
10 7 (1.65%) VMware Server
10 7 (1.65%) XenApp
11 6 (1.42%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 5 (1.18%) KVM
13 4 (0.95%) Ceph
13 4 (0.95%) Virtual Desktop
13 4 (0.95%) VMware NSX
14 3 (0.71%) Gluster
14 3 (0.71%) oVirt
15 1 (0.24%) NFS
15 1 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 219 (51.77%) Ansible
2 133 (31.44%) Puppet
3 116 (27.42%) Kubernetes
4 76 (17.97%) Terraform
5 16 (3.78%) Progress Chef
5 16 (3.78%) Red Hat Satellite
6 13 (3.07%) WSUS
7 12 (2.84%) Salt
8 11 (2.60%) Nagios
8 11 (2.60%) SCCM
8 11 (2.60%) vCenter Server
9 10 (2.36%) Single Sign-On
10 9 (2.13%) Prometheus
11 8 (1.89%) Podman
12 7 (1.65%) EMC VPLEX
12 7 (1.65%) Grafana
12 7 (1.65%) SCOM
13 6 (1.42%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 6 (1.42%) Red Hat Spacewalk
14 5 (1.18%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 255 (60.28%) Red Hat
2 132 (31.21%) VMware
3 91 (21.51%) Oracle
4 74 (17.49%) Microsoft
5 58 (13.71%) Cisco
6 46 (10.87%) Sparx
7 29 (6.86%) Google
8 24 (5.67%) SaltStack
9 21 (4.96%) Citrix
9 21 (4.96%) IBM
10 14 (3.31%) Sun
10 14 (3.31%) TOWER Software
11 13 (3.07%) Juniper
12 12 (2.84%) Fortinet
13 10 (2.36%) Splunk
13 10 (2.36%) Xilinx
14 9 (2.13%) Serena
14 9 (2.13%) Veeam
15 8 (1.89%) EMC
15 8 (1.89%) Veritas