Hybrid/Remote RHCE Job Trends

Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work with a requirement for RHCE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 368 433 478
Rank change year-on-year +65 +45 +156
Permanent jobs citing RHCE 6 8 11
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.040% 0.049% 0.051%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.12% 0.17% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 6 3 4
10th Percentile £60,000 - £51,325
25th Percentile £60,625 - £53,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £85,000 £66,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% +28.79% +13.79%
75th Percentile £90,000 - £78,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £57,500 £85,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -32.35% +41.67% -11.11%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

RHCE falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,992 4,685 5,819
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 32.96% 28.51% 26.95%
Number of salaries quoted 2,496 2,387 4,180
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,754 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -2.84% +3.69% -0.74%
75th Percentile £78,563 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £90,000 £91,934
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,518 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.59% +3.51% -

RHCE
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing RHCE and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

RHCE job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing RHCE.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing RHCE

RHCE
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing RHCE over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

RHCE salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

RHCE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) AWS
2 1 (16.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
1 2 (33.33%) Network Security
General
1 1 (16.67%) Dutch Language
1 1 (16.67%) German Language
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) AWS Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Instructor
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Instructor
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Trainer
2 1 (16.67%) Trainer
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
2 2 (33.33%) CentOS
2 2 (33.33%) Debian
2 2 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (16.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (50.00%) Cost Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Bash
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) AWS Certification
1 2 (33.33%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
1 2 (33.33%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 5 (83.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Red Hat