Red Hat
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Red Hat products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Red Hat over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Red Hat, Inc.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 313 366 487
Rank change year-on-year +53 +121 -123
Permanent jobs citing Red Hat 939 870 1,177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.92% 0.89% 0.70%
As % of the Vendors category 2.56% 2.14% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 315 350 645
10th Percentile £41,350 £41,875 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,750 £50,688 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +2.13%
75th Percentile £81,375 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,750 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +1.01%

All Vendors
UK

Red Hat is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 36,727 40,716 64,919
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.79% 41.82% 38.88%
Number of salaries quoted 24,890 23,574 33,282
10th Percentile £26,700 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +5.26% +3.26%

Red Hat
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Red Hat as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Red Hat in the UK

Red Hat
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Red Hat.

Salary trend for Red Hat in the UK

Red Hat
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Red Hat over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Red Hat in the UK

Red Hat
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 within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 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 +116 895 £60,000 -4.00% 207
UK excluding London +77 736 £52,500 -4.55% 177
South East +110 222 £50,000 +0.50% 22
London +50 190 £85,000 +21.43% 76
North of England +112 177 £52,500 +10.53% 38
Work from Home -49 177 £60,000 -1.64% 70
South West +35 175 £52,500 -11.80% 22
North West +83 153 £55,000 +15.79% 24
Midlands +18 96 £50,000 -16.67% 36
East Midlands +23 92 £24,750 -58.75% 5
East of England -24 32 £60,000 +10.09% 11
Yorkshire +70 22 £47,500 -17.05% 1
Scotland -91 16 £48,500 -7.86% 26
Wales -28 13 - -
Northern Ireland +7 5 - - 26
West Midlands -8 4 £60,000 +9.59% 31
North East - 2 £50,000 - 13

Red Hat
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
1 106 (11.29%) Apache
2 51 (5.43%) nginx
3 36 (3.83%) Camunda
4 33 (3.51%) Microsoft Exchange
5 28 (2.98%) Apache Spark
6 11 (1.17%) OpenStack
7 9 (0.96%) JBoss
7 9 (0.96%) WebSphere
8 7 (0.75%) IIS
9 3 (0.32%) Confluence
9 3 (0.32%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.21%) Moodle
10 2 (0.21%) SharePoint
11 1 (0.11%) WinCC
Applications
1 4 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.21%) Abaqus
2 2 (0.21%) CATIA
2 2 (0.21%) NASTRAN
3 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.11%) PTC Creo
3 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
3 1 (0.11%) Weka
Business Applications
1 17 (1.81%) Fidessa
2 8 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.53%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.21%) SAP EWM
4 2 (0.21%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.11%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.11%) Misys Opics
5 1 (0.11%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.11%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.11%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.11%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.11%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 439 (46.75%) Azure
2 394 (41.96%) IBM Cloud
3 261 (27.80%) AWS
4 168 (17.89%) Azure DevOps
5 166 (17.68%) OpenShift
6 155 (16.51%) Serverless
7 125 (13.31%) Azure API Management
7 125 (13.31%) Azure Functions
7 125 (13.31%) Azure Logic Apps
7 125 (13.31%) Azure Service Bus
8 115 (12.25%) Amazon S3
9 88 (9.37%) Amazon EKS
10 60 (6.39%) OCI
11 58 (6.18%) Amazon ECR
11 58 (6.18%) GCP
11 58 (6.18%) Route 53
12 49 (5.22%) SaaS
13 42 (4.47%) Microsoft 365
14 30 (3.19%) AWS CloudFormation
15 28 (2.98%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 118 (12.57%) Firewall
2 100 (10.65%) DNS
3 90 (9.58%) TCP/IP
4 79 (8.41%) DHCP
5 78 (8.31%) VPN
6 71 (7.56%) Internet
7 60 (6.39%) SNMP
8 54 (5.75%) IPsec
9 44 (4.69%) HTTP
10 29 (3.09%) LAN
11 28 (2.98%) AMQP
11 28 (2.98%) SAN
11 28 (2.98%) WAN
12 18 (1.92%) Cisco ASA
13 17 (1.81%) FIX Connectivity
14 14 (1.49%) Wireless
15 11 (1.17%) VLAN
16 9 (0.96%) SSL
17 7 (0.75%) Software-Defined Networking
17 7 (0.75%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 377 (40.15%) MongoDB
2 258 (27.48%) DB2
3 247 (26.30%) PostgreSQL
4 244 (25.99%) NoSQL
5 137 (14.59%) Relational Database
6 64 (6.82%) Amazon RDS
7 61 (6.50%) Elasticsearch
8 59 (6.28%) SQL Server
9 39 (4.15%) Oracle Database
10 30 (3.19%) Hadoop
11 28 (2.98%) Big Data
11 28 (2.98%) Cloudera CDH
12 18 (1.92%) MySQL
13 12 (1.28%) RDBMS
14 4 (0.43%) Apache Cassandra
15 3 (0.32%) Amazon Aurora
16 2 (0.21%) Couchbase
16 2 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
16 2 (0.21%) Metadata
16 2 (0.21%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 53 (5.64%) Git
2 47 (5.01%) Jenkins
3 16 (1.70%) GitLab
4 14 (1.49%) JIRA
5 10 (1.06%) Bitbucket
5 10 (1.06%) Maven
6 9 (0.96%) TeamCity
7 4 (0.43%) Subversion
8 3 (0.32%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.32%) JUnit
8 3 (0.32%) Rational DOORS
8 3 (0.32%) Selenium
8 3 (0.32%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.21%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 2 (0.21%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.21%) IntelliJ
9 2 (0.21%) JMeter
9 2 (0.21%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
General
1 403 (42.92%) Public Sector
2 218 (23.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 191 (20.34%) Finance
4 60 (6.39%) Banking
5 52 (5.54%) Social Skills
6 48 (5.11%) Aerospace
7 29 (3.09%) Analytical Skills
8 16 (1.70%) Investment Banking
9 14 (1.49%) Retail Banking
10 8 (0.85%) Telecoms
11 6 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (0.53%) Automotive
12 5 (0.53%) Manufacturing
12 5 (0.53%) Retail
13 4 (0.43%) Japanese Language
14 3 (0.32%) Billing
14 3 (0.32%) Law
14 3 (0.32%) Legal
14 3 (0.32%) Military
15 2 (0.21%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 149 (15.87%) Full Stack Engineer
2 134 (14.27%) Developer
3 126 (13.42%) Full Stack Developer
4 125 (13.31%) Azure Developer
5 118 (12.57%) Senior
6 111 (11.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 110 (11.71%) Azure Engineer
8 101 (10.76%) Linux Engineer
9 87 (9.27%) DevOps Engineer
10 80 (8.52%) Administrator
11 70 (7.45%) Consultant
12 54 (5.75%) NetApp Consultant
12 54 (5.75%) Software Engineer
13 46 (4.90%) Senior DevOps
13 46 (4.90%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 42 (4.47%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 37 (3.94%) DBA
16 32 (3.41%) DV Cleared DBA
17 30 (3.19%) Linux Administrator
18 29 (3.09%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 310 (33.01%) React
2 268 (28.54%) REST
3 266 (28.33%) AngularJS
4 254 (27.05%) .NET
5 247 (26.30%) HTML
6 245 (26.09%) Web Services
7 244 (25.99%) CSS
8 241 (25.67%) ASP.NET
9 240 (25.56%) ASP.NET Core
9 240 (25.56%) Vue
10 239 (25.45%) jQuery
11 238 (25.35%) Backbone.js
11 238 (25.35%) Ember.js
11 238 (25.35%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 191 (20.34%) Node.js
13 84 (8.95%) RabbitMQ
14 65 (6.92%) Swagger
15 57 (6.07%) YAML
16 45 (4.79%) Spring
17 36 (3.83%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 406 (43.24%) Hybrid Cloud
2 394 (41.96%) Blockchain
3 238 (25.35%) Algorithms
3 238 (25.35%) Data Structures
4 215 (22.90%) e-Learning
5 93 (9.90%) Data Centre
6 42 (4.47%) Distributed Systems
7 28 (2.98%) Cloud Native
8 23 (2.45%) Linux Command Line
9 22 (2.34%) Management Information System
10 21 (2.24%) Public Cloud
11 17 (1.81%) Eurex
11 17 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (0.96%) Clustering
13 8 (0.85%) FPGA
13 8 (0.85%) Replication
14 7 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
14 7 (0.75%) PKI
14 7 (0.75%) Private Cloud
14 7 (0.75%) VAX
Operating Systems
1 782 (83.28%) Linux
2 517 (55.06%) Windows
3 263 (28.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 238 (25.35%) Android
4 238 (25.35%) Apple iOS
5 207 (22.04%) CentOS
6 101 (10.76%) Ubuntu
7 93 (9.90%) Debian
8 82 (8.73%) Windows Server
9 74 (7.88%) Unix
10 73 (7.77%) Windows Server 2016
11 55 (5.86%) Data ONTAP
12 49 (5.22%) Windows Server 2012
12 49 (5.22%) Windows Server 2019
13 40 (4.26%) Alpine Linux
14 39 (4.15%) Solaris
15 20 (2.13%) Windows 10
16 19 (2.02%) CoreOS
17 18 (1.92%) AIX
18 13 (1.38%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 401 (42.71%) Artificial Intelligence
2 358 (38.13%) DevOps
3 279 (29.71%) Full Stack Development
4 278 (29.61%) Co-Creation
5 274 (29.18%) User Experience
6 270 (28.75%) Agile
7 267 (28.43%) Mentoring
8 248 (26.41%) Design Patterns
8 248 (26.41%) OO
8 248 (26.41%) SOLID
9 240 (25.56%) MVC
9 240 (25.56%) MVVM
9 240 (25.56%) OOP
9 240 (25.56%) Web Development
10 238 (25.35%) Design Thinking
10 238 (25.35%) Responsive Web Design
11 219 (23.32%) Coaching
12 148 (15.76%) Actionable Insight
13 126 (13.42%) API Management
14 125 (13.31%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 397 (42.28%) Python
2 342 (36.42%) JavaScript
3 306 (32.59%) SQL
4 279 (29.71%) Java
5 245 (26.09%) C#
6 195 (20.77%) Bash
7 164 (17.47%) PowerShell
8 54 (5.75%) Perl
9 41 (4.37%) Shell Script
10 36 (3.83%) Lua
11 32 (3.41%) Ruby
12 26 (2.77%) C
13 12 (1.28%) C++
14 10 (1.06%) Ada
14 10 (1.06%) Korn
15 3 (0.32%) PHP
15 3 (0.32%) R
15 3 (0.32%) Scala
15 3 (0.32%) VB
15 3 (0.32%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 208 (22.15%) Security Cleared
2 174 (18.53%) DV Cleared
3 96 (10.22%) SC Cleared
4 50 (5.32%) MCSE
4 50 (5.32%) Microsoft Certification
5 49 (5.22%) MCSA
6 41 (4.37%) Azure Certification
7 30 (3.19%) Degree
8 9 (0.96%) CCNA
8 9 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (0.96%) Network+ Certification
8 9 (0.96%) RHCE
9 7 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (0.75%) RHCSA
10 6 (0.64%) A+ Certification
11 5 (0.53%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.53%) RHCA
11 5 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (0.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 4 (0.43%) RHCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (1.81%) SLA
2 10 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (0.53%) JSP 440
4 2 (0.21%) NIST
4 2 (0.21%) NIST 800
4 2 (0.21%) QA
5 1 (0.11%) GDPR
System Software
1 224 (23.86%) Docker
2 186 (19.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 76 (8.09%) Active Directory
4 64 (6.82%) Hyper-V
5 29 (3.09%) vSphere
6 24 (2.56%) VMware ESXi
7 19 (2.02%) Virtual Machines
8 18 (1.92%) Firmware
9 14 (1.49%) KVM
10 11 (1.17%) XenApp
11 8 (0.85%) Embedded Firmware
12 6 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
13 5 (0.53%) NFS
14 4 (0.43%) XenDesktop
15 3 (0.32%) QEMU
15 3 (0.32%) VMware Server
15 3 (0.32%) Xen
16 2 (0.21%) Kamailio
16 2 (0.21%) Slurm Workload Manager
16 2 (0.21%) Squid
Systems Management
1 304 (32.37%) Kubernetes
2 274 (29.18%) Ansible
3 167 (17.78%) Terraform
4 135 (14.38%) Puppet
5 128 (13.63%) Prometheus
6 78 (8.31%) vCenter Server
7 28 (2.98%) Progress Chef
8 22 (2.34%) Nagios
9 19 (2.02%) Red Hat Satellite
9 19 (2.02%) Single Sign-On
10 16 (1.70%) SCCM
11 13 (1.38%) WSUS
12 12 (1.28%) Grafana
13 11 (1.17%) ZABBIX
14 10 (1.06%) SCOM
15 8 (0.85%) Nessus
16 7 (0.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 7 (0.75%) EMC VPLEX
17 6 (0.64%) HAProxy
17 6 (0.64%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 412 (43.88%) IBM
2 234 (24.92%) VMware
3 153 (16.29%) Oracle
4 147 (15.65%) Microsoft
5 64 (6.82%) Cisco
5 64 (6.82%) Palo Alto
6 59 (6.28%) Dynatrace
7 58 (6.18%) NetApp
8 54 (5.75%) SolidFire
9 32 (3.41%) Google
10 31 (3.30%) SaltStack
11 27 (2.88%) Citrix
12 21 (2.24%) F5
13 20 (2.13%) EMC
13 20 (2.13%) Splunk
14 19 (2.02%) Sybase
15 18 (1.92%) Veeam
16 17 (1.81%) Patsystems
16 17 (1.81%) Reuters
16 17 (1.81%) Trayport