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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 520 552 600
Rank change year-on-year +32 +48 -190
Permanent jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 422 483 850
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.42% 0.49% 0.53%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.02% 3.03% 2.80%
Number of salaries quoted 258 271 552
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,188 £45,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £72,188 £87,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,042 £140,000 £97,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £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 13,973 15,925 30,406
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.99% 16.06% 18.92%
Number of salaries quoted 10,731 10,713 16,468
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,450
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,750
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 18 May 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 18 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 +51 385 £55,000 -15.38% 95
UK excluding London -14 306 £52,500 +5.00% 58
Work from Home +51 187 £59,250 -12.22% 31
South West +8 125 £52,500 - 12
London +50 103 £75,000 -3.23% 47
South East +7 75 £50,000 +11.11% 21
North of England +66 57 £47,500 -13.64% 6
North West +20 32 £70,000 +40.00% 4
Yorkshire +81 24 £47,000 -36.27% 1
Midlands -19 18 £55,000 -8.33% 8
Scotland -80 14 £83,577 +82.68% 6
West Midlands +13 11 £71,038 +35.31% 7
Wales - 8 £50,000 -
East Midlands -19 7 £35,000 -45.10% 1
East of England -24 6 £50,000 -1.96% 3
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 2
North East - 1 £37,500 - 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 (10.90%) WebLogic
2 38 (9.00%) Apache
3 27 (6.40%) Apache Spark
4 14 (3.32%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (1.90%) nginx
5 8 (1.90%) WebSphere
6 7 (1.66%) OpenStack
7 5 (1.18%) JBoss
8 3 (0.71%) CloudStack
9 2 (0.47%) Confluence
10 1 (0.24%) Moodle
10 1 (0.24%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.24%) WinCC
Applications
1 16 (3.79%) Simulink
2 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.24%) Weka
Business Applications
1 46 (10.90%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.24%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.24%) Misys Opics
Cloud Services
1 228 (54.03%) AWS
2 189 (44.79%) Azure
3 92 (21.80%) OpenShift
4 74 (17.54%) Amazon EKS
5 48 (11.37%) SaaS
6 47 (11.14%) Amazon SQS
7 41 (9.72%) GCP
8 31 (7.35%) Serverless
9 29 (6.87%) AWS Lambda
10 28 (6.64%) AWS CloudFormation
11 21 (4.98%) Microsoft 365
12 12 (2.84%) GitHub
13 9 (2.13%) Amazon EC2
13 9 (2.13%) OCI
14 7 (1.66%) Cloud Computing
15 6 (1.42%) Amazon S3
16 5 (1.18%) Datadog
17 3 (0.71%) Nutanix
18 2 (0.47%) Entra ID
18 2 (0.47%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 110 (26.07%) DNS
2 96 (22.75%) TCP/IP
3 62 (14.69%) SSL
4 49 (11.61%) DHCP
5 47 (11.14%) BGP
6 41 (9.72%) HTTP
7 37 (8.77%) Firewall
8 27 (6.40%) AMQP
8 27 (6.40%) LAN
8 27 (6.40%) WAN
9 25 (5.92%) SAN
10 18 (4.27%) VPN
11 8 (1.90%) Cisco ASA
11 8 (1.90%) HTTPS
11 8 (1.90%) Internet
11 8 (1.90%) Wireless
12 7 (1.66%) NAS
12 7 (1.66%) VSAN
12 7 (1.66%) VXLAN
13 6 (1.42%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (12.80%) Amazon RDS
2 51 (12.09%) Oracle Database
3 46 (10.90%) RDBMS
3 46 (10.90%) Relational Database
4 30 (7.11%) Hadoop
5 29 (6.87%) Big Data
6 27 (6.40%) Cloudera CDH
7 21 (4.98%) SQL Server
8 17 (4.03%) MySQL
8 17 (4.03%) NoSQL
9 12 (2.84%) InfluxDB
10 9 (2.13%) MariaDB
11 8 (1.90%) DB2
11 8 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
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%) Dremio
14 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 74 (17.54%) Git
2 40 (9.48%) Jenkins
3 25 (5.92%) Vagrant
4 15 (3.55%) GitLab
5 14 (3.32%) TeamCity
6 8 (1.90%) IBM UrbanCode
7 6 (1.42%) Bitbucket
7 6 (1.42%) JIRA
8 4 (0.95%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (0.71%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.71%) Rational DOORS
10 2 (0.47%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.47%) Jasmine
10 2 (0.47%) Selenium
11 1 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.24%) Robot Framework
11 1 (0.24%) Subversion
11 1 (0.24%) WebDriver
11 1 (0.24%) Zephyr
General
1 81 (19.19%) Social Skills
2 67 (15.88%) Finance
3 47 (11.14%) Aerospace
4 35 (8.29%) Banking
5 21 (4.98%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (3.79%) Investment Banking
6 16 (3.79%) Telecoms
7 14 (3.32%) Public Sector
8 10 (2.37%) Retail
9 5 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (0.95%) Billing
10 4 (0.95%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.71%) Japanese Language
11 3 (0.71%) Legal
12 2 (0.47%) Automotive
12 2 (0.47%) Back Office
12 2 (0.47%) Front Office
12 2 (0.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.47%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 94 (22.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 63 (14.93%) Linux Engineer
2 63 (14.93%) Software Engineer
3 58 (13.74%) Architect
4 56 (13.27%) Lead
5 50 (11.85%) Senior
6 47 (11.14%) Administrator
6 47 (11.14%) Solutions Architect
7 46 (10.90%) Lead Architect
7 46 (10.90%) Lead Solutions Architect
8 35 (8.29%) Linux Administrator
8 35 (8.29%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 29 (6.87%) Linux Systems Administrator
9 29 (6.87%) Systems Administrator
10 27 (6.40%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
11 25 (5.92%) Platform Engineer
12 19 (4.50%) AWS Engineer
13 16 (3.79%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
14 15 (3.55%) DevOps Engineer
14 15 (3.55%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (18.25%) RabbitMQ
2 73 (17.30%) Spring Boot
3 35 (8.29%) React
4 32 (7.58%) AngularJS
5 28 (6.64%) Node.js
6 27 (6.40%) gRPC
6 27 (6.40%) Material-UI
6 27 (6.40%) OpenAPI
6 27 (6.40%) REST
6 27 (6.40%) Spring
6 27 (6.40%) Swagger
7 26 (6.16%) Middleware
8 9 (2.13%) LDAP
9 8 (1.90%) WebSphere MQ
10 7 (1.66%) CSS
10 7 (1.66%) Keycloak
11 6 (1.42%) Web Services
12 5 (1.18%) CSS3
12 5 (1.18%) HTML
12 5 (1.18%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 50 (11.85%) Public Cloud
2 46 (10.90%) Enterprise Software
3 30 (7.11%) Data Centre
4 27 (6.40%) Cloud Native
4 27 (6.40%) Linux Command Line
5 15 (3.55%) Clustering
6 14 (3.32%) Hybrid Cloud
6 14 (3.32%) Management Information System
7 11 (2.61%) Onboarding
7 11 (2.61%) PKI
7 11 (2.61%) Replication
8 7 (1.66%) Private Cloud
8 7 (1.66%) VAX
9 6 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.18%) FPGA
10 5 (1.18%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 4 (0.95%) Enterprise Storage
11 4 (0.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 3 (0.71%) Product Ownership
12 3 (0.71%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 422 (100.00%) Linux
2 161 (38.15%) Windows
3 125 (29.62%) CentOS
4 69 (16.35%) Ubuntu
5 65 (15.40%) Windows Server
6 41 (9.72%) Debian
7 31 (7.35%) Unix
8 25 (5.92%) Windows 10
9 21 (4.98%) Windows Server 2016
10 19 (4.50%) CoreOS
11 17 (4.03%) Android
11 17 (4.03%) Oracle Linux
12 14 (3.32%) Windows Server 2012
12 14 (3.32%) Windows Server 2019
13 13 (3.08%) Solaris
14 8 (1.90%) Embedded Linux
15 7 (1.66%) AIX
15 7 (1.66%) Windows 7
15 7 (1.66%) Windows Server 2008
16 4 (0.95%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (30.09%) Agile
2 115 (27.25%) Collaborative Working
3 108 (25.59%) Actionable Insight
4 103 (24.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 102 (24.17%) DevOps
6 87 (20.62%) Open Source
7 79 (18.72%) Kanban
8 78 (18.48%) Infrastructure as Code
9 77 (18.25%) Scrum
10 69 (16.35%) Configuration Management
10 69 (16.35%) Load Balancing
11 65 (15.40%) Containerisation
12 64 (15.17%) Software Engineering
13 54 (12.80%) Migration
14 51 (12.09%) TOGAF
15 50 (11.85%) Project Management
15 50 (11.85%) SDLC
15 50 (11.85%) Systems Engineering
16 49 (11.61%) Microservices
17 46 (10.90%) Re-Platforming
Programming Languages
1 208 (49.29%) Python
2 131 (31.04%) Bash
3 115 (27.25%) Java
4 103 (24.41%) PowerShell
5 51 (12.09%) JavaScript
6 38 (9.00%) Perl
7 37 (8.77%) SQL
8 24 (5.69%) C++
9 19 (4.50%) Shell Script
10 17 (4.03%) Kotlin
11 12 (2.84%) C
12 11 (2.61%) C#
13 10 (2.37%) Ruby
14 9 (2.13%) Korn
15 7 (1.66%) VBScript
16 5 (1.18%) TypeScript
17 3 (0.71%) Go
17 3 (0.71%) PHP
17 3 (0.71%) VB
18 2 (0.47%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 204 (48.34%) Security Cleared
2 135 (31.99%) SC Cleared
3 120 (28.44%) DV Cleared
4 49 (11.61%) AWS Certification
5 46 (10.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 46 (10.90%) Azure Certification
6 37 (8.77%) Degree
7 22 (5.21%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (2.84%) CCNA
8 12 (2.84%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (1.42%) A+ Certification
9 6 (1.42%) Network+ Certification
10 5 (1.18%) CCNP
10 5 (1.18%) RHCA
10 5 (1.18%) RHCE
10 5 (1.18%) RHCSA
10 5 (1.18%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (0.95%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.13%) 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
1 100 (23.70%) VMware Infrastructure
2 98 (23.22%) Docker
3 65 (15.40%) Active Directory
4 53 (12.56%) Hyper-V
5 28 (6.64%) VMware ESXi
6 23 (5.45%) vSphere
7 11 (2.61%) Firmware
8 10 (2.37%) Virtual Machines
9 9 (2.13%) XenApp
10 8 (1.90%) Embedded Firmware
11 7 (1.66%) VMware Server
12 6 (1.42%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 6 (1.42%) Virtual Desktop
13 5 (1.18%) KVM
14 4 (0.95%) Ceph
14 4 (0.95%) VMware NSX
15 3 (0.71%) Gluster
15 3 (0.71%) NFS
15 3 (0.71%) oVirt
16 2 (0.47%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 229 (54.27%) Ansible
2 136 (32.23%) Puppet
3 124 (29.38%) Kubernetes
4 88 (20.85%) Terraform
5 15 (3.55%) Nagios
5 15 (3.55%) Progress Chef
6 14 (3.32%) vCenter Server
7 13 (3.08%) Prometheus
7 13 (3.08%) WSUS
8 12 (2.84%) Red Hat Satellite
8 12 (2.84%) Single Sign-On
9 10 (2.37%) SCCM
10 9 (2.13%) Salt
11 8 (1.90%) Grafana
11 8 (1.90%) Podman
12 7 (1.66%) EMC VPLEX
12 7 (1.66%) Red Hat Spacewalk
12 7 (1.66%) SCOM
13 6 (1.42%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 5 (1.18%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 257 (60.90%) Red Hat
2 131 (31.04%) VMware
3 93 (22.04%) Oracle
4 74 (17.54%) Microsoft
5 56 (13.27%) Cisco
6 46 (10.90%) Sparx
7 33 (7.82%) Google
8 27 (6.40%) SaltStack
9 22 (5.21%) Citrix
10 20 (4.74%) IBM
11 16 (3.79%) Xilinx
12 13 (3.08%) F5
12 13 (3.08%) Splunk
13 12 (2.84%) Fortinet
13 12 (2.84%) Juniper
14 10 (2.37%) Serena
14 10 (2.37%) TOWER Software
15 8 (1.90%) EMC
15 8 (1.90%) Sun
15 8 (1.90%) Veeam