Red Hat Enterprise Linux Contracts in England

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Red Hat Enterprise Linux skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Red Hat Enterprise Linux over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 293 225 275
Rank change year-on-year -68 +50 +26
Contract jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 279 551 710
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.74% 1.17% 1.01%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.40% 7.23% 6.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 407 503
10th Percentile £361 £413 £423
25th Percentile £456 £513 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £625 £595
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +5.04% +19.00%
75th Percentile £600 £700 £672
90th Percentile £650 £798 £725
UK median daily rate £520 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -13.33% +4.35% +15.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 5
10th Percentile £65.18 - £18.85
25th Percentile £67.31 £51.25 £22.00
Median hourly rate £72.75 £52.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.57% -12.50% +3.00%
75th Percentile £76.31 £63.75 £80.00
90th Percentile £77.33 £73.75 £81.50
UK median hourly rate £72.75 £52.50 £61.50
% change year-on-year +38.57% -14.63% +5.58%

All Operating Systems
England

Red Hat Enterprise Linux falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,164 7,622 10,816
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.77% 16.20% 15.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,456 5,352 7,467
10th Percentile £188 £194 £175
25th Percentile £310 £329 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 378 360 497
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.29 £13.00
25th Percentile £15.53 £18.22 £15.80
Median hourly rate £22.51 £45.06 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -50.04% +109.56% +21.13%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £51.45
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £46.75 £22.25
% change year-on-year -50.80% +110.11% +27.14%

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in England

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux in England.

Daily rate trend for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in England

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in England

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux in England.

Hourly rate trend for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in England

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux within the England region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +25 100 £550 -6.18% 18
London -96 89 £510 -21.54% 32
Midlands +38 49 £550 -18.52% 4
South West +12 32 £585 -0.43% 12
West Midlands +21 29 £576 -17.71% 2
East Midlands +24 20 £449 -38.07% 2
North of England -19 14 £513 -10.87% 7
East of England -21 14 £470 -1.05% 4
Yorkshire +8 8 £463 -11.90%
North West -16 6 £520 -16.76% 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
UK

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 18 (6.45%) Apache
2 15 (5.38%) OpenStack
3 14 (5.02%) Tomcat
4 12 (4.30%) JBoss
5 9 (3.23%) nginx
6 8 (2.87%) Confluence
7 5 (1.79%) IIS
8 4 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.72%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.72%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.36%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.36%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.36%) Traefik
10 1 (0.36%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.36%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 6 (2.15%) Temenos T24
2 4 (1.43%) Global One
3 3 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.36%) MFGPRO
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.36%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 63 (22.58%) AWS
2 60 (21.51%) Azure
3 21 (7.53%) Azure DevOps
4 16 (5.73%) Amazon EC2
5 15 (5.38%) Amazon S3
6 14 (5.02%) Slack
7 13 (4.66%) IaaS
7 13 (4.66%) OpenShift
8 10 (3.58%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 9 (3.23%) AWS KMS
9 9 (3.23%) Route 53
10 8 (2.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 8 (2.87%) Cloud Computing
10 8 (2.87%) GCP
10 8 (2.87%) PaaS
11 7 (2.51%) AWS CloudFormation
11 7 (2.51%) SaaS
11 7 (2.51%) Serverless
12 6 (2.15%) AWS Lambda
12 6 (2.15%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 25 (8.96%) DNS
2 18 (6.45%) Firewall
3 17 (6.09%) DHCP
3 17 (6.09%) SAN
3 17 (6.09%) TCP/IP
4 13 (4.66%) Kerberos
5 9 (3.23%) SSL
6 8 (2.87%) NAS
7 5 (1.79%) Fibre Channel
7 5 (1.79%) VLAN
8 4 (1.43%) H.323
8 4 (1.43%) HTTP
8 4 (1.43%) LAN
8 4 (1.43%) Remote Desktop
8 4 (1.43%) WAN
9 2 (0.72%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.36%) LTE
10 1 (0.36%) Multicast
10 1 (0.36%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (11.47%) SQL Server
2 24 (8.60%) RDBMS
2 24 (8.60%) Relational Database
3 21 (7.53%) Elasticsearch
4 13 (4.66%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (3.94%) MongoDB
6 7 (2.51%) MySQL
6 7 (2.51%) Oracle Database
7 6 (2.15%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (1.43%) Redis
9 3 (1.08%) DB2
9 3 (1.08%) SAP HANA
10 2 (0.72%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.36%) Amazon Aurora
11 1 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.36%) InfluxDB
11 1 (0.36%) Informix
11 1 (0.36%) MariaDB
11 1 (0.36%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 1 (0.36%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 55 (19.71%) Jenkins
2 47 (16.85%) Git
3 44 (15.77%) GitLab
4 18 (6.45%) JIRA
5 10 (3.58%) Selenium
5 10 (3.58%) TeamCity
6 9 (3.23%) Sonatype Nexus
7 6 (2.15%) Artifactory
7 6 (2.15%) Robot Framework
7 6 (2.15%) SonarQube
8 5 (1.79%) Bitbucket Server
8 5 (1.79%) CA Release Automation
9 2 (0.72%) Jaeger
9 2 (0.72%) Maven
9 2 (0.72%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.72%) Subversion
10 1 (0.36%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.36%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.36%) Gerrit
10 1 (0.36%) Postman
General
1 31 (11.11%) Finance
1 31 (11.11%) Public Sector
2 30 (10.75%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (8.60%) Social Skills
4 16 (5.73%) Banking
5 7 (2.51%) Telecoms
6 5 (1.79%) Billing
6 5 (1.79%) Legal
7 1 (0.36%) Advertising
7 1 (0.36%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.36%) Front Office
7 1 (0.36%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.36%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.36%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 35 (12.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 29 (10.39%) Linux Engineer
3 25 (8.96%) DevOps Engineer
4 24 (8.60%) Architect
5 23 (8.24%) Linux Systems Administrator
6 22 (7.89%) Systems Administrator
7 21 (7.53%) Administrator
8 16 (5.73%) Support Engineer
9 13 (4.66%) Linux Administrator
10 11 (3.94%) Consultant
11 10 (3.58%) Platform Engineer
11 10 (3.58%) Senior
12 9 (3.23%) Lead
12 9 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
13 8 (2.87%) Applications Engineer
13 8 (2.87%) AWS Engineer
13 8 (2.87%) Developer
13 8 (2.87%) VMware Architect
14 7 (2.51%) Azure Engineer
14 7 (2.51%) Platform Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (7.53%) Elastic Stack
1 21 (7.53%) YAML
2 14 (5.02%) Middleware
3 9 (3.23%) Kafka
4 7 (2.51%) HTML
5 6 (2.15%) HTML5
5 6 (2.15%) IBM Integration Bus
5 6 (2.15%) LDAP
6 5 (1.79%) Spring Boot
7 4 (1.43%) JSON
7 4 (1.43%) pytest
8 2 (0.72%) Web Services
9 1 (0.36%) .NET
9 1 (0.36%) Ajax
9 1 (0.36%) CSS
9 1 (0.36%) FIX Protocol
9 1 (0.36%) jQuery
9 1 (0.36%) Node.js
9 1 (0.36%) OAuth
9 1 (0.36%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.68%) Linux Command Line
2 21 (7.53%) Client/Server
3 20 (7.17%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.94%) Replication
4 11 (3.94%) SCADA
5 10 (3.58%) PKI
6 9 (3.23%) Clustering
6 9 (3.23%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.51%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.79%) Grid Computing
9 4 (1.43%) IVR
10 3 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.08%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.08%) Smart Meter
10 3 (1.08%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.72%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.72%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.72%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (0.72%) LPAR
12 1 (0.36%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 279 (100.00%) Linux
2 120 (43.01%) Windows
3 65 (23.30%) Windows Server
4 55 (19.71%) Unix
5 35 (12.54%) CentOS
6 16 (5.73%) Solaris
7 12 (4.30%) Windows Server 2019
8 9 (3.23%) Ubuntu
8 9 (3.23%) VMS
9 7 (2.51%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (2.15%) AIX
11 5 (1.79%) Oracle Linux
12 4 (1.43%) Alpine Linux
13 3 (1.08%) SUSE
13 3 (1.08%) zOS
14 2 (0.72%) Rocky
14 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2012
15 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
15 1 (0.36%) Fedora
15 1 (0.36%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (28.67%) DevOps
2 65 (23.30%) Infrastructure as Code
3 50 (17.92%) CI/CD
4 47 (16.85%) Agile
5 42 (15.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 26 (9.32%) Configuration Management
6 26 (9.32%) Containerisation
7 24 (8.60%) Migration
8 22 (7.89%) Cybersecurity
9 21 (7.53%) SIEM
10 20 (7.17%) Application Packaging
10 20 (7.17%) Application Virtualisation
10 20 (7.17%) Deployment Automation
11 19 (6.81%) Performance Tuning
11 19 (6.81%) Virtual Infrastructure
12 18 (6.45%) High Availability
13 17 (6.09%) Infrastructure Automation
13 17 (6.09%) Security Hardening
13 17 (6.09%) Storage Management
13 17 (6.09%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 91 (32.62%) Python
2 67 (24.01%) PowerShell
3 55 (19.71%) Shell Script
4 33 (11.83%) Bash
5 25 (8.96%) SQL
6 20 (7.17%) VBScript
7 14 (5.02%) Perl
8 12 (4.30%) Java
9 7 (2.51%) C
9 7 (2.51%) C#
10 6 (2.15%) PL/SQL
10 6 (2.15%) ProC
11 5 (1.79%) Groovy
11 5 (1.79%) Korn
12 3 (1.08%) C++
12 3 (1.08%) PHP
13 2 (0.72%) Go
14 1 (0.36%) JavaScript
14 1 (0.36%) Ruby
14 1 (0.36%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 152 (54.48%) Security Cleared
2 93 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 55 (19.71%) DV Cleared
4 11 (3.94%) Degree
5 5 (1.79%) RHCE
6 4 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.43%) RHCSA
7 3 (1.08%) MCSE
7 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.36%) CCNA
8 1 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.36%) HNC
8 1 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.36%) Linux+ Certification
8 1 (0.36%) LPIC
8 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certified Master
8 1 (0.36%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.23%) NIST
2 7 (2.51%) GDPR
2 7 (2.51%) PCI DSS
3 5 (1.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (1.08%) QA
4 3 (1.08%) SLA
5 1 (0.36%) NCSC
System Software
1 87 (31.18%) VMware Infrastructure
2 52 (18.64%) Docker
3 38 (13.62%) Active Directory
4 37 (13.26%) Virtual Machines
5 21 (7.53%) Hyper-V
6 13 (4.66%) VMware ESXi
6 13 (4.66%) VMware NSX
6 13 (4.66%) vSphere
7 6 (2.15%) KVM
8 4 (1.43%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.36%) Firmware
9 1 (0.36%) NFS
9 1 (0.36%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.36%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.36%) Xen
Systems Management
1 105 (37.63%) Ansible
2 63 (22.58%) Kubernetes
3 51 (18.28%) Terraform
4 27 (9.68%) Grafana
4 27 (9.68%) Progress Chef
4 27 (9.68%) Prometheus
4 27 (9.68%) Puppet
5 23 (8.24%) Red Hat Satellite
6 21 (7.53%) Packer
7 19 (6.81%) Kibana
8 16 (5.73%) Salt
9 14 (5.02%) logstash
10 13 (4.66%) SCCM
11 12 (4.30%) vCenter Server
12 8 (2.87%) vRealize
13 6 (2.15%) SELinux
14 5 (1.79%) EMC NetWorker
14 5 (1.79%) SCOM
14 5 (1.79%) SCSM
14 5 (1.79%) yum
Vendors
1 152 (54.48%) Red Hat
2 112 (40.14%) VMware
3 42 (15.05%) Oracle
4 41 (14.70%) Microsoft
5 17 (6.09%) IBM
6 15 (5.38%) CyberArk
6 15 (5.38%) SaltStack
6 15 (5.38%) Splunk
7 14 (5.02%) ArcSight
8 13 (4.66%) Amdocs
9 12 (4.30%) Qualys
10 11 (3.94%) Dell
11 10 (3.58%) HP
12 8 (2.87%) Cisco
12 8 (2.87%) Veritas
13 7 (2.51%) AppDynamics
13 7 (2.51%) Veeam
14 6 (2.15%) Confluent
14 6 (2.15%) ServiceNow
14 6 (2.15%) SolarWinds