Red Hat
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Red Hat products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Red Hat over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

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

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 307 208 265
Rank change year-on-year -99 +57 -1
Contract jobs citing Red Hat 290 729 946
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.68% 1.27% 1.07%
As % of the Vendors category 1.60% 2.96% 2.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 566 622
10th Percentile £340 £425 £403
25th Percentile £425 £488 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +4.35% +15.12%
75th Percentile £575 £700 £663
90th Percentile £669 £798 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £545 £525
% change year-on-year -5.96% +3.81% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 14 18
10th Percentile £60.95 £25.75 £31.81
25th Percentile £68.38 £27.80 £46.25
Median hourly rate £74.44 £43.25 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year +72.12% -31.35% +48.24%
75th Percentile £75.21 £53.75 £69.05
90th Percentile £76.58 £59.00 £83.83
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.44 £37.50 £69.05
% change year-on-year +98.51% -45.69% +67.39%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,083 24,657 35,435
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.51% 43.06% 40.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,274 16,502 23,585
10th Percentile £263 £270 £300
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £627 £644 £638
90th Percentile £738 £740 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £468
% change year-on-year - +6.95% +7.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,114 666 891
10th Percentile £12.05 £15.11 £12.21
25th Percentile £14.48 £18.64 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.50 £40.55 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.97% +88.58% -2.27%
75th Percentile £57.33 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £33.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -34.97% +73.68% +0.89%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Red Hat in the UK

Red Hat
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Red Hat over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Red Hat in the UK

Red Hat
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Red Hat in the UK

Red Hat
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Red Hat over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Red Hat in the UK

Red Hat
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Red Hat within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -68 258 £520 -16.80% 244
UK excluding London -36 184 £513 -5.96% 219
London -83 93 £510 -20.93% 91
South East +23 83 £529 -4.25% 34
Work from Home -64 80 £475 -15.18% 98
Midlands +35 32 £550 +21.03% 44
Scotland -4 21 £340 -32.00% 32
South West -15 21 £500 -13.04% 25
East of England -15 18 £550 -21.43% 12
West Midlands +30 16 £585 +98.31% 38
East Midlands +26 16 £509 +3.94% 6
North of England -8 9 £528 -4.00% 44
North West -13 9 £528 -12.00% 22
Wales +14 1 - -

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 24 (8.28%) Apache
2 19 (6.55%) Tomcat
3 16 (5.52%) JBoss
4 14 (4.83%) nginx
5 13 (4.48%) IIS
5 13 (4.48%) OpenStack
6 9 (3.10%) Confluence
7 6 (2.07%) MQSeries
8 5 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.34%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.34%) SAS
9 1 (0.34%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (3.10%) Temenos T24
2 7 (2.41%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.03%) Global One
4 1 (0.34%) MFGPRO
4 1 (0.34%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
4 1 (0.34%) RMDS
4 1 (0.34%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 61 (21.03%) AWS
2 50 (17.24%) Azure
3 30 (10.34%) OpenShift
4 16 (5.52%) Amazon S3
5 15 (5.17%) GitHub
6 13 (4.48%) Amazon EC2
6 13 (4.48%) Slack
7 11 (3.79%) Route 53
7 11 (3.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 10 (3.45%) Amazon EKS
8 10 (3.45%) IaaS
9 9 (3.10%) AWS CloudFormation
10 8 (2.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 7 (2.41%) AWS Lambda
11 7 (2.41%) Serverless
12 6 (2.07%) Amazon ECR
12 6 (2.07%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 6 (2.07%) Cloud Computing
13 5 (1.72%) Amazon SQS
13 5 (1.72%) CloudFront
Communications & Networking
1 33 (11.38%) SAN
2 27 (9.31%) TCP/IP
3 24 (8.28%) Firewall
4 22 (7.59%) DNS
5 15 (5.17%) Network Security
6 12 (4.14%) Intrusion Detection
7 9 (3.10%) HTTP
7 9 (3.10%) NAS
8 7 (2.41%) VPN
9 6 (2.07%) DHCP
10 5 (1.72%) H.323
10 5 (1.72%) SSL
11 4 (1.38%) FTP
11 4 (1.38%) HTTPS
11 4 (1.38%) IPsec
11 4 (1.38%) tcpdump
11 4 (1.38%) Wireshark
12 3 (1.03%) InfiniBand
12 3 (1.03%) Wireless
13 2 (0.69%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (11.72%) SQL Server
2 28 (9.66%) PostgreSQL
3 25 (8.62%) Elasticsearch
4 17 (5.86%) Amazon RDS
4 17 (5.86%) Relational Database
5 16 (5.52%) RDBMS
6 15 (5.17%) MySQL
7 10 (3.45%) Big Data
7 10 (3.45%) MongoDB
8 9 (3.10%) Oracle Database
9 6 (2.07%) Amazon Aurora
10 4 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (1.03%) InfluxDB
11 3 (1.03%) Informix
12 2 (0.69%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 1 (0.34%) Apache Cassandra
13 1 (0.34%) Couchbase
13 1 (0.34%) Metadata
13 1 (0.34%) NoSQL
13 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 33 (11.38%) Jenkins
2 21 (7.24%) GitLab
3 19 (6.55%) Git
4 14 (4.83%) SonarQube
5 13 (4.48%) JIRA
6 11 (3.79%) Bitbucket
7 8 (2.76%) Artifactory
8 6 (2.07%) Maven
8 6 (2.07%) Sonatype Nexus
8 6 (2.07%) TeamCity
9 5 (1.72%) Bitbucket Server
9 5 (1.72%) CA Release Automation
10 4 (1.38%) Cucumber
10 4 (1.38%) JUnit
11 3 (1.03%) EasyMock
11 3 (1.03%) Mockito
11 3 (1.03%) Oracle APEX
11 3 (1.03%) Postman
11 3 (1.03%) Selenium
11 3 (1.03%) TestNG
General
1 43 (14.83%) Social Skills
2 34 (11.72%) Finance
3 27 (9.31%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (7.93%) Public Sector
5 14 (4.83%) Banking
6 8 (2.76%) Telecoms
7 6 (2.07%) Legal
8 2 (0.69%) Advertising
8 2 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (0.69%) Military
9 1 (0.34%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.34%) Back Office
9 1 (0.34%) Electronics
9 1 (0.34%) Front Office
9 1 (0.34%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.34%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.34%) Marketing
9 1 (0.34%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 54 (18.62%) Linux Engineer
2 31 (10.69%) Support Engineer
3 30 (10.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 29 (10.00%) Developer
5 20 (6.90%) DevOps Engineer
6 18 (6.21%) Architect
7 17 (5.86%) Linux Support
7 17 (5.86%) Python Developer
8 16 (5.52%) Linux Systems Administrator
8 16 (5.52%) Senior
8 16 (5.52%) Systems Administrator
9 15 (5.17%) Administrator
9 15 (5.17%) Analyst
9 15 (5.17%) Applications Support
10 13 (4.48%) AWS Engineer
10 13 (4.48%) Cloud Engineer
11 12 (4.14%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
12 11 (3.79%) Linux Administrator
13 10 (3.45%) 3rd Line Support
13 10 (3.45%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (9.31%) Elastic Stack
2 16 (5.52%) Apache NiFi
3 11 (3.79%) REST
4 10 (3.45%) Spring Boot
5 9 (3.10%) IBM Integration Bus
6 8 (2.76%) YAML
7 7 (2.41%) CSS
7 7 (2.41%) HTML
7 7 (2.41%) Kafka
7 7 (2.41%) Middleware
7 7 (2.41%) Swagger
8 6 (2.07%) FIX Protocol
9 5 (1.72%) LDAP
9 5 (1.72%) Spring
10 4 (1.38%) HTML5
10 4 (1.38%) Laravel
11 3 (1.03%) Gherkin
11 3 (1.03%) Guice
11 3 (1.03%) JAX-RS
11 3 (1.03%) Mustache
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.93%) Data Centre
2 21 (7.24%) Linux Command Line
2 21 (7.24%) Management Information System
3 18 (6.21%) Onboarding
4 16 (5.52%) PKI
5 15 (5.17%) Distributed Applications
6 14 (4.83%) Clustering
7 12 (4.14%) Cyber Defence
8 11 (3.79%) Replication
9 5 (1.72%) IVR
9 5 (1.72%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.38%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.38%) Fat Client
10 4 (1.38%) Thin Client
11 3 (1.03%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.69%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.69%) Enterprise Storage
12 2 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
12 2 (0.69%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 227 (78.28%) Linux
2 131 (45.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 82 (28.28%) Windows
4 47 (16.21%) Unix
5 41 (14.14%) Windows Server
6 35 (12.07%) Ubuntu
7 33 (11.38%) CentOS
7 33 (11.38%) Debian
8 23 (7.93%) Solaris
9 17 (5.86%) Windows Server 2016
10 14 (4.83%) Windows Server 2019
11 10 (3.45%) Windows Server 2012
12 9 (3.10%) Android
12 9 (3.10%) Apple iOS
13 6 (2.07%) Windows Server 2008
14 5 (1.72%) Rocky
15 4 (1.38%) Windows 10
16 3 (1.03%) SUSE
16 3 (1.03%) VMS
17 2 (0.69%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (16.90%) Agile
2 40 (13.79%) CI/CD
2 40 (13.79%) DevOps
3 37 (12.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 33 (11.38%) ITIL
5 32 (11.03%) High Availability
6 31 (10.69%) Migration
7 29 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
8 24 (8.28%) Customer Service
8 24 (8.28%) Data Engineering
9 23 (7.93%) Change Management
9 23 (7.93%) Configuration Management
9 23 (7.93%) Disaster Recovery
10 22 (7.59%) Software Engineering
11 18 (6.21%) Cybersecurity
11 18 (6.21%) Information Security
12 17 (5.86%) Observability
12 17 (5.86%) Roadmaps
13 16 (5.52%) Analytics
13 16 (5.52%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 79 (27.24%) Python
2 49 (16.90%) Bash
3 47 (16.21%) Shell Script
4 39 (13.45%) PowerShell
5 21 (7.24%) SQL
6 16 (5.52%) Perl
7 13 (4.48%) Java
8 5 (1.72%) Korn
9 4 (1.38%) PHP
9 4 (1.38%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.03%) C++
10 3 (1.03%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.03%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.69%) AWK
11 2 (0.69%) Bourne shell
11 2 (0.69%) VBScript
12 1 (0.34%) C
12 1 (0.34%) C#
12 1 (0.34%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.34%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 124 (42.76%) Security Cleared
2 87 (30.00%) SC Cleared
3 47 (16.21%) DV Cleared
4 21 (7.24%) Degree
5 13 (4.48%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (4.14%) RHCE
7 9 (3.10%) MCSE
7 9 (3.10%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (2.07%) MCSA
8 6 (2.07%) RHCT
9 4 (1.38%) RHCSA
10 1 (0.34%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.34%) CEH
10 1 (0.34%) CISSP
10 1 (0.34%) GIAC
10 1 (0.34%) Linux+ Certification
10 1 (0.34%) LPIC
10 1 (0.34%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.83%) QA
2 10 (3.45%) Actionable Recommendations
3 8 (2.76%) SLA
4 2 (0.69%) GDPR
4 2 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.69%) NIST
4 2 (0.69%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 63 (21.72%) VMware Infrastructure
2 37 (12.76%) Active Directory
3 32 (11.03%) Docker
4 24 (8.28%) Hyper-V
5 18 (6.21%) KVM
5 18 (6.21%) Virtual Machines
6 16 (5.52%) vSphere
7 11 (3.79%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (1.38%) Samba
8 4 (1.38%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (1.38%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.69%) Ceph
9 2 (0.69%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.69%) Varnish
9 2 (0.69%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 1 (0.34%) Firmware
10 1 (0.34%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.34%) Xen
Systems Management
1 93 (32.07%) Ansible
2 51 (17.59%) Kubernetes
3 44 (15.17%) Terraform
4 28 (9.66%) Red Hat Satellite
5 23 (7.93%) Grafana
6 19 (6.55%) Kibana
6 19 (6.55%) Prometheus
7 13 (4.48%) logstash
8 11 (3.79%) Progress Chef
9 8 (2.76%) Packer
9 8 (2.76%) Puppet
10 7 (2.41%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 7 (2.41%) WSUS
11 6 (2.07%) SCOM
12 5 (1.72%) Istio
12 5 (1.72%) Rancher
12 5 (1.72%) SELinux
12 5 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (1.72%) Tivoli Identity Manager
13 4 (1.38%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 105 (36.21%) VMware
2 48 (16.55%) Microsoft
3 40 (13.79%) Oracle
4 16 (5.52%) IBM
5 14 (4.83%) Citrix
5 14 (4.83%) Dell
6 13 (4.48%) Amdocs
6 13 (4.48%) SolarWinds
7 11 (3.79%) HP
8 9 (3.10%) Temenos
9 8 (2.76%) Qualys
10 7 (2.41%) Bloomberg
10 7 (2.41%) Splunk
11 6 (2.07%) Refinitiv
11 6 (2.07%) Veritas
12 5 (1.72%) AppDynamics
12 5 (1.72%) Avaya
12 5 (1.72%) Cisco
12 5 (1.72%) NetApp
12 5 (1.72%) Verint