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

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 518 543 584
Rank change year-on-year +25 +41 -183
Permanent jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 427 514 849
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.43% 0.50% 0.54%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.03% 3.10% 2.87%
Number of salaries quoted 264 287 574
10th Percentile £38,792 £37,950 £37,500
25th Percentile £44,688 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +12.07% -3.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £124,750 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.94% +2.00% -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 14,101 16,590 29,623
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.30% 15.99% 18.93%
Number of salaries quoted 10,896 11,178 16,749
10th Percentile £25,760 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,500
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 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Red Hat Enterprise Linux in the UK

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Top 16 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 3 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 +42 388 £55,000 -15.38% 71
UK excluding London +12 312 £52,500 +2.94% 42
Work from Home +53 190 £60,000 -11.11% 34
South West +10 126 £52,500 -2.33% 12
London +53 103 £75,000 -3.23% 33
South East +12 76 £50,000 +11.11% 10
North of England +58 57 £50,000 -6.98% 5
North West +22 33 £70,000 +40.00% 3
Yorkshire +71 24 £47,000 -31.40% 1
Midlands +1 18 £55,000 -8.33% 3
Scotland -77 17 £83,577 +82.68% 5
West Midlands +18 11 £71,038 +35.31% 2
East of England -15 8 £50,000 +4.17% 6
Wales - 8 £50,000 - 1
East Midlands -19 7 £35,000 -44.00% 1
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 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 (10.77%) WebLogic
2 35 (8.20%) Apache
3 25 (5.85%) Apache Spark
4 15 (3.51%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (1.87%) WebSphere
6 7 (1.64%) nginx
6 7 (1.64%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.70%) CloudStack
7 3 (0.70%) JBoss
8 2 (0.47%) Confluence
9 1 (0.23%) Gunicorn
9 1 (0.23%) Moodle
9 1 (0.23%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.23%) uWSGI
9 1 (0.23%) WinCC
Applications
1 12 (2.81%) Simulink
2 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.23%) Weka
Business Applications
1 46 (10.77%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.23%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.23%) Misys Opics
2 1 (0.23%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 229 (53.63%) AWS
2 187 (43.79%) Azure
3 90 (21.08%) OpenShift
4 72 (16.86%) Amazon EKS
5 50 (11.71%) SaaS
6 47 (11.01%) Amazon SQS
7 39 (9.13%) GCP
8 29 (6.79%) Serverless
9 27 (6.32%) AWS Lambda
10 26 (6.09%) AWS CloudFormation
11 22 (5.15%) Microsoft 365
12 17 (3.98%) GitHub
13 8 (1.87%) OCI
14 7 (1.64%) Cloud Computing
15 6 (1.41%) Amazon EC2
15 6 (1.41%) Amazon S3
16 3 (0.70%) Datadog
16 3 (0.70%) Nutanix
17 2 (0.47%) Azure DevOps
17 2 (0.47%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 112 (26.23%) DNS
2 94 (22.01%) TCP/IP
3 60 (14.05%) SSL
4 49 (11.48%) DHCP
5 48 (11.24%) BGP
6 43 (10.07%) HTTP
7 37 (8.67%) Firewall
8 28 (6.56%) WAN
9 27 (6.32%) LAN
10 25 (5.85%) AMQP
11 23 (5.39%) SAN
12 17 (3.98%) VPN
13 9 (2.11%) Internet
13 9 (2.11%) Wireless
14 8 (1.87%) HTTPS
15 7 (1.64%) Cisco ASA
15 7 (1.64%) VSAN
15 7 (1.64%) VXLAN
16 6 (1.41%) NAS
17 5 (1.17%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (12.41%) Oracle Database
2 51 (11.94%) Amazon RDS
3 46 (10.77%) RDBMS
3 46 (10.77%) Relational Database
4 27 (6.32%) Hadoop
5 26 (6.09%) Big Data
6 25 (5.85%) Cloudera CDH
7 21 (4.92%) SQL Server
8 19 (4.45%) MySQL
9 13 (3.04%) NoSQL
10 11 (2.58%) InfluxDB
11 9 (2.11%) MariaDB
11 9 (2.11%) PostgreSQL
12 8 (1.87%) DB2
13 3 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
13 3 (0.70%) InterSystems Cache
14 2 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
14 2 (0.47%) Redis
15 1 (0.23%) Data Mart
15 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 74 (17.33%) Git
2 35 (8.20%) Jenkins
3 21 (4.92%) Vagrant
4 18 (4.22%) GitLab
5 11 (2.58%) TeamCity
6 10 (2.34%) IBM UrbanCode
7 6 (1.41%) JIRA
7 6 (1.41%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (0.94%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.94%) Selenium
9 3 (0.70%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.70%) Rational DOORS
9 3 (0.70%) Robot Framework
10 2 (0.47%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.47%) Jasmine
11 1 (0.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.23%) Subversion
11 1 (0.23%) WebDriver
11 1 (0.23%) Zephyr
General
1 83 (19.44%) Social Skills
2 67 (15.69%) Finance
3 40 (9.37%) Aerospace
4 37 (8.67%) Banking
5 24 (5.62%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (4.22%) Investment Banking
7 17 (3.98%) Telecoms
8 16 (3.75%) Public Sector
9 10 (2.34%) Retail
10 4 (0.94%) Billing
10 4 (0.94%) Legal
10 4 (0.94%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.70%) Japanese Language
11 3 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.47%) Automotive
12 2 (0.47%) Front Office
12 2 (0.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.47%) Law
12 2 (0.47%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 100 (23.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 63 (14.75%) Linux Engineer
3 59 (13.82%) Lead
3 59 (13.82%) Software Engineer
4 58 (13.58%) Architect
5 49 (11.48%) Senior
6 48 (11.24%) Administrator
7 47 (11.01%) Solutions Architect
8 46 (10.77%) Lead Architect
8 46 (10.77%) Lead Solutions Architect
9 37 (8.67%) Linux Administrator
10 35 (8.20%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 31 (7.26%) Linux Systems Administrator
12 29 (6.79%) Systems Administrator
13 27 (6.32%) Platform Engineer
14 25 (5.85%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
15 21 (4.92%) AWS Engineer
16 16 (3.75%) Linux Support
17 15 (3.51%) Cloud Engineer
17 15 (3.51%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (17.56%) RabbitMQ
2 71 (16.63%) Spring Boot
3 31 (7.26%) React
4 30 (7.03%) AngularJS
5 26 (6.09%) Node.js
6 25 (5.85%) gRPC
6 25 (5.85%) Material-UI
6 25 (5.85%) OpenAPI
6 25 (5.85%) REST
6 25 (5.85%) Spring
6 25 (5.85%) Swagger
7 22 (5.15%) Middleware
8 8 (1.87%) LDAP
8 8 (1.87%) WebSphere MQ
9 7 (1.64%) Web Services
10 5 (1.17%) CSS
10 5 (1.17%) Keycloak
11 4 (0.94%) XMPP
12 3 (0.70%) jQuery
12 3 (0.70%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 51 (11.94%) Public Cloud
2 46 (10.77%) Enterprise Software
3 31 (7.26%) Linux Command Line
4 28 (6.56%) Data Centre
5 25 (5.85%) Cloud Native
6 17 (3.98%) Hybrid Cloud
7 14 (3.28%) Clustering
7 14 (3.28%) Management Information System
8 13 (3.04%) Onboarding
9 11 (2.58%) PKI
10 10 (2.34%) Replication
11 7 (1.64%) Private Cloud
11 7 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.64%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 7 (1.64%) VAX
12 5 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
13 4 (0.94%) Enterprise Storage
13 4 (0.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 3 (0.70%) Device Driver
14 3 (0.70%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 427 (100.00%) Linux
2 171 (40.05%) Windows
3 126 (29.51%) CentOS
4 71 (16.63%) Windows Server
5 64 (14.99%) Ubuntu
6 36 (8.43%) Debian
7 30 (7.03%) Unix
8 24 (5.62%) Windows 10
9 20 (4.68%) CoreOS
10 19 (4.45%) Windows Server 2016
11 16 (3.75%) Windows Server 2019
12 15 (3.51%) Oracle Linux
13 14 (3.28%) Android
14 13 (3.04%) Windows Server 2012
15 10 (2.34%) Solaris
16 8 (1.87%) Embedded Linux
16 8 (1.87%) Windows Server 2008
17 7 (1.64%) Windows 7
18 6 (1.41%) AIX
19 4 (0.94%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (29.51%) Agile
2 116 (27.17%) Actionable Insight
3 108 (25.29%) DevOps
4 106 (24.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 104 (24.36%) Collaborative Working
6 81 (18.97%) Open Source
7 77 (18.03%) Scrum
8 76 (17.80%) Kanban
9 71 (16.63%) Infrastructure as Code
10 68 (15.93%) Load Balancing
11 63 (14.75%) Configuration Management
12 60 (14.05%) Containerisation
12 60 (14.05%) Software Engineering
13 58 (13.58%) Migration
14 51 (11.94%) Project Management
14 51 (11.94%) TOGAF
15 50 (11.71%) SDLC
15 50 (11.71%) Systems Engineering
16 48 (11.24%) CI/CD
17 46 (10.77%) Cloud Operations
Programming Languages
1 215 (50.35%) Python
2 134 (31.38%) Bash
3 112 (26.23%) Java
4 107 (25.06%) PowerShell
5 47 (11.01%) Perl
6 43 (10.07%) JavaScript
7 36 (8.43%) SQL
8 20 (4.68%) C++
8 20 (4.68%) Shell Script
9 14 (3.28%) C
10 13 (3.04%) Kotlin
10 13 (3.04%) Ruby
11 12 (2.81%) Korn
12 10 (2.34%) C#
13 9 (2.11%) VBScript
14 8 (1.87%) PHP
15 6 (1.41%) TypeScript
16 4 (0.94%) Go
17 3 (0.70%) VB
18 2 (0.47%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 202 (47.31%) Security Cleared
2 128 (29.98%) SC Cleared
3 122 (28.57%) DV Cleared
4 48 (11.24%) AWS Certification
5 46 (10.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 46 (10.77%) Azure Certification
6 34 (7.96%) Degree
7 18 (4.22%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (2.81%) CCNA
8 12 (2.81%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (1.41%) A+ Certification
9 6 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (1.41%) Network+ Certification
10 5 (1.17%) CCNP
10 5 (1.17%) RHCA
10 5 (1.17%) RHCE
10 5 (1.17%) RHCSA
10 5 (1.17%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (1.87%) SLA
2 3 (0.70%) NIST
3 2 (0.47%) JSP 440
3 2 (0.47%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.23%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.23%) QA
System Software
1 102 (23.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 97 (22.72%) Docker
3 68 (15.93%) Active Directory
4 54 (12.65%) Hyper-V
5 26 (6.09%) VMware ESXi
6 22 (5.15%) vSphere
7 11 (2.58%) Firmware
8 9 (2.11%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (1.87%) Embedded Firmware
10 7 (1.64%) VMware Server
10 7 (1.64%) XenApp
11 6 (1.41%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 5 (1.17%) KVM
13 4 (0.94%) Ceph
13 4 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
13 4 (0.94%) VMware NSX
14 3 (0.70%) Gluster
14 3 (0.70%) oVirt
15 2 (0.47%) NFS
16 1 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 223 (52.22%) Ansible
2 136 (31.85%) Puppet
3 119 (27.87%) Kubernetes
4 80 (18.74%) Terraform
5 16 (3.75%) Progress Chef
6 15 (3.51%) Red Hat Satellite
7 13 (3.04%) WSUS
8 12 (2.81%) Salt
8 12 (2.81%) vCenter Server
9 11 (2.58%) Nagios
10 10 (2.34%) SCCM
10 10 (2.34%) Single Sign-On
11 9 (2.11%) Prometheus
12 8 (1.87%) Podman
13 7 (1.64%) EMC VPLEX
13 7 (1.64%) Grafana
14 6 (1.41%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 6 (1.41%) Red Hat Spacewalk
14 6 (1.41%) SCOM
15 5 (1.17%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 256 (59.95%) Red Hat
2 133 (31.15%) VMware
3 92 (21.55%) Oracle
4 73 (17.10%) Microsoft
5 59 (13.82%) Cisco
6 46 (10.77%) Sparx
7 30 (7.03%) Google
8 25 (5.85%) SaltStack
9 21 (4.92%) IBM
10 20 (4.68%) Citrix
11 13 (3.04%) Juniper
11 13 (3.04%) Sun
11 13 (3.04%) TOWER Software
12 12 (2.81%) Fortinet
12 12 (2.81%) Xilinx
13 10 (2.34%) F5
13 10 (2.34%) Splunk
14 9 (2.11%) Serena
14 9 (2.11%) Veeam
15 8 (1.87%) Veritas