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 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 316 382 478
Rank change year-on-year +66 +96 -141
Permanent jobs citing Red Hat 908 890 1,141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.92% 0.88% 0.73%
As % of the Vendors category 2.48% 2.10% 1.87%
Number of salaries quoted 301 390 650
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,838 £36,225
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,125 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £96,250 £110,000 £98,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -

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 36,551 42,350 61,172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.84% 41.92% 38.89%
Number of salaries quoted 25,003 24,216 32,825
10th Percentile £26,702 £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 £75,294 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +3.62%

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 10 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 10 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 +119 865 £60,000 -4.00% 158
UK excluding London +63 718 £52,500 -4.55% 134
South East +109 223 £50,000 +3.09% 16
Work from Home -73 180 £60,000 - 60
North of England +110 177 £50,000 - 22
London +15 177 £80,000 +14.29% 54
South West +43 162 £52,500 -11.80% 24
North West +71 150 £70,000 +47.37% 14
Midlands +7 95 £50,000 -16.67% 23
East Midlands +23 91 £24,750 -58.75% 6
East of England -11 28 £60,000 +9.59% 15
Yorkshire +76 25 £47,000 -24.33% 1
Scotland -89 17 £48,500 -18.52% 17
Wales -23 13 - -
Northern Ireland +12 5 - - 19
West Midlands -21 4 £60,000 +26.32% 17
North East - 2 £50,000 - 7

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
1 101 (11.12%) Apache
2 50 (5.51%) nginx
3 36 (3.96%) Camunda
4 33 (3.63%) Microsoft Exchange
5 26 (2.86%) Apache Spark
6 10 (1.10%) OpenStack
7 9 (0.99%) WebSphere
8 6 (0.66%) IIS
8 6 (0.66%) JBoss
9 3 (0.33%) Confluence
9 3 (0.33%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.22%) Moodle
10 2 (0.22%) SharePoint
11 1 (0.11%) CMS
11 1 (0.11%) WinCC
Applications
1 4 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.22%) Abaqus
2 2 (0.22%) CATIA
2 2 (0.22%) 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 16 (1.76%) Fidessa
2 8 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.44%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.22%) SAP EWM
4 2 (0.22%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.11%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.11%) Misys Opics
5 1 (0.11%) Sage X3
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
1 428 (47.14%) Azure
2 394 (43.39%) IBM Cloud
3 251 (27.64%) AWS
4 168 (18.50%) Azure DevOps
5 159 (17.51%) OpenShift
6 153 (16.85%) Serverless
7 125 (13.77%) Azure API Management
7 125 (13.77%) Azure Functions
7 125 (13.77%) Azure Logic Apps
7 125 (13.77%) Azure Service Bus
8 115 (12.67%) Amazon S3
9 86 (9.47%) Amazon EKS
10 60 (6.61%) OCI
11 58 (6.39%) Amazon ECR
11 58 (6.39%) Route 53
12 55 (6.06%) GCP
13 44 (4.85%) SaaS
14 42 (4.63%) Microsoft 365
15 28 (3.08%) AWS CloudFormation
16 26 (2.86%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 115 (12.67%) Firewall
2 88 (9.69%) DNS
3 79 (8.70%) TCP/IP
4 76 (8.37%) VPN
5 72 (7.93%) DHCP
6 67 (7.38%) Internet
7 57 (6.28%) SNMP
8 54 (5.95%) IPsec
9 40 (4.41%) HTTP
10 26 (2.86%) AMQP
10 26 (2.86%) LAN
10 26 (2.86%) WAN
11 25 (2.75%) SAN
12 17 (1.87%) Cisco ASA
13 16 (1.76%) FIX Connectivity
14 12 (1.32%) Wireless
15 10 (1.10%) VLAN
16 7 (0.77%) Wireshark
17 6 (0.66%) Software-Defined Networking
17 6 (0.66%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 372 (40.97%) MongoDB
2 258 (28.41%) DB2
3 246 (27.09%) PostgreSQL
4 243 (26.76%) NoSQL
5 137 (15.09%) Relational Database
6 64 (7.05%) Amazon RDS
7 61 (6.72%) Elasticsearch
8 58 (6.39%) SQL Server
9 39 (4.30%) Oracle Database
10 28 (3.08%) Hadoop
11 26 (2.86%) Big Data
11 26 (2.86%) Cloudera CDH
12 20 (2.20%) MySQL
13 12 (1.32%) RDBMS
14 3 (0.33%) Amazon Aurora
14 3 (0.33%) Apache Cassandra
15 2 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
15 2 (0.22%) Metadata
15 2 (0.22%) Neo4j
16 1 (0.11%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 56 (6.17%) Git
2 39 (4.30%) Jenkins
3 16 (1.76%) GitLab
4 13 (1.43%) JIRA
5 10 (1.10%) Maven
6 8 (0.88%) Bitbucket
7 7 (0.77%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.44%) Subversion
9 3 (0.33%) Rational DOORS
9 3 (0.33%) Selenium
9 3 (0.33%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.22%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 2 (0.22%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.22%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.22%) JUnit
10 2 (0.22%) Robot Framework
11 1 (0.11%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.11%) JMeter
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
General
1 406 (44.71%) Public Sector
2 218 (24.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 178 (19.60%) Finance
4 58 (6.39%) Banking
5 50 (5.51%) Social Skills
6 40 (4.41%) Aerospace
7 30 (3.30%) Analytical Skills
8 17 (1.87%) Investment Banking
9 14 (1.54%) Retail Banking
10 8 (0.88%) Telecoms
11 5 (0.55%) Manufacturing
11 5 (0.55%) Retail
12 4 (0.44%) Military
12 4 (0.44%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.33%) Billing
13 3 (0.33%) Japanese Language
13 3 (0.33%) Law
13 3 (0.33%) Legal
13 3 (0.33%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.22%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 149 (16.41%) Full Stack Engineer
2 133 (14.65%) Developer
3 126 (13.88%) Full Stack Developer
4 125 (13.77%) Azure Developer
5 111 (12.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 111 (12.22%) Senior
6 110 (12.11%) Azure Engineer
7 86 (9.47%) Linux Engineer
8 85 (9.36%) DevOps Engineer
9 74 (8.15%) Administrator
10 70 (7.71%) Consultant
11 54 (5.95%) NetApp Consultant
12 51 (5.62%) Software Engineer
13 46 (5.07%) Senior DevOps
13 46 (5.07%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 38 (4.19%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 32 (3.52%) DBA
16 30 (3.30%) Linux Administrator
17 29 (3.19%) Architect
18 27 (2.97%) DV Cleared DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 306 (33.70%) React
2 266 (29.30%) REST
3 264 (29.07%) AngularJS
4 254 (27.97%) .NET
5 245 (26.98%) HTML
5 245 (26.98%) Web Services
6 242 (26.65%) CSS
7 241 (26.54%) ASP.NET
8 240 (26.43%) ASP.NET Core
8 240 (26.43%) Vue
9 239 (26.32%) jQuery
10 238 (26.21%) Backbone.js
10 238 (26.21%) Ember.js
10 238 (26.21%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 189 (20.81%) Node.js
12 82 (9.03%) RabbitMQ
13 63 (6.94%) Swagger
14 57 (6.28%) YAML
15 42 (4.63%) Spring
16 36 (3.96%) KeystoneJS
Miscellaneous
1 403 (44.38%) Hybrid Cloud
2 394 (43.39%) Blockchain
3 238 (26.21%) Algorithms
3 238 (26.21%) Data Structures
4 215 (23.68%) e-Learning
5 92 (10.13%) Data Centre
6 41 (4.52%) Distributed Systems
7 26 (2.86%) Cloud Native
8 24 (2.64%) Linux Command Line
9 21 (2.31%) Management Information System
9 21 (2.31%) Public Cloud
10 18 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
11 16 (1.76%) Eurex
12 9 (0.99%) Clustering
13 7 (0.77%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (0.77%) Private Cloud
13 7 (0.77%) Replication
13 7 (0.77%) VAX
14 6 (0.66%) Onboarding
14 6 (0.66%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 752 (82.82%) Linux
2 510 (56.17%) Windows
3 255 (28.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 239 (26.32%) Android
5 238 (26.21%) Apple iOS
6 197 (21.70%) CentOS
7 96 (10.57%) Ubuntu
8 88 (9.69%) Debian
9 84 (9.25%) Windows Server
10 67 (7.38%) Windows Server 2016
11 61 (6.72%) Unix
12 55 (6.06%) Data ONTAP
13 45 (4.96%) Windows Server 2019
14 43 (4.74%) Windows Server 2012
15 40 (4.41%) Alpine Linux
16 25 (2.75%) Solaris
17 20 (2.20%) CoreOS
17 20 (2.20%) Windows 10
18 16 (1.76%) AIX
19 11 (1.21%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 401 (44.16%) Artificial Intelligence
2 348 (38.33%) DevOps
3 279 (30.73%) Full Stack Development
4 278 (30.62%) Co-Creation
5 269 (29.63%) User Experience
6 263 (28.96%) Mentoring
7 260 (28.63%) Agile
8 248 (27.31%) Design Patterns
8 248 (27.31%) OO
8 248 (27.31%) SOLID
9 240 (26.43%) MVC
9 240 (26.43%) MVVM
9 240 (26.43%) OOP
9 240 (26.43%) Web Development
10 238 (26.21%) Design Thinking
10 238 (26.21%) Responsive Web Design
11 220 (24.23%) Coaching
12 151 (16.63%) Actionable Insight
13 126 (13.88%) API Management
14 125 (13.77%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 389 (42.84%) Python
2 338 (37.22%) JavaScript
3 300 (33.04%) SQL
4 267 (29.41%) Java
5 245 (26.98%) C#
6 192 (21.15%) Bash
7 156 (17.18%) PowerShell
8 49 (5.40%) Perl
9 38 (4.19%) Shell Script
10 36 (3.96%) Lua
11 31 (3.41%) Ruby
12 28 (3.08%) C
13 12 (1.32%) C++
14 10 (1.10%) Ada
14 10 (1.10%) Korn
15 3 (0.33%) PHP
15 3 (0.33%) R
15 3 (0.33%) Scala
15 3 (0.33%) VB
15 3 (0.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 190 (20.93%) Security Cleared
2 156 (17.18%) DV Cleared
3 82 (9.03%) SC Cleared
4 49 (5.40%) MCSE
4 49 (5.40%) Microsoft Certification
5 48 (5.29%) MCSA
6 41 (4.52%) Azure Certification
7 31 (3.41%) Degree
8 9 (0.99%) CCNA
8 9 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (0.99%) Network+ Certification
9 8 (0.88%) RHCE
10 7 (0.77%) RHCSA
11 6 (0.66%) A+ Certification
11 6 (0.66%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (0.55%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.55%) RHCA
12 5 (0.55%) TOGAF Certification
12 5 (0.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (1.65%) SLA
2 9 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (0.55%) JSP 440
4 2 (0.22%) NIST
4 2 (0.22%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.11%) QA
System Software
1 214 (23.57%) Docker
2 174 (19.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 81 (8.92%) Active Directory
4 58 (6.39%) Hyper-V
5 29 (3.19%) vSphere
6 23 (2.53%) VMware ESXi
7 18 (1.98%) Firmware
8 16 (1.76%) Virtual Machines
9 11 (1.21%) KVM
10 8 (0.88%) Embedded Firmware
11 7 (0.77%) XenApp
12 5 (0.55%) NFS
13 4 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
14 3 (0.33%) VMware Server
15 2 (0.22%) Kamailio
15 2 (0.22%) Lustre
15 2 (0.22%) QEMU
15 2 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
15 2 (0.22%) Xen
16 1 (0.11%) etcd
Systems Management
1 294 (32.38%) Kubernetes
2 260 (28.63%) Ansible
3 160 (17.62%) Terraform
4 128 (14.10%) Puppet
5 123 (13.55%) Prometheus
6 78 (8.59%) vCenter Server
7 26 (2.86%) Progress Chef
8 18 (1.98%) Nagios
8 18 (1.98%) Red Hat Satellite
9 17 (1.87%) SCCM
9 17 (1.87%) Single Sign-On
10 14 (1.54%) WSUS
11 10 (1.10%) Grafana
12 9 (0.99%) SCOM
12 9 (0.99%) ZABBIX
13 8 (0.88%) Nessus
14 7 (0.77%) EMC VPLEX
15 6 (0.66%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
16 5 (0.55%) Failover Clustering
16 5 (0.55%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 411 (45.26%) IBM
2 221 (24.34%) VMware
3 141 (15.53%) Oracle
4 140 (15.42%) Microsoft
5 67 (7.38%) Cisco
6 65 (7.16%) Palo Alto
7 59 (6.50%) Dynatrace
8 58 (6.39%) NetApp
9 54 (5.95%) SolidFire
10 30 (3.30%) Google
11 29 (3.19%) SaltStack
12 22 (2.42%) Citrix
13 19 (2.09%) EMC
13 19 (2.09%) Sybase
13 19 (2.09%) Veeam
14 16 (1.76%) Bloomberg
14 16 (1.76%) ION Trading
14 16 (1.76%) Patsystems
14 16 (1.76%) Reuters
14 16 (1.76%) Trayport