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

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 519 549 580
Rank change year-on-year +30 +31 -172
Permanent jobs citing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 424 493 847
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.43% 0.49% 0.54%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.02% 3.05% 2.84%
Number of salaries quoted 262 274 562
10th Percentile £38,764 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,188 £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 £102,097 £135,250 £90,000
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 14,033 16,182 29,776
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.16% 15.97% 18.98%
Number of salaries quoted 10,810 10,929 16,503
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,450
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 9 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 9 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 +58 386 £55,000 -15.38% 71
UK excluding London +9 310 £52,500 +5.00% 44
Work from Home +45 190 £60,000 -11.11% 27
South West +12 124 £52,500 +1.94% 12
London +40 101 £75,000 -6.25% 33
South East +4 78 £50,000 +11.11% 11
North of England +65 57 £50,000 -3.38% 5
North West +30 33 £70,000 +40.00% 2
Yorkshire +85 24 £47,000 -31.40% 1
Midlands -20 18 £55,000 -8.33% 3
Scotland -79 16 £83,577 +84.19% 5
West Midlands +13 11 £71,038 +35.31% 2
Wales - 8 £50,000 - 1
East of England -10 7 £50,000 -1.96% 5
East Midlands -27 7 £35,000 -44.00% 1
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 2

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 (10.85%) WebLogic
2 36 (8.49%) Apache
3 26 (6.13%) Apache Spark
4 15 (3.54%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (1.89%) WebSphere
6 7 (1.65%) nginx
6 7 (1.65%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.94%) 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 14 (3.30%) Simulink
2 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.24%) Weka
Business Applications
1 46 (10.85%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.24%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.24%) Misys Opics
2 1 (0.24%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 230 (54.25%) AWS
2 188 (44.34%) Azure
3 90 (21.23%) OpenShift
4 73 (17.22%) Amazon EKS
5 48 (11.32%) SaaS
6 47 (11.08%) Amazon SQS
7 40 (9.43%) GCP
8 30 (7.08%) Serverless
9 28 (6.60%) AWS Lambda
10 27 (6.37%) AWS CloudFormation
11 22 (5.19%) Microsoft 365
12 15 (3.54%) GitHub
13 9 (2.12%) OCI
14 8 (1.89%) Amazon EC2
15 7 (1.65%) Cloud Computing
16 6 (1.42%) Amazon S3
17 4 (0.94%) Datadog
18 3 (0.71%) Nutanix
19 2 (0.47%) Entra ID
19 2 (0.47%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 108 (25.47%) DNS
2 92 (21.70%) TCP/IP
3 61 (14.39%) SSL
4 47 (11.08%) BGP
5 46 (10.85%) DHCP
6 42 (9.91%) HTTP
7 36 (8.49%) Firewall
8 28 (6.60%) WAN
9 27 (6.37%) LAN
10 26 (6.13%) AMQP
11 23 (5.42%) SAN
12 16 (3.77%) VPN
13 9 (2.12%) Wireless
14 8 (1.89%) HTTPS
14 8 (1.89%) Internet
15 7 (1.65%) Cisco ASA
15 7 (1.65%) VSAN
15 7 (1.65%) VXLAN
16 6 (1.42%) NAS
17 5 (1.18%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (12.50%) Amazon RDS
2 52 (12.26%) Oracle Database
3 46 (10.85%) RDBMS
3 46 (10.85%) Relational Database
4 29 (6.84%) Hadoop
5 28 (6.60%) Big Data
6 26 (6.13%) Cloudera CDH
7 21 (4.95%) SQL Server
8 19 (4.48%) MySQL
9 15 (3.54%) NoSQL
10 12 (2.83%) InfluxDB
11 9 (2.12%) MariaDB
11 9 (2.12%) PostgreSQL
12 8 (1.89%) DB2
13 3 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
13 3 (0.71%) InterSystems Cache
14 2 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
14 2 (0.47%) Redis
15 1 (0.24%) Data Mart
15 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 76 (17.92%) Git
2 37 (8.73%) Jenkins
3 23 (5.42%) Vagrant
4 16 (3.77%) GitLab
5 13 (3.07%) TeamCity
6 9 (2.12%) IBM UrbanCode
7 6 (1.42%) JIRA
8 5 (1.18%) Bitbucket
8 5 (1.18%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (0.71%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.71%) Rational DOORS
9 3 (0.71%) Selenium
10 2 (0.47%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.47%) Jasmine
10 2 (0.47%) Robot Framework
11 1 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.24%) Subversion
11 1 (0.24%) WebDriver
11 1 (0.24%) Zephyr
General
1 85 (20.05%) Social Skills
2 64 (15.09%) Finance
3 43 (10.14%) Aerospace
4 34 (8.02%) Banking
5 23 (5.42%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (3.77%) Investment Banking
6 16 (3.77%) Telecoms
7 15 (3.54%) Public Sector
8 10 (2.36%) Retail
9 4 (0.94%) Billing
9 4 (0.94%) Manufacturing
9 4 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (0.71%) Japanese Language
10 3 (0.71%) Legal
10 3 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.47%) Automotive
11 2 (0.47%) Back Office
11 2 (0.47%) Front Office
11 2 (0.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.47%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 95 (22.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 62 (14.62%) Linux Engineer
3 61 (14.39%) Software Engineer
4 58 (13.68%) Architect
4 58 (13.68%) Lead
5 49 (11.56%) Senior
6 48 (11.32%) Administrator
7 47 (11.08%) Solutions Architect
8 46 (10.85%) Lead Architect
8 46 (10.85%) Lead Solutions Architect
9 37 (8.73%) Linux Administrator
10 34 (8.02%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 31 (7.31%) Linux Systems Administrator
12 29 (6.84%) Systems Administrator
13 27 (6.37%) Platform Engineer
14 26 (6.13%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
15 21 (4.95%) AWS Engineer
16 15 (3.54%) Systems Engineer
17 14 (3.30%) Cloud Engineer
17 14 (3.30%) Linux Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (17.92%) RabbitMQ
2 72 (16.98%) Spring Boot
3 33 (7.78%) React
4 31 (7.31%) AngularJS
5 27 (6.37%) Node.js
6 26 (6.13%) gRPC
6 26 (6.13%) Material-UI
6 26 (6.13%) OpenAPI
6 26 (6.13%) REST
6 26 (6.13%) Spring
6 26 (6.13%) Swagger
7 24 (5.66%) Middleware
8 8 (1.89%) LDAP
8 8 (1.89%) WebSphere MQ
9 6 (1.42%) CSS
9 6 (1.42%) Keycloak
9 6 (1.42%) Web Services
10 4 (0.94%) HTML
10 4 (0.94%) OAuth2
10 4 (0.94%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 50 (11.79%) Public Cloud
2 46 (10.85%) Enterprise Software
3 30 (7.08%) Linux Command Line
4 29 (6.84%) Data Centre
5 26 (6.13%) Cloud Native
6 16 (3.77%) Hybrid Cloud
7 15 (3.54%) Clustering
8 14 (3.30%) Management Information System
9 13 (3.07%) Onboarding
10 11 (2.59%) PKI
10 11 (2.59%) Replication
11 7 (1.65%) Private Cloud
11 7 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.65%) VAX
12 6 (1.42%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 4 (0.94%) Enterprise Storage
13 4 (0.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 4 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
14 3 (0.71%) FPGA
14 3 (0.71%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 424 (100.00%) Linux
2 163 (38.44%) Windows
3 128 (30.19%) CentOS
4 67 (15.80%) Ubuntu
4 67 (15.80%) Windows Server
5 39 (9.20%) Debian
6 30 (7.08%) Unix
7 24 (5.66%) Windows 10
8 20 (4.72%) CoreOS
9 19 (4.48%) Windows Server 2016
10 16 (3.77%) Android
10 16 (3.77%) Oracle Linux
11 15 (3.54%) Windows Server 2019
12 13 (3.07%) Windows Server 2012
13 11 (2.59%) Solaris
14 8 (1.89%) Embedded Linux
14 8 (1.89%) Windows Server 2008
15 7 (1.65%) Windows 7
16 6 (1.42%) AIX
17 4 (0.94%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (29.95%) Agile
2 111 (26.18%) Actionable Insight
3 109 (25.71%) Collaborative Working
4 105 (24.76%) DevOps
5 103 (24.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 85 (20.05%) Open Source
7 77 (18.16%) Kanban
7 77 (18.16%) Scrum
8 76 (17.92%) Infrastructure as Code
9 68 (16.04%) Load Balancing
10 67 (15.80%) Configuration Management
11 63 (14.86%) Containerisation
12 62 (14.62%) Software Engineering
13 57 (13.44%) Migration
14 51 (12.03%) Project Management
14 51 (12.03%) TOGAF
15 50 (11.79%) SDLC
15 50 (11.79%) Systems Engineering
16 47 (11.08%) CI/CD
17 46 (10.85%) Cloud Operations
Programming Languages
1 211 (49.76%) Python
2 131 (30.90%) Bash
3 112 (26.42%) Java
4 102 (24.06%) PowerShell
5 48 (11.32%) JavaScript
6 42 (9.91%) Perl
7 37 (8.73%) SQL
8 22 (5.19%) C++
9 19 (4.48%) Shell Script
10 15 (3.54%) Kotlin
11 13 (3.07%) C
12 11 (2.59%) C#
12 11 (2.59%) Ruby
13 10 (2.36%) Korn
14 7 (1.65%) PHP
14 7 (1.65%) VBScript
15 6 (1.42%) TypeScript
16 4 (0.94%) Go
17 3 (0.71%) VB
18 2 (0.47%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 201 (47.41%) Security Cleared
2 130 (30.66%) SC Cleared
3 120 (28.30%) DV Cleared
4 49 (11.56%) AWS Certification
5 46 (10.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 46 (10.85%) Azure Certification
6 36 (8.49%) Degree
7 20 (4.72%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (2.83%) CCNA
8 12 (2.83%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (1.42%) A+ Certification
9 6 (1.42%) Network+ Certification
10 5 (1.18%) CCNP
10 5 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (1.18%) RHCA
10 5 (1.18%) RHCE
10 5 (1.18%) RHCSA
10 5 (1.18%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (1.89%) 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 98 (23.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 96 (22.64%) Docker
3 66 (15.57%) Active Directory
4 52 (12.26%) Hyper-V
5 26 (6.13%) VMware ESXi
6 22 (5.19%) vSphere
7 11 (2.59%) Firmware
8 9 (2.12%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (1.89%) Embedded Firmware
10 7 (1.65%) VMware Server
10 7 (1.65%) XenApp
11 6 (1.42%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 5 (1.18%) KVM
12 5 (1.18%) Virtual Desktop
13 4 (0.94%) Ceph
13 4 (0.94%) VMware NSX
14 3 (0.71%) Gluster
14 3 (0.71%) oVirt
15 2 (0.47%) NFS
16 1 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 225 (53.07%) Ansible
2 135 (31.84%) Puppet
3 122 (28.77%) Kubernetes
4 84 (19.81%) Terraform
5 16 (3.77%) Progress Chef
6 13 (3.07%) Red Hat Satellite
6 13 (3.07%) WSUS
7 12 (2.83%) Nagios
7 12 (2.83%) vCenter Server
8 11 (2.59%) Salt
8 11 (2.59%) Single Sign-On
9 10 (2.36%) Prometheus
9 10 (2.36%) SCCM
10 8 (1.89%) Grafana
10 8 (1.89%) Podman
11 7 (1.65%) EMC VPLEX
12 6 (1.42%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 6 (1.42%) Red Hat Spacewalk
12 6 (1.42%) SCOM
13 5 (1.18%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 254 (59.91%) Red Hat
2 128 (30.19%) VMware
3 92 (21.70%) Oracle
4 72 (16.98%) Microsoft
5 57 (13.44%) Cisco
6 46 (10.85%) Sparx
7 32 (7.55%) Google
8 26 (6.13%) SaltStack
9 20 (4.72%) Citrix
9 20 (4.72%) IBM
10 14 (3.30%) Xilinx
11 12 (2.83%) Fortinet
11 12 (2.83%) Juniper
12 11 (2.59%) Splunk
12 11 (2.59%) Sun
12 11 (2.59%) TOWER Software
13 10 (2.36%) F5
13 10 (2.36%) Serena
14 9 (2.12%) Veeam
15 8 (1.89%) EMC