Continuous Integration Contracts in the UK excluding London

Continuous Integration
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Continuous Integration skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Continuous Integration over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 130 124 108
Rank change year-on-year -6 -16 -24
Contract jobs citing Continuous Integration 350 495 749
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.70% 2.07% 2.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.01% 2.31% 2.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 340 479
10th Percentile £358 £418 £406
25th Percentile £425 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year - +0.92% +14.74%
75th Percentile £625 £628 £625
90th Percentile £700 £713 £688
UK median daily rate £550 £585 £600
% change year-on-year -5.90% -2.58% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 21 14
10th Percentile £60.25 £52.75 -
25th Percentile £61.25 - £55.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - £70.00 -
90th Percentile - - £65.88
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £58.75
% change year-on-year - +10.64% +30.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Continuous Integration is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,416 21,395 27,498
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.70% 89.57% 88.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,404 14,844 19,217
10th Percentile £250 £256 £233
25th Percentile £375 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,048 1,307 1,356
10th Percentile £12.30 £11.00 £12.05
25th Percentile £15.22 £15.56 £14.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £46.31
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%

Continuous Integration
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Continuous Integration as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Integration in the UK excluding London

Continuous Integration
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Continuous Integration in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Continuous Integration in the UK excluding London

Continuous Integration
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Integration in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Integration in the UK excluding London

Continuous Integration
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Continuous Integration in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Integration in the UK excluding London

Continuous Integration
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Continuous Integration in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Continuous Integration in the UK excluding London

Continuous Integration
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Integration within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 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
South East -4 87 £550 +1.85% 77
North of England +4 73 £500 -14.89% 57
East of England +31 59 £475 +35.71% 27
Yorkshire +36 46 £475 -16.67% 21
Scotland +36 44 £525 +5.00% 20
South West +3 40 £700 +14.52% 37
Midlands -22 33 £358 -33.70% 26
West Midlands -29 27 £360 -33.33% 24
North West -14 22 £500 -16.67% 34
Wales -7 14 £550 -6.14% 13
East Midlands +19 6 £356 -40.67% 2
North East +10 5 £488 -33.85% 2
Continuous Integration
UK

Continuous Integration
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 51 (14.57%) Confluence
2 5 (1.43%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.43%) JBoss
2 5 (1.43%) nginx
3 4 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.86%) Apache
4 3 (0.86%) CMS
4 3 (0.86%) Drupal
4 3 (0.86%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.57%) CICS
5 2 (0.57%) SAS
5 2 (0.57%) Traefik
6 1 (0.29%) Appian
6 1 (0.29%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.29%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.29%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.29%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.29%) PlantUML
2 1 (0.29%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.29%) SAP HCM
1 1 (0.29%) SAP Payroll
1 1 (0.29%) SAP PM
1 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 86 (24.57%) AWS
2 81 (23.14%) Azure
3 44 (12.57%) GitHub
4 30 (8.57%) GCP
5 26 (7.43%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (5.14%) GitHub Actions
7 13 (3.71%) OpenShift
8 11 (3.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 11 (3.14%) Serverless
9 8 (2.29%) Amazon EKS
10 7 (2.00%) Apigee
11 6 (1.71%) Azure Functions
11 6 (1.71%) Kong
12 5 (1.43%) IaaS
12 5 (1.43%) PaaS
12 5 (1.43%) Power Platform
13 4 (1.14%) Amazon EC2
13 4 (1.14%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (1.14%) Azure Service Bus
14 3 (0.86%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 36 (10.29%) Modbus
1 36 (10.29%) RS-422
1 36 (10.29%) RS-485
2 20 (5.71%) Firewall
2 20 (5.71%) TCP/IP
3 15 (4.29%) DNS
4 12 (3.43%) HTTP
5 10 (2.86%) VPN
6 8 (2.29%) Ethernet
7 7 (2.00%) Kerberos
8 4 (1.14%) Internet
8 4 (1.14%) SSL
9 3 (0.86%) 5G
10 1 (0.29%) DMZ
10 1 (0.29%) IPsec
10 1 (0.29%) NFC
10 1 (0.29%) PPP
10 1 (0.29%) Software-Defined Networking
10 1 (0.29%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (9.14%) MySQL
2 27 (7.71%) Relational Database
3 18 (5.14%) SQL Server
4 15 (4.29%) Amazon Redshift
5 11 (3.14%) Elasticsearch
5 11 (3.14%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (2.86%) NoSQL
7 9 (2.57%) MongoDB
8 7 (2.00%) Apache Cassandra
9 6 (1.71%) RDBMS
10 5 (1.43%) Power BI
11 4 (1.14%) Couchbase
11 4 (1.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.86%) ClickHouse
12 3 (0.86%) DB2
12 3 (0.86%) Hadoop
12 3 (0.86%) InterSystems Cache
12 3 (0.86%) Redis
13 2 (0.57%) Amazon Aurora
13 2 (0.57%) CockroachDB
Development Applications
1 135 (38.57%) Jenkins
2 107 (30.57%) Git
3 84 (24.00%) JIRA
4 54 (15.43%) GitLab
5 47 (13.43%) Cucumber
6 43 (12.29%) Selenium
7 37 (10.57%) Bitbucket
8 36 (10.29%) SonarQube
9 28 (8.00%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 24 (6.86%) REST Assured
11 22 (6.29%) TestRail
12 18 (5.14%) Postman
13 14 (4.00%) Cypress.io
13 14 (4.00%) Visual Studio
14 13 (3.71%) JUnit
15 10 (2.86%) Maven
16 9 (2.57%) Eclipse
17 8 (2.29%) CircleCI
17 8 (2.29%) Gradle
17 8 (2.29%) JMeter
General
1 129 (36.86%) Social Skills
2 66 (18.86%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (11.43%) Electronics
4 28 (8.00%) Finance
5 21 (6.00%) Law
5 21 (6.00%) Public Sector
6 19 (5.43%) Aerospace
7 13 (3.71%) Police
8 9 (2.57%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (2.29%) Military
10 7 (2.00%) Multimedia
11 6 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.43%) Banking
13 3 (0.86%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.57%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.29%) Financial Institution
15 1 (0.29%) Games
15 1 (0.29%) Legal
15 1 (0.29%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 92 (26.29%) Developer
2 73 (20.86%) Software Engineer
3 37 (10.57%) C++ Software Engineer
4 35 (10.00%) Senior
5 26 (7.43%) DevOps Engineer
6 25 (7.14%) Java Developer
7 23 (6.57%) Analyst
8 22 (6.29%) Java Engineer
8 22 (6.29%) Test Analyst
9 20 (5.71%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
10 15 (4.29%) Senior Developer
11 14 (4.00%) Architect
12 12 (3.43%) Test Engineer
13 11 (3.14%) Cloud Engineer
14 10 (2.86%) Azure Engineer
14 10 (2.86%) Senior Java Developer
15 9 (2.57%) C# Software Engineer
16 8 (2.29%) C Software Engineer
16 8 (2.29%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
16 8 (2.29%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (16.29%) REST
2 35 (10.00%) Kafka
3 32 (9.14%) RESTful
4 31 (8.86%) .NET
5 26 (7.43%) Elastic Stack
5 26 (7.43%) React
6 25 (7.14%) .NET Core
6 25 (7.14%) Java EE
7 24 (6.86%) Web Services
8 21 (6.00%) Spring Boot
9 20 (5.71%) Node.js
10 18 (5.14%) JSON
10 18 (5.14%) Spring
10 18 (5.14%) XML
11 15 (4.29%) ARM Templates
12 12 (3.43%) Vue
13 11 (3.14%) HTML
13 11 (3.14%) J2EE
14 10 (2.86%) CSS
14 10 (2.86%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (8.86%) Self-Motivation
2 21 (6.00%) Product Ownership
3 14 (4.00%) Data Structures
4 12 (3.43%) Cloud Native
5 11 (3.14%) Public Cloud
6 9 (2.57%) Mobile App
7 7 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (1.71%) Enterprise Cloud
9 5 (1.43%) Linux Command Line
9 5 (1.43%) Social Media
10 4 (1.14%) Device Driver
10 4 (1.14%) IoT
10 4 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.14%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.14%) PCIe
10 4 (1.14%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.14%) Verilog
10 4 (1.14%) VHDL
11 3 (0.86%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 88 (25.14%) Linux
2 42 (12.00%) Windows
3 16 (4.57%) Unix
4 12 (3.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (2.57%) Embedded Linux
6 5 (1.43%) VxWorks
7 4 (1.14%) Android
7 4 (1.14%) Mac OS X
8 3 (0.86%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.57%) CentOS
9 2 (0.57%) zOS
10 1 (0.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (60.00%) Agile
2 167 (47.71%) CI/CD
3 163 (46.57%) DevOps
4 131 (37.43%) Software Engineering
5 123 (35.14%) Test Automation
6 82 (23.43%) Problem-Solving
7 78 (22.29%) TDD
8 75 (21.43%) Configuration Management
9 62 (17.71%) Continuous Delivery
10 60 (17.14%) Unit Testing
11 59 (16.86%) Continuous Improvement
12 56 (16.00%) Scrum
13 49 (14.00%) Software Testing
14 48 (13.71%) Infrastructure as Code
15 47 (13.43%) Deployment Automation
16 46 (13.14%) Pair Programming
17 40 (11.43%) Containerisation
18 38 (10.86%) Customer Requirements
19 37 (10.57%) Microservices
20 33 (9.43%) OO
Programming Languages
1 84 (24.00%) Python
2 69 (19.71%) Java
3 68 (19.43%) C#
4 55 (15.71%) C++
5 50 (14.29%) PowerShell
6 48 (13.71%) C
7 38 (10.86%) JavaScript
8 37 (10.57%) Bash
9 27 (7.71%) SQL
10 22 (6.29%) Go
11 15 (4.29%) Groovy
11 15 (4.29%) TypeScript
12 13 (3.71%) Scala
13 12 (3.43%) Shell Script
14 11 (3.14%) Perl
14 11 (3.14%) Ruby
15 9 (2.57%) PHP
16 8 (2.29%) Kotlin
17 6 (1.71%) PL/SQL
18 4 (1.14%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 106 (30.29%) Security Cleared
2 79 (22.57%) SC Cleared
3 28 (8.00%) Degree
3 28 (8.00%) DV Cleared
4 21 (6.00%) ISTQB
4 21 (6.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 20 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (0.86%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.29%) CCNP
8 1 (0.29%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.29%) MCSE
8 1 (0.29%) SANS
8 1 (0.29%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (10.00%) QA
2 5 (1.43%) MISRA
2 5 (1.43%) MISRA C
3 3 (0.86%) Disclosure Scotland
3 3 (0.86%) NCSC
4 2 (0.57%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.57%) NIST
4 2 (0.57%) WCAG
5 1 (0.29%) IEC 61508
5 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 67 (19.14%) Docker
2 13 (3.71%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.43%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.14%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 4 (1.14%) Firmware
4 4 (1.14%) VirtualBox
4 4 (1.14%) zsh
5 2 (0.57%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.29%) HDFS
6 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 93 (26.57%) Ansible
2 67 (19.14%) Kubernetes
3 65 (18.57%) Terraform
4 34 (9.71%) Grafana
5 25 (7.14%) Prometheus
6 22 (6.29%) PowerCLI
7 20 (5.71%) Docker Swarm
8 19 (5.43%) Progress Chef
9 18 (5.14%) Puppet
10 15 (4.29%) Kibana
11 14 (4.00%) Podman
12 6 (1.71%) logstash
12 6 (1.71%) Packer
13 5 (1.43%) Graylog
13 5 (1.43%) HP Fortify
13 5 (1.43%) Nessus
13 5 (1.43%) WebInspect
13 5 (1.43%) Zipkin
14 3 (0.86%) Rancher
15 2 (0.57%) Consul
Vendors
1 32 (9.14%) Microsoft
2 30 (8.57%) Atlassian
3 23 (6.57%) Dell
3 23 (6.57%) HP
4 20 (5.71%) Splunk
5 17 (4.86%) Oracle
6 15 (4.29%) Denodo
6 15 (4.29%) Talend
7 14 (4.00%) EMC
8 11 (3.14%) VMware
9 8 (2.29%) Google
10 7 (2.00%) Red Hat
11 6 (1.71%) Cadence
11 6 (1.71%) Checkmarx
11 6 (1.71%) PagerDuty
11 6 (1.71%) ServiceNow
12 5 (1.43%) AppDynamics
12 5 (1.43%) IBM
12 5 (1.43%) Veracode
13 4 (1.14%) Intel