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 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 145 104
Rank change year-on-year +23 -41 -26
Contract jobs citing Continuous Integration 361 382 754
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.72% 1.68% 2.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.06% 1.88% 2.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 224 266 475
10th Percentile £358 £410 £400
25th Percentile £413 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £570 £540
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +5.56% +13.68%
75th Percentile £622 £638 £625
90th Percentile £700 £713 £688
UK median daily rate £550 £595 £600
% change year-on-year -7.56% -0.83% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 18 11
10th Percentile £60.25 £54.69 £57.50
25th Percentile £61.25 £61.25 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - £69.69 £66.88
90th Percentile £65.70 £70.00 £70.75
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +52.94%

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 17,503 20,300 27,475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.16% 89.14% 89.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,332 13,919 19,210
10th Percentile £250 £260 £241
25th Percentile £375 £400 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £581
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,157 1,243 1,356
10th Percentile £12.50 £10.63 £12.43
25th Percentile £15.40 £15.11 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £74.73 £62.38
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.90 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.67% +39.80% +10.64%

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 6 June 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 6 June 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 6 June 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
North of England +20 83 £475 -19.15% 57
South East 0 79 £550 +4.76% 53
East of England +27 60 £485 +36.62% 20
Yorkshire +32 48 £513 -10.09% 12
South West +12 46 £700 +12.00% 33
Scotland +40 39 £500 -5.66% 21
Midlands -1 39 £358 -33.70% 36
West Midlands -9 33 £358 -33.70% 33
North West -10 27 £500 -16.67% 39
Wales +2 15 £545 -7.00% 8
North East +10 8 £430 -47.82% 6
East Midlands +12 6 £356 -41.28% 3
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 49 (13.57%) Confluence
2 6 (1.66%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.39%) JBoss
3 5 (1.39%) nginx
4 4 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.11%) Appian
5 3 (0.83%) Apache
5 3 (0.83%) CMS
5 3 (0.83%) Drupal
5 3 (0.83%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.55%) CICS
6 2 (0.55%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.55%) SAS
6 2 (0.55%) Traefik
7 1 (0.28%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.28%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (0.55%) Trello
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.28%) PlantUML
2 1 (0.28%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.28%) SAP HCM
1 1 (0.28%) SAP Payroll
1 1 (0.28%) SAP PM
1 1 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 87 (24.10%) AWS
2 85 (23.55%) Azure
3 45 (12.47%) GitHub
4 36 (9.97%) GCP
5 27 (7.48%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (4.71%) GitHub Actions
7 13 (3.60%) Serverless
8 12 (3.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 12 (3.32%) OpenShift
9 9 (2.49%) Kong
10 8 (2.22%) Amazon EKS
11 7 (1.94%) Apigee
12 6 (1.66%) IaaS
13 5 (1.39%) Azure Functions
13 5 (1.39%) PaaS
14 4 (1.11%) AWS CloudFormation
14 4 (1.11%) Power Platform
14 4 (1.11%) Unqork
15 3 (0.83%) Azure Data Factory
15 3 (0.83%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 35 (9.70%) RS-485
2 34 (9.42%) Modbus
2 34 (9.42%) RS-422
3 27 (7.48%) TCP/IP
4 22 (6.09%) Firewall
5 18 (4.99%) DNS
6 15 (4.16%) HTTP
7 13 (3.60%) VPN
8 11 (3.05%) Ethernet
9 8 (2.22%) SSL
10 7 (1.94%) Kerberos
11 4 (1.11%) Internet
12 3 (0.83%) BIG-IP
12 3 (0.83%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 3 (0.83%) Reverse Proxy
13 2 (0.55%) 5G
14 1 (0.28%) 4G
14 1 (0.28%) LTE
14 1 (0.28%) Network Security
14 1 (0.28%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (9.70%) MySQL
2 30 (8.31%) Relational Database
3 20 (5.54%) Amazon Redshift
4 14 (3.88%) Elasticsearch
4 14 (3.88%) SQL Server
5 13 (3.60%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (3.05%) NoSQL
7 9 (2.49%) MongoDB
8 6 (1.66%) Apache Cassandra
8 6 (1.66%) RDBMS
9 4 (1.11%) Power BI
10 3 (0.83%) ClickHouse
10 3 (0.83%) Couchbase
10 3 (0.83%) InterSystems Cache
10 3 (0.83%) Redis
10 3 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.55%) Hadoop
11 2 (0.55%) IDMS
11 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 2 (0.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 130 (36.01%) Jenkins
2 112 (31.02%) Git
3 81 (22.44%) JIRA
4 60 (16.62%) GitLab
5 49 (13.57%) Selenium
6 41 (11.36%) Cucumber
7 35 (9.70%) Bitbucket
7 35 (9.70%) SonarQube
8 31 (8.59%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 24 (6.65%) REST Assured
10 19 (5.26%) Visual Studio
11 18 (4.99%) TestRail
12 15 (4.16%) Cypress.io
13 13 (3.60%) Maven
13 13 (3.60%) Postman
14 11 (3.05%) CircleCI
14 11 (3.05%) Eclipse
14 11 (3.05%) JUnit
15 10 (2.77%) Travis CI
16 9 (2.49%) Gradle
General
1 134 (37.12%) Social Skills
2 67 (18.56%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (10.53%) Electronics
4 34 (9.42%) Finance
5 21 (5.82%) Law
6 20 (5.54%) Aerospace
7 17 (4.71%) Public Sector
8 15 (4.16%) Presentation Skills
9 13 (3.60%) Police
10 11 (3.05%) Military
11 7 (1.94%) Banking
11 7 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.11%) Multimedia
13 3 (0.83%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.55%) Games
14 2 (0.55%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.28%) Financial Institution
15 1 (0.28%) Health Technology
15 1 (0.28%) Retail
15 1 (0.28%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 96 (26.59%) Developer
2 72 (19.94%) Software Engineer
3 37 (10.25%) C++ Software Engineer
4 30 (8.31%) DevOps Engineer
5 27 (7.48%) Java Developer
6 25 (6.93%) Senior
7 22 (6.09%) Java Engineer
8 20 (5.54%) Analyst
9 19 (5.26%) Test Analyst
10 18 (4.99%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
11 16 (4.43%) Architect
12 13 (3.60%) C# Software Engineer
12 13 (3.60%) Test Engineer
13 9 (2.49%) Automation Engineer
13 9 (2.49%) Cloud Engineer
13 9 (2.49%) Full Stack Developer
13 9 (2.49%) Senior Developer
14 8 (2.22%) Azure Engineer
14 8 (2.22%) Data Engineer
14 8 (2.22%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (15.24%) REST
2 38 (10.53%) RESTful
3 34 (9.42%) .NET
4 33 (9.14%) Java EE
5 30 (8.31%) Elastic Stack
5 30 (8.31%) Web Services
6 27 (7.48%) Kafka
6 27 (7.48%) Spring Boot
7 23 (6.37%) .NET Core
8 22 (6.09%) Spring
9 21 (5.82%) Node.js
9 21 (5.82%) React
10 20 (5.54%) JSON
10 20 (5.54%) XML
11 16 (4.43%) ARM Templates
12 13 (3.60%) Vue
13 12 (3.32%) SOAP
13 12 (3.32%) YAML
14 11 (3.05%) Playwright
15 10 (2.77%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 31 (8.59%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (5.54%) Product Ownership
3 18 (4.99%) Data Structures
4 11 (3.05%) Cloud Native
5 10 (2.77%) Public Cloud
6 9 (2.49%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (2.49%) Mobile App
7 7 (1.94%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (1.66%) Enterprise Cloud
9 5 (1.39%) Linux Command Line
9 5 (1.39%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.11%) Device Driver
10 4 (1.11%) IoT
10 4 (1.11%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.11%) PCIe
10 4 (1.11%) Social Media
10 4 (1.11%) Verilog
10 4 (1.11%) VHDL
11 3 (0.83%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 90 (24.93%) Linux
2 43 (11.91%) Windows
3 17 (4.71%) Unix
4 11 (3.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (2.22%) Embedded Linux
6 5 (1.39%) VxWorks
7 4 (1.11%) Android
7 4 (1.11%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.55%) CentOS
8 2 (0.55%) zOS
9 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (59.28%) Agile
2 175 (48.48%) CI/CD
3 162 (44.88%) DevOps
4 134 (37.12%) Software Engineering
5 128 (35.46%) Test Automation
6 85 (23.55%) Problem-Solving
7 83 (22.99%) Configuration Management
8 77 (21.33%) TDD
9 65 (18.01%) Continuous Delivery
10 64 (17.73%) Scrum
11 61 (16.90%) Unit Testing
12 57 (15.79%) Software Testing
13 50 (13.85%) Infrastructure as Code
14 48 (13.30%) Continuous Improvement
15 45 (12.47%) OO
16 44 (12.19%) Deployment Automation
17 43 (11.91%) Containerisation
18 42 (11.63%) Pair Programming
19 36 (9.97%) Customer Requirements
20 34 (9.42%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 85 (23.55%) Python
2 75 (20.78%) Java
3 71 (19.67%) C#
4 58 (16.07%) C++
5 50 (13.85%) PowerShell
6 48 (13.30%) C
7 39 (10.80%) Bash
8 37 (10.25%) JavaScript
9 28 (7.76%) SQL
10 21 (5.82%) Go
11 16 (4.43%) Scala
12 14 (3.88%) Groovy
12 14 (3.88%) TypeScript
13 12 (3.32%) Ruby
13 12 (3.32%) Shell Script
14 11 (3.05%) Perl
15 9 (2.49%) Kotlin
15 9 (2.49%) PHP
16 4 (1.11%) Embedded C
16 4 (1.11%) VB6
Qualifications
1 108 (29.92%) Security Cleared
2 81 (22.44%) SC Cleared
3 28 (7.76%) DV Cleared
4 26 (7.20%) Degree
5 20 (5.54%) ISTQB
6 19 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
7 18 (4.99%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.28%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.28%) SANS
9 1 (0.28%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (13.30%) QA
2 5 (1.39%) MISRA
2 5 (1.39%) MISRA C
3 3 (0.83%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (0.55%) NCSC
5 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.28%) IEC 61508
5 1 (0.28%) NIST
5 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.28%) WCAG
System Software
1 66 (18.28%) Docker
2 14 (3.88%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.11%) Firmware
4 4 (1.11%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.11%) VirtualBox
5 3 (0.83%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 3 (0.83%) zsh
Systems Management
1 97 (26.87%) Ansible
2 69 (19.11%) Terraform
3 65 (18.01%) Kubernetes
4 43 (11.91%) Grafana
5 30 (8.31%) Prometheus
6 23 (6.37%) Docker Swarm
7 22 (6.09%) Progress Chef
8 21 (5.82%) PowerCLI
9 18 (4.99%) Puppet
10 16 (4.43%) Kibana
11 14 (3.88%) Podman
12 9 (2.49%) logstash
13 6 (1.66%) Zipkin
14 5 (1.39%) Graylog
14 5 (1.39%) HP Fortify
14 5 (1.39%) Nessus
14 5 (1.39%) Packer
14 5 (1.39%) WebInspect
15 4 (1.11%) Rancher
16 2 (0.55%) Consul
Vendors
1 36 (9.97%) Microsoft
2 29 (8.03%) Atlassian
3 22 (6.09%) Dell
3 22 (6.09%) HP
4 21 (5.82%) Splunk
5 20 (5.54%) Denodo
5 20 (5.54%) Talend
6 15 (4.16%) Oracle
7 14 (3.88%) EMC
8 10 (2.77%) VMware
9 9 (2.49%) Google
10 8 (2.22%) IBM
11 7 (1.94%) PagerDuty
11 7 (1.94%) Red Hat
11 7 (1.94%) ServiceNow
12 6 (1.66%) Cadence
13 5 (1.39%) AppDynamics
13 5 (1.39%) Checkmarx
13 5 (1.39%) Veracode
14 4 (1.11%) Pega