Continuous Delivery Contracts

Continuous Delivery
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Continuous Delivery skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Continuous Delivery over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 382 252 210
Rank change year-on-year -130 -42 -13
Contract jobs citing Continuous Delivery 223 640 1,251
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.52% 1.07% 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 1.19% 1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 464 887
10th Percentile £400 £463 £408
25th Percentile £445 £525 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £595 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.36% +3.48% +15.00%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £565 £540
% change year-on-year -13.27% +4.63% +13.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 12 3
10th Percentile - £58.25 £68.60
25th Percentile - - £71.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year - -18.75% +88.24%
75th Percentile - £67.50 £85.00
90th Percentile - £98.63 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Continuous Delivery 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

Continuous Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Continuous Delivery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Delivery in the UK

Continuous Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Continuous Delivery.

Daily rate trend for Continuous Delivery in the UK

Continuous Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Delivery over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Delivery in the UK

Continuous Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Continuous Delivery.

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Delivery in the UK

Continuous Delivery
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Delivery within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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
England -96 177 £550 -8.33% 119
London -70 102 £675 +11.11% 48
UK excluding London -62 90 £490 -13.27% 76
Work from Home -44 84 £550 -8.33% 67
North of England +18 29 £434 -23.86% 16
Yorkshire +31 23 £430 -22.87% 5
Scotland +18 22 £506 -3.62% 8
Midlands -3 12 £545 +0.93% 5
South West -25 11 £400 -27.27% 15
South East -1 10 £588 +5.62% 22
West Midlands +4 8 £675 +25.00% 4
East of England +11 6 £425 -8.11% 9
North West -6 5 £524 -6.89% 9
East Midlands +17 3 £419 -22.41% 1
North East +16 1 £525 -37.05% 2

Continuous Delivery
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 9 (4.04%) Apache Spark
2 8 (3.59%) Confluence
3 5 (2.24%) nginx
3 5 (2.24%) SAS
4 4 (1.79%) Apache
4 4 (1.79%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.79%) CMS
4 4 (1.79%) IIS
4 4 (1.79%) JBoss
5 3 (1.35%) Drupal
5 3 (1.35%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.45%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.45%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.45%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (0.90%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.90%) Softmar
2 1 (0.45%) Magento
2 1 (0.45%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 72 (32.29%) Azure
2 70 (31.39%) AWS
3 39 (17.49%) Azure DevOps
4 25 (11.21%) GCP
5 22 (9.87%) Serverless
6 17 (7.62%) PaaS
7 15 (6.73%) GitHub
8 13 (5.83%) IaaS
8 13 (5.83%) SaaS
9 12 (5.38%) GitHub Actions
9 12 (5.38%) OpenShift
10 10 (4.48%) Azure Functions
10 10 (4.48%) Azure Logic Apps
11 9 (4.04%) Amazon S3
11 9 (4.04%) AWS CloudFormation
11 9 (4.04%) AWS Lambda
11 9 (4.04%) Azure API Management
11 9 (4.04%) Azure Service Bus
12 8 (3.59%) Azure Key Vault
12 8 (3.59%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.04%) TCP/IP
2 6 (2.69%) Ethernet
3 4 (1.79%) HTTP
3 4 (1.79%) SSL
4 3 (1.35%) DNS
4 3 (1.35%) Firewall
4 3 (1.35%) VPN
5 1 (0.45%) FTP
5 1 (0.45%) IPsec
5 1 (0.45%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (13.00%) NoSQL
2 17 (7.62%) SQL Server
3 15 (6.73%) Relational Database
4 13 (5.83%) MongoDB
5 12 (5.38%) Big Data
6 10 (4.48%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (3.59%) Data Lake
8 7 (3.14%) Amazon Aurora
8 7 (3.14%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (3.14%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (3.14%) OLTP
9 6 (2.69%) Apache Cassandra
9 6 (2.69%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (2.69%) MySQL
10 5 (2.24%) DB2
10 5 (2.24%) KDB
11 4 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (1.79%) BigQuery
12 3 (1.35%) CockroachDB
12 3 (1.35%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 42 (18.83%) Jenkins
2 37 (16.59%) Git
3 18 (8.07%) TeamCity
4 15 (6.73%) Cucumber
5 13 (5.83%) JIRA
5 13 (5.83%) Moq
6 12 (5.38%) NUnit
7 11 (4.93%) SonarQube
8 10 (4.48%) Cypress.io
8 10 (4.48%) Selenium
8 10 (4.48%) Visual Studio
9 8 (3.59%) GitLab
10 7 (3.14%) Visual Studio Team System
11 6 (2.69%) Artifactory
11 6 (2.69%) Eclipse
12 5 (2.24%) Bitbucket
13 4 (1.79%) Ant
13 4 (1.79%) Vagrant
14 3 (1.35%) JMeter
14 3 (1.35%) JUnit
General
1 49 (21.97%) Finance
2 46 (20.63%) Social Skills
3 21 (9.42%) Banking
4 20 (8.97%) Front Office
4 20 (8.97%) Public Sector
5 16 (7.17%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (4.04%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (3.59%) Military
8 7 (3.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.69%) Marketing
10 4 (1.79%) Games
10 4 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.79%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.90%) Electronics
11 2 (0.90%) Legal
11 2 (0.90%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.90%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.45%) Advertising
12 1 (0.45%) Back Office
12 1 (0.45%) Law
Job Titles
1 69 (30.94%) Developer
2 23 (10.31%) Senior
3 22 (9.87%) Lead
4 20 (8.97%) C# Developer
4 20 (8.97%) Java Developer
5 15 (6.73%) Senior Developer
6 13 (5.83%) Architect
7 11 (4.93%) DevOps Engineer
7 11 (4.93%) Project Manager
8 10 (4.48%) React Developer
8 10 (4.48%) Scrum Master
8 10 (4.48%) Software Engineer
9 9 (4.04%) Cloud Engineer
10 8 (3.59%) Java Engineer
11 7 (3.14%) Consultant
12 6 (2.69%) .NET Developer
12 6 (2.69%) Senior Java Developer
12 6 (2.69%) Storage Engineer
12 6 (2.69%) Technical Manager
12 6 (2.69%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (14.80%) .NET
2 28 (12.56%) Node.js
3 23 (10.31%) React
4 22 (9.87%) RESTful
5 20 (8.97%) Spring
6 18 (8.07%) .NET Core
6 18 (8.07%) ARM Templates
6 18 (8.07%) RabbitMQ
6 18 (8.07%) Web Services
7 17 (7.62%) REST
8 15 (6.73%) ASP.NET
8 15 (6.73%) Spring Boot
9 14 (6.28%) Kafka
9 14 (6.28%) Middleware
10 13 (5.83%) ASP.NET Web API
10 13 (5.83%) XML
11 12 (5.38%) HTML
11 12 (5.38%) SignalR
12 11 (4.93%) CSS
13 10 (4.48%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.97%) Management Information System
2 19 (8.52%) Product Ownership
3 14 (6.28%) Data Structures
4 13 (5.83%) Greenfield Project
5 10 (4.48%) Algorithms
5 10 (4.48%) Onboarding
6 9 (4.04%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (4.04%) Fixed Income
7 8 (3.59%) Cloud Native
7 8 (3.59%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (3.59%) Public Cloud
8 6 (2.69%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.69%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (2.24%) Derivative
9 5 (2.24%) Linux Command Line
9 5 (2.24%) Mobile App
9 5 (2.24%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.79%) Security Posture
11 3 (1.35%) Marketing Technology
11 3 (1.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 34 (15.25%) Linux
2 18 (8.07%) Windows
3 6 (2.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (2.69%) Unix
4 4 (1.79%) AIX
4 4 (1.79%) Solaris
5 3 (1.35%) Android
5 3 (1.35%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.90%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (70.40%) CI/CD
2 141 (63.23%) Continuous Integration
3 138 (61.88%) Agile
4 122 (54.71%) DevOps
5 68 (30.49%) Test Automation
6 54 (24.22%) TDD
7 49 (21.97%) Microservices
8 44 (19.73%) Mentoring
9 42 (18.83%) Software Engineering
10 41 (18.39%) Scrum
11 39 (17.49%) Infrastructure as Code
12 37 (16.59%) Problem-Solving
13 36 (16.14%) Containerisation
14 29 (13.00%) Deployment Automation
15 28 (12.56%) Kanban
15 28 (12.56%) Performance Analysis
16 25 (11.21%) OO
17 24 (10.76%) Roadmaps
18 23 (10.31%) Design Patterns
18 23 (10.31%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 50 (22.42%) Java
2 46 (20.63%) Python
3 43 (19.28%) SQL
4 42 (18.83%) C#
5 35 (15.70%) JavaScript
6 25 (11.21%) TypeScript
7 21 (9.42%) PowerShell
8 14 (6.28%) Go
9 12 (5.38%) Bash
9 12 (5.38%) Kotlin
9 12 (5.38%) Scala
10 10 (4.48%) C++
11 9 (4.04%) Groovy
12 6 (2.69%) Perl
13 5 (2.24%) Shell Script
14 4 (1.79%) PHP
14 4 (1.79%) Ruby
15 3 (1.35%) Bicep
15 3 (1.35%) C
16 1 (0.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (10.31%) Security Cleared
2 18 (8.07%) SC Cleared
3 16 (7.17%) BPSS Clearance
4 12 (5.38%) Degree
5 6 (2.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.79%) CISSP
7 2 (0.90%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.45%) APMP
8 1 (0.45%) CCNP
8 1 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.45%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.45%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.45%) MCSE
8 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.17%) QA
2 11 (4.93%) NCSC
3 8 (3.59%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.35%) Disclosure Scotland
4 3 (1.35%) WCAG
5 1 (0.45%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.45%) MiFID
5 1 (0.45%) NIST
5 1 (0.45%) SLA
System Software
1 52 (23.32%) Docker
2 4 (1.79%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 1 (0.45%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.45%) Ceph
3 1 (0.45%) HDFS
3 1 (0.45%) NFS
3 1 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 50 (22.42%) Terraform
2 38 (17.04%) Ansible
3 34 (15.25%) Kubernetes
4 10 (4.48%) Grafana
5 7 (3.14%) Kibana
5 7 (3.14%) Puppet
6 6 (2.69%) Progress Chef
7 5 (2.24%) Packer
7 5 (2.24%) Prometheus
8 4 (1.79%) Tivoli
8 4 (1.79%) Zipkin
9 2 (0.90%) Hadoop YARN
9 2 (0.90%) Rancher
10 1 (0.45%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.45%) FreeIPA
10 1 (0.45%) Icinga
10 1 (0.45%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.45%) logstash
10 1 (0.45%) Mesos
10 1 (0.45%) Podman
Vendors
1 39 (17.49%) Microsoft
2 15 (6.73%) EMC
3 12 (5.38%) Splunk
3 12 (5.38%) TIBCO
4 10 (4.48%) Oracle
5 9 (4.04%) Google
6 5 (2.24%) ION Trading
6 5 (2.24%) ServiceNow
6 5 (2.24%) VMware
7 4 (1.79%) AppDynamics
7 4 (1.79%) F5
7 4 (1.79%) IBM
7 4 (1.79%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.35%) SAP
9 2 (0.90%) Databricks
9 2 (0.90%) Remedy
10 1 (0.45%) Checkmarx
10 1 (0.45%) Dataiku
10 1 (0.45%) Optimizely
10 1 (0.45%) Perfecto Mobile