Continuous Integration Contracts

Continuous Integration
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 114 87
Rank change year-on-year -11 -27 -10
Contract jobs citing Continuous Integration 799 1,316 2,550
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.83% 2.19% 2.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.12% 2.43% 3.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 515 947 1,703
10th Percentile £365 £450 £426
25th Percentile £463 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £580 £598
Median % change year-on-year -2.16% -3.01% +15.00%
75th Percentile £689 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £545 £540
% change year-on-year +0.92% +0.93% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 35 30
10th Percentile £60.25 £52.60 £49.90
25th Percentile £61.25 £62.25 £55.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year - +10.64% +30.56%
75th Percentile - £70.00 £65.94
90th Percentile - £75.00 £76.31
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +44.44%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,651 54,096 80,844
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.29% 89.91% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,333 37,469 56,726
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% +9.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,430 1,787 1,945
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.66 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.34 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.65 £37.30 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.42% +86.50% -8.09%

Continuous Integration
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Integration in the UK

Continuous Integration
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Continuous Integration in the UK

Continuous Integration
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Integration over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Integration in the UK

Continuous Integration
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Integration in the UK

Continuous Integration
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Continuous Integration over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Continuous Integration in the UK

Continuous Integration
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 24 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 -5 692 £575 -2.13% 331
London +1 381 £600 -3.23% 123
UK excluding London -14 351 £550 +0.92% 223
Work from Home -40 227 £550 -4.35% 164
South East -17 90 £550 - 76
North of England +8 76 £488 -15.22% 49
East of England +30 57 £475 +35.71% 30
Yorkshire +39 46 £475 -16.67% 17
Scotland +22 46 £590 +24.21% 16
South West -5 40 £700 +16.67% 24
Midlands -26 28 £360 -33.29% 27
North West -24 25 £500 -13.04% 31
West Midlands -30 22 £373 -31.02% 24
Wales -8 14 £550 -6.14% 6
East Midlands +15 6 £356 -25.83% 3
North East +11 5 £488 -33.85% 1

Continuous Integration
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 71 (8.89%) Confluence
2 29 (3.63%) Apache Spark
3 15 (1.88%) Apache
4 11 (1.38%) Apache Airflow
5 10 (1.25%) JBoss
6 9 (1.13%) CMS
6 9 (1.13%) nginx
7 8 (1.00%) SAS
8 6 (0.75%) Anypoint
9 5 (0.63%) IIS
10 4 (0.50%) Luigi
11 3 (0.38%) CICS
11 3 (0.38%) Drupal
11 3 (0.38%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.38%) SharePoint
11 3 (0.38%) WebLogic
12 2 (0.25%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
12 2 (0.25%) Oracle HTTP Server
12 2 (0.25%) Traefik
Applications
1 8 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.38%) Windchill
3 2 (0.25%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.25%) Mingle
4 1 (0.13%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.13%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 9 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.00%) ION MarketView
2 8 (1.00%) Loan IQ
3 3 (0.38%) ENOVIA
3 3 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.38%) Shopify
3 3 (0.38%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.25%) Endur
5 1 (0.13%) Magento
5 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.13%) RMDS
5 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.13%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.13%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.13%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 205 (25.66%) AWS
2 196 (24.53%) Azure
3 85 (10.64%) GitHub
4 78 (9.76%) GCP
5 61 (7.63%) Azure DevOps
6 39 (4.88%) Serverless
7 32 (4.01%) OpenShift
8 29 (3.63%) GitHub Actions
9 28 (3.50%) PaaS
10 24 (3.00%) AWS Lambda
10 24 (3.00%) IaaS
11 20 (2.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 20 (2.50%) Apigee
11 20 (2.50%) Azure Service Bus
12 18 (2.25%) Amazon EKS
13 17 (2.13%) SaaS
14 16 (2.00%) Azure Data Factory
14 16 (2.00%) Azure Key Vault
14 16 (2.00%) Cloud Computing
15 15 (1.88%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 37 (4.63%) Modbus
1 37 (4.63%) RS-422
1 37 (4.63%) RS-485
2 35 (4.38%) Firewall
3 33 (4.13%) TCP/IP
4 30 (3.75%) DNS
5 22 (2.75%) HTTP
6 16 (2.00%) Kerberos
6 16 (2.00%) VPN
7 12 (1.50%) DHCP
8 11 (1.38%) SSL
9 9 (1.13%) VLAN
10 8 (1.00%) NAS
10 8 (1.00%) SAN
11 6 (0.75%) Ethernet
11 6 (0.75%) Internet
12 5 (0.63%) SSH
13 4 (0.50%) DMZ
14 3 (0.38%) 5G
15 2 (0.25%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (7.63%) NoSQL
2 60 (7.51%) Relational Database
3 50 (6.26%) SQL Server
4 45 (5.63%) MySQL
5 31 (3.88%) PostgreSQL
6 26 (3.25%) MongoDB
7 23 (2.88%) Apache Cassandra
8 21 (2.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 20 (2.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 19 (2.38%) KDB
11 18 (2.25%) Azure SQL Database
11 18 (2.25%) Data Lake
12 17 (2.13%) Big Data
13 16 (2.00%) Elasticsearch
14 14 (1.75%) Amazon Redshift
15 12 (1.50%) Redis
16 11 (1.38%) DB2
16 11 (1.38%) RDBMS
17 7 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
17 7 (0.88%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 238 (29.79%) Jenkins
2 197 (24.66%) Git
3 142 (17.77%) JIRA
4 85 (10.64%) GitLab
5 84 (10.51%) Cucumber
6 70 (8.76%) Selenium
7 62 (7.76%) TeamCity
8 51 (6.38%) Bitbucket
9 50 (6.26%) Postman
10 39 (4.88%) SonarQube
11 37 (4.63%) Cypress.io
11 37 (4.63%) REST Assured
12 36 (4.51%) JUnit
13 35 (4.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 29 (3.63%) TestRail
15 22 (2.75%) NUnit
16 20 (2.50%) Visual Studio
17 18 (2.25%) Gradle
17 18 (2.25%) JMeter
17 18 (2.25%) WebDriver
General
1 260 (32.54%) Social Skills
2 154 (19.27%) Finance
3 137 (17.15%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (8.14%) Banking
5 41 (5.13%) Electronics
6 39 (4.88%) Front Office
6 39 (4.88%) Public Sector
7 22 (2.75%) Law
8 20 (2.50%) Retail
9 19 (2.38%) Aerospace
9 19 (2.38%) Investment Banking
10 16 (2.00%) Police
11 13 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 12 (1.50%) Financial Institution
13 10 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (1.00%) Back Office
15 7 (0.88%) Military
15 7 (0.88%) Multimedia
16 6 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
17 5 (0.63%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 285 (35.67%) Developer
2 97 (12.14%) Senior
3 80 (10.01%) Software Engineer
4 58 (7.26%) DevOps Engineer
5 57 (7.13%) Java Developer
6 52 (6.51%) Senior Developer
7 47 (5.88%) Lead
8 40 (5.01%) Architect
9 39 (4.88%) C# Developer
10 36 (4.51%) C++ Software Engineer
11 33 (4.13%) Analyst
12 32 (4.01%) Azure Engineer
13 31 (3.88%) Data Engineer
14 30 (3.75%) Test Analyst
15 28 (3.50%) React Developer
16 24 (3.00%) Java Engineer
16 24 (3.00%) Python Developer
17 23 (2.88%) .NET Developer
17 23 (2.88%) Tester
18 22 (2.75%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (13.02%) .NET
2 100 (12.52%) REST
3 71 (8.89%) React
4 64 (8.01%) RESTful
5 60 (7.51%) Node.js
6 58 (7.26%) Web Services
7 56 (7.01%) Kafka
8 53 (6.63%) .NET Core
9 47 (5.88%) Spring
10 45 (5.63%) CSS
10 45 (5.63%) JSON
11 37 (4.63%) Elastic Stack
11 37 (4.63%) XML
12 33 (4.13%) .NET Framework
12 33 (4.13%) HTML
13 32 (4.01%) AngularJS
14 29 (3.63%) Spring Boot
15 27 (3.38%) Redux
16 26 (3.25%) ARM Templates
16 26 (3.25%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 39 (4.88%) Product Ownership
2 38 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
3 28 (3.50%) Public Cloud
4 26 (3.25%) Distributed Systems
5 24 (3.00%) Data Structures
5 24 (3.00%) Mobile App
6 19 (2.38%) Cloud Native
6 19 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
7 17 (2.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 16 (2.00%) Algorithms
8 16 (2.00%) Fixed Income
8 16 (2.00%) Greenfield Project
9 15 (1.88%) Management Information System
10 13 (1.63%) Virtual Team
11 12 (1.50%) Clustering
11 12 (1.50%) Linux Command Line
12 11 (1.38%) Derivative
12 11 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (1.25%) Legacy Code
14 9 (1.13%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 150 (18.77%) Linux
2 83 (10.39%) Windows
3 39 (4.88%) Unix
4 21 (2.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (2.13%) Android
6 16 (2.00%) Windows Server
7 12 (1.50%) Solaris
8 9 (1.13%) Embedded Linux
9 8 (1.00%) Oracle Linux
10 5 (0.63%) VxWorks
11 4 (0.50%) AIX
11 4 (0.50%) Apple iOS
11 4 (0.50%) Mac OS X
11 4 (0.50%) zOS
12 3 (0.38%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.25%) CentOS
13 2 (0.25%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 481 (60.20%) Agile
2 424 (53.07%) CI/CD
3 317 (39.67%) DevOps
4 254 (31.79%) Test Automation
5 203 (25.41%) TDD
6 183 (22.90%) Software Engineering
7 175 (21.90%) Problem-Solving
8 164 (20.53%) Continuous Deployment
9 143 (17.90%) Continuous Delivery
10 133 (16.65%) Scrum
11 121 (15.14%) Infrastructure as Code
12 110 (13.77%) Microservices
13 108 (13.52%) Unit Testing
14 103 (12.89%) Containerisation
15 102 (12.77%) Configuration Management
16 101 (12.64%) Continuous Improvement
17 84 (10.51%) Software Testing
18 80 (10.01%) Deployment Automation
18 80 (10.01%) Pair Programming
19 70 (8.76%) OO
Programming Languages
1 216 (27.03%) Python
2 172 (21.53%) Java
3 168 (21.03%) SQL
4 163 (20.40%) C#
5 111 (13.89%) JavaScript
6 76 (9.51%) PowerShell
7 68 (8.51%) TypeScript
8 67 (8.39%) C++
9 58 (7.26%) Bash
10 54 (6.76%) C
11 37 (4.63%) Scala
12 35 (4.38%) Go
13 29 (3.63%) PL/SQL
14 26 (3.25%) Ruby
15 24 (3.00%) Kotlin
16 23 (2.88%) Perl
17 18 (2.25%) PHP
18 17 (2.13%) Groovy
19 16 (2.00%) Shell Script
20 7 (0.88%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 144 (18.02%) Security Cleared
2 112 (14.02%) SC Cleared
3 76 (9.51%) Degree
4 47 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 36 (4.51%) DV Cleared
6 32 (4.01%) ISTQB
7 28 (3.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 9 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (1.13%) Master's Degree
9 5 (0.63%) CISSP
10 3 (0.38%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.38%) PMP
10 3 (0.38%) SANS
11 2 (0.25%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.25%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.25%) CCNP
11 2 (0.25%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.13%) ISEB
12 1 (0.13%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (11.39%) QA
2 9 (1.13%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.00%) GDPR
3 8 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 6 (0.75%) Data Quality
5 5 (0.63%) MISRA
5 5 (0.63%) MISRA C
6 3 (0.38%) Disclosure Scotland
6 3 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 3 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.38%) NCSC
6 3 (0.38%) NIST
6 3 (0.38%) WCAG
7 1 (0.13%) GxP
7 1 (0.13%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.13%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.13%) MiFID
7 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 170 (21.28%) Docker
2 35 (4.38%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.75%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.50%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 4 (0.50%) Firmware
6 4 (0.50%) VirtualBox
6 4 (0.50%) zsh
7 3 (0.38%) vCloud
7 3 (0.38%) vSphere
8 2 (0.25%) Time Sharing Option
9 1 (0.13%) GridGain
9 1 (0.13%) HDFS
9 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.13%) Postfix
9 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 155 (19.40%) Kubernetes
2 145 (18.15%) Ansible
2 145 (18.15%) Terraform
3 46 (5.76%) Grafana
4 39 (4.88%) Prometheus
5 35 (4.38%) Progress Chef
6 34 (4.26%) Puppet
7 22 (2.75%) Kibana
7 22 (2.75%) PowerCLI
8 21 (2.63%) Docker Swarm
9 15 (1.88%) Podman
10 12 (1.50%) Tivoli
11 11 (1.38%) Packer
12 10 (1.25%) logstash
13 8 (1.00%) EMC NetWorker
13 8 (1.00%) Graylog
13 8 (1.00%) Netcool
13 8 (1.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
14 6 (0.75%) Nessus
14 6 (0.75%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 97 (12.14%) Microsoft
2 81 (10.14%) Oracle
3 34 (4.26%) Google
3 34 (4.26%) HP
4 33 (4.13%) Splunk
5 31 (3.88%) Dell
6 30 (3.75%) Atlassian
7 29 (3.63%) IBM
8 24 (3.00%) VMware
9 23 (2.88%) EMC
10 20 (2.50%) Salesforce
11 19 (2.38%) Databricks
12 16 (2.00%) ION Trading
13 15 (1.88%) SAP
14 13 (1.63%) ServiceNow
14 13 (1.63%) TIBCO
15 11 (1.38%) AppDynamics
15 11 (1.38%) Denodo
15 11 (1.38%) Talend
16 10 (1.25%) Red Hat