YAML
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for YAML skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited YAML 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 435 366 560
Rank change year-on-year -69 +194 -78
Contract jobs citing YAML 166 401 313
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.38% 0.68% 0.35%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.87% 2.92% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 274 222
10th Percentile £430 £458 £426
25th Percentile £500 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £697 £655
90th Percentile £675 £800 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £588 £525
% change year-on-year -10.64% +11.90% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
10th Percentile - £72.00 £52.75
25th Percentile - £74.25 £53.13
Median hourly rate - £78.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - +41.82% -
75th Percentile - £84.00 £56.88
90th Percentile - £87.60 £57.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £78.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +41.82% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

YAML is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,883 13,734 24,019
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.58% 23.25% 27.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,169 10,016 17,623
10th Percentile £338 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £663
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 152 239
10th Percentile £21.25 £31.18 £22.40
25th Percentile £40.08 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £46.84 £65.00 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year -27.94% +30.65% +10.56%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.61 £81.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £63.25 £49.25
% change year-on-year -24.90% +28.43% +9.44%

YAML
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for YAML in the UK

YAML
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for YAML in the UK

YAML
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing YAML over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for YAML in the UK

YAML
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for YAML in the UK

YAML
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing YAML within the UK 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
England -55 144 £600 +6.67% 36
Work from Home +62 77 £590 +7.27% 21
London -48 74 £625 +13.64% 12
UK excluding London +29 63 £525 -10.64% 22
North of England +38 26 £499 -16.88% 6
Yorkshire - 22 £452 - 5
South East +1 14 £475 -20.90% 9
South West +27 13 £525 -27.59%
Scotland +37 4 £575 +43.75% 1
North West +21 4 £514 +2.75%
Midlands +24 3 £375 -21.05% 3
West Midlands +20 3 £375 -19.35% 3
East of England +16 3 £625 +47.06% 3

YAML
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 (5.42%) Confluence
2 6 (3.61%) NServiceBus
3 4 (2.41%) Apache Solr
3 4 (2.41%) nginx
4 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.60%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.41%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 96 (57.83%) Azure
2 56 (33.73%) Azure DevOps
3 34 (20.48%) AWS
4 33 (19.88%) GitHub
5 27 (16.27%) Azure Service Bus
6 15 (9.04%) Azure API Management
6 15 (9.04%) Serverless
7 14 (8.43%) GCP
7 14 (8.43%) PaaS
8 13 (7.83%) AWS CloudFormation
8 13 (7.83%) Azure AKS
8 13 (7.83%) Azure Logic Apps
9 12 (7.23%) NuGet
10 11 (6.63%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 10 (6.02%) Azure Key Vault
11 10 (6.02%) Azure Monitor
12 9 (5.42%) Apigee
13 8 (4.82%) IaaS
14 7 (4.22%) OpenShift
15 6 (3.61%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 19 (11.45%) DNS
1 19 (11.45%) Firewall
2 12 (7.23%) VPN
3 11 (6.63%) TCP/IP
4 10 (6.02%) HTTP
5 8 (4.82%) SNA
5 8 (4.82%) VSAN
6 5 (3.01%) HTTPS
7 4 (2.41%) IPsec
8 2 (1.20%) FTP
8 2 (1.20%) Internet
8 2 (1.20%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (1.20%) Modbus
9 1 (0.60%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.60%) LAN
9 1 (0.60%) Network Security
9 1 (0.60%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.60%) SNMP
9 1 (0.60%) SSL
9 1 (0.60%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (12.05%) SQL Server
2 14 (8.43%) NoSQL
3 12 (7.23%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (4.82%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (4.22%) MySQL
6 6 (3.61%) Data Lake
6 6 (3.61%) Parquet
7 5 (3.01%) Couchbase
8 4 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (2.41%) Oracle Database
8 4 (2.41%) Redis
9 3 (1.81%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (1.20%) Amazon Athena
10 2 (1.20%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (1.20%) Big Data
10 2 (1.20%) DynamoDB
10 2 (1.20%) Power BI
11 1 (0.60%) Bigtable
11 1 (0.60%) CockroachDB
11 1 (0.60%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 59 (35.54%) Git
2 31 (18.67%) Jenkins
3 22 (13.25%) GitLab
4 17 (10.24%) JIRA
5 15 (9.04%) Artifactory
6 10 (6.02%) SonarQube
7 7 (4.22%) NUnit
8 6 (3.61%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 6 (3.61%) CircleCI
8 6 (3.61%) SpecFlow
8 6 (3.61%) Travis CI
9 4 (2.41%) Bitbucket
9 4 (2.41%) Selenium
9 4 (2.41%) Visual Studio Code
10 3 (1.81%) Gradle
10 3 (1.81%) Subversion
10 3 (1.81%) Visual Studio
11 2 (1.20%) CMake
11 2 (1.20%) Maven
12 1 (0.60%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 56 (33.73%) Social Skills
2 29 (17.47%) Finance
3 17 (10.24%) Public Sector
4 11 (6.63%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (6.02%) Legal
6 7 (4.22%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (3.01%) Marketing
7 5 (3.01%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.41%) Electronics
8 4 (2.41%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.81%) Banking
9 3 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.81%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.20%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.60%) Advertising
11 1 (0.60%) Law
Job Titles
1 41 (24.70%) DevOps Engineer
2 30 (18.07%) Developer
3 26 (15.66%) Azure Engineer
4 18 (10.84%) .NET Developer
5 15 (9.04%) Lead
6 14 (8.43%) Senior
7 13 (7.83%) Storage Manager
8 11 (6.63%) Azure Developer
8 11 (6.63%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 10 (6.02%) Platform Engineer
10 9 (5.42%) Data Engineer
11 8 (4.82%) Architect
11 8 (4.82%) React Developer
11 8 (4.82%) Security Engineer
12 7 (4.22%) AWS Engineer
12 7 (4.22%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 6 (3.61%) Automation Engineer
13 6 (3.61%) Azure Platform Engineer
14 5 (3.01%) Full Stack Developer
14 5 (3.01%) Integration Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (25.90%) JSON
2 37 (22.29%) .NET
3 26 (15.66%) .NET Core
4 23 (13.86%) REST
5 14 (8.43%) XML
6 13 (7.83%) SOAP
7 12 (7.23%) GraphQL
8 10 (6.02%) Node.js
8 10 (6.02%) Swagger
9 9 (5.42%) React
10 8 (4.82%) ARM Templates
11 7 (4.22%) Elastic Stack
12 6 (3.61%) ASP.NET
12 6 (3.61%) Razor View Engine
12 6 (3.61%) WebSockets
13 5 (3.01%) Entity Framework
14 4 (2.41%) .NET Framework
14 4 (2.41%) HTML5
14 4 (2.41%) OAuth
14 4 (2.41%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 23 (13.86%) Data Centre
2 14 (8.43%) Cloud Native
3 12 (7.23%) Linux Command Line
4 10 (6.02%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (5.42%) Data Structures
5 9 (5.42%) Management Information System
6 7 (4.22%) Product Ownership
7 6 (3.61%) Public Cloud
8 5 (3.01%) Renewable Energy
9 4 (2.41%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (2.41%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.81%) ASIC
10 3 (1.81%) FPGA
10 3 (1.81%) Verilog
10 3 (1.81%) Wiki
11 2 (1.20%) Algorithms
11 2 (1.20%) Enterprise Cloud
11 2 (1.20%) Replication
11 2 (1.20%) Solar Panel
12 1 (0.60%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 47 (28.31%) Linux
2 19 (11.45%) zOS
3 8 (4.82%) Unix
3 8 (4.82%) Windows
4 6 (3.61%) Windows Server
5 5 (3.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (2.41%) Alpine Linux
6 4 (2.41%) CentOS
7 2 (1.20%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.60%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.60%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (56.63%) CI/CD
2 92 (55.42%) DevOps
3 83 (50.00%) Agile
4 61 (36.75%) Infrastructure as Code
5 27 (16.27%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (15.66%) Project Management
7 25 (15.06%) Microservices
8 24 (14.46%) API Management
8 24 (14.46%) Scrum
8 24 (14.46%) SDLC
9 23 (13.86%) Software Engineering
10 20 (12.05%) Stakeholder Management
11 19 (11.45%) Storage Management
11 19 (11.45%) TDD
12 18 (10.84%) OO
12 18 (10.84%) Problem Management
13 17 (10.24%) Continuous Integration
13 17 (10.24%) High Availability
14 14 (8.43%) Analytics
14 14 (8.43%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 79 (47.59%) Python
2 48 (28.92%) PowerShell
3 43 (25.90%) C#
4 35 (21.08%) SQL
5 24 (14.46%) Bicep
6 20 (12.05%) Bash
7 19 (11.45%) JCL
7 19 (11.45%) REXX
8 9 (5.42%) Java
8 9 (5.42%) Shell Script
9 7 (4.22%) JavaScript
10 6 (3.61%) C
11 5 (3.01%) TypeScript
12 4 (2.41%) PHP
13 3 (1.81%) Assembly Language
13 3 (1.81%) C++
13 3 (1.81%) Go
13 3 (1.81%) Ruby
13 3 (1.81%) SystemVerilog
13 3 (1.81%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 35 (21.08%) Security Cleared
2 24 (14.46%) SC Cleared
3 8 (4.82%) DV Cleared
4 6 (3.61%) Degree
5 3 (1.81%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.20%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.20%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.60%) CCNP
7 1 (0.60%) CEH
7 1 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.60%) CISSP
7 1 (0.60%) GCIA
7 1 (0.60%) GCIH
7 1 (0.60%) GIAC
7 1 (0.60%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (10.24%) QA
2 12 (7.23%) Data Quality
3 9 (5.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (4.22%) GDPR
5 4 (2.41%) HIPAA
5 4 (2.41%) NIST
6 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.60%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 32 (19.28%) Docker
2 19 (11.45%) NFS
2 19 (11.45%) Time Sharing Option
3 14 (8.43%) Active Directory
4 13 (7.83%) VMware NSX
5 10 (6.02%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (4.82%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (3.01%) vSphere
8 4 (2.41%) VMware Infrastructure
9 3 (1.81%) vCloud
10 2 (1.20%) Ceph
10 2 (1.20%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 1 (0.60%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.60%) Firmware
11 1 (0.60%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 82 (49.40%) Terraform
2 60 (36.14%) Ansible
3 41 (24.70%) Kubernetes
4 18 (10.84%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 16 (9.64%) Grafana
6 12 (7.23%) Prometheus
7 11 (6.63%) Progress Chef
8 10 (6.02%) Puppet
9 8 (4.82%) vCenter Server
9 8 (4.82%) vRealize
10 6 (3.61%) Docker Swarm
10 6 (3.61%) Kibana
10 6 (3.61%) logstash
11 5 (3.01%) Istio
12 3 (1.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (1.81%) Autotask
13 2 (1.20%) Argo
13 2 (1.20%) Pacemaker
13 2 (1.20%) Podman
13 2 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 22 (13.25%) Microsoft
2 20 (12.05%) Dell
3 19 (11.45%) Broadcom
3 19 (11.45%) Brocade
3 19 (11.45%) CA
3 19 (11.45%) IBM
4 17 (10.24%) VMware
5 10 (6.02%) Red Hat
6 7 (4.22%) Google
6 7 (4.22%) Oracle
6 7 (4.22%) Splunk
7 4 (2.41%) Black Duck
7 4 (2.41%) BMC
7 4 (2.41%) Remedy
7 4 (2.41%) Salesforce
7 4 (2.41%) SAP
8 3 (1.81%) Cadence
8 3 (1.81%) Synopsys
8 3 (1.81%) TOWER Software
8 3 (1.81%) Xilinx