Continuous Integration Contracts with Work from Home Options

Continuous Integration
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 142 108 92
Rank change year-on-year -34 -16 -10
Contract jobs citing Continuous Integration 231 570 1,270
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.52% 2.23% 2.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.73% 2.49% 3.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 422 824
10th Percentile £360 £450 £419
25th Percentile £425 £494 £499
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £580
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% -0.86% +16.00%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £675
90th Percentile £695 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £585 £600
% change year-on-year -5.90% -2.58% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 16 16
10th Percentile - £56.25 £49.00
25th Percentile - £64.88 £53.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% +19.09% +37.50%
75th Percentile - £70.00 £66.44
90th Percentile - £73.25 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £58.75
% change year-on-year - +10.64% +30.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,319 22,924 40,623
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.76% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,917 16,193 29,494
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 527 541
10th Percentile £15.17 £18.67 £13.75
25th Percentile £24.63 £30.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.25
90th Percentile £75.15 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%

Continuous Integration
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Continuous Integration as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Continuous Integration trend for jobs with a WFH option

Continuous Integration
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Continuous Integration.

Continuous Integration daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Continuous Integration
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Continuous Integration over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Continuous Integration daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Continuous Integration
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Continuous Integration.

Continuous Integration hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Continuous Integration
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 22 (9.52%) Confluence
2 14 (6.06%) Apache Spark
3 7 (3.03%) CMS
4 5 (2.16%) JBoss
5 4 (1.73%) Apache
5 4 (1.73%) Luigi
6 3 (1.30%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (1.30%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.87%) IIS
7 2 (0.87%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 2 (0.87%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.43%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.43%) CICS
8 1 (0.43%) GemFire
8 1 (0.43%) nginx
8 1 (0.43%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.43%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.43%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.73%) Loan IQ
2 3 (1.30%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.43%) Magento
4 1 (0.43%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.43%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.43%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.43%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 83 (35.93%) Azure
2 78 (33.77%) AWS
3 31 (13.42%) GCP
3 31 (13.42%) GitHub
4 27 (11.69%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (6.49%) IaaS
6 11 (4.76%) OpenShift
7 10 (4.33%) GitHub Actions
7 10 (4.33%) PaaS
8 9 (3.90%) Cloud Computing
8 9 (3.90%) SaaS
8 9 (3.90%) Serverless
9 8 (3.46%) Azure Service Bus
10 7 (3.03%) Amazon EKS
10 7 (3.03%) Azure Data Factory
10 7 (3.03%) Azure Logic Apps
10 7 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (3.03%) Nutanix
10 7 (3.03%) Rubrik
11 6 (2.60%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.36%) TCP/IP
2 14 (6.06%) Firewall
3 12 (5.19%) DNS
4 8 (3.46%) DHCP
4 8 (3.46%) VLAN
5 7 (3.03%) Kerberos
5 7 (3.03%) NAS
5 7 (3.03%) SAN
6 6 (2.60%) VPN
7 4 (1.73%) HTTP
8 1 (0.43%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.43%) NFC
8 1 (0.43%) PPP
8 1 (0.43%) SSL
8 1 (0.43%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (9.52%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (7.79%) MySQL
3 17 (7.36%) Relational Database
4 15 (6.49%) NoSQL
5 13 (5.63%) SQL Server
6 10 (4.33%) MongoDB
7 8 (3.46%) Elasticsearch
8 7 (3.03%) Data Lake
8 7 (3.03%) Redis
9 6 (2.60%) Apache Cassandra
9 6 (2.60%) Big Data
10 5 (2.16%) Couchbase
10 5 (2.16%) DB2
10 5 (2.16%) Delta Lake
10 5 (2.16%) InterSystems Cache
11 4 (1.73%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (1.73%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (1.30%) Hadoop
12 3 (1.30%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 68 (29.44%) Jenkins
2 59 (25.54%) Git
3 44 (19.05%) JIRA
4 38 (16.45%) GitLab
5 20 (8.66%) Selenium
6 17 (7.36%) Cucumber
7 14 (6.06%) Bitbucket
7 14 (6.06%) SonarQube
8 13 (5.63%) TeamCity
9 11 (4.76%) JMeter
9 11 (4.76%) Postman
9 11 (4.76%) REST Assured
9 11 (4.76%) TestRail
10 10 (4.33%) Cypress.io
11 7 (3.03%) Artifactory
11 7 (3.03%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 7 (3.03%) Sonatype Nexus
11 7 (3.03%) Visual Studio
12 5 (2.16%) Appium
12 5 (2.16%) JUnit
General
1 68 (29.44%) Social Skills
2 55 (23.81%) Finance
3 26 (11.26%) Banking
4 23 (9.96%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (6.93%) Public Sector
6 10 (4.33%) Investment Banking
7 8 (3.46%) Law
7 8 (3.46%) Police
7 8 (3.46%) Retail
8 6 (2.60%) Corporate Banking
8 6 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.60%) Retail Banking
9 5 (2.16%) Back Office
10 4 (1.73%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.73%) Front Office
10 4 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.30%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.87%) Military
13 1 (0.43%) Games
13 1 (0.43%) Legal
Job Titles
1 60 (25.97%) Developer
2 35 (15.15%) Senior
3 17 (7.36%) DevOps Engineer
3 17 (7.36%) Software Engineer
4 16 (6.93%) Lead
5 15 (6.49%) Senior Developer
6 13 (5.63%) Architect
6 13 (5.63%) React Developer
7 12 (5.19%) Analyst
7 12 (5.19%) Data Engineer
7 12 (5.19%) Test Analyst
8 11 (4.76%) Azure Engineer
8 11 (4.76%) Java Developer
9 10 (4.33%) Consultant
10 9 (3.90%) C# Developer
11 8 (3.46%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 8 (3.46%) Full Stack Developer
12 7 (3.03%) Azure Data Engineer
12 7 (3.03%) Cloud Engineer
12 7 (3.03%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (11.69%) REST
2 26 (11.26%) React
3 22 (9.52%) .NET
4 20 (8.66%) Node.js
5 16 (6.93%) Elastic Stack
5 16 (6.93%) RESTful
6 15 (6.49%) XML
7 14 (6.06%) ARM Templates
7 14 (6.06%) Kafka
8 12 (5.19%) CSS
9 11 (4.76%) JSON
10 10 (4.33%) HTML
11 9 (3.90%) .NET Framework
11 9 (3.90%) AngularJS
12 8 (3.46%) GraphQL
12 8 (3.46%) Java EE
12 8 (3.46%) Laravel
13 7 (3.03%) .NET Core
13 7 (3.03%) PySpark
13 7 (3.03%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.49%) Product Ownership
2 10 (4.33%) Public Cloud
3 9 (3.90%) Clustering
4 7 (3.03%) Replication
5 5 (2.16%) Data Structures
5 5 (2.16%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (2.16%) Mobile App
6 4 (1.73%) Distributed Applications
7 3 (1.30%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.30%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.30%) Reinsurance
7 3 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.30%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.30%) Wiki
8 2 (0.87%) CBDC
8 2 (0.87%) N-Tier
8 2 (0.87%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.43%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.43%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 51 (22.08%) Linux
2 36 (15.58%) Windows
3 11 (4.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (3.90%) Solaris
4 9 (3.90%) Windows Server
5 8 (3.46%) Unix
6 7 (3.03%) Oracle Linux
7 4 (1.73%) Android
7 4 (1.73%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.87%) AIX
8 2 (0.87%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.87%) VMS
8 2 (0.87%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (59.31%) Agile
2 119 (51.52%) CI/CD
3 100 (43.29%) DevOps
4 83 (35.93%) Test Automation
5 53 (22.94%) Continuous Deployment
6 52 (22.51%) Infrastructure as Code
7 51 (22.08%) Software Engineering
8 49 (21.21%) Problem-Solving
9 41 (17.75%) Scrum
10 39 (16.88%) Containerisation
10 39 (16.88%) Continuous Delivery
11 32 (13.85%) Configuration Management
11 32 (13.85%) Microservices
12 28 (12.12%) Analytics
12 28 (12.12%) TDD
13 23 (9.96%) Software Testing
14 22 (9.52%) Deployment Automation
14 22 (9.52%) Test Strategy
15 21 (9.09%) SDLC
16 18 (7.79%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 67 (29.00%) Python
2 41 (17.75%) SQL
3 40 (17.32%) Java
4 31 (13.42%) JavaScript
5 30 (12.99%) C#
6 24 (10.39%) PowerShell
7 22 (9.52%) Bash
7 22 (9.52%) TypeScript
8 11 (4.76%) Go
9 9 (3.90%) PHP
10 8 (3.46%) Perl
11 7 (3.03%) C++
12 6 (2.60%) Bicep
12 6 (2.60%) Kotlin
12 6 (2.60%) Ruby
12 6 (2.60%) Scala
13 3 (1.30%) C
13 3 (1.30%) COBOL
13 3 (1.30%) Groovy
13 3 (1.30%) SELCOPY
Qualifications
1 37 (16.02%) Security Cleared
2 27 (11.69%) SC Cleared
3 23 (9.96%) Degree
4 10 (4.33%) ISTQB
5 9 (3.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (3.90%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 8 (3.46%) DV Cleared
7 5 (2.16%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.73%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.87%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.43%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 1 (0.43%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 1 (0.43%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.43%) CISSP
10 1 (0.43%) ISEB
10 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.43%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.43%) SANS
10 1 (0.43%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (11.26%) QA
2 7 (3.03%) GDPR
2 7 (3.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 5 (2.16%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.87%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.87%) NIST
4 2 (0.87%) WCAG
5 1 (0.43%) GxP
5 1 (0.43%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.43%) NCSC
System Software
1 62 (26.84%) Docker
2 11 (4.76%) Active Directory
3 7 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.30%) vCloud
4 3 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.30%) VirtualBox
4 3 (1.30%) VMware NSX
4 3 (1.30%) vSphere
4 3 (1.30%) zsh
5 2 (0.87%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.43%) GridGain
6 1 (0.43%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 56 (24.24%) Terraform
2 52 (22.51%) Kubernetes
3 47 (20.35%) Ansible
4 15 (6.49%) Progress Chef
4 15 (6.49%) Puppet
5 13 (5.63%) Grafana
5 13 (5.63%) Prometheus
6 11 (4.76%) Docker Swarm
7 9 (3.90%) Tivoli
8 8 (3.46%) Kibana
8 8 (3.46%) Podman
9 7 (3.03%) EMC NetWorker
9 7 (3.03%) Netcool
9 7 (3.03%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 5 (2.16%) logstash
11 3 (1.30%) Autotask
11 3 (1.30%) PowerCLI
11 3 (1.30%) Zipkin
12 2 (0.87%) Oracle Flashback
12 2 (0.87%) Packer
Vendors
1 30 (12.99%) Oracle
2 22 (9.52%) Microsoft
3 18 (7.79%) IBM
4 16 (6.93%) Splunk
5 13 (5.63%) EMC
6 12 (5.19%) VMware
7 10 (4.33%) Dell
7 10 (4.33%) Google
7 10 (4.33%) HP
8 8 (3.46%) Databricks
9 7 (3.03%) Cisco
9 7 (3.03%) CyberArk
9 7 (3.03%) Isilon
9 7 (3.03%) Qualys
9 7 (3.03%) Serena
9 7 (3.03%) ServiceNow
10 6 (2.60%) Red Hat
10 6 (2.60%) SAP
11 5 (2.16%) AppDynamics
12 4 (1.73%) Denodo