Continuous Delivery Contracts in England

Continuous Delivery
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 356 251 206
Rank change year-on-year -105 -45 -7
Contract jobs citing Continuous Delivery 191 525 1,027
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.51% 1.04% 1.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 1.15% 1.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 367 716
10th Percentile £375 £463 £405
25th Percentile £425 £525 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £580
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% +10.48%
75th Percentile £708 £691 £688
90th Percentile £772 £813 £759
UK median daily rate £550 £595 £575
% change year-on-year -7.56% +3.48% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 11 3
10th Percentile - - £60.50
25th Percentile - - £65.94
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year - -18.75% +97.53%
75th Percentile - £70.00 £85.00
90th Percentile - £101.25 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £73.50
% change year-on-year - -11.56% +81.48%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,201 45,536 64,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.52% 90.24% 90.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,119 31,974 45,794
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.14%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £766 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,240 1,592 1,770
10th Percentile £12.91 £10.87 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.83 £37.50 £24.48
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% +53.20% +1.99%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -4.83% +49.20% -

Continuous Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Delivery in England

Continuous Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Continuous Delivery in England

Continuous Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Delivery in England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Delivery in England

Continuous Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Delivery in England

Continuous Delivery
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 29 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
London -57 111 £675 +12.22% 55
North of England +14 29 £434 -23.86% 20
Yorkshire +34 23 £430 -22.87% 6
South East -6 13 £588 +5.62% 20
Midlands +2 12 £545 +0.93% 6
South West -33 12 £400 -27.27% 17
West Midlands +2 8 £675 +25.00% 5
East of England +8 7 £425 -8.11% 10
North West +2 5 £524 -6.89% 10
East Midlands +21 3 £419 -22.41% 1
North East +16 1 £525 -37.05% 4
Continuous Delivery
UK

Continuous Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 10 (5.24%) Confluence
2 6 (3.14%) SAS
3 5 (2.62%) Apache Spark
3 5 (2.62%) nginx
4 4 (2.09%) Apache
4 4 (2.09%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.57%) CMS
5 3 (1.57%) Drupal
5 3 (1.57%) Jupyter
6 2 (1.05%) IIS
6 2 (1.05%) JBoss
7 1 (0.52%) EPiServer
7 1 (0.52%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 2 (1.05%) Softmar
2 1 (0.52%) Endur
2 1 (0.52%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 52 (27.23%) Azure
2 44 (23.04%) AWS
3 30 (15.71%) Azure DevOps
4 20 (10.47%) GCP
5 15 (7.85%) Serverless
6 10 (5.24%) Azure Functions
6 10 (5.24%) Azure Logic Apps
7 9 (4.71%) Azure API Management
8 8 (4.19%) Azure Key Vault
8 8 (4.19%) Azure Service Bus
8 8 (4.19%) Azure Storage
8 8 (4.19%) Power Platform
9 7 (3.66%) Azure Batch
9 7 (3.66%) Power Automate
9 7 (3.66%) PowerApps
10 6 (3.14%) PaaS
11 5 (2.62%) GitHub
12 4 (2.09%) Azure App Service
12 4 (2.09%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 4 (2.09%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.24%) TCP/IP
2 8 (4.19%) Ethernet
3 4 (2.09%) SSL
4 3 (1.57%) DNS
4 3 (1.57%) Firewall
4 3 (1.57%) HTTP
4 3 (1.57%) VPN
5 1 (0.52%) FTP
5 1 (0.52%) IPsec
5 1 (0.52%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.52%) LAN
5 1 (0.52%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (14.14%) NoSQL
2 16 (8.38%) SQL Server
3 11 (5.76%) Big Data
3 11 (5.76%) MongoDB
3 11 (5.76%) Relational Database
4 8 (4.19%) Data Lake
4 8 (4.19%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (3.66%) Azure SQL Database
5 7 (3.66%) OLTP
6 6 (3.14%) Apache Cassandra
6 6 (3.14%) KDB
7 4 (2.09%) BigQuery
7 4 (2.09%) MySQL
7 4 (2.09%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (1.57%) ClickHouse
8 3 (1.57%) CockroachDB
8 3 (1.57%) RDBMS
9 2 (1.05%) DB2
9 2 (1.05%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.52%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 34 (17.80%) Git
2 32 (16.75%) Jenkins
3 19 (9.95%) TeamCity
4 16 (8.38%) JIRA
5 15 (7.85%) Cucumber
6 13 (6.81%) Moq
7 12 (6.28%) NUnit
7 12 (6.28%) Visual Studio
8 10 (5.24%) Selenium
9 8 (4.19%) Cypress.io
9 8 (4.19%) Eclipse
9 8 (4.19%) GitLab
10 7 (3.66%) Visual Studio Team System
11 5 (2.62%) Artifactory
11 5 (2.62%) Bitbucket
12 4 (2.09%) Ant
12 4 (2.09%) Gradle
12 4 (2.09%) JMeter
12 4 (2.09%) JUnit
13 3 (1.57%) Subversion
General
1 47 (24.61%) Finance
2 43 (22.51%) Social Skills
3 21 (10.99%) Banking
3 21 (10.99%) Front Office
4 15 (7.85%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (5.76%) Presentation Skills
5 11 (5.76%) Public Sector
6 10 (5.24%) Military
7 7 (3.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.62%) Marketing
9 4 (2.09%) Games
9 4 (2.09%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.05%) Electronics
10 2 (1.05%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.05%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.52%) Back Office
11 1 (0.52%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.52%) Law
11 1 (0.52%) Legal
11 1 (0.52%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 58 (30.37%) Developer
2 23 (12.04%) Senior
3 20 (10.47%) C# Developer
4 17 (8.90%) Lead
5 14 (7.33%) Senior Developer
6 13 (6.81%) DevOps Engineer
6 13 (6.81%) Java Developer
7 12 (6.28%) Software Engineer
8 11 (5.76%) Project Manager
9 10 (5.24%) Architect
9 10 (5.24%) React Developer
9 10 (5.24%) Scrum Master
10 8 (4.19%) Consultant
10 8 (4.19%) Java Engineer
11 7 (3.66%) C# Software Engineer
12 6 (3.14%) .NET Developer
12 6 (3.14%) C++ Software Engineer
12 6 (3.14%) Senior Java Developer
12 6 (3.14%) Technical Manager
12 6 (3.14%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (16.75%) .NET
2 29 (15.18%) Node.js
3 20 (10.47%) Web Services
4 17 (8.90%) .NET Core
4 17 (8.90%) React
4 17 (8.90%) RESTful
5 15 (7.85%) ASP.NET
5 15 (7.85%) REST
6 14 (7.33%) Middleware
6 14 (7.33%) RabbitMQ
7 13 (6.81%) ASP.NET Web API
7 13 (6.81%) XML
8 12 (6.28%) SignalR
8 12 (6.28%) Spring
9 10 (5.24%) ASP.NET Core
9 10 (5.24%) JSON
10 9 (4.71%) GraphQL
10 9 (4.71%) HTML
10 9 (4.71%) Kafka
11 8 (4.19%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.42%) Product Ownership
2 12 (6.28%) Greenfield Project
3 11 (5.76%) Algorithms
3 11 (5.76%) Data Structures
4 10 (5.24%) Fixed Income
5 9 (4.71%) Management Information System
6 8 (4.19%) Cloud Native
6 8 (4.19%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (4.19%) Public Cloud
7 7 (3.66%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (3.14%) Derivative
9 5 (2.62%) Linux Command Line
9 5 (2.62%) Mobile App
9 5 (2.62%) Private Cloud
10 4 (2.09%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (2.09%) Security Posture
10 4 (2.09%) Virtual Team
11 3 (1.57%) Marketing Technology
12 2 (1.05%) Legacy Applications
12 2 (1.05%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 30 (15.71%) Linux
2 17 (8.90%) Windows
3 4 (2.09%) Unix
4 3 (1.57%) Android
4 3 (1.57%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.05%) AIX
5 2 (1.05%) Solaris
6 1 (0.52%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.52%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (71.73%) CI/CD
2 127 (66.49%) Continuous Integration
3 126 (65.97%) Agile
4 99 (51.83%) DevOps
5 53 (27.75%) Test Automation
6 49 (25.65%) TDD
7 39 (20.42%) Scrum
8 34 (17.80%) Microservices
9 32 (16.75%) Problem-Solving
10 27 (14.14%) Infrastructure as Code
10 27 (14.14%) Software Engineering
11 26 (13.61%) ITIL
11 26 (13.61%) Mentoring
11 26 (13.61%) OO
12 24 (12.57%) Containerisation
13 22 (11.52%) Design Patterns
13 22 (11.52%) Kanban
13 22 (11.52%) Validation
14 20 (10.47%) Electronic Trading
14 20 (10.47%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 44 (23.04%) C#
2 41 (21.47%) SQL
3 40 (20.94%) Java
4 35 (18.32%) Python
5 30 (15.71%) JavaScript
6 20 (10.47%) PowerShell
6 20 (10.47%) TypeScript
7 16 (8.38%) Go
8 12 (6.28%) C++
9 10 (5.24%) Bash
10 8 (4.19%) Kotlin
11 6 (3.14%) Groovy
11 6 (3.14%) Perl
11 6 (3.14%) Scala
12 4 (2.09%) Ruby
13 3 (1.57%) Bicep
13 3 (1.57%) PHP
13 3 (1.57%) Shell Script
14 2 (1.05%) C
15 1 (0.52%) Clojure
Qualifications
1 17 (8.90%) Security Cleared
2 11 (5.76%) Degree
3 10 (5.24%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.09%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (2.09%) CISSP
6 2 (1.05%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.52%) APMP
7 1 (0.52%) CCNP
7 1 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.52%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.52%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.52%) MCSE
7 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.28%) QA
2 3 (1.57%) Accessibility
2 3 (1.57%) NIST
3 2 (1.05%) GDPR
3 2 (1.05%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.05%) WCAG
4 1 (0.52%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.52%) MiFID
4 1 (0.52%) NCSC
4 1 (0.52%) SLA
System Software
1 30 (15.71%) Docker
2 3 (1.57%) Apache ZooKeeper
2 3 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.05%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.52%) Ceph
4 1 (0.52%) NFS
Systems Management
1 37 (19.37%) Terraform
2 25 (13.09%) Ansible
3 19 (9.95%) Kubernetes
4 6 (3.14%) Progress Chef
4 6 (3.14%) Puppet
5 5 (2.62%) Rancher
6 4 (2.09%) Grafana
7 3 (1.57%) Kibana
8 2 (1.05%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.52%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.52%) Hadoop YARN
9 1 (0.52%) logstash
9 1 (0.52%) Mesos
9 1 (0.52%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.52%) Packer
9 1 (0.52%) Podman
9 1 (0.52%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 35 (18.32%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.85%) EMC
3 12 (6.28%) TIBCO
4 10 (5.24%) Splunk
5 8 (4.19%) Google
5 8 (4.19%) ServiceNow
5 8 (4.19%) VMware
6 7 (3.66%) Oracle
7 6 (3.14%) ION Trading
8 4 (2.09%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.05%) AppDynamics
9 2 (1.05%) Databricks
9 2 (1.05%) F5
9 2 (1.05%) IBM
9 2 (1.05%) Remedy
9 2 (1.05%) SAP
10 1 (0.52%) Checkmarx
10 1 (0.52%) Dataiku
10 1 (0.52%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.52%) Perfecto Mobile