CQRS Contracts in England

Command-Query Responsibility Segregation (also Command-Query Separation)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring CQRS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CQRS over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 474 514 592
Rank change year-on-year +40 +78 +105
Contract jobs citing CQRS 11 28 61
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.045% 0.075% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.050% 0.087% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 21 57
10th Percentile £469 £482 -
25th Percentile £513 £489 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £520 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.58% +9.47% -22.13%
75th Percentile £694 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £825 £708
UK median daily rate £575 £520 £475
% change year-on-year +10.58% +9.47% -20.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

CQRS falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

CQRS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for CQRS in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for CQRS in England

CQRS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CQRS in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CQRS in England

CQRS
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 CQRS within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 +26 7 £525 -4.55% 9
South East +47 3 £575 -5.15% 22
North of England +15 1 £675 +38.04% 20
North West +13 1 £675 +38.04% 10
CQRS
UK

CQRS
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:

Cloud Services
1 10 (90.91%) Azure
2 4 (36.36%) AWS
2 4 (36.36%) GCP
3 3 (27.27%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) PostgreSQL
General
1 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
1 3 (27.27%) Telecoms
2 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Developer
1 4 (36.36%) Java Developer
1 4 (36.36%) Software Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Architect
2 3 (27.27%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Azure Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Azure Software Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Gen AI Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Gen AI Software Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Python Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Python Software Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Technical Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Senior
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (36.36%) Spring
2 3 (27.27%) J2EE
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) CI/CD
1 8 (72.73%) Microservices
2 7 (63.64%) Design Patterns
3 5 (45.45%) TDD
4 4 (36.36%) Code Quality
4 4 (36.36%) Containerisation
4 4 (36.36%) Continuous Delivery
4 4 (36.36%) Continuous Integration
4 4 (36.36%) Domain-Driven Design
4 4 (36.36%) Software Engineering
5 3 (27.27%) Artificial Intelligence
5 3 (27.27%) Generative AI
5 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (27.27%) Roadmaps
5 3 (27.27%) Technical Leadership
5 3 (27.27%) Technology Roadmap
5 3 (27.27%) User Experience
6 1 (9.09%) Architectural Patterns
6 1 (9.09%) Pair Programming
Programming Languages
1 8 (72.73%) Java
2 3 (27.27%) Python
3 1 (9.09%) Kotlin
3 1 (9.09%) Scala
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) SC Cleared
1 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (36.36%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Databricks
1 3 (27.27%) Virgin Media