Don't repeat yourself (DRY) Contracts in England

Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Don't repeat yourself (DRY) skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Don't repeat yourself (DRY) 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 474 539 635
Rank change year-on-year +65 +96 +105
Contract jobs citing Don't repeat yourself (DRY) 11 3 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.045% 0.008% 0.036%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.050% 0.009% 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 1 14
10th Percentile £506 - £442
25th Percentile £563 - £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £200 £650
Median % change year-on-year +200.00% -69.23% +22.99%
75th Percentile £675 - £675
90th Percentile £726 - £756
UK median daily rate £600 £200 £650
% change year-on-year +200.00% -69.23% +23.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Don't repeat yourself (DRY) 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%

Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Don't repeat yourself (DRY) as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Don't repeat yourself (DRY) in England

Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Don't repeat yourself (DRY) in England.

Daily rate trend for Don't repeat yourself (DRY) in England

Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Don't repeat yourself (DRY) in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Don't repeat yourself (DRY) in England

Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Don't repeat yourself (DRY) in England.

Hourly rate trend for Don't repeat yourself (DRY) in England

Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
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 Don't repeat yourself (DRY) 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 - 11 £600 - 28
Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
UK

Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
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 1 (9.09%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) AWS
1 4 (36.36%) GitHub
1 4 (36.36%) GitHub Actions
1 4 (36.36%) Sentry
2 3 (27.27%) GCP
2 3 (27.27%) Google Kubernetes Engine
3 2 (18.18%) Azure
3 2 (18.18%) Azure AKS
3 2 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (36.36%) Redis
2 2 (18.18%) NoSQL
2 2 (18.18%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) CircleCI
1 4 (36.36%) Jenkins
2 1 (9.09%) Git
General
1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Banking
3 3 (27.27%) Finance
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Games
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Developer
2 4 (36.36%) Python Developer
3 3 (27.27%) Architect
3 3 (27.27%) GCP Architect
3 3 (27.27%) Platform Architect
3 3 (27.27%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (27.27%) Solutions Architect - Google Cloud Platform
4 1 (9.09%) Development Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Django Developer
4 1 (9.09%) iOS Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Python/Django Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Software Development Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Software Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Test Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (63.64%) REST
2 6 (54.55%) Node.js
2 6 (54.55%) React
3 4 (36.36%) Django
3 4 (36.36%) Express.js
4 2 (18.18%) .NET
4 2 (18.18%) AngularJS
4 2 (18.18%) GraphQL
4 2 (18.18%) gRPC
4 2 (18.18%) Pyramid
4 2 (18.18%) SOAP
4 2 (18.18%) Spring
4 2 (18.18%) Spring Boot
5 1 (9.09%) Kafka
5 1 (9.09%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Cloud Native
1 3 (27.27%) Distributed Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (9.09%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) SOLID
2 10 (90.91%) CI/CD
3 6 (54.55%) Microservices
3 6 (54.55%) Software Engineering
3 6 (54.55%) Test Automation
4 5 (45.45%) Agile
4 5 (45.45%) Continuous Integration
4 5 (45.45%) Design Patterns
4 5 (45.45%) DevOps
4 5 (45.45%) SDLC
5 4 (36.36%) Clean Code
5 4 (36.36%) Continuous Deployment
5 4 (36.36%) End-to-End Testing
5 4 (36.36%) Functional Testing
5 4 (36.36%) Pair Programming
5 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (27.27%) BDD
6 3 (27.27%) Domain-Driven Design
6 3 (27.27%) Event-Driven Architecture
6 3 (27.27%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (72.73%) SQL
2 7 (63.64%) Python
3 6 (54.55%) C#
4 4 (36.36%) JavaScript
5 3 (27.27%) Go
5 3 (27.27%) Java
5 3 (27.27%) Scala
6 1 (9.09%) Objective-C
6 1 (9.09%) Swift
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) Accessibility
2 1 (9.09%) QA
System Software
1 6 (54.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (36.36%) Grafana
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Apple