Event-Driven Architecture Contract Job Trends in England

Event-Driven Architecture (EDA)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Event-Driven Architecture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 314 414
Rank change year-on-year +130 +100 +41
Contract jobs citing Event-Driven Architecture 731 201 104
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.58% 0.72% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.86% 0.79% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 510 150 70
10th Percentile £425 £420 £435
25th Percentile £490 £464 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £700
90th Percentile £761 £800 £794
UK median daily rate £560 £588 £600
% change year-on-year -4.68% -2.08% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 2
10th Percentile - £36.50 £55.50
25th Percentile £72.50 £38.75 £60.00
Median hourly rate £75.50 £45.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.78% -35.71% +12.90%
75th Percentile £77.50 £55.63 £80.00
90th Percentile £82.75 £60.50 £84.50
UK median hourly rate £75.50 £45.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +67.78% -35.71% +12.90%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Event-Driven Architecture 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 39,257 25,497 27,959
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.86% 90.90% 86.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,690 16,157 17,059
10th Percentile £325 £293 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,996 1,590 1,150
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.54 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.33 £17.87 £20.30
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -4.49%
75th Percentile £67.47 £45.00 £67.38
90th Percentile £78.88 £67.28 £74.88
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.16
% change year-on-year +49.11% -37.38% -8.38%

Event-Driven Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Event-Driven Architecture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Event-Driven Architecture job vacancy trend in England

Event-Driven Architecture
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Event-Driven Architecture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Event-Driven Architecture

Event-Driven Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Event-Driven Architecture in England over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Event-Driven Architecture in England

Event-Driven Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Event-Driven Architecture.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Event-Driven Architecture

Event-Driven Architecture
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Event-Driven Architecture in England over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Event-Driven Architecture in England

Event-Driven Architecture
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 Event-Driven Architecture within the England region over the 6 months to 10 October 2026. 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 +85 420 £583 -6.80% 472
North of England +28 140 £550 +4.27% 87
North West +4 74 £550 -1.79% 53
Yorkshire +14 57 £550 +4.76% 28
South East -28 51 £475 -20.83% 56
Midlands -10 40 £525 +11.11% 46
East of England -4 31 £550 -26.67% 16
South West - 27 £575 - 36
West Midlands -22 26 £575 +9.52% 31
East Midlands -3 14 £447 +19.20% 15
North East -34 9 £500 - 7
Event-Driven Architecture
UK

Event-Driven Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 23 (3.15%) Apache Spark
2 16 (2.19%) Apache
2 16 (2.19%) Confluence
2 16 (2.19%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.96%) Camunda
4 6 (0.82%) CMS
5 5 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.55%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.41%) Cloud Foundry
8 2 (0.27%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.27%) Mendix
8 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.27%) MQSeries
8 2 (0.27%) Solana
8 2 (0.27%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.14%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.14%) Drupal
9 1 (0.14%) Mule
9 1 (0.14%) nginx
9 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (0.41%) Mingle
2 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.14%) Gliffy
3 1 (0.14%) PlantUML
3 1 (0.14%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 21 (2.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.68%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.41%) iTrent
3 3 (0.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.27%) Distributed Ledger
4 2 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.27%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.27%) Endur
4 2 (0.27%) Maximo
5 1 (0.14%) Actimize
5 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.14%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.14%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (0.14%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.14%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 401 (54.86%) AWS
2 291 (39.81%) Azure
3 173 (23.67%) GCP
4 133 (18.19%) GitHub
5 128 (17.51%) Serverless
6 84 (11.49%) GitHub Actions
7 76 (10.40%) AWS Lambda
8 69 (9.44%) Azure DevOps
9 61 (8.34%) Amazon SQS
10 57 (7.80%) Amazon EKS
11 56 (7.66%) Amazon S3
12 44 (6.02%) Azure Service Bus
13 42 (5.75%) Amazon EventBridge
14 41 (5.61%) Amazon ECS
15 35 (4.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 33 (4.51%) Azure AKS
17 30 (4.10%) SaaS
18 28 (3.83%) Azure Functions
19 27 (3.69%) Power Platform
20 24 (3.28%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.46%) HTTP
2 7 (0.96%) DNS
3 5 (0.68%) Reverse Proxy
4 4 (0.55%) 4G
4 4 (0.55%) 5G
4 4 (0.55%) SSH
4 4 (0.55%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.41%) Internet
6 2 (0.27%) MQTT
6 2 (0.27%) Multicast
6 2 (0.27%) Network Security
6 2 (0.27%) VPN
7 1 (0.14%) AMQP
7 1 (0.14%) Broadband
7 1 (0.14%) DMZ
7 1 (0.14%) Firewall
7 1 (0.14%) Modbus
7 1 (0.14%) OpenVPN
7 1 (0.14%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.14%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (12.04%) PostgreSQL
2 86 (11.76%) NoSQL
3 54 (7.39%) MongoDB
4 42 (5.75%) SQL Server
5 40 (5.47%) DynamoDB
5 40 (5.47%) Metadata
6 34 (4.65%) MySQL
6 34 (4.65%) Relational Database
7 32 (4.38%) Amazon RDS
8 25 (3.42%) Redis
9 24 (3.28%) Data Lake
10 22 (3.01%) Data Warehouse
11 20 (2.74%) Power BI
12 17 (2.33%) SAP HANA
13 13 (1.78%) Amazon Athena
14 12 (1.64%) Elasticsearch
14 12 (1.64%) Flink
15 11 (1.50%) BigQuery
15 11 (1.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 10 (1.37%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 80 (10.94%) Git
2 74 (10.12%) GitLab
3 70 (9.58%) Jenkins
4 24 (3.28%) JIRA
5 22 (3.01%) JUnit
6 16 (2.19%) Maven
7 15 (2.05%) Claude Code
7 15 (2.05%) Cucumber
7 15 (2.05%) Mockito
8 13 (1.78%) Cypress.io
8 13 (1.78%) Selenium
9 11 (1.50%) Bitbucket
9 11 (1.50%) Gradle
10 9 (1.23%) SonarQube
11 7 (0.96%) SpecFlow
11 7 (0.96%) Storybook
12 6 (0.82%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 5 (0.68%) Postman
13 5 (0.68%) Team Foundation Server
14 4 (0.55%) REST Assured
General
1 207 (28.32%) Finance
2 193 (26.40%) Social Skills
3 104 (14.23%) Banking
4 84 (11.49%) Public Sector
5 66 (9.03%) Analytical Skills
6 48 (6.57%) Retail
7 32 (4.38%) Front Office
8 26 (3.56%) Investment Banking
9 24 (3.28%) Influencing Skills
10 14 (1.92%) Manufacturing
11 13 (1.78%) Billing
11 13 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (1.78%) Police
12 12 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (1.50%) Back Office
13 11 (1.50%) Marketing
13 11 (1.50%) Military
14 10 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (1.37%) Legal
14 10 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 236 (32.28%) Architect
2 174 (23.80%) Developer
3 152 (20.79%) Senior
4 100 (13.68%) Solutions Architect
5 67 (9.17%) Java Developer
5 67 (9.17%) Lead
6 55 (7.52%) Software Engineer
7 42 (5.75%) Senior Developer
8 41 (5.61%) Java Engineer
8 41 (5.61%) Technical Architect
9 38 (5.20%) Full-Stack Developer
10 34 (4.65%) AWS Engineer
11 30 (4.10%) DevOps Engineer
12 25 (3.42%) Integration Architect
12 25 (3.42%) Senior Software Engineer
13 24 (3.28%) Senior Architect
14 23 (3.15%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 22 (3.01%) Cloud Engineer
16 21 (2.87%) Python Developer
16 21 (2.87%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 267 (36.53%) Kafka
2 227 (31.05%) REST
3 147 (20.11%) Terraform
4 121 (16.55%) Spring
5 113 (15.46%) Spring Boot
6 101 (13.82%) React
7 96 (13.13%) RESTful
8 75 (10.26%) .NET
9 74 (10.12%) Node.js
10 69 (9.44%) OAuth
11 63 (8.62%) Middleware
12 57 (7.80%) RabbitMQ
13 51 (6.98%) OAuth2
14 48 (6.57%) SOAP
15 45 (6.16%) GraphQL
16 39 (5.34%) AngularJS
17 35 (4.79%) JSON
17 35 (4.79%) SAML
18 33 (4.51%) JWT
18 33 (4.51%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 308 (42.13%) Cloud Native
2 213 (29.14%) Distributed Systems
3 82 (11.22%) Product Ownership
4 57 (7.80%) Enterprise Software
5 47 (6.43%) AI Agents
6 33 (4.51%) Legacy Systems
7 25 (3.42%) Onboarding
8 20 (2.74%) Data Protection Act
8 20 (2.74%) Greenfield Project
9 18 (2.46%) Public Cloud
10 17 (2.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 12 (1.64%) Data Structures
11 12 (1.64%) Distributed Architecture
11 12 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
12 11 (1.50%) Algorithms
12 11 (1.50%) Low-Code
12 11 (1.50%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 10 (1.37%) FMCG
13 10 (1.37%) Virtual Team
13 10 (1.37%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 30 (4.10%) Linux
2 11 (1.50%) Windows
3 8 (1.09%) Unix
4 2 (0.27%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.14%) Android
5 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 731 (100.00%) Event-Driven
2 416 (56.91%) CI/CD
3 361 (49.38%) Microservices
4 295 (40.36%) DevOps
5 279 (38.17%) Agile
6 179 (24.49%) Observability
7 176 (24.08%) Software Engineering
8 169 (23.12%) Infrastructure as Code
9 167 (22.85%) Containerisation
10 163 (22.30%) AI
11 161 (22.02%) Stakeholder Management
12 151 (20.66%) Integration Patterns
13 138 (18.88%) Test Automation
14 134 (18.33%) Roadmaps
15 129 (17.65%) Technical Leadership
16 110 (15.05%) Data Modelling
17 108 (14.77%) Architectural Patterns
18 100 (13.68%) Mentoring
19 99 (13.54%) Continuous Improvement
20 86 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 235 (32.15%) Java
2 191 (26.13%) Python
3 148 (20.25%) SQL
4 97 (13.27%) TypeScript
5 79 (10.81%) JavaScript
6 72 (9.85%) C#
7 31 (4.24%) Kotlin
8 27 (3.69%) Bicep
9 26 (3.56%) Bash
10 24 (3.28%) Go
11 17 (2.33%) PowerShell
12 12 (1.64%) Scala
13 11 (1.50%) ABAP
14 8 (1.09%) PHP
15 7 (0.96%) C++
16 6 (0.82%) Apex Code
16 6 (0.82%) Shell Script
17 4 (0.55%) C
17 4 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
18 3 (0.41%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 130 (17.78%) Security Cleared
2 112 (15.32%) SC Cleared
3 42 (5.75%) Degree
4 33 (4.51%) BPSS Clearance
5 29 (3.97%) DV Cleared
6 26 (3.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (3.15%) AWS Certification
8 17 (2.33%) Azure Certification
9 11 (1.50%) TOGAF Certification
10 10 (1.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 8 (1.09%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 6 (0.82%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.55%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.27%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 2 (0.27%) AWS Certified Developer
14 2 (0.27%) ISEB
14 2 (0.27%) ISTQB
15 1 (0.14%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 1 (0.14%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (7.11%) QA
2 39 (5.34%) Data Quality
3 16 (2.19%) Accessibility
4 11 (1.50%) ISO 20022
5 9 (1.23%) GDPR
5 9 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.96%) SEPA
7 4 (0.55%) HIPAA
7 4 (0.55%) NIST
7 4 (0.55%) PSD2
7 4 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.55%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.41%) EMIR
8 3 (0.41%) GRC
8 3 (0.41%) HL7
8 3 (0.41%) MiFID
8 3 (0.41%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.27%) NCSC
9 2 (0.27%) SLA
9 2 (0.27%) WCAG
System Software
1 202 (27.63%) Docker
2 3 (0.41%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 265 (36.25%) Kubernetes
2 35 (4.79%) Grafana
3 28 (3.83%) Prometheus
4 14 (1.92%) Ansible
5 11 (1.50%) Istio
6 6 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.55%) Bosun
8 3 (0.41%) Kustomize
9 2 (0.27%) systemd
10 1 (0.14%) Argo
10 1 (0.14%) Control-M
10 1 (0.14%) Kibana
10 1 (0.14%) linkerd
10 1 (0.14%) Rancher
Vendors
1 87 (11.90%) Microsoft
2 72 (9.85%) Google
3 45 (6.16%) Oracle
4 37 (5.06%) SAP
5 28 (3.83%) Databricks
6 20 (2.74%) MuleSoft
7 19 (2.60%) IBM
7 19 (2.60%) Salesforce
8 18 (2.46%) OpenAI
9 13 (1.78%) TIBCO
10 12 (1.64%) Informatica
10 12 (1.64%) ServiceNow
11 11 (1.50%) Okta
12 10 (1.37%) Confluent
12 10 (1.37%) WSO2
13 8 (1.09%) Splunk
14 7 (0.96%) TikTok
15 6 (0.82%) Dynatrace
15 6 (0.82%) Solace
15 6 (0.82%) Workday