Event-Driven Contracts in England

Event-Driven
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Event-Driven skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Event-Driven 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 254 392 325
Rank change year-on-year +138 -67 -36
Contract jobs citing Event-Driven 247 150 374
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.01% 0.40% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.11% 0.47% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 115 305
10th Percentile £405 £400 £500
25th Percentile £487 £485 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £670
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -17.91% -4.29%
75th Percentile £735 £675 £750
90th Percentile £800 £775 £863
UK median daily rate £575 £550 £650
% change year-on-year +4.55% -15.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £52.50 -
Median hourly rate £35.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% +57.14% -53.95%
75th Percentile - £57.50 -
90th Percentile - - £52.63
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £55.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -36.36% +57.14% -53.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Event-Driven 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%

Event-Driven
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Event-Driven as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Event-Driven in England

Event-Driven
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Event-Driven in England

Event-Driven
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Event-Driven in England

Event-Driven
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Event-Driven in England.

Hourly rate trend for Event-Driven in England

Event-Driven
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 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 +103 162 £660 +10.00% 218
North of England +50 52 £530 -3.64% 105
North West +38 36 £530 +3.97% 70
South East +50 13 £409 -13.89% 90
Yorkshire +13 12 £550 -7.17% 27
Midlands +28 8 £537 +79.00% 42
East Midlands - 6 £537 - 16
South West +32 4 £675 +22.73% 24
North East +1 4 £465 -28.46% 8
East of England +31 3 £525 -8.70% 22
West Midlands +14 2 £581 +93.67% 22
Event-Driven
UK

Event-Driven
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 16 (6.48%) Apache Spark
2 8 (3.24%) Apache
3 3 (1.21%) JBoss
4 2 (0.81%) Camunda
4 2 (0.81%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.81%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.81%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.40%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (0.81%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.40%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 84 (34.01%) Azure
2 81 (32.79%) AWS
3 59 (23.89%) Serverless
4 27 (10.93%) GCP
5 25 (10.12%) GitHub
6 21 (8.50%) AWS Lambda
7 18 (7.29%) Azure AKS
8 17 (6.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 17 (6.88%) Amazon S3
8 17 (6.88%) GitHub Actions
9 16 (6.48%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (6.48%) Azure Service Bus
10 15 (6.07%) Azure Functions
11 13 (5.26%) AWS CloudFormation
12 12 (4.86%) npm
12 12 (4.86%) Yarn
13 10 (4.05%) Amazon EventBridge
13 10 (4.05%) Azure Logic Apps
14 9 (3.64%) Amazon SQS
15 8 (3.24%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.62%) Firewall
2 3 (1.21%) Network Security
2 3 (1.21%) VPN
3 2 (0.81%) Cisco ISE
3 2 (0.81%) HTTPS
3 2 (0.81%) IPsec
3 2 (0.81%) Kerberos
3 2 (0.81%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.81%) SSL
3 2 (0.81%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.81%) WAN
3 2 (0.81%) Wireless
4 1 (0.40%) DNS
4 1 (0.40%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (18.22%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (14.57%) NoSQL
3 25 (10.12%) MongoDB
4 19 (7.69%) Relational Database
5 13 (5.26%) DynamoDB
6 12 (4.86%) MySQL
7 11 (4.45%) Redis
8 9 (3.64%) Flink
8 9 (3.64%) SQL Server
9 8 (3.24%) Data Lake
9 8 (3.24%) Power BI
10 7 (2.83%) Big Data
11 6 (2.43%) Hadoop
12 5 (2.02%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (1.62%) Apache Cassandra
13 4 (1.62%) Apache Iceberg
13 4 (1.62%) Geospatial Data
14 3 (1.21%) Amazon Athena
14 3 (1.21%) Delta Lake
14 3 (1.21%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 47 (19.03%) Jenkins
2 39 (15.79%) Git
3 35 (14.17%) GitLab
4 17 (6.88%) JUnit
4 17 (6.88%) Mockito
5 15 (6.07%) Gradle
5 15 (6.07%) Maven
6 12 (4.86%) webpack
7 11 (4.45%) Liquibase
8 5 (2.02%) Artifactory
8 5 (2.02%) CircleCI
8 5 (2.02%) Cypress.io
8 5 (2.02%) gulp
8 5 (2.02%) SonarQube
8 5 (2.02%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (1.62%) JIRA
9 4 (1.62%) Postman
9 4 (1.62%) REST Assured
10 3 (1.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (1.21%) IntelliJ
General
1 62 (25.10%) Finance
2 54 (21.86%) Social Skills
3 37 (14.98%) Banking
4 29 (11.74%) Public Sector
5 19 (7.69%) Investment Banking
6 16 (6.48%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (6.07%) Telecoms
8 11 (4.45%) Electronics
8 11 (4.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (4.45%) Manufacturing
8 11 (4.45%) Marketing
8 11 (4.45%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.62%) Front Office
9 4 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.62%) Publishing
10 3 (1.21%) Law
11 2 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.81%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.40%) Back Office
12 1 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 90 (36.44%) Developer
2 86 (34.82%) Architect
3 39 (15.79%) Solutions Architect
4 36 (14.57%) Senior
5 26 (10.53%) Java Developer
6 20 (8.10%) Full-Stack Developer
6 20 (8.10%) Senior Developer
7 17 (6.88%) Technical Architect
8 15 (6.07%) Lead
8 15 (6.07%) Software Engineer
9 14 (5.67%) Enterprise Architect
10 13 (5.26%) Python Developer
10 13 (5.26%) React Developer
11 12 (4.86%) UI Developer
12 11 (4.45%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
12 11 (4.45%) SC Cleared Java Developer
12 11 (4.45%) Senior UI Developer
13 10 (4.05%) AWS Architect
13 10 (4.05%) Java Architect
13 10 (4.05%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (33.20%) Kafka
2 45 (18.22%) React
3 36 (14.57%) RESTful
4 35 (14.17%) Spring
5 34 (13.77%) Spring Boot
6 29 (11.74%) Node.js
7 27 (10.93%) .NET
8 24 (9.72%) REST
9 16 (6.48%) OAuth
9 16 (6.48%) OpenAPI
9 16 (6.48%) Swagger
10 15 (6.07%) AngularJS
10 15 (6.07%) CSS
11 14 (5.67%) GraphQL
12 12 (4.86%) Hibernate
13 11 (4.45%) Express.js
13 11 (4.45%) RabbitMQ
13 11 (4.45%) Web Services
14 9 (3.64%) OpenTelemetry
15 8 (3.24%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.72%) Cloud Native
2 18 (7.29%) Derivative
3 17 (6.88%) Public Cloud
4 14 (5.67%) Distributed Systems
5 13 (5.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 11 (4.45%) Onboarding
7 8 (3.24%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (2.83%) Product Ownership
9 5 (2.02%) Hedge funds
10 4 (1.62%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.21%) Distributed Applications
11 3 (1.21%) Educational Technology
11 3 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (1.21%) Reference Data
12 2 (0.81%) EMV
12 2 (0.81%) Mainframe
12 2 (0.81%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.64%) Linux
2 5 (2.02%) Windows
3 4 (1.62%) Unix
4 2 (0.81%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.40%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (58.30%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 119 (48.18%) Microservices
3 118 (47.77%) CI/CD
4 108 (43.72%) Agile
5 87 (35.22%) DevOps
6 68 (27.53%) Containerisation
7 50 (20.24%) Problem-Solving
8 47 (19.03%) Full-Stack Development
9 44 (17.81%) Software Engineering
10 39 (15.79%) Infrastructure as Code
11 34 (13.77%) Event-Driven Programming
12 32 (12.96%) Test Automation
13 30 (12.15%) Technical Leadership
14 27 (10.93%) Design Patterns
14 27 (10.93%) Mentoring
14 27 (10.93%) TDD
15 24 (9.72%) Integration Patterns
16 23 (9.31%) Migration
17 20 (8.10%) Observability
18 19 (7.69%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 97 (39.27%) Java
2 72 (29.15%) SQL
3 70 (28.34%) Python
4 44 (17.81%) TypeScript
5 38 (15.38%) JavaScript
6 31 (12.55%) C#
7 9 (3.64%) C++
8 8 (3.24%) Kotlin
8 8 (3.24%) Scala
9 6 (2.43%) Go
10 5 (2.02%) Ruby
11 4 (1.62%) C
11 4 (1.62%) PL/SQL
12 3 (1.21%) Bicep
12 3 (1.21%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.81%) ActionScript
13 2 (0.81%) Groovy
13 2 (0.81%) PHP
13 2 (0.81%) REXX
13 2 (0.81%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (13.36%) Security Cleared
2 32 (12.96%) SC Cleared
3 9 (3.64%) AWS Certification
4 8 (3.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 6 (2.43%) Degree
6 4 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.62%) OCP
6 4 (1.62%) Oracle Certification
7 3 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.81%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.81%) IBM Certification
9 1 (0.40%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.40%) CEH
9 1 (0.40%) CISSP
9 1 (0.40%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.40%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.40%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.24%) QA
2 4 (1.62%) Data Quality
2 4 (1.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (1.21%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.21%) HL7
4 2 (0.81%) GDPR
4 2 (0.81%) ISO 20022
4 2 (0.81%) ISO 8583
4 2 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.81%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.81%) PSD2
4 2 (0.81%) SEPA
5 1 (0.40%) EMIR
5 1 (0.40%) MiFID
System Software
1 86 (34.82%) Docker
2 3 (1.21%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.81%) RACF
3 2 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.40%) Apache Flume
4 1 (0.40%) HDFS
4 1 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 81 (32.79%) Kubernetes
2 55 (22.27%) Terraform
3 16 (6.48%) Prometheus
4 15 (6.07%) Ansible
5 13 (5.26%) Grafana
6 3 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.81%) Argo
7 2 (0.81%) Istio
7 2 (0.81%) MOM
7 2 (0.81%) Packer
7 2 (0.81%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.40%) Kibana
8 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.40%) vRealize
8 1 (0.40%) VxRail
Vendors
1 20 (8.10%) Microsoft
2 15 (6.07%) Databricks
3 12 (4.86%) Atlassian
4 11 (4.45%) Google
4 11 (4.45%) SAP
5 10 (4.05%) Virgin Media
6 8 (3.24%) Splunk
7 7 (2.83%) Oracle
8 6 (2.43%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.62%) Bloomberg
9 4 (1.62%) DocuSign
9 4 (1.62%) IBM
9 4 (1.62%) MuleSoft
9 4 (1.62%) Reuters
10 3 (1.21%) Cisco
10 3 (1.21%) Refinitiv
11 2 (0.81%) Dell KACE
11 2 (0.81%) IBM Sterling
11 2 (0.81%) Meraki
11 2 (0.81%) Palo Alto