SonarQube Contract Job Trends in England

SonarSource SonarQube
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring SonarQube skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 451 420 477
Rank change year-on-year -31 +57 -24
Contract jobs citing SonarQube 118 74 76
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.34% 0.29% 0.20%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.44% 2.13% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 49 51
10th Percentile £400 £367 £425
25th Percentile £430 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% +4.76% -11.76%
75th Percentile £659 £650 £650
90th Percentile £794 £708 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 0
10th Percentile £51.25 - -
25th Percentile £55.00 - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
75th Percentile £67.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £60.00 - -

All Development Application Skills
England

SonarQube falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 4,842 3,477 4,337
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.95% 13.42% 11.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,319 2,197 3,042
10th Percentile £340 £334 £363
25th Percentile £407 £409 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £503 £533
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% -5.68% -7.35%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 60 208
10th Percentile £33.92 £27.38 £40.00
25th Percentile £52.50 £55.11 £49.62
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +5.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £71.25 £75.25
90th Percentile £81.70 £80.00 £88.75
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +5.69%

SonarQube
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SonarQube relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

SonarQube job vacancy trend in England

SonarQube
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SonarQube.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SonarQube

SonarQube
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SonarQube in England over the 6 months to 19 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SonarQube in England

SonarQube
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SonarQube.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SonarQube

SonarQube
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SonarQube in England over the 6 months to 19 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for SonarQube in England

SonarQube
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 SonarQube within the England region over the 6 months to 19 February 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 -57 41 £525 -6.67% 8
North of England -51 36 £431 -2.16% 12
Midlands -42 26 £613 +66.89% 12
West Midlands -38 22 £675 - 9
North West -11 20 £428 +16.49% 2
South West - 15 £700 - 2
South East -20 10 £488 -25.00% 8
North East -8 9 - - 4
Yorkshire -57 7 £511 -12.36% 6
East Midlands -22 4 £525 +43.05% 3
East of England -25 1 £850 +165.88% 1
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SonarQube
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 28 (23.73%) Confluence
2 7 (5.93%) OpenStack
3 6 (5.08%) Appian
3 6 (5.08%) nginx
4 3 (2.54%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.85%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.85%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.85%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 47 (39.83%) Azure
2 45 (38.14%) AWS
3 35 (29.66%) GitHub
4 22 (18.64%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (17.80%) OpenShift
6 16 (13.56%) Serverless
7 14 (11.86%) AWS Lambda
8 13 (11.02%) Amazon S3
9 12 (10.17%) GCP
9 12 (10.17%) GitHub Actions
9 12 (10.17%) Route 53
10 11 (9.32%) Amazon EC2
10 11 (9.32%) Amazon EKS
10 11 (9.32%) Amazon SQS
11 9 (7.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 8 (6.78%) npm
13 7 (5.93%) AWS CloudFormation
13 7 (5.93%) Azure AKS
14 6 (5.08%) Datadog
14 6 (5.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.78%) Firewall
2 6 (5.08%) DNS
2 6 (5.08%) OpenVPN
2 6 (5.08%) TCP/IP
2 6 (5.08%) VPN
3 1 (0.85%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.85%) Internet
3 1 (0.85%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.78%) PostgreSQL
1 8 (6.78%) Redis
2 7 (5.93%) DynamoDB
3 6 (5.08%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (5.08%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (4.24%) Amazon Aurora
4 5 (4.24%) DocumentDB
4 5 (4.24%) Metadata
4 5 (4.24%) Power BI
5 3 (2.54%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (2.54%) Pinecone
6 2 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.69%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.69%) Neo4j
6 2 (1.69%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.69%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.69%) Weaviate
7 1 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.85%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 40 (33.90%) Jenkins
2 34 (28.81%) Git
3 32 (27.12%) JIRA
4 30 (25.42%) GitLab
5 22 (18.64%) Bitbucket
6 21 (17.80%) Maven
7 16 (13.56%) JUnit
7 16 (13.56%) Selenium
8 15 (12.71%) Cucumber
9 12 (10.17%) Sonatype Nexus
10 11 (9.32%) Artifactory
10 11 (9.32%) Cypress.io
11 10 (8.47%) Postman
11 10 (8.47%) Snyk
12 6 (5.08%) Mockito
12 6 (5.08%) Robot Framework
13 5 (4.24%) Gradle
13 5 (4.24%) webpack
14 4 (3.39%) CircleCI
14 4 (3.39%) Gatling
General
1 29 (24.58%) Social Skills
2 16 (13.56%) Finance
3 15 (12.71%) Public Sector
4 10 (8.47%) Banking
4 10 (8.47%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (5.93%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (5.08%) Telecoms
7 3 (2.54%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.69%) Publishing
9 1 (0.85%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.85%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.85%) Retail
9 1 (0.85%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 41 (34.75%) Developer
2 16 (13.56%) DevOps Engineer
3 14 (11.86%) DevSecOps Engineer
3 14 (11.86%) Java Developer
4 12 (10.17%) Senior
5 11 (9.32%) Lead
6 9 (7.63%) Architect
6 9 (7.63%) Software Engineer
7 7 (5.93%) React Developer
7 7 (5.93%) Senior Developer
8 5 (4.24%) Technical Architect
9 4 (3.39%) Security Engineer
9 4 (3.39%) UI Developer
10 3 (2.54%) Evangelist
10 3 (2.54%) Java Engineer
10 3 (2.54%) Java Software Engineer
10 3 (2.54%) JavaScript Developer
10 3 (2.54%) Lead Developer
10 3 (2.54%) Salesforce Developer
10 3 (2.54%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (22.88%) YAML
2 20 (16.95%) AngularJS
2 20 (16.95%) Node.js
2 20 (16.95%) REST
3 18 (15.25%) JSON
4 14 (11.86%) React
4 14 (11.86%) Spring
5 13 (11.02%) RESTful
6 11 (9.32%) Quarkus
6 11 (9.32%) Spring Boot
6 11 (9.32%) Web Services
7 9 (7.63%) .NET
7 9 (7.63%) OpenID
8 8 (6.78%) Elastic Stack
8 8 (6.78%) Hibernate
8 8 (6.78%) JPA
9 7 (5.93%) CSS
9 7 (5.93%) HTML
9 7 (5.93%) LDAP
9 7 (5.93%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.93%) Cloud Native
2 5 (4.24%) Distributed Systems
2 5 (4.24%) Private Cloud
3 4 (3.39%) Product Ownership
3 4 (3.39%) Security Posture
4 3 (2.54%) AI Agents
4 3 (2.54%) Blog
4 3 (2.54%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.69%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.69%) Cloud Security Posture
5 2 (1.69%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.69%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (1.69%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.85%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.85%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.85%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 15 (12.71%) Linux
2 4 (3.39%) Windows
3 3 (2.54%) Unix
4 2 (1.69%) Android
5 1 (0.85%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.85%) Windows Embedded Compact
5 1 (0.85%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.85%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (60.17%) CI/CD
2 59 (50.00%) DevOps
3 48 (40.68%) Agile
4 41 (34.75%) Test Automation
5 39 (33.05%) DevSecOps
6 34 (28.81%) Containerisation
7 32 (27.12%) Software Engineering
8 29 (24.58%) SDLC
9 27 (22.88%) Scrum
10 26 (22.03%) Unit Testing
11 24 (20.34%) Infrastructure as Code
12 23 (19.49%) Sprint Planning
12 23 (19.49%) TDD
13 21 (17.80%) Problem-Solving
14 20 (16.95%) Microservices
15 17 (14.41%) Code Quality
15 17 (14.41%) Front End Development
16 16 (13.56%) BDD
17 13 (11.02%) Continuous Improvement
17 13 (11.02%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 48 (40.68%) Java
2 22 (18.64%) Python
3 20 (16.95%) JavaScript
4 14 (11.86%) SQL
5 7 (5.93%) Groovy
5 7 (5.93%) TypeScript
6 5 (4.24%) C#
6 5 (4.24%) C++
6 5 (4.24%) Go
6 5 (4.24%) PowerShell
7 4 (3.39%) Bash
8 3 (2.54%) Rust
9 2 (1.69%) C
9 2 (1.69%) Kotlin
9 2 (1.69%) R
10 1 (0.85%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.85%) RPG
10 1 (0.85%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.85%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.85%) VB
Qualifications
1 50 (42.37%) Security Cleared
2 40 (33.90%) SC Cleared
3 14 (11.86%) DV Cleared
4 7 (5.93%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (3.39%) Degree
6 3 (2.54%) AWS Certification
6 3 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.69%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.85%) AWS Certified Developer
8 1 (0.85%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
8 1 (0.85%) CISSP
8 1 (0.85%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.85%) OCP
8 1 (0.85%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.85%) OSCP
8 1 (0.85%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (14.41%) QA
2 9 (7.63%) NCSC
3 7 (5.93%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.69%) WCAG
5 1 (0.85%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.85%) EU AI Act
5 1 (0.85%) GDPR
5 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.85%) NIST
5 1 (0.85%) SOC 2
System Software
1 53 (44.92%) Docker
2 6 (5.08%) Squid
3 3 (2.54%) Postfix
4 1 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 52 (44.07%) Kubernetes
2 36 (30.51%) Terraform
3 19 (16.10%) Grafana
4 17 (14.41%) Ansible
5 15 (12.71%) Prometheus
6 11 (9.32%) Argo
7 6 (5.08%) Consul
7 6 (5.08%) FortiGate
7 6 (5.08%) Puppet
7 6 (5.08%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (3.39%) Podman
8 4 (3.39%) Progress Chef
9 3 (2.54%) HP Fortify
9 3 (2.54%) Istio
10 2 (1.69%) rkt
11 1 (0.85%) Rancher
Vendors
1 21 (17.80%) Veracode
2 18 (15.25%) Red Hat
3 12 (10.17%) Dynatrace
4 10 (8.47%) Atlassian
5 8 (6.78%) Checkmarx
5 8 (6.78%) Microsoft
6 7 (5.93%) Salesforce
6 7 (5.93%) Splunk
7 6 (5.08%) Cisco
8 5 (4.24%) Guidewire
8 5 (4.24%) Jaspersoft
9 4 (3.39%) DocuSign
9 4 (3.39%) Sonatype
10 3 (2.54%) Cognizant
10 3 (2.54%) Databricks
10 3 (2.54%) Oracle
10 3 (2.54%) Perforce
11 2 (1.69%) Google
11 2 (1.69%) SAP
11 2 (1.69%) Xamarin