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 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 395 436 477
Rank change year-on-year +41 +41 -33
Contract jobs citing SonarQube 149 71 94
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.48% 0.23% 0.24%
As % of the Development Applications category 3.18% 1.77% 1.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 50 66
10th Percentile £302 £413 £450
25th Percentile £382 £550 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £612 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.13% +6.43% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £685 £650
90th Percentile £771 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £565 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -5.83% +4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £46.53 - -
25th Percentile £49.56 - -
Median hourly rate £53.75 - -
75th Percentile £55.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £53.75 - -

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 4,684 4,020 4,834
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.13% 13.26% 12.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,277 2,521 3,424
10th Percentile £330 £345 £375
25th Percentile £408 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £645
90th Percentile £700 £730 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £540
% change year-on-year -2.44% -5.09% -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 101 214
10th Percentile £39.00 £46.18 £45.88
25th Percentile £52.50 £54.36 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £77.50
90th Percentile £84.40 £75.00 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £64.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +1.56% -1.54% +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 7 December 2025.

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
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 7 December 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 +18 59 £610 -7.92% 7
North of England -7 44 £400 -22.89% 13
Midlands -15 29 £575 -6.05% 2
North West +11 28 £400 +12.36% 4
West Midlands -18 20 £700 +14.38% 1
South West - 17 £700 - 4
Yorkshire -36 11 £390 -34.04% 7
East Midlands - 9 £270 - 1
South East -10 7 £550 -12.00% 7
North East 0 5 £425 - 2
East of England -13 1 £850 +167.30%
SonarQube
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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 22 (14.77%) Confluence
2 7 (4.70%) Appian
3 6 (4.03%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (2.68%) JBoss
4 4 (2.68%) OpenStack
5 3 (2.01%) Apache Spark
6 2 (1.34%) Mule
6 2 (1.34%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.67%) CICS
7 1 (0.67%) nginx
7 1 (0.67%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.67%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 63 (42.28%) Azure
2 57 (38.26%) AWS
3 47 (31.54%) GitHub
4 38 (25.50%) GCP
5 27 (18.12%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (14.77%) Serverless
7 19 (12.75%) AWS Lambda
8 17 (11.41%) Amazon SQS
8 17 (11.41%) GitHub Actions
8 17 (11.41%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 17 (11.41%) OpenShift
9 13 (8.72%) Datadog
9 13 (8.72%) npm
10 12 (8.05%) PaaS
11 11 (7.38%) AWS CloudFormation
12 10 (6.71%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 10 (6.71%) Amazon ECS
13 9 (6.04%) Amazon EC2
14 8 (5.37%) Apigee
14 8 (5.37%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.70%) Firewall
2 5 (3.36%) SSH
3 3 (2.01%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.34%) DNS
4 2 (1.34%) SSL
5 1 (0.67%) HTTP
5 1 (0.67%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.67%) Internet
5 1 (0.67%) Network Security
5 1 (0.67%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.67%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (12.75%) Redis
2 16 (10.74%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (9.40%) NoSQL
4 10 (6.71%) Relational Database
5 9 (6.04%) RDBMS
6 8 (5.37%) DocumentDB
6 8 (5.37%) DynamoDB
7 7 (4.70%) Amazon Aurora
7 7 (4.70%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (4.70%) Power BI
7 7 (4.70%) SQL Server
8 6 (4.03%) MySQL
9 5 (3.36%) BigQuery
9 5 (3.36%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (3.36%) Hadoop
9 5 (3.36%) Oracle Database
10 4 (2.68%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (2.68%) MongoDB
11 3 (2.01%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (2.01%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 65 (43.62%) Jenkins
2 55 (36.91%) Git
3 40 (26.85%) GitLab
4 35 (23.49%) JIRA
4 35 (23.49%) Sonatype Nexus
5 32 (21.48%) Maven
6 27 (18.12%) Selenium
7 22 (14.77%) Bitbucket
8 21 (14.09%) JUnit
9 20 (13.42%) Cucumber
10 16 (10.74%) Postman
11 15 (10.07%) Artifactory
12 14 (9.40%) Cypress.io
12 14 (9.40%) Gradle
13 11 (7.38%) Mockito
14 9 (6.04%) Snyk
14 9 (6.04%) TeamCity
15 7 (4.70%) Robot Framework
15 7 (4.70%) webpack
16 6 (4.03%) gulp
General
1 41 (27.52%) Social Skills
2 26 (17.45%) Finance
3 23 (15.44%) Banking
4 21 (14.09%) Public Sector
5 7 (4.70%) Telecoms
6 6 (4.03%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (3.36%) Publishing
8 4 (2.68%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (2.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.34%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.34%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.67%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.67%) German Language
10 1 (0.67%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.67%) Military
10 1 (0.67%) Retail
10 1 (0.67%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 40 (26.85%) Developer
2 28 (18.79%) DevOps Engineer
3 18 (12.08%) DevSecOps Engineer
3 18 (12.08%) Java Developer
4 14 (9.40%) Lead
5 12 (8.05%) GCP Engineer
6 10 (6.71%) Security Engineer
7 8 (5.37%) Architect
7 8 (5.37%) Platform Engineer
7 8 (5.37%) Senior
7 8 (5.37%) Software Engineer
8 7 (4.70%) AWS Engineer
9 6 (4.03%) Java Architect
9 6 (4.03%) Java Technical Architect
9 6 (4.03%) Technical Architect
9 6 (4.03%) UI Developer
10 5 (3.36%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 5 (3.36%) GCP DevOps
10 5 (3.36%) GCP DevOps Engineer
10 5 (3.36%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (21.48%) Spring Boot
2 30 (20.13%) React
3 25 (16.78%) Node.js
4 24 (16.11%) REST
5 22 (14.77%) CSS
5 22 (14.77%) HTML
6 18 (12.08%) JSON
7 17 (11.41%) Jest
8 16 (10.74%) CSS3
8 16 (10.74%) Elastic Stack
8 16 (10.74%) HTML5
8 16 (10.74%) Kafka
8 16 (10.74%) Spring
8 16 (10.74%) YAML
9 14 (9.40%) J2EE
9 14 (9.40%) Redux
10 12 (8.05%) .NET
10 12 (8.05%) AngularJS
10 12 (8.05%) Hibernate
10 12 (8.05%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 17 (11.41%) Cloud Native
2 9 (6.04%) Data Centre
2 9 (6.04%) Product Ownership
3 5 (3.36%) AI Agents
3 5 (3.36%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (3.36%) Greenfield Project
3 5 (3.36%) N-Tier
3 5 (3.36%) Private Cloud
4 4 (2.68%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.01%) Autonomous Agent
5 3 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.01%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.34%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.34%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (1.34%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.34%) Market Risk
6 2 (1.34%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.67%) Blog
7 1 (0.67%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 19 (12.75%) Linux
2 11 (7.38%) Windows
3 7 (4.70%) Unix
4 4 (2.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (2.01%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.34%) Android
7 1 (0.67%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.67%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (69.13%) CI/CD
2 90 (60.40%) DevOps
3 56 (37.58%) Containerisation
4 53 (35.57%) Agile
5 49 (32.89%) Infrastructure as Code
6 41 (27.52%) Microservices
7 40 (26.85%) Test Automation
8 39 (26.17%) DevSecOps
9 31 (20.81%) TDD
10 30 (20.13%) SDLC
11 29 (19.46%) Code Quality
12 27 (18.12%) Software Engineering
13 26 (17.45%) Unit Testing
14 25 (16.78%) Problem-Solving
15 22 (14.77%) Migration
16 21 (14.09%) Mentoring
17 20 (13.42%) Platform Engineering
17 20 (13.42%) Scrum
18 19 (12.75%) Front End Development
19 18 (12.08%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 54 (36.24%) Python
2 53 (35.57%) Java
3 39 (26.17%) JavaScript
4 29 (19.46%) SQL
5 19 (12.75%) Bash
6 13 (8.72%) Groovy
7 10 (6.71%) PowerShell
8 8 (5.37%) C#
9 6 (4.03%) Shell Script
9 6 (4.03%) TypeScript
10 5 (3.36%) Go
11 4 (2.68%) Perl
12 3 (2.01%) C++
12 3 (2.01%) Rust
13 2 (1.34%) Kotlin
13 2 (1.34%) R
14 1 (0.67%) C
14 1 (0.67%) COBOL
14 1 (0.67%) JCL
14 1 (0.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (32.21%) Security Cleared
2 35 (23.49%) SC Cleared
3 18 (12.08%) DV Cleared
4 10 (6.71%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (4.03%) OSCP
6 5 (3.36%) CREST Certified
6 5 (3.36%) Degree
6 5 (3.36%) Tigerscheme
7 4 (2.68%) AWS Certification
7 4 (2.68%) CHECK Team Member
8 3 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.34%) CISSP
9 2 (1.34%) OCP
9 2 (1.34%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.67%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.67%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
10 1 (0.67%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.67%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.67%) MCP
10 1 (0.67%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.07%) NCSC
1 15 (10.07%) QA
2 11 (7.38%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.68%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (2.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (2.68%) WCAG
4 3 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.34%) GDPR
5 2 (1.34%) NIST
6 1 (0.67%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.67%) EU AI Act
6 1 (0.67%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.67%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.67%) SOC 2
System Software
1 85 (57.05%) Docker
2 4 (2.68%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.34%) HDFS
4 1 (0.67%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 1 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 64 (42.95%) Kubernetes
2 55 (36.91%) Terraform
3 25 (16.78%) Ansible
4 13 (8.72%) Prometheus
5 11 (7.38%) Argo
5 11 (7.38%) Grafana
5 11 (7.38%) Progress Chef
6 8 (5.37%) Puppet
7 7 (4.70%) Istio
8 6 (4.03%) Kibana
9 5 (3.36%) Nmap
10 4 (2.68%) Podman
11 3 (2.01%) HP Fortify
12 2 (1.34%) rkt
13 1 (0.67%) Control-M
13 1 (0.67%) Nessus
13 1 (0.67%) Packer
13 1 (0.67%) Rancher
13 1 (0.67%) Rsyslog
13 1 (0.67%) SCOM
Vendors
1 22 (14.77%) Veracode
2 17 (11.41%) Splunk
3 14 (9.40%) Google
4 13 (8.72%) Red Hat
5 12 (8.05%) Dynatrace
6 10 (6.71%) Microsoft
7 9 (6.04%) Checkmarx
8 7 (4.70%) Cisco
9 6 (4.03%) Cloudera
9 6 (4.03%) DocuSign
9 6 (4.03%) Perforce
10 5 (3.36%) CA Agile Central
10 5 (3.36%) Gigya
10 5 (3.36%) Oracle
11 4 (2.68%) AppDynamics
12 3 (2.01%) Databricks
13 2 (1.34%) SAP
13 2 (1.34%) Xamarin
14 1 (0.67%) Clearswift
14 1 (0.67%) VMware