YAML Contracts in England

YAML
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for YAML skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited YAML over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 392 352 567
Rank change year-on-year -40 +215 -108
Contract jobs citing YAML 143 347 213
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.39% 0.69% 0.30%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.92% 2.96% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 244 155
10th Percentile £416 £458 £454
25th Percentile £503 £500 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £555 £563
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -1.33% +12.50%
75th Percentile £650 £702 £670
90th Percentile £688 £800 £750
UK median daily rate £600 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +9.09% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £71.25 £52.75
25th Percentile - £72.38 £53.13
Median hourly rate - £75.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - +37.27% -
75th Percentile - £77.38 £56.88
90th Percentile - £77.75 £57.25
UK median hourly rate - £75.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +37.27% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

YAML is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,454 11,713 19,249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.17% 23.17% 27.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,302 8,672 14,430
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £430 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £563
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £775 £798 £763
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 209 138 214
10th Percentile £21.63 £28.73 £21.30
25th Percentile £40.31 £48.88 £35.00
Median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%

YAML
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing YAML as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for YAML in England

YAML
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for YAML in England

YAML
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing YAML in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for YAML in England

YAML
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for YAML in England

YAML
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 YAML within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 -64 74 £625 +13.64% 13
North of England +39 26 £499 -16.88% 4
Yorkshire - 22 £452 - 2
South West +30 14 £525 -27.59% 1
South East +10 14 £475 -20.83% 6
North West +10 4 £514 +2.75%
West Midlands +27 3 £375 -19.35% 3
Midlands +17 3 £375 -20.21% 3
East of England +15 2 £625 +47.06% 3
YAML
UK

YAML
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 9 (6.29%) Confluence
2 5 (3.50%) nginx
3 4 (2.80%) Apache Solr
4 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.40%) NServiceBus
5 1 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.70%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.70%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.70%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 83 (58.04%) Azure
2 52 (36.36%) Azure DevOps
3 34 (23.78%) AWS
4 30 (20.98%) GitHub
5 26 (18.18%) Azure Service Bus
6 14 (9.79%) Azure API Management
6 14 (9.79%) GCP
6 14 (9.79%) Serverless
7 13 (9.09%) AWS CloudFormation
7 13 (9.09%) PaaS
8 12 (8.39%) Azure Logic Apps
8 12 (8.39%) NuGet
9 10 (6.99%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 9 (6.29%) Apigee
10 9 (6.29%) Azure Key Vault
10 9 (6.29%) Azure Monitor
11 8 (5.59%) Azure AKS
11 8 (5.59%) IaaS
12 7 (4.90%) OpenShift
13 6 (4.20%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 19 (13.29%) DNS
1 19 (13.29%) Firewall
2 12 (8.39%) VPN
3 11 (7.69%) TCP/IP
4 10 (6.99%) HTTP
5 8 (5.59%) SNA
5 8 (5.59%) VSAN
6 5 (3.50%) HTTPS
7 4 (2.80%) IPsec
8 2 (1.40%) FTP
8 2 (1.40%) Internet
8 2 (1.40%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.70%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.70%) LAN
9 1 (0.70%) Network Security
9 1 (0.70%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.70%) SNMP
9 1 (0.70%) SSL
9 1 (0.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (9.79%) NoSQL
1 14 (9.79%) SQL Server
2 9 (6.29%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (5.59%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (4.20%) Data Lake
4 6 (4.20%) MySQL
4 6 (4.20%) Parquet
5 5 (3.50%) Couchbase
6 4 (2.80%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (2.80%) Oracle Database
6 4 (2.80%) Redis
7 3 (2.10%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (1.40%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (1.40%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.40%) Big Data
8 2 (1.40%) DynamoDB
8 2 (1.40%) Power BI
9 1 (0.70%) Bigtable
9 1 (0.70%) CockroachDB
9 1 (0.70%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 54 (37.76%) Git
2 25 (17.48%) Jenkins
3 19 (13.29%) GitLab
4 15 (10.49%) Artifactory
5 11 (7.69%) JIRA
6 10 (6.99%) SonarQube
7 6 (4.20%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 6 (4.20%) CircleCI
7 6 (4.20%) Travis CI
8 4 (2.80%) Bitbucket
8 4 (2.80%) Selenium
8 4 (2.80%) Visual Studio Code
9 3 (2.10%) Gradle
9 3 (2.10%) NUnit
9 3 (2.10%) Visual Studio
10 2 (1.40%) Maven
10 2 (1.40%) SpecFlow
10 2 (1.40%) Subversion
11 1 (0.70%) Postman
11 1 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 44 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 30 (20.98%) Finance
3 12 (8.39%) Public Sector
4 11 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (6.99%) Legal
6 7 (4.90%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (3.50%) Marketing
7 5 (3.50%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.80%) Electronics
8 4 (2.80%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.10%) Banking
9 3 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.10%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.40%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.70%) Advertising
11 1 (0.70%) Law
Job Titles
1 37 (25.87%) DevOps Engineer
2 25 (17.48%) Azure Engineer
3 20 (13.99%) Developer
4 14 (9.79%) Lead
5 13 (9.09%) Senior
5 13 (9.09%) Storage Manager
6 10 (6.99%) Azure Developer
6 10 (6.99%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 10 (6.99%) Platform Engineer
7 9 (6.29%) .NET Developer
7 9 (6.29%) Data Engineer
8 8 (5.59%) Architect
8 8 (5.59%) Security Engineer
9 7 (4.90%) AWS Engineer
9 7 (4.90%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 6 (4.20%) Automation Engineer
10 6 (4.20%) Azure Platform Engineer
11 5 (3.50%) Cloud Engineer
11 5 (3.50%) Data Architect
11 5 (3.50%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (27.27%) JSON
2 27 (18.88%) .NET
3 21 (14.69%) .NET Core
4 20 (13.99%) REST
5 12 (8.39%) GraphQL
6 11 (7.69%) XML
7 10 (6.99%) SOAP
7 10 (6.99%) Swagger
8 8 (5.59%) Node.js
9 6 (4.20%) ARM Templates
9 6 (4.20%) Elastic Stack
9 6 (4.20%) WebSockets
10 4 (2.80%) Apache Avro
10 4 (2.80%) JSON Schema
10 4 (2.80%) LEMP Stack
10 4 (2.80%) OAuth2
10 4 (2.80%) OpenAPI
10 4 (2.80%) pytest
10 4 (2.80%) React
10 4 (2.80%) SignalR
Miscellaneous
1 20 (13.99%) Data Centre
2 13 (9.09%) Cloud Native
3 11 (7.69%) Linux Command Line
4 10 (6.99%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (6.29%) Data Structures
5 9 (6.29%) Management Information System
6 6 (4.20%) Public Cloud
7 4 (2.80%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (2.80%) Onboarding
8 3 (2.10%) Wiki
9 2 (1.40%) Algorithms
9 2 (1.40%) ASIC
9 2 (1.40%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (1.40%) FPGA
9 2 (1.40%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.40%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (1.40%) Replication
9 2 (1.40%) Solar Panel
9 2 (1.40%) Verilog
10 1 (0.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 40 (27.97%) Linux
2 16 (11.19%) zOS
3 7 (4.90%) Unix
3 7 (4.90%) Windows
4 6 (4.20%) Windows Server
5 5 (3.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (2.80%) Alpine Linux
6 4 (2.80%) CentOS
7 1 (0.70%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.70%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (57.34%) DevOps
2 77 (53.85%) CI/CD
3 69 (48.25%) Agile
4 51 (35.66%) Infrastructure as Code
5 24 (16.78%) Scrum
6 23 (16.08%) API Management
7 22 (15.38%) Project Management
8 21 (14.69%) Problem-Solving
8 21 (14.69%) SDLC
8 21 (14.69%) Software Engineering
9 19 (13.29%) Microservices
9 19 (13.29%) Stakeholder Management
9 19 (13.29%) TDD
10 17 (11.89%) OO
11 16 (11.19%) Storage Management
12 15 (10.49%) Problem Management
13 14 (9.79%) Analytics
13 14 (9.79%) Containerisation
13 14 (9.79%) Continuous Integration
14 13 (9.09%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 73 (51.05%) Python
2 46 (32.17%) PowerShell
3 33 (23.08%) SQL
4 32 (22.38%) C#
5 19 (13.29%) Bash
6 18 (12.59%) Bicep
7 16 (11.19%) JCL
7 16 (11.19%) REXX
8 8 (5.59%) Java
8 8 (5.59%) JavaScript
8 8 (5.59%) Shell Script
9 4 (2.80%) PHP
10 3 (2.10%) C
11 2 (1.40%) Assembly Language
11 2 (1.40%) C++
11 2 (1.40%) SystemVerilog
11 2 (1.40%) Tcl
12 1 (0.70%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 34 (23.78%) Security Cleared
2 23 (16.08%) SC Cleared
3 8 (5.59%) DV Cleared
4 6 (4.20%) Degree
5 3 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.40%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.40%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.70%) CCNP
7 1 (0.70%) CEH
7 1 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.70%) CISSP
7 1 (0.70%) GCIA
7 1 (0.70%) GCIH
7 1 (0.70%) GIAC
7 1 (0.70%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.39%) Data Quality
2 11 (7.69%) QA
3 9 (6.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (4.90%) GDPR
5 4 (2.80%) HIPAA
5 4 (2.80%) NIST
6 1 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.70%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 32 (22.38%) Docker
2 16 (11.19%) NFS
2 16 (11.19%) Time Sharing Option
3 13 (9.09%) Active Directory
4 10 (6.99%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (6.99%) VMware NSX
5 8 (5.59%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (2.80%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (1.40%) Ceph
7 2 (1.40%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 2 (1.40%) vSphere
8 1 (0.70%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 71 (49.65%) Terraform
2 53 (37.06%) Ansible
3 41 (28.67%) Kubernetes
4 16 (11.19%) Grafana
5 15 (10.49%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 11 (7.69%) Prometheus
7 8 (5.59%) vCenter Server
7 8 (5.59%) vRealize
8 7 (4.90%) Progress Chef
8 7 (4.90%) Puppet
9 6 (4.20%) Docker Swarm
9 6 (4.20%) Kibana
9 6 (4.20%) logstash
10 5 (3.50%) Istio
11 2 (1.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (1.40%) Pacemaker
11 2 (1.40%) Podman
12 1 (0.70%) Argo
12 1 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.70%) VxRail
Vendors
1 21 (14.69%) Microsoft
2 17 (11.89%) Dell
3 16 (11.19%) Broadcom
3 16 (11.19%) Brocade
3 16 (11.19%) CA
3 16 (11.19%) IBM
4 14 (9.79%) VMware
5 10 (6.99%) Red Hat
6 7 (4.90%) Google
6 7 (4.90%) Splunk
7 6 (4.20%) Oracle
8 4 (2.80%) Black Duck
8 4 (2.80%) Salesforce
8 4 (2.80%) SAP
9 3 (2.10%) Databricks
9 3 (2.10%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.40%) Cadence
10 2 (1.40%) Sun
10 2 (1.40%) Talend
10 2 (1.40%) Xilinx