YAML Contract Job Trends in England

YAML
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring YAML skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 461 416 383
Rank change year-on-year -45 -33 0
Contract jobs citing YAML 157 98 153
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.34% 0.36% 0.46%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.61% 1.43% 1.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 72 94
10th Percentile £403 £351 £473
25th Percentile £425 £418 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £478 £600
Median % change year-on-year +12.40% -20.38% +4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £638
90th Percentile £705 £689 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £489 £582
% change year-on-year +7.36% -15.98% +4.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £91.25 - -
Median hourly rate £92.50 - -
75th Percentile £93.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £92.50 £70.00 -
% change year-on-year +32.14% - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

YAML falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 9,776 6,836 8,122
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.38% 24.77% 24.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,442 4,706 5,575
10th Percentile £375 £355 £363
25th Percentile £437 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.92% -5.45% -1.79%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 163 187
10th Percentile £29.16 £31.25 £27.00
25th Percentile £50.00 £42.05 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.24 £54.70 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.92% -11.77% -4.62%
75th Percentile £75.00 £65.13 £70.00
90th Percentile £87.88 £75.00 £74.46
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £53.25 £61.60
% change year-on-year +22.07% -13.56% -2.22%

YAML
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

YAML job vacancy trend in England

YAML
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing YAML

YAML
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing YAML in England over the 6 months to 27 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for YAML in England

YAML
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing YAML

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 August 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 -45 85 £600 +26.32% 40
North of England -48 24 £513 +13.89% 11
Midlands -47 20 £410 -28.74% 11
Yorkshire -32 18 £514 +28.50% 3
South East -55 18 £525 +10.53% 9
West Midlands -44 17 £407 -31.77% 6
South West -42 5 £674 -3.68% 7
East Midlands -14 3 £450 -7.69% 5
North West -44 3 £538 +10.26% 4
North East - 3 £513 - 4
East of England -22 1 £525 - 7
YAML
UK

YAML
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 9 (5.73%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (5.10%) SharePoint
3 7 (4.46%) Apache
3 7 (4.46%) Confluence
4 4 (2.55%) IIS
4 4 (2.55%) nginx
5 3 (1.91%) Tomcat
6 2 (1.27%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.64%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.64%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 92 (58.60%) Azure
2 74 (47.13%) Azure DevOps
3 52 (33.12%) AWS
4 48 (30.57%) GitHub
5 29 (18.47%) Azure AKS
6 28 (17.83%) GCP
7 23 (14.65%) GitHub Actions
8 20 (12.74%) Azure Data Factory
9 16 (10.19%) Entra ID
10 15 (9.55%) Azure Monitor
11 13 (8.28%) Serverless
12 12 (7.64%) Power Platform
13 11 (7.01%) Amazon S3
13 11 (7.01%) Azure Key Vault
13 11 (7.01%) OCI
14 8 (5.10%) OpenShift
15 7 (4.46%) Amazon EC2
15 7 (4.46%) Azure Logic Apps
15 7 (4.46%) Snowflake
16 6 (3.82%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 12 (7.64%) DNS
2 11 (7.01%) Firewall
3 10 (6.37%) BGP
3 10 (6.37%) Ethernet VPN
3 10 (6.37%) VXLAN
4 9 (5.73%) NX-OS
5 5 (3.18%) BIG-IP
6 4 (2.55%) DHCP
6 4 (2.55%) TACACS
7 3 (1.91%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (1.91%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 3 (1.91%) NAS
7 3 (1.91%) Network Security
7 3 (1.91%) SAN
7 3 (1.91%) VPN
8 2 (1.27%) DSL
8 2 (1.27%) Internet
8 2 (1.27%) NetScaler
8 2 (1.27%) SSL
8 2 (1.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (10.19%) Metadata
2 14 (8.92%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (5.73%) Data Lake
4 7 (4.46%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (4.46%) SQL Server
5 5 (3.18%) Amazon Athena
5 5 (3.18%) Data Hub
5 5 (3.18%) Power BI
5 5 (3.18%) Snowflake Schema
6 4 (2.55%) Oracle Database
7 3 (1.91%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.91%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.91%) BigQuery
7 3 (1.91%) DynamoDB
7 3 (1.91%) MySQL
7 3 (1.91%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (1.27%) Semantic Layer
8 2 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 44 (28.03%) Git
2 35 (22.29%) GitLab
3 32 (20.38%) Jenkins
4 15 (9.55%) SonarQube
5 13 (8.28%) Maven
6 11 (7.01%) JIRA
7 6 (3.82%) MLflow
8 5 (3.18%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (2.55%) Bitbucket
9 4 (2.55%) JUnit
9 4 (2.55%) Postman
10 3 (1.91%) Cucumber
10 3 (1.91%) Mockito
10 3 (1.91%) Selenium
10 3 (1.91%) Snyk
11 2 (1.27%) ER Studio
11 2 (1.27%) ERwin
11 2 (1.27%) NUnit
11 2 (1.27%) PowerDesigner
12 1 (0.64%) Cypress.io
General
1 32 (20.38%) Finance
2 30 (19.11%) Social Skills
3 11 (7.01%) Banking
3 11 (7.01%) Publishing
4 7 (4.46%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (3.82%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (1.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (1.91%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.27%) Law
8 1 (0.64%) Electronics
8 1 (0.64%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 46 (29.30%) DevOps Engineer
2 29 (18.47%) Azure Engineer
3 21 (13.38%) Azure DevOps Engineer
4 18 (11.46%) Architect
4 18 (11.46%) Developer
5 15 (9.55%) Senior
6 14 (8.92%) Full-Stack Developer
7 13 (8.28%) Data Engineer
8 9 (5.73%) Consultant
8 9 (5.73%) Python Engineer
9 8 (5.10%) Cloud Engineer
9 8 (5.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (4.46%) Automation Engineer
10 7 (4.46%) Azure Data Engineer
11 6 (3.82%) Analyst
11 6 (3.82%) Platform Engineer
11 6 (3.82%) Senior DevOps
11 6 (3.82%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 5 (3.18%) Network Engineer
12 5 (3.18%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (50.96%) Terraform
2 40 (25.48%) JSON
3 22 (14.01%) Node.js
4 17 (10.83%) REST
5 14 (8.92%) ARM Templates
6 13 (8.28%) .NET
6 13 (8.28%) Flask
6 13 (8.28%) Kafka
7 12 (7.64%) Django
8 11 (7.01%) React
8 11 (7.01%) SLSA
9 6 (3.82%) OpenTelemetry
10 5 (3.18%) .NET Core
10 5 (3.18%) .NET Framework
10 5 (3.18%) RabbitMQ
10 5 (3.18%) RESTful
11 4 (2.55%) AngularJS
11 4 (2.55%) Entity Framework
11 4 (2.55%) Spring
11 4 (2.55%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 20 (12.74%) Cloud Native
2 13 (8.28%) Data Centre
3 11 (7.01%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (3.82%) Linux Command Line
5 4 (2.55%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (2.55%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.27%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.27%) Clustering
6 2 (1.27%) CMDB
6 2 (1.27%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.27%) Enterprise Cloud
6 2 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.27%) Private Cloud
6 2 (1.27%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.27%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.27%) Taxonomies
7 1 (0.64%) FPGA
7 1 (0.64%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 28 (17.83%) Linux
2 15 (9.55%) Windows
3 7 (4.46%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.82%) Ubuntu
5 5 (3.18%) VMS
6 4 (2.55%) CentOS
7 3 (1.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (1.91%) Unix
8 2 (1.27%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (1.27%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (1.27%) zOS
9 1 (0.64%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (70.06%) CI/CD
2 106 (67.52%) DevOps
3 66 (42.04%) Infrastructure as Code
4 38 (24.20%) Containerisation
5 36 (22.93%) Agile
6 32 (20.38%) DevSecOps
7 28 (17.83%) Analytics
8 27 (17.20%) Test Automation
9 26 (16.56%) Platform Engineering
10 25 (15.92%) Observability
11 23 (14.65%) AI
11 23 (14.65%) GitOps
11 23 (14.65%) Infrastructure Automation
12 22 (14.01%) Problem-Solving
13 21 (13.38%) Migration
14 20 (12.74%) Validation
15 19 (12.10%) Configuration Management
15 19 (12.10%) Workflow
16 18 (11.46%) Continuous Integration
16 18 (11.46%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 103 (65.61%) Python
2 50 (31.85%) PowerShell
3 43 (27.39%) SQL
4 40 (25.48%) Bash
5 24 (15.29%) Bicep
6 19 (12.10%) Java
7 13 (8.28%) JavaScript
8 12 (7.64%) C#
8 12 (7.64%) Groovy
9 7 (4.46%) Scala
10 6 (3.82%) Shell Script
11 5 (3.18%) PL/SQL
11 5 (3.18%) TypeScript
12 3 (1.91%) Perl
12 3 (1.91%) R
13 2 (1.27%) Apex Code
13 2 (1.27%) Cypher
13 2 (1.27%) JCL
13 2 (1.27%) REXX
13 2 (1.27%) SHACL
Qualifications
1 33 (21.02%) Security Cleared
2 24 (15.29%) SC Cleared
3 9 (5.73%) Azure Certification
4 5 (3.18%) Degree
5 4 (2.55%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (2.55%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.55%) Oracle Certification
6 3 (1.91%) CCIE
6 3 (1.91%) CISSP
6 3 (1.91%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (0.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.64%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.64%) CCNP
8 1 (0.64%) CISM
8 1 (0.64%) GCFA
8 1 (0.64%) GCIA
8 1 (0.64%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.73%) QA
2 4 (2.55%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.55%) NIST
3 2 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.64%) GDPR
4 1 (0.64%) Government Security Classifications
4 1 (0.64%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.64%) SOC 2
System Software
1 46 (29.30%) Docker
2 14 (8.92%) Active Directory
3 9 (5.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (5.10%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (3.82%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (3.18%) VMware NSX
7 3 (1.91%) Dovecot
7 3 (1.91%) Postfix
8 2 (1.27%) NFS
8 2 (1.27%) Time Sharing Option
9 1 (0.64%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 63 (40.13%) Kubernetes
2 40 (25.48%) Ansible
3 15 (9.55%) Grafana
4 9 (5.73%) Prometheus
4 9 (5.73%) Puppet
5 7 (4.46%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (4.46%) Progress Chef
6 5 (3.18%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (2.55%) Data Guard
7 4 (2.55%) Oracle RMAN
8 3 (1.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (1.91%) HAProxy
9 2 (1.27%) Argo
9 2 (1.27%) Control-M
9 2 (1.27%) Podman
9 2 (1.27%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 1 (0.64%) Istio
10 1 (0.64%) systemd
Vendors
1 30 (19.11%) Microsoft
2 19 (12.10%) Databricks
2 19 (12.10%) Google
3 14 (8.92%) Cisco
3 14 (8.92%) Red Hat
4 12 (7.64%) Sonatype
4 12 (7.64%) VMware
5 10 (6.37%) ServiceNow
6 9 (5.73%) F5
7 5 (3.18%) Infoblox
7 5 (3.18%) Oracle
7 5 (3.18%) Splunk
8 3 (1.91%) IBM
8 3 (1.91%) Juniper
8 3 (1.91%) NEC
8 3 (1.91%) Palo Alto
9 2 (1.27%) Arista
9 2 (1.27%) Broadcom
9 2 (1.27%) FactSet
9 2 (1.27%) Talend