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 18 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 426 405 396
Rank change year-on-year -21 -9 -52
Contract jobs citing YAML 174 71 154
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.40% 0.29% 0.41%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.12% 1.27% 1.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 59 107
10th Percentile £403 £349 £463
25th Percentile £433 £418 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £585
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -14.53% +1.74%
75th Percentile £584 £600 £648
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £575
% change year-on-year +5.00% -13.04% +2.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46.25 £91.25 -
Median hourly rate £47.50 £92.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -48.65% - -
75th Percentile £48.75 £93.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £81.25 -
% change year-on-year -41.54% - -

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 8,202 5,586 7,868
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.08% 22.52% 20.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,407 3,877 5,488
10th Percentile £363 £358 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £515 £535
% change year-on-year +1.94% -3.74% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 261 111 260
10th Percentile £30.50 £32.31 £22.75
25th Percentile £51.25 £50.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +25.63% -23.46%
75th Percentile £73.46 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £81.01 £74.55
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% +15.00% -23.08%

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 18 June 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 18 June 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 -16 77 £575 +16.16% 8
North of England -21 54 £500 +17.65% 4
Yorkshire -25 38 £515 +44.00% 2
Midlands -41 21 £407 -16.51% 3
West Midlands -38 19 £407 -25.53% 2
North West -22 16 £431 -11.59%
South East -59 15 £525 -4.55% 7
East Midlands -22 2 £525 +7.69% 1
East of England - 1 £525 -
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 11 (6.32%) Confluence
2 7 (4.02%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.87%) Apache
4 4 (2.30%) nginx
4 4 (2.30%) OpenStack
5 3 (1.72%) IIS
5 3 (1.72%) Tomcat
6 2 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (1.15%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.57%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.57%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.57%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (0.57%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.57%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 98 (56.32%) Azure
2 59 (33.91%) Azure DevOps
3 36 (20.69%) GitHub
4 33 (18.97%) AWS
5 24 (13.79%) Azure Data Factory
6 21 (12.07%) Entra ID
7 18 (10.34%) Power Platform
8 17 (9.77%) GCP
8 17 (9.77%) GitHub Actions
9 16 (9.20%) Azure AKS
9 16 (9.20%) PaaS
10 12 (6.90%) Azure Service Fabric
10 12 (6.90%) Serverless
11 11 (6.32%) OpenShift
12 10 (5.75%) Azure Key Vault
13 9 (5.17%) Amazon S3
13 9 (5.17%) Azure Monitor
14 8 (4.60%) Azure Logic Apps
14 8 (4.60%) IaaS
15 7 (4.02%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.02%) Firewall
2 4 (2.30%) DNS
3 3 (1.72%) BIG-IP
3 3 (1.72%) NAS
3 3 (1.72%) SAN
4 2 (1.15%) Internet
5 1 (0.57%) DHCP
5 1 (0.57%) DSL
5 1 (0.57%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 1 (0.57%) SSH
5 1 (0.57%) SSL
5 1 (0.57%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (10.34%) SQL Server
2 15 (8.62%) Metadata
3 14 (8.05%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (7.47%) Power BI
5 9 (5.17%) Data Lake
6 7 (4.02%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (4.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (2.87%) Amazon Athena
7 5 (2.87%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (2.87%) NoSQL
7 5 (2.87%) Relational Database
8 4 (2.30%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (2.30%) DynamoDB
8 4 (2.30%) MySQL
8 4 (2.30%) Oracle Database
8 4 (2.30%) Snowflake Schema
8 4 (2.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 4 (2.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (1.72%) Data Vault
10 2 (1.15%) Redis
Development Applications
1 37 (21.26%) Git
2 28 (16.09%) GitLab
3 27 (15.52%) Jenkins
4 20 (11.49%) SonarQube
5 16 (9.20%) JIRA
6 10 (5.75%) Maven
7 7 (4.02%) JUnit
7 7 (4.02%) Mockito
8 4 (2.30%) Cucumber
8 4 (2.30%) Postman
9 3 (1.72%) Bitbucket
9 3 (1.72%) NUnit
10 2 (1.15%) ER Studio
10 2 (1.15%) ERwin
10 2 (1.15%) PowerDesigner
11 1 (0.57%) git-flow
11 1 (0.57%) Serilog
11 1 (0.57%) Snyk
11 1 (0.57%) Terragrunt
11 1 (0.57%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 35 (20.11%) Social Skills
2 32 (18.39%) Finance
3 17 (9.77%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (8.05%) Banking
5 11 (6.32%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (4.60%) Public Sector
7 7 (4.02%) Publishing
8 6 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.15%) Law
10 1 (0.57%) Electronics
10 1 (0.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 38 (21.84%) Developer
2 35 (20.11%) DevOps Engineer
3 22 (12.64%) Full-Stack Developer
4 21 (12.07%) Azure Engineer
5 18 (10.34%) Data Engineer
6 16 (9.20%) Architect
7 15 (8.62%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 14 (8.05%) Senior
9 11 (6.32%) Lead
10 8 (4.60%) .NET Developer
11 6 (3.45%) Automation Engineer
11 6 (3.45%) Platform Engineer
11 6 (3.45%) Salesforce Developer
12 5 (2.87%) Cloud Engineer
12 5 (2.87%) Microsoft 365 Architect
12 5 (2.87%) Python Engineer
12 5 (2.87%) React Developer
12 5 (2.87%) Senior DevOps
12 5 (2.87%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 5 (2.87%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (16.67%) JSON
2 25 (14.37%) Node.js
3 20 (11.49%) RESTful
4 19 (10.92%) ARM Templates
5 17 (9.77%) .NET
5 17 (9.77%) Django
5 17 (9.77%) Entity Framework
6 16 (9.20%) Flask
7 13 (7.47%) React
8 10 (5.75%) REST
8 10 (5.75%) SLSA
8 10 (5.75%) XML
9 9 (5.17%) Swagger
10 8 (4.60%) Kafka
10 8 (4.60%) SailPoint
11 7 (4.02%) .NET Core
11 7 (4.02%) OpenAPI
12 6 (3.45%) RabbitMQ
12 6 (3.45%) React Native
12 6 (3.45%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 20 (11.49%) Cloud Native
2 5 (2.87%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (2.30%) Data Centre
3 4 (2.30%) Product Ownership
4 3 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (1.72%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.72%) Wiki
5 2 (1.15%) Clustering
5 2 (1.15%) CMDB
5 2 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.15%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.57%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.57%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (0.57%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.57%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.57%) STIX
6 1 (0.57%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 27 (15.52%) Linux
2 12 (6.90%) CentOS
2 12 (6.90%) Ubuntu
3 10 (5.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 10 (5.75%) Windows
4 4 (2.30%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.15%) Unix
5 2 (1.15%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (1.15%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.15%) zOS
6 1 (0.57%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (75.86%) CI/CD
2 117 (67.24%) DevOps
3 54 (31.03%) Infrastructure as Code
4 44 (25.29%) Agile
5 31 (17.82%) Containerisation
6 30 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
7 27 (15.52%) Full-Stack Development
8 26 (14.94%) RBAC
9 23 (13.22%) Migration
10 22 (12.64%) Test Automation
11 20 (11.49%) Mentoring
12 19 (10.92%) Data Integration
12 19 (10.92%) Platform Engineering
12 19 (10.92%) Workflow
13 18 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
13 18 (10.34%) Data Modelling
13 18 (10.34%) Observability
13 18 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
14 17 (9.77%) ITSM
15 16 (9.20%) AI
Programming Languages
1 93 (53.45%) Python
2 59 (33.91%) SQL
3 39 (22.41%) PowerShell
4 26 (14.94%) Java
5 23 (13.22%) Bash
6 22 (12.64%) C#
7 21 (12.07%) Bicep
8 17 (9.77%) JavaScript
9 11 (6.32%) Groovy
10 9 (5.17%) Perl
10 9 (5.17%) Ruby
11 6 (3.45%) Shell Script
11 6 (3.45%) TypeScript
12 5 (2.87%) Apex Code
12 5 (2.87%) PL/SQL
13 4 (2.30%) T-SQL
14 3 (1.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (1.15%) C++
15 2 (1.15%) Go
15 2 (1.15%) REXX
Qualifications
1 35 (20.11%) Security Cleared
2 28 (16.09%) SC Cleared
3 9 (5.17%) RHCE
4 7 (4.02%) Azure Certification
5 4 (2.30%) Oracle Certification
6 3 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.15%) CISSP
7 2 (1.15%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.57%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.57%) CISM
8 1 (0.57%) CRISC
8 1 (0.57%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.57%) Degree
8 1 (0.57%) GCFA
8 1 (0.57%) GCIA
8 1 (0.57%) GCIH
8 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.60%) Data Quality
2 7 (4.02%) QA
3 5 (2.87%) GDPR
4 3 (1.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 3 (1.72%) NIST
5 2 (1.15%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.57%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.57%) SOC 2
System Software
1 39 (22.41%) Docker
2 18 (10.34%) Active Directory
3 6 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (2.87%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (1.72%) Dovecot
5 3 (1.72%) Postfix
6 2 (1.15%) NFS
6 2 (1.15%) Time Sharing Option
6 2 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.57%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 63 (36.21%) Terraform
2 46 (26.44%) Ansible
3 31 (17.82%) Kubernetes
4 13 (7.47%) Puppet
5 10 (5.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 7 (4.02%) Grafana
7 6 (3.45%) Prometheus
7 6 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (2.87%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (2.87%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (2.87%) Progress Chef
9 4 (2.30%) Data Guard
9 4 (2.30%) Oracle RMAN
10 3 (1.72%) HAProxy
11 2 (1.15%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 1 (0.57%) Argo
12 1 (0.57%) Istio
12 1 (0.57%) Packer
Vendors
1 32 (18.39%) Microsoft
2 28 (16.09%) Red Hat
3 16 (9.20%) Databricks
4 11 (6.32%) Salesforce
5 10 (5.75%) Sonatype
6 8 (4.60%) Veracode
7 7 (4.02%) Google
8 6 (3.45%) F5
9 4 (2.30%) NEC
9 4 (2.30%) Oracle
9 4 (2.30%) Splunk
10 3 (1.72%) Cisco
10 3 (1.72%) IBM
10 3 (1.72%) Juniper
10 3 (1.72%) ServiceNow
11 2 (1.15%) Broadcom
11 2 (1.15%) Brocade
11 2 (1.15%) Dell
11 2 (1.15%) OpenText
11 2 (1.15%) VMware