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 8 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 397 395 408
Rank change year-on-year -2 +13 -48
Contract jobs citing YAML 189 76 136
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.48% 0.31% 0.36%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.35% 1.39% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 53 105
10th Percentile £400 £373 £416
25th Percentile £421 £455 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £556 £663 £663
90th Percentile £616 £686 £714
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £590
% change year-on-year -4.76% -11.02% +4.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 0
10th Percentile - £63.25 -
25th Percentile £46.25 £73.75 -
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 £92.50 -
% change year-on-year -48.65% - -

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 8,051 5,471 7,452
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.59% 22.47% 19.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,392 3,788 5,356
10th Percentile £359 £365 £349
25th Percentile £420 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £537 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.23% -2.36% -3.51%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £799 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 88 161
10th Percentile £34.00 £26.85 £20.77
25th Percentile £52.50 £52.19 £35.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £62.96
90th Percentile £78.85 £83.27 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%

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 8 April 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 8 April 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 -24 90 £538 +7.50% 14
North of England -21 46 £500 -14.16% 5
Yorkshire -28 29 £515 -11.59% 1
Midlands -47 23 £450 -37.93% 7
West Midlands -51 21 £425 -41.38% 5
South East -42 18 £493 -21.20% 22
North West - 17 £431 - 1
South West -30 5 £500 -20.00% 1
East Midlands - 2 £525 - 2
East of England - 1 £525 - 3
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 (5.82%) Confluence
2 5 (2.65%) Apache Spark
2 5 (2.65%) OpenStack
3 2 (1.06%) Apache
3 2 (1.06%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.06%) SAS
4 1 (0.53%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.53%) CMS
4 1 (0.53%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.53%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (0.53%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.53%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 105 (55.56%) Azure
2 59 (31.22%) Azure DevOps
3 29 (15.34%) Azure Data Factory
3 29 (15.34%) GitHub
4 28 (14.81%) AWS
5 18 (9.52%) Entra ID
5 18 (9.52%) PaaS
6 17 (8.99%) Serverless
7 15 (7.94%) Power Platform
8 14 (7.41%) GitHub Actions
9 13 (6.88%) GCP
10 12 (6.35%) Azure AKS
10 12 (6.35%) Azure Monitor
10 12 (6.35%) Datadog
10 12 (6.35%) OpenShift
11 11 (5.82%) Azure Service Fabric
12 10 (5.29%) Azure Key Vault
12 10 (5.29%) Cloud Computing
12 10 (5.29%) IaaS
13 8 (4.23%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.17%) Firewall
1 6 (3.17%) VPN
2 3 (1.59%) Kerberos
3 2 (1.06%) HTTP
4 1 (0.53%) DNS
4 1 (0.53%) LAN
4 1 (0.53%) SSL
4 1 (0.53%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.53%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (10.05%) SQL Server
2 18 (9.52%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (7.94%) Metadata
4 14 (7.41%) Power BI
5 12 (6.35%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (5.29%) Data Lake
7 9 (4.76%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (4.76%) Relational Database
7 9 (4.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (3.17%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (3.17%) Delta Lake
8 6 (3.17%) NoSQL
8 6 (3.17%) Spark SQL
9 5 (2.65%) Big Data
10 4 (2.12%) Amazon Athena
10 4 (2.12%) DynamoDB
10 4 (2.12%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 4 (2.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (1.59%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (1.59%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 41 (21.69%) Jenkins
2 39 (20.63%) Git
3 30 (15.87%) GitLab
4 20 (10.58%) SonarQube
5 16 (8.47%) JIRA
6 9 (4.76%) Maven
7 7 (3.70%) JUnit
8 6 (3.17%) Mockito
9 5 (2.65%) Postman
10 3 (1.59%) Cucumber
10 3 (1.59%) Oracle APEX
11 2 (1.06%) Bitbucket
11 2 (1.06%) CircleCI
11 2 (1.06%) NUnit
12 1 (0.53%) git-flow
12 1 (0.53%) Snyk
12 1 (0.53%) Sonatype Nexus
12 1 (0.53%) Travis CI
12 1 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
12 1 (0.53%) webpack
General
1 27 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 22 (11.64%) Finance
3 18 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (5.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (5.29%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (4.76%) Banking
7 8 (4.23%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.65%) Publishing
9 1 (0.53%) Electronics
9 1 (0.53%) Law
9 1 (0.53%) Retail
Job Titles
1 46 (24.34%) Developer
2 38 (20.11%) DevOps Engineer
3 28 (14.81%) Data Engineer
4 27 (14.29%) Full-Stack Developer
5 23 (12.17%) Azure Engineer
6 18 (9.52%) Senior
7 11 (5.82%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 11 (5.82%) Lead
8 9 (4.76%) Azure Data Engineer
8 9 (4.76%) Software Engineer
9 8 (4.23%) Architect
10 7 (3.70%) .NET Developer
10 7 (3.70%) Administrator
11 6 (3.17%) Platform Engineer
11 6 (3.17%) Salesforce Developer
12 5 (2.65%) Cloud Specialist
12 5 (2.65%) React Developer
12 5 (2.65%) Senior Data Engineer
12 5 (2.65%) Senior Developer
12 5 (2.65%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (20.63%) Node.js
2 30 (15.87%) JSON
3 20 (10.58%) .NET
3 20 (10.58%) ARM Templates
3 20 (10.58%) RESTful
4 17 (8.99%) Django
5 16 (8.47%) Entity Framework
5 16 (8.47%) Flask
6 14 (7.41%) GraphQL
6 14 (7.41%) Playwright
6 14 (7.41%) React
6 14 (7.41%) Vitest
6 14 (7.41%) XML
7 12 (6.35%) OpenTelemetry
8 10 (5.29%) PySpark
8 10 (5.29%) REST
9 9 (4.76%) Swagger
10 8 (4.23%) Kafka
10 8 (4.23%) SLSA
11 7 (3.70%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 26 (13.76%) Cloud Native
2 7 (3.70%) Product Ownership
3 5 (2.65%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (2.12%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.59%) AI Agents
5 3 (1.59%) Wiki
6 2 (1.06%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (1.06%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.06%) NHS
6 2 (1.06%) PACS
6 2 (1.06%) STIX
6 2 (1.06%) YARA
7 1 (0.53%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.53%) FPGA
7 1 (0.53%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Licensing
7 1 (0.53%) PKI
7 1 (0.53%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 29 (15.34%) Linux
2 9 (4.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 9 (4.76%) Ubuntu
3 8 (4.23%) CentOS
4 5 (2.65%) Windows
5 2 (1.06%) Unix
5 2 (1.06%) VMS
6 1 (0.53%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (77.78%) CI/CD
2 139 (73.54%) DevOps
3 64 (33.86%) Infrastructure as Code
4 59 (31.22%) Agile
5 37 (19.58%) Full-Stack Development
6 35 (18.52%) Containerisation
7 34 (17.99%) Mentoring
8 33 (17.46%) Problem-Solving
9 26 (13.76%) Software Engineering
10 25 (13.23%) Test Automation
11 24 (12.70%) RBAC
12 23 (12.17%) Data Engineering
13 21 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
14 20 (10.58%) Data Integration
15 18 (9.52%) Deployment Automation
15 18 (9.52%) DevSecOps
15 18 (9.52%) Workflow
16 17 (8.99%) Data Pipeline
16 17 (8.99%) ITSM
16 17 (8.99%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 95 (50.26%) Python
2 72 (38.10%) SQL
3 29 (15.34%) PowerShell
4 25 (13.23%) Java
5 24 (12.70%) C#
6 22 (11.64%) JavaScript
7 21 (11.11%) Bash
8 18 (9.52%) Bicep
8 18 (9.52%) TypeScript
9 9 (4.76%) Groovy
9 9 (4.76%) Ruby
10 8 (4.23%) Perl
11 7 (3.70%) PL/SQL
11 7 (3.70%) T-SQL
12 6 (3.17%) Shell Script
13 5 (2.65%) Apex Code
13 5 (2.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (2.65%) R
13 5 (2.65%) Scala
14 3 (1.59%) PHP
Qualifications
1 42 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 36 (19.05%) SC Cleared
3 10 (5.29%) Azure Certification
4 9 (4.76%) RHCE
5 3 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.59%) Degree
5 3 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (1.59%) Oracle Certification
6 2 (1.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.06%) CISSP
6 2 (1.06%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (1.06%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.06%) GCFA
6 2 (1.06%) GCIA
6 2 (1.06%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.76%) Data Quality
1 9 (4.76%) QA
2 4 (2.12%) GDPR
3 3 (1.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (1.06%) JSP 440
4 2 (1.06%) NIST
5 1 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.53%) NCSC
System Software
1 56 (29.63%) Docker
2 13 (6.88%) Active Directory
3 8 (4.23%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.06%) HDFS
4 2 (1.06%) Xen
5 1 (0.53%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 56 (29.63%) Terraform
2 42 (22.22%) Kubernetes
3 38 (20.11%) Ansible
4 18 (9.52%) Grafana
5 17 (8.99%) Prometheus
6 15 (7.94%) Puppet
7 7 (3.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 7 (3.70%) Progress Chef
7 7 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (1.59%) Data Guard
8 3 (1.59%) Oracle RMAN
9 2 (1.06%) Packer
9 2 (1.06%) Podman
10 1 (0.53%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.53%) Istio
10 1 (0.53%) Kibana
10 1 (0.53%) logstash
Vendors
1 31 (16.40%) Microsoft
2 30 (15.87%) Red Hat
3 22 (11.64%) Databricks
4 11 (5.82%) Salesforce
5 8 (4.23%) Sonatype
5 8 (4.23%) Veracode
6 6 (3.17%) Oracle
6 6 (3.17%) Splunk
7 4 (2.12%) NEC
8 3 (1.59%) Cloudera
9 2 (1.06%) F5
9 2 (1.06%) OpenText
10 1 (0.53%) Checkmarx
10 1 (0.53%) Google
10 1 (0.53%) IBM
10 1 (0.53%) MicroStrategy
10 1 (0.53%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.53%) Talend