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 9 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 389 408 404
Rank change year-on-year +19 -4 -21
Contract jobs citing YAML 181 81 147
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.50% 0.33% 0.39%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.34% 1.44% 1.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 51 115
10th Percentile £381 £440 £415
25th Percentile £413 £490 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - -
75th Percentile £550 £663 £665
90th Percentile £608 £690 £689
UK median daily rate £500 £569 £600
% change year-on-year -12.09% -5.21% -
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 7,736 5,644 7,643
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.49% 22.66% 20.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,194 3,788 5,439
10th Percentile £358 £363 £350
25th Percentile £419 £427 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% -5.22%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £668
90th Percentile £738 £788 £769
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.33% - -7.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 214 85 205
10th Percentile £35.00 £27.26 £20.99
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.06 £40.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £64.00 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +31.36% -25.05%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.55 £81.80 £75.92
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%

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 9 March 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 9 March 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 -1 78 £519 -5.68% 11
North of England -15 47 £500 -14.16% 9
Yorkshire -35 27 £520 -10.73% 4
Midlands -42 27 £550 -24.14% 8
West Midlands -37 26 £543 -25.07% 6
North West - 19 £430 - 4
South East -47 17 £460 -26.98% 28
South West -21 10 £700 +14.29% 9
East of England - 1 - - 9
North East - 1 - - 1
East Midlands - 1 £600 - 2
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 13 (7.18%) Confluence
2 7 (3.87%) OpenStack
3 5 (2.76%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.10%) SAS
5 1 (0.55%) Apache
5 1 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.55%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.55%) CMS
5 1 (0.55%) IIS
5 1 (0.55%) nginx
5 1 (0.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.55%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (0.55%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.55%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 101 (55.80%) Azure
2 52 (28.73%) Azure DevOps
3 28 (15.47%) GitHub
4 26 (14.36%) AWS
5 21 (11.60%) Azure Data Factory
6 18 (9.94%) Entra ID
7 17 (9.39%) PaaS
8 15 (8.29%) Datadog
8 15 (8.29%) Power Platform
8 15 (8.29%) Serverless
9 12 (6.63%) GCP
10 11 (6.08%) Azure Monitor
10 11 (6.08%) Azure Service Fabric
10 11 (6.08%) GitHub Actions
10 11 (6.08%) OpenShift
11 9 (4.97%) IaaS
11 9 (4.97%) SaaS
12 8 (4.42%) Azure Service Bus
12 8 (4.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 8 (4.42%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.87%) Firewall
2 6 (3.31%) VPN
3 3 (1.66%) Kerberos
4 2 (1.10%) DNS
4 2 (1.10%) HTTP
4 2 (1.10%) LAN
4 2 (1.10%) WAN
5 1 (0.55%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.55%) SSL
5 1 (0.55%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (10.50%) SQL Server
2 15 (8.29%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (7.73%) Power BI
4 12 (6.63%) Metadata
5 11 (6.08%) Relational Database
6 10 (5.52%) Data Lake
6 10 (5.52%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (4.97%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (4.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (3.31%) Delta Lake
8 6 (3.31%) NoSQL
8 6 (3.31%) Redis
8 6 (3.31%) Spark SQL
9 5 (2.76%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (2.76%) Big Data
10 4 (2.21%) MongoDB
10 4 (2.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 4 (2.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (1.66%) Snowflake Schema
11 3 (1.66%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 36 (19.89%) Jenkins
2 33 (18.23%) Git
3 28 (15.47%) GitLab
4 24 (13.26%) SonarQube
5 18 (9.94%) JIRA
6 8 (4.42%) JUnit
6 8 (4.42%) Maven
7 6 (3.31%) Postman
8 5 (2.76%) Cypress.io
8 5 (2.76%) Mockito
9 4 (2.21%) CircleCI
10 3 (1.66%) Artifactory
10 3 (1.66%) Bitbucket
10 3 (1.66%) Gradle
10 3 (1.66%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (1.66%) Selenium
10 3 (1.66%) Snyk
10 3 (1.66%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (1.66%) webpack
11 2 (1.10%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 26 (14.36%) Social Skills
2 19 (10.50%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (8.84%) Finance
4 12 (6.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (5.52%) Documentation Skills
5 10 (5.52%) Public Sector
6 7 (3.87%) Banking
7 3 (1.66%) Publishing
8 1 (0.55%) Law
8 1 (0.55%) Retail
8 1 (0.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 49 (27.07%) Developer
2 33 (18.23%) DevOps Engineer
3 29 (16.02%) Full-Stack Developer
4 23 (12.71%) Data Engineer
5 19 (10.50%) Azure Engineer
6 18 (9.94%) Senior
7 11 (6.08%) Lead
8 10 (5.52%) Software Engineer
9 9 (4.97%) Architect
9 9 (4.97%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 8 (4.42%) .NET Developer
10 8 (4.42%) Azure Data Engineer
11 7 (3.87%) Administrator
11 7 (3.87%) DevSecOps Engineer
12 6 (3.31%) Salesforce Developer
13 5 (2.76%) Cloud Specialist
13 5 (2.76%) React Developer
13 5 (2.76%) Senior Data Engineer
13 5 (2.76%) Senior Developer
13 5 (2.76%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (21.55%) Node.js
2 27 (14.92%) JSON
3 20 (11.05%) .NET
4 19 (10.50%) RESTful
5 16 (8.84%) ARM Templates
5 16 (8.84%) GraphQL
5 16 (8.84%) Playwright
5 16 (8.84%) Vitest
6 15 (8.29%) Django
6 15 (8.29%) Entity Framework
7 14 (7.73%) Flask
7 14 (7.73%) React
7 14 (7.73%) XML
8 12 (6.63%) OpenTelemetry
8 12 (6.63%) REST
9 11 (6.08%) PySpark
10 9 (4.97%) Swagger
11 7 (3.87%) Jest
11 7 (3.87%) Kafka
11 7 (3.87%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 27 (14.92%) Cloud Native
2 9 (4.97%) Product Ownership
3 5 (2.76%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.66%) AI Agents
5 3 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (1.66%) Private Cloud
5 3 (1.66%) Wiki
6 2 (1.10%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (1.10%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.10%) NHS
6 2 (1.10%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.10%) PACS
6 2 (1.10%) STIX
6 2 (1.10%) YARA
7 1 (0.55%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.55%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.55%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.55%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.55%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 31 (17.13%) Linux
2 9 (4.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 9 (4.97%) Ubuntu
3 8 (4.42%) CentOS
4 6 (3.31%) Windows
5 2 (1.10%) Unix
5 2 (1.10%) VMS
5 2 (1.10%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (80.11%) CI/CD
2 131 (72.38%) DevOps
3 64 (35.36%) Infrastructure as Code
4 60 (33.15%) Agile
5 40 (22.10%) Full-Stack Development
6 33 (18.23%) Containerisation
6 33 (18.23%) Mentoring
7 31 (17.13%) Problem-Solving
8 29 (16.02%) Test Automation
9 28 (15.47%) Software Engineering
10 24 (13.26%) Data Engineering
11 23 (12.71%) Continuous Improvement
11 23 (12.71%) RBAC
12 21 (11.60%) DevSecOps
13 18 (9.94%) API Design
13 18 (9.94%) Data Integration
14 17 (9.39%) Data Pipeline
14 17 (9.39%) ITSM
15 16 (8.84%) Coaching
15 16 (8.84%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 74 (40.88%) Python
2 69 (38.12%) SQL
3 23 (12.71%) Java
3 23 (12.71%) PowerShell
4 22 (12.15%) C#
5 21 (11.60%) JavaScript
6 20 (11.05%) TypeScript
7 14 (7.73%) Bicep
8 13 (7.18%) Bash
9 9 (4.97%) Ruby
10 8 (4.42%) Perl
11 7 (3.87%) T-SQL
12 5 (2.76%) Apex Code
12 5 (2.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (2.76%) Groovy
12 5 (2.76%) R
12 5 (2.76%) Scala
13 4 (2.21%) Kusto Query Language
13 4 (2.21%) PL/SQL
14 3 (1.66%) PHP
Qualifications
1 44 (24.31%) Security Cleared
2 36 (19.89%) SC Cleared
3 9 (4.97%) DV Cleared
3 9 (4.97%) RHCE
4 7 (3.87%) Azure Certification
5 3 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.66%) Degree
5 3 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.10%) CISSP
6 2 (1.10%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (1.10%) GCFA
6 2 (1.10%) GCIA
6 2 (1.10%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.52%) Data Quality
1 10 (5.52%) QA
2 6 (3.31%) NCSC
3 4 (2.21%) GDPR
4 3 (1.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (1.10%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.10%) JSP 440
5 2 (1.10%) NIST
5 2 (1.10%) WCAG
6 1 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 59 (32.60%) Docker
2 13 (7.18%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.66%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.10%) HDFS
4 2 (1.10%) Xen
Systems Management
1 50 (27.62%) Terraform
2 42 (23.20%) Kubernetes
3 33 (18.23%) Ansible
4 20 (11.05%) Grafana
5 18 (9.94%) Prometheus
6 13 (7.18%) Puppet
7 8 (4.42%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (3.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (2.76%) Progress Chef
10 4 (2.21%) Podman
11 2 (1.10%) Packer
12 1 (0.55%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.55%) Kibana
12 1 (0.55%) logstash
12 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 30 (16.57%) Red Hat
2 29 (16.02%) Microsoft
3 17 (9.39%) Databricks
4 11 (6.08%) Salesforce
5 8 (4.42%) Veracode
6 7 (3.87%) Splunk
7 5 (2.76%) Sonatype
8 4 (2.21%) NEC
9 3 (1.66%) Cloudera
9 3 (1.66%) Oracle
10 2 (1.10%) F5
11 1 (0.55%) Checkmarx
11 1 (0.55%) IBM
11 1 (0.55%) MicroStrategy
11 1 (0.55%) Proofpoint
11 1 (0.55%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.55%) Talend