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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 395 390 409
Rank change year-on-year -5 +19 -55
Contract jobs citing YAML 186 77 137
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.49% 0.32% 0.36%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.34% 1.41% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 54 108
10th Percentile £397 £378 £412
25th Percentile £414 £463 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +0.84%
75th Percentile £550 £657 £664
90th Percentile £606 £685 £702
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £595
% change year-on-year -4.76% -11.76% +5.78%
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 7,935 5,454 7,504
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.74% 22.49% 19.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,316 3,767 5,390
10th Percentile £358 £363 £343
25th Percentile £420 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.58% -3.01% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £798 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 88 160
10th Percentile £35.03 £26.85 £20.77
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.20 £36.31
Median hourly rate £65.00 £64.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.78% +35.79% -26.92%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £64.06
90th Percentile £78.63 £83.27 £74.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -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 2 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 2 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 -20 86 £525 +5.53% 14
North of England -27 46 £500 -14.16% 5
Yorkshire -32 29 £515 -11.59% 1
Midlands -47 24 £450 -37.93% 7
West Midlands -48 22 £438 -39.66% 5
South East -52 18 £493 -21.20% 22
North West - 17 £431 - 1
South West -23 6 £650 +4.00% 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 12 (6.45%) Confluence
2 6 (3.23%) OpenStack
3 5 (2.69%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.08%) Apache
4 2 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.08%) SAS
5 1 (0.54%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.54%) CMS
5 1 (0.54%) IIS
5 1 (0.54%) nginx
5 1 (0.54%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.54%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (0.54%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.54%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 106 (56.99%) Azure
2 59 (31.72%) Azure DevOps
3 30 (16.13%) GitHub
4 29 (15.59%) Azure Data Factory
5 28 (15.05%) AWS
6 18 (9.68%) Entra ID
6 18 (9.68%) PaaS
7 17 (9.14%) Serverless
8 15 (8.06%) GitHub Actions
8 15 (8.06%) Power Platform
9 14 (7.53%) GCP
10 13 (6.99%) Datadog
11 12 (6.45%) Azure AKS
11 12 (6.45%) Azure Monitor
12 11 (5.91%) Azure Service Fabric
12 11 (5.91%) OpenShift
13 10 (5.38%) Cloud Computing
13 10 (5.38%) IaaS
14 9 (4.84%) Azure Key Vault
14 9 (4.84%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.76%) Firewall
2 6 (3.23%) VPN
3 3 (1.61%) Kerberos
4 2 (1.08%) HTTP
4 2 (1.08%) LAN
4 2 (1.08%) WAN
5 1 (0.54%) DNS
5 1 (0.54%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.54%) SSL
5 1 (0.54%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (10.22%) SQL Server
2 18 (9.68%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (7.53%) Metadata
3 14 (7.53%) Power BI
4 10 (5.38%) Data Lake
4 10 (5.38%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (4.84%) Azure SQL Database
5 9 (4.84%) Relational Database
5 9 (4.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (3.23%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (3.23%) Delta Lake
6 6 (3.23%) NoSQL
6 6 (3.23%) Spark SQL
7 5 (2.69%) Big Data
8 4 (2.15%) Amazon Athena
8 4 (2.15%) DynamoDB
8 4 (2.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 4 (2.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (1.61%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (1.61%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 42 (22.58%) Jenkins
2 36 (19.35%) Git
3 31 (16.67%) GitLab
4 21 (11.29%) SonarQube
5 17 (9.14%) JIRA
6 9 (4.84%) Maven
7 8 (4.30%) JUnit
8 6 (3.23%) Mockito
8 6 (3.23%) Postman
9 3 (1.61%) CircleCI
9 3 (1.61%) Cucumber
9 3 (1.61%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (1.08%) Artifactory
10 2 (1.08%) Bitbucket
10 2 (1.08%) Cypress.io
10 2 (1.08%) Gradle
10 2 (1.08%) Selenium
10 2 (1.08%) Snyk
10 2 (1.08%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (1.08%) webpack
General
1 27 (14.52%) Social Skills
2 21 (11.29%) Finance
3 18 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (5.38%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (4.30%) Banking
6 8 (4.30%) Public Sector
7 5 (2.69%) Publishing
8 1 (0.54%) Electronics
8 1 (0.54%) Law
8 1 (0.54%) Retail
8 1 (0.54%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 47 (25.27%) Developer
2 38 (20.43%) DevOps Engineer
3 28 (15.05%) Data Engineer
3 28 (15.05%) Full-Stack Developer
4 23 (12.37%) Azure Engineer
5 17 (9.14%) Senior
6 12 (6.45%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 11 (5.91%) Lead
8 9 (4.84%) Azure Data Engineer
8 9 (4.84%) Software Engineer
9 8 (4.30%) Architect
10 7 (3.76%) .NET Developer
10 7 (3.76%) Administrator
11 6 (3.23%) Platform Engineer
11 6 (3.23%) Salesforce Developer
12 5 (2.69%) Cloud Specialist
12 5 (2.69%) React Developer
12 5 (2.69%) Senior Data Engineer
12 5 (2.69%) Senior Developer
12 5 (2.69%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (20.97%) Node.js
2 28 (15.05%) JSON
3 20 (10.75%) ARM Templates
4 19 (10.22%) .NET
4 19 (10.22%) RESTful
5 17 (9.14%) Django
6 16 (8.60%) Flask
7 15 (8.06%) Entity Framework
7 15 (8.06%) GraphQL
7 15 (8.06%) Playwright
7 15 (8.06%) Vitest
8 14 (7.53%) React
8 14 (7.53%) XML
9 12 (6.45%) OpenTelemetry
10 10 (5.38%) PySpark
11 9 (4.84%) REST
11 9 (4.84%) Swagger
12 8 (4.30%) Kafka
13 7 (3.76%) OpenAPI
13 7 (3.76%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 25 (13.44%) Cloud Native
2 7 (3.76%) Product Ownership
3 5 (2.69%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (2.15%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.61%) AI Agents
5 3 (1.61%) Wiki
6 2 (1.08%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (1.08%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.08%) NHS
6 2 (1.08%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.08%) PACS
6 2 (1.08%) Private Cloud
6 2 (1.08%) STIX
6 2 (1.08%) YARA
7 1 (0.54%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.54%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.54%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.54%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.54%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 30 (16.13%) Linux
2 9 (4.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 9 (4.84%) Ubuntu
3 8 (4.30%) CentOS
4 6 (3.23%) Windows
5 2 (1.08%) Unix
5 2 (1.08%) VMS
5 2 (1.08%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (78.49%) CI/CD
2 138 (74.19%) DevOps
3 66 (35.48%) Infrastructure as Code
4 59 (31.72%) Agile
5 38 (20.43%) Full-Stack Development
6 34 (18.28%) Containerisation
7 33 (17.74%) Mentoring
7 33 (17.74%) Problem-Solving
8 26 (13.98%) Software Engineering
8 26 (13.98%) Test Automation
9 24 (12.90%) RBAC
10 23 (12.37%) Data Engineering
11 22 (11.83%) Continuous Improvement
12 20 (10.75%) Data Integration
13 19 (10.22%) DevSecOps
14 18 (9.68%) Deployment Automation
15 17 (9.14%) API Design
15 17 (9.14%) Data Pipeline
15 17 (9.14%) ITSM
15 17 (9.14%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 89 (47.85%) Python
2 70 (37.63%) SQL
3 28 (15.05%) PowerShell
4 24 (12.90%) Java
5 23 (12.37%) C#
6 22 (11.83%) JavaScript
7 19 (10.22%) Bash
7 19 (10.22%) TypeScript
8 17 (9.14%) Bicep
9 9 (4.84%) Ruby
10 8 (4.30%) Groovy
10 8 (4.30%) Perl
11 7 (3.76%) T-SQL
12 5 (2.69%) Apex Code
12 5 (2.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (2.69%) PL/SQL
12 5 (2.69%) R
12 5 (2.69%) Scala
13 4 (2.15%) Shell Script
14 3 (1.61%) PHP
Qualifications
1 44 (23.66%) Security Cleared
2 37 (19.89%) SC Cleared
3 11 (5.91%) Azure Certification
4 9 (4.84%) RHCE
5 4 (2.15%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.61%) Degree
6 3 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.08%) CISSP
7 2 (1.08%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (1.08%) GCFA
7 2 (1.08%) GCIA
7 2 (1.08%) GCIH
8 1 (0.54%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.84%) Data Quality
1 9 (4.84%) QA
2 4 (2.15%) GDPR
3 3 (1.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.08%) JSP 440
4 2 (1.08%) NCSC
4 2 (1.08%) NIST
5 1 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 57 (30.65%) Docker
2 13 (6.99%) Active Directory
3 6 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.08%) HDFS
4 2 (1.08%) Xen
5 1 (0.54%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 56 (30.11%) Terraform
2 44 (23.66%) Kubernetes
3 37 (19.89%) Ansible
4 19 (10.22%) Grafana
5 18 (9.68%) Prometheus
6 16 (8.60%) Puppet
7 8 (4.30%) Progress Chef
8 7 (3.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 7 (3.76%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (1.61%) Podman
10 2 (1.08%) Packer
11 1 (0.54%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.54%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.54%) Istio
11 1 (0.54%) Kibana
11 1 (0.54%) logstash
11 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.54%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 30 (16.13%) Red Hat
2 29 (15.59%) Microsoft
3 22 (11.83%) Databricks
4 11 (5.91%) Salesforce
5 8 (4.30%) Veracode
6 7 (3.76%) Sonatype
6 7 (3.76%) Splunk
7 4 (2.15%) NEC
7 4 (2.15%) Oracle
8 3 (1.61%) Cloudera
9 2 (1.08%) F5
10 1 (0.54%) Checkmarx
10 1 (0.54%) Google
10 1 (0.54%) IBM
10 1 (0.54%) MicroStrategy
10 1 (0.54%) Proofpoint
10 1 (0.54%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.54%) Talend