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 6 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 461 431 373
Rank change year-on-year -30 -58 -2
Contract jobs citing YAML 150 90 151
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.33% 0.33% 0.45%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.77% 1.46% 2.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 71 96
10th Percentile £403 £350 £441
25th Percentile £416 £418 £498
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £478 £600
Median % change year-on-year +9.95% -20.42% +4.35%
75th Percentile £636 £588 £639
90th Percentile £674 £663 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £478 £576
% change year-on-year +9.83% -17.01% +2.86%

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 8,465 6,169 7,332
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.59% 22.33% 21.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,546 4,244 5,071
10th Percentile £365 £350 £360
25th Percentile £431 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £638 £642 £675
90th Percentile £750 £763 £823
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 150 229
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.25 £23.96
25th Percentile £49.20 £43.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - -10.20%
75th Percentile £73.11 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £80.10 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.44 £50.00
% change year-on-year +19.40% +8.88% -16.67%

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 6 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 6 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 -35 75 £588 +23.36% 26
North of England -46 27 £513 +20.59% 3
Midlands -42 21 £407 -18.60% 7
Yorkshire -30 19 £507 +41.82% 1
West Midlands -45 19 £407 -19.00% 7
South East -55 19 £525 +10.53% 11
North West -48 5 £575 +17.95% 2
North East - 3 £513 -
East Midlands -7 2 £525 +7.69%
South West -46 2 - - 4
East of England -19 1 £525 - 1
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 7 (4.67%) Apache Airflow
1 7 (4.67%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.00%) Apache
3 4 (2.67%) Confluence
3 4 (2.67%) nginx
4 3 (2.00%) IIS
4 3 (2.00%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.67%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.67%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.67%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 95 (63.33%) Azure
2 72 (48.00%) Azure DevOps
3 51 (34.00%) AWS
4 38 (25.33%) GitHub
5 28 (18.67%) GCP
6 26 (17.33%) Azure AKS
7 22 (14.67%) GitHub Actions
8 17 (11.33%) Azure Data Factory
9 16 (10.67%) Entra ID
10 15 (10.00%) Azure Monitor
11 14 (9.33%) Azure Key Vault
12 13 (8.67%) Power Platform
13 11 (7.33%) Amazon S3
13 11 (7.33%) OCI
13 11 (7.33%) Serverless
14 8 (5.33%) OpenShift
15 7 (4.67%) Amazon EC2
15 7 (4.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 6 (4.00%) Azure Service Bus
16 6 (4.00%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 12 (8.00%) DNS
2 9 (6.00%) Firewall
3 5 (3.33%) BIG-IP
4 4 (2.67%) DHCP
5 3 (2.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 3 (2.00%) NAS
5 3 (2.00%) Network Security
5 3 (2.00%) SAN
5 3 (2.00%) VPN
6 2 (1.33%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (1.33%) DSL
6 2 (1.33%) Ethernet VPN
6 2 (1.33%) Internet
6 2 (1.33%) SSL
6 2 (1.33%) VXLAN
7 1 (0.67%) BGP
7 1 (0.67%) MPLS
7 1 (0.67%) OSPF
7 1 (0.67%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.67%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (10.67%) Metadata
2 14 (9.33%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (8.67%) SQL Server
4 8 (5.33%) Power BI
5 7 (4.67%) Data Lake
6 6 (4.00%) Amazon Athena
7 5 (3.33%) Data Hub
7 5 (3.33%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (3.33%) Snowflake Schema
8 4 (2.67%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (2.67%) DynamoDB
8 4 (2.67%) Oracle Database
9 3 (2.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 3 (2.00%) BigQuery
9 3 (2.00%) MySQL
10 2 (1.33%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (1.33%) Semantic Layer
10 2 (1.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (1.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (1.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 40 (26.67%) Git
2 32 (21.33%) Jenkins
3 25 (16.67%) GitLab
4 14 (9.33%) SonarQube
5 13 (8.67%) Maven
6 9 (6.00%) JIRA
7 6 (4.00%) MLflow
8 5 (3.33%) JUnit
8 5 (3.33%) Postman
9 4 (2.67%) Bitbucket
9 4 (2.67%) Cucumber
9 4 (2.67%) Mockito
9 4 (2.67%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (2.00%) NUnit
10 3 (2.00%) Selenium
10 3 (2.00%) Snyk
11 2 (1.33%) ER Studio
11 2 (1.33%) ERwin
11 2 (1.33%) PowerDesigner
12 1 (0.67%) Serilog
General
1 31 (20.67%) Finance
2 25 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 13 (8.67%) Banking
4 11 (7.33%) Publishing
5 9 (6.00%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.67%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.33%) Law
10 1 (0.67%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 40 (26.67%) DevOps Engineer
2 25 (16.67%) Developer
3 20 (13.33%) Azure Engineer
4 18 (12.00%) Full-Stack Developer
5 16 (10.67%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 15 (10.00%) Data Engineer
7 13 (8.67%) Architect
8 12 (8.00%) Senior
9 8 (5.33%) Automation Engineer
9 8 (5.33%) Python Engineer
10 7 (4.67%) .NET Developer
10 7 (4.67%) Platform Engineer
11 6 (4.00%) Analyst
11 6 (4.00%) Azure Data Engineer
11 6 (4.00%) Cloud Engineer
12 5 (3.33%) Consultant
12 5 (3.33%) Lead
12 5 (3.33%) Microsoft 365 Architect
12 5 (3.33%) Senior DevOps
12 5 (3.33%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (22.67%) JSON
2 24 (16.00%) Node.js
3 18 (12.00%) .NET
4 17 (11.33%) Django
5 16 (10.67%) Flask
6 14 (9.33%) React
7 13 (8.67%) REST
8 11 (7.33%) Kafka
8 11 (7.33%) SLSA
9 10 (6.67%) ARM Templates
10 7 (4.67%) .NET Core
10 7 (4.67%) RabbitMQ
11 6 (4.00%) .NET Framework
11 6 (4.00%) AngularJS
11 6 (4.00%) Entity Framework
11 6 (4.00%) OpenTelemetry
11 6 (4.00%) RESTful
12 5 (3.33%) Spring
12 5 (3.33%) Spring Boot
13 4 (2.67%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 21 (14.00%) Cloud Native
2 11 (7.33%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (3.33%) Data Centre
3 5 (3.33%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.67%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.00%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.33%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.33%) Clustering
6 2 (1.33%) CMDB
6 2 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.33%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.33%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.33%) Taxonomies
7 1 (0.67%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.67%) FPGA
7 1 (0.67%) PKI
7 1 (0.67%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.67%) STIX
7 1 (0.67%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 28 (18.67%) Linux
2 12 (8.00%) Windows
3 6 (4.00%) Ubuntu
3 6 (4.00%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.67%) CentOS
5 3 (2.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (2.00%) Unix
6 2 (1.33%) VMS
6 2 (1.33%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.33%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (1.33%) zOS
7 1 (0.67%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (68.67%) CI/CD
2 102 (68.00%) DevOps
3 56 (37.33%) Infrastructure as Code
4 36 (24.00%) Containerisation
5 34 (22.67%) Agile
6 30 (20.00%) DevSecOps
7 26 (17.33%) Analytics
8 25 (16.67%) Platform Engineering
9 23 (15.33%) Observability
10 22 (14.67%) Test Automation
11 21 (14.00%) AI
12 20 (13.33%) Infrastructure Automation
12 20 (13.33%) Workflow
13 18 (12.00%) Full-Stack Development
13 18 (12.00%) Performance Tuning
14 17 (11.33%) Configuration Management
14 17 (11.33%) Data Modelling
14 17 (11.33%) ETL
14 17 (11.33%) GitOps
14 17 (11.33%) Static Application Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 92 (61.33%) Python
2 47 (31.33%) SQL
3 43 (28.67%) PowerShell
4 37 (24.67%) Bash
5 24 (16.00%) Bicep
6 19 (12.67%) C#
6 19 (12.67%) Java
7 16 (10.67%) JavaScript
8 12 (8.00%) Groovy
9 6 (4.00%) TypeScript
10 5 (3.33%) PL/SQL
10 5 (3.33%) Scala
10 5 (3.33%) Shell Script
11 3 (2.00%) Perl
11 3 (2.00%) R
12 2 (1.33%) Apex Code
12 2 (1.33%) C++
12 2 (1.33%) JCL
12 2 (1.33%) REXX
12 2 (1.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (18.67%) Security Cleared
2 23 (15.33%) SC Cleared
3 8 (5.33%) Azure Certification
4 4 (2.67%) Oracle Certification
5 3 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (2.00%) CISSP
5 3 (2.00%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.33%) CCIE
6 2 (1.33%) Degree
6 2 (1.33%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (0.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (0.67%) CCNP
7 1 (0.67%) CISM
7 1 (0.67%) CRISC
7 1 (0.67%) GCFA
7 1 (0.67%) GCIA
7 1 (0.67%) GCIH
7 1 (0.67%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.67%) QA
2 6 (4.00%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.67%) NIST
4 2 (1.33%) GDPR
4 2 (1.33%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.67%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.67%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.67%) SOC 2
System Software
1 39 (26.00%) Docker
2 14 (9.33%) Active Directory
3 8 (5.33%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (4.00%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (2.00%) Dovecot
6 3 (2.00%) Postfix
7 2 (1.33%) NFS
7 2 (1.33%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.67%) Firmware
8 1 (0.67%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 73 (48.67%) Terraform
2 58 (38.67%) Kubernetes
3 32 (21.33%) Ansible
4 11 (7.33%) Grafana
5 8 (5.33%) Prometheus
6 7 (4.67%) Progress Chef
6 7 (4.67%) Puppet
7 6 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (3.33%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (2.67%) Data Guard
9 4 (2.67%) Oracle RMAN
10 3 (2.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (2.00%) HAProxy
11 2 (1.33%) Argo
11 2 (1.33%) Podman
11 2 (1.33%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 1 (0.67%) Istio
12 1 (0.67%) systemd
Vendors
1 31 (20.67%) Microsoft
2 19 (12.67%) Google
3 13 (8.67%) Databricks
4 12 (8.00%) Sonatype
5 10 (6.67%) F5
6 7 (4.67%) Red Hat
7 5 (3.33%) Cisco
7 5 (3.33%) Oracle
7 5 (3.33%) VMware
8 4 (2.67%) NEC
8 4 (2.67%) ServiceNow
8 4 (2.67%) Splunk
9 3 (2.00%) IBM
9 3 (2.00%) Infoblox
9 3 (2.00%) Juniper
10 2 (1.33%) Brocade
10 2 (1.33%) Citrix
10 2 (1.33%) Dell
10 2 (1.33%) OpenText
10 2 (1.33%) Salesforce