YAML Contract Job Trends in Herefordshire

YAML
West Midlands > Herefordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Herefordshire requiring YAML skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 11 -
Rank change year-on-year -10 - -
Contract jobs citing YAML 10 5 0
As % of all contract jobs in Herefordshire 15.38% 13.51% -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 26.32% 35.71% -
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 0
10th Percentile - £590 -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £612 -
Median % change year-on-year +14.38% - -
75th Percentile £813 - -
90th Percentile £850 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £700 £612 -
% change year-on-year +14.38% - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Herefordshire

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 Herefordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 38 14 4
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Herefordshire 58.46% 37.84% 18.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 14 2
10th Percentile - £586 -
25th Percentile £525 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £612 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.21% +11.27% +15.79%
75th Percentile £700 £629 £575
90th Percentile £750 £635 -
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £550 £456
% change year-on-year -4.55% +20.55% -8.75%

YAML
Job Vacancy Trend in Herefordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing YAML relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Herefordshire.

YAML job vacancy trend in Herefordshire

YAML
Daily Rate Trend in Herefordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Herefordshire citing YAML.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Herefordshire citing YAML

YAML
Contract Job Locations in Herefordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing YAML within the Herefordshire region over the 6 months to 19 December 2025. 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
Ledbury -9 10 £700 +14.38%
YAML
West Midlands

YAML
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Herefordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 10 (100.00%) Azure
1 10 (100.00%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 10 (100.00%) SonarQube
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) DevSecOps Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 10 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 10 (100.00%) DevOps
1 10 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 10 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 10 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 10 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 10 (100.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 10 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 10 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (100.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 10 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 10 (100.00%) Terraform