The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring YAML skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited YAML over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 1 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
105
130
159
Rank change year-on-year
+25
+29
+41
Contract jobs citing YAML
6
3
8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands
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 the Midlands.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills
319
384
595
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands
16.67%
13.93%
17.29%
Number of daily rates quoted
229
272
464
10th Percentile
£319
£276
£313
25th Percentile
£400
£362
£363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£475
£475
£475
Median % change year-on-year
-
-
+1.06%
75th Percentile
£575
£622
£588
90th Percentile
£660
£725
£700
England median daily rate
£530
£550
£563
% change year-on-year
-3.64%
-2.22%
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
6
17
0
10th Percentile
£23.96
£10.90
-
25th Percentile
£26.25
£14.13
-
Median hourly rate
£30.71
£27.50
-
Median % change year-on-year
+11.65%
-
-
75th Percentile
£33.91
£40.00
-
90th Percentile
-
£56.25
-
England median hourly rate
£65.00
£46.18
£65.00
% change year-on-year
+40.75%
-28.95%
+32.65%
YAML Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands
Job postings citing YAML as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.
YAML Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing YAML in the Midlands.
YAML Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing YAML in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
YAML Contract Job Locations in the Midlands
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing YAML within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
YAML Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing YAML also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Midlands region with a requirement for YAML.
YAML Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
