Continuous Delivery Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Continuous Delivery
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Continuous Delivery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 257 210 259
Rank change year-on-year -47 +49 -77
Contract jobs citing Continuous Delivery 144 147 150
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.79% 1.00% 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% 1.14% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 77 105
10th Percentile £380 £398 £401
25th Percentile £429 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £638
90th Percentile £734 £743 £708
UK median daily rate £526 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.45% - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 9 9
10th Percentile - £59.40 £70.53
25th Percentile - - £72.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year - -13.33% +15.38%
75th Percentile - - £77.50
90th Percentile - £69.50 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year - -13.33% +15.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Continuous Delivery falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,719 12,887 17,172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 85.91% 87.25% 88.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,606 7,574 11,088
10th Percentile £220 £238 £250
25th Percentile £375 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.70% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.47% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,768 743 1,193
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.50 £31.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% -30.00% +40.63%
75th Percentile £50.00 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.03 £71.77 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.90
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.97% +25.43%

Continuous Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Continuous Delivery relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Continuous Delivery job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Continuous Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Continuous Delivery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Continuous Delivery

Continuous Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Delivery in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Delivery in the UK excluding London

Continuous Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Continuous Delivery.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Continuous Delivery

Continuous Delivery
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Delivery within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 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
North of England -35 54 £488 -11.27% 31
Midlands -21 36 £550 +15.79% 12
West Midlands -9 35 £563 +2.27% 9
Yorkshire -34 35 £520 -13.33% 12
Scotland +10 25 £478 -4.45% 8
North West -28 16 £390 -13.33% 15
East of England -23 15 - - 11
South East -31 11 £600 +7.14% 23
South West -8 10 £500 -17.36% 21
North East -7 3 £525 - 5
Wales - 3 £463 - 5
East Midlands -18 1 £550 +25.00% 3
Continuous Delivery
UK

Continuous Delivery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 15 (10.42%) WebLogic
2 8 (5.56%) Apache
2 8 (5.56%) JBoss
3 7 (4.86%) Confluence
4 5 (3.47%) OpenStack
5 3 (2.08%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.69%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.69%) CICS
6 1 (0.69%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.69%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.69%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.69%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 74 (51.39%) AWS
2 38 (26.39%) GCP
2 38 (26.39%) Serverless
3 25 (17.36%) GitHub
4 22 (15.28%) Azure
5 20 (13.89%) GitHub Actions
6 12 (8.33%) AWS CloudFormation
7 11 (7.64%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (5.56%) Amazon EKS
8 8 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
9 7 (4.86%) Amazon S3
9 7 (4.86%) npm
10 6 (4.17%) Azure AKS
10 6 (4.17%) Datadog
10 6 (4.17%) OpenShift
10 6 (4.17%) Pulumi
11 5 (3.47%) AWS KMS
11 5 (3.47%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 4 (2.78%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (2.78%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 17 (11.81%) TCP/IP
2 16 (11.11%) Ethernet
3 2 (1.39%) Firewall
4 1 (0.69%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.69%) FCoE
4 1 (0.69%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (0.69%) IPsec
4 1 (0.69%) iSCSI
4 1 (0.69%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.69%) LAN
4 1 (0.69%) Multicast
4 1 (0.69%) NAS
4 1 (0.69%) SAN
4 1 (0.69%) SSL
4 1 (0.69%) WAN
4 1 (0.69%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (22.22%) NoSQL
2 17 (11.81%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (8.33%) MongoDB
4 10 (6.94%) SQL Server
5 6 (4.17%) Oracle Database
6 4 (2.78%) Metadata
6 4 (2.78%) MySQL
7 3 (2.08%) Amazon Aurora
7 3 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (2.08%) DynamoDB
7 3 (2.08%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.69%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.69%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.69%) Data Vault
8 1 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.69%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.69%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 49 (34.03%) Jenkins
2 36 (25.00%) GitLab
3 28 (19.44%) Git
4 24 (16.67%) Eclipse
5 23 (15.97%) Liquibase
6 19 (13.19%) Selenium
7 16 (11.11%) JUnit
7 16 (11.11%) Visual Studio
8 12 (8.33%) CircleCI
9 10 (6.94%) JIRA
9 10 (6.94%) webpack
10 9 (6.25%) Cypress.io
11 8 (5.56%) IntelliJ
11 8 (5.56%) Maven
11 8 (5.56%) Postman
11 8 (5.56%) Sonatype Nexus
12 6 (4.17%) Artifactory
12 6 (4.17%) Gradle
12 6 (4.17%) Snyk
12 6 (4.17%) SonarQube
General
1 76 (52.78%) Social Skills
2 41 (28.47%) Finance
3 30 (20.83%) Public Sector
4 28 (19.44%) Banking
5 23 (15.97%) Financial Institution
6 18 (12.50%) Military
7 15 (10.42%) Presentation Skills
8 14 (9.72%) Analytical Skills
9 9 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (3.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.39%) Legal
13 1 (0.69%) Automotive
13 1 (0.69%) Law
13 1 (0.69%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 35 (24.31%) Software Engineer
2 25 (17.36%) DevOps Engineer
3 23 (15.97%) Developer
4 20 (13.89%) Senior
5 15 (10.42%) C# Software Engineer
6 14 (9.72%) Cloud Engineer
7 12 (8.33%) AWS Engineer
7 12 (8.33%) GCP Engineer
7 12 (8.33%) Senior Software Engineer
8 11 (7.64%) Architect
8 11 (7.64%) C++ Software Engineer
8 11 (7.64%) Lead
9 10 (6.94%) Technical Architect
10 9 (6.25%) AWS Software Engineer
10 9 (6.25%) Technical Leader
11 8 (5.56%) Cloud Software Engineer
12 7 (4.86%) Java Developer
12 7 (4.86%) Lead Architect
13 6 (4.17%) GCP Software Engineer
13 6 (4.17%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (31.25%) REST
2 42 (29.17%) RESTful
3 37 (25.69%) Elastic Stack
4 25 (17.36%) Node.js
5 20 (13.89%) Web Services
6 18 (12.50%) HTML
7 16 (11.11%) HTML5
8 15 (10.42%) Spring
9 13 (9.03%) JSON
9 13 (9.03%) Play Framework
10 11 (7.64%) CSS
10 11 (7.64%) React
11 8 (5.56%) CSS3
11 8 (5.56%) EJB
11 8 (5.56%) Hibernate
11 8 (5.56%) J2EE
11 8 (5.56%) J2SE
11 8 (5.56%) SOAP
11 8 (5.56%) XML
12 6 (4.17%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 30 (20.83%) Public Cloud
2 27 (18.75%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (17.36%) Cloud Native
4 10 (6.94%) Product Ownership
5 9 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (6.25%) Mobile App
6 6 (4.17%) Private Cloud
7 4 (2.78%) Onboarding
8 3 (2.08%) NHS
9 2 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.39%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.39%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.69%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.69%) Clustering
10 1 (0.69%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.69%) Distributed Applications
10 1 (0.69%) Distributed Computing
10 1 (0.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 1 (0.69%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.69%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 54 (37.50%) Linux
2 20 (13.89%) Windows
3 8 (5.56%) Unix
4 5 (3.47%) Android
5 4 (2.78%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.69%) MVS
7 1 (0.69%) Solaris
7 1 (0.69%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.69%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (80.56%) CI/CD
2 110 (76.39%) Agile
3 95 (65.97%) Continuous Integration
4 83 (57.64%) DevOps
5 62 (43.06%) Infrastructure as Code
6 58 (40.28%) Microservices
7 57 (39.58%) Software Engineering
8 46 (31.94%) Containerisation
9 41 (28.47%) Problem-Solving
10 39 (27.08%) Test Automation
11 38 (26.39%) Computer Science
12 34 (23.61%) TDD
13 31 (21.53%) Infrastructure Automation
14 30 (20.83%) Change Management
14 30 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
15 29 (20.14%) Cryptography
15 29 (20.14%) Non-Functional Testing
16 27 (18.75%) Root Cause Analysis
17 26 (18.06%) Unit Testing
18 24 (16.67%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 45 (31.25%) Python
2 41 (28.47%) Java
3 34 (23.61%) JavaScript
4 33 (22.92%) Go
5 24 (16.67%) TypeScript
6 22 (15.28%) SQL
7 20 (13.89%) C#
8 16 (11.11%) C++
9 13 (9.03%) Scala
10 6 (4.17%) Bash
10 6 (4.17%) PowerShell
11 4 (2.78%) Kotlin
12 3 (2.08%) Objective-C
12 3 (2.08%) Swift
13 2 (1.39%) Ruby
14 1 (0.69%) Bicep
14 1 (0.69%) Rust
14 1 (0.69%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 39 (27.08%) Degree
2 38 (26.39%) Security Cleared
3 33 (22.92%) Computer Science Degree
4 29 (20.14%) Master's Degree
5 23 (15.97%) SC Cleared
6 13 (9.03%) AWS Certification
7 8 (5.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 7 (4.86%) DV Cleared
9 5 (3.47%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 5 (3.47%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (2.78%) AWS Certified Developer
10 4 (2.78%) ISTQB
10 4 (2.78%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.69%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 1 (0.69%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.69%) OCP
11 1 (0.69%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.33%) QA
2 6 (4.17%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.78%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.08%) ISO 19650
4 3 (2.08%) WCAG
5 2 (1.39%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.69%) SLA
System Software
1 42 (29.17%) Docker
2 5 (3.47%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.08%) ISA Server
4 2 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.69%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.69%) KVM
5 1 (0.69%) NFS
5 1 (0.69%) RACF
5 1 (0.69%) SRDF
5 1 (0.69%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 1 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.69%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.69%) Xen
Systems Management
1 56 (38.89%) Terraform
2 52 (36.11%) Kubernetes
3 47 (32.64%) Grafana
4 43 (29.86%) Prometheus
5 37 (25.69%) Ansible
6 14 (9.72%) Puppet
7 5 (3.47%) Podman
7 5 (3.47%) Progress Chef
8 3 (2.08%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.69%) Argo
Vendors
1 40 (27.78%) Splunk
2 24 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 19 (13.19%) Google
4 8 (5.56%) webMethods
5 7 (4.86%) Oracle
6 5 (3.47%) Atlassian
7 3 (2.08%) Adobe
7 3 (2.08%) Apple
8 2 (1.39%) Cribl.io
8 2 (1.39%) Databricks
8 2 (1.39%) VMware
9 1 (0.69%) Checkmarx
9 1 (0.69%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.69%) F5
9 1 (0.69%) ForgeRock
9 1 (0.69%) Pure Storage
9 1 (0.69%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.69%) TOWER Software
9 1 (0.69%) Virgin Media
9 1 (0.69%) Xamarin