Continuous Delivery Contracts in the UK excluding London

Continuous Delivery
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Continuous Delivery skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Continuous Delivery over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 227 308 260
Rank change year-on-year +81 -48 -71
Contract jobs citing Continuous Delivery 115 83 191
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.90% 0.41% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.00% 0.49% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 50 139
10th Percentile £355 £395 £456
25th Percentile £411 £405 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £566
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -18.29% +5.84%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £600
90th Percentile £614 £639 £694
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 10 8
10th Percentile £62.38 - £54.69
25th Percentile £64.06 - £62.81
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - - £74.06
90th Percentile - - £101.25
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +3.38%

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 11,541 17,047 20,456
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.66% 84.14% 89.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,211 10,194 14,065
10th Percentile £231 £250 £260
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +3.73%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 817 2,072 1,252
10th Percentile £14.09 £12.34 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.25 £15.29 £15.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.82% +8.57% +75.00%
75th Percentile £62.24 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.05 £37.00
% change year-on-year -23.71% -2.58% +44.08%

Continuous Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Continuous Delivery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Delivery in the UK excluding London

Continuous Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Continuous Delivery in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Continuous Delivery in the UK excluding London

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 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Delivery in the UK excluding London

Continuous Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Continuous Delivery in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Delivery in the UK excluding London

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 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
Live
Jobs
Scotland +23 32 £525 +12.00% 42
North of England +10 24 £494 +13.77% 182
South West +47 19 £375 -6.25% 99
South East +57 16 £500 -13.04% 202
Midlands +21 13 £460 -24.12% 148
Yorkshire +5 13 £513 +19.19% 65
North West +13 10 £539 +2.82% 94
West Midlands +13 8 £460 -29.90% 88
Northern Ireland - 7 £325 - 16
East of England +27 5 £500 +11.11% 110
East Midlands +15 5 £471 +12.36% 51
North East 0 1 £430 -18.10% 23
Wales - 1 - - 18
Continuous Delivery
UK

Continuous Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 24 (20.87%) Confluence
2 2 (1.74%) Apache Solr
2 2 (1.74%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (1.74%) WebLogic
3 1 (0.87%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.74%) Open Workbench
2 1 (0.87%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.87%) BusinessWorks
1 1 (0.87%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 50 (43.48%) AWS
2 31 (26.96%) Azure
3 16 (13.91%) Serverless
4 11 (9.57%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (9.57%) GCP
5 10 (8.70%) GitHub
6 5 (4.35%) BlazeMeter
6 5 (4.35%) OpenShift
6 5 (4.35%) SaaS
7 4 (3.48%) Amazon S3
7 4 (3.48%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (3.48%) PaaS
8 3 (2.61%) Amazon EC2
8 3 (2.61%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (2.61%) CloudFront
8 3 (2.61%) IaaS
9 2 (1.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (1.74%) AWS CodePipeline
9 2 (1.74%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.74%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.09%) TCP/IP
2 5 (4.35%) Ethernet
3 4 (3.48%) Firewall
4 3 (2.61%) VSAN
5 2 (1.74%) BGP
5 2 (1.74%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (1.74%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (1.74%) DMZ
5 2 (1.74%) DNS
5 2 (1.74%) Internet
5 2 (1.74%) MPLS
5 2 (1.74%) NGFW
5 2 (1.74%) OSPF
5 2 (1.74%) SD-WAN
5 2 (1.74%) VLAN
5 2 (1.74%) VPN
5 2 (1.74%) WAN
6 1 (0.87%) NAS
6 1 (0.87%) SAN
6 1 (0.87%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (11.30%) NoSQL
2 10 (8.70%) MongoDB
3 6 (5.22%) Apache Cassandra
3 6 (5.22%) Big Data
4 5 (4.35%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (3.48%) MySQL
6 3 (2.61%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (1.74%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.87%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.87%) Data Vault
8 1 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.87%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.87%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.87%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 25 (21.74%) JIRA
2 22 (19.13%) Jenkins
3 20 (17.39%) Git
4 14 (12.17%) Bitbucket
5 11 (9.57%) JUnit
6 9 (7.83%) Selenium
7 8 (6.96%) Maven
8 6 (5.22%) Gradle
9 5 (4.35%) Cucumber
9 5 (4.35%) Eclipse
9 5 (4.35%) Visual Studio
9 5 (4.35%) webpack
10 4 (3.48%) GitLab
10 4 (3.48%) HP UFT
10 4 (3.48%) IntelliJ
11 2 (1.74%) Sonatype Nexus
12 1 (0.87%) Jasmine
12 1 (0.87%) Postman
12 1 (0.87%) Ranorex
12 1 (0.87%) Toad
General
1 35 (30.43%) Finance
2 34 (29.57%) Public Sector
3 29 (25.22%) Social Skills
4 11 (9.57%) Electronics
4 11 (9.57%) Manufacturing
4 11 (9.57%) Marketing
4 11 (9.57%) Telecoms
5 8 (6.96%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (6.09%) Military
7 6 (5.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (3.48%) Banking
9 4 (3.48%) Front Office
10 2 (1.74%) Health Technology
10 2 (1.74%) Legal
11 1 (0.87%) Games
11 1 (0.87%) Law
11 1 (0.87%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 43 (37.39%) Developer
2 17 (14.78%) Java Developer
2 17 (14.78%) Senior
3 11 (9.57%) Applications Developer
4 10 (8.70%) C# Developer
5 9 (7.83%) Architect
5 9 (7.83%) Azure Developer
5 9 (7.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 9 (7.83%) Software Engineer
6 8 (6.96%) Applications Support
6 8 (6.96%) Azure Engineer
6 8 (6.96%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 8 (6.96%) Lead
7 7 (6.09%) Applications Engineer
7 7 (6.09%) Applications Support Engineer
7 7 (6.09%) AWS Engineer
7 7 (6.09%) DevOps Engineer
7 7 (6.09%) Support Engineer
8 6 (5.22%) Platform Engineer
8 6 (5.22%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (20.87%) React
2 21 (18.26%) CSS
3 16 (13.91%) HTML
3 16 (13.91%) Node.js
4 13 (11.30%) .NET
4 13 (11.30%) Web Services
5 12 (10.43%) RESTful
5 12 (10.43%) Spring
5 12 (10.43%) Spring Boot
6 11 (9.57%) AngularJS
7 10 (8.70%) REST
8 7 (6.09%) JSON
8 7 (6.09%) XML
9 6 (5.22%) Redux
10 5 (4.35%) CSS3
10 5 (4.35%) HTML5
11 4 (3.48%) Apache Avro
12 3 (2.61%) .NET Core
12 3 (2.61%) Playwright
12 3 (2.61%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 14 (12.17%) Product Ownership
2 10 (8.70%) Management Information System
3 7 (6.09%) Derivative
3 7 (6.09%) Equities
3 7 (6.09%) Equity Derivative
3 7 (6.09%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (4.35%) Algorithms
5 4 (3.48%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (2.61%) PKI
6 3 (2.61%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.74%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.74%) NHS
8 1 (0.87%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.87%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (0.87%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.87%) EMC VMAX
8 1 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.87%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.87%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.87%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 14 (12.17%) Linux
1 14 (12.17%) Windows
2 5 (4.35%) Ubuntu
2 5 (4.35%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.87%) Android
4 1 (0.87%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.87%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (57.39%) CI/CD
2 65 (56.52%) Agile
3 57 (49.57%) Continuous Integration
4 42 (36.52%) DevOps
5 34 (29.57%) TDD
6 30 (26.09%) Software Engineering
7 29 (25.22%) Test Automation
8 25 (21.74%) Infrastructure as Code
9 24 (20.87%) Microservices
10 23 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
11 19 (16.52%) Containerisation
12 18 (15.65%) Computer Science
12 18 (15.65%) Operational Stability
12 18 (15.65%) User Experience
13 17 (14.78%) Continuous Improvement
13 17 (14.78%) Service Management
14 15 (13.04%) Design Patterns
15 14 (12.17%) BDD
15 14 (12.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 13 (11.30%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 31 (26.96%) Java
2 29 (25.22%) JavaScript
3 25 (21.74%) Python
4 18 (15.65%) C#
5 15 (13.04%) SQL
6 14 (12.17%) PowerShell
7 13 (11.30%) TypeScript
8 7 (6.09%) Bash
9 5 (4.35%) C++
10 2 (1.74%) Go
10 2 (1.74%) Shell Script
10 2 (1.74%) XPath
11 1 (0.87%) Groovy
11 1 (0.87%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.87%) PHP
11 1 (0.87%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (18.26%) Security Cleared
2 19 (16.52%) SC Cleared
3 14 (12.17%) Degree
4 12 (10.43%) AWS Certification
5 10 (8.70%) AWS Certified Developer
5 10 (8.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 9 (7.83%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (6.96%) Azure Certification
8 3 (2.61%) MCSE
8 3 (2.61%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (2.61%) PMI Certification
8 3 (2.61%) PMP
8 3 (2.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.87%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (0.87%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.87%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.87%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (9.57%) QA
2 6 (5.22%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.61%) NCSC
3 3 (2.61%) WCAG
4 2 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.74%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (1.74%) NIST
5 1 (0.87%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.87%) GDPR
5 1 (0.87%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.87%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.87%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (6.09%) Docker
2 5 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.61%) VMware NSX
4 2 (1.74%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.87%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 29 (25.22%) Terraform
2 11 (9.57%) Kubernetes
3 10 (8.70%) Ansible
4 8 (6.96%) Grafana
5 1 (0.87%) Puppet
5 1 (0.87%) Rancher
Vendors
1 14 (12.17%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.57%) SAP
3 10 (8.70%) Google
4 9 (7.83%) Splunk
5 5 (4.35%) Databricks
5 5 (4.35%) Dynatrace
5 5 (4.35%) ServiceNow
5 5 (4.35%) VMware
6 4 (3.48%) Atlassian
6 4 (3.48%) Oracle
7 3 (2.61%) Cisco
7 3 (2.61%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.74%) Brio
8 2 (1.74%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.74%) Infoblox
9 1 (0.87%) EMC
9 1 (0.87%) NetApp
9 1 (0.87%) Perforce
9 1 (0.87%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.87%) Veritas