Continuous Integration Contracts in the UK excluding London

Continuous Integration
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Continuous Integration skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Continuous Integration over the 6 months to 22 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 134 150 105
Rank change year-on-year +16 -45 -17
Contract jobs citing Continuous Integration 339 404 730
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.67% 1.76% 2.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.99% 1.97% 2.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 277 460
10th Percentile £358 £409 £400
25th Percentile £430 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +6.48% +13.68%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £625
90th Percentile £700 £696 £688
UK median daily rate £550 £593 £600
% change year-on-year -7.17% -1.25% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 20 10
10th Percentile £60.25 £55.73 £55.00
25th Percentile £61.25 - £59.38
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - £70.00 -
90th Percentile - £71.00 £65.38
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +44.44%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Continuous Integration is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,047 20,460 27,138
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.14% 89.36% 89.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,194 14,069 18,950
10th Percentile £250 £260 £237
25th Percentile £380 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £482
Median % change year-on-year - +3.73% +9.55%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +7.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,072 1,252 1,360
10th Percentile £12.34 £10.63 £12.31
25th Percentile £15.29 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -5.88%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.40
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.75 £61.52
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £37.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year -2.58% +44.08% +7.00%

Continuous Integration
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Integration in the UK excluding London

Continuous Integration
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Continuous Integration in the UK excluding London

Continuous Integration
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Integration in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Integration in the UK excluding London

Continuous Integration
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Integration in the UK excluding London

Continuous Integration
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Continuous Integration in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Continuous Integration in the UK excluding London

Continuous Integration
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 Integration within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 May 2024. 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
South East -8 81 £550 +4.76% 59
North of England +20 72 £524 -12.71% 63
East of England +27 57 £485 +38.57% 22
Yorkshire +35 48 £513 -10.09% 13
South West +5 42 £700 +12.00% 32
Scotland +40 38 £503 +0.50% 22
Midlands +3 34 £358 -33.70% 29
West Midlands 0 28 £360 -33.33% 26
North West -10 19 £536 -14.20% 44
Wales +4 15 £545 -7.00% 9
East Midlands +9 6 £356 -41.28% 3
North East +6 5 £488 -40.84% 6
Continuous Integration
UK

Continuous Integration
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 49 (14.45%) Confluence
2 6 (1.77%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.47%) JBoss
3 5 (1.47%) nginx
4 4 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.88%) Apache
5 3 (0.88%) Appian
5 3 (0.88%) CMS
5 3 (0.88%) Drupal
5 3 (0.88%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.59%) CICS
6 2 (0.59%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.59%) SAS
6 2 (0.59%) Traefik
7 1 (0.29%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.29%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.29%) PlantUML
2 1 (0.29%) Simulink
2 1 (0.29%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.29%) SAP HCM
1 1 (0.29%) SAP Payroll
1 1 (0.29%) SAP PM
1 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 86 (25.37%) Azure
2 83 (24.48%) AWS
3 46 (13.57%) GitHub
4 36 (10.62%) GCP
5 29 (8.55%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (5.01%) GitHub Actions
7 13 (3.83%) OpenShift
8 11 (3.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 11 (3.24%) Serverless
9 9 (2.65%) Kong
10 8 (2.36%) Amazon EKS
11 7 (2.06%) Apigee
12 6 (1.77%) IaaS
12 6 (1.77%) PaaS
13 5 (1.47%) Azure Functions
13 5 (1.47%) Power Platform
14 4 (1.18%) AWS CloudFormation
14 4 (1.18%) Azure Data Factory
14 4 (1.18%) Azure Service Bus
15 3 (0.88%) CloudBees
Communications & Networking
1 34 (10.03%) Modbus
1 34 (10.03%) RS-422
1 34 (10.03%) RS-485
2 27 (7.96%) TCP/IP
3 22 (6.49%) Firewall
4 19 (5.60%) DNS
5 15 (4.42%) HTTP
6 13 (3.83%) VPN
7 11 (3.24%) Ethernet
8 8 (2.36%) SSL
9 7 (2.06%) Kerberos
10 4 (1.18%) Internet
11 3 (0.88%) BIG-IP
11 3 (0.88%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 3 (0.88%) Reverse Proxy
12 1 (0.29%) LTE
12 1 (0.29%) Network Security
12 1 (0.29%) Radio Access Network
12 1 (0.29%) Software-Defined Networking
12 1 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (9.44%) MySQL
2 30 (8.85%) Relational Database
3 16 (4.72%) Amazon Redshift
3 16 (4.72%) SQL Server
4 14 (4.13%) Elasticsearch
5 11 (3.24%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (2.95%) NoSQL
7 8 (2.36%) MongoDB
8 6 (1.77%) Apache Cassandra
8 6 (1.77%) RDBMS
9 5 (1.47%) Power BI
10 4 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.88%) ClickHouse
11 3 (0.88%) Couchbase
11 3 (0.88%) InterSystems Cache
11 3 (0.88%) Redis
12 2 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.59%) DB2
12 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 2 (0.59%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 129 (38.05%) Jenkins
2 104 (30.68%) Git
3 79 (23.30%) JIRA
4 55 (16.22%) GitLab
5 45 (13.27%) Selenium
6 39 (11.50%) Cucumber
7 36 (10.62%) Bitbucket
7 36 (10.62%) SonarQube
8 31 (9.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 24 (7.08%) REST Assured
10 20 (5.90%) TestRail
11 19 (5.60%) Visual Studio
12 15 (4.42%) Cypress.io
13 13 (3.83%) Postman
14 11 (3.24%) CircleCI
14 11 (3.24%) Eclipse
14 11 (3.24%) Maven
15 10 (2.95%) Travis CI
16 8 (2.36%) Gradle
16 8 (2.36%) JMeter
General
1 131 (38.64%) Social Skills
2 67 (19.76%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (11.21%) Electronics
4 30 (8.85%) Finance
5 21 (6.19%) Law
6 19 (5.60%) Aerospace
7 15 (4.42%) Public Sector
8 13 (3.83%) Police
9 12 (3.54%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (3.24%) Military
11 7 (2.06%) Banking
12 6 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.18%) Multimedia
14 3 (0.88%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.59%) Telecoms
16 1 (0.29%) Financial Institution
16 1 (0.29%) Games
16 1 (0.29%) Organisational Skills
16 1 (0.29%) Retail
16 1 (0.29%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 84 (24.78%) Developer
2 69 (20.35%) Software Engineer
3 37 (10.91%) C++ Software Engineer
4 28 (8.26%) DevOps Engineer
5 26 (7.67%) Senior
6 22 (6.49%) Analyst
6 22 (6.49%) Java Engineer
7 21 (6.19%) Test Analyst
8 20 (5.90%) Java Developer
9 19 (5.60%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
10 17 (5.01%) Architect
11 13 (3.83%) Test Engineer
12 12 (3.54%) C# Software Engineer
13 10 (2.95%) Azure Engineer
14 9 (2.65%) Cloud Engineer
14 9 (2.65%) Data Engineer
14 9 (2.65%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 9 (2.65%) Senior Developer
15 8 (2.36%) Java Software Engineer
16 7 (2.06%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (15.34%) REST
2 34 (10.03%) .NET
3 30 (8.85%) RESTful
4 29 (8.55%) Elastic Stack
5 28 (8.26%) Web Services
6 27 (7.96%) Kafka
7 25 (7.37%) Java EE
8 24 (7.08%) .NET Core
9 21 (6.19%) Node.js
9 21 (6.19%) React
10 20 (5.90%) JSON
10 20 (5.90%) XML
11 18 (5.31%) Spring Boot
12 16 (4.72%) ARM Templates
13 13 (3.83%) Spring
13 13 (3.83%) Vue
13 13 (3.83%) YAML
14 11 (3.24%) Playwright
14 11 (3.24%) SOAP
15 10 (2.95%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 30 (8.85%) Self-Motivation
2 21 (6.19%) Product Ownership
3 18 (5.31%) Data Structures
4 11 (3.24%) Cloud Native
4 11 (3.24%) Public Cloud
5 9 (2.65%) Mobile App
6 8 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.77%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (1.77%) Enterprise Cloud
9 5 (1.47%) Linux Command Line
9 5 (1.47%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.47%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.18%) Device Driver
10 4 (1.18%) IoT
10 4 (1.18%) PCIe
10 4 (1.18%) Social Media
10 4 (1.18%) Verilog
10 4 (1.18%) VHDL
11 3 (0.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 87 (25.66%) Linux
2 43 (12.68%) Windows
3 16 (4.72%) Unix
4 11 (3.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (2.36%) Embedded Linux
6 5 (1.47%) VxWorks
7 4 (1.18%) Android
7 4 (1.18%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.59%) CentOS
8 2 (0.59%) zOS
9 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (60.18%) Agile
2 168 (49.56%) CI/CD
3 165 (48.67%) DevOps
4 126 (37.17%) Software Engineering
5 123 (36.28%) Test Automation
6 84 (24.78%) Problem-Solving
7 79 (23.30%) Configuration Management
8 74 (21.83%) TDD
9 60 (17.70%) Continuous Delivery
9 60 (17.70%) Unit Testing
10 56 (16.52%) Scrum
11 49 (14.45%) Continuous Improvement
11 49 (14.45%) Infrastructure as Code
12 48 (14.16%) Software Testing
13 46 (13.57%) Deployment Automation
14 45 (13.27%) Containerisation
15 42 (12.39%) Pair Programming
16 36 (10.62%) Customer Requirements
17 34 (10.03%) Continuous Deployment
17 34 (10.03%) OO
Programming Languages
1 85 (25.07%) Python
2 68 (20.06%) C#
3 58 (17.11%) Java
4 54 (15.93%) C++
5 51 (15.04%) PowerShell
6 46 (13.57%) C
7 40 (11.80%) Bash
8 37 (10.91%) JavaScript
9 27 (7.96%) SQL
10 20 (5.90%) Go
11 15 (4.42%) TypeScript
12 14 (4.13%) Groovy
12 14 (4.13%) Scala
13 12 (3.54%) Ruby
14 11 (3.24%) Perl
14 11 (3.24%) Shell Script
15 9 (2.65%) Kotlin
15 9 (2.65%) PHP
16 4 (1.18%) Embedded C
16 4 (1.18%) VB
Qualifications
1 104 (30.68%) Security Cleared
2 78 (23.01%) SC Cleared
3 27 (7.96%) DV Cleared
4 25 (7.37%) Degree
5 20 (5.90%) ISTQB
5 20 (5.90%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 17 (5.01%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.59%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.29%) CCNP
8 1 (0.29%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.29%) MCSE
8 1 (0.29%) SANS
8 1 (0.29%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (12.68%) QA
2 5 (1.47%) MISRA
2 5 (1.47%) MISRA C
3 3 (0.88%) Disclosure Scotland
3 3 (0.88%) NCSC
4 2 (0.59%) NIST
5 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.29%) IEC 61508
5 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 67 (19.76%) Docker
2 14 (4.13%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.18%) Firmware
4 4 (1.18%) VirtualBox
4 4 (1.18%) zsh
5 3 (0.88%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 2 (0.59%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 95 (28.02%) Ansible
2 66 (19.47%) Kubernetes
3 65 (19.17%) Terraform
4 38 (11.21%) Grafana
5 29 (8.55%) Prometheus
6 23 (6.78%) Docker Swarm
7 22 (6.49%) PowerCLI
7 22 (6.49%) Progress Chef
8 19 (5.60%) Puppet
9 16 (4.72%) Kibana
10 14 (4.13%) Podman
11 9 (2.65%) logstash
12 6 (1.77%) Zipkin
13 5 (1.47%) Graylog
13 5 (1.47%) HP Fortify
13 5 (1.47%) Nessus
13 5 (1.47%) Packer
13 5 (1.47%) WebInspect
14 3 (0.88%) Rancher
15 2 (0.59%) Consul
Vendors
1 36 (10.62%) Microsoft
2 29 (8.55%) Atlassian
3 23 (6.78%) Dell
3 23 (6.78%) HP
4 21 (6.19%) Splunk
5 16 (4.72%) Denodo
5 16 (4.72%) Talend
6 14 (4.13%) EMC
6 14 (4.13%) Oracle
7 11 (3.24%) VMware
8 9 (2.65%) Google
9 7 (2.06%) IBM
9 7 (2.06%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.77%) Cadence
10 6 (1.77%) Checkmarx
10 6 (1.77%) PagerDuty
10 6 (1.77%) ServiceNow
11 5 (1.47%) AppDynamics
11 5 (1.47%) Veracode
12 4 (1.18%) Infragistics