Argo Contract Job Trends

Argo
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Argo skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 483 482 514
Rank change year-on-year -1 +32 +112
Contract jobs citing Argo 186 77 53
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.35% 0.23% 0.13%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.63% 1.49% 1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 46 39
10th Percentile £401 £434 £438
25th Percentile £505 £503 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £555 £493
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% +12.58% -26.09%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £566
90th Percentile £688 £669 £668
UK excluding London median daily rate £522 £500 £493
% change year-on-year +4.40% +1.42% -25.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62.50 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 - -

All Systems Management Skills
UK

Argo falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 7,083 5,165 5,241
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.29% 15.70% 13.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,817 3,405 3,710
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £425 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £503 £520
Median % change year-on-year +2.49% -3.37% -5.45%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £625
90th Percentile £688 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 183 75 81
10th Percentile £18.25 £13.75 £17.72
25th Percentile £25.75 £19.56 £23.80
Median hourly rate £62.00 £37.50 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year +65.33% +20.97% -46.09%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.58 £55.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.22 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £55.00 £35.08
% change year-on-year +9.09% +56.77% -24.03%

Argo
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Argo job vacancy trend in the UK

Argo
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Argo.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Argo

Argo
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Argo over the 6 months to 1 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Argo in the UK

Argo
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Argo.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Argo

Argo
Top 14 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Argo within the UK over the 6 months to 1 August 2026. 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
England -6 164 £549 +4.63% 83
UK excluding London +18 128 £522 +4.40% 43
North of England -5 71 £517 -8.18% 15
Work from Home -24 70 £623 +18.57% 35
London -58 46 £625 +8.70% 46
North East -14 31 £511 -9.11% 2
Yorkshire - 29 £517 - 1
South East -39 28 £513 +2.50% 11
South West -17 23 £525 -4.55% 9
North West - 11 £633 - 12
Scotland -6 10 £550 -16.92% 3
Midlands -50 7 £563 +40.05% 2
West Midlands -58 7 £563 +40.05% 1
East of England - 5 £549 - 1

Argo
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 14 (7.53%) Confluence
2 1 (0.54%) Oracle Coherence
Business Applications
1 1 (0.54%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 75 (40.32%) GitHub
2 74 (39.78%) AWS
2 74 (39.78%) OpenShift
3 60 (32.26%) Azure
4 50 (26.88%) GitHub Actions
5 47 (25.27%) Amazon EKS
6 37 (19.89%) GCP
7 25 (13.44%) Azure DevOps
8 24 (12.90%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 19 (10.22%) Amazon S3
10 14 (7.53%) OCI
11 10 (5.38%) Azure AKS
11 10 (5.38%) Kong
12 9 (4.84%) AWS CloudFormation
13 7 (3.76%) Azure Key Vault
13 7 (3.76%) Serverless
14 6 (3.23%) Amazon EC2
14 6 (3.23%) AWS Lambda
14 6 (3.23%) Cloudflare
14 6 (3.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 25 (13.44%) DNS
2 9 (4.84%) Firewall
3 8 (4.30%) VPN
4 3 (1.61%) HTTP
4 3 (1.61%) SAN
4 3 (1.61%) SSL
5 2 (1.08%) DSL
5 2 (1.08%) NAS
5 2 (1.08%) VSAN
6 1 (0.54%) Calico
6 1 (0.54%) IPsec
6 1 (0.54%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.06%) MongoDB
1 15 (8.06%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (5.38%) Redis
3 9 (4.84%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (3.23%) Relational Database
5 4 (2.15%) Hazelcast
5 4 (2.15%) RDBMS
6 3 (1.61%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (1.08%) MySQL
7 2 (1.08%) Neo4j
7 2 (1.08%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.54%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.54%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.54%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.54%) Power Query
8 1 (0.54%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.54%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 52 (27.96%) Jenkins
2 49 (26.34%) GitLab
3 46 (24.73%) SonarQube
4 12 (6.45%) Git
5 8 (4.30%) JIRA
5 8 (4.30%) Maven
6 5 (2.69%) Bitbucket
7 4 (2.15%) Gradle
7 4 (2.15%) Snyk
8 2 (1.08%) Spinnaker
8 2 (1.08%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.54%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.54%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.54%) TeamCity
General
1 33 (17.74%) Social Skills
2 32 (17.20%) Public Sector
3 18 (9.68%) Finance
4 15 (8.06%) Banking
5 2 (1.08%) Aerospace
5 2 (1.08%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (1.08%) Billing
5 2 (1.08%) Military
6 1 (0.54%) Advertising
6 1 (0.54%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 47 (25.27%) DevOps Engineer
2 37 (19.89%) Developer
3 30 (16.13%) Senior
4 27 (14.52%) Lead
5 25 (13.44%) Architect
6 22 (11.83%) Java Developer
7 17 (9.14%) AWS Engineer
7 17 (9.14%) Platform Engineer
8 16 (8.60%) Java Engineer
8 16 (8.60%) Senior DevOps
8 16 (8.60%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 14 (7.53%) Software Engineer
10 12 (6.45%) SC Cleared Java Developer
11 11 (5.91%) AWS DevOps
11 11 (5.91%) AWS DevOps Engineer
12 10 (5.38%) Azure Engineer
13 9 (4.84%) Java Software Engineer
14 8 (4.30%) Backend Developer
14 8 (4.30%) GCP Engineer
15 7 (3.76%) DevSecOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (23.12%) AngularJS
2 41 (22.04%) Quarkus
3 30 (16.13%) OpenTelemetry
4 26 (13.98%) Kafka
5 16 (8.60%) React
6 13 (6.99%) Loki
7 12 (6.45%) OAuth
8 11 (5.91%) Node.js
8 11 (5.91%) OAuth2
9 9 (4.84%) OpenID
9 9 (4.84%) RabbitMQ
10 8 (4.30%) Express.js
11 7 (3.76%) ModSecurity
11 7 (3.76%) Spring Boot
12 6 (3.23%) JWT
12 6 (3.23%) SAML
13 5 (2.69%) Spring
13 5 (2.69%) WebSockets
14 4 (2.15%) Apache Avro
14 4 (2.15%) Protocol Buffers
Miscellaneous
1 58 (31.18%) Cloud Native
2 14 (7.53%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (3.76%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (3.23%) Private Cloud
5 5 (2.69%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.15%) Blog
6 4 (2.15%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.15%) Replication
7 3 (1.61%) AI Agents
7 3 (1.61%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.61%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.61%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.61%) Legacy Applications
7 3 (1.61%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.61%) PKI
7 3 (1.61%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.08%) EMC VMAX
8 2 (1.08%) EMC VNX
8 2 (1.08%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (1.08%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 23 (12.37%) Linux
2 5 (2.69%) VMS
3 4 (2.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.61%) Windows
5 2 (1.08%) CoreOS
5 2 (1.08%) Data ONTAP
6 1 (0.54%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (65.05%) CI/CD
2 91 (48.92%) DevOps
3 85 (45.70%) Infrastructure as Code
4 80 (43.01%) GitOps
5 71 (38.17%) Agile
6 66 (35.48%) DevSecOps
7 65 (34.95%) Containerisation
8 60 (32.26%) Observability
9 48 (25.81%) Software Engineering
10 46 (24.73%) Platform Engineering
11 45 (24.19%) Front End Development
11 45 (24.19%) Scrum
12 42 (22.58%) Test Automation
13 41 (22.04%) Sprint Planning
13 41 (22.04%) Unit Testing
14 40 (21.51%) SDLC
15 37 (19.89%) Sprint Review
16 33 (17.74%) Secrets Management
17 32 (17.20%) Migration
18 28 (15.05%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 74 (39.78%) Python
2 54 (29.03%) Bash
2 54 (29.03%) Java
3 16 (8.60%) Go
4 13 (6.99%) PowerShell
5 11 (5.91%) TypeScript
6 9 (4.84%) JavaScript
7 8 (4.30%) SQL
8 7 (3.76%) Bicep
9 2 (1.08%) Cypher
9 2 (1.08%) R
9 2 (1.08%) SHACL
9 2 (1.08%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.54%) C#
10 1 (0.54%) C++
10 1 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 70 (37.63%) Security Cleared
2 66 (35.48%) SC Cleared
3 10 (5.38%) BPSS Clearance
4 9 (4.84%) Azure Certification
5 8 (4.30%) AWS Certification
6 7 (3.76%) OCP
6 7 (3.76%) Oracle Certification
7 6 (3.23%) Degree
8 4 (2.15%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 4 (2.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (2.15%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 2 (1.08%) NCDA
9 2 (1.08%) NCIE
9 2 (1.08%) RHCA
9 2 (1.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.54%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.54%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (19.35%) QA
2 8 (4.30%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.69%) PSD2
3 5 (2.69%) SEPA
4 1 (0.54%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.54%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.54%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.54%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.54%) SOC 2
System Software
1 50 (26.88%) Docker
2 19 (10.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (10.22%) vSphere
3 17 (9.14%) VMware NSX
4 4 (2.15%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.08%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 2 (1.08%) Ceph
5 2 (1.08%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 2 (1.08%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.08%) NFS
5 2 (1.08%) SRDF
5 2 (1.08%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.54%) iptables
Systems Management
1 162 (87.10%) Kubernetes
2 108 (58.06%) Terraform
3 74 (39.78%) Grafana
4 43 (23.12%) Prometheus
5 38 (20.43%) Ansible
6 19 (10.22%) vCenter Server
7 14 (7.53%) Istio
8 9 (4.84%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (3.76%) Kustomize
10 6 (3.23%) Cilium
11 4 (2.15%) linkerd
11 4 (2.15%) Progress Chef
11 4 (2.15%) Puppet
12 2 (1.08%) EMC NetWorker
12 2 (1.08%) EMC VPLEX
12 2 (1.08%) Nagios
12 2 (1.08%) NetBackup
12 2 (1.08%) Rancher
12 2 (1.08%) SnapMirror
12 2 (1.08%) SnapVault
Vendors
1 65 (34.95%) Red Hat
2 29 (15.59%) VMware
3 24 (12.90%) Splunk
4 19 (10.22%) Pure Storage
5 15 (8.06%) Microsoft
6 13 (6.99%) Oracle
7 9 (4.84%) Dynatrace
8 8 (4.30%) Google
9 5 (2.69%) ForgeRock
10 3 (1.61%) Cisco
10 3 (1.61%) EMC
10 3 (1.61%) Veeam
11 2 (1.08%) 3PAR
11 2 (1.08%) Brocade
11 2 (1.08%) Dell
11 2 (1.08%) IBM
11 2 (1.08%) NetApp
11 2 (1.08%) OpenAI
11 2 (1.08%) ServiceNow
11 2 (1.08%) SolarWinds