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 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 506 462 511
Rank change year-on-year -44 +49 +80
Contract jobs citing Argo 166 97 48
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.31% 0.30% 0.13%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.77% 2.10% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 59 33
10th Percentile £441 £402 £450
25th Percentile £513 £513 £482
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +14.29% -19.23%
75th Percentile £656 £643 £633
90th Percentile £689 £695 £760
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £563 £488
% change year-on-year -6.67% +15.38% -16.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 0 1
10th Percentile £62.50 - -
25th Percentile £67.56 - £57.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £60.00
75th Percentile - - £62.50
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 5,982 4,613 4,606
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.00% 14.06% 12.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,958 2,986 3,050
10th Percentile £313 £273 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year +4.10% -2.91% -6.36%
75th Percentile £609 £600 £625
90th Percentile £692 £685 £711
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -4.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 198 92 59
10th Percentile £18.25 £13.75 £19.88
25th Percentile £25.75 £18.87 £23.80
Median hourly rate £64.24 £25.50 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +151.92% -32.89% -27.62%
75th Percentile £74.00 £63.29 £67.88
90th Percentile £88.57 £67.23 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.48 £21.39 £39.00
% change year-on-year +196.77% -45.15% -15.55%

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 28 September 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 15 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 28 September 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 -57 135 £575 - 186
UK excluding London -25 94 £525 -6.67% 79
Work from Home -36 64 £575 -4.17% 82
London -74 52 £625 +2.46% 114
North of England -33 44 £519 -5.64% 20
North East -23 23 £510 -8.31% 6
South East -39 23 £521 +4.20% 17
South West -22 19 £525 -19.11% 16
Yorkshire - 17 £519 - 4
Scotland -18 12 £475 -28.25% 7
East of England - 5 £549 - 10
West Midlands -45 4 £539 +11.66% 3
Midlands -45 4 £539 +11.66% 5
North West -52 4 - - 10
Northern Ireland +2 1 - - 2

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 16 (9.64%) Confluence
2 1 (0.60%) nginx
2 1 (0.60%) Oracle Coherence
2 1 (0.60%) WebSphere
Cloud Services
1 84 (50.60%) AWS
2 61 (36.75%) GitHub
3 57 (34.34%) Azure
4 52 (31.33%) GitHub Actions
4 52 (31.33%) OpenShift
5 46 (27.71%) Amazon EKS
6 40 (24.10%) GCP
7 22 (13.25%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 19 (11.45%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (10.24%) Amazon S3
10 15 (9.04%) OCI
11 13 (7.83%) Kong
12 9 (5.42%) Amazon MSK
13 8 (4.82%) AWS CloudFormation
13 8 (4.82%) Cloudflare
14 7 (4.22%) Akamai
14 7 (4.22%) AWS Lambda
14 7 (4.22%) Azure AKS
14 7 (4.22%) Serverless
14 7 (4.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (7.23%) DNS
2 10 (6.02%) Firewall
3 9 (5.42%) VPN
4 5 (3.01%) HTTP
5 4 (2.41%) SSL
6 3 (1.81%) SAN
7 2 (1.20%) DSL
7 2 (1.20%) NAS
7 2 (1.20%) VSAN
8 1 (0.60%) Calico
8 1 (0.60%) IPsec
8 1 (0.60%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (9.04%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (7.83%) MongoDB
3 10 (6.02%) Redis
4 7 (4.22%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (3.61%) Relational Database
6 5 (3.01%) Hazelcast
6 5 (3.01%) RDBMS
7 3 (1.81%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.81%) MySQL
7 3 (1.81%) Oracle Database
8 2 (1.20%) MariaDB
8 2 (1.20%) Neo4j
8 2 (1.20%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.60%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.60%) Power Query
9 1 (0.60%) SQL Server
9 1 (0.60%) Tableau
9 1 (0.60%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 51 (30.72%) GitLab
2 39 (23.49%) Jenkins
3 31 (18.67%) SonarQube
4 16 (9.64%) Git
5 10 (6.02%) JIRA
5 10 (6.02%) Maven
6 8 (4.82%) Bitbucket
7 5 (3.01%) Gradle
7 5 (3.01%) Snyk
8 4 (2.41%) Spinnaker
9 3 (1.81%) Artifactory
9 3 (1.81%) Robot Framework
9 3 (1.81%) Selenium
9 3 (1.81%) TestRail
10 2 (1.20%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (1.20%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.60%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.60%) Mockito
11 1 (0.60%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.60%) Terragrunt
General
1 25 (15.06%) Public Sector
2 23 (13.86%) Social Skills
3 20 (12.05%) Finance
4 15 (9.04%) Banking
5 5 (3.01%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (1.20%) Billing
6 2 (1.20%) Front Office
6 2 (1.20%) Military
7 1 (0.60%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.60%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.60%) German Language
7 1 (0.60%) Local Government
7 1 (0.60%) Retail
Job Titles
1 37 (22.29%) DevOps Engineer
2 36 (21.69%) Developer
3 31 (18.67%) Senior
4 23 (13.86%) Lead
5 19 (11.45%) Platform Engineer
6 18 (10.84%) Architect
6 18 (10.84%) AWS Engineer
6 18 (10.84%) Java Developer
7 13 (7.83%) Senior DevOps
7 13 (7.83%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 12 (7.23%) Java Engineer
9 10 (6.02%) AWS DevOps
9 10 (6.02%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 10 (6.02%) Kubernetes Engineer
10 9 (5.42%) DevSecOps Engineer
11 8 (4.82%) Backend Developer
11 8 (4.82%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 8 (4.82%) Full-Stack Developer
11 8 (4.82%) GCP Engineer
11 8 (4.82%) SC Cleared Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (59.04%) Terraform
2 28 (16.87%) AngularJS
2 28 (16.87%) Kafka
3 26 (15.66%) Quarkus
4 24 (14.46%) OpenTelemetry
5 19 (11.45%) React
6 17 (10.24%) Loki
7 15 (9.04%) OAuth
8 13 (7.83%) OAuth2
9 11 (6.63%) Node.js
9 11 (6.63%) Spring Boot
10 10 (6.02%) OpenID
11 9 (5.42%) Spring
12 8 (4.82%) Express.js
12 8 (4.82%) ModSecurity
12 8 (4.82%) pytest
13 7 (4.22%) JWT
13 7 (4.22%) RabbitMQ
13 7 (4.22%) SAML
13 7 (4.22%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 50 (30.12%) Cloud Native
2 10 (6.02%) Distributed Systems
3 6 (3.61%) Private Cloud
4 5 (3.01%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.41%) AI Agents
5 4 (2.41%) Algorithms
5 4 (2.41%) Blog
5 4 (2.41%) Data Centre
5 4 (2.41%) Data Structures
5 4 (2.41%) Legacy Applications
5 4 (2.41%) Replication
6 3 (1.81%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.81%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.81%) PKI
6 3 (1.81%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.20%) EMC VMAX
7 2 (1.20%) EMC VNX
7 2 (1.20%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.20%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.20%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (12.05%) Linux
2 5 (3.01%) VMS
3 4 (2.41%) Windows
4 3 (1.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.20%) CoreOS
5 2 (1.20%) Data ONTAP
6 1 (0.60%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (70.48%) CI/CD
2 83 (50.00%) GitOps
3 79 (47.59%) Infrastructure as Code
4 74 (44.58%) DevOps
5 69 (41.57%) Observability
6 57 (34.34%) Agile
7 53 (31.93%) Containerisation
8 52 (31.33%) Platform Engineering
9 51 (30.72%) DevSecOps
10 39 (23.49%) Software Engineering
11 33 (19.88%) Test Automation
12 32 (19.28%) Scrum
13 31 (18.67%) Front End Development
14 29 (17.47%) Sprint Planning
15 28 (16.87%) SDLC
16 27 (16.27%) Runbook
16 27 (16.27%) Secrets Management
17 26 (15.66%) Sprint Review
17 26 (15.66%) Unit Testing
18 24 (14.46%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 65 (39.16%) Python
2 44 (26.51%) Java
3 36 (21.69%) Bash
4 18 (10.84%) Go
5 13 (7.83%) TypeScript
6 10 (6.02%) JavaScript
6 10 (6.02%) SQL
7 8 (4.82%) PowerShell
8 3 (1.81%) Bicep
8 3 (1.81%) Groovy
9 2 (1.20%) C#
9 2 (1.20%) C++
9 2 (1.20%) Cypher
9 2 (1.20%) R
9 2 (1.20%) SHACL
10 1 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.60%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 61 (36.75%) Security Cleared
2 57 (34.34%) SC Cleared
3 10 (6.02%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (4.22%) Azure Certification
5 6 (3.61%) Degree
6 5 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.41%) AWS Certification
7 4 (2.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 4 (2.41%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.81%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 2 (1.20%) NCDA
9 2 (1.20%) NCIE
9 2 (1.20%) RHCA
9 2 (1.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.60%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 1 (0.60%) CISSP
10 1 (0.60%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.60%) OCP
10 1 (0.60%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.60%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (17.47%) QA
2 8 (4.82%) Accessibility
3 5 (3.01%) PSD2
3 5 (3.01%) SEPA
4 4 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.41%) NIST
5 2 (1.20%) GDPR
6 1 (0.60%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.60%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.60%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.60%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.60%) NCSC
6 1 (0.60%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.60%) SOC 2
System Software
1 52 (31.33%) Docker
2 9 (5.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.41%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (2.41%) vSphere
4 2 (1.20%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.20%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 2 (1.20%) Ceph
4 2 (1.20%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 2 (1.20%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.20%) NFS
4 2 (1.20%) SRDF
4 2 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (1.20%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.60%) iptables
Systems Management
1 143 (86.14%) Kubernetes
2 64 (38.55%) Grafana
3 42 (25.30%) Prometheus
4 25 (15.06%) Ansible
5 12 (7.23%) Istio
6 9 (5.42%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (4.22%) Kustomize
8 6 (3.61%) Cilium
8 6 (3.61%) Packer
9 4 (2.41%) linkerd
9 4 (2.41%) vCenter Server
10 3 (1.81%) Progress Chef
10 3 (1.81%) Puppet
10 3 (1.81%) Rancher
11 2 (1.20%) EMC NetWorker
11 2 (1.20%) EMC VPLEX
11 2 (1.20%) Nagios
11 2 (1.20%) NetBackup
11 2 (1.20%) SnapMirror
11 2 (1.20%) SnapVault
Vendors
1 42 (25.30%) Red Hat
2 17 (10.24%) Microsoft
3 15 (9.04%) Oracle
4 14 (8.43%) VMware
5 13 (7.83%) Google
6 12 (7.23%) Splunk
7 11 (6.63%) Dynatrace
8 6 (3.61%) ForgeRock
9 4 (2.41%) Pure Storage
10 3 (1.81%) Cisco
10 3 (1.81%) Databricks
10 3 (1.81%) EMC
10 3 (1.81%) Veeam
11 2 (1.20%) 3PAR
11 2 (1.20%) BiZZdesign
11 2 (1.20%) Brocade
11 2 (1.20%) Dell
11 2 (1.20%) IBM
11 2 (1.20%) NetApp
11 2 (1.20%) SolarWinds