Continuous Delivery Contracts

Continuous Delivery
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 281 354 257
Rank change year-on-year +73 -97 -51
Contract jobs citing Continuous Delivery 263 236 637
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.90% 0.54% 1.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.99% 0.63% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 150 463
10th Percentile £363 £381 £463
25th Percentile £425 £434 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £595
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -7.56% +3.48%
75th Percentile £632 £688 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £478 £571
% change year-on-year +4.71% -16.30% +5.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 11
10th Percentile £40.78 - -
25th Percentile £61.25 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - - £70.00
90th Percentile - - £101.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Continuous Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Continuous Delivery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Delivery in the UK

Continuous Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Continuous Delivery.

Daily rate trend for Continuous Delivery in the UK

Continuous Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Delivery over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Delivery in the UK

Continuous Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Continuous Delivery.

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Delivery in the UK

Continuous Delivery
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Continuous Delivery over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Continuous Delivery in the UK

Continuous Delivery
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 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
England +74 216 £509 -7.50% 233
UK excluding London +103 133 £500 +4.71% 143
London +36 110 £527 -21.93% 117
Work from Home +44 88 £505 -8.14% 156
North of England +25 35 £513 +18.09% 49
South East +62 28 £558 -5.11% 29
Scotland +19 27 £525 +5.00% 7
Yorkshire +7 22 £516 +20.03% 15
South West +52 18 £384 -4.13% 17
Midlands +23 13 £469 -13.99% 25
North West +24 12 £539 +2.82% 28
West Midlands +16 10 £461 -31.67% 21
Northern Ireland - 7 £325 - 7
East of England +29 6 £500 +17.65% 15
East Midlands +10 3 £500 +19.33% 3
North East 0 1 £430 -18.10% 7
Wales - 1 - - 2

Continuous Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 44 (16.73%) Confluence
2 11 (4.18%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.90%) nginx
3 5 (1.90%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.52%) Apache
4 4 (1.52%) Oracle Coherence
5 3 (1.14%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.76%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.76%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.38%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 4 (1.52%) Chatbot
2 3 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.76%) Open Workbench
Business Applications
1 1 (0.38%) BusinessWorks
1 1 (0.38%) Endur
1 1 (0.38%) OpenLink RightAngle
1 1 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 97 (36.88%) AWS
2 70 (26.62%) Azure
3 35 (13.31%) GitHub
4 33 (12.55%) Serverless
5 23 (8.75%) GCP
6 21 (7.98%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (6.84%) PaaS
8 17 (6.46%) Cloud Computing
8 17 (6.46%) SaaS
8 17 (6.46%) Slack
9 15 (5.70%) IaaS
10 14 (5.32%) AWS Lambda
11 13 (4.94%) AWS CloudFormation
11 13 (4.94%) GitHub Actions
12 9 (3.42%) Entra ID
12 9 (3.42%) OpenShift
13 7 (2.66%) Amazon ECS
13 7 (2.66%) Amazon S3
14 6 (2.28%) Azure Service Bus
15 5 (1.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.70%) HTTP
2 12 (4.56%) TCP/IP
3 10 (3.80%) VSAN
4 9 (3.42%) Firewall
5 5 (1.90%) Ethernet
5 5 (1.90%) Reverse Proxy
6 4 (1.52%) SSL
6 4 (1.52%) Unified Communications
7 3 (1.14%) DNS
7 3 (1.14%) IPsec
7 3 (1.14%) Kerberos
8 2 (0.76%) BGP
8 2 (0.76%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.76%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.76%) MPLS
8 2 (0.76%) OSPF
8 2 (0.76%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.76%) VLAN
8 2 (0.76%) VPN
8 2 (0.76%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (14.07%) MongoDB
2 28 (10.65%) PostgreSQL
3 25 (9.51%) Apache Cassandra
4 23 (8.75%) MySQL
5 18 (6.84%) NoSQL
6 17 (6.46%) Big Data
6 17 (6.46%) SQL Server
7 11 (4.18%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (3.80%) Hadoop
9 8 (3.04%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.90%) Apache Hive
10 5 (1.90%) Apache Iceberg
10 5 (1.90%) Parquet
10 5 (1.90%) Presto
11 4 (1.52%) Amazon Aurora
11 4 (1.52%) DB2
12 3 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
13 2 (0.76%) Data Mining
13 2 (0.76%) GIS
13 2 (0.76%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 53 (20.15%) Git
2 52 (19.77%) JIRA
3 44 (16.73%) Jenkins
4 27 (10.27%) JUnit
5 24 (9.13%) Cucumber
6 18 (6.84%) Bitbucket
6 18 (6.84%) GitLab
6 18 (6.84%) Jasmine
7 14 (5.32%) TeamCity
8 12 (4.56%) Selenium
9 10 (3.80%) Visual Studio
10 9 (3.42%) Maven
11 8 (3.04%) Cypress.io
12 6 (2.28%) webpack
13 5 (1.90%) CircleCI
13 5 (1.90%) Eclipse
13 5 (1.90%) Gradle
13 5 (1.90%) IntelliJ
13 5 (1.90%) Poetry
14 4 (1.52%) HP UFT
General
1 65 (24.71%) Finance
2 54 (20.53%) Social Skills
3 46 (17.49%) Public Sector
4 24 (9.13%) Banking
5 17 (6.46%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (4.94%) Telecoms
7 12 (4.56%) Front Office
7 12 (4.56%) Manufacturing
8 11 (4.18%) Electronics
8 11 (4.18%) Marketing
9 8 (3.04%) Investment Banking
9 8 (3.04%) Military
10 6 (2.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.28%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.90%) Legal
12 4 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.76%) Health Technology
13 2 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.38%) Games
14 1 (0.38%) Retail
Job Titles
1 104 (39.54%) Developer
2 53 (20.15%) Senior
3 46 (17.49%) Java Developer
4 38 (14.45%) Architect
5 25 (9.51%) Senior Developer
5 25 (9.51%) Technical Architect
6 21 (7.98%) Lead
7 20 (7.60%) DevOps Engineer
7 20 (7.60%) Software Engineer
8 17 (6.46%) AWS Engineer
9 16 (6.08%) C# Developer
10 14 (5.32%) Senior Architect
11 13 (4.94%) React Developer
11 13 (4.94%) Senior Java Developer
11 13 (4.94%) Senior Technical Architect
12 12 (4.56%) Java Engineer
13 11 (4.18%) Applications Developer
13 11 (4.18%) Azure Engineer
14 10 (3.80%) Lead Developer
14 10 (3.80%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (18.25%) React
2 46 (17.49%) Spring
3 36 (13.69%) RESTful
4 33 (12.55%) Node.js
4 33 (12.55%) Spring Boot
5 29 (11.03%) HTML
6 26 (9.89%) CSS
7 24 (9.13%) Web Services
8 23 (8.75%) .NET
8 23 (8.75%) AngularJS
9 22 (8.37%) REST
10 17 (6.46%) Spring Batch
10 17 (6.46%) Spring Security
10 17 (6.46%) Swagger
11 16 (6.08%) HTML5
11 16 (6.08%) OpenAPI
12 15 (5.70%) Kafka
13 14 (5.32%) Redux
14 10 (3.80%) CSS3
14 10 (3.80%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.13%) Product Ownership
2 19 (7.22%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 15 (5.70%) Hybrid Cloud
4 14 (5.32%) Management Information System
5 13 (4.94%) Public Cloud
5 13 (4.94%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (4.56%) Derivative
7 11 (4.18%) Equity Derivative
8 10 (3.80%) Equities
8 10 (3.80%) PKI
9 6 (2.28%) Algorithms
9 6 (2.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (1.90%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.90%) N-Tier
11 4 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.52%) Virtual Team
12 3 (1.14%) Credit Risk
12 3 (1.14%) Fixed Income
12 3 (1.14%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 47 (17.87%) Linux
2 19 (7.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 17 (6.46%) Windows
4 7 (2.66%) Ubuntu
4 7 (2.66%) Windows Server
5 6 (2.28%) Android
6 5 (1.90%) Unix
7 3 (1.14%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (63.50%) CI/CD
2 154 (58.56%) Continuous Integration
3 129 (49.05%) Agile
4 95 (36.12%) DevOps
5 88 (33.46%) TDD
6 77 (29.28%) Microservices
7 64 (24.33%) Test Automation
8 60 (22.81%) Software Engineering
9 57 (21.67%) Infrastructure as Code
10 54 (20.53%) Containerisation
11 40 (15.21%) BDD
11 40 (15.21%) Problem-Solving
12 33 (12.55%) User Experience
13 32 (12.17%) Design Patterns
14 28 (10.65%) Scrum
15 27 (10.27%) Deployment Automation
15 27 (10.27%) Mentoring
16 26 (9.89%) Continuous Improvement
16 26 (9.89%) Operational Stability
17 25 (9.51%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 81 (30.80%) Java
2 61 (23.19%) Python
2 61 (23.19%) SQL
3 51 (19.39%) JavaScript
4 44 (16.73%) TypeScript
5 43 (16.35%) C#
6 25 (9.51%) Bash
7 18 (6.84%) PowerShell
8 8 (3.04%) Scala
9 7 (2.66%) C++
10 5 (1.90%) Go
10 5 (1.90%) Kotlin
10 5 (1.90%) Shell Script
11 4 (1.52%) Perl
12 3 (1.14%) PHP
12 3 (1.14%) Ruby
13 2 (0.76%) Groovy
13 2 (0.76%) Rust
13 2 (0.76%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.76%) XPath
Qualifications
1 58 (22.05%) Security Cleared
2 56 (21.29%) SC Cleared
3 17 (6.46%) Degree
4 14 (5.32%) MCSE
4 14 (5.32%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (4.94%) AWS Certification
6 11 (4.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 10 (3.80%) AWS Certified Developer
7 10 (3.80%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (3.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 8 (3.04%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.90%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.52%) CCNP
10 4 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.14%) PMI Certification
11 3 (1.14%) PMP
12 2 (0.76%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.38%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 1 (0.38%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.98%) QA
2 14 (5.32%) NCSC
3 13 (4.94%) NIST
4 9 (3.42%) Accessibility
4 9 (3.42%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (2.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.14%) GDPR
7 2 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.76%) WCAG
8 1 (0.38%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.38%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.38%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.38%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.38%) SLA
System Software
1 39 (14.83%) Docker
2 12 (4.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (3.80%) VMware NSX
4 5 (1.90%) Active Directory
5 3 (1.14%) RACF
5 3 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.38%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 64 (24.33%) Terraform
2 62 (23.57%) Kubernetes
3 25 (9.51%) Ansible
4 14 (5.32%) Grafana
5 10 (3.80%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.14%) Packer
6 3 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.38%) Kustomize
7 1 (0.38%) Puppet
7 1 (0.38%) Rancher
7 1 (0.38%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 27 (10.27%) Microsoft
2 16 (6.08%) VMware
3 14 (5.32%) Google
3 14 (5.32%) Oracle
4 13 (4.94%) Splunk
5 12 (4.56%) SAP
6 10 (3.80%) Cisco
6 10 (3.80%) Palo Alto
7 8 (3.04%) Databricks
8 7 (2.66%) Dynatrace
9 5 (1.90%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.52%) Atlassian
10 4 (1.52%) Sybase
11 3 (1.14%) Murex
12 2 (0.76%) Brio
12 2 (0.76%) Fortinet
12 2 (0.76%) Infoblox
12 2 (0.76%) Red Hat
13 1 (0.38%) AppDynamics
13 1 (0.38%) Talend