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 10 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 319 339 265
Rank change year-on-year +20 -74 -67
Contract jobs citing Continuous Delivery 256 257 556
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.79% 0.60% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.87% 0.70% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 155 410
10th Percentile £378 £375 £463
25th Percentile £425 £425 £517
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -12.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £680
90th Percentile £746 £750 £776
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £480 £550
% change year-on-year -1.04% -12.73% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 24 9
10th Percentile £61.25 £62.50 £55.21
25th Percentile - - £60.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - -7.14% +6.40%
75th Percentile - - £80.00
90th Percentile - £67.05 £101.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +251.35%

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 29,321 36,863 51,150
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.46% 85.39% 89.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,457 23,536 35,259
10th Percentile £300 £300 £325
25th Percentile £405 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +0.92%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,492 2,486 1,707
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £13.16
25th Percentile £17.33 £16.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% -6.25% +53.85%
75th Percentile £52.75 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.50 £76.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.54 £38.12 £39.55
% change year-on-year -35.62% -3.62% +87.35%

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 10 July 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
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 10 July 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 +31 207 £509 -5.35% 260
UK excluding London +64 120 £475 -1.04% 230
London +28 119 £550 -7.17% 84
Work from Home +40 85 £527 +4.77% 220
Scotland +18 33 £525 +10.53% 27
North of England +3 31 £520 +20.31% 53
South West +40 16 £370 -7.50% 36
North West +11 16 £705 +34.61% 26
Yorkshire -8 14 £475 +10.47% 22
East of England +18 13 £500 +5.26% 25
Midlands +12 12 £455 -28.63% 27
South East +35 11 £500 -0.99% 42
West Midlands +11 7 £455 -30.67% 19
East Midlands - 5 £471 - 8
Wales - 3 £463 - 8
Northern Ireland - 3 £425 - 19
North East -2 1 £430 +4.88% 5

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 23 (8.98%) Confluence
2 6 (2.34%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.95%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.95%) WordPress
4 4 (1.56%) Apache
4 4 (1.56%) Oracle Coherence
5 3 (1.17%) Drupal
6 1 (0.39%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.39%) JBoss
6 1 (0.39%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (1.56%) Chatbot
2 3 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.39%) BusinessWorks
1 1 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.39%) SAP MDG
1 1 (0.39%) SAP PLM
1 1 (0.39%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 107 (41.80%) AWS
2 75 (29.30%) Azure
3 39 (15.23%) GitHub
4 31 (12.11%) GCP
5 29 (11.33%) Serverless
6 26 (10.16%) Azure DevOps
7 19 (7.42%) GitHub Actions
8 15 (5.86%) AWS Lambda
9 11 (4.30%) Amazon S3
10 10 (3.91%) AWS CloudFormation
11 9 (3.52%) BlazeMeter
11 9 (3.52%) Entra ID
12 5 (1.95%) Azure AKS
12 5 (1.95%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 5 (1.95%) Azure Service Bus
12 5 (1.95%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (1.56%) Amazon ECS
13 4 (1.56%) Azure Monitor
13 4 (1.56%) Datadog
13 4 (1.56%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.08%) Ethernet
1 13 (5.08%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.17%) Unified Communications
3 2 (0.78%) DMZ
3 2 (0.78%) DNS
3 2 (0.78%) Firewall
3 2 (0.78%) Internet
4 1 (0.39%) FTP
4 1 (0.39%) HTTP
4 1 (0.39%) NAS
4 1 (0.39%) SAN
4 1 (0.39%) SSL
4 1 (0.39%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (9.77%) MongoDB
2 23 (8.98%) Big Data
3 20 (7.81%) SQL Server
4 17 (6.64%) NoSQL
4 17 (6.64%) Relational Database
5 16 (6.25%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (5.47%) Apache Cassandra
7 7 (2.73%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (2.73%) MySQL
8 6 (2.34%) Amazon Aurora
8 6 (2.34%) RDBMS
9 5 (1.95%) Geospatial Data
9 5 (1.95%) GIS
9 5 (1.95%) Hadoop
9 5 (1.95%) Tableau
10 4 (1.56%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (1.56%) DB2
11 3 (1.17%) BigQuery
11 3 (1.17%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.78%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 42 (16.41%) Jenkins
2 33 (12.89%) Git
3 30 (11.72%) JIRA
4 20 (7.81%) Visual Studio
5 17 (6.64%) JUnit
6 15 (5.86%) Cypress.io
7 13 (5.08%) Eclipse
8 11 (4.30%) Bitbucket
9 10 (3.91%) CircleCI
9 10 (3.91%) Selenium
10 8 (3.13%) TeamCity
11 7 (2.73%) Cucumber
11 7 (2.73%) GitLab
11 7 (2.73%) Gradle
11 7 (2.73%) Maven
12 5 (1.95%) IntelliJ
12 5 (1.95%) webpack
13 4 (1.56%) HP UFT
14 3 (1.17%) Ant
14 3 (1.17%) Subversion
General
1 80 (31.25%) Finance
2 59 (23.05%) Social Skills
3 45 (17.58%) Public Sector
4 20 (7.81%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (7.81%) Military
4 20 (7.81%) Telecoms
5 18 (7.03%) Banking
6 15 (5.86%) Electronics
6 15 (5.86%) Manufacturing
6 15 (5.86%) Marketing
7 13 (5.08%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (3.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (3.13%) Front Office
10 6 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.95%) Legal
11 5 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.56%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.78%) Health Technology
13 2 (0.78%) Law
14 1 (0.39%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 97 (37.89%) Developer
2 51 (19.92%) Senior
3 31 (12.11%) Architect
4 30 (11.72%) Java Developer
5 27 (10.55%) Software Engineer
6 23 (8.98%) Senior Developer
7 20 (7.81%) C# Developer
7 20 (7.81%) Lead
8 19 (7.42%) React Developer
9 16 (6.25%) C# Software Engineer
9 16 (6.25%) Technical Architect
10 15 (5.86%) Azure Developer
11 14 (5.47%) DevOps Engineer
12 13 (5.08%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 12 (4.69%) Senior Architect
14 11 (4.30%) Azure Engineer
15 10 (3.91%) Python Developer
15 10 (3.91%) Site Reliability Engineer
16 9 (3.52%) Applications Developer
16 9 (3.52%) Release Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (19.53%) React
2 42 (16.41%) Node.js
3 38 (14.84%) Spring
4 34 (13.28%) CSS
5 30 (11.72%) .NET
5 30 (11.72%) REST
6 27 (10.55%) HTML
7 22 (8.59%) Web Services
8 20 (7.81%) AngularJS
9 19 (7.42%) GraphQL
10 17 (6.64%) Kafka
11 15 (5.86%) RESTful
12 13 (5.08%) Redux
13 11 (4.30%) Next.js
13 11 (4.30%) Spring Boot
14 9 (3.52%) .NET Core
15 7 (2.73%) HTML5
15 7 (2.73%) Lambda Expressions
15 7 (2.73%) Playwright
16 6 (2.34%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 30 (11.72%) Product Ownership
2 16 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (5.08%) Management Information System
4 12 (4.69%) Algorithms
4 12 (4.69%) Public Cloud
5 7 (2.73%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (2.34%) Derivative
6 6 (2.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 5 (1.95%) Cloud Native
7 5 (1.95%) Cyberattack
7 5 (1.95%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.95%) Equities
7 5 (1.95%) Equity Derivative
8 4 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.56%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.17%) Fixed Income
10 2 (0.78%) Educational Technology
10 2 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.78%) NHS
10 2 (0.78%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 34 (13.28%) Linux
2 26 (10.16%) Windows
3 7 (2.73%) Ubuntu
3 7 (2.73%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.34%) Unix
5 4 (1.56%) Android
5 4 (1.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (59.38%) CI/CD
2 135 (52.73%) Agile
3 124 (48.44%) Continuous Integration
4 90 (35.16%) DevOps
5 83 (32.42%) TDD
6 64 (25.00%) Microservices
7 60 (23.44%) Software Engineering
8 58 (22.66%) Test Automation
9 47 (18.36%) Problem-Solving
10 41 (16.02%) Infrastructure as Code
11 35 (13.67%) Continuous Improvement
12 32 (12.50%) Deployment Automation
12 32 (12.50%) Scrum
13 31 (12.11%) Unit Testing
14 30 (11.72%) Mentoring
15 28 (10.94%) Design Patterns
16 27 (10.55%) SDLC
16 27 (10.55%) Visualisation
17 26 (10.16%) Containerisation
17 26 (10.16%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 73 (28.52%) Java
2 62 (24.22%) JavaScript
2 62 (24.22%) Python
3 60 (23.44%) C#
4 59 (23.05%) TypeScript
5 36 (14.06%) SQL
6 22 (8.59%) PowerShell
7 14 (5.47%) C++
8 11 (4.30%) Kotlin
9 8 (3.13%) Bash
10 6 (2.34%) Go
10 6 (2.34%) PHP
11 5 (1.95%) Ruby
11 5 (1.95%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.56%) Perl
12 4 (1.56%) Scala
13 2 (0.78%) Rust
14 1 (0.39%) ABAP
14 1 (0.39%) Ada
14 1 (0.39%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (15.23%) Security Cleared
2 34 (13.28%) SC Cleared
3 22 (8.59%) Degree
4 12 (4.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (3.52%) AWS Certification
6 8 (3.13%) Azure Certification
7 7 (2.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 6 (2.34%) AWS Certified Developer
9 3 (1.17%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.17%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.17%) PMP
10 1 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.39%) CISSP
10 1 (0.39%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (0.39%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (8.20%) QA
2 10 (3.91%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.73%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.17%) GDPR
5 3 (1.17%) WCAG
6 2 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.39%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.39%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.39%) NCSC
7 1 (0.39%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.39%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (9.38%) Docker
2 3 (1.17%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.78%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.39%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 62 (24.22%) Terraform
2 50 (19.53%) Kubernetes
3 26 (10.16%) Grafana
4 21 (8.20%) Ansible
5 14 (5.47%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.39%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.39%) Puppet
6 1 (0.39%) Rancher
Vendors
1 48 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 20 (7.81%) Google
3 17 (6.64%) SAP
3 17 (6.64%) Splunk
4 13 (5.08%) Dynatrace
4 13 (5.08%) Oracle
5 8 (3.13%) Databricks
6 4 (1.56%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.56%) Sybase
7 3 (1.17%) Atlassian
7 3 (1.17%) Murex
7 3 (1.17%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.78%) Brio
8 2 (0.78%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.78%) Infoblox
8 2 (0.78%) VMware
9 1 (0.39%) AppDynamics
9 1 (0.39%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.39%) Perforce
9 1 (0.39%) Talend