Continuous Delivery Contracts

Continuous Delivery
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Continuous Delivery skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Continuous Delivery over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 359 253 199
Rank change year-on-year -106 -54 +2
Contract jobs citing Continuous Delivery 235 617 1,259
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.55% 1.06% 1.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 1.18% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 451 890
10th Percentile £375 £463 £408
25th Percentile £425 £525 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £595 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.56% +3.48% +13.58%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £556 £540
% change year-on-year -16.85% +3.01% +13.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 4
10th Percentile - £63.25 £59.91
25th Percentile - - £64.47
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £73.50
Median % change year-on-year - -11.56% +81.48%
75th Percentile - £75.00 £85.00
90th Percentile - £101.25 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Continuous Delivery 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,956 52,182 79,685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.29% 89.83% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,793 36,175 55,967
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
25th Percentile £413 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,727 1,890
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

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 7 May 2024.

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 15 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 7 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
England -96 194 £550 -7.56% 144
London -56 118 £600 -0.25% 62
UK excluding London -51 89 £463 -16.85% 94
Work from Home -37 82 £548 -8.75% 97
North of England +12 29 £434 -22.15% 24
Yorkshire +38 23 £430 -21.82% 9
Scotland +26 19 £480 -8.57% 16
South West -25 13 £400 -27.27% 17
Midlands +5 11 £523 -3.24% 7
South East 0 10 £575 +4.55% 20
East of England 0 7 £450 -2.70% 4
West Midlands -3 7 £610 +12.96% 4
North West +1 5 £524 -4.77% 13
East Midlands +19 3 £419 -22.41% 3
North East +12 1 £525 -37.05% 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 10 (4.26%) Apache Spark
2 8 (3.40%) Confluence
3 7 (2.98%) SAS
4 4 (1.70%) Apache
4 4 (1.70%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.70%) CMS
4 4 (1.70%) IIS
4 4 (1.70%) JBoss
5 3 (1.28%) Drupal
5 3 (1.28%) Jupyter
5 3 (1.28%) nginx
6 1 (0.43%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 2 (0.85%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.85%) Softmar
2 1 (0.43%) Endur
2 1 (0.43%) Magento
2 1 (0.43%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 69 (29.36%) AWS
1 69 (29.36%) Azure
2 38 (16.17%) Azure DevOps
3 24 (10.21%) GCP
4 20 (8.51%) Serverless
5 17 (7.23%) PaaS
6 14 (5.96%) GitHub
6 14 (5.96%) IaaS
6 14 (5.96%) SaaS
7 12 (5.11%) GitHub Actions
8 10 (4.26%) Azure Functions
8 10 (4.26%) Azure Logic Apps
8 10 (4.26%) OpenShift
9 9 (3.83%) Power Platform
10 8 (3.40%) Azure Service Bus
11 7 (2.98%) Azure API Management
11 7 (2.98%) Azure Batch
11 7 (2.98%) Azure Key Vault
11 7 (2.98%) Azure Storage
11 7 (2.98%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.53%) TCP/IP
2 10 (4.26%) Ethernet
3 4 (1.70%) HTTP
3 4 (1.70%) SSL
4 3 (1.28%) DNS
4 3 (1.28%) Firewall
4 3 (1.28%) VPN
5 2 (0.85%) LAN
5 2 (0.85%) WAN
6 1 (0.43%) FTP
6 1 (0.43%) IPsec
6 1 (0.43%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (11.49%) NoSQL
2 19 (8.09%) Relational Database
3 14 (5.96%) SQL Server
4 12 (5.11%) Big Data
4 12 (5.11%) MongoDB
5 11 (4.68%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (3.40%) Data Lake
6 8 (3.40%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (2.98%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (2.98%) KDB
7 7 (2.98%) OLTP
8 6 (2.55%) Apache Cassandra
8 6 (2.55%) MySQL
9 5 (2.13%) Amazon Aurora
9 5 (2.13%) DB2
9 5 (2.13%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (1.70%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (1.70%) BigQuery
11 3 (1.28%) CockroachDB
11 3 (1.28%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 41 (17.45%) Jenkins
2 36 (15.32%) Git
3 17 (7.23%) TeamCity
4 16 (6.81%) JIRA
5 14 (5.96%) Cucumber
6 12 (5.11%) Visual Studio
7 11 (4.68%) Moq
7 11 (4.68%) NUnit
7 11 (4.68%) SonarQube
8 10 (4.26%) Eclipse
9 9 (3.83%) Selenium
10 8 (3.40%) Cypress.io
10 8 (3.40%) GitLab
11 7 (2.98%) Bitbucket
11 7 (2.98%) Visual Studio Team System
12 6 (2.55%) Artifactory
12 6 (2.55%) JMeter
12 6 (2.55%) JUnit
13 4 (1.70%) Ant
13 4 (1.70%) Gradle
General
1 56 (23.83%) Finance
2 51 (21.70%) Social Skills
3 24 (10.21%) Banking
4 21 (8.94%) Front Office
5 19 (8.09%) Public Sector
6 17 (7.23%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (5.53%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (5.11%) Military
9 8 (3.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.55%) Marketing
11 4 (1.70%) Games
11 4 (1.70%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.85%) Electronics
12 2 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.85%) Law
12 2 (0.85%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.85%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.43%) Advertising
13 1 (0.43%) Health Technology
13 1 (0.43%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 66 (28.09%) Developer
2 24 (10.21%) Senior
3 22 (9.36%) Java Developer
4 21 (8.94%) Lead
5 19 (8.09%) C# Developer
6 16 (6.81%) Senior Developer
7 14 (5.96%) Architect
7 14 (5.96%) Software Engineer
8 13 (5.53%) DevOps Engineer
8 13 (5.53%) Project Manager
9 10 (4.26%) React Developer
10 9 (3.83%) C# Software Engineer
10 9 (3.83%) Consultant
10 9 (3.83%) Scrum Master
11 8 (3.40%) Analyst
11 8 (3.40%) C++ Software Engineer
11 8 (3.40%) Java Engineer
12 7 (2.98%) Cloud Engineer
12 7 (2.98%) Electronic Trading Developer
12 7 (2.98%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (13.19%) Node.js
2 30 (12.77%) .NET
3 22 (9.36%) RESTful
4 21 (8.94%) React
4 21 (8.94%) Spring
4 21 (8.94%) Web Services
5 18 (7.66%) ARM Templates
6 16 (6.81%) RabbitMQ
6 16 (6.81%) REST
7 15 (6.38%) .NET Core
7 15 (6.38%) Spring Boot
8 14 (5.96%) Kafka
9 13 (5.53%) ASP.NET
9 13 (5.53%) Middleware
9 13 (5.53%) XML
10 12 (5.11%) ASP.NET Web API
11 11 (4.68%) SignalR
12 10 (4.26%) Azure Blueprints
12 10 (4.26%) Elastic Stack
12 10 (4.26%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.51%) Management Information System
2 18 (7.66%) Product Ownership
3 17 (7.23%) Data Structures
4 12 (5.11%) Algorithms
4 12 (5.11%) Greenfield Project
5 11 (4.68%) Fixed Income
6 10 (4.26%) Distributed Systems
6 10 (4.26%) Onboarding
7 9 (3.83%) Public Cloud
8 8 (3.40%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (2.98%) Cloud Native
9 7 (2.98%) Derivative
9 7 (2.98%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (2.55%) Linux Command Line
11 5 (2.13%) Mobile App
11 5 (2.13%) Private Cloud
12 4 (1.70%) Security Posture
12 4 (1.70%) Virtual Team
13 3 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
13 3 (1.28%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 40 (17.02%) Linux
2 22 (9.36%) Windows
3 7 (2.98%) Unix
4 5 (2.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.70%) AIX
5 4 (1.70%) Solaris
5 4 (1.70%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.28%) Android
7 2 (0.85%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (67.66%) CI/CD
2 148 (62.98%) Agile
3 145 (61.70%) Continuous Integration
4 127 (54.04%) DevOps
5 73 (31.06%) Test Automation
6 57 (24.26%) TDD
7 46 (19.57%) Software Engineering
8 44 (18.72%) Microservices
9 43 (18.30%) Mentoring
10 39 (16.60%) Scrum
11 37 (15.74%) Infrastructure as Code
12 34 (14.47%) Containerisation
12 34 (14.47%) Problem-Solving
13 29 (12.34%) Deployment Automation
14 28 (11.91%) Kanban
14 28 (11.91%) Performance Analysis
15 26 (11.06%) OO
16 24 (10.21%) Design Patterns
16 24 (10.21%) ITIL
16 24 (10.21%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 55 (23.40%) Java
2 46 (19.57%) Python
3 43 (18.30%) C#
3 43 (18.30%) SQL
4 35 (14.89%) JavaScript
5 23 (9.79%) TypeScript
6 21 (8.94%) PowerShell
7 15 (6.38%) Go
8 14 (5.96%) C++
9 13 (5.53%) Kotlin
10 11 (4.68%) Bash
10 11 (4.68%) Scala
11 8 (3.40%) Groovy
12 6 (2.55%) Perl
13 5 (2.13%) Shell Script
14 4 (1.70%) PHP
14 4 (1.70%) Ruby
15 3 (1.28%) Bicep
15 3 (1.28%) C
16 1 (0.43%) Clojure
Qualifications
1 27 (11.49%) Security Cleared
2 21 (8.94%) SC Cleared
3 14 (5.96%) BPSS Clearance
4 11 (4.68%) Degree
5 5 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.70%) CISSP
7 1 (0.43%) APMP
7 1 (0.43%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.43%) CCNP
7 1 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.43%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.43%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.43%) MCSE
7 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.53%) QA
2 11 (4.68%) NCSC
3 5 (2.13%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.13%) NIST
4 4 (1.70%) GDPR
4 4 (1.70%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.28%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.85%) WCAG
7 1 (0.43%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.43%) MiFID
7 1 (0.43%) SLA
System Software
1 51 (21.70%) Docker
2 4 (1.70%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 3 (1.28%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.43%) Ceph
5 1 (0.43%) HDFS
5 1 (0.43%) NFS
5 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 50 (21.28%) Terraform
2 38 (16.17%) Ansible
3 34 (14.47%) Kubernetes
4 8 (3.40%) Grafana
5 7 (2.98%) Puppet
6 6 (2.55%) Progress Chef
6 6 (2.55%) Prometheus
7 5 (2.13%) Kibana
7 5 (2.13%) Zipkin
8 4 (1.70%) Packer
8 4 (1.70%) Tivoli
9 3 (1.28%) Rancher
10 2 (0.85%) Hadoop YARN
11 1 (0.43%) FreeIPA
11 1 (0.43%) Icinga
11 1 (0.43%) ITRS Geneos
11 1 (0.43%) logstash
11 1 (0.43%) Mesos
11 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.43%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 40 (17.02%) Microsoft
2 15 (6.38%) EMC
3 12 (5.11%) Splunk
4 11 (4.68%) TIBCO
5 9 (3.83%) Google
5 9 (3.83%) Oracle
6 7 (2.98%) ION Trading
7 6 (2.55%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.55%) VMware
8 4 (1.70%) AppDynamics
8 4 (1.70%) F5
8 4 (1.70%) IBM
8 4 (1.70%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.28%) SAP
10 2 (0.85%) Databricks
10 2 (0.85%) Remedy
11 1 (0.43%) Checkmarx
11 1 (0.43%) OpenLink
11 1 (0.43%) Perfecto Mobile
11 1 (0.43%) Reuters