Event-Driven Contracts

Event-Driven
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Event-Driven skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Event-Driven over the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 233 414 377
Rank change year-on-year +181 -37 -89
Contract jobs citing Event-Driven 377 183 343
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.15% 0.43% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.27% 0.50% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 259 135 269
10th Percentile £373 £431 £463
25th Percentile £460 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £638
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -9.80% -5.56%
75th Percentile £690 £700 £738
90th Percentile £788 £770 £863
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +0.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.25 £52.50 -
Median hourly rate £20.50 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.73% +57.14% +64.71%
75th Percentile £41.25 £57.50 -
90th Percentile £54.00 - £45.58
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.50 - £35.00
% change year-on-year - - +84.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Event-Driven 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 29,591 36,621 50,601
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.45% 85.36% 89.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,632 23,386 34,849
10th Percentile £300 £304 £325
25th Percentile £405 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% -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 1,510 2,453 1,703
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.79 £13.16
25th Percentile £17.44 £16.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% -4.70% +53.85%
75th Percentile £53.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.50 £76.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.59 £38.12 £39.26
% change year-on-year -35.51% -2.91% +83.08%

Event-Driven
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Event-Driven as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Event-Driven in the UK

Event-Driven
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Event-Driven.

Daily rate trend for Event-Driven in the UK

Event-Driven
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Event-Driven over the 6 months to 12 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Event-Driven in the UK

Event-Driven
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Event-Driven.

Hourly rate trend for Event-Driven in the UK

Event-Driven
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Event-Driven over the 6 months to 12 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Event-Driven in the UK

Event-Driven
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 Event-Driven within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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 +151 305 £600 +4.35% 290
London +104 207 £645 +7.50% 149
Work from Home +93 130 £550 - 162
UK excluding London +86 117 £525 -4.55% 175
North of England +40 58 £530 +0.95% 60
North West +26 31 £530 +3.97% 42
Scotland +18 23 £450 -10.00% 8
Yorkshire +12 22 £550 +4.07% 15
South East +43 14 £550 +7.32% 50
Midlands +14 14 £525 +74.83% 19
East Midlands - 8 £420 - 5
Wales +12 6 £283 - 4
West Midlands +9 5 £600 +100.00% 14
North East 0 5 £465 -28.46% 3
East of England +18 3 £513 -10.87% 2
South West +27 1 £513 -6.82% 22
Northern Ireland - 1 £550 - 12

Event-Driven
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 22 (5.84%) Apache Spark
2 13 (3.45%) Apache
3 7 (1.86%) Mule
4 6 (1.59%) Anypoint
5 5 (1.33%) Confluence
5 5 (1.33%) JBoss
6 4 (1.06%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.80%) Camunda
8 2 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.53%) Gunicorn
8 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.53%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.53%) WebSphere Application Server
9 1 (0.27%) Apache Pulsar
9 1 (0.27%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.27%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 2 (0.53%) Sketch
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.33%) Oracle Retail
2 3 (0.80%) SAP PM
3 2 (0.53%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.27%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.27%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.27%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.27%) SAP MRS
Cloud Services
1 156 (41.38%) AWS
2 119 (31.56%) Azure
3 100 (26.53%) Serverless
4 54 (14.32%) AWS Lambda
5 49 (13.00%) GCP
6 42 (11.14%) Amazon S3
7 38 (10.08%) GitHub
8 35 (9.28%) Azure DevOps
9 32 (8.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 25 (6.63%) Amazon SQS
11 24 (6.37%) GitHub Actions
12 23 (6.10%) Azure Service Bus
13 21 (5.57%) Amazon EventBridge
14 18 (4.77%) AWS CloudFormation
15 16 (4.24%) Azure AKS
15 16 (4.24%) Azure Functions
16 15 (3.98%) SaaS
17 14 (3.71%) Amazon ECS
17 14 (3.71%) Amazon EKS
17 14 (3.71%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.59%) Firewall
2 5 (1.33%) AMQP
2 5 (1.33%) DSL
3 4 (1.06%) MQTT
3 4 (1.06%) Software-Defined Networking
4 3 (0.80%) Network Security
4 3 (0.80%) VPN
5 2 (0.53%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (0.53%) HTTP
5 2 (0.53%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.53%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.53%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.53%) WAN
5 2 (0.53%) Wireless
6 1 (0.27%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (15.12%) NoSQL
2 51 (13.53%) PostgreSQL
3 40 (10.61%) MongoDB
4 32 (8.49%) DynamoDB
5 29 (7.69%) Relational Database
6 16 (4.24%) Flink
7 14 (3.71%) Data Lake
7 14 (3.71%) MySQL
8 11 (2.92%) Azure SQL Database
8 11 (2.92%) Redis
9 10 (2.65%) Big Data
9 10 (2.65%) SQL Server
10 8 (2.12%) Amazon Athena
10 8 (2.12%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (2.12%) DB2
11 7 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
11 7 (1.86%) Elasticsearch
11 7 (1.86%) Oracle Database
11 7 (1.86%) Power BI
11 7 (1.86%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 67 (17.77%) Jenkins
2 59 (15.65%) Git
3 46 (12.20%) GitLab
4 28 (7.43%) JUnit
5 20 (5.31%) Mockito
6 18 (4.77%) Gradle
7 15 (3.98%) Maven
8 12 (3.18%) Liquibase
9 11 (2.92%) JIRA
9 11 (2.92%) SonarQube
10 10 (2.65%) CircleCI
10 10 (2.65%) webpack
11 9 (2.39%) Artifactory
12 7 (1.86%) Cypress.io
12 7 (1.86%) gulp
12 7 (1.86%) Sonatype Nexus
13 6 (1.59%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 5 (1.33%) Bitbucket
14 5 (1.33%) IntelliJ
14 5 (1.33%) Postman
General
1 110 (29.18%) Social Skills
2 90 (23.87%) Finance
3 49 (13.00%) Banking
4 46 (12.20%) Public Sector
5 23 (6.10%) Investment Banking
6 22 (5.84%) Telecoms
7 21 (5.57%) Analytical Skills
8 12 (3.18%) Marketing
8 12 (3.18%) Retail
9 11 (2.92%) Electronics
9 11 (2.92%) Manufacturing
10 10 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.59%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.33%) Front Office
12 5 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.06%) Military
14 2 (0.53%) Billing
14 2 (0.53%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 137 (36.34%) Developer
2 128 (33.95%) Architect
3 73 (19.36%) Senior
4 50 (13.26%) Java Developer
5 49 (13.00%) Solutions Architect
6 36 (9.55%) Senior Developer
7 29 (7.69%) Technical Architect
8 28 (7.43%) Software Engineer
9 27 (7.16%) Lead
10 24 (6.37%) Full-Stack Developer
11 22 (5.84%) Senior Architect
12 15 (3.98%) AWS Architect
12 15 (3.98%) AWS Engineer
12 15 (3.98%) React Developer
13 12 (3.18%) Data Engineer
13 12 (3.18%) Python Developer
13 12 (3.18%) Senior Technical Architect
14 11 (2.92%) Azure Architect
14 11 (2.92%) Data Architect
14 11 (2.92%) Java Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (31.83%) Kafka
2 62 (16.45%) Spring
3 60 (15.92%) React
4 56 (14.85%) Spring Boot
5 55 (14.59%) RESTful
6 41 (10.88%) Node.js
7 37 (9.81%) .NET
8 31 (8.22%) REST
9 28 (7.43%) OAuth
10 26 (6.90%) RabbitMQ
11 25 (6.63%) AngularJS
12 23 (6.10%) GraphQL
13 19 (5.04%) SOAP
13 19 (5.04%) Swagger
14 18 (4.77%) OpenAPI
15 17 (4.51%) JWT
16 16 (4.24%) Hibernate
16 16 (4.24%) OpenTelemetry
17 15 (3.98%) CSS
17 15 (3.98%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 75 (19.89%) Cloud Native
2 49 (13.00%) Distributed Systems
3 26 (6.90%) Public Cloud
4 17 (4.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 16 (4.24%) Derivative
6 15 (3.98%) Product Ownership
7 14 (3.71%) Onboarding
8 9 (2.39%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (2.12%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (1.86%) Data Centre
10 7 (1.86%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.59%) Algorithms
11 6 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.59%) Fixed Income
11 6 (1.59%) Mobile App
12 5 (1.33%) AI Agents
12 5 (1.33%) Data Structures
13 4 (1.06%) Legacy Applications
13 4 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (1.06%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 32 (8.49%) Linux
2 15 (3.98%) Unix
3 4 (1.06%) Windows
4 2 (0.53%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.27%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (55.44%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 175 (46.42%) Microservices
3 168 (44.56%) CI/CD
4 143 (37.93%) Agile
5 142 (37.67%) DevOps
6 86 (22.81%) Containerisation
7 83 (22.02%) Problem-Solving
8 81 (21.49%) Infrastructure as Code
9 73 (19.36%) Software Engineering
10 51 (13.53%) Full-Stack Development
11 50 (13.26%) Architectural Patterns
12 47 (12.47%) TDD
13 44 (11.67%) Mentoring
13 44 (11.67%) Technical Leadership
14 43 (11.41%) Observability
14 43 (11.41%) Test Automation
15 41 (10.88%) Scrum
16 38 (10.08%) Integration Patterns
17 37 (9.81%) API Development
17 37 (9.81%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 158 (41.91%) Java
2 129 (34.22%) Python
3 110 (29.18%) SQL
4 65 (17.24%) TypeScript
5 57 (15.12%) JavaScript
6 41 (10.88%) C#
7 14 (3.71%) Kotlin
8 13 (3.45%) C++
9 11 (2.92%) Go
10 8 (2.12%) Bicep
10 8 (2.12%) Scala
11 6 (1.59%) DataWeave
11 6 (1.59%) PowerShell
11 6 (1.59%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.33%) Ruby
13 4 (1.06%) C
13 4 (1.06%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.80%) Bash
14 3 (0.80%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 44 (11.67%) Security Cleared
2 38 (10.08%) SC Cleared
3 25 (6.63%) AWS Certification
4 15 (3.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 11 (2.92%) Degree
6 9 (2.39%) Azure Certification
7 7 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.33%) OCP
8 5 (1.33%) Oracle Certification
9 4 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.53%) IBM Certification
10 2 (0.53%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.27%) AWS Certified Developer
11 1 (0.27%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 1 (0.27%) CEH
11 1 (0.27%) CISSP
11 1 (0.27%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.24%) QA
2 13 (3.45%) GDPR
3 12 (3.18%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.59%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.33%) HL7
5 5 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.80%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.80%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.53%) ISO 8583
8 2 (0.53%) NCSC
8 2 (0.53%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.53%) PSD2
8 2 (0.53%) Section 508
8 2 (0.53%) SEPA
8 2 (0.53%) WCAG
9 1 (0.27%) EMIR
9 1 (0.27%) ISO 15022
9 1 (0.27%) MiFID
9 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 120 (31.83%) Docker
2 4 (1.06%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.53%) vSphere
5 1 (0.27%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 116 (30.77%) Kubernetes
2 95 (25.20%) Terraform
3 34 (9.02%) Prometheus
4 25 (6.63%) Grafana
5 24 (6.37%) Ansible
6 10 (2.65%) Kibana
7 6 (1.59%) Control-M
8 5 (1.33%) ITRS Geneos
8 5 (1.33%) logstash
9 3 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.53%) Packer
11 1 (0.27%) Argo
11 1 (0.27%) Consul
11 1 (0.27%) Istio
11 1 (0.27%) linkerd
11 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.27%) vRealize
11 1 (0.27%) VxRail
11 1 (0.27%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 29 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 23 (6.10%) Oracle
3 19 (5.04%) Google
4 16 (4.24%) Databricks
4 16 (4.24%) SAP
5 13 (3.45%) MuleSoft
6 12 (3.18%) Salesforce
6 12 (3.18%) Splunk
7 10 (2.65%) Atlassian
8 9 (2.39%) BT
8 9 (2.39%) IBM
9 8 (2.12%) Virgin Media
10 7 (1.86%) Sybase
11 5 (1.33%) Cisco
11 5 (1.33%) Solace
12 4 (1.06%) DocuSign
13 3 (0.80%) Red Hat
13 3 (0.80%) ServiceNow
13 3 (0.80%) VMware
14 2 (0.53%) Dell KACE