Software Delivery Contracts

Software Delivery
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Software Delivery skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software Delivery over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 363 300 261
Rank change year-on-year -63 -39 +16
Contract jobs citing Software Delivery 228 502 967
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.53% 0.86% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 0.96% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 331 661
10th Percentile £421 £413 £413
25th Percentile £500 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.22%
75th Percentile £711 £688 £688
90th Percentile £810 £764 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £500 £517
% change year-on-year +7.50% -3.29% +8.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 29 6
10th Percentile £65.00 £57.87 £38.73
25th Percentile £68.38 £64.50 £46.71
Median hourly rate £80.00 £74.00 £64.75
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% +14.29% +36.32%
75th Percentile £85.00 £82.50 £79.31
90th Percentile £86.50 £85.50 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.00 £70.00 £39.85
% change year-on-year +14.29% +75.66% -16.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Software 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 37,097 52,247 79,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.26% 89.81% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,888 36,212 55,718
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.48%
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 2,438 1,719 1,895
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.23 £15.58
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.74% +75.00% -6.98%

Software Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Delivery in the UK

Software Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Software Delivery in the UK

Software Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Delivery over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Delivery in the UK

Software Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Delivery in the UK

Software Delivery
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Delivery over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Software Delivery in the UK

Software 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 Software Delivery within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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 -70 181 £600 +2.13% 150
UK excluding London +1 102 £538 +7.50% 125
London -43 102 £620 -0.80% 44
Work from Home +9 73 £550 +10.00% 111
North of England +12 31 £550 - 33
Scotland +44 30 £490 +12.00% 15
North West +24 23 £600 +23.08% 22
South West +18 19 £525 - 20
South East -2 14 £500 - 18
Yorkshire +12 12 £625 +13.64% 9
Midlands +2 7 £675 +40.63% 23
East Midlands +20 4 - - 14
North East +12 4 £720 +37.14% 2
West Midlands -9 3 £675 +40.63% 9
East of England -3 1 £600 +17.07% 10

Software 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 22 (9.65%) Confluence
2 8 (3.51%) Anypoint
3 5 (2.19%) Apache Spark
3 5 (2.19%) CMS
3 5 (2.19%) nginx
4 4 (1.75%) Apache Solr
4 4 (1.75%) Drupal
5 2 (0.88%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.44%) Apache
6 1 (0.44%) Appian
6 1 (0.44%) MTS
Applications
1 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.44%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (2.63%) Shopify
2 3 (1.32%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.88%) Endur
3 2 (0.88%) JDE OneWorld
3 2 (0.88%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 78 (34.21%) AWS
2 51 (22.37%) Azure
3 26 (11.40%) Azure DevOps
4 22 (9.65%) Serverless
5 21 (9.21%) AWS Lambda
6 20 (8.77%) GCP
7 14 (6.14%) AWS CloudFormation
8 13 (5.70%) Amazon S3
8 13 (5.70%) OpenShift
9 12 (5.26%) Amazon EC2
10 11 (4.82%) SaaS
11 8 (3.51%) GitHub
12 6 (2.63%) Apigee
12 6 (2.63%) BigCommerce
12 6 (2.63%) OCI
13 5 (2.19%) Miro
14 4 (1.75%) Amazon EKS
14 4 (1.75%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 4 (1.75%) PaaS
14 4 (1.75%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.26%) DNS
2 10 (4.39%) HTTP
3 7 (3.07%) TCP/IP
4 5 (2.19%) SSL
5 4 (1.75%) HTTPS
5 4 (1.75%) IPsec
6 3 (1.32%) DHCP
6 3 (1.32%) Firewall
7 2 (0.88%) Broadband
7 2 (0.88%) Internet
7 2 (0.88%) Intranet
7 2 (0.88%) Network Security
7 2 (0.88%) VPN
8 1 (0.44%) FTP
8 1 (0.44%) OpenLDAP
8 1 (0.44%) SNMP
8 1 (0.44%) SSH
8 1 (0.44%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (10.53%) NoSQL
2 10 (4.39%) Apache Cassandra
2 10 (4.39%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (3.51%) SQL Server
4 7 (3.07%) Amazon RDS
4 7 (3.07%) Oracle Database
5 6 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (2.19%) MySQL
7 4 (1.75%) Couchbase
7 4 (1.75%) Hadoop
7 4 (1.75%) Redis
8 3 (1.32%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (1.32%) Big Data
8 3 (1.32%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.32%) InfluxDB
8 3 (1.32%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.88%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (0.88%) Tableau
10 1 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 36 (15.79%) JIRA
2 33 (14.47%) Git
3 29 (12.72%) Jenkins
4 17 (7.46%) TeamCity
5 15 (6.58%) GitLab
6 13 (5.70%) Artifactory
7 11 (4.82%) Cucumber
8 10 (4.39%) Selenium
9 9 (3.95%) Moq
9 9 (3.95%) NUnit
10 7 (3.07%) SonarQube
11 6 (2.63%) Cypress.io
12 5 (2.19%) Gatling
12 5 (2.19%) Subversion
13 4 (1.75%) JUnit
13 4 (1.75%) Mockito
13 4 (1.75%) ScalaTest
14 3 (1.32%) JMeter
14 3 (1.32%) Maven
14 3 (1.32%) Postman
General
1 58 (25.44%) Social Skills
2 43 (18.86%) Finance
3 42 (18.42%) Public Sector
4 13 (5.70%) Front Office
5 12 (5.26%) Telecoms
6 11 (4.82%) Legal
7 10 (4.39%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (3.95%) Retail
9 8 (3.51%) Banking
9 8 (3.51%) Marketing
10 6 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
11 5 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.32%) Electronics
14 2 (0.88%) Aviation
14 2 (0.88%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.88%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.88%) Military
15 1 (0.44%) Police
Job Titles
1 58 (25.44%) Developer
2 45 (19.74%) Senior
3 40 (17.54%) DevOps Engineer
4 24 (10.53%) Analyst
4 24 (10.53%) Delivery Manager
5 21 (9.21%) Lead
6 18 (7.89%) Business Analyst
7 16 (7.02%) Senior Developer
8 15 (6.58%) Senior Manager
9 14 (6.14%) AWS Engineer
9 14 (6.14%) Project Manager
10 13 (5.70%) Senior Delivery Manager
11 12 (5.26%) Architect
11 12 (5.26%) AWS DevOps
11 12 (5.26%) AWS DevOps Engineer
11 12 (5.26%) ServiceNow Developer
12 11 (4.82%) C# Developer
12 11 (4.82%) Scala Developer
13 10 (4.39%) Senior ServiceNow Developer
13 10 (4.39%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (14.91%) RESTful
2 26 (11.40%) .NET
3 22 (9.65%) RabbitMQ
4 17 (7.46%) Spring
5 15 (6.58%) .NET Core
5 15 (6.58%) Kafka
5 15 (6.58%) Node.js
6 13 (5.70%) XML
6 13 (5.70%) YAML
7 12 (5.26%) Elastic Stack
7 12 (5.26%) REST
8 11 (4.82%) Akka
9 10 (4.39%) ASP.NET
9 10 (4.39%) Middleware
10 9 (3.95%) ASP.NET Core
10 9 (3.95%) ASP.NET Web API
10 9 (3.95%) JSON
10 9 (3.95%) SignalR
10 9 (3.95%) SOAP
11 8 (3.51%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.46%) Product Ownership
2 13 (5.70%) Cloud Native
3 12 (5.26%) Greenfield Project
4 10 (4.39%) Management Information System
5 9 (3.95%) Public Cloud
6 5 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.19%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.19%) Verilog
6 5 (2.19%) VHDL
7 4 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.32%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.88%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.88%) Data Fabric
9 2 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.88%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (0.88%) IoT
9 2 (0.88%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.44%) Blockchain
10 1 (0.44%) Distributed Applications
10 1 (0.44%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 28 (12.28%) Linux
2 8 (3.51%) Ubuntu
3 7 (3.07%) Unix
4 5 (2.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.75%) CentOS
6 3 (1.32%) Android
6 3 (1.32%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.32%) Windows
7 1 (0.44%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (64.91%) Agile
2 93 (40.79%) DevOps
3 89 (39.04%) CI/CD
4 57 (25.00%) Scrum
5 48 (21.05%) Microservices
6 44 (19.30%) Continuous Integration
7 41 (17.98%) Infrastructure as Code
8 38 (16.67%) Test Automation
9 31 (13.60%) Kanban
9 31 (13.60%) Project Management
10 30 (13.16%) Project Delivery
10 30 (13.16%) TDD
11 29 (12.72%) Containerisation
12 26 (11.40%) SDLC
13 25 (10.96%) Configuration Management
13 25 (10.96%) Roadmaps
14 23 (10.09%) High Availability
15 22 (9.65%) Stakeholder Management
16 21 (9.21%) Problem-Solving
16 21 (9.21%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 38 (16.67%) SQL
2 36 (15.79%) Java
3 32 (14.04%) Python
4 22 (9.65%) Bash
4 22 (9.65%) C#
5 20 (8.77%) JavaScript
6 13 (5.70%) PowerShell
7 12 (5.26%) Scala
8 10 (4.39%) C++
9 8 (3.51%) Ruby
10 7 (3.07%) TypeScript
11 6 (2.63%) C
11 6 (2.63%) Go
12 4 (1.75%) Bicep
12 4 (1.75%) PHP
13 3 (1.32%) Groovy
13 3 (1.32%) Perl
13 3 (1.32%) PL/SQL
13 3 (1.32%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.88%) VBA
Qualifications
1 48 (21.05%) Security Cleared
2 28 (12.28%) SC Cleared
3 16 (7.02%) Degree
4 14 (6.14%) ITIL Certification
5 11 (4.82%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.75%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.75%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 4 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.88%) ISEB
9 2 (0.88%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.88%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.88%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.44%) CSPO
10 1 (0.44%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.44%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.44%) PgMP
10 1 (0.44%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (10.96%) QA
2 6 (2.63%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.75%) GDPR
3 4 (1.75%) HIPAA
3 4 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.75%) NIST
4 3 (1.32%) Disclosure Scotland
4 3 (1.32%) ISO 9001
4 3 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 3 (1.32%) SLA
5 2 (0.88%) Def Stans
5 2 (0.88%) DO-178B
5 2 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 2 (0.88%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.44%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.44%) PMO
System Software
1 59 (25.88%) Docker
2 7 (3.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.63%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.63%) vSphere
4 4 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.32%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.32%) vCloud
5 3 (1.32%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 53 (23.25%) Terraform
2 49 (21.49%) Kubernetes
3 36 (15.79%) Ansible
4 12 (5.26%) Grafana
4 12 (5.26%) Prometheus
5 7 (3.07%) Kibana
5 7 (3.07%) Puppet
6 6 (2.63%) Progress Chef
7 3 (1.32%) Autotask
7 3 (1.32%) Rancher
7 3 (1.32%) WSUS
8 2 (0.88%) logstash
9 1 (0.44%) Nagios
9 1 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 23 (10.09%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.65%) ServiceNow
3 17 (7.46%) SAP
4 16 (7.02%) Oracle
5 15 (6.58%) Salesforce
5 15 (6.58%) VMware
6 10 (4.39%) Google
7 9 (3.95%) TIBCO
8 8 (3.51%) MuleSoft
9 6 (2.63%) Adobe
9 6 (2.63%) Sitecore
9 6 (2.63%) Typelevel
9 6 (2.63%) WSO2
10 4 (1.75%) Databricks
10 4 (1.75%) Teradata
11 3 (1.32%) BMC
11 3 (1.32%) Dell
11 3 (1.32%) Intel
11 3 (1.32%) Remedy
11 3 (1.32%) TOWER Software