Continuous Delivery
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Continuous Delivery skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Continuous Delivery over the 6 months to 7 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 289 220 215
Rank change year-on-year -69 -5 +8
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Delivery 589 2,086 2,179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.11% 1.70% 1.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 1.77% 1.78%
Number of salaries quoted 441 1,062 988
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +11.11% +3.85%
75th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £117,236 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +21.74% -

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 49,863 117,613 122,319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 94.11% 95.75% 95.45%
Number of salaries quoted 36,022 72,003 82,155
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,700 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £99,680 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.87% +7.00% +4.17%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Continuous Delivery in the UK

Continuous Delivery
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Continuous Delivery over the 6 months to 7 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Continuous Delivery in the UK

Continuous Delivery
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Delivery within the UK over the 6 months to 7 December 2023. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -98 435 £72,500 -6.45% 164
UK excluding London +21 307 £65,000 -7.14% 89
Work from Home -45 275 £70,000 -6.67% 113
London -114 206 £80,147 +0.18% 87
Scotland -3 81 £60,659 -12.65% 4
North of England +38 69 £65,000 -7.14% 25
Midlands +76 48 £61,250 -5.77% 8
South West +65 41 £70,576 +24.86% 7
West Midlands +87 38 £61,250 -18.33% 6
Yorkshire +47 34 £60,000 -13.60% 7
South East +47 33 £65,000 -16.13% 35
North West +54 32 £70,000 -6.67% 16
East of England +99 24 £60,000 -22.58% 6
East Midlands +38 10 - - 2
Wales +1 7 £65,000 +29.94% 1
Northern Ireland +10 4 £65,000 +23.81% 4
North East +41 3 £65,000 -13.33% 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 23 (3.90%) IIS
2 21 (3.57%) Confluence
3 16 (2.72%) Apache Spark
4 11 (1.87%) SharePoint
5 6 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.51%) nginx
6 3 (0.51%) Tornado
7 2 (0.34%) Apache
7 2 (0.34%) JBoss
8 1 (0.17%) Apache Synapse
8 1 (0.17%) CMS
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.70%) Endur
3 8 (1.36%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.51%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.34%) OpenLink RightAngle
5 2 (0.34%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 272 (46.18%) AWS
2 262 (44.48%) Azure
3 119 (20.20%) GCP
4 81 (13.75%) Azure DevOps
5 74 (12.56%) GitHub
6 65 (11.04%) Serverless
7 49 (8.32%) Cloud Computing
8 39 (6.62%) dbt
8 39 (6.62%) Power Platform
9 38 (6.45%) Amazon ECS
10 36 (6.11%) AWS Lambda
10 36 (6.11%) PaaS
11 34 (5.77%) AWS CloudFormation
12 29 (4.92%) Dynamics 365
13 22 (3.74%) SaaS
14 21 (3.57%) GitHub Actions
14 21 (3.57%) npm
15 20 (3.40%) Figma
16 19 (3.23%) Bitrise
17 17 (2.89%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 36 (6.11%) TCP/IP
2 31 (5.26%) WAN
3 20 (3.40%) VPN
4 12 (2.04%) Internet
5 8 (1.36%) 5G
5 8 (1.36%) HTTP
5 8 (1.36%) SD-WAN
6 5 (0.85%) DNS
7 4 (0.68%) DSL
7 4 (0.68%) Network Security
8 1 (0.17%) BIG-IP
8 1 (0.17%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.17%) DHCP
8 1 (0.17%) Firewall
8 1 (0.17%) IPsec
8 1 (0.17%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.17%) PuTTY
8 1 (0.17%) Reverse Proxy
8 1 (0.17%) SSL
8 1 (0.17%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (10.02%) MongoDB
2 56 (9.51%) NoSQL
3 48 (8.15%) SQL Server
4 39 (6.62%) Relational Database
5 37 (6.28%) PostgreSQL
6 34 (5.77%) Big Data
7 33 (5.60%) Elasticsearch
8 26 (4.41%) Data Lake
8 26 (4.41%) Redis
9 16 (2.72%) Hadoop
10 13 (2.21%) MySQL
11 11 (1.87%) Power BI
12 10 (1.70%) Data Warehouse
13 8 (1.36%) DynamoDB
13 8 (1.36%) Tableau
14 7 (1.19%) BigQuery
14 7 (1.19%) Flink
15 6 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
16 5 (0.85%) Apache Cassandra
16 5 (0.85%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 114 (19.35%) Jenkins
2 71 (12.05%) Git
3 37 (6.28%) JIRA
4 26 (4.41%) GitLab
5 21 (3.57%) Spinnaker
6 20 (3.40%) Selenium
7 15 (2.55%) CircleCI
8 13 (2.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 12 (2.04%) Cucumber
9 12 (2.04%) JUnit
9 12 (2.04%) Visual Studio
10 9 (1.53%) Maven
10 9 (1.53%) SonarQube
10 9 (1.53%) Sonatype Nexus
10 9 (1.53%) Team Foundation Server
11 7 (1.19%) Rational DOORS
11 7 (1.19%) Travis CI
12 6 (1.02%) Artifactory
12 6 (1.02%) Bitbucket
12 6 (1.02%) Subversion
General
1 187 (31.75%) Finance
2 139 (23.60%) Social Skills
3 105 (17.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 86 (14.60%) Banking
5 73 (12.39%) Retail
6 56 (9.51%) Public Sector
7 48 (8.15%) Marketing
8 37 (6.28%) Law
9 22 (3.74%) Analytical Skills
9 22 (3.74%) Financial Institution
10 20 (3.40%) Electronics
10 20 (3.40%) Manufacturing
11 14 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
11 14 (2.38%) Telecoms
12 13 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (1.53%) Aerospace
14 6 (1.02%) Aviation
14 6 (1.02%) French Language
14 6 (1.02%) Legal
14 6 (1.02%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 139 (23.60%) Senior
2 138 (23.43%) Developer
3 86 (14.60%) Software Engineer
4 78 (13.24%) DevOps Engineer
5 71 (12.05%) Lead
6 35 (5.94%) Power Platform Developer
7 34 (5.77%) Lead Software Engineer
8 33 (5.60%) Cloud Engineer
9 29 (4.92%) Senior Software Engineer
10 28 (4.75%) Architect
10 28 (4.75%) Azure Developer
11 27 (4.58%) Systems Engineer
12 25 (4.24%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
12 25 (4.24%) PHP Developer
13 24 (4.07%) PHP Laravel Developer
13 24 (4.07%) Senior Developer
14 23 (3.90%) Data Engineer
14 23 (3.90%) Senior Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
15 22 (3.74%) Azure Engineer
16 18 (3.06%) Azure DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (16.64%) .NET
2 72 (12.22%) React
3 66 (11.21%) CSS
3 66 (11.21%) HTML
4 53 (9.00%) RESTful
5 51 (8.66%) Web Services
6 50 (8.49%) Node.js
7 42 (7.13%) HTML5
8 41 (6.96%) Kafka
9 33 (5.60%) JSON
9 33 (5.60%) REST
10 32 (5.43%) Vue
11 30 (5.09%) .NET Framework
11 30 (5.09%) Django
12 29 (4.92%) AngularJS
13 27 (4.58%) .NET Core
14 24 (4.07%) Laravel
14 24 (4.07%) Twitter Bootstrap
15 21 (3.57%) Elastic Stack
16 20 (3.40%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 79 (13.41%) Cloud Native
2 77 (13.07%) Public Cloud
3 64 (10.87%) Distributed Systems
4 52 (8.83%) Product Ownership
5 26 (4.41%) Self-Motivation
6 23 (3.90%) Clustering
7 22 (3.74%) Mobile App
8 18 (3.06%) Onboarding
9 17 (2.89%) Management Information System
10 15 (2.55%) Enterprise Software
11 14 (2.38%) Greenfield Project
12 12 (2.04%) Linux Command Line
12 12 (2.04%) Low-Code
13 11 (1.87%) Algorithms
13 11 (1.87%) Virtual Team
14 10 (1.70%) Enterprise Cloud
14 10 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
14 10 (1.70%) NHS
15 9 (1.53%) Data Structures
15 9 (1.53%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 91 (15.45%) Linux
2 27 (4.58%) Unix
3 18 (3.06%) Windows
4 13 (2.21%) Android
5 9 (1.53%) Mac OS
6 7 (1.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.85%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.85%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.68%) Mac OS X
8 4 (0.68%) Windows Server
9 3 (0.51%) Debian
10 2 (0.34%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.17%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 406 (68.93%) CI/CD
2 373 (63.33%) Agile
3 299 (50.76%) DevOps
4 297 (50.42%) Continuous Integration
5 199 (33.79%) Software Engineering
6 117 (19.86%) Problem-Solving
7 114 (19.35%) Mentoring
8 107 (18.17%) Test Automation
9 105 (17.83%) Scrum
10 93 (15.79%) Computer Science
11 90 (15.28%) TDD
12 80 (13.58%) SDLC
13 72 (12.22%) Infrastructure as Code
14 68 (11.54%) Microservices
15 62 (10.53%) Coaching
16 57 (9.68%) Open Source
17 56 (9.51%) Containerisation
18 54 (9.17%) Configuration Management
19 52 (8.83%) BDD
20 50 (8.49%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 166 (28.18%) Python
2 143 (24.28%) Java
3 131 (22.24%) JavaScript
4 121 (20.54%) SQL
5 97 (16.47%) C#
6 57 (9.68%) TypeScript
7 53 (9.00%) Bash
8 52 (8.83%) Go
9 49 (8.32%) PowerShell
10 28 (4.75%) Groovy
11 26 (4.41%) PHP
12 20 (3.40%) Shell Script
13 17 (2.89%) Scala
14 16 (2.72%) Bicep
14 16 (2.72%) Ruby
15 13 (2.21%) Perl
16 11 (1.87%) C++
17 8 (1.36%) PL/SQL
18 6 (1.02%) C
19 5 (0.85%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 130 (22.07%) Security Cleared
2 104 (17.66%) SC Cleared
3 91 (15.45%) Degree
4 44 (7.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (4.58%) AWS Certification
6 25 (4.24%) BPSS Clearance
7 17 (2.89%) Master's Degree
8 14 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (1.53%) Chartered Engineer
9 9 (1.53%) HND
10 7 (1.19%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 6 (1.02%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.68%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.68%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.51%) MCSA
13 3 (0.51%) OCP
13 3 (0.51%) Oracle Certification
14 2 (0.34%) CSPO
14 2 (0.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 2 (0.34%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (4.58%) QA
2 12 (2.04%) PMO
3 10 (1.70%) Accessibility
3 10 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.53%) NCSC
4 9 (1.53%) NIST
4 9 (1.53%) PCI DSS
5 6 (1.02%) GAAP
6 5 (0.85%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.85%) DO-178B
6 5 (0.85%) IEC 61508
7 4 (0.68%) SLA
8 3 (0.51%) WCAG
9 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 124 (21.05%) Docker
2 23 (3.90%) VMware NSX
3 11 (1.87%) Active Directory
4 9 (1.53%) Firmware
5 8 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (1.02%) IAG
7 5 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.68%) Ceph
8 4 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.34%) HDFS
9 2 (0.34%) vSphere
10 1 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.17%) RACF
Systems Management
1 167 (28.35%) Kubernetes
2 115 (19.52%) Terraform
3 58 (9.85%) Ansible
4 21 (3.57%) Istio
5 20 (3.40%) Grafana
5 20 (3.40%) Prometheus
6 17 (2.89%) Puppet
7 11 (1.87%) Kibana
8 6 (1.02%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.85%) Nagios
10 4 (0.68%) Rancher
10 4 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.68%) vRealize
10 4 (0.68%) vRealize Orchestrator
11 3 (0.51%) Consul
12 2 (0.34%) Kustomize
13 1 (0.17%) Argo
13 1 (0.17%) Docker Swarm
13 1 (0.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 1 (0.17%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 98 (16.64%) Microsoft
2 64 (10.87%) Google
3 38 (6.45%) VMware
4 27 (4.58%) Splunk
5 25 (4.24%) Oracle
6 14 (2.38%) Salesforce
7 13 (2.21%) Atlassian
7 13 (2.21%) SAP
8 11 (1.87%) Databricks
9 10 (1.70%) Dynatrace
10 8 (1.36%) Red Hat
11 6 (1.02%) McAfee
12 5 (0.85%) Alteryx
12 5 (0.85%) Apple
12 5 (0.85%) Confluent
12 5 (0.85%) New Relic
12 5 (0.85%) Sybase
12 5 (0.85%) Teradata
12 5 (0.85%) Veracode
13 4 (0.68%) Sparx