CI/CD Contracts in the UK excluding London

CI/CD
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CI/CD skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited CI/CD over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 31 33
Rank change year-on-year -5 +2 +1
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 887 1,386 1,805
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.26% 6.08% 5.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.11% 6.82% 6.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 611 1,027 1,259
10th Percentile £390 £414 £413
25th Percentile £454 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £625
90th Percentile £700 £715 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 58 51
10th Percentile £56.25 £57.99 £35.00
25th Percentile £62.50 £60.91 £50.39
Median hourly rate £67.50 £65.61 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.89% +0.93% +3.17%
75th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £68.38
90th Percentile £73.08 £75.65 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £66.00 £65.61 £65.00
% change year-on-year +0.60% +0.93% +10.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

CI/CD 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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,348 20,314 27,218
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.29% 89.18% 89.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,293 13,939 19,042
10th Percentile £250 £260 £240
25th Percentile £375 £400 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,136 1,244 1,338
10th Percentile £12.45 £10.63 £12.47
25th Percentile £15.39 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.72 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £74.70 £62.80
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%

CI/CD
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing CI/CD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for CI/CD in the UK excluding London

CI/CD
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CI/CD in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for CI/CD in the UK excluding London

CI/CD
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CI/CD in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CI/CD in the UK excluding London

CI/CD
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CI/CD in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for CI/CD in the UK excluding London

CI/CD
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CI/CD in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for CI/CD in the UK excluding London

CI/CD
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CI/CD within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
North of England 0 301 £525 -6.25% 222
South East -24 179 £600 +4.35% 132
North West 0 169 £550 - 140
South West -14 155 £590 -1.67% 108
Scotland -5 128 £490 -2.00% 65
Yorkshire +17 120 £495 -13.91% 57
Midlands -30 62 £475 -11.21% 104
West Midlands -28 47 £488 -13.33% 75
East of England -26 42 £534 +2.69% 57
Wales +11 24 £509 -13.23% 20
East Midlands -6 12 £436 +2.65% 29
North East -17 12 £469 -21.88% 25
CI/CD
UK

CI/CD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 58 (6.54%) Confluence
2 37 (4.17%) Apache
3 29 (3.27%) Microsoft Exchange
4 28 (3.16%) Apache Airflow
5 21 (2.37%) Apache Spark
6 10 (1.13%) nginx
7 8 (0.90%) SharePoint
8 6 (0.68%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 6 (0.68%) JBoss
9 4 (0.45%) Apache Solr
9 4 (0.45%) CMS
9 4 (0.45%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.45%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.34%) Cloud Foundry
10 3 (0.34%) Drupal
10 3 (0.34%) GeoServer
11 2 (0.23%) Traefik
12 1 (0.11%) Alfresco
12 1 (0.11%) Appian
12 1 (0.11%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.23%) Trello
2 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.11%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 6 (0.68%) SAP Hybris
2 3 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.11%) Maximo
3 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 330 (37.20%) AWS
2 268 (30.21%) Azure
3 107 (12.06%) GitHub
4 105 (11.84%) Serverless
5 85 (9.58%) Azure DevOps
6 84 (9.47%) GCP
7 76 (8.57%) OpenShift
8 73 (8.23%) Amazon S3
9 60 (6.76%) AWS Lambda
10 54 (6.09%) Amazon EC2
10 54 (6.09%) Entra ID
11 49 (5.52%) Azure Monitor
12 44 (4.96%) AWS CloudFormation
13 35 (3.95%) Azure Functions
14 30 (3.38%) PaaS
15 29 (3.27%) Amazon EKS
16 28 (3.16%) Azure Data Factory
17 26 (2.93%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 24 (2.71%) Microsoft 365
18 24 (2.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 107 (12.06%) Firewall
2 88 (9.92%) VPN
3 50 (5.64%) DNS
4 27 (3.04%) TCP/IP
5 21 (2.37%) DHCP
6 18 (2.03%) Network Security
7 14 (1.58%) HTTP
7 14 (1.58%) SSL
8 12 (1.35%) BGP
9 11 (1.24%) Ethernet
10 9 (1.01%) SAN
11 8 (0.90%) AMQP
11 8 (0.90%) Radio Access Network
12 7 (0.79%) Ethernet VPN
12 7 (0.79%) MPLS
12 7 (0.79%) VSAN
13 5 (0.56%) FTP
13 5 (0.56%) IPsec
14 4 (0.45%) Internet
14 4 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (7.67%) PostgreSQL
2 67 (7.55%) NoSQL
3 49 (5.52%) Relational Database
4 42 (4.74%) MySQL
5 37 (4.17%) Elasticsearch
6 34 (3.83%) MongoDB
7 28 (3.16%) SQL Server
8 27 (3.04%) Amazon RDS
9 18 (2.03%) Big Data
10 17 (1.92%) Data Lake
11 15 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
12 14 (1.58%) Amazon Aurora
13 13 (1.47%) InfluxDB
14 12 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
15 11 (1.24%) Hadoop
15 11 (1.24%) Oracle Database
15 11 (1.24%) RDBMS
16 10 (1.13%) Apache Cassandra
17 9 (1.01%) BigQuery
17 9 (1.01%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 205 (23.11%) Jenkins
2 171 (19.28%) Git
3 123 (13.87%) GitLab
4 114 (12.85%) JIRA
5 41 (4.62%) Cypress.io
6 35 (3.95%) Bitbucket
6 35 (3.95%) Selenium
7 33 (3.72%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 26 (2.93%) SonarQube
8 26 (2.93%) Visual Studio
9 24 (2.71%) Cucumber
10 23 (2.59%) Artifactory
11 21 (2.37%) Postman
12 17 (1.92%) GoogleTest
13 16 (1.80%) JUnit
14 15 (1.69%) Sonatype Nexus
14 15 (1.69%) webpack
15 14 (1.58%) TeamCity
16 13 (1.47%) Travis CI
17 12 (1.35%) NUnit
General
1 173 (19.50%) Social Skills
2 87 (9.81%) Finance
3 85 (9.58%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (9.24%) Public Sector
5 30 (3.38%) Banking
5 30 (3.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 20 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
7 18 (2.03%) Aerospace
8 17 (1.92%) Legal
8 17 (1.92%) Retail
9 12 (1.35%) Military
10 9 (1.01%) Manufacturing
10 9 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
11 8 (0.90%) Electronics
11 8 (0.90%) Telecoms
12 7 (0.79%) Back Office
13 5 (0.56%) Law
13 5 (0.56%) Publishing
14 4 (0.45%) Investment Banking
15 3 (0.34%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 220 (24.80%) Developer
2 128 (14.43%) DevOps Engineer
3 104 (11.72%) Architect
4 72 (8.12%) Senior
4 72 (8.12%) Software Engineer
5 68 (7.67%) Lead
6 57 (6.43%) Java Developer
7 49 (5.52%) Full Stack Developer
8 46 (5.19%) Azure Engineer
9 45 (5.07%) Technical Architect
10 41 (4.62%) Java Engineer
11 39 (4.40%) Technical Leader
12 36 (4.06%) Full Stack Engineer
13 35 (3.95%) Cloud Engineer
14 32 (3.61%) AWS Engineer
15 30 (3.38%) Data Engineer
15 30 (3.38%) Site Reliability Engineer
16 29 (3.27%) AWS DevOps
16 29 (3.27%) Lead Architect
17 27 (3.04%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (14.09%) React
2 110 (12.40%) REST
3 109 (12.29%) Node.js
4 76 (8.57%) Spring
5 74 (8.34%) .NET
6 71 (8.00%) Spring Boot
7 64 (7.22%) HTML
8 63 (7.10%) CSS
9 47 (5.30%) Kafka
10 38 (4.28%) RESTful
11 36 (4.06%) Elastic Stack
11 36 (4.06%) JSON
12 35 (3.95%) ARM Templates
13 33 (3.72%) .NET Core
13 33 (3.72%) GraphQL
14 32 (3.61%) AngularJS
14 32 (3.61%) YAML
15 30 (3.38%) AWS CDK
16 26 (2.93%) OAuth
16 26 (2.93%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 65 (7.33%) Product Ownership
2 61 (6.88%) Public Cloud
3 40 (4.51%) Linux Command Line
4 39 (4.40%) Cloud Native
5 27 (3.04%) PKI
6 23 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
7 22 (2.48%) Mobile App
8 21 (2.37%) Distributed Systems
9 19 (2.14%) Data Structures
9 19 (2.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 18 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
11 14 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
12 12 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
14 9 (1.01%) Management Information System
15 8 (0.90%) Security Posture
16 7 (0.79%) Algorithms
17 6 (0.68%) Verilog
17 6 (0.68%) Virtual Team
18 5 (0.56%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 208 (23.45%) Linux
2 126 (14.21%) Windows
3 77 (8.68%) Windows Server
4 49 (5.52%) Android
5 47 (5.30%) Apple iOS
6 33 (3.72%) Unix
7 26 (2.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 21 (2.37%) Windows Server 2016
9 20 (2.25%) Windows Server 2019
10 12 (1.35%) VMS
11 8 (0.90%) CentOS
11 8 (0.90%) Ubuntu
12 7 (0.79%) Embedded Linux
13 4 (0.45%) VxWorks
14 2 (0.23%) Alpine Linux
15 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 514 (57.95%) DevOps
2 416 (46.90%) Agile
3 191 (21.53%) Infrastructure as Code
4 179 (20.18%) Test Automation
5 172 (19.39%) Continuous Integration
6 161 (18.15%) Software Engineering
7 156 (17.59%) Containerisation
8 134 (15.11%) Microservices
9 126 (14.21%) Full Stack Development
10 125 (14.09%) Problem-Solving
11 106 (11.95%) Scrum
12 91 (10.26%) SDLC
13 84 (9.47%) TDD
14 74 (8.34%) Configuration Management
14 74 (8.34%) Continuous Delivery
15 66 (7.44%) Unit Testing
16 61 (6.88%) Analytics
17 60 (6.76%) Design Patterns
18 59 (6.65%) Deployment Automation
19 55 (6.20%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 293 (33.03%) Python
2 222 (25.03%) Java
3 140 (15.78%) SQL
4 126 (14.21%) PowerShell
5 118 (13.30%) JavaScript
6 101 (11.39%) Bash
7 86 (9.70%) C#
8 85 (9.58%) TypeScript
9 48 (5.41%) C++
10 45 (5.07%) Go
11 31 (3.49%) Shell Script
12 30 (3.38%) Bicep
13 25 (2.82%) C
14 24 (2.71%) VBScript
15 21 (2.37%) Perl
16 20 (2.25%) Groovy
16 20 (2.25%) VB
17 19 (2.14%) Scala
18 17 (1.92%) Ruby
19 15 (1.69%) PHP
Qualifications
1 222 (25.03%) Security Cleared
2 155 (17.47%) SC Cleared
3 73 (8.23%) DV Cleared
4 57 (6.43%) Degree
5 24 (2.71%) Computer Science Degree
6 20 (2.25%) AWS Certification
6 20 (2.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 11 (1.24%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 8 (0.90%) AAT
9 7 (0.79%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.68%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.34%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.23%) ISEB
13 2 (0.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.23%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.11%) AWS Certified Developer
14 1 (0.11%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (8.00%) QA
2 29 (3.27%) Accessibility
3 23 (2.59%) MISRA
4 14 (1.58%) Disclosure Scotland
5 12 (1.35%) GDPR
6 10 (1.13%) NIST
7 9 (1.01%) HIPAA
7 9 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.56%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.45%) MISRA C
9 4 (0.45%) PMO
9 4 (0.45%) SLA
10 3 (0.34%) Data Quality
10 3 (0.34%) ISO 22301
10 3 (0.34%) NCSC
10 3 (0.34%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.23%) WCAG
12 1 (0.11%) JTAG
12 1 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 229 (25.82%) Docker
2 69 (7.78%) Active Directory
3 26 (2.93%) Virtual Machines
3 26 (2.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (2.48%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (2.14%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.79%) Firmware
6 7 (0.79%) vCloud
7 5 (0.56%) vSphere
8 4 (0.45%) HDFS
8 4 (0.45%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.34%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 3 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.34%) LXC
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 258 (29.09%) Kubernetes
2 201 (22.66%) Terraform
3 173 (19.50%) Ansible
4 65 (7.33%) Grafana
5 56 (6.31%) Prometheus
6 33 (3.72%) Progress Chef
7 26 (2.93%) PowerCLI
8 25 (2.82%) Kibana
8 25 (2.82%) Puppet
9 20 (2.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 20 (2.25%) Docker Swarm
9 20 (2.25%) Microsoft Intune
9 20 (2.25%) SCCM
9 20 (2.25%) SCOM
9 20 (2.25%) WSUS
10 13 (1.47%) Packer
11 12 (1.35%) Istio
11 12 (1.35%) Rancher
12 11 (1.24%) HP Fortify
13 9 (1.01%) logstash
Vendors
1 93 (10.48%) Microsoft
2 59 (6.65%) Google
3 41 (4.62%) VMware
4 36 (4.06%) Atlassian
4 36 (4.06%) Splunk
5 29 (3.27%) Oracle
6 23 (2.59%) Dell
7 22 (2.48%) HP
8 17 (1.92%) SAP
9 16 (1.80%) Red Hat
9 16 (1.80%) ServiceNow
10 14 (1.58%) EMC
11 11 (1.24%) Cisco
11 11 (1.24%) Informatica
12 9 (1.01%) IBM
12 9 (1.01%) Salesforce
12 9 (1.01%) Veritas
13 7 (0.79%) Ericsson
13 7 (0.79%) PagerDuty
14 6 (0.68%) Solace