Continuous Integration Contracts in the UK excluding London

Continuous Integration
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Continuous Integration skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Continuous Integration over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 144 104
Rank change year-on-year +19 -40 -22
Contract jobs citing Continuous Integration 339 424 738
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.67% 1.85% 2.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.98% 2.06% 2.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 292 468
10th Percentile £358 £410 £405
25th Percentile £425 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £568 £540
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% +5.09% +13.68%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £625
90th Percentile £700 £699 £688
UK median daily rate £550 £588 £600
% change year-on-year -6.38% -2.00% +14.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 19 10
10th Percentile £60.25 £59.25 £55.00
25th Percentile £61.25 - £59.38
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - £70.00 -
90th Percentile - £72.00 £65.38
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +44.44%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Continuous Integration 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 17,140 20,557 27,119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.34% 89.47% 89.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,220 14,177 18,943
10th Percentile £250 £256 £238
25th Percentile £381 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.43%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £655
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,064 1,258 1,350
10th Percentile £12.35 £10.63 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.25 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.72 £61.52
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.11% +38.82% +5.90%

Continuous Integration
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Continuous Integration as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Integration in the UK excluding London

Continuous Integration
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Continuous Integration in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Continuous Integration in the UK excluding London

Continuous Integration
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Integration in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Integration in the UK excluding London

Continuous Integration
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Continuous Integration in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Integration in the UK excluding London

Continuous Integration
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Continuous Integration in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Continuous Integration in the UK excluding London

Continuous Integration
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 Continuous Integration within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 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
South East +1 82 £550 +3.53% 76
North of England +7 73 £523 -12.92% 53
East of England +25 56 £475 +35.71% 26
Yorkshire +33 48 £513 -10.09% 15
South West -9 41 £700 +12.00% 37
Scotland +46 39 £525 - 22
Midlands -4 34 £358 -33.70% 33
West Midlands -10 28 £360 -33.33% 29
North West -17 20 £523 -14.69% 36
Wales +2 14 £540 -7.85% 17
East Midlands +14 6 £356 -41.28% 4
North East +8 5 £488 -33.85% 2
Continuous Integration
UK

Continuous Integration
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 48 (14.16%) Confluence
2 6 (1.77%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.47%) JBoss
3 5 (1.47%) nginx
4 4 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.88%) CMS
5 3 (0.88%) Drupal
5 3 (0.88%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.59%) Apache
6 2 (0.59%) CICS
6 2 (0.59%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.59%) SAS
6 2 (0.59%) Traefik
7 1 (0.29%) Appian
7 1 (0.29%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.29%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.29%) PlantUML
2 1 (0.29%) Simulink
2 1 (0.29%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.29%) SAP HCM
1 1 (0.29%) SAP Payroll
1 1 (0.29%) SAP PM
1 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 85 (25.07%) AWS
1 85 (25.07%) Azure
2 45 (13.27%) GitHub
3 35 (10.32%) GCP
4 28 (8.26%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (5.01%) GitHub Actions
6 13 (3.83%) OpenShift
7 11 (3.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 11 (3.24%) Serverless
8 9 (2.65%) Kong
9 8 (2.36%) Amazon EKS
10 7 (2.06%) Apigee
11 5 (1.47%) Azure Functions
11 5 (1.47%) IaaS
11 5 (1.47%) PaaS
11 5 (1.47%) Power Platform
12 4 (1.18%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (1.18%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (1.18%) Azure Service Bus
13 3 (0.88%) CloudBees
Communications & Networking
1 35 (10.32%) Modbus
1 35 (10.32%) RS-422
1 35 (10.32%) RS-485
2 27 (7.96%) TCP/IP
3 22 (6.49%) Firewall
4 19 (5.60%) DNS
5 15 (4.42%) HTTP
6 13 (3.83%) VPN
7 11 (3.24%) Ethernet
8 7 (2.06%) Kerberos
8 7 (2.06%) SSL
9 4 (1.18%) Internet
10 3 (0.88%) BIG-IP
10 3 (0.88%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 3 (0.88%) Reverse Proxy
11 1 (0.29%) LTE
11 1 (0.29%) Network Security
11 1 (0.29%) Radio Access Network
11 1 (0.29%) Software-Defined Networking
11 1 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (9.44%) MySQL
2 30 (8.85%) Relational Database
3 16 (4.72%) Amazon Redshift
3 16 (4.72%) SQL Server
4 14 (4.13%) Elasticsearch
5 10 (2.95%) NoSQL
5 10 (2.95%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (2.65%) MongoDB
7 6 (1.77%) Apache Cassandra
7 6 (1.77%) RDBMS
8 5 (1.47%) Power BI
9 4 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.88%) ClickHouse
10 3 (0.88%) Couchbase
10 3 (0.88%) InterSystems Cache
10 3 (0.88%) Redis
11 2 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.59%) Hadoop
11 2 (0.59%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (0.59%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 128 (37.76%) Jenkins
2 104 (30.68%) Git
3 79 (23.30%) JIRA
4 56 (16.52%) GitLab
5 44 (12.98%) Selenium
6 39 (11.50%) Cucumber
7 36 (10.62%) Bitbucket
7 36 (10.62%) SonarQube
8 31 (9.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 24 (7.08%) REST Assured
10 21 (6.19%) TestRail
11 19 (5.60%) Visual Studio
12 15 (4.42%) Cypress.io
13 13 (3.83%) Postman
14 11 (3.24%) CircleCI
14 11 (3.24%) Eclipse
15 10 (2.95%) Maven
15 10 (2.95%) Travis CI
16 8 (2.36%) Gradle
16 8 (2.36%) JMeter
General
1 129 (38.05%) Social Skills
2 67 (19.76%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (11.50%) Electronics
4 30 (8.85%) Finance
5 21 (6.19%) Law
6 19 (5.60%) Aerospace
7 16 (4.72%) Public Sector
8 13 (3.83%) Police
9 12 (3.54%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (3.24%) Military
11 6 (1.77%) Banking
11 6 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.18%) Multimedia
13 3 (0.88%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.59%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.29%) Financial Institution
15 1 (0.29%) Games
15 1 (0.29%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.29%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 84 (24.78%) Developer
2 70 (20.65%) Software Engineer
3 38 (11.21%) C++ Software Engineer
4 28 (8.26%) DevOps Engineer
5 27 (7.96%) Senior
6 23 (6.78%) Analyst
7 22 (6.49%) Java Engineer
7 22 (6.49%) Test Analyst
8 20 (5.90%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
9 19 (5.60%) Java Developer
10 14 (4.13%) Architect
10 14 (4.13%) Test Engineer
11 12 (3.54%) C# Software Engineer
12 10 (2.95%) Azure Engineer
13 9 (2.65%) Cloud Engineer
13 9 (2.65%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 9 (2.65%) Senior Developer
14 8 (2.36%) Automation Engineer
14 8 (2.36%) Data Engineer
14 8 (2.36%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (15.04%) REST
2 34 (10.03%) .NET
3 30 (8.85%) RESTful
4 29 (8.55%) Elastic Stack
5 26 (7.67%) Kafka
5 26 (7.67%) Web Services
6 25 (7.37%) Java EE
7 24 (7.08%) .NET Core
8 22 (6.49%) Node.js
9 21 (6.19%) React
10 20 (5.90%) JSON
10 20 (5.90%) XML
11 17 (5.01%) Spring Boot
12 16 (4.72%) ARM Templates
13 13 (3.83%) Vue
13 13 (3.83%) YAML
14 12 (3.54%) Spring
15 11 (3.24%) Playwright
16 10 (2.95%) HTML
16 10 (2.95%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 30 (8.85%) Self-Motivation
2 21 (6.19%) Product Ownership
3 18 (5.31%) Data Structures
4 11 (3.24%) Cloud Native
4 11 (3.24%) Public Cloud
5 9 (2.65%) Mobile App
6 8 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.77%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (1.77%) Enterprise Cloud
9 5 (1.47%) Linux Command Line
9 5 (1.47%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.18%) Device Driver
10 4 (1.18%) IoT
10 4 (1.18%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.18%) PCIe
10 4 (1.18%) Social Media
10 4 (1.18%) Verilog
10 4 (1.18%) VHDL
11 3 (0.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 87 (25.66%) Linux
2 43 (12.68%) Windows
3 16 (4.72%) Unix
4 11 (3.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (2.36%) Embedded Linux
6 5 (1.47%) VxWorks
7 4 (1.18%) Android
7 4 (1.18%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.59%) CentOS
8 2 (0.59%) zOS
9 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 206 (60.77%) Agile
2 168 (49.56%) CI/CD
3 165 (48.67%) DevOps
4 127 (37.46%) Software Engineering
5 124 (36.58%) Test Automation
6 82 (24.19%) Problem-Solving
7 79 (23.30%) Configuration Management
8 73 (21.53%) TDD
9 61 (17.99%) Continuous Delivery
9 61 (17.99%) Unit Testing
10 57 (16.81%) Scrum
11 50 (14.75%) Continuous Improvement
12 49 (14.45%) Infrastructure as Code
12 49 (14.45%) Software Testing
13 46 (13.57%) Deployment Automation
14 45 (13.27%) Containerisation
15 43 (12.68%) Pair Programming
16 37 (10.91%) Customer Requirements
17 34 (10.03%) Continuous Deployment
17 34 (10.03%) OO
Programming Languages
1 84 (24.78%) Python
2 69 (20.35%) C#
3 58 (17.11%) Java
4 55 (16.22%) C++
5 51 (15.04%) PowerShell
6 47 (13.86%) C
7 40 (11.80%) Bash
8 37 (10.91%) JavaScript
9 26 (7.67%) SQL
10 20 (5.90%) Go
11 15 (4.42%) TypeScript
12 14 (4.13%) Groovy
12 14 (4.13%) Scala
13 12 (3.54%) Ruby
14 11 (3.24%) Perl
14 11 (3.24%) Shell Script
15 9 (2.65%) Kotlin
15 9 (2.65%) PHP
16 4 (1.18%) Embedded C
16 4 (1.18%) VB
Qualifications
1 105 (30.97%) Security Cleared
2 78 (23.01%) SC Cleared
3 28 (8.26%) DV Cleared
4 24 (7.08%) Degree
5 21 (6.19%) ISTQB
5 21 (6.19%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 17 (5.01%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.59%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.29%) CCNP
8 1 (0.29%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.29%) MCSE
8 1 (0.29%) SANS
8 1 (0.29%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (12.68%) QA
2 5 (1.47%) MISRA
2 5 (1.47%) MISRA C
3 3 (0.88%) Disclosure Scotland
3 3 (0.88%) NCSC
4 2 (0.59%) NIST
5 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.29%) IEC 61508
5 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 67 (19.76%) Docker
2 14 (4.13%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.18%) Firmware
4 4 (1.18%) VirtualBox
4 4 (1.18%) zsh
5 3 (0.88%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 2 (0.59%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 95 (28.02%) Ansible
2 65 (19.17%) Kubernetes
2 65 (19.17%) Terraform
3 38 (11.21%) Grafana
4 29 (8.55%) Prometheus
5 23 (6.78%) Docker Swarm
6 22 (6.49%) PowerCLI
6 22 (6.49%) Progress Chef
7 19 (5.60%) Puppet
8 16 (4.72%) Kibana
9 14 (4.13%) Podman
10 9 (2.65%) logstash
11 6 (1.77%) Zipkin
12 5 (1.47%) Graylog
12 5 (1.47%) HP Fortify
12 5 (1.47%) Nessus
12 5 (1.47%) Packer
12 5 (1.47%) WebInspect
13 3 (0.88%) Rancher
14 2 (0.59%) Consul
Vendors
1 35 (10.32%) Microsoft
2 29 (8.55%) Atlassian
3 23 (6.78%) Dell
3 23 (6.78%) HP
4 21 (6.19%) Splunk
5 16 (4.72%) Denodo
5 16 (4.72%) Talend
6 14 (4.13%) EMC
6 14 (4.13%) Oracle
7 11 (3.24%) VMware
8 8 (2.36%) Google
9 7 (2.06%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.77%) Cadence
10 6 (1.77%) Checkmarx
10 6 (1.77%) PagerDuty
10 6 (1.77%) ServiceNow
11 5 (1.47%) AppDynamics
11 5 (1.47%) IBM
11 5 (1.47%) Veracode
12 4 (1.18%) Intel