Continuous Delivery Contracts

Continuous Delivery
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Continuous Delivery skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Continuous Delivery over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 351 258 203
Rank change year-on-year -93 -55 -4
Contract jobs citing Continuous Delivery 239 611 1,248
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.56% 1.06% 1.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 1.18% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 445 879
10th Percentile £375 £463 £409
25th Percentile £425 £525 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £595 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.56% +3.48% +15.00%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £676
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £565 £538
% change year-on-year -15.93% +5.02% +13.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 4
10th Percentile - £63.25 £59.91
25th Percentile - - £64.47
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £73.50
Median % change year-on-year - -11.56% +81.48%
75th Percentile - £75.00 £85.00
90th Percentile - £101.25 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 -

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,090 51,996 79,100
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.26% 89.82% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,884 36,030 55,497
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
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 1,721 1,893
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +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%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Continuous Delivery in the UK

Continuous Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Delivery over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Delivery in the UK

Continuous Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Delivery in the UK

Continuous 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 Continuous Delivery within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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 -96 197 £550 -8.33% 100
London -51 120 £613 - 38
UK excluding London -63 91 £475 -15.93% 70
Work from Home -40 83 £548 -8.75% 53
North of England +21 29 £434 -22.15% 17
Yorkshire +31 23 £430 -21.82% 6
Scotland +24 20 £480 -12.73% 10
South West -24 14 £400 -27.27% 14
Midlands -1 11 £560 +3.70% 5
South East +1 10 £575 +4.55% 15
West Midlands -8 8 £638 +18.06% 4
East of England +11 7 £450 -2.70% 5
North West +1 5 £524 -4.77% 9
East Midlands +20 2 £419 -22.41% 1
North East +13 1 £525 -37.05% 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 12 (5.02%) Apache Spark
2 8 (3.35%) Confluence
3 7 (2.93%) SAS
4 4 (1.67%) Apache
4 4 (1.67%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.67%) CMS
4 4 (1.67%) IIS
4 4 (1.67%) JBoss
5 3 (1.26%) Drupal
5 3 (1.26%) Jupyter
5 3 (1.26%) nginx
6 1 (0.42%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 2 (0.84%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.84%) Softmar
2 1 (0.42%) Endur
2 1 (0.42%) Magento
2 1 (0.42%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 74 (30.96%) AWS
2 71 (29.71%) Azure
3 39 (16.32%) Azure DevOps
4 26 (10.88%) GCP
5 20 (8.37%) Serverless
6 17 (7.11%) PaaS
7 16 (6.69%) GitHub
8 14 (5.86%) IaaS
9 13 (5.44%) SaaS
10 12 (5.02%) GitHub Actions
11 10 (4.18%) Azure Functions
11 10 (4.18%) Azure Logic Apps
11 10 (4.18%) OpenShift
12 9 (3.77%) Power Platform
13 8 (3.35%) Azure Service Bus
14 7 (2.93%) Azure API Management
14 7 (2.93%) Azure Batch
14 7 (2.93%) Azure Key Vault
14 7 (2.93%) Azure Storage
14 7 (2.93%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.86%) TCP/IP
2 11 (4.60%) Ethernet
3 4 (1.67%) HTTP
3 4 (1.67%) SSL
4 3 (1.26%) DNS
4 3 (1.26%) Firewall
4 3 (1.26%) VPN
5 2 (0.84%) LAN
5 2 (0.84%) WAN
6 1 (0.42%) FTP
6 1 (0.42%) IPsec
6 1 (0.42%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (11.30%) NoSQL
2 21 (8.79%) Relational Database
3 16 (6.69%) SQL Server
4 12 (5.02%) Big Data
4 12 (5.02%) MongoDB
5 11 (4.60%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (3.35%) Data Lake
6 8 (3.35%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (2.93%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (2.93%) KDB
7 7 (2.93%) OLTP
8 6 (2.51%) Apache Cassandra
8 6 (2.51%) MySQL
9 5 (2.09%) Amazon Aurora
9 5 (2.09%) DB2
9 5 (2.09%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (1.67%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (1.67%) BigQuery
11 3 (1.26%) CockroachDB
11 3 (1.26%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 42 (17.57%) Jenkins
2 36 (15.06%) Git
3 19 (7.95%) TeamCity
4 16 (6.69%) JIRA
5 14 (5.86%) Cucumber
6 13 (5.44%) Visual Studio
7 11 (4.60%) Eclipse
7 11 (4.60%) Moq
7 11 (4.60%) NUnit
7 11 (4.60%) SonarQube
8 9 (3.77%) Selenium
9 8 (3.35%) Artifactory
9 8 (3.35%) Cypress.io
9 8 (3.35%) GitLab
10 7 (2.93%) Bitbucket
10 7 (2.93%) Visual Studio Team System
11 6 (2.51%) JMeter
11 6 (2.51%) JUnit
12 4 (1.67%) Ant
12 4 (1.67%) Gradle
General
1 59 (24.69%) Finance
2 54 (22.59%) Social Skills
3 25 (10.46%) Banking
4 21 (8.79%) Front Office
5 18 (7.53%) Public Sector
6 17 (7.11%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (5.86%) Presentation Skills
8 13 (5.44%) Military
9 8 (3.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.51%) Marketing
11 4 (1.67%) Investment Banking
12 3 (1.26%) Games
13 2 (0.84%) Electronics
13 2 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.84%) Law
13 2 (0.84%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.84%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.42%) Advertising
14 1 (0.42%) Back Office
14 1 (0.42%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 69 (28.87%) Developer
2 25 (10.46%) Senior
3 24 (10.04%) Java Developer
4 21 (8.79%) Lead
5 19 (7.95%) C# Developer
6 17 (7.11%) Senior Developer
7 15 (6.28%) DevOps Engineer
7 15 (6.28%) Software Engineer
8 13 (5.44%) Architect
8 13 (5.44%) Project Manager
9 10 (4.18%) C# Software Engineer
9 10 (4.18%) React Developer
10 9 (3.77%) C++ Software Engineer
10 9 (3.77%) Consultant
10 9 (3.77%) Scrum Master
11 8 (3.35%) Analyst
11 8 (3.35%) Java Engineer
12 7 (2.93%) Cloud Engineer
12 7 (2.93%) Electronic Trading Developer
12 7 (2.93%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (13.81%) Node.js
2 30 (12.55%) .NET
3 24 (10.04%) RESTful
4 23 (9.62%) Spring
5 22 (9.21%) Web Services
6 21 (8.79%) React
7 18 (7.53%) ARM Templates
8 17 (7.11%) Spring Boot
9 16 (6.69%) Kafka
9 16 (6.69%) RabbitMQ
9 16 (6.69%) REST
10 15 (6.28%) .NET Core
11 13 (5.44%) ASP.NET
11 13 (5.44%) Middleware
11 13 (5.44%) XML
12 12 (5.02%) ASP.NET Web API
12 12 (5.02%) Elastic Stack
13 11 (4.60%) SignalR
14 10 (4.18%) Azure Blueprints
14 10 (4.18%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.37%) Management Information System
2 19 (7.95%) Data Structures
3 18 (7.53%) Product Ownership
4 13 (5.44%) Algorithms
5 12 (5.02%) Distributed Systems
5 12 (5.02%) Greenfield Project
6 11 (4.60%) Fixed Income
7 10 (4.18%) Onboarding
8 9 (3.77%) Public Cloud
9 8 (3.35%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (2.93%) Cloud Native
10 7 (2.93%) Derivative
10 7 (2.93%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (2.51%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (2.09%) Mobile App
12 5 (2.09%) Private Cloud
13 4 (1.67%) Security Posture
13 4 (1.67%) Virtual Team
14 3 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
14 3 (1.26%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 41 (17.15%) Linux
2 25 (10.46%) Windows
3 7 (2.93%) Unix
4 6 (2.51%) Windows Server
5 5 (2.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.67%) AIX
6 4 (1.67%) Solaris
7 3 (1.26%) Android
8 2 (0.84%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (68.20%) CI/CD
2 151 (63.18%) Agile
3 147 (61.51%) Continuous Integration
4 129 (53.97%) DevOps
5 76 (31.80%) Test Automation
6 58 (24.27%) TDD
7 47 (19.67%) Software Engineering
8 46 (19.25%) Microservices
9 43 (17.99%) Mentoring
10 41 (17.15%) Scrum
11 39 (16.32%) Infrastructure as Code
12 36 (15.06%) Containerisation
13 34 (14.23%) Problem-Solving
14 30 (12.55%) Kanban
15 29 (12.13%) Deployment Automation
16 28 (11.72%) Performance Analysis
17 26 (10.88%) OO
18 25 (10.46%) SDLC
18 25 (10.46%) Validation
19 24 (10.04%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 57 (23.85%) Java
2 46 (19.25%) Python
3 43 (17.99%) C#
3 43 (17.99%) SQL
4 37 (15.48%) JavaScript
5 24 (10.04%) TypeScript
6 23 (9.62%) PowerShell
7 16 (6.69%) Go
7 16 (6.69%) Kotlin
8 15 (6.28%) C++
9 13 (5.44%) Scala
10 11 (4.60%) Bash
11 8 (3.35%) Groovy
12 6 (2.51%) Perl
13 5 (2.09%) Shell Script
14 4 (1.67%) PHP
14 4 (1.67%) Ruby
15 3 (1.26%) Bicep
15 3 (1.26%) C
16 1 (0.42%) Clojure
Qualifications
1 27 (11.30%) Security Cleared
2 21 (8.79%) SC Cleared
3 14 (5.86%) BPSS Clearance
4 10 (4.18%) Degree
5 5 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.67%) CISSP
7 1 (0.42%) APMP
7 1 (0.42%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.42%) CCNP
7 1 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.42%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.42%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.42%) MCSE
7 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.44%) QA
2 11 (4.60%) NCSC
3 5 (2.09%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.09%) NIST
4 4 (1.67%) GDPR
4 4 (1.67%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.26%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.84%) WCAG
7 1 (0.42%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.42%) MiFID
7 1 (0.42%) SLA
System Software
1 55 (23.01%) Docker
2 4 (1.67%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 3 (1.26%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.42%) Ceph
5 1 (0.42%) HDFS
5 1 (0.42%) NFS
Systems Management
1 52 (21.76%) Terraform
2 40 (16.74%) Ansible
3 36 (15.06%) Kubernetes
4 9 (3.77%) Grafana
4 9 (3.77%) Puppet
5 8 (3.35%) Progress Chef
5 8 (3.35%) Prometheus
6 7 (2.93%) Zipkin
7 5 (2.09%) Kibana
7 5 (2.09%) Rancher
8 4 (1.67%) Packer
8 4 (1.67%) Tivoli
9 2 (0.84%) Hadoop YARN
10 1 (0.42%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.42%) FreeIPA
10 1 (0.42%) Icinga
10 1 (0.42%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.42%) logstash
10 1 (0.42%) Mesos
10 1 (0.42%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 43 (17.99%) Microsoft
2 15 (6.28%) EMC
3 12 (5.02%) Splunk
4 11 (4.60%) TIBCO
5 9 (3.77%) Google
5 9 (3.77%) Oracle
6 8 (3.35%) VMware
7 7 (2.93%) ION Trading
8 6 (2.51%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.67%) AppDynamics
9 4 (1.67%) F5
9 4 (1.67%) IBM
9 4 (1.67%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.26%) SAP
11 2 (0.84%) Databricks
11 2 (0.84%) Guidewire
11 2 (0.84%) Remedy
12 1 (0.42%) Checkmarx
12 1 (0.42%) MuleSoft
12 1 (0.42%) Perfecto Mobile