Continuous Integration Contracts

Continuous Integration
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 121 88
Rank change year-on-year -1 -33 -10
Contract jobs citing Continuous Integration 812 1,282 2,527
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.87% 2.16% 2.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.17% 2.41% 3.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 516 915 1,676
10th Percentile £360 £450 £425
25th Percentile £456 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £586 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.14% -2.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £550 £545
% change year-on-year - +0.92% +14.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 32 29
10th Percentile £60.25 £52.75 £49.80
25th Percentile £61.25 £64.88 £55.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year - +13.04% +27.78%
75th Percentile - £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile - £75.00 £74.17
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +44.44%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,452 53,231 80,444
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.33% 89.85% 90.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,130 36,930 56,488
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
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 2,454 1,752 1,920
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

Continuous Integration
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Continuous Integration as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Integration in the UK

Continuous Integration
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Continuous Integration in the UK

Continuous Integration
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Integration over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Integration in the UK

Continuous Integration
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Integration in the UK

Continuous Integration
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Continuous Integration over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Continuous Integration in the UK

Continuous Integration
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 3 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 +9 711 £553 -6.36% 325
London -1 398 £600 -2.04% 115
UK excluding London -13 352 £550 - 225
Work from Home -37 231 £540 -6.09% 162
South East -6 87 £550 +1.85% 68
North of England -2 74 £500 -13.04% 56
East of England +32 60 £475 +35.71% 24
Yorkshire +35 46 £475 -16.67% 21
Scotland +31 44 £525 +5.00% 15
South West -2 40 £700 +16.67% 34
Midlands -22 33 £358 -33.70% 22
West Midlands -30 27 £360 -33.33% 20
North West -27 23 £500 -16.67% 33
Wales -3 14 £550 -6.14% 11
East Midlands +21 6 £356 -40.67% 2
North East +11 5 £488 -33.85% 2

Continuous Integration
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 72 (8.87%) Confluence
2 36 (4.43%) Apache Spark
3 18 (2.22%) Apache
4 11 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
5 10 (1.23%) CMS
5 10 (1.23%) JBoss
6 9 (1.11%) SAS
7 6 (0.74%) Anypoint
7 6 (0.74%) nginx
8 4 (0.49%) IIS
8 4 (0.49%) Luigi
8 4 (0.49%) SharePoint
9 3 (0.37%) CICS
9 3 (0.37%) Drupal
9 3 (0.37%) Headless CMS
9 3 (0.37%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.37%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.25%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 2 (0.25%) Traefik
Applications
1 7 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.37%) Windchill
3 2 (0.25%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.25%) Mingle
4 1 (0.12%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.12%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 9 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.99%) ION MarketView
2 8 (0.99%) Loan IQ
3 3 (0.37%) ENOVIA
3 3 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.37%) Shopify
3 3 (0.37%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.25%) Endur
5 1 (0.12%) Magento
5 1 (0.12%) RMDS
5 1 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.12%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.12%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 204 (25.12%) Azure
2 200 (24.63%) AWS
3 82 (10.10%) GitHub
4 80 (9.85%) GCP
5 63 (7.76%) Azure DevOps
6 41 (5.05%) Serverless
7 31 (3.82%) OpenShift
8 30 (3.69%) PaaS
9 28 (3.45%) GitHub Actions
10 26 (3.20%) IaaS
11 24 (2.96%) AWS Lambda
12 20 (2.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 20 (2.46%) Apigee
12 20 (2.46%) Azure Service Bus
13 19 (2.34%) Azure Data Factory
14 18 (2.22%) SaaS
15 17 (2.09%) Amazon EKS
15 17 (2.09%) Cloud Computing
16 15 (1.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 15 (1.85%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 37 (4.56%) Modbus
1 37 (4.56%) RS-422
1 37 (4.56%) RS-485
2 35 (4.31%) TCP/IP
3 34 (4.19%) Firewall
4 30 (3.69%) DNS
5 22 (2.71%) HTTP
6 16 (1.97%) Kerberos
6 16 (1.97%) VPN
7 12 (1.48%) DHCP
8 10 (1.23%) SSL
9 9 (1.11%) VLAN
10 8 (0.99%) Ethernet
10 8 (0.99%) NAS
10 8 (0.99%) SAN
11 6 (0.74%) Internet
12 5 (0.62%) SSH
13 3 (0.37%) 5G
13 3 (0.37%) DMZ
14 2 (0.25%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (7.88%) NoSQL
2 60 (7.39%) Relational Database
3 50 (6.16%) MySQL
4 48 (5.91%) SQL Server
5 32 (3.94%) PostgreSQL
6 26 (3.20%) MongoDB
7 23 (2.83%) Apache Cassandra
7 23 (2.83%) Data Lake
8 21 (2.59%) Azure SQL Database
9 20 (2.46%) Amazon Redshift
9 20 (2.46%) KDB
10 19 (2.34%) Big Data
11 18 (2.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 17 (2.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 16 (1.97%) Elasticsearch
14 11 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
14 11 (1.35%) DB2
14 11 (1.35%) RDBMS
14 11 (1.35%) Redis
15 9 (1.11%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 233 (28.69%) Jenkins
2 210 (25.86%) Git
3 142 (17.49%) JIRA
4 85 (10.47%) Cucumber
5 83 (10.22%) GitLab
6 73 (8.99%) Selenium
7 63 (7.76%) Postman
8 61 (7.51%) TeamCity
9 53 (6.53%) Bitbucket
10 39 (4.80%) SonarQube
11 38 (4.68%) JUnit
12 37 (4.56%) REST Assured
13 36 (4.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 34 (4.19%) Cypress.io
15 28 (3.45%) TestRail
16 22 (2.71%) NUnit
16 22 (2.71%) Visual Studio
17 20 (2.46%) JMeter
17 20 (2.46%) WebDriver
18 19 (2.34%) Gradle
General
1 273 (33.62%) Social Skills
2 154 (18.97%) Finance
3 134 (16.50%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (8.13%) Banking
5 45 (5.54%) Public Sector
6 41 (5.05%) Electronics
7 38 (4.68%) Front Office
8 23 (2.83%) Law
9 22 (2.71%) Retail
10 21 (2.59%) Back Office
11 20 (2.46%) Investment Banking
12 19 (2.34%) Aerospace
13 16 (1.97%) Police
14 14 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 13 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
16 12 (1.48%) Financial Institution
17 9 (1.11%) Military
18 7 (0.86%) Multimedia
19 6 (0.74%) Corporate Banking
19 6 (0.74%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 273 (33.62%) Developer
2 105 (12.93%) Senior
3 83 (10.22%) Software Engineer
4 59 (7.27%) Java Developer
5 56 (6.90%) DevOps Engineer
6 51 (6.28%) Senior Developer
7 47 (5.79%) Lead
8 43 (5.30%) Analyst
9 40 (4.93%) Architect
9 40 (4.93%) Test Analyst
10 38 (4.68%) C++ Software Engineer
11 37 (4.56%) Data Engineer
12 36 (4.43%) Azure Engineer
13 35 (4.31%) C# Developer
14 25 (3.08%) Java Engineer
15 24 (2.96%) Python Developer
15 24 (2.96%) React Developer
15 24 (2.96%) Tester
16 21 (2.59%) Consultant
17 20 (2.46%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (12.32%) .NET
2 98 (12.07%) REST
3 67 (8.25%) React
3 67 (8.25%) RESTful
4 61 (7.51%) Web Services
5 60 (7.39%) Node.js
6 58 (7.14%) Kafka
7 50 (6.16%) .NET Core
7 50 (6.16%) Spring
8 46 (5.67%) JSON
9 44 (5.42%) CSS
10 40 (4.93%) Elastic Stack
11 38 (4.68%) XML
12 34 (4.19%) HTML
13 32 (3.94%) AngularJS
13 32 (3.94%) Spring Boot
14 30 (3.69%) .NET Framework
15 27 (3.33%) ARM Templates
16 25 (3.08%) Java EE
16 25 (3.08%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 43 (5.30%) Product Ownership
2 39 (4.80%) Self-Motivation
3 36 (4.43%) Mobile App
4 29 (3.57%) Distributed Systems
4 29 (3.57%) Public Cloud
5 26 (3.20%) Data Structures
6 19 (2.34%) Cloud Native
6 19 (2.34%) Data Protection Act
7 17 (2.09%) Algorithms
7 17 (2.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 16 (1.97%) Greenfield Project
9 15 (1.85%) Fixed Income
10 14 (1.72%) Linux Command Line
10 14 (1.72%) Management Information System
10 14 (1.72%) Virtual Team
11 13 (1.60%) Derivative
12 12 (1.48%) Clustering
12 12 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (1.23%) Legacy Code
14 9 (1.11%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 151 (18.60%) Linux
2 84 (10.34%) Windows
3 38 (4.68%) Unix
4 29 (3.57%) Android
5 20 (2.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 17 (2.09%) Windows Server
7 12 (1.48%) Solaris
8 9 (1.11%) Embedded Linux
9 8 (0.99%) Oracle Linux
10 5 (0.62%) VxWorks
11 4 (0.49%) AIX
11 4 (0.49%) Apple iOS
11 4 (0.49%) Mac OS X
11 4 (0.49%) zOS
12 3 (0.37%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.25%) CentOS
13 2 (0.25%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 498 (61.33%) Agile
2 426 (52.46%) CI/CD
3 316 (38.92%) DevOps
4 271 (33.37%) Test Automation
5 197 (24.26%) Software Engineering
6 195 (24.01%) TDD
7 174 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
8 163 (20.07%) Continuous Deployment
9 143 (17.61%) Continuous Delivery
10 138 (17.00%) Scrum
11 123 (15.15%) Infrastructure as Code
12 108 (13.30%) Microservices
13 105 (12.93%) Configuration Management
13 105 (12.93%) Unit Testing
14 101 (12.44%) Containerisation
15 99 (12.19%) Continuous Improvement
16 95 (11.70%) Software Testing
17 80 (9.85%) Deployment Automation
18 77 (9.48%) Analytics
18 77 (9.48%) Pair Programming
Programming Languages
1 219 (26.97%) Python
2 175 (21.55%) Java
3 169 (20.81%) SQL
4 161 (19.83%) C#
5 110 (13.55%) JavaScript
6 76 (9.36%) PowerShell
7 70 (8.62%) C++
8 64 (7.88%) TypeScript
9 59 (7.27%) Bash
10 54 (6.65%) C
11 40 (4.93%) Scala
12 39 (4.80%) Kotlin
13 38 (4.68%) Go
14 25 (3.08%) PL/SQL
15 24 (2.96%) Ruby
16 23 (2.83%) Perl
17 18 (2.22%) PHP
18 17 (2.09%) Groovy
19 16 (1.97%) Shell Script
20 9 (1.11%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 150 (18.47%) Security Cleared
2 118 (14.53%) SC Cleared
3 74 (9.11%) Degree
4 47 (5.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 34 (4.19%) DV Cleared
6 30 (3.69%) ISTQB
7 26 (3.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 8 (0.99%) Master's Degree
9 7 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.62%) CISSP
11 3 (0.37%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.37%) PMP
11 3 (0.37%) SANS
12 2 (0.25%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.12%) CCNP
13 1 (0.12%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.12%) MCSE
13 1 (0.12%) PhD
13 1 (0.12%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (10.84%) QA
2 9 (1.11%) Data Quality
3 8 (0.99%) Accessibility
3 8 (0.99%) GDPR
3 8 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 5 (0.62%) MISRA
4 5 (0.62%) MISRA C
5 3 (0.37%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (0.37%) NCSC
5 3 (0.37%) NIST
6 2 (0.25%) WCAG
7 1 (0.12%) GxP
7 1 (0.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.12%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.12%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.12%) MiFID
7 1 (0.12%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 173 (21.31%) Docker
2 35 (4.31%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.62%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.49%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 4 (0.49%) Firmware
6 4 (0.49%) VirtualBox
6 4 (0.49%) zsh
7 3 (0.37%) vCloud
7 3 (0.37%) vSphere
8 2 (0.25%) Time Sharing Option
9 1 (0.12%) GridGain
9 1 (0.12%) HDFS
9 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.12%) Postfix
9 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 155 (19.09%) Kubernetes
2 144 (17.73%) Terraform
3 143 (17.61%) Ansible
4 52 (6.40%) Grafana
5 41 (5.05%) Prometheus
6 35 (4.31%) Progress Chef
6 35 (4.31%) Puppet
7 22 (2.71%) PowerCLI
8 21 (2.59%) Docker Swarm
9 20 (2.46%) Kibana
10 15 (1.85%) Podman
11 12 (1.48%) Tivoli
12 10 (1.23%) logstash
12 10 (1.23%) Packer
13 8 (0.99%) EMC NetWorker
13 8 (0.99%) Graylog
13 8 (0.99%) Netcool
13 8 (0.99%) Tivoli Storage Manager
14 6 (0.74%) Nessus
14 6 (0.74%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 102 (12.56%) Microsoft
2 75 (9.24%) Oracle
3 34 (4.19%) HP
4 33 (4.06%) Google
4 33 (4.06%) Splunk
5 31 (3.82%) Dell
5 31 (3.82%) IBM
6 30 (3.69%) Atlassian
7 24 (2.96%) Databricks
8 23 (2.83%) EMC
9 22 (2.71%) VMware
10 18 (2.22%) Salesforce
11 17 (2.09%) Denodo
11 17 (2.09%) ION Trading
11 17 (2.09%) Talend
12 14 (1.72%) SAP
12 14 (1.72%) ServiceNow
13 13 (1.60%) TIBCO
14 10 (1.23%) AppDynamics
14 10 (1.23%) Red Hat