Software Deployment Contracts

Software Deployment
UK

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

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 461 549 695
Rank change year-on-year +88 +146 -89
Contract jobs citing Software Deployment 117 167 172
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.28% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.31% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 127 115
10th Percentile - - £178
25th Percentile £205 £200 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £350 £500
Median % change year-on-year +17.14% -30.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £545 £500 £559
90th Percentile £675 £600 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £225 £283 £425
% change year-on-year -20.35% -33.53% +30.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 10
10th Percentile £16.77 £17.83 £15.50
25th Percentile - £17.94 £15.63
Median hourly rate £17.72 £18.75 £18.12
Median % change year-on-year -5.49% +3.51% -57.69%
75th Percentile £23.35 £19.44 £27.31
90th Percentile £28.12 £19.48 £70.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.72 £18.75 £17.56
% change year-on-year -5.49% +6.79% -41.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Software Deployment 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 37,480 53,073 80,381
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.37% 89.85% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,166 36,804 56,457
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
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 2,447 1,751 1,910
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.96 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

Software Deployment
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Software Deployment as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Software Deployment in the UK

Software Deployment
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Deployment.

Daily rate trend for Software Deployment in the UK

Software Deployment
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Deployment over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Deployment in the UK

Software Deployment
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Deployment.

Hourly rate trend for Software Deployment in the UK

Software Deployment
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Deployment over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Software Deployment in the UK

Software Deployment
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 Software Deployment within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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 +67 103 £410 +17.14% 46
UK excluding London +34 66 £225 -20.35% 30
Work from Home +93 34 £513 +10.81% 14
London +87 34 £450 -18.18% 19
South East +29 31 £210 -40.00% 5
North of England +32 17 £131 -34.50% 7
North West +33 14 £122 -39.00% 4
Midlands +35 6 £350 -6.04% 5
Scotland +36 5 £475 -9.52% 1
West Midlands +22 3 £638 +72.30% 3
East Midlands +21 3 £275 -26.67% 2
East of England +3 3 £225 -25.00% 4
South West -10 3 - - 5
North East - 2 £366 - 1
Yorkshire +17 1 - - 2
Wales +16 1 £166 -

Software Deployment
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 10 (8.55%) IIS
2 4 (3.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.56%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 3 (2.56%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.85%) Apache
4 1 (0.85%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.85%) SAS
4 1 (0.85%) Tomcat
Applications
1 27 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (4.27%) Endur
2 2 (1.71%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 29 (24.79%) Azure
2 22 (18.80%) AWS
3 18 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (6.84%) Amazon EC2
4 8 (6.84%) Serverless
5 7 (5.98%) Amazon S3
5 7 (5.98%) AWS Lambda
5 7 (5.98%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (5.98%) OneDrive
5 7 (5.98%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 5 (4.27%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.71%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (1.71%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.71%) GitHub
7 2 (1.71%) Mimecast
7 2 (1.71%) Nutanix
7 2 (1.71%) Oracle CX
7 2 (1.71%) Rubrik
7 2 (1.71%) Sentry
8 1 (0.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (16.24%) LAN
2 12 (10.26%) Internet
3 10 (8.55%) DNS
4 8 (6.84%) Firewall
5 7 (5.98%) DHCP
6 4 (3.42%) VPN
6 4 (3.42%) Wireless
7 3 (2.56%) HTTP
7 3 (2.56%) SAN
7 3 (2.56%) TCP/IP
7 3 (2.56%) WAN
8 2 (1.71%) DKIM
8 2 (1.71%) DMARC
8 2 (1.71%) Extranet
8 2 (1.71%) NAS
8 2 (1.71%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.85%) DMZ
9 1 (0.85%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.85%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 7 (5.98%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.85%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 21 (17.95%) Git
2 9 (7.69%) JIRA
3 8 (6.84%) GitLab
4 5 (4.27%) Pylint
5 2 (1.71%) Appium
5 2 (1.71%) Charles Proxy
5 2 (1.71%) IntelliJ
5 2 (1.71%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.71%) Katalon Studio
5 2 (1.71%) Postman
6 1 (0.85%) MSI
6 1 (0.85%) Subversion
General
1 50 (42.74%) Social Skills
2 17 (14.53%) Finance
2 17 (14.53%) Organisational Skills
3 14 (11.97%) Public Sector
4 13 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (6.84%) Manufacturing
6 5 (4.27%) Electronics
6 5 (4.27%) Marketing
6 5 (4.27%) Telecoms
7 4 (3.42%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.56%) Banking
8 3 (2.56%) Front Office
8 3 (2.56%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.71%) Retail
10 1 (0.85%) Games
10 1 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.85%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.85%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 20 (17.09%) Senior
2 17 (14.53%) Hardware Engineer
3 13 (11.11%) Software Engineer
4 11 (9.40%) IT Engineer
4 11 (9.40%) Lead
4 11 (9.40%) Support Engineer
5 8 (6.84%) Developer
6 7 (5.98%) Desktop Engineer
6 7 (5.98%) Desktop Support
7 6 (5.13%) 2nd Line Support
7 6 (5.13%) AWS DevOps
7 6 (5.13%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 6 (5.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (5.13%) IT Support
8 5 (4.27%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 5 (4.27%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 5 (4.27%) Administrator
8 5 (4.27%) Break Fix Engineer
8 5 (4.27%) IT Systems Administrator
8 5 (4.27%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (8.55%) .NET
2 9 (7.69%) Web Services
3 7 (5.98%) .NET Framework
3 7 (5.98%) ASP.NET
4 5 (4.27%) HTML
4 5 (4.27%) Kafka
4 5 (4.27%) pytest
4 5 (4.27%) React
4 5 (4.27%) WebSockets
5 3 (2.56%) AngularJS
6 2 (1.71%) Software Packaging
7 1 (0.85%) ADO
7 1 (0.85%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.85%) LDAP
7 1 (0.85%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 17 (14.53%) Driving Licence
2 11 (9.40%) Data Centre
3 7 (5.98%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (4.27%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (4.27%) Linux Command Line
4 5 (4.27%) PKI
5 3 (2.56%) Clustering
5 3 (2.56%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.71%) Fat Client
6 2 (1.71%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.71%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (1.71%) Solar Panel
6 2 (1.71%) Thin Client
6 2 (1.71%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.85%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.85%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.85%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.85%) Social Media
7 1 (0.85%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 68 (58.12%) Windows
2 32 (27.35%) Windows 10
3 20 (17.09%) Linux
4 18 (15.38%) Windows 7
5 12 (10.26%) Apple iOS
6 9 (7.69%) Mac OS
7 7 (5.98%) Unix
8 6 (5.13%) Windows Server
9 3 (2.56%) Android
9 3 (2.56%) Ubuntu
9 3 (2.56%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (29.91%) Software Testing
2 31 (26.50%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (25.64%) ITIL
4 29 (24.79%) Customer Service
5 23 (19.66%) Agile
5 23 (19.66%) Software Engineering
6 21 (17.95%) Customer Requirements
6 21 (17.95%) DevOps
7 20 (17.09%) Service Delivery
8 17 (14.53%) Project Delivery
9 16 (13.68%) Continuous Improvement
9 16 (13.68%) SDLC
10 14 (11.97%) CI/CD
11 12 (10.26%) Containerisation
11 12 (10.26%) Customer Experience
11 12 (10.26%) User Acceptance Testing
12 11 (9.40%) Capacity Management
12 11 (9.40%) Computer Science
12 11 (9.40%) Infrastructure as Code
13 10 (8.55%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (19.66%) Python
2 15 (12.82%) PowerShell
3 12 (10.26%) JavaScript
4 9 (7.69%) Java
5 8 (6.84%) C#
6 7 (5.98%) Bash
6 7 (5.98%) SQL
7 3 (2.56%) C++
7 3 (2.56%) TypeScript
7 3 (2.56%) VB.NET
7 3 (2.56%) VBScript
8 2 (1.71%) Kotlin
8 2 (1.71%) Swift
9 1 (0.85%) R
Qualifications
1 36 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 30 (25.64%) Degree
3 24 (20.51%) DV Cleared
4 16 (13.68%) SC Cleared
5 5 (4.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (4.27%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (3.42%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.56%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.71%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.85%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.85%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.85%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (0.85%) MCDST
9 1 (0.85%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (11.11%) SLA
2 3 (2.56%) ISO 9001
2 3 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 2 (1.71%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.71%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (1.71%) GDPR
3 2 (1.71%) QA
4 1 (0.85%) CDISC
4 1 (0.85%) GxP
System Software
1 32 (27.35%) Active Directory
2 17 (14.53%) Firmware
3 12 (10.26%) Docker
4 9 (7.69%) Hyper-V
5 6 (5.13%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (4.27%) vSphere
7 3 (2.56%) BitLocker
7 3 (2.56%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (2.56%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (2.56%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.85%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.85%) XenApp
8 1 (0.85%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 36 (30.77%) SCCM
2 15 (12.82%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (11.11%) Kubernetes
4 8 (6.84%) Ansible
4 8 (6.84%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 8 (6.84%) Terraform
5 3 (2.56%) Grafana
5 3 (2.56%) NetBackup
5 3 (2.56%) SCOM
5 3 (2.56%) SCVMM
5 3 (2.56%) vCenter Server
5 3 (2.56%) WSUS
6 2 (1.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (1.71%) McAfee ePO
6 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (1.71%) VxRail
7 1 (0.85%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.85%) SCOrch
7 1 (0.85%) Simpana
7 1 (0.85%) vMotion
Vendors
1 58 (49.57%) Microsoft
2 22 (18.80%) HP
3 11 (9.40%) VMware
4 10 (8.55%) Oracle
5 9 (7.69%) Apple
6 8 (6.84%) ServiceNow
7 6 (5.13%) SAP
8 5 (4.27%) Citrix
9 3 (2.56%) Commvault
9 3 (2.56%) Dell
9 3 (2.56%) Dell Compellent
9 3 (2.56%) EMC
9 3 (2.56%) MobileIron
9 3 (2.56%) Proofpoint
9 3 (2.56%) Symantec
10 2 (1.71%) Equitrac
10 2 (1.71%) F5
10 2 (1.71%) Okta
10 2 (1.71%) SolarWinds
10 2 (1.71%) Splunk