Puppet Contracts with Work from Home Options

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UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Puppet skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Puppet over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 279 285 268
Rank change year-on-year +6 -17 -37
Contract jobs citing Puppet 68 190 432
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.46% 0.77% 0.98%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.17% 4.68% 6.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 144 348
10th Percentile £460 £450 £425
25th Percentile £500 £500 £498
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £561
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +6.90% +12.25%
75th Percentile £648 £675 £664
90th Percentile £750 £716 £754
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £579
% change year-on-year -4.17% +3.72% +14.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £57.50 -
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £75.50 -
% change year-on-year -37.09% - -

All Systems Management Skills
Work from Home

Puppet is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,632 4,056 7,087
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.03% 16.46% 16.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,217 3,003 5,288
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £450 £472 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £560 £563
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -0.44% +9.76%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £663
90th Percentile £700 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £514 £561 £565
% change year-on-year -8.38% -0.71% +13.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 75 46
10th Percentile £19.98 £25.28 £15.63
25th Percentile £46.25 £51.13 £20.75
Median hourly rate £47.75 £66.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.65% +88.57% -24.28%
75th Percentile £56.88 £76.25 £64.19
90th Percentile £62.75 £87.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £55.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -53.15% +144.44% -43.75%

Puppet
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Puppet as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Puppet trend for jobs with a WFH option

Puppet
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Puppet.

Puppet daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Puppet
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Puppet over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Puppet daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Puppet.

Puppet hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 6 (8.82%) Confluence
2 5 (7.35%) OpenStack
3 3 (4.41%) Apache
4 2 (2.94%) nginx
4 2 (2.94%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (1.47%) Apache Spark
5 1 (1.47%) IIS
Business Applications
1 4 (5.88%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 35 (51.47%) AWS
2 21 (30.88%) Azure
3 9 (13.24%) GCP
4 8 (11.76%) GitHub
5 7 (10.29%) AWS CloudFormation
6 6 (8.82%) Amazon EC2
6 6 (8.82%) Serverless
7 5 (7.35%) Amazon EKS
7 5 (7.35%) OpenShift
7 5 (7.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 4 (5.88%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (5.88%) Datadog
9 3 (4.41%) Amazon S3
9 3 (4.41%) Kong
9 3 (4.41%) Route 53
10 2 (2.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (2.94%) Apigee
10 2 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (2.94%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (2.94%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (10.29%) Firewall
1 7 (10.29%) VLAN
2 6 (8.82%) DNS
3 5 (7.35%) TCP/IP
4 3 (4.41%) HTTP
4 3 (4.41%) VPN
5 2 (2.94%) DHCP
5 2 (2.94%) Fibre Channel
5 2 (2.94%) SAN
5 2 (2.94%) SSL
6 1 (1.47%) BIG-IP
6 1 (1.47%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (1.47%) DMZ
6 1 (1.47%) DSL
6 1 (1.47%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 1 (1.47%) Internet
6 1 (1.47%) IPv4
6 1 (1.47%) Network Security
6 1 (1.47%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (1.47%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (11.76%) MySQL
2 6 (8.82%) Elasticsearch
2 6 (8.82%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (7.35%) Apache Cassandra
3 5 (7.35%) SQL Server
4 3 (4.41%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (4.41%) Amazon Redshift
4 3 (4.41%) MongoDB
4 3 (4.41%) NoSQL
4 3 (4.41%) Relational Database
5 2 (2.94%) Amazon Aurora
5 2 (2.94%) Big Data
5 2 (2.94%) MariaDB
5 2 (2.94%) Sybase ASE
6 1 (1.47%) CouchDB
6 1 (1.47%) DataStax
6 1 (1.47%) RDBMS
6 1 (1.47%) Redis
Development Applications
1 27 (39.71%) Jenkins
2 15 (22.06%) Git
3 13 (19.12%) JIRA
4 12 (17.65%) GitLab
5 6 (8.82%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 4 (5.88%) Bitbucket
6 4 (5.88%) CircleCI
6 4 (5.88%) Travis CI
7 3 (4.41%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (2.94%) Artifactory
8 2 (2.94%) Maven
9 1 (1.47%) AppScan
9 1 (1.47%) Burp Suite
9 1 (1.47%) Darcs
9 1 (1.47%) Gradle
9 1 (1.47%) Hudson
9 1 (1.47%) Mercurial
9 1 (1.47%) Selenium
9 1 (1.47%) SonarQube
9 1 (1.47%) Vagrant
General
1 29 (42.65%) Social Skills
2 17 (25.00%) Finance
3 11 (16.18%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (16.18%) Public Sector
4 8 (11.76%) Banking
5 3 (4.41%) Investment Banking
5 3 (4.41%) Marketing
5 3 (4.41%) Retail
6 2 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.94%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.47%) Electronics
7 1 (1.47%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.47%) French Language
7 1 (1.47%) Games
7 1 (1.47%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.47%) Military
7 1 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (33.82%) DevOps Engineer
2 9 (13.24%) Senior
3 5 (7.35%) Automation Engineer
3 5 (7.35%) Data Protection Engineer
3 5 (7.35%) Storage Engineer
4 4 (5.88%) Data Engineer
4 4 (5.88%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 4 (5.88%) Senior DevOps
4 4 (5.88%) Senior DevOps Engineer
4 4 (5.88%) Unix Specialist
4 4 (5.88%) Vulnerability Specialist
5 3 (4.41%) Architect
5 3 (4.41%) Data Storage Engineer
5 3 (4.41%) DBA
5 3 (4.41%) DevOps Automation Engineer
5 3 (4.41%) Security Engineer
6 2 (2.94%) Developer
6 2 (2.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (2.94%) Lead
6 2 (2.94%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (16.18%) Elastic Stack
2 6 (8.82%) JSON
2 6 (8.82%) XML
2 6 (8.82%) YAML
3 5 (7.35%) Node.js
4 4 (5.88%) REST
5 3 (4.41%) Kafka
5 3 (4.41%) RESTful
5 3 (4.41%) SOAP
6 2 (2.94%) .NET
6 2 (2.94%) FastAPI
6 2 (2.94%) React
7 1 (1.47%) CSS
7 1 (1.47%) GraphQL
7 1 (1.47%) HTML
7 1 (1.47%) LAMP
7 1 (1.47%) LAPP Stack
7 1 (1.47%) LDAP
7 1 (1.47%) LEMP Stack
7 1 (1.47%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.82%) Public Cloud
1 6 (8.82%) Replication
2 5 (7.35%) Data Centre
3 4 (5.88%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.41%) Data Structures
4 3 (4.41%) Private Cloud
5 2 (2.94%) CBDC
5 2 (2.94%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.94%) Enterprise Storage
5 2 (2.94%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (2.94%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.47%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.47%) Digital Currency
6 1 (1.47%) Hedge funds
6 1 (1.47%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.47%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.47%) PKI
6 1 (1.47%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.47%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 34 (50.00%) Linux
2 21 (30.88%) Windows
3 7 (10.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (8.82%) Unix
5 4 (5.88%) Windows Server
6 1 (1.47%) CentOS
6 1 (1.47%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (54.41%) DevOps
2 28 (41.18%) CI/CD
3 27 (39.71%) Configuration Management
4 25 (36.76%) Infrastructure as Code
5 20 (29.41%) Agile
6 16 (23.53%) Test Automation
7 15 (22.06%) Continuous Integration
8 14 (20.59%) Containerisation
8 14 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (14.71%) Scrum
10 8 (11.76%) Infrastructure Automation
10 8 (11.76%) Performance Tuning
11 7 (10.29%) High Availability
11 7 (10.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 6 (8.82%) Change Management
12 6 (8.82%) Collaborative Working
12 6 (8.82%) Continuous Deployment
12 6 (8.82%) ITIL
12 6 (8.82%) Kanban
12 6 (8.82%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 40 (58.82%) Python
2 24 (35.29%) Bash
3 22 (32.35%) PowerShell
4 12 (17.65%) Ruby
5 10 (14.71%) Java
6 9 (13.24%) Go
7 8 (11.76%) Perl
8 7 (10.29%) C++
9 5 (7.35%) Shell Script
10 4 (5.88%) C
11 3 (4.41%) SQL
12 2 (2.94%) Bicep
12 2 (2.94%) C#
12 2 (2.94%) Groovy
12 2 (2.94%) JavaScript
12 2 (2.94%) TypeScript
13 1 (1.47%) ActionScript
13 1 (1.47%) Korn
13 1 (1.47%) PHP
13 1 (1.47%) Rust
Qualifications
1 12 (17.65%) Security Cleared
2 9 (13.24%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.41%) AWS Certification
3 3 (4.41%) Degree
4 1 (1.47%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
4 1 (1.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.47%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.47%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.88%) QA
2 2 (2.94%) SLA
3 1 (1.47%) ISO 20022
3 1 (1.47%) NIST
System Software
1 26 (38.24%) Docker
2 5 (7.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.88%) Active Directory
4 3 (4.41%) Firmware
4 3 (4.41%) vCloud
4 3 (4.41%) VMware NSX
4 3 (4.41%) vSphere
5 1 (1.47%) Postfix
5 1 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 59 (86.76%) Ansible
2 41 (60.29%) Terraform
3 36 (52.94%) Progress Chef
4 25 (36.76%) Kubernetes
5 11 (16.18%) Prometheus
6 7 (10.29%) Grafana
7 6 (8.82%) NetBackup
8 5 (7.35%) Kibana
8 5 (7.35%) logstash
9 4 (5.88%) Docker Swarm
9 4 (5.88%) Nagios
9 4 (5.88%) Salt
10 3 (4.41%) Autotask
10 3 (4.41%) Consul
10 3 (4.41%) Dell DRAC
10 3 (4.41%) Packer
11 1 (1.47%) HP Fortify
11 1 (1.47%) Istio
11 1 (1.47%) Rundeck
11 1 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (16.18%) Splunk
2 9 (13.24%) Microsoft
3 8 (11.76%) VMware
4 7 (10.29%) Red Hat
5 6 (8.82%) Veritas
6 4 (5.88%) BMC
6 4 (5.88%) Oracle
6 4 (5.88%) Qualys
6 4 (5.88%) Remedy
6 4 (5.88%) TOWER Software
7 3 (4.41%) Arista
7 3 (4.41%) Dell
7 3 (4.41%) Google
7 3 (4.41%) New Relic
7 3 (4.41%) SaltStack
7 3 (4.41%) Sybase
8 2 (2.94%) Atlassian
8 2 (2.94%) Brocade
8 2 (2.94%) F5
8 2 (2.94%) ServiceNow