CA Contracts in England

CA
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring knowledge or experience of CA products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CA over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within CA Technologies.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 436 568 639
Rank change year-on-year +132 +71 -114
Contract jobs citing CA 114 68 148
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.30% 0.14% 0.21%
As % of the Vendors category 0.72% 0.34% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 33 95
10th Percentile £342 £315 £413
25th Percentile £397 £363 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -25.00% +26.98%
75th Percentile £506 £540 £675
90th Percentile £621 £669 £750
UK median daily rate £450 £450 £565
% change year-on-year - -20.35% +18.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £64.10 -
25th Percentile - £67.25 £62.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 £73.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +13.08% -1.52%
75th Percentile - £78.75 £67.50
90th Percentile - £81.30 -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £73.50 £65.50
% change year-on-year -4.76% +12.21% -0.76%

All Vendors
England

CA falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 15,802 19,999 28,009
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 42.13% 42.52% 39.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,992 13,722 19,314
10th Percentile £270 £267 £278
25th Percentile £408 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.03% +0.95% +6.92%
75th Percentile £630 £650 £638
90th Percentile £738 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,063 547 756
10th Percentile £12.28 £15.00 £12.25
25th Percentile £14.50 £18.84 £15.25
Median hourly rate £23.50 £37.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.49% +72.09% +7.50%
75th Percentile £59.10 £60.00 £48.48
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.25 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £22.56 £42.50 £21.64
% change year-on-year -46.92% +96.40% +5.56%

CA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CA in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CA in England.

Daily rate trend for CA in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CA in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CA in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CA in England.

Hourly rate trend for CA in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CA within the England region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
London +87 39 £450 -21.74% 30
Midlands +40 32 £489 +62.92% 10
West Midlands +41 28 £674 - 6
North of England +33 20 £475 - 9
South West +15 16 £439 +25.49% 6
Yorkshire +25 14 £474 -0.32% 4
South East +10 9 £675 +58.82% 8
North West +20 6 £805 +130.00% 3
East Midlands +7 4 £488 +62.50% 4
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 7 (6.14%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (6.14%) SAS
2 6 (5.26%) IIS
3 4 (3.51%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.88%) WebLogic
Applications
1 9 (7.89%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.75%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.88%) OpenText VIM for SAP
1 1 (0.88%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 36 (31.58%) Azure
2 30 (26.32%) Entra ID
3 17 (14.91%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (8.77%) Dynamics 365
4 10 (8.77%) Power Platform
5 8 (7.02%) Cloud Computing
5 8 (7.02%) GitHub
6 7 (6.14%) Azure Logic Apps
7 6 (5.26%) PaaS
7 6 (5.26%) SaaS
8 4 (3.51%) Azure Storage
8 4 (3.51%) IaaS
9 2 (1.75%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.75%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.88%) AWS
10 1 (0.88%) AWS KMS
10 1 (0.88%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 37 (32.46%) Firewall
2 15 (13.16%) DNS
3 5 (4.39%) Kerberos
4 2 (1.75%) NAS
4 2 (1.75%) Network Security
4 2 (1.75%) SAN
4 2 (1.75%) SSL
4 2 (1.75%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.88%) BGP
5 1 (0.88%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (0.88%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.88%) NGFW
5 1 (0.88%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.88%) VPN
5 1 (0.88%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (15.79%) SQL Server
2 10 (8.77%) Power BI
3 6 (5.26%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.75%) Electronic Patient Records
4 2 (1.75%) MySQL
4 2 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.88%) Adabas
Development Applications
1 8 (7.02%) Jenkins
2 5 (4.39%) ChangeMan
3 2 (1.75%) CA Gen
4 1 (0.88%) JIRA
4 1 (0.88%) MSI
General
1 28 (24.56%) Finance
2 17 (14.91%) Social Skills
3 13 (11.40%) Public Sector
4 8 (7.02%) Banking
5 5 (4.39%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (4.39%) Telecoms
6 4 (3.51%) Electronics
6 4 (3.51%) Local Government
6 4 (3.51%) Manufacturing
6 4 (3.51%) Marketing
7 3 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.88%) German Language
9 1 (0.88%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 17 (14.91%) 1st Line Engineer
2 15 (13.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 12 (10.53%) Consultant
4 8 (7.02%) Architect
4 8 (7.02%) IAM Consultant
4 8 (7.02%) IT Engineer
4 8 (7.02%) Operations Engineer
4 8 (7.02%) Storage Manager
5 7 (6.14%) Cloud Engineer
5 7 (6.14%) Security Engineer
6 6 (5.26%) Applications Engineer
7 5 (4.39%) Automation Engineer
7 5 (4.39%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (4.39%) Senior
8 4 (3.51%) Lead
9 3 (2.63%) Azure Engineer
9 3 (2.63%) Data Consultant
9 3 (2.63%) Mainframe Systems Engineer
9 3 (2.63%) Systems Programmer
9 3 (2.63%) z/OS Systems Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (11.40%) ISPF
2 8 (7.02%) YAML
3 7 (6.14%) LDAP
4 3 (2.63%) REST
5 2 (1.75%) OAuth
5 2 (1.75%) OpenID
5 2 (1.75%) RESTful
5 2 (1.75%) SailPoint
5 2 (1.75%) SAML
5 2 (1.75%) SOAP
5 2 (1.75%) SPML
5 2 (1.75%) Web Services
6 1 (0.88%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 32 (28.07%) PKI
2 18 (15.79%) Mainframe
2 18 (15.79%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (7.02%) Client/Server
3 8 (7.02%) Data Centre
3 8 (7.02%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 7 (6.14%) Replication
5 5 (4.39%) Management Information System
5 5 (4.39%) Security Posture
6 3 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (2.63%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.75%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.75%) Clustering
7 2 (1.75%) Credit Risk
7 2 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.75%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.75%) IoT
7 2 (1.75%) NHS
8 1 (0.88%) Derivative
8 1 (0.88%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 29 (25.44%) Windows
2 23 (20.18%) zOS
3 17 (14.91%) Windows Server
4 12 (10.53%) Linux
5 9 (7.89%) Windows 10
6 8 (7.02%) VMS
7 4 (3.51%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (2.63%) MVS
9 1 (0.88%) Android
9 1 (0.88%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.88%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (15.79%) Agile
2 17 (14.91%) Impact Assessments
2 17 (14.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 15 (13.16%) Migration
4 14 (12.28%) Business Intelligence
5 10 (8.77%) Identity Access Management
5 10 (8.77%) ITIL
5 10 (8.77%) Problem Management
5 10 (8.77%) Project Management
5 10 (8.77%) Storage Management
6 8 (7.02%) Containerisation
6 8 (7.02%) DDoS Mitigation
6 8 (7.02%) Knowledge Transfer
6 8 (7.02%) Mobile Device Management
6 8 (7.02%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (7.02%) Validation
6 8 (7.02%) Vulnerability Management
6 8 (7.02%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 7 (6.14%) Computer Science
7 7 (6.14%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (21.05%) JCL
2 18 (15.79%) SQL
3 14 (12.28%) REXX
4 13 (11.40%) Python
5 5 (4.39%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.75%) Assembly Language
6 2 (1.75%) C++
6 2 (1.75%) CLIST
7 1 (0.88%) Natural
Qualifications
1 22 (19.30%) Security Cleared
2 19 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 18 (15.79%) Degree
4 7 (6.14%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (4.39%) OSCP
6 4 (3.51%) Azure Certification
7 3 (2.63%) CIMA
7 3 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.75%) CISA
8 2 (1.75%) CISM
8 2 (1.75%) CISSP
8 2 (1.75%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.75%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.75%) MBA
8 2 (1.75%) MCSE
8 2 (1.75%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.63%) SLA
2 2 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (1.75%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.75%) IFRS
2 2 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (0.88%) GAAP
System Software
1 34 (29.82%) Active Directory
2 15 (13.16%) Time Sharing Option
3 10 (8.77%) NFS
4 8 (7.02%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (6.14%) Job Entry Subsystem
6 2 (1.75%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.88%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (13.16%) Single Sign-On
2 10 (8.77%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (7.89%) Ansible
3 9 (7.89%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 8 (7.02%) SCCM
5 7 (6.14%) Control-M
6 3 (2.63%) CA Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.75%) Backup Exec
7 2 (1.75%) OMEGAMON
8 1 (0.88%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.88%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.88%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 34 (29.82%) Microsoft
2 17 (14.91%) IBM
3 13 (11.40%) VMware
4 10 (8.77%) Broadcom
4 10 (8.77%) Brocade
4 10 (8.77%) Dell
5 9 (7.89%) ServiceNow
6 8 (7.02%) Qualys
7 7 (6.14%) CyberArk
7 7 (6.14%) Splunk
8 5 (4.39%) SAP
9 3 (2.63%) BMC
10 2 (1.75%) Cisco
10 2 (1.75%) Novell
10 2 (1.75%) Okta
11 1 (0.88%) Ariba
11 1 (0.88%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.88%) OpenText
11 1 (0.88%) Oracle
11 1 (0.88%) Palo Alto