CA
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of CA products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited CA over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 463 583 655
Rank change year-on-year +120 +72 -104
Contract jobs citing CA 116 111 208
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.19% 0.24%
As % of the Vendors category 0.64% 0.45% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 58 124
10th Percentile £363 £231 £400
25th Percentile £400 £363 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -22.73% +15.79%
75th Percentile £500 £548 £638
90th Percentile £575 £654 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £439 £425 £468
% change year-on-year +3.35% -9.19% +0.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - £64.10 -
25th Percentile - £67.25 £62.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 £73.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +12.21% +1.16%
75th Percentile - £78.75 £67.50
90th Percentile - £81.30 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 - £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +2.36%

All Vendors
UK

CA is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,083 24,657 35,435
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.51% 43.06% 40.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,274 16,502 23,585
10th Percentile £263 £270 £300
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £627 £644 £638
90th Percentile £738 £740 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £468
% change year-on-year - +6.95% +7.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,114 666 891
10th Percentile £12.05 £15.11 £12.21
25th Percentile £14.48 £18.64 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.50 £40.55 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.97% +88.58% -2.27%
75th Percentile £57.33 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £33.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -34.97% +73.68% +0.89%

CA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CA in the UK

CA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for CA in the UK

CA
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CA over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CA in the UK

CA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for CA in the UK

CA
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CA within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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 +137 98 £439 +3.35% 68
UK excluding London +78 72 £439 +3.35% 43
Work from Home +106 45 £455 +1.56% 22
London +96 30 £450 -24.37% 31
North of England +56 30 £430 -9.47% 13
Yorkshire +40 24 £430 -9.47% 4
West Midlands +34 18 - - 3
Midlands +23 18 - - 3
South West +19 13 £439 +25.49% 5
North West +21 6 £805 +130.00% 5
Scotland +36 3 £500 -4.76% 6
Wales - 3 £500 -
Northern Ireland - 3 - -
South East +5 2 £400 - 15

CA
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 8 (6.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (6.03%) SAS
3 4 (3.45%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.72%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.86%) Apache
5 1 (0.86%) EPiServer
5 1 (0.86%) IIS
5 1 (0.86%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.86%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.72%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.72%) Maximo
2 1 (0.86%) OpenText VIM for SAP
2 1 (0.86%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 36 (31.03%) Azure
2 31 (26.72%) Entra ID
3 19 (16.38%) GitHub
4 17 (14.66%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (10.34%) Dynamics 365
5 12 (10.34%) Power Platform
6 7 (6.03%) Azure Logic Apps
7 6 (5.17%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (4.31%) PaaS
9 4 (3.45%) PowerApps
9 4 (3.45%) SaaS
10 3 (2.59%) Azure Storage
10 3 (2.59%) IaaS
11 2 (1.72%) Azure Monitor
12 1 (0.86%) AWS
12 1 (0.86%) AWS KMS
12 1 (0.86%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 37 (31.90%) Firewall
2 16 (13.79%) DNS
3 4 (3.45%) BIG-IP
3 4 (3.45%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 4 (3.45%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 3 (2.59%) Network Security
4 3 (2.59%) SAN
4 3 (2.59%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.72%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (1.72%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (1.72%) NAS
5 2 (1.72%) SD-WAN
5 2 (1.72%) SSL
5 2 (1.72%) WAN
6 1 (0.86%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (13.79%) SQL Server
2 12 (10.34%) Power BI
3 6 (5.17%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.72%) Adabas
4 2 (1.72%) Electronic Patient Records
4 2 (1.72%) MySQL
4 2 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 19 (16.38%) Jenkins
2 5 (4.31%) CA Gen
3 1 (0.86%) MSI
General
1 33 (28.45%) Social Skills
2 21 (18.10%) Finance
3 15 (12.93%) Public Sector
4 7 (6.03%) Banking
5 5 (4.31%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (4.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (3.45%) Local Government
7 3 (2.59%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.59%) Law
8 2 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.86%) German Language
Job Titles
1 17 (14.66%) 1st Line Engineer
1 17 (14.66%) Storage Manager
2 16 (13.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 8 (6.90%) Applications Engineer
4 7 (6.03%) Cloud Engineer
4 7 (6.03%) Security Engineer
5 6 (5.17%) Consultant
5 6 (5.17%) IT Engineer
5 6 (5.17%) Operations Engineer
6 5 (4.31%) Architect
6 5 (4.31%) Azure Engineer
6 5 (4.31%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (4.31%) IBM Storage Specialist
6 5 (4.31%) Lead
6 5 (4.31%) Network Engineer
6 5 (4.31%) Storage Specialist
6 5 (4.31%) z/OS Specialist
7 4 (3.45%) Power Apps Engineer
7 4 (3.45%) Programmer
7 4 (3.45%) Systems Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (16.38%) YAML
2 8 (6.90%) ISPF
3 3 (2.59%) Web Services
4 2 (1.72%) JSON
4 2 (1.72%) LDAP
4 2 (1.72%) OAuth
4 2 (1.72%) OpenID
4 2 (1.72%) RESTful
4 2 (1.72%) SailPoint
4 2 (1.72%) SAML
4 2 (1.72%) SOAP
4 2 (1.72%) SPML
5 1 (0.86%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 27 (23.28%) PKI
2 18 (15.52%) Data Centre
3 17 (14.66%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (10.34%) Mainframe
5 8 (6.90%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 6 (5.17%) Client/Server
7 5 (4.31%) Management Information System
7 5 (4.31%) Security Posture
8 3 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (2.59%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.72%) Algorithms
9 2 (1.72%) Clustering
9 2 (1.72%) Credit Risk
9 2 (1.72%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.72%) IoT
9 2 (1.72%) NHS
9 2 (1.72%) Replication
10 1 (0.86%) CMDB
10 1 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.86%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 31 (26.72%) zOS
2 25 (21.55%) Linux
3 18 (15.52%) Windows
4 13 (11.21%) Windows Server
5 10 (8.62%) Windows 10
6 8 (6.90%) VMS
7 3 (2.59%) MVS
7 3 (2.59%) Unix
7 3 (2.59%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.86%) Android
8 1 (0.86%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (21.55%) Agile
2 23 (19.83%) Project Management
2 23 (19.83%) Storage Management
3 22 (18.97%) Problem Management
4 20 (17.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 17 (14.66%) Impact Assessments
6 16 (13.79%) Migration
6 16 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
7 14 (12.07%) Cost Management
7 14 (12.07%) Software Testing
8 12 (10.34%) Business Intelligence
9 11 (9.48%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (8.62%) Computer Science
10 10 (8.62%) Risk Management
11 9 (7.76%) Mobile Device Management
12 8 (6.90%) Containerisation
12 8 (6.90%) DDoS Mitigation
12 8 (6.90%) Vulnerability Management
12 8 (6.90%) Vulnerability Remediation
13 7 (6.03%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 31 (26.72%) JCL
2 25 (21.55%) Python
3 24 (20.69%) REXX
4 16 (13.79%) SQL
5 7 (6.03%) PowerShell
6 5 (4.31%) Assembly Language
6 5 (4.31%) CLIST
7 2 (1.72%) C++
7 2 (1.72%) Java
7 2 (1.72%) Natural
Qualifications
1 17 (14.66%) Degree
2 13 (11.21%) Security Cleared
3 11 (9.48%) SC Cleared
4 8 (6.90%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (6.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.59%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.72%) CISA
7 2 (1.72%) CISM
7 2 (1.72%) CISSP
7 2 (1.72%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.72%) MBA
7 2 (1.72%) MCSE
7 2 (1.72%) PhD
8 1 (0.86%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.59%) SLA
2 2 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (1.72%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (0.86%) GDPR
3 1 (0.86%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.86%) QA
System Software
1 31 (26.72%) Time Sharing Option
2 27 (23.28%) Active Directory
3 23 (19.83%) NFS
4 8 (6.90%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.72%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.72%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 22 (18.97%) Ansible
1 22 (18.97%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 17 (14.66%) Single Sign-On
3 9 (7.76%) SCCM
4 8 (6.90%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (4.31%) OMEGAMON
6 3 (2.59%) CA Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.72%) Backup Exec
7 2 (1.72%) CA Service Virtualization
7 2 (1.72%) FortiGate
7 2 (1.72%) Terraform
Vendors
1 33 (28.45%) IBM
2 25 (21.55%) Microsoft
3 23 (19.83%) Broadcom
3 23 (19.83%) Brocade
3 23 (19.83%) Dell
4 14 (12.07%) VMware
5 8 (6.90%) Qualys
6 4 (3.45%) F5
7 3 (2.59%) Ariba
7 3 (2.59%) SAP
8 2 (1.72%) Cisco
8 2 (1.72%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.72%) Micro Focus
8 2 (1.72%) Novell
8 2 (1.72%) Okta
8 2 (1.72%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.86%) CyberArk
9 1 (0.86%) OpenText
9 1 (0.86%) Oracle
9 1 (0.86%) ServiceNow