Progress Chef Contracts

Chef
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Progress Chef skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Progress Chef over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 457 370 419
Rank change year-on-year -87 +49 -117
Contract jobs citing Progress Chef 122 363 531
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.63% 0.60%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.39% 3.98% 3.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 261 418
10th Percentile £399 £445 £450
25th Percentile £459 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £558 £600 £613
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% -2.04% +16.67%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £750
90th Percentile £713 £738 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +4.76% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £57.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £57.50 -

All Systems Management Skills
UK

Progress Chef 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 requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 5,096 9,119 14,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.98% 15.92% 15.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,684 6,541 10,109
10th Percentile £263 £356 £363
25th Percentile £413 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £558 £565
Median % change year-on-year -8.15% -1.24% +13.00%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £675
90th Percentile £700 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 201 186
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.25 £13.62
25th Percentile £17.76 £22.41 £15.56
Median hourly rate £26.38 £52.50 £21.89
Median % change year-on-year -49.75% +139.84% -45.28%
75th Percentile £50.19 £70.00 £44.46
90th Percentile £71.25 £83.00 £58.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £40.05 £20.00
% change year-on-year -25.09% +100.25% -13.83%

Progress Chef
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Progress Chef in the UK

Progress Chef
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Progress Chef in the UK

Progress Chef
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Progress Chef in the UK

Progress Chef
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Progress Chef in the UK

Progress Chef
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Progress Chef 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 -32 109 £550 -12.35% 109
UK excluding London -13 58 £550 +4.76% 80
London -8 50 £600 -8.40% 44
Work from Home -3 49 £550 -8.33% 50
North of England +14 22 £569 +17.33% 22
Midlands +27 16 £450 -12.20% 19
Yorkshire +27 14 £622 +34.49% 5
East Midlands - 14 £445 - 2
South West +6 9 £550 - 7
North West -8 8 £455 -6.14% 13
South East +5 7 £575 -8.00% 17
Scotland +13 3 £468 -18.13% 3
West Midlands +16 2 £694 +35.37% 17
East of England +7 2 £675 +29.81% 7
Wales +19 1 £690 +18.71% 5

Progress Chef
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 11 (9.02%) Confluence
2 6 (4.92%) OpenStack
3 5 (4.10%) JBoss
4 4 (3.28%) Apache
5 2 (1.64%) Apache Solr
5 2 (1.64%) nginx
5 2 (1.64%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.82%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.82%) IIS
6 1 (0.82%) Jupyter
Business Applications
1 5 (4.10%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.82%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.82%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 83 (68.03%) AWS
2 45 (36.89%) Azure
3 28 (22.95%) GCP
4 24 (19.67%) GitHub
5 22 (18.03%) OpenShift
6 18 (14.75%) AWS CloudFormation
7 14 (11.48%) Amazon EC2
8 13 (10.66%) Amazon S3
8 13 (10.66%) Serverless
9 12 (9.84%) AWS Lambda
9 12 (9.84%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (7.38%) Kong
11 8 (6.56%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (5.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 7 (5.74%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 6 (4.92%) Amazon EKS
13 6 (4.92%) Apigee
13 6 (4.92%) Datadog
14 5 (4.10%) Route 53
15 3 (2.46%) Akamai
Communications & Networking
1 22 (18.03%) TCP/IP
2 20 (16.39%) HTTP
3 15 (12.30%) SSL
4 14 (11.48%) DNS
5 12 (9.84%) Firewall
6 9 (7.38%) VPN
7 7 (5.74%) AMQP
7 7 (5.74%) Network Security
8 4 (3.28%) DHCP
9 3 (2.46%) BIG-IP
9 3 (2.46%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 3 (2.46%) Reverse Proxy
10 2 (1.64%) DSL
10 2 (1.64%) Internet
10 2 (1.64%) Intrusion Detection
11 1 (0.82%) LTE
11 1 (0.82%) SAN
11 1 (0.82%) tcpdump
11 1 (0.82%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (17.21%) Relational Database
2 17 (13.93%) SQL Server
3 16 (13.11%) Elasticsearch
4 14 (11.48%) MySQL
5 11 (9.02%) Amazon RDS
6 10 (8.20%) RDBMS
7 9 (7.38%) Data Lake
8 8 (6.56%) InfluxDB
9 6 (4.92%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (4.10%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (2.46%) Apache Cassandra
11 3 (2.46%) Redis
12 2 (1.64%) Big Data
12 2 (1.64%) Hadoop
12 2 (1.64%) NoSQL
13 1 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
13 1 (0.82%) CouchDB
13 1 (0.82%) DynamoDB
13 1 (0.82%) MariaDB
13 1 (0.82%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 79 (64.75%) Jenkins
2 47 (38.52%) Git
3 31 (25.41%) JIRA
4 25 (20.49%) GitLab
5 12 (9.84%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 11 (9.02%) CircleCI
6 11 (9.02%) SonarQube
6 11 (9.02%) Travis CI
7 9 (7.38%) TeamCity
8 6 (4.92%) AppScan
8 6 (4.92%) Bitbucket Server
8 6 (4.92%) Burp Suite
8 6 (4.92%) Sonatype Nexus
9 5 (4.10%) Artifactory
9 5 (4.10%) CA Release Automation
9 5 (4.10%) Subversion
10 2 (1.64%) Bitbucket
10 2 (1.64%) Maven
10 2 (1.64%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.82%) Appium
General
1 38 (31.15%) Social Skills
2 23 (18.85%) Finance
3 15 (12.30%) Banking
4 12 (9.84%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (9.84%) Public Sector
5 5 (4.10%) Marketing
6 3 (2.46%) Electronics
6 3 (2.46%) Manufacturing
6 3 (2.46%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.64%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.64%) Retail
7 2 (1.64%) Wearables
8 1 (0.82%) French Language
8 1 (0.82%) Games
8 1 (0.82%) German Language
8 1 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.82%) Military
8 1 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (31.15%) DevOps Engineer
2 17 (13.93%) Site Reliability Engineer
3 15 (12.30%) Architect
4 13 (10.66%) Linux Engineer
4 13 (10.66%) Site Engineer
5 11 (9.02%) Linux Server Engineer
5 11 (9.02%) Server Engineer
5 11 (9.02%) Solutions Architect
6 9 (7.38%) AWS Engineer
7 7 (5.74%) Automation Engineer
7 7 (5.74%) Cloud Engineer
7 7 (5.74%) Senior
8 6 (4.92%) DevOps Automation Engineer
9 5 (4.10%) Support Engineer
9 5 (4.10%) Vulnerability Specialist
10 4 (3.28%) Azure Engineer
10 4 (3.28%) Developer
10 4 (3.28%) Senior DevOps
10 4 (3.28%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 4 (3.28%) Unix Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (22.95%) Elastic Stack
2 13 (10.66%) XML
2 13 (10.66%) YAML
3 12 (9.84%) JSON
4 7 (5.74%) RabbitMQ
5 6 (4.92%) Node.js
5 6 (4.92%) REST
6 5 (4.10%) Spring Boot
7 4 (3.28%) Kafka
7 4 (3.28%) SOAP
8 3 (2.46%) .NET
8 3 (2.46%) LDAP
8 3 (2.46%) RESTful
9 2 (1.64%) AngularJS
9 2 (1.64%) ARM Templates
9 2 (1.64%) React
10 1 (0.82%) LAPP Stack
10 1 (0.82%) LEMP Stack
10 1 (0.82%) React Native
10 1 (0.82%) Svelte
Miscellaneous
1 18 (14.75%) Public Cloud
2 15 (12.30%) Data Centre
3 10 (8.20%) Linux Command Line
4 9 (7.38%) Data Structures
5 7 (5.74%) Cloud Native
5 7 (5.74%) Credit Risk
6 6 (4.92%) Private Cloud
7 3 (2.46%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.46%) Mobile App
7 3 (2.46%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.64%) CBDC
8 2 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.64%) Genomics
8 2 (1.64%) Life Science
8 2 (1.64%) NHS
9 1 (0.82%) Digital Currency
9 1 (0.82%) Distributed Applications
9 1 (0.82%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.82%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.82%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 55 (45.08%) Linux
2 25 (20.49%) Windows
3 13 (10.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 11 (9.02%) Windows Server
5 9 (7.38%) Unix
6 2 (1.64%) CentOS
6 2 (1.64%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.82%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (66.39%) DevOps
2 67 (54.92%) CI/CD
3 48 (39.34%) Infrastructure as Code
4 47 (38.52%) Configuration Management
5 38 (31.15%) Containerisation
6 37 (30.33%) Continuous Integration
7 32 (26.23%) Agile
8 23 (18.85%) Problem-Solving
9 21 (17.21%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 19 (15.57%) Scrum
11 18 (14.75%) Test Automation
12 17 (13.93%) Project Management
13 16 (13.11%) DevSecOps
13 16 (13.11%) Task Automation
14 15 (12.30%) Collaborative Working
15 14 (11.48%) Continuous Deployment
16 12 (9.84%) Open Source
17 11 (9.02%) Microservices
18 10 (8.20%) Architectural Patterns
18 10 (8.20%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 74 (60.66%) Python
2 37 (30.33%) Bash
3 36 (29.51%) PowerShell
4 20 (16.39%) Ruby
5 19 (15.57%) Java
6 15 (12.30%) Go
7 11 (9.02%) Perl
8 10 (8.20%) C
8 10 (8.20%) SQL
9 8 (6.56%) C++
10 6 (4.92%) Shell Script
11 4 (3.28%) C#
12 3 (2.46%) ActionScript
12 3 (2.46%) Bicep
13 1 (0.82%) Groovy
13 1 (0.82%) JavaScript
13 1 (0.82%) PHP
13 1 (0.82%) Rust
13 1 (0.82%) Scala
13 1 (0.82%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 34 (27.87%) Security Cleared
2 19 (15.57%) DV Cleared
3 13 (10.66%) SC Cleared
4 5 (4.10%) Degree
5 3 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.46%) SANS
6 2 (1.64%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.64%) CISSP
7 1 (0.82%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.82%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.82%) CEH
7 1 (0.82%) Linux+ Certification
7 1 (0.82%) LPIC
7 1 (0.82%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (14.75%) QA
2 2 (1.64%) ISO 20022
2 2 (1.64%) NIST
2 2 (1.64%) SLA
3 1 (0.82%) ISO 15022
3 1 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 65 (53.28%) Docker
2 9 (7.38%) Active Directory
3 5 (4.10%) Firmware
4 4 (3.28%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (2.46%) vCloud
5 3 (2.46%) VMware NSX
5 3 (2.46%) vSphere
6 1 (0.82%) Ceph
6 1 (0.82%) KVM
6 1 (0.82%) NFS
6 1 (0.82%) Postfix
6 1 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.82%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.82%) Xen
Systems Management
1 86 (70.49%) Ansible
2 83 (68.03%) Puppet
3 73 (59.84%) Terraform
4 63 (51.64%) Kubernetes
5 36 (29.51%) Prometheus
6 31 (25.41%) Grafana
7 18 (14.75%) Docker Swarm
8 16 (13.11%) Kibana
9 11 (9.02%) logstash
10 9 (7.38%) Nagios
11 8 (6.56%) Graylog
12 6 (4.92%) HP Fortify
12 6 (4.92%) Nessus
12 6 (4.92%) Salt
12 6 (4.92%) WebInspect
13 5 (4.10%) Dell DRAC
14 3 (2.46%) Autotask
14 3 (2.46%) Consul
14 3 (2.46%) Packer
15 2 (1.64%) Rancher
Vendors
1 29 (23.77%) Splunk
2 16 (13.11%) Microsoft
3 11 (9.02%) Red Hat
4 10 (8.20%) VMware
5 6 (4.92%) Checkmarx
5 6 (4.92%) Dell
5 6 (4.92%) Veracode
6 5 (4.10%) AppDynamics
6 5 (4.10%) BMC
6 5 (4.10%) Google
6 5 (4.10%) New Relic
6 5 (4.10%) Qualys
6 5 (4.10%) Remedy
6 5 (4.10%) SaltStack
6 5 (4.10%) SAP
7 4 (3.28%) Atlassian
8 3 (2.46%) Arista
8 3 (2.46%) F5
8 3 (2.46%) TOWER Software
9 2 (1.64%) Oracle