YAML
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for YAML skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited YAML 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 667 668 941
Rank change year-on-year +1 +273 -143
Permanent jobs citing YAML 221 318 307
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.32% 0.19%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.05% 1.06% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 130 173 216
10th Percentile £48,625 £47,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £61,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £69,447 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -0.79% +16.67%
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £111,625 £92,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,288 £65,956 £67,500
% change year-on-year +6.57% -2.29% +22.73%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

YAML is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 21,099 30,098 66,714
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.12% 30.26% 40.98%
Number of salaries quoted 15,738 18,568 30,087
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,853 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,939 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +15.91%
75th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

YAML
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for YAML in the UK

YAML
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing YAML.

Salary trend for YAML in the UK

YAML
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing YAML over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for YAML in the UK

YAML
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing YAML 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +8 197 £75,000 +8.00% 38
UK excluding London -55 149 £70,288 +6.57% 26
Work from Home +67 122 £77,500 +11.60% 23
London +69 66 £77,250 -3.44% 10
Midlands -9 36 £86,485 +57.25% 5
South West -2 35 £80,000 +15.20% 1
North of England -23 32 £67,500 +2.34% 8
West Midlands +14 28 £98,243 +78.62% 4
South East +13 23 £70,000 -17.65% 11
Yorkshire +31 21 £67,500 +5.09% 4
Scotland -71 11 £35,000 -49.60% 1
North West -11 10 - - 3
East Midlands -21 8 £57,500 +4.55% 1
Northern Ireland +31 5 - -
Wales +9 5 - -
East of England +6 2 £55,750 -34.41%
North East - 1 £70,000 - 1

YAML
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 75 (33.94%) Apache
2 21 (9.50%) nginx
3 18 (8.14%) Apache Spark
3 18 (8.14%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.90%) Confluence
4 2 (0.90%) WordPress
5 1 (0.45%) IIS
5 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.45%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.45%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.45%) PTC Creo
2 1 (0.45%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 4 (1.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.90%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 116 (52.49%) Azure
2 83 (37.56%) Amazon S3
3 65 (29.41%) Azure DevOps
4 31 (14.03%) PaaS
5 22 (9.95%) OpenShift
6 21 (9.50%) IaaS
7 19 (8.60%) Entra ID
8 18 (8.14%) AWS
8 18 (8.14%) Azure Service Bus
8 18 (8.14%) MinIO
9 16 (7.24%) Azure API Management
10 11 (4.98%) Azure AKS
10 11 (4.98%) Microsoft 365
11 10 (4.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 10 (4.52%) Azure Key Vault
11 10 (4.52%) GCP
11 10 (4.52%) GitHub
11 10 (4.52%) Serverless
12 9 (4.07%) Azure App Service
13 8 (3.62%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 78 (35.29%) VPN
2 77 (34.84%) Firewall
3 65 (29.41%) Internet
4 63 (28.51%) SNMP
5 54 (24.43%) IPsec
6 32 (14.48%) DNS
7 11 (4.98%) BGP
7 11 (4.98%) Ethernet VPN
7 11 (4.98%) MPLS
8 10 (4.52%) TCP/IP
9 9 (4.07%) NGFW
9 9 (4.07%) tcpdump
9 9 (4.07%) WAN
10 7 (3.17%) SD-WAN
11 5 (2.26%) Network Security
12 3 (1.36%) HTTP
12 3 (1.36%) SSL
13 2 (0.90%) LAN
13 2 (0.90%) Wireless
14 1 (0.45%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (33.48%) MongoDB
2 68 (30.77%) Elasticsearch
3 43 (19.46%) SQL Server
4 21 (9.50%) NoSQL
5 18 (8.14%) Big Data
5 18 (8.14%) Hadoop
5 18 (8.14%) Presto
6 17 (7.69%) MySQL
7 11 (4.98%) SQLite
8 8 (3.62%) Power BI
9 7 (3.17%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (2.71%) Relational Database
11 4 (1.81%) Data Lake
11 4 (1.81%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (1.81%) HDInsight
11 4 (1.81%) Looker
11 4 (1.81%) QlikView
11 4 (1.81%) Tableau
12 2 (0.90%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 39 (17.65%) Git
2 32 (14.48%) Jenkins
3 21 (9.50%) GitLab
4 19 (8.60%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 13 (5.88%) JIRA
6 11 (4.98%) Artifactory
7 7 (3.17%) Katalon Studio
7 7 (3.17%) Vagrant
8 2 (0.90%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.90%) Gradle
8 2 (0.90%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.45%) Chocolatey
9 1 (0.45%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.45%) Zephyr
General
1 75 (33.94%) Finance
2 48 (21.72%) Social Skills
3 24 (10.86%) Telecoms
4 22 (9.95%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (7.24%) Manufacturing
6 12 (5.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (4.07%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (4.07%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (3.62%) Marketing
9 7 (3.17%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (3.17%) Police
10 6 (2.71%) Public Sector
11 5 (2.26%) Banking
12 4 (1.81%) Electronics
13 3 (1.36%) German Language
13 3 (1.36%) Law
13 3 (1.36%) Retail
14 2 (0.90%) Automotive
14 2 (0.90%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 57 (25.79%) DevOps Engineer
2 54 (24.43%) Consultant
2 54 (24.43%) NetApp Consultant
3 37 (16.74%) Senior
4 34 (15.38%) Architect
5 33 (14.93%) Developer
6 28 (12.67%) Azure Engineer
7 18 (8.14%) Big Data Engineer
7 18 (8.14%) Data Engineer
8 15 (6.79%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 13 (5.88%) Lead
10 12 (5.43%) Senior Developer
11 11 (4.98%) Citrix Architect
11 11 (4.98%) Linux Engineer
12 10 (4.52%) Lead DevOps
12 10 (4.52%) Lead DevOps Engineer
13 9 (4.07%) Cloud Architect
13 9 (4.07%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
13 9 (4.07%) Senior DevOps
13 9 (4.07%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (33.03%) RabbitMQ
2 45 (20.36%) JSON
3 43 (19.46%) .NET
4 29 (13.12%) Elastic Stack
5 26 (11.76%) XML
6 25 (11.31%) ASP.NET
7 24 (10.86%) ARM Templates
7 24 (10.86%) Entity Framework
7 24 (10.86%) HTML
8 23 (10.41%) .NET Core
9 22 (9.95%) RESTful
10 21 (9.50%) .NET Framework
11 18 (8.14%) ActiveMQ
11 18 (8.14%) Apache NiFi
11 18 (8.14%) REST
12 17 (7.69%) Blazor
13 16 (7.24%) React
14 13 (5.88%) ASP.NET MVC
15 11 (4.98%) CSS
15 11 (4.98%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 55 (24.89%) Data Centre
2 18 (8.14%) Hybrid Cloud
3 12 (5.43%) Product Ownership
3 12 (5.43%) Public Cloud
4 9 (4.07%) Cloud Native
4 9 (4.07%) Clustering
4 9 (4.07%) Private Cloud
5 7 (3.17%) Cloud Security Posture
5 7 (3.17%) Enterprise Cloud
5 7 (3.17%) Security Posture
6 4 (1.81%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (1.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (1.81%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.36%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.90%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.45%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.45%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.45%) Online Banking
9 1 (0.45%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 111 (50.23%) Linux
2 85 (38.46%) Windows
3 54 (24.43%) Data ONTAP
4 14 (6.33%) Windows Server
5 12 (5.43%) Unix
6 11 (4.98%) CentOS
7 4 (1.81%) VMS
8 3 (1.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (1.36%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.90%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.45%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (62.90%) DevOps
2 94 (42.53%) Problem-Solving
3 92 (41.63%) CI/CD
4 86 (38.91%) Agile
5 79 (35.75%) Infrastructure as Code
6 61 (27.60%) Containerisation
7 60 (27.15%) Project Management
8 56 (25.34%) Infrastructure Management
9 55 (24.89%) Storage Management
10 54 (24.43%) Actionable Insight
10 54 (24.43%) Project Planning
10 54 (24.43%) Release Management
11 47 (21.27%) Scrum
12 40 (18.10%) Continuous Improvement
13 28 (12.67%) Roadmaps
14 25 (11.31%) Microservices
15 22 (9.95%) Data Engineering
15 22 (9.95%) Observability
16 21 (9.50%) Disaster Recovery
16 21 (9.50%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 119 (53.85%) Python
2 64 (28.96%) PowerShell
3 59 (26.70%) SQL
4 56 (25.34%) C#
5 34 (15.38%) Bash
6 23 (10.41%) JavaScript
7 20 (9.05%) Shell Script
8 19 (8.60%) T-SQL
9 13 (5.88%) Bicep
10 11 (4.98%) PHP
10 11 (4.98%) XAML
11 10 (4.52%) Perl
12 4 (1.81%) Java
12 4 (1.81%) TypeScript
12 4 (1.81%) VB
13 3 (1.36%) Ruby
14 2 (0.90%) AWK
14 2 (0.90%) C++
14 2 (0.90%) Gremlin
14 2 (0.90%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (10.86%) Security Cleared
2 18 (8.14%) DV Cleared
3 8 (3.62%) Degree
4 5 (2.26%) SC Cleared
5 4 (1.81%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.90%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
6 2 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.45%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.45%) CISSP
7 1 (0.45%) MCSA
7 1 (0.45%) MCSE
7 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.71%) QA
2 4 (1.81%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 4 (1.81%) GDPR
System Software
1 117 (52.94%) Docker
2 64 (28.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (8.14%) VMware ESXi
4 16 (7.24%) Active Directory
5 10 (4.52%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (4.07%) vSphere
7 1 (0.45%) NFS
7 1 (0.45%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 119 (53.85%) Kubernetes
2 90 (40.72%) Ansible
3 81 (36.65%) Terraform
4 72 (32.58%) Prometheus
5 63 (28.51%) vCenter Server
6 31 (14.03%) Grafana
7 27 (12.22%) HAProxy
8 14 (6.33%) Puppet
9 9 (4.07%) Graphite
9 9 (4.07%) Nagios
10 7 (3.17%) Packer
11 4 (1.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (1.36%) Istio
12 3 (1.36%) Kibana
12 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
13 2 (0.90%) Docker Swarm
14 1 (0.45%) logstash
14 1 (0.45%) Progress Chef
14 1 (0.45%) Salt
Vendors
1 65 (29.41%) VMware
2 57 (25.79%) Red Hat
3 54 (24.43%) NetApp
3 54 (24.43%) Palo Alto
3 54 (24.43%) SolidFire
4 37 (16.74%) Microsoft
5 13 (5.88%) Cisco
6 11 (4.98%) Citrix
7 7 (3.17%) DevExpress
8 6 (2.71%) Oracle
8 6 (2.71%) Twitter
9 5 (2.26%) SAP
10 4 (1.81%) Databricks
11 2 (0.90%) Atlassian
11 2 (0.90%) IBM
11 2 (0.90%) Meraki
11 2 (0.90%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.90%) Software AG
11 2 (0.90%) webMethods
12 1 (0.45%) MathWorks