CI/CD Contracts in the UK excluding London

CI/CD
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CI/CD skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited CI/CD 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 39 30 32
Rank change year-on-year -9 +2 +2
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 861 1,449 1,814
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.25% 6.26% 5.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.04% 7.00% 6.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 605 1,081 1,263
10th Percentile £389 £413 £410
25th Percentile £457 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £625
90th Percentile £700 £713 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 59 51
10th Percentile £56.25 £58.59 £35.00
25th Percentile £63.44 £60.91 £46.64
Median hourly rate £67.25 £65.61 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.51% +0.93% +12.07%
75th Percentile £70.00 £72.03 £67.68
90th Percentile £72.69 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.61 £65.00
% change year-on-year -0.92% +0.93% +26.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

CI/CD is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,076 20,688 27,368
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.26% 89.44% 89.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,209 14,247 19,122
10th Percentile £250 £258 £235
25th Percentile £380 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,062 1,260 1,365
10th Percentile £12.34 £10.63 £12.30
25th Percentile £15.31 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.71 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%

CI/CD
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing CI/CD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for CI/CD in the UK excluding London

CI/CD
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CI/CD in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for CI/CD in the UK excluding London

CI/CD
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CI/CD in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CI/CD in the UK excluding London

CI/CD
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CI/CD in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for CI/CD in the UK excluding London

CI/CD
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CI/CD in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for CI/CD in the UK excluding London

CI/CD
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CI/CD within the UK excluding London region 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
North of England +3 293 £550 -0.90% 253
South East -23 176 £600 +4.35% 249
North West -2 171 £550 - 147
South West -16 145 £585 -2.50% 127
Scotland -13 124 £498 +2.05% 81
Yorkshire +16 112 £500 -9.09% 68
Midlands -37 64 £475 -11.71% 109
West Midlands -26 49 £475 -13.64% 80
East of England -21 39 £534 +1.23% 63
Wales +10 24 £509 -13.23% 24
East Midlands -3 12 £398 -6.47% 28
North East -19 10 £469 -21.88% 39
CI/CD
UK

CI/CD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 55 (6.39%) Confluence
2 38 (4.41%) Apache
3 30 (3.48%) Apache Airflow
4 26 (3.02%) Microsoft Exchange
5 19 (2.21%) Apache Spark
6 10 (1.16%) nginx
7 8 (0.93%) SharePoint
8 6 (0.70%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 6 (0.70%) JBoss
9 4 (0.46%) Apache Solr
9 4 (0.46%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.46%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.35%) Cloud Foundry
10 3 (0.35%) CMS
10 3 (0.35%) Drupal
10 3 (0.35%) GeoServer
11 2 (0.23%) Traefik
12 1 (0.12%) Appian
12 1 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.12%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.12%) PlantUML
2 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (0.70%) SAP Hybris
2 4 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.12%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 317 (36.82%) AWS
2 267 (31.01%) Azure
3 104 (12.08%) GitHub
4 101 (11.73%) Serverless
5 93 (10.80%) Azure DevOps
6 80 (9.29%) GCP
7 70 (8.13%) Amazon S3
7 70 (8.13%) OpenShift
8 56 (6.50%) AWS Lambda
9 55 (6.39%) Amazon EC2
10 47 (5.46%) Entra ID
11 45 (5.23%) Azure Monitor
12 41 (4.76%) AWS CloudFormation
13 35 (4.07%) Azure Functions
14 31 (3.60%) Amazon EKS
14 31 (3.60%) Azure Data Factory
15 28 (3.25%) PaaS
16 27 (3.14%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 26 (3.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 24 (2.79%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 103 (11.96%) Firewall
2 87 (10.10%) VPN
3 47 (5.46%) DNS
4 27 (3.14%) TCP/IP
5 18 (2.09%) DHCP
5 18 (2.09%) Network Security
6 15 (1.74%) HTTP
6 15 (1.74%) SSL
7 14 (1.63%) BGP
8 11 (1.28%) Ethernet
9 10 (1.16%) Radio Access Network
9 10 (1.16%) SAN
10 9 (1.05%) Ethernet VPN
10 9 (1.05%) MPLS
11 7 (0.81%) AMQP
11 7 (0.81%) VSAN
12 5 (0.58%) FTP
12 5 (0.58%) IPsec
13 4 (0.46%) Internet
13 4 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (7.78%) NoSQL
2 66 (7.67%) PostgreSQL
3 49 (5.69%) Relational Database
4 42 (4.88%) MySQL
5 36 (4.18%) MongoDB
6 35 (4.07%) Elasticsearch
7 30 (3.48%) SQL Server
8 28 (3.25%) Amazon RDS
9 18 (2.09%) Big Data
10 16 (1.86%) Data Lake
11 15 (1.74%) Data Warehouse
12 14 (1.63%) Azure SQL Database
13 12 (1.39%) Amazon Aurora
13 12 (1.39%) InfluxDB
14 11 (1.28%) Oracle Database
14 11 (1.28%) Power BI
14 11 (1.28%) RDBMS
15 9 (1.05%) Apache Cassandra
15 9 (1.05%) BigQuery
15 9 (1.05%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 200 (23.23%) Jenkins
2 165 (19.16%) Git
3 122 (14.17%) GitLab
4 112 (13.01%) JIRA
5 38 (4.41%) Cypress.io
6 33 (3.83%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 33 (3.83%) Bitbucket
7 31 (3.60%) Selenium
8 29 (3.37%) Visual Studio
9 27 (3.14%) SonarQube
10 23 (2.67%) Cucumber
11 22 (2.56%) Artifactory
11 22 (2.56%) Postman
12 16 (1.86%) webpack
13 15 (1.74%) JUnit
13 15 (1.74%) Sonatype Nexus
14 14 (1.63%) TeamCity
15 13 (1.51%) GoogleTest
15 13 (1.51%) Travis CI
16 12 (1.39%) Maven
General
1 168 (19.51%) Social Skills
2 88 (10.22%) Finance
3 82 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (8.48%) Public Sector
5 28 (3.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 26 (3.02%) Banking
7 22 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
8 19 (2.21%) Aerospace
9 17 (1.97%) Legal
9 17 (1.97%) Retail
10 12 (1.39%) Military
11 10 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
12 9 (1.05%) Manufacturing
13 8 (0.93%) Back Office
14 7 (0.81%) Electronics
14 7 (0.81%) Telecoms
15 6 (0.70%) Law
16 5 (0.58%) Publishing
17 3 (0.35%) Automotive
17 3 (0.35%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 216 (25.09%) Developer
2 125 (14.52%) DevOps Engineer
3 92 (10.69%) Architect
4 73 (8.48%) Senior
5 69 (8.01%) Lead
6 66 (7.67%) Software Engineer
7 55 (6.39%) Java Developer
8 48 (5.57%) Azure Engineer
9 46 (5.34%) Full Stack Developer
10 44 (5.11%) Technical Architect
11 38 (4.41%) Java Engineer
11 38 (4.41%) Technical Leader
12 36 (4.18%) Cloud Engineer
13 35 (4.07%) Full Stack Engineer
14 32 (3.72%) AWS Engineer
14 32 (3.72%) Data Engineer
15 30 (3.48%) Site Reliability Engineer
16 29 (3.37%) AWS DevOps
17 28 (3.25%) Lead Architect
18 26 (3.02%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (13.82%) React
2 111 (12.89%) REST
3 110 (12.78%) Node.js
4 73 (8.48%) Spring
5 70 (8.13%) .NET
6 69 (8.01%) Spring Boot
7 62 (7.20%) HTML
8 60 (6.97%) CSS
9 43 (4.99%) Kafka
10 39 (4.53%) JSON
11 36 (4.18%) RESTful
12 33 (3.83%) Elastic Stack
12 33 (3.83%) GraphQL
13 32 (3.72%) AngularJS
13 32 (3.72%) ARM Templates
14 31 (3.60%) YAML
15 29 (3.37%) .NET Core
15 29 (3.37%) AWS CDK
16 28 (3.25%) XML
17 26 (3.02%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 63 (7.32%) Product Ownership
2 59 (6.85%) Public Cloud
3 36 (4.18%) Cloud Native
4 34 (3.95%) Linux Command Line
5 22 (2.56%) Mobile App
5 22 (2.56%) PKI
6 20 (2.32%) Distributed Systems
6 20 (2.32%) Self-Motivation
7 19 (2.21%) Data Structures
8 17 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
9 15 (1.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 13 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (0.93%) Management Information System
13 7 (0.81%) Virtual Team
14 6 (0.70%) Algorithms
15 5 (0.58%) Private Cloud
15 5 (0.58%) Replication
15 5 (0.58%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 196 (22.76%) Linux
2 126 (14.63%) Windows
3 74 (8.59%) Windows Server
4 48 (5.57%) Android
5 46 (5.34%) Apple iOS
6 34 (3.95%) Unix
7 25 (2.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 18 (2.09%) Windows Server 2016
9 17 (1.97%) Windows Server 2019
10 12 (1.39%) VMS
11 8 (0.93%) CentOS
11 8 (0.93%) Ubuntu
12 7 (0.81%) Embedded Linux
13 4 (0.46%) VxWorks
14 2 (0.23%) Alpine Linux
15 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
15 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 498 (57.84%) DevOps
2 400 (46.46%) Agile
3 181 (21.02%) Infrastructure as Code
4 169 (19.63%) Test Automation
5 168 (19.51%) Continuous Integration
6 151 (17.54%) Software Engineering
7 150 (17.42%) Containerisation
8 125 (14.52%) Microservices
9 124 (14.40%) Problem-Solving
10 122 (14.17%) Full Stack Development
11 109 (12.66%) Scrum
12 89 (10.34%) SDLC
13 81 (9.41%) TDD
14 71 (8.25%) Continuous Delivery
15 70 (8.13%) Configuration Management
16 65 (7.55%) Unit Testing
17 57 (6.62%) Deployment Automation
18 55 (6.39%) Analytics
18 55 (6.39%) OO
19 54 (6.27%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 284 (32.98%) Python
2 201 (23.34%) Java
3 142 (16.49%) SQL
4 120 (13.94%) PowerShell
5 109 (12.66%) JavaScript
6 96 (11.15%) Bash
7 84 (9.76%) C#
8 82 (9.52%) TypeScript
9 43 (4.99%) Go
10 39 (4.53%) C++
11 29 (3.37%) Shell Script
12 26 (3.02%) Bicep
13 22 (2.56%) C
14 21 (2.44%) VBScript
15 20 (2.32%) Groovy
15 20 (2.32%) Perl
16 19 (2.21%) Ruby
17 18 (2.09%) Scala
18 17 (1.97%) VB
19 15 (1.74%) PHP
Qualifications
1 206 (23.93%) Security Cleared
2 142 (16.49%) SC Cleared
3 67 (7.78%) DV Cleared
4 52 (6.04%) Degree
5 24 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
6 20 (2.32%) AWS Certification
7 17 (1.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 10 (1.16%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 7 (0.81%) AAT
9 7 (0.81%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.58%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.35%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.23%) ISEB
13 2 (0.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.23%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.23%) MCSE
14 1 (0.12%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (8.13%) QA
2 27 (3.14%) Accessibility
3 19 (2.21%) MISRA
4 13 (1.51%) Disclosure Scotland
5 10 (1.16%) GDPR
6 9 (1.05%) NIST
7 8 (0.93%) HIPAA
7 8 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.58%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.46%) Data Quality
9 4 (0.46%) MISRA C
9 4 (0.46%) NCSC
9 4 (0.46%) PMO
9 4 (0.46%) SLA
10 3 (0.35%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.23%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.23%) WCAG
12 1 (0.12%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 219 (25.44%) Docker
2 63 (7.32%) Active Directory
3 23 (2.67%) Virtual Machines
3 23 (2.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (2.21%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (1.97%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.81%) vCloud
7 6 (0.70%) Firmware
8 5 (0.58%) vSphere
9 4 (0.46%) HDFS
9 4 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.35%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 3 (0.35%) Hyper-V
10 3 (0.35%) LXC
11 2 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 243 (28.22%) Kubernetes
2 193 (22.42%) Terraform
3 168 (19.51%) Ansible
4 62 (7.20%) Grafana
5 55 (6.39%) Prometheus
6 33 (3.83%) Progress Chef
7 26 (3.02%) Puppet
8 25 (2.90%) Kibana
9 24 (2.79%) PowerCLI
10 19 (2.21%) Docker Swarm
11 17 (1.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 17 (1.97%) Microsoft Intune
11 17 (1.97%) SCCM
11 17 (1.97%) SCOM
11 17 (1.97%) WSUS
12 14 (1.63%) Packer
13 12 (1.39%) Istio
14 11 (1.28%) HP Fortify
14 11 (1.28%) Rancher
15 9 (1.05%) logstash
Vendors
1 93 (10.80%) Microsoft
2 51 (5.92%) Google
3 38 (4.41%) VMware
4 36 (4.18%) Atlassian
4 36 (4.18%) Splunk
5 28 (3.25%) Oracle
6 23 (2.67%) Dell
7 22 (2.56%) HP
8 17 (1.97%) SAP
9 15 (1.74%) Red Hat
9 15 (1.74%) ServiceNow
10 14 (1.63%) EMC
11 11 (1.28%) Informatica
11 11 (1.28%) Salesforce
12 10 (1.16%) Veritas
13 9 (1.05%) Cisco
13 9 (1.05%) IBM
14 8 (0.93%) Databricks
15 7 (0.81%) Adobe
16 6 (0.70%) Ericsson