CI/CD Contracts with Work from Home Options

CI/CD
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 30 20 18
Rank change year-on-year -10 -2 -2
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 885 2,012 4,051
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 6.01% 8.12% 9.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.84% 9.06% 10.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 670 1,519 2,944
10th Percentile £405 £443 £425
25th Percentile £463 £495 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £636 £676 £675
90th Percentile £725 £750 £762
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 28 36
10th Percentile £50.88 £52.53 £35.00
25th Percentile £55.31 £64.38 £44.38
Median hourly rate £61.25 £70.50 £64.13
Median % change year-on-year -13.12% +9.94% +42.50%
75th Percentile £70.63 £75.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £73.50 £77.25 £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
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,942 22,217 40,480
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.66% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,728 15,724 29,400
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £544 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.49% +3.62% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £633
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 567 510 538
10th Percentile £14.70 £18.63 £14.50
25th Percentile £24.13 £26.46 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +32.91% +64.58%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%

CI/CD
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing CI/CD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

CI/CD trend for jobs with a WFH option

CI/CD
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing CI/CD.

CI/CD daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

CI/CD
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing CI/CD over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

CI/CD daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

CI/CD
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing CI/CD.

CI/CD hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

CI/CD
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing CI/CD over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

CI/CD hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

CI/CD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 37 (4.18%) Confluence
2 22 (2.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (2.37%) Apache Spark
4 15 (1.69%) Apache Airflow
5 13 (1.47%) Apache
6 11 (1.24%) SharePoint
7 10 (1.13%) nginx
8 9 (1.02%) OpenStack
9 6 (0.68%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 6 (0.68%) Anypoint
9 6 (0.68%) CMS
10 5 (0.56%) Apache Solr
10 5 (0.56%) IIS
10 5 (0.56%) JBoss
10 5 (0.56%) Mule
10 5 (0.56%) Mule ESB
11 4 (0.45%) BizTalk Server
12 3 (0.34%) Headless CMS
12 3 (0.34%) WordPress
13 2 (0.23%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.34%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.11%) CPLEX
4 1 (0.11%) Gliffy
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (0.90%) Salesforce CRM
2 6 (0.68%) SAP Hybris
3 4 (0.45%) Distributed Ledger
4 3 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.23%) BusinessWorks
5 2 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.23%) Endur
6 1 (0.11%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.11%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.11%) Magento
6 1 (0.11%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.11%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 334 (37.74%) AWS
1 334 (37.74%) Azure
2 143 (16.16%) Azure DevOps
3 116 (13.11%) GCP
4 115 (12.99%) Serverless
5 98 (11.07%) GitHub
6 67 (7.57%) AWS Lambda
7 60 (6.78%) Entra ID
8 57 (6.44%) Amazon S3
9 44 (4.97%) Amazon EKS
10 43 (4.86%) OpenShift
11 42 (4.75%) AWS CloudFormation
12 40 (4.52%) Azure Monitor
13 38 (4.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 38 (4.29%) Azure Functions
14 36 (4.07%) Azure Data Factory
15 35 (3.95%) Amazon EC2
16 33 (3.73%) Amazon ECS
17 32 (3.62%) Azure Logic Apps
18 31 (3.50%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 76 (8.59%) Firewall
2 39 (4.41%) DNS
3 35 (3.95%) VPN
4 20 (2.26%) HTTP
5 19 (2.15%) DHCP
5 19 (2.15%) Network Security
6 14 (1.58%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.56%) BGP
7 5 (0.56%) Cisco Nexus
7 5 (0.56%) SAN
7 5 (0.56%) SSL
8 4 (0.45%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (0.45%) HTTPS
8 4 (0.45%) Intranet
8 4 (0.45%) IPsec
8 4 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.34%) Cisco IOS
9 3 (0.34%) IPv4
9 3 (0.34%) LAN
9 3 (0.34%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (9.04%) SQL Server
2 62 (7.01%) PostgreSQL
3 47 (5.31%) NoSQL
4 46 (5.20%) MongoDB
5 31 (3.50%) Elasticsearch
5 31 (3.50%) Relational Database
6 30 (3.39%) Azure SQL Database
6 30 (3.39%) MySQL
7 29 (3.28%) Amazon RDS
7 29 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
8 26 (2.94%) Big Data
9 25 (2.82%) Data Lake
10 21 (2.37%) Power BI
11 17 (1.92%) BigQuery
11 17 (1.92%) DynamoDB
12 15 (1.69%) Redis
13 14 (1.58%) Amazon Aurora
13 14 (1.58%) Oracle Database
14 13 (1.47%) Amazon Redshift
15 10 (1.13%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 193 (21.81%) Jenkins
2 153 (17.29%) Git
3 119 (13.45%) GitLab
4 72 (8.14%) JIRA
5 44 (4.97%) Cucumber
5 44 (4.97%) Selenium
6 40 (4.52%) Cypress.io
7 34 (3.84%) JUnit
8 24 (2.71%) JMeter
9 23 (2.60%) Bitbucket
9 23 (2.60%) Postman
9 23 (2.60%) SpecFlow
10 22 (2.49%) Mockito
11 19 (2.15%) TeamCity
11 19 (2.15%) Visual Studio
12 16 (1.81%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 15 (1.69%) Artifactory
13 15 (1.69%) Maven
13 15 (1.69%) Sonatype Nexus
13 15 (1.69%) TestNG
General
1 201 (22.71%) Social Skills
2 169 (19.10%) Finance
3 108 (12.20%) Public Sector
4 57 (6.44%) Banking
5 55 (6.21%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (2.49%) Retail
7 18 (2.03%) Front Office
8 16 (1.81%) Law
9 14 (1.58%) Pharmaceutical
10 13 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (1.24%) Telecoms
12 10 (1.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (1.13%) Investment Banking
12 10 (1.13%) Marketing
13 8 (0.90%) Financial Institution
13 8 (0.90%) Manufacturing
14 7 (0.79%) Publishing
14 7 (0.79%) Retail Banking
15 6 (0.68%) Back Office
16 4 (0.45%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 251 (28.36%) Developer
2 150 (16.95%) DevOps Engineer
3 138 (15.59%) Senior
4 79 (8.93%) Architect
5 73 (8.25%) Lead
6 63 (7.12%) AWS Engineer
7 59 (6.67%) Senior Developer
8 54 (6.10%) Azure Engineer
8 54 (6.10%) Data Engineer
9 53 (5.99%) Java Developer
10 46 (5.20%) Full Stack Developer
11 43 (4.86%) AWS DevOps
12 40 (4.52%) AWS DevOps Engineer
13 39 (4.41%) Software Developer
14 33 (3.73%) Azure Developer
15 32 (3.62%) Python Engineer
16 29 (3.28%) Cloud Engineer
17 28 (3.16%) Consultant
18 26 (2.94%) Senior DevOps
18 26 (2.94%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (11.07%) React
2 91 (10.28%) REST
3 87 (9.83%) .NET
4 84 (9.49%) Node.js
5 60 (6.78%) XML
6 58 (6.55%) Spring Boot
7 57 (6.44%) CSS
8 54 (6.10%) HTML
9 52 (5.88%) ARM Templates
10 51 (5.76%) Spring
11 50 (5.65%) Kafka
12 48 (5.42%) RESTful
13 43 (4.86%) JSON
14 36 (4.07%) YAML
15 34 (3.84%) .NET Framework
15 34 (3.84%) Elastic Stack
16 31 (3.50%) AngularJS
17 28 (3.16%) RabbitMQ
18 25 (2.82%) GraphQL
18 25 (2.82%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 52 (5.88%) Product Ownership
2 40 (4.52%) Distributed Systems
3 30 (3.39%) Data Structures
4 29 (3.28%) Public Cloud
5 28 (3.16%) Greenfield Project
6 26 (2.94%) Algorithms
7 25 (2.82%) Cloud Native
8 21 (2.37%) PKI
9 19 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
9 19 (2.15%) Mobile App
10 18 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
11 16 (1.81%) Linux Command Line
12 12 (1.36%) Credit Derivative
13 11 (1.24%) Management Information System
14 8 (0.90%) Data Centre
14 8 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
14 8 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
15 7 (0.79%) Virtual Team
16 6 (0.68%) Contactless
16 6 (0.68%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 142 (16.05%) Linux
2 86 (9.72%) Windows
3 45 (5.08%) Windows Server
4 31 (3.50%) Unix
5 20 (2.26%) Android
6 19 (2.15%) Windows Server 2016
6 19 (2.15%) Windows Server 2019
7 18 (2.03%) Apple iOS
8 14 (1.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 10 (1.13%) Ubuntu
10 9 (1.02%) CentOS
11 4 (0.45%) VMS
12 3 (0.34%) Windows 10
13 2 (0.23%) AIX
13 2 (0.23%) Alpine Linux
13 2 (0.23%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.23%) Solaris
13 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
14 1 (0.11%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 558 (63.05%) DevOps
2 373 (42.15%) Agile
3 208 (23.50%) Infrastructure as Code
4 170 (19.21%) Test Automation
5 133 (15.03%) Problem-Solving
6 131 (14.80%) Microservices
7 124 (14.01%) Continuous Integration
8 120 (13.56%) Containerisation
9 105 (11.86%) Scrum
10 99 (11.19%) Software Engineering
11 93 (10.51%) SDLC
12 92 (10.40%) Full Stack Development
13 79 (8.93%) Analytics
14 71 (8.02%) Migration
15 61 (6.89%) TDD
16 55 (6.21%) Continuous Deployment
17 54 (6.10%) ETL
18 46 (5.20%) Continuous Delivery
19 44 (4.97%) Computer Science
19 44 (4.97%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 302 (34.12%) Python
2 195 (22.03%) Java
3 170 (19.21%) SQL
4 132 (14.92%) JavaScript
5 120 (13.56%) PowerShell
6 116 (13.11%) C#
7 75 (8.47%) Bash
7 75 (8.47%) TypeScript
8 52 (5.88%) Bicep
9 47 (5.31%) Go
10 32 (3.62%) Shell Script
11 24 (2.71%) Perl
12 21 (2.37%) Scala
13 18 (2.03%) VBScript
14 17 (1.92%) C++
14 17 (1.92%) VB
15 14 (1.58%) Ruby
16 11 (1.24%) Kotlin
17 10 (1.13%) Groovy
17 10 (1.13%) PHP
Qualifications
1 145 (16.38%) Security Cleared
2 124 (14.01%) SC Cleared
3 61 (6.89%) Degree
4 31 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (2.94%) DV Cleared
6 23 (2.60%) AWS Certification
7 17 (1.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 11 (1.24%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 9 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.02%) ISTQB
10 8 (0.90%) CISSP
11 6 (0.68%) Azure Certification
12 5 (0.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (0.56%) CISM
13 3 (0.34%) CRISC
13 3 (0.34%) ISEB
13 3 (0.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 3 (0.34%) Master's Degree
14 2 (0.23%) Cisco Certification
14 2 (0.23%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (6.55%) QA
2 27 (3.05%) Accessibility
3 17 (1.92%) NIST
4 12 (1.36%) Data Quality
4 12 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (1.13%) SLA
6 8 (0.90%) GDPR
7 7 (0.79%) HIPAA
7 7 (0.79%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.56%) NCSC
9 4 (0.45%) Disclosure Scotland
9 4 (0.45%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.34%) PMO
11 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.23%) MiFID
12 1 (0.11%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.11%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.11%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 190 (21.47%) Docker
2 75 (8.47%) Active Directory
3 35 (3.95%) Virtual Machines
4 18 (2.03%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (1.36%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 7 (0.79%) VMware NSX
7 5 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
8 4 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.34%) vCloud
9 3 (0.34%) vSphere
10 2 (0.23%) Hyper-V
11 1 (0.11%) HDFS
11 1 (0.11%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 233 (26.33%) Kubernetes
2 232 (26.21%) Terraform
3 114 (12.88%) Ansible
4 70 (7.91%) Grafana
5 60 (6.78%) Prometheus
6 27 (3.05%) Kibana
7 26 (2.94%) Puppet
8 21 (2.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 21 (2.37%) Progress Chef
9 20 (2.26%) SCOM
10 17 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
10 17 (1.92%) SCCM
10 17 (1.92%) WSUS
11 15 (1.69%) Consul
12 12 (1.36%) logstash
13 7 (0.79%) Argo
13 7 (0.79%) Packer
13 7 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
14 5 (0.56%) CloudHub
15 4 (0.45%) Istio
Vendors
1 134 (15.14%) Microsoft
2 42 (4.75%) Oracle
3 37 (4.18%) Google
4 33 (3.73%) Databricks
5 28 (3.16%) Splunk
6 22 (2.49%) Salesforce
7 19 (2.15%) IBM
8 17 (1.92%) VMware
9 16 (1.81%) CyberArk
9 16 (1.81%) SAP
10 15 (1.69%) ServiceNow
11 12 (1.36%) BeyondTrust
11 12 (1.36%) SaltStack
12 10 (1.13%) Cisco
12 10 (1.13%) MuleSoft
12 10 (1.13%) Red Hat
13 9 (1.02%) Adobe
14 8 (0.90%) Dynatrace
15 7 (0.79%) Atlassian
15 7 (0.79%) Genesys