Continuous Integration Contracts with Work from Home Options

Continuous Integration
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Continuous Integration skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Continuous Integration over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 139 122 98
Rank change year-on-year -17 -24 -14
Contract jobs citing Continuous Integration 238 480 1,212
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.61% 2.01% 2.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.85% 2.24% 3.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 361 791
10th Percentile £360 £425 £413
25th Percentile £425 £485 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £593
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -2.95% +18.50%
75th Percentile £610 £638 £688
90th Percentile £688 £743 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £590 £600
% change year-on-year -6.78% -1.67% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 12 4
10th Percentile - £53.25 £58.38
25th Percentile - £63.38 £63.44
Median hourly rate £65.00 £66.50 £67.25
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% -1.12% +97.79%
75th Percentile - £70.00 £70.52
90th Percentile - £71.35 £73.71
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.63
% change year-on-year - -0.95% +47.47%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Continuous Integration falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,871 21,399 39,942
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.23% 89.63% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,673 15,206 29,099
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +5.42%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 495 518
10th Percentile £15.02 £18.49 £14.96
25th Percentile £24.00 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.13 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.51% +30.33% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.95 £78.45 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

Continuous Integration
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Continuous Integration as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Continuous Integration trend for jobs with a WFH option

Continuous Integration
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 Continuous Integration.

Continuous Integration daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Continuous Integration
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Continuous Integration over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Continuous Integration daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Continuous Integration
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 Continuous Integration.

Continuous Integration hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Continuous Integration
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 23 (9.66%) Confluence
2 16 (6.72%) Apache Spark
3 7 (2.94%) CMS
4 5 (2.10%) Apache
4 5 (2.10%) JBoss
5 4 (1.68%) Luigi
6 3 (1.26%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.84%) IIS
7 2 (0.84%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.84%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 2 (0.84%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.42%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.42%) CICS
8 1 (0.42%) GemFire
8 1 (0.42%) nginx
8 1 (0.42%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.42%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.26%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.42%) Magento
3 1 (0.42%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.42%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.42%) SAP PM
3 1 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 90 (37.82%) Azure
2 83 (34.87%) AWS
3 36 (15.13%) GCP
4 34 (14.29%) GitHub
5 30 (12.61%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (6.30%) IaaS
7 14 (5.88%) OpenShift
8 11 (4.62%) GitHub Actions
8 11 (4.62%) Serverless
9 10 (4.20%) Azure Logic Apps
9 10 (4.20%) Azure Service Bus
10 9 (3.78%) PaaS
11 8 (3.36%) Azure Data Factory
11 8 (3.36%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (2.94%) Amazon EKS
12 7 (2.94%) Amazon S3
12 7 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
12 7 (2.94%) SaaS
13 6 (2.52%) Amazon SQS
13 6 (2.52%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 18 (7.56%) TCP/IP
2 13 (5.46%) Firewall
3 12 (5.04%) DNS
4 8 (3.36%) VPN
5 7 (2.94%) DHCP
6 6 (2.52%) VLAN
7 5 (2.10%) HTTP
7 5 (2.10%) Kerberos
7 5 (2.10%) NAS
7 5 (2.10%) SAN
8 3 (1.26%) SSL
9 2 (0.84%) WAN
10 1 (0.42%) BIG-IP
10 1 (0.42%) Cisco Nexus
10 1 (0.42%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.42%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 1 (0.42%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.42%) Radio Access Network
10 1 (0.42%) tcpdump
10 1 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (10.50%) MySQL
2 20 (8.40%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (7.56%) Relational Database
4 15 (6.30%) NoSQL
5 14 (5.88%) SQL Server
6 11 (4.62%) Amazon Redshift
7 9 (3.78%) Big Data
7 9 (3.78%) Data Lake
7 9 (3.78%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (3.78%) MongoDB
8 7 (2.94%) Delta Lake
8 7 (2.94%) Redis
9 5 (2.10%) Apache Cassandra
9 5 (2.10%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (2.10%) DB2
9 5 (2.10%) InterSystems Cache
10 4 (1.68%) Couchbase
10 4 (1.68%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (1.26%) Hadoop
11 3 (1.26%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 72 (30.25%) Jenkins
2 66 (27.73%) Git
3 45 (18.91%) GitLab
3 45 (18.91%) JIRA
4 21 (8.82%) Selenium
5 20 (8.40%) Postman
6 16 (6.72%) Cucumber
6 16 (6.72%) JMeter
7 15 (6.30%) SonarQube
8 13 (5.46%) Cypress.io
9 12 (5.04%) Bitbucket
9 12 (5.04%) REST Assured
9 12 (5.04%) TeamCity
10 11 (4.62%) TestRail
11 10 (4.20%) Artifactory
12 9 (3.78%) Sonatype Nexus
13 8 (3.36%) Appium
13 8 (3.36%) JUnit
14 7 (2.94%) TestNG
15 6 (2.52%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 69 (28.99%) Social Skills
2 55 (23.11%) Finance
3 32 (13.45%) Banking
4 27 (11.34%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (6.30%) Public Sector
6 12 (5.04%) Investment Banking
7 9 (3.78%) Back Office
8 8 (3.36%) Retail
9 7 (2.94%) Corporate Banking
9 7 (2.94%) Law
9 7 (2.94%) Police
9 7 (2.94%) Retail Banking
10 6 (2.52%) Front Office
10 6 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (2.10%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.84%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.84%) Military
13 1 (0.42%) Games
13 1 (0.42%) Legal
13 1 (0.42%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 58 (24.37%) Developer
2 42 (17.65%) Senior
3 20 (8.40%) DevOps Engineer
4 17 (7.14%) Senior Developer
5 16 (6.72%) Analyst
5 16 (6.72%) Architect
5 16 (6.72%) Lead
5 16 (6.72%) Test Analyst
6 15 (6.30%) Data Engineer
6 15 (6.30%) Software Engineer
7 13 (5.46%) Java Developer
8 12 (5.04%) Azure Engineer
8 12 (5.04%) React Developer
9 10 (4.20%) Tester
10 9 (3.78%) Consultant
11 8 (3.36%) Senior Analyst
11 8 (3.36%) Senior Test Analyst
12 7 (2.94%) Azure Architect
12 7 (2.94%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
12 7 (2.94%) Full Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (11.34%) REST
2 25 (10.50%) React
3 23 (9.66%) Node.js
4 22 (9.24%) .NET
5 17 (7.14%) Elastic Stack
6 16 (6.72%) RESTful
7 15 (6.30%) ARM Templates
7 15 (6.30%) XML
8 14 (5.88%) Kafka
9 12 (5.04%) CSS
10 11 (4.62%) JSON
11 10 (4.20%) HTML
12 9 (3.78%) Java EE
12 9 (3.78%) Middleware
12 9 (3.78%) PySpark
12 9 (3.78%) SOAP
12 9 (3.78%) YAML
13 8 (3.36%) .NET Framework
13 8 (3.36%) Spring
13 8 (3.36%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.88%) Product Ownership
2 8 (3.36%) Public Cloud
3 7 (2.94%) Clustering
3 7 (2.94%) Data Structures
4 6 (2.52%) Mobile App
4 6 (2.52%) Replication
5 5 (2.10%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (1.68%) Algorithms
6 4 (1.68%) Distributed Applications
6 4 (1.68%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.26%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.26%) Wiki
8 2 (0.84%) CBDC
8 2 (0.84%) Derivative
8 2 (0.84%) Fixed Income
8 2 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.84%) N-Tier
8 2 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 42 (17.65%) Linux
2 32 (13.45%) Windows
3 8 (3.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 8 (3.36%) Unix
3 8 (3.36%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.94%) Solaris
5 6 (2.52%) Android
6 5 (2.10%) Oracle Linux
7 3 (1.26%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.84%) AIX
8 2 (0.84%) VMS
8 2 (0.84%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (59.66%) Agile
2 120 (50.42%) CI/CD
3 109 (45.80%) DevOps
4 92 (38.66%) Test Automation
5 58 (24.37%) Software Engineering
6 57 (23.95%) Scrum
7 53 (22.27%) Continuous Deployment
8 51 (21.43%) Infrastructure as Code
8 51 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
9 42 (17.65%) Analytics
10 41 (17.23%) Containerisation
11 39 (16.39%) Configuration Management
12 37 (15.55%) Continuous Delivery
13 29 (12.18%) Test Strategy
14 28 (11.76%) Microservices
15 26 (10.92%) Software Testing
16 25 (10.50%) ETL
17 24 (10.08%) TDD
18 22 (9.24%) SDLC
19 20 (8.40%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 65 (27.31%) Python
2 46 (19.33%) SQL
3 36 (15.13%) Java
4 31 (13.03%) C#
4 31 (13.03%) JavaScript
5 21 (8.82%) PowerShell
6 20 (8.40%) TypeScript
7 19 (7.98%) Bash
8 9 (3.78%) Bicep
8 9 (3.78%) Kotlin
8 9 (3.78%) PHP
9 8 (3.36%) Go
9 8 (3.36%) Perl
10 7 (2.94%) Ruby
11 6 (2.52%) C++
11 6 (2.52%) Scala
12 3 (1.26%) C
12 3 (1.26%) COBOL
12 3 (1.26%) Groovy
12 3 (1.26%) SELCOPY
Qualifications
1 37 (15.55%) Security Cleared
2 28 (11.76%) SC Cleared
3 21 (8.82%) Degree
4 10 (4.20%) ISTQB
5 9 (3.78%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 7 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.94%) DV Cleared
7 5 (2.10%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.26%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.84%) OCP
9 2 (0.84%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.42%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.42%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.42%) ISEB
10 1 (0.42%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.42%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.42%) PMP
10 1 (0.42%) SANS
10 1 (0.42%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (13.87%) QA
2 5 (2.10%) GDPR
2 5 (2.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (1.26%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.84%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.42%) GxP
5 1 (0.42%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.42%) NIST
5 1 (0.42%) WCAG
System Software
1 62 (26.05%) Docker
2 12 (5.04%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.26%) vCloud
4 3 (1.26%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.26%) VirtualBox
4 3 (1.26%) VMware NSX
4 3 (1.26%) vSphere
5 2 (0.84%) Time Sharing Option
5 2 (0.84%) zsh
6 1 (0.42%) GridGain
6 1 (0.42%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 59 (24.79%) Terraform
2 54 (22.69%) Kubernetes
3 44 (18.49%) Ansible
4 21 (8.82%) Grafana
5 17 (7.14%) Progress Chef
6 15 (6.30%) Puppet
7 14 (5.88%) Docker Swarm
7 14 (5.88%) Prometheus
8 9 (3.78%) Kibana
9 8 (3.36%) Podman
10 7 (2.94%) Tivoli
11 6 (2.52%) logstash
12 5 (2.10%) EMC NetWorker
12 5 (2.10%) Netcool
12 5 (2.10%) Tivoli Storage Manager
13 3 (1.26%) Autotask
13 3 (1.26%) Zipkin
14 2 (0.84%) Oracle Flashback
14 2 (0.84%) Oracle RMAN
14 2 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 29 (12.18%) Oracle
2 27 (11.34%) Microsoft
3 15 (6.30%) Splunk
4 12 (5.04%) Google
4 12 (5.04%) IBM
5 11 (4.62%) Denodo
5 11 (4.62%) EMC
5 11 (4.62%) Talend
6 9 (3.78%) Databricks
6 9 (3.78%) VMware
7 6 (2.52%) Cisco
7 6 (2.52%) Dell
7 6 (2.52%) HP
7 6 (2.52%) Red Hat
8 5 (2.10%) CyberArk
8 5 (2.10%) Isilon
8 5 (2.10%) Qualys
8 5 (2.10%) SAP
8 5 (2.10%) Serena
8 5 (2.10%) ServiceNow