Software Delivery Contracts

Software Delivery
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Software Delivery skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software Delivery over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 348 297 254
Rank change year-on-year -51 -43 +42
Contract jobs citing Software Delivery 226 491 965
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.53% 0.86% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.96% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 325 659
10th Percentile £421 £413 £413
25th Percentile £500 £473 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £570 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% -0.87% +11.22%
75th Percentile £698 £688 £688
90th Percentile £793 £770 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £500 £517
% change year-on-year +10.00% -3.29% +8.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 25 6
10th Percentile £65.00 £56.44 £38.73
25th Percentile £68.38 £64.50 £46.71
Median hourly rate £80.00 £73.71 £64.75
Median % change year-on-year +8.53% +13.84% +43.89%
75th Percentile £85.00 £75.86 £79.31
90th Percentile £86.50 £85.00 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.00 £70.00 £39.85
% change year-on-year +14.29% +75.66% -11.44%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Software Delivery 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 requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,673 51,121 79,325
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.13% 89.77% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,631 35,432 55,673
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 1,683 1,892
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.99 £16.01 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.54
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -4.99%

Software Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Delivery in the UK

Software Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Delivery.

Daily rate trend for Software Delivery in the UK

Software Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Delivery over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Delivery in the UK

Software Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Delivery.

Hourly rate trend for Software Delivery in the UK

Software Delivery
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Delivery over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Software Delivery in the UK

Software Delivery
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 Software Delivery within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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 -62 180 £595 +2.37% 175
UK excluding London +2 103 £550 +10.00% 139
London -38 100 £600 -4.00% 62
Work from Home +8 72 £550 +10.00% 116
North of England +23 33 £550 - 33
Scotland +41 29 £490 +12.00% 14
North West +23 23 £600 +23.08% 23
South West +13 19 £525 - 19
Yorkshire +8 14 £575 +4.55% 8
South East +14 13 £538 +7.50% 27
Midlands -4 8 £675 +40.63% 32
East Midlands +12 4 - - 14
North East +10 4 £720 +37.14% 2
West Midlands -2 4 £675 +40.63% 18
East of England -7 1 £600 +17.07% 7

Software Delivery
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 20 (8.85%) Confluence
2 8 (3.54%) Anypoint
3 5 (2.21%) Apache Spark
3 5 (2.21%) CMS
3 5 (2.21%) nginx
4 4 (1.77%) Apache Solr
4 4 (1.77%) Drupal
5 2 (0.88%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.44%) Apache
6 1 (0.44%) Appian
6 1 (0.44%) MTS
Applications
1 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.44%) Sketch
1 1 (0.44%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.65%) Shopify
2 3 (1.33%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.88%) Endur
3 2 (0.88%) JDE OneWorld
3 2 (0.88%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 79 (34.96%) AWS
2 53 (23.45%) Azure
3 26 (11.50%) Azure DevOps
4 23 (10.18%) Serverless
5 22 (9.73%) AWS Lambda
6 20 (8.85%) GCP
7 14 (6.19%) AWS CloudFormation
8 13 (5.75%) Amazon S3
8 13 (5.75%) OpenShift
9 12 (5.31%) Amazon EC2
10 11 (4.87%) SaaS
11 8 (3.54%) GitHub
12 6 (2.65%) Apigee
12 6 (2.65%) BigCommerce
12 6 (2.65%) OCI
13 4 (1.77%) Amazon EKS
13 4 (1.77%) Amazon OpenSearch
13 4 (1.77%) Miro
13 4 (1.77%) PaaS
13 4 (1.77%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.31%) DNS
2 10 (4.42%) HTTP
3 7 (3.10%) TCP/IP
4 5 (2.21%) SSL
5 4 (1.77%) HTTPS
5 4 (1.77%) IPsec
6 3 (1.33%) DHCP
6 3 (1.33%) Firewall
7 2 (0.88%) Broadband
7 2 (0.88%) Internet
7 2 (0.88%) Intranet
7 2 (0.88%) Network Security
7 2 (0.88%) VPN
8 1 (0.44%) FTP
8 1 (0.44%) OpenLDAP
8 1 (0.44%) SNMP
8 1 (0.44%) SSH
8 1 (0.44%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (10.62%) NoSQL
2 10 (4.42%) Apache Cassandra
2 10 (4.42%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (3.10%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (3.10%) Oracle Database
3 7 (3.10%) SQL Server
4 6 (2.65%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (2.21%) MySQL
5 5 (2.21%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.77%) Couchbase
6 4 (1.77%) Hadoop
6 4 (1.77%) Redis
7 3 (1.33%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (1.33%) Big Data
7 3 (1.33%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.33%) InfluxDB
8 2 (0.88%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (0.88%) Tableau
9 1 (0.44%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.44%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 34 (15.04%) Git
1 34 (15.04%) JIRA
2 29 (12.83%) Jenkins
3 16 (7.08%) TeamCity
4 15 (6.64%) GitLab
5 13 (5.75%) Artifactory
6 10 (4.42%) Cucumber
6 10 (4.42%) Selenium
7 8 (3.54%) Moq
7 8 (3.54%) NUnit
8 7 (3.10%) SonarQube
9 6 (2.65%) Cypress.io
9 6 (2.65%) JUnit
10 5 (2.21%) Gatling
10 5 (2.21%) Subversion
11 4 (1.77%) Mockito
11 4 (1.77%) ScalaTest
12 3 (1.33%) JMeter
12 3 (1.33%) Maven
12 3 (1.33%) Postman
General
1 58 (25.66%) Social Skills
2 44 (19.47%) Finance
3 40 (17.70%) Public Sector
4 12 (5.31%) Front Office
4 12 (5.31%) Telecoms
5 11 (4.87%) Legal
6 10 (4.42%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (3.98%) Retail
8 8 (3.54%) Banking
8 8 (3.54%) Marketing
9 6 (2.65%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.33%) Electronics
12 3 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.88%) Aviation
13 2 (0.88%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.88%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.88%) Military
14 1 (0.44%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 58 (25.66%) Developer
2 43 (19.03%) Senior
3 40 (17.70%) DevOps Engineer
4 23 (10.18%) Analyst
5 22 (9.73%) Delivery Manager
6 21 (9.29%) Lead
7 17 (7.52%) Business Analyst
8 15 (6.64%) Senior Developer
9 14 (6.19%) AWS Engineer
9 14 (6.19%) Project Manager
9 14 (6.19%) Senior Manager
10 12 (5.31%) Architect
10 12 (5.31%) AWS DevOps
10 12 (5.31%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 12 (5.31%) Senior Delivery Manager
11 11 (4.87%) Scala Developer
11 11 (4.87%) ServiceNow Developer
12 10 (4.42%) Technical Analyst
13 9 (3.98%) C# Developer
13 9 (3.98%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (15.49%) RESTful
2 24 (10.62%) .NET
3 21 (9.29%) RabbitMQ
4 19 (8.41%) Spring
5 15 (6.64%) Kafka
5 15 (6.64%) Node.js
6 13 (5.75%) .NET Core
6 13 (5.75%) REST
6 13 (5.75%) XML
6 13 (5.75%) YAML
7 12 (5.31%) Elastic Stack
8 11 (4.87%) Akka
9 9 (3.98%) ASP.NET
9 9 (3.98%) CSS
9 9 (3.98%) HTML
9 9 (3.98%) JSON
9 9 (3.98%) Middleware
9 9 (3.98%) OpenAPI
9 9 (3.98%) React
9 9 (3.98%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.96%) Product Ownership
2 13 (5.75%) Cloud Native
3 11 (4.87%) Greenfield Project
4 10 (4.42%) Management Information System
5 9 (3.98%) Public Cloud
6 5 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.21%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.21%) Verilog
6 5 (2.21%) VHDL
7 4 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.33%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (0.88%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.88%) Data Fabric
9 2 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.88%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (0.88%) IoT
9 2 (0.88%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.44%) Blockchain
10 1 (0.44%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 28 (12.39%) Linux
2 8 (3.54%) Ubuntu
3 7 (3.10%) Unix
4 5 (2.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.77%) CentOS
6 3 (1.33%) Android
6 3 (1.33%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.33%) Windows
7 1 (0.44%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (65.04%) Agile
2 93 (41.15%) DevOps
3 91 (40.27%) CI/CD
4 57 (25.22%) Scrum
5 46 (20.35%) Microservices
6 43 (19.03%) Continuous Integration
7 41 (18.14%) Infrastructure as Code
7 41 (18.14%) Test Automation
8 34 (15.04%) TDD
9 33 (14.60%) Kanban
10 30 (13.27%) Project Management
11 28 (12.39%) Containerisation
11 28 (12.39%) Project Delivery
12 25 (11.06%) Configuration Management
12 25 (11.06%) SDLC
13 24 (10.62%) Problem-Solving
14 23 (10.18%) High Availability
14 23 (10.18%) Roadmaps
15 21 (9.29%) Software Engineering
15 21 (9.29%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (17.70%) Java
2 39 (17.26%) SQL
3 33 (14.60%) Python
4 23 (10.18%) JavaScript
5 22 (9.73%) Bash
6 20 (8.85%) C#
7 13 (5.75%) PowerShell
8 12 (5.31%) Scala
9 10 (4.42%) C++
10 8 (3.54%) Ruby
11 7 (3.10%) TypeScript
12 6 (2.65%) C
12 6 (2.65%) Go
13 4 (1.77%) Bicep
13 4 (1.77%) PHP
14 3 (1.33%) Groovy
14 3 (1.33%) Perl
14 3 (1.33%) PL/SQL
14 3 (1.33%) VB.NET
15 2 (0.88%) VBA
Qualifications
1 47 (20.80%) Security Cleared
2 27 (11.95%) SC Cleared
3 17 (7.52%) Degree
4 14 (6.19%) ITIL Certification
5 11 (4.87%) DV Cleared
6 7 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.77%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.77%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 4 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.88%) ISEB
9 2 (0.88%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.88%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.44%) CSPO
10 1 (0.44%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.44%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.44%) PgMP
10 1 (0.44%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.44%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (11.95%) QA
2 6 (2.65%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.77%) GDPR
3 4 (1.77%) HIPAA
3 4 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.77%) NIST
4 3 (1.33%) Disclosure Scotland
4 3 (1.33%) ISO 9001
4 3 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 3 (1.33%) SLA
5 2 (0.88%) Def Stans
5 2 (0.88%) DO-178B
5 2 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 2 (0.88%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.44%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.44%) PMO
System Software
1 58 (25.66%) Docker
2 7 (3.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.65%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.65%) vSphere
4 4 (1.77%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.33%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.33%) vCloud
5 3 (1.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 53 (23.45%) Terraform
2 49 (21.68%) Kubernetes
3 36 (15.93%) Ansible
4 12 (5.31%) Grafana
4 12 (5.31%) Prometheus
5 7 (3.10%) Kibana
5 7 (3.10%) Puppet
6 6 (2.65%) Progress Chef
7 3 (1.33%) Autotask
7 3 (1.33%) Rancher
7 3 (1.33%) WSUS
8 2 (0.88%) logstash
9 1 (0.44%) Nagios
9 1 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 22 (9.73%) Microsoft
2 21 (9.29%) ServiceNow
3 17 (7.52%) SAP
4 15 (6.64%) Oracle
4 15 (6.64%) Salesforce
4 15 (6.64%) VMware
5 10 (4.42%) Google
6 8 (3.54%) MuleSoft
6 8 (3.54%) TIBCO
7 6 (2.65%) Adobe
7 6 (2.65%) Sitecore
7 6 (2.65%) Typelevel
7 6 (2.65%) WSO2
8 4 (1.77%) Databricks
8 4 (1.77%) Teradata
9 3 (1.33%) Arista
9 3 (1.33%) Dell
9 3 (1.33%) Intel
9 3 (1.33%) TOWER Software
9 3 (1.33%) Virgin Media