YAML
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for YAML skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited YAML over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 429 350 546
Rank change year-on-year -79 +196 -68
Contract jobs citing YAML 158 408 298
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.37% 0.71% 0.34%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.78% 3.05% 1.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 278 213
10th Percentile £420 £458 £426
25th Percentile £494 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £656
90th Percentile £688 £800 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £588 £525
% change year-on-year -10.64% +11.90% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
10th Percentile - £72.00 £52.75
25th Percentile - £74.25 £53.13
Median hourly rate - £78.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - +41.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile - £84.00 £56.88
90th Percentile - £87.60 £57.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £78.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +41.82% +4.76%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,899 13,396 23,823
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.86% 23.24% 27.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,168 9,771 17,471
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £663
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 243 157 240
10th Percentile £21.25 £30.45 £22.50
25th Percentile £43.00 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.60
90th Percentile £74.90 £81.00 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £64.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -26.36% +29.00% +11.11%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for YAML in the UK

YAML
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing YAML over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for YAML in the UK

YAML
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for YAML in the UK

YAML
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing YAML within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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 -60 138 £600 +4.35% 30
London -77 72 £625 +13.64% 8
Work from Home +37 70 £575 +2.68% 17
UK excluding London +26 62 £525 -10.64% 19
North of England +33 29 £513 -14.58% 5
Yorkshire - 25 £479 - 3
South West +11 12 £525 -14.29% 1
South East -3 11 £450 -25.06% 9
Scotland +30 4 £575 +43.75% 1
North West +21 4 £514 +2.75% 1
East of England +14 4 £625 +47.06% 1
Midlands +19 2 £375 -21.05% 2
West Midlands +18 2 £375 -19.35% 2

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 12 (7.59%) Confluence
2 4 (2.53%) Apache Solr
2 4 (2.53%) nginx
3 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.63%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.53%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 90 (56.96%) Azure
2 52 (32.91%) Azure DevOps
3 37 (23.42%) AWS
4 36 (22.78%) GitHub
5 27 (17.09%) Azure Service Bus
6 17 (10.76%) GCP
7 14 (8.86%) Azure API Management
8 13 (8.23%) Serverless
9 12 (7.59%) AWS CloudFormation
9 12 (7.59%) Azure AKS
9 12 (7.59%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 12 (7.59%) Azure Logic Apps
9 12 (7.59%) PaaS
10 11 (6.96%) Azure Monitor
10 11 (6.96%) NuGet
11 10 (6.33%) Azure Key Vault
12 9 (5.70%) Apigee
12 9 (5.70%) Kong
13 8 (5.06%) IaaS
14 7 (4.43%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 22 (13.92%) DNS
2 21 (13.29%) Firewall
3 15 (9.49%) VPN
4 14 (8.86%) TCP/IP
5 13 (8.23%) HTTP
6 5 (3.16%) HTTPS
7 4 (2.53%) IPsec
7 4 (2.53%) Reverse Proxy
7 4 (2.53%) SNA
7 4 (2.53%) SSL
7 4 (2.53%) VSAN
8 3 (1.90%) BIG-IP
8 3 (1.90%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 2 (1.27%) Internet
9 2 (1.27%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (1.27%) Modbus
10 1 (0.63%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.63%) LAN
10 1 (0.63%) SNMP
10 1 (0.63%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (12.03%) SQL Server
2 15 (9.49%) NoSQL
3 12 (7.59%) Azure SQL Database
4 11 (6.96%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (4.43%) MySQL
6 6 (3.80%) Parquet
7 5 (3.16%) Couchbase
8 4 (2.53%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (2.53%) Oracle Database
8 4 (2.53%) Redis
9 3 (1.90%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (1.90%) Data Lake
10 2 (1.27%) Amazon Athena
10 2 (1.27%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (1.27%) Big Data
10 2 (1.27%) DynamoDB
10 2 (1.27%) Power BI
11 1 (0.63%) Bigtable
11 1 (0.63%) CockroachDB
11 1 (0.63%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 58 (36.71%) Git
2 33 (20.89%) Jenkins
3 25 (15.82%) GitLab
4 20 (12.66%) JIRA
5 15 (9.49%) Artifactory
6 10 (6.33%) SonarQube
7 9 (5.70%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 9 (5.70%) CircleCI
7 9 (5.70%) Travis CI
8 4 (2.53%) Bitbucket
8 4 (2.53%) Selenium
8 4 (2.53%) Visual Studio Code
9 3 (1.90%) Gradle
9 3 (1.90%) Subversion
9 3 (1.90%) Visual Studio
10 2 (1.27%) CMake
10 2 (1.27%) Maven
11 1 (0.63%) Katalon Studio
11 1 (0.63%) Postman
11 1 (0.63%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 57 (36.08%) Social Skills
2 25 (15.82%) Finance
3 14 (8.86%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (8.23%) Public Sector
5 10 (6.33%) Legal
6 7 (4.43%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (1.90%) Banking
7 3 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.90%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.27%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.63%) Advertising
9 1 (0.63%) Marketing
9 1 (0.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 42 (26.58%) DevOps Engineer
2 25 (15.82%) Azure Engineer
3 23 (14.56%) Developer
4 15 (9.49%) Senior
5 13 (8.23%) Storage Manager
6 11 (6.96%) Lead
7 10 (6.33%) .NET Developer
7 10 (6.33%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 10 (6.33%) Platform Engineer
8 9 (5.70%) Data Engineer
9 8 (5.06%) React Developer
9 8 (5.06%) Security Engineer
10 7 (4.43%) Architect
10 7 (4.43%) Automation Engineer
10 7 (4.43%) AWS Engineer
10 7 (4.43%) Azure Developer
10 7 (4.43%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 6 (3.80%) Azure Platform Engineer
11 6 (3.80%) DevOps Automation Engineer
12 5 (3.16%) Integration Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (29.75%) JSON
2 31 (19.62%) .NET
3 22 (13.92%) REST
4 20 (12.66%) .NET Core
5 18 (11.39%) XML
6 12 (7.59%) SOAP
7 11 (6.96%) Node.js
8 10 (6.33%) Elastic Stack
8 10 (6.33%) React
9 9 (5.70%) GraphQL
10 8 (5.06%) Swagger
11 7 (4.43%) ARM Templates
12 6 (3.80%) WebSockets
13 5 (3.16%) HTML
13 5 (3.16%) OAuth
13 5 (3.16%) OAuth2
14 4 (2.53%) HTML5
14 4 (2.53%) RabbitMQ
14 4 (2.53%) RESTful
14 4 (2.53%) SignalR
Miscellaneous
1 22 (13.92%) Data Centre
2 12 (7.59%) Cloud Native
2 12 (7.59%) Data Structures
2 12 (7.59%) Linux Command Line
3 9 (5.70%) Distributed Systems
3 9 (5.70%) Management Information System
4 8 (5.06%) Product Ownership
5 5 (3.16%) Public Cloud
5 5 (3.16%) Renewable Energy
6 4 (2.53%) ASIC
6 4 (2.53%) FPGA
6 4 (2.53%) Verilog
7 3 (1.90%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.90%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.27%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.27%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (1.27%) Replication
8 2 (1.27%) Solar Panel
8 2 (1.27%) Wiki
9 1 (0.63%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 48 (30.38%) Linux
2 19 (12.03%) zOS
3 9 (5.70%) Unix
4 7 (4.43%) Windows
5 5 (3.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (3.16%) Windows Server
6 4 (2.53%) Alpine Linux
6 4 (2.53%) CentOS
7 2 (1.27%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.63%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.63%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (58.23%) DevOps
2 85 (53.80%) Agile
2 85 (53.80%) CI/CD
3 57 (36.08%) Infrastructure as Code
4 32 (20.25%) Problem-Solving
5 29 (18.35%) Project Management
6 25 (15.82%) API Management
7 24 (15.19%) Scrum
8 23 (14.56%) Microservices
8 23 (14.56%) Stakeholder Management
9 21 (13.29%) Continuous Integration
9 21 (13.29%) Software Engineering
10 20 (12.66%) SDLC
11 19 (12.03%) Storage Management
11 19 (12.03%) TDD
12 18 (11.39%) OO
12 18 (11.39%) Problem Management
13 17 (10.76%) Containerisation
14 16 (10.13%) DevSecOps
14 16 (10.13%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 78 (49.37%) Python
2 46 (29.11%) PowerShell
3 36 (22.78%) C#
4 34 (21.52%) SQL
5 24 (15.19%) Bash
5 24 (15.19%) Bicep
6 19 (12.03%) JCL
6 19 (12.03%) REXX
7 9 (5.70%) JavaScript
7 9 (5.70%) Shell Script
8 8 (5.06%) Java
9 7 (4.43%) TypeScript
10 6 (3.80%) C
11 4 (2.53%) PHP
11 4 (2.53%) SystemVerilog
11 4 (2.53%) Tcl
12 3 (1.90%) ActionScript
12 3 (1.90%) Assembly Language
12 3 (1.90%) C++
12 3 (1.90%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 28 (17.72%) Security Cleared
2 18 (11.39%) SC Cleared
3 8 (5.06%) DV Cleared
4 6 (3.80%) Degree
5 3 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.27%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.27%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.63%) CCNP
7 1 (0.63%) CEH
7 1 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.63%) CISSP
7 1 (0.63%) GCIA
7 1 (0.63%) GCIH
7 1 (0.63%) GIAC
7 1 (0.63%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (12.66%) QA
2 11 (6.96%) Data Quality
3 8 (5.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (4.43%) GDPR
5 4 (2.53%) HIPAA
5 4 (2.53%) NIST
6 1 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.63%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.63%) WCAG
System Software
1 37 (23.42%) Docker
2 19 (12.03%) NFS
2 19 (12.03%) Time Sharing Option
3 15 (9.49%) Active Directory
4 10 (6.33%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (5.70%) VMware NSX
6 5 (3.16%) vSphere
7 4 (2.53%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (2.53%) VMware Infrastructure
8 3 (1.90%) vCloud
9 2 (1.27%) Ceph
9 2 (1.27%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 1 (0.63%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.63%) Firmware
10 1 (0.63%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 73 (46.20%) Terraform
2 59 (37.34%) Ansible
3 44 (27.85%) Kubernetes
4 19 (12.03%) Grafana
5 18 (11.39%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 15 (9.49%) Prometheus
7 13 (8.23%) Progress Chef
8 12 (7.59%) Puppet
9 9 (5.70%) Docker Swarm
9 9 (5.70%) Kibana
9 9 (5.70%) logstash
10 5 (3.16%) Istio
11 4 (2.53%) vCenter Server
11 4 (2.53%) vRealize
12 3 (1.90%) Autotask
13 2 (1.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (1.27%) Argo
13 2 (1.27%) Pacemaker
13 2 (1.27%) Podman
13 2 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (13.29%) Microsoft
2 19 (12.03%) Broadcom
2 19 (12.03%) Brocade
2 19 (12.03%) CA
2 19 (12.03%) Dell
2 19 (12.03%) IBM
3 13 (8.23%) VMware
4 10 (6.33%) Splunk
5 9 (5.70%) Red Hat
6 7 (4.43%) Google
6 7 (4.43%) Oracle
7 4 (2.53%) Black Duck
7 4 (2.53%) BMC
7 4 (2.53%) Remedy
7 4 (2.53%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.90%) Arista
8 3 (1.90%) Cadence
8 3 (1.90%) Databricks
8 3 (1.90%) TOWER Software
8 3 (1.90%) Xilinx