Continuous Delivery
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Continuous Delivery skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Continuous 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 281 192 185
Rank change year-on-year -89 -7 +2
Permanent jobs citing Continuous Delivery 1,067 1,962 3,624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.07% 1.98% 2.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 2.07% 2.35%
Number of salaries quoted 458 774 1,231
10th Percentile £47,528 £46,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £91,934 £92,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £69,447 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.40% +6.84% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Continuous Delivery is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,135 94,784 153,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.22% 95.58% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 59,872 55,911 82,488
10th Percentile £29,089 £34,000 £33,635
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Continuous Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Delivery in the UK

Continuous Delivery
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Continuous Delivery.

Salary trend for Continuous Delivery in the UK

Continuous Delivery
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Continuous Delivery over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Continuous Delivery in the UK

Continuous Delivery
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London -36 848 £65,000 -6.40% 78
Scotland +59 518 £60,000 -28.65% 8
England -225 475 £72,500 -3.33% 111
Work from Home -82 283 £70,000 -6.67% 58
London -194 153 £90,000 +9.09% 50
North of England -107 100 £62,500 -3.85% 20
Midlands -98 88 £65,000 - 6
West Midlands -19 85 £65,000 - 5
North West -51 73 £62,859 -3.55% 8
South West -76 58 £75,000 +11.11% 13
South East -110 48 £80,000 +14.29% 21
East of England -24 24 £57,500 -12.21% 5
Yorkshire -39 18 £52,500 -19.23% 9
North East -31 9 £56,250 -19.64% 3
Northern Ireland -17 8 £67,500 +35.00% 4
Wales -25 4 £51,996 +15.55% 1
East Midlands -86 3 £105,000 +121.05% 1

Continuous 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 97 (9.09%) Apache Spark
2 33 (3.09%) SharePoint
3 21 (1.97%) GemFire
4 20 (1.87%) IIS
5 18 (1.69%) Apache
6 12 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.75%) Confluence
7 8 (0.75%) nginx
8 4 (0.37%) Drupal
9 2 (0.19%) CMS
9 2 (0.19%) WordPress
10 1 (0.094%) Apache Synapse
10 1 (0.094%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.094%) JBoss
10 1 (0.094%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.094%) Moodle
10 1 (0.094%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.094%) Red Hat Fuse
10 1 (0.094%) Tuxedo
10 1 (0.094%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.094%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.094%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 26 (2.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (1.59%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 17 (1.59%) SAP S/4HANA
3 16 (1.50%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.094%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.094%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 407 (38.14%) AWS
2 318 (29.80%) Azure
3 118 (11.06%) Azure DevOps
4 117 (10.97%) Datadog
5 90 (8.43%) Power Platform
6 78 (7.31%) Dynamics 365
7 75 (7.03%) GCP
8 60 (5.62%) SaaS
8 60 (5.62%) Serverless
9 59 (5.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 39 (3.66%) PaaS
11 37 (3.47%) Amazon ECS
12 36 (3.37%) GitHub
13 34 (3.19%) Azure Logic Apps
14 29 (2.72%) Cloud Computing
15 27 (2.53%) GitHub Actions
15 27 (2.53%) IaaS
16 26 (2.44%) Azure Service Bus
17 23 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
17 23 (2.16%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 66 (6.19%) Kerberos
2 21 (1.97%) WAN
3 18 (1.69%) DSL
4 8 (0.75%) VPN
5 7 (0.66%) Firewall
5 7 (0.66%) Internet
6 4 (0.37%) FTP
7 2 (0.19%) HTTP
7 2 (0.19%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.094%) Broadband
8 1 (0.094%) DNS
8 1 (0.094%) IPsec
8 1 (0.094%) LAN
8 1 (0.094%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 194 (18.18%) NoSQL
2 106 (9.93%) Relational Database
3 100 (9.37%) Big Data
4 88 (8.25%) SQL Server
5 66 (6.19%) Metadata
6 41 (3.84%) Data Lake
7 40 (3.75%) MongoDB
8 28 (2.62%) Data Warehouse
9 22 (2.06%) Looker
9 22 (2.06%) Power BI
10 21 (1.97%) Apache Cassandra
10 21 (1.97%) CockroachDB
10 21 (1.97%) Hazelcast
11 20 (1.87%) Tableau
12 19 (1.78%) Hadoop
13 18 (1.69%) DB2
13 18 (1.69%) Elasticsearch
13 18 (1.69%) Flink
14 14 (1.31%) Azure SQL Database
15 13 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 127 (11.90%) Jenkins
2 125 (11.72%) Git
3 72 (6.75%) Bitbucket
4 66 (6.19%) Artifactory
5 45 (4.22%) GitLab
6 29 (2.72%) Visual Studio
7 21 (1.97%) Jaeger
8 19 (1.78%) Team Foundation Server
9 18 (1.69%) JIRA
10 15 (1.41%) CircleCI
11 13 (1.22%) Storybook
12 8 (0.75%) Cypress.io
12 8 (0.75%) Oracle Forms
12 8 (0.75%) SonarQube
13 7 (0.66%) JUnit
14 6 (0.56%) Crashlytics
14 6 (0.56%) MSTest
15 5 (0.47%) git-flow
15 5 (0.47%) Postman
15 5 (0.47%) webpack
General
1 588 (55.11%) Finance
2 527 (49.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 507 (47.52%) Law
4 404 (37.86%) Marketing
5 194 (18.18%) Social Skills
6 155 (14.53%) Financial Institution
7 145 (13.59%) Banking
8 82 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
9 72 (6.75%) Investment Banking
10 64 (6.00%) Analytical Skills
11 35 (3.28%) Retail
12 28 (2.62%) Presentation Skills
13 22 (2.06%) Prime Brokerage
14 21 (1.97%) Public Sector
15 17 (1.59%) Retail Banking
16 11 (1.03%) French Language
17 10 (0.94%) Front Office
18 9 (0.84%) Private Banking
19 8 (0.75%) Legal
20 5 (0.47%) Digital Healthcare
Job Titles
1 370 (34.68%) Software Engineer
2 363 (34.02%) Lead
3 296 (27.74%) Lead Software Engineer
4 177 (16.59%) Senior
5 160 (15.00%) Developer
6 133 (12.46%) Engineering Manager
7 121 (11.34%) Software Engineering Manager
8 90 (8.43%) Architect
8 90 (8.43%) Java Engineer
9 86 (8.06%) Java Software Engineer
10 81 (7.59%) Lead Java Engineer
11 64 (6.00%) Cloud Engineer
12 59 (5.53%) Senior Software Engineer
13 54 (5.06%) Cloud Software Engineer
14 53 (4.97%) Big Data Manager
14 53 (4.97%) Senior Developer
15 51 (4.78%) Solutions Architect
15 51 (4.78%) UI Engineer
16 48 (4.50%) DevOps Engineer
17 44 (4.12%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (12.18%) .NET
2 121 (11.34%) React
3 119 (11.15%) Spring
4 114 (10.68%) Web Services
5 106 (9.93%) Kafka
6 105 (9.84%) RESTful
7 98 (9.18%) CSS
8 92 (8.62%) HTML
9 91 (8.53%) OpenTelemetry
10 90 (8.43%) Spring Boot
11 81 (7.59%) OpenID
12 77 (7.22%) Node.js
13 72 (6.75%) JSON
14 70 (6.56%) SAML
15 69 (6.47%) XML
16 65 (6.09%) JSON-LD
16 65 (6.09%) LDAP
17 63 (5.90%) NumPy
17 63 (5.90%) Pandas
18 59 (5.53%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 286 (26.80%) Cloud Native
2 151 (14.15%) Management Information System
3 138 (12.93%) Public Cloud
4 75 (7.03%) Enterprise Cloud
5 68 (6.37%) Product Ownership
6 67 (6.28%) Reference Data
7 62 (5.81%) Distributed Systems
8 59 (5.53%) Market Risk
9 33 (3.09%) Onboarding
10 29 (2.72%) Data Structures
11 27 (2.53%) Algorithms
12 26 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
13 25 (2.34%) Mobile App
14 23 (2.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 21 (1.97%) Replication
16 20 (1.87%) Clustering
17 17 (1.59%) Low-Code
18 16 (1.50%) FMCG
19 13 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
20 12 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 95 (8.90%) Linux
2 17 (1.59%) Android
3 14 (1.31%) Windows
4 12 (1.12%) Apple iOS
5 11 (1.03%) Ubuntu
6 8 (0.75%) Debian
7 6 (0.56%) Unix
8 4 (0.37%) Windows Server
9 3 (0.28%) CentOS
10 1 (0.094%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 837 (78.44%) Agile
2 819 (76.76%) CI/CD
3 683 (64.01%) Software Engineering
4 511 (47.89%) SDLC
5 363 (34.02%) Operational Stability
6 346 (32.43%) Community of Practice
7 321 (30.08%) Architectural Design
8 316 (29.62%) DevOps
8 316 (29.62%) Information Architecture
9 300 (28.12%) Continuous Integration
10 236 (22.12%) Artificial Intelligence
11 224 (20.99%) Machine Learning
12 191 (17.90%) Test Automation
13 152 (14.25%) Roadmaps
14 149 (13.96%) Mentoring
15 147 (13.78%) Data Modelling
16 136 (12.75%) Computer Science
17 133 (12.46%) TDD
18 121 (11.34%) Problem-Solving
19 117 (10.97%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 444 (41.61%) Java
2 381 (35.71%) SQL
3 266 (24.93%) Python
4 157 (14.71%) JavaScript
5 129 (12.09%) C#
6 117 (10.97%) Scala
7 109 (10.22%) TypeScript
8 102 (9.56%) Go
9 65 (6.09%) Prolog
9 65 (6.09%) SPARQL
10 29 (2.72%) Groovy
11 25 (2.34%) PowerShell
12 20 (1.87%) PL/SQL
13 16 (1.50%) Kotlin
14 14 (1.31%) Bash
14 14 (1.31%) T-SQL
15 9 (0.84%) PHP
15 9 (0.84%) Shell Script
16 8 (0.75%) C++
16 8 (0.75%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 118 (11.06%) Security Cleared
2 88 (8.25%) Degree
3 76 (7.12%) SC Cleared
4 36 (3.37%) BPSS Clearance
5 33 (3.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 32 (3.00%) AWS Certification
7 18 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (1.50%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 11 (1.03%) Azure Certification
10 7 (0.66%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (0.28%) AWS Certified Developer
12 3 (0.28%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 2 (0.19%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.19%) CISSP
13 2 (0.19%) ISEB
13 2 (0.19%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.19%) OSCP
13 2 (0.19%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (5.06%) Accessibility
2 36 (3.37%) SLA
3 29 (2.72%) QA
4 28 (2.62%) PMO
5 8 (0.75%) Data Quality
5 8 (0.75%) NCSC
6 7 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (0.47%) WCAG
8 4 (0.37%) MiFID
9 3 (0.28%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.28%) PSD2
10 1 (0.094%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.094%) GDPR
10 1 (0.094%) NIST
System Software
1 121 (11.34%) Docker
2 73 (6.84%) Active Directory
3 20 (1.87%) VMware NSX
4 8 (0.75%) HDFS
4 8 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
5 3 (0.28%) Firmware
6 1 (0.094%) RACF
Systems Management
1 210 (19.68%) Kubernetes
2 153 (14.34%) Terraform
3 119 (11.15%) Grafana
4 60 (5.62%) Prometheus
5 41 (3.84%) Ansible
6 27 (2.53%) Kibana
7 21 (1.97%) HAProxy
7 21 (1.97%) ITRS Geneos
7 21 (1.97%) Zipkin
8 20 (1.87%) Puppet
9 16 (1.50%) Consul
10 5 (0.47%) Rancher
11 3 (0.28%) Graphite
11 3 (0.28%) Nagios
11 3 (0.28%) ZABBIX
12 2 (0.19%) cPanel
12 2 (0.19%) Istio
12 2 (0.19%) linkerd
12 2 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
13 1 (0.094%) Argo
Vendors
1 185 (17.34%) Microsoft
2 126 (11.81%) Splunk
3 123 (11.53%) Oracle
4 112 (10.50%) Dynatrace
5 38 (3.56%) Google
6 35 (3.28%) Databricks
7 25 (2.34%) VMware
8 20 (1.87%) Atlassian
9 19 (1.78%) Cognos
10 18 (1.69%) Alteryx
10 18 (1.69%) SAP
10 18 (1.69%) Sybase
11 17 (1.59%) Salesforce
12 10 (0.94%) Commvault
12 10 (0.94%) Teradata
13 8 (0.75%) Cloudera
14 6 (0.56%) Amplitude
14 6 (0.56%) Cadence
15 5 (0.47%) BT
15 5 (0.47%) McAfee