CI/CD Contracts in England

CI/CD
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 22 17
Rank change year-on-year -8 -5 +1
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 2,067 4,015 6,173
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 5.59% 7.94% 8.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.46% 8.80% 9.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,473 2,848 4,388
10th Percentile £413 £450 £450
25th Percentile £475 £508 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £700
90th Percentile £775 £798 £788
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 72 45
10th Percentile £51.50 £54.13 £35.00
25th Percentile £56.25 £60.91 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.61 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.92% +0.93% +20.37%
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £67.80
90th Percentile £73.86 £75.45 £79.20
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.61 £65.00
% change year-on-year -0.92% +0.93% +44.44%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,985 45,619 64,566
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.25% 90.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,974 32,022 45,804
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,225 1,607 1,769
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.94 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.31 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.15
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -

CI/CD
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CI/CD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CI/CD in England

CI/CD
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CI/CD in England.

Daily rate trend for CI/CD in England

CI/CD
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CI/CD in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CI/CD in England

CI/CD
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CI/CD in England.

Hourly rate trend for CI/CD in England

CI/CD
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CI/CD in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for CI/CD in England

CI/CD
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CI/CD within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
London -9 1,283 £565 -9.24% 486
North of England -3 295 £558 +1.36% 188
North West -2 192 £582 +5.82% 113
South East -24 169 £600 +4.35% 136
South West -28 115 £600 - 113
Yorkshire +7 93 £538 -4.87% 57
Midlands -37 63 £475 -11.71% 78
West Midlands -28 49 £475 -12.04% 52
East of England +3 43 £500 -3.85% 60
East Midlands -1 11 £398 -6.47% 26
North East -22 10 £469 -21.88% 20
CI/CD
UK

CI/CD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 80 (3.87%) Confluence
2 63 (3.05%) Apache
3 59 (2.85%) Apache Spark
4 57 (2.76%) Apache Airflow
5 33 (1.60%) OpenStack
6 30 (1.45%) nginx
7 26 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
8 15 (0.73%) SharePoint
9 13 (0.63%) CMS
10 12 (0.58%) Anypoint
10 12 (0.58%) BizTalk Server
11 9 (0.44%) JBoss
12 8 (0.39%) IIS
13 7 (0.34%) SAS
14 6 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 6 (0.29%) Tornado
15 5 (0.24%) Apache Solr
15 5 (0.24%) Appian
15 5 (0.24%) Mule
15 5 (0.24%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (0.39%) Chatbot
2 7 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.15%) Windchill
5 1 (0.048%) CPLEX
5 1 (0.048%) Gliffy
5 1 (0.048%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.048%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 11 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.39%) Loan IQ
3 6 (0.29%) Endur
3 6 (0.29%) SAP Hybris
4 5 (0.24%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.19%) Distributed Ledger
6 3 (0.15%) ENOVIA
6 3 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.15%) Shopify
6 3 (0.15%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.097%) BusinessWorks
8 1 (0.048%) Aareon QL
8 1 (0.048%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.048%) Markit EDM
8 1 (0.048%) MIS ActiveH
8 1 (0.048%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.048%) OPENHousing
8 1 (0.048%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 746 (36.09%) AWS
2 731 (35.37%) Azure
3 322 (15.58%) Azure DevOps
4 261 (12.63%) Serverless
5 239 (11.56%) GitHub
6 218 (10.55%) GCP
7 137 (6.63%) AWS Lambda
8 135 (6.53%) Amazon S3
9 127 (6.14%) Entra ID
10 110 (5.32%) Amazon EC2
11 88 (4.26%) Azure Functions
12 81 (3.92%) GitHub Actions
13 79 (3.82%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 71 (3.43%) PaaS
15 67 (3.24%) AWS CloudFormation
16 65 (3.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 64 (3.10%) Amazon EKS
18 63 (3.05%) Azure Monitor
19 58 (2.81%) Azure Data Factory
19 58 (2.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 139 (6.72%) Firewall
2 103 (4.98%) VPN
3 62 (3.00%) DNS
4 36 (1.74%) TCP/IP
5 35 (1.69%) Network Security
6 28 (1.35%) HTTP
7 27 (1.31%) SSL
8 23 (1.11%) DHCP
9 18 (0.87%) BGP
10 15 (0.73%) VSAN
11 13 (0.63%) Ethernet VPN
11 13 (0.63%) MPLS
12 12 (0.58%) Radio Access Network
13 9 (0.44%) SAN
13 9 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
14 8 (0.39%) SNA
15 7 (0.34%) AMQP
15 7 (0.34%) DSL
15 7 (0.34%) FTP
16 6 (0.29%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 179 (8.66%) SQL Server
2 164 (7.93%) NoSQL
3 112 (5.42%) MongoDB
4 95 (4.60%) PostgreSQL
5 71 (3.43%) Relational Database
6 69 (3.34%) Elasticsearch
7 58 (2.81%) Data Lake
8 57 (2.76%) Amazon RDS
8 57 (2.76%) Azure SQL Database
9 53 (2.56%) Big Data
10 51 (2.47%) Data Warehouse
11 47 (2.27%) DynamoDB
12 46 (2.23%) MySQL
13 40 (1.94%) Power BI
14 31 (1.50%) Amazon Redshift
15 26 (1.26%) BigQuery
16 22 (1.06%) Redis
17 21 (1.02%) Apache Cassandra
17 21 (1.02%) Hadoop
18 17 (0.82%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 467 (22.59%) Jenkins
2 370 (17.90%) Git
3 264 (12.77%) GitLab
4 178 (8.61%) JIRA
5 96 (4.64%) Selenium
6 80 (3.87%) Cucumber
7 74 (3.58%) Cypress.io
8 65 (3.14%) TeamCity
9 61 (2.95%) Bitbucket
10 58 (2.81%) JUnit
11 54 (2.61%) Postman
12 53 (2.56%) SpecFlow
13 50 (2.42%) Maven
14 45 (2.18%) Visual Studio
15 43 (2.08%) SonarQube
16 40 (1.94%) Atlassian Bamboo
17 33 (1.60%) JMeter
18 32 (1.55%) Artifactory
19 29 (1.40%) Mockito
19 29 (1.40%) NUnit
General
1 440 (21.29%) Social Skills
2 389 (18.82%) Finance
3 200 (9.68%) Public Sector
4 167 (8.08%) Analytical Skills
5 130 (6.29%) Banking
6 58 (2.81%) Front Office
7 55 (2.66%) Retail
8 38 (1.84%) Telecoms
9 36 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
10 33 (1.60%) Investment Banking
11 29 (1.40%) Law
12 28 (1.35%) Financial Institution
13 27 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 25 (1.21%) Legal
14 25 (1.21%) Marketing
15 24 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
16 23 (1.11%) Manufacturing
17 19 (0.92%) Aerospace
18 15 (0.73%) Back Office
18 15 (0.73%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 583 (28.21%) Developer
2 315 (15.24%) Senior
3 311 (15.05%) DevOps Engineer
4 199 (9.63%) Lead
5 195 (9.43%) Architect
6 136 (6.58%) Senior Developer
7 126 (6.10%) Azure Engineer
8 110 (5.32%) Java Developer
9 106 (5.13%) AWS Engineer
10 88 (4.26%) Software Engineer
11 86 (4.16%) Data Engineer
12 83 (4.02%) AWS DevOps
12 83 (4.02%) Full Stack Developer
13 76 (3.68%) Cloud Engineer
13 76 (3.68%) Python Developer
14 69 (3.34%) AWS DevOps Engineer
15 62 (3.00%) Software Developer
16 60 (2.90%) Azure Developer
16 60 (2.90%) Technical Architect
17 53 (2.56%) Azure DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 246 (11.90%) .NET
2 243 (11.76%) Node.js
3 219 (10.60%) React
4 180 (8.71%) REST
5 131 (6.34%) XML
6 127 (6.14%) Kafka
7 114 (5.52%) Spring
8 108 (5.22%) Spring Boot
9 107 (5.18%) HTML
10 102 (4.93%) .NET Core
11 97 (4.69%) RESTful
12 95 (4.60%) CSS
13 89 (4.31%) Elastic Stack
14 84 (4.06%) JSON
15 83 (4.02%) AngularJS
16 77 (3.73%) YAML
17 76 (3.68%) .NET Framework
18 65 (3.14%) ARM Templates
19 53 (2.56%) GraphQL
19 53 (2.56%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 118 (5.71%) Product Ownership
2 88 (4.26%) Public Cloud
3 75 (3.63%) Cloud Native
4 54 (2.61%) Algorithms
5 51 (2.47%) Distributed Systems
6 46 (2.23%) Greenfield Project
7 45 (2.18%) Mobile App
8 44 (2.13%) Data Structures
9 43 (2.08%) Linux Command Line
10 39 (1.89%) Data Centre
11 35 (1.69%) Derivative
12 33 (1.60%) Onboarding
13 29 (1.40%) Data Protection Act
14 27 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
14 27 (1.31%) Fixed Income
15 26 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
16 25 (1.21%) Management Information System
16 25 (1.21%) PKI
17 23 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
18 21 (1.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 358 (17.32%) Linux
2 192 (9.29%) Windows
3 87 (4.21%) Windows Server
4 79 (3.82%) Android
5 76 (3.68%) Unix
6 65 (3.14%) Apple iOS
7 54 (2.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 37 (1.79%) CentOS
9 18 (0.87%) Windows Server 2016
10 17 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
11 15 (0.73%) VMS
12 13 (0.63%) Ubuntu
13 5 (0.24%) Alpine Linux
14 4 (0.19%) Solaris
15 3 (0.15%) Windows 10
15 3 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
16 2 (0.097%) AIX
16 2 (0.097%) Mac OS
17 1 (0.048%) Debian
17 1 (0.048%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,185 (57.33%) DevOps
2 865 (41.85%) Agile
3 387 (18.72%) Infrastructure as Code
4 369 (17.85%) Test Automation
5 356 (17.22%) Continuous Integration
6 312 (15.09%) Microservices
7 288 (13.93%) Software Engineering
8 285 (13.79%) Scrum
9 280 (13.55%) Containerisation
10 278 (13.45%) Problem-Solving
11 213 (10.30%) TDD
12 201 (9.72%) SDLC
13 172 (8.32%) Full Stack Development
14 146 (7.06%) Continuous Deployment
15 139 (6.72%) Migration
16 133 (6.43%) Configuration Management
17 129 (6.24%) Continuous Delivery
18 125 (6.05%) Computer Science
19 124 (6.00%) Design Patterns
20 111 (5.37%) OO
Programming Languages
1 728 (35.22%) Python
2 430 (20.80%) Java
3 362 (17.51%) SQL
4 296 (14.32%) PowerShell
5 284 (13.74%) C#
6 281 (13.59%) JavaScript
7 161 (7.79%) Bash
8 159 (7.69%) TypeScript
9 122 (5.90%) Go
10 82 (3.97%) Shell Script
11 73 (3.53%) Bicep
12 66 (3.19%) C++
13 47 (2.27%) Perl
14 46 (2.23%) Kotlin
15 38 (1.84%) Ruby
16 30 (1.45%) Scala
17 26 (1.26%) C
18 21 (1.02%) T-SQL
19 20 (0.97%) Groovy
20 18 (0.87%) PHP
Qualifications
1 459 (22.21%) Security Cleared
2 355 (17.17%) SC Cleared
3 147 (7.11%) Degree
4 111 (5.37%) DV Cleared
5 79 (3.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 39 (1.89%) AWS Certification
7 19 (0.92%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 19 (0.92%) Master's Degree
8 16 (0.77%) Azure Certification
9 15 (0.73%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 13 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
10 13 (0.63%) ISTQB
11 11 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 8 (0.39%) CISSP
13 7 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (0.24%) AAT
15 3 (0.15%) CISM
15 3 (0.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 2 (0.097%) ISEB
16 2 (0.097%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 125 (6.05%) QA
2 42 (2.03%) Accessibility
3 35 (1.69%) Data Quality
4 19 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (0.77%) NIST
5 16 (0.77%) SLA
6 13 (0.63%) WCAG
7 11 (0.53%) PCI DSS
8 9 (0.44%) GDPR
9 6 (0.29%) MISRA
9 6 (0.29%) NCSC
10 5 (0.24%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.24%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.19%) ISO 20022
11 4 (0.19%) MiFID
11 4 (0.19%) PMO
12 3 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.15%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.097%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 1 (0.048%) NIST 800
System Software
1 439 (21.24%) Docker
2 155 (7.50%) Active Directory
3 69 (3.34%) Virtual Machines
4 28 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
5 24 (1.16%) VMware NSX
6 17 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
7 15 (0.73%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 15 (0.73%) VMware ESXi
8 10 (0.48%) HDFS
9 8 (0.39%) vSphere
10 7 (0.34%) vCloud
11 3 (0.15%) Hyper-V
11 3 (0.15%) LXC
12 1 (0.048%) Apache Flume
12 1 (0.048%) Ceph
12 1 (0.048%) Firmware
12 1 (0.048%) IAG
12 1 (0.048%) NFS
12 1 (0.048%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.048%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 550 (26.61%) Terraform
2 532 (25.74%) Kubernetes
3 322 (15.58%) Ansible
4 122 (5.90%) Grafana
5 114 (5.52%) Prometheus
6 73 (3.53%) Puppet
7 63 (3.05%) Progress Chef
8 54 (2.61%) Kibana
9 36 (1.74%) logstash
10 25 (1.21%) Packer
11 23 (1.11%) PowerCLI
12 22 (1.06%) Consul
13 21 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 18 (0.87%) Docker Swarm
14 18 (0.87%) vCenter Server
15 17 (0.82%) Istio
16 16 (0.77%) Argo
16 16 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
17 15 (0.73%) SCCM
17 15 (0.73%) SCOM
Vendors
1 307 (14.85%) Microsoft
2 101 (4.89%) Google
3 89 (4.31%) Oracle
4 63 (3.05%) Splunk
4 63 (3.05%) VMware
5 53 (2.56%) Databricks
6 45 (2.18%) Red Hat
6 45 (2.18%) SAP
7 39 (1.89%) Salesforce
7 39 (1.89%) ServiceNow
8 38 (1.84%) Atlassian
8 38 (1.84%) IBM
9 30 (1.45%) MuleSoft
10 28 (1.35%) Dell
11 23 (1.11%) HP
12 19 (0.92%) TIBCO
13 17 (0.82%) CyberArk
14 16 (0.77%) Amdocs
14 16 (0.77%) Cisco
15 15 (0.73%) EMC