CI/CD Contracts in Central London

CI/CD
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring CI/CD skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CI/CD over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 23 19
Rank change year-on-year +6 -4 -7
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 216 185 333
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 10.81% 7.58% 8.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.64% 8.37% 9.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 133 201
10th Percentile £413 £425 £463
25th Percentile £500 £488 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £688 £710 £730
90th Percentile £759 £798 £800
London median daily rate £575 £563 £623
% change year-on-year +2.22% -9.64% -0.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £48.50 -
London median hourly rate £52.50 £56.25 £80.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% -29.69% +3.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

CI/CD falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,856 2,211 3,521
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 92.89% 90.58% 91.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,198 1,574 2,386
10th Percentile £361 £350 £325
25th Percentile £456 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +5.26%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
London median daily rate £550 £550 £590
% change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 24 28
10th Percentile £22.00 £20.01 £15.43
25th Percentile £22.75 £22.38 £18.50
Median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%
75th Percentile £43.97 £29.11 £58.75
90th Percentile £50.75 £41.29 £88.30
London median hourly rate £32.00 £28.50 £39.00
% change year-on-year +12.28% -26.92% +8.33%

CI/CD
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for CI/CD in Central London

CI/CD
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for CI/CD in Central London

CI/CD
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CI/CD in Central London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CI/CD in Central London

CI/CD
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for CI/CD in Central London

CI/CD
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 2 May 2025. 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
City of London +6 207 £585 -2.50% 93
City of Westminster +2 4 £588 +6.82% 3
West End of London -3 2 £503 - 26
Camden - 1 £580 - 2
CI/CD
London

CI/CD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 14 (6.48%) Apache
2 10 (4.63%) Apache Spark
3 8 (3.70%) Confluence
4 4 (1.85%) nginx
5 2 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.93%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.46%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.46%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.46%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.93%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.85%) Endur
2 2 (0.93%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.46%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.46%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 81 (37.50%) AWS
2 78 (36.11%) Azure
3 33 (15.28%) Azure DevOps
4 29 (13.43%) GitHub
5 20 (9.26%) Serverless
6 17 (7.87%) GCP
7 14 (6.48%) GitHub Actions
8 13 (6.02%) Amazon S3
9 11 (5.09%) AWS CloudFormation
9 11 (5.09%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (3.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 8 (3.70%) Azure Data Factory
10 8 (3.70%) Azure Monitor
10 8 (3.70%) OpenShift
10 8 (3.70%) Power Platform
11 6 (2.78%) Azure AKS
11 6 (2.78%) PaaS
12 5 (2.31%) Amazon EC2
12 5 (2.31%) Amazon EKS
12 5 (2.31%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.09%) Firewall
2 9 (4.17%) DNS
2 9 (4.17%) VPN
3 5 (2.31%) HTTP
3 5 (2.31%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.39%) DHCP
4 3 (1.39%) Network Security
4 3 (1.39%) SMTP
5 2 (0.93%) FTP
5 2 (0.93%) SSL
6 1 (0.46%) 4G
6 1 (0.46%) 5G
6 1 (0.46%) 5G NR
6 1 (0.46%) BGP
6 1 (0.46%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.46%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.46%) LAN
6 1 (0.46%) LTE
6 1 (0.46%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 15 (6.94%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (4.17%) DynamoDB
4 8 (3.70%) Amazon RDS
4 8 (3.70%) Big Data
5 7 (3.24%) Power BI
6 6 (2.78%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (2.78%) Data Lake
6 6 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (2.31%) Hadoop
7 5 (2.31%) MySQL
7 5 (2.31%) NoSQL
8 4 (1.85%) MongoDB
8 4 (1.85%) Redis
8 4 (1.85%) Relational Database
9 3 (1.39%) Apache Iceberg
9 3 (1.39%) BigQuery
9 3 (1.39%) Flink
9 3 (1.39%) Geospatial Data
10 2 (0.93%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 52 (24.07%) Jenkins
2 50 (23.15%) Git
3 27 (12.50%) GitLab
4 18 (8.33%) JIRA
5 13 (6.02%) Selenium
6 12 (5.56%) Postman
6 12 (5.56%) TeamCity
7 11 (5.09%) SonarQube
8 9 (4.17%) REST Assured
9 8 (3.70%) Bitbucket
10 7 (3.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 6 (2.78%) Bitbucket Server
11 6 (2.78%) JUnit
11 6 (2.78%) Maven
12 4 (1.85%) Gradle
12 4 (1.85%) IntelliJ
13 3 (1.39%) JMeter
13 3 (1.39%) Terragrunt
13 3 (1.39%) webpack
14 2 (0.93%) Babel
General
1 58 (26.85%) Finance
2 46 (21.30%) Social Skills
3 25 (11.57%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (10.65%) Banking
5 11 (5.09%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.70%) Investment Banking
7 7 (3.24%) Financial Institution
8 6 (2.78%) Front Office
9 5 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.39%) Retail
11 2 (0.93%) Advertising
11 2 (0.93%) Marketing
11 2 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.93%) Publishing
12 1 (0.46%) Back Office
12 1 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.46%) International Banking
12 1 (0.46%) Military
12 1 (0.46%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 61 (28.24%) Developer
2 35 (16.20%) DevOps Engineer
3 32 (14.81%) Senior
4 24 (11.11%) Architect
5 17 (7.87%) Lead
6 15 (6.94%) Java Developer
7 12 (5.56%) Data Engineer
8 11 (5.09%) Software Engineer
9 10 (4.63%) AWS Engineer
9 10 (4.63%) Python Engineer
9 10 (4.63%) Senior Developer
10 8 (3.70%) Azure Engineer
10 8 (3.70%) Full-Stack Developer
10 8 (3.70%) Solutions Architect
11 7 (3.24%) Angular Developer
11 7 (3.24%) Python Developer
11 7 (3.24%) Test Engineer
12 6 (2.78%) AWS DevOps
12 6 (2.78%) Azure Architect
12 6 (2.78%) Senior Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (16.20%) .NET
2 21 (9.72%) REST
3 20 (9.26%) HTML
4 18 (8.33%) Kafka
5 16 (7.41%) CSS
6 14 (6.48%) RESTful
7 12 (5.56%) AngularJS
7 12 (5.56%) Spring
8 11 (5.09%) React
9 10 (4.63%) GraphQL
10 8 (3.70%) pytest
11 7 (3.24%) .NET Core
11 7 (3.24%) Node.js
11 7 (3.24%) Web Services
12 6 (2.78%) Elastic Stack
12 6 (2.78%) HTML5
12 6 (2.78%) PySpark
12 6 (2.78%) Spring Boot
13 5 (2.31%) OAuth
13 5 (2.31%) Spark Streaming
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.80%) Cloud Native
2 15 (6.94%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (3.24%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (3.24%) Legacy Systems
3 7 (3.24%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.78%) Distributed Computing
4 6 (2.78%) Hedge funds
4 6 (2.78%) Public Cloud
5 5 (2.31%) Fixed Income
5 5 (2.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 5 (2.31%) Market Risk
6 4 (1.85%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.39%) Credit Risk
7 3 (1.39%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.39%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.39%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.93%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.93%) DataPower
8 2 (0.93%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 35 (16.20%) Linux
2 11 (5.09%) Windows
3 7 (3.24%) Unix
4 4 (1.85%) Android
5 3 (1.39%) Rocky
6 2 (0.93%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.46%) CentOS
7 1 (0.46%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.46%) Solaris
7 1 (0.46%) SUSE
7 1 (0.46%) VMS
7 1 (0.46%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (58.33%) DevOps
2 59 (27.31%) Agile
3 46 (21.30%) Problem-Solving
4 45 (20.83%) Infrastructure as Code
5 38 (17.59%) Containerisation
6 36 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
7 35 (16.20%) Microservices
8 34 (15.74%) Software Engineering
8 34 (15.74%) Test Automation
9 24 (11.11%) Code Quality
10 20 (9.26%) Analytics
11 19 (8.80%) Deployment Automation
12 18 (8.33%) Full-Stack Development
12 18 (8.33%) High Availability
13 17 (7.87%) Continuous Improvement
14 16 (7.41%) BDD
14 16 (7.41%) Data Pipeline
14 16 (7.41%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 15 (6.94%) API Integration
15 15 (6.94%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 100 (46.30%) Python
2 46 (21.30%) Java
3 38 (17.59%) C#
4 34 (15.74%) SQL
5 26 (12.04%) JavaScript
6 18 (8.33%) Bash
7 17 (7.87%) PowerShell
8 16 (7.41%) C++
9 11 (5.09%) Shell Script
10 8 (3.70%) TypeScript
11 7 (3.24%) C
12 6 (2.78%) T-SQL
13 5 (2.31%) Bicep
13 5 (2.31%) Go
13 5 (2.31%) Scala
14 4 (1.85%) Groovy
14 4 (1.85%) Kotlin
15 3 (1.39%) Apex Code
15 3 (1.39%) Perl
16 2 (0.93%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 33 (15.28%) Security Cleared
2 30 (13.89%) SC Cleared
3 14 (6.48%) Degree
4 9 (4.17%) AWS Certification
5 8 (3.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 6 (2.78%) Azure Certification
6 6 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.85%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 3 (1.39%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
9 2 (0.93%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.93%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.93%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.46%) CCNA
10 1 (0.46%) CCNP
10 1 (0.46%) JNCIP
10 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.80%) QA
2 9 (4.17%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.93%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (0.93%) GDPR
3 2 (0.93%) Government Security Classifications
3 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (0.46%) EMIR
4 1 (0.46%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.46%) MiFID
4 1 (0.46%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.46%) SOC 2
4 1 (0.46%) WCAG
System Software
1 48 (22.22%) Docker
2 6 (2.78%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.46%) Lustre
3 1 (0.46%) NFS
3 1 (0.46%) OpenAM
3 1 (0.46%) OpenDJ
3 1 (0.46%) OpenIDM
3 1 (0.46%) Veritas File System
3 1 (0.46%) Veritas Volume Manager
3 1 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 71 (32.87%) Terraform
2 69 (31.94%) Kubernetes
3 42 (19.44%) Ansible
4 9 (4.17%) Prometheus
5 7 (3.24%) Grafana
6 5 (2.31%) Progress Chef
6 5 (2.31%) Puppet
7 4 (1.85%) Argo
8 3 (1.39%) Consul
8 3 (1.39%) Istio
8 3 (1.39%) Podman
9 2 (0.93%) Kibana
9 2 (0.93%) MOM
9 2 (0.93%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.46%) CloudHub
10 1 (0.46%) Control-M
10 1 (0.46%) logstash
10 1 (0.46%) Netcool
10 1 (0.46%) Red Hat Satellite
10 1 (0.46%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 25 (11.57%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.56%) Databricks
3 10 (4.63%) Oracle
4 9 (4.17%) Google
5 7 (3.24%) Splunk
6 5 (2.31%) IBM
6 5 (2.31%) MuleSoft
6 5 (2.31%) Red Hat
6 5 (2.31%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.85%) Confluent
7 4 (1.85%) OpenLink
7 4 (1.85%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.39%) Murex
9 2 (0.93%) Apple
9 2 (0.93%) Cisco
9 2 (0.93%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.93%) SAP
9 2 (0.93%) Sybase
10 1 (0.46%) Cloudera
10 1 (0.46%) Talend