CI/CD Contract Job Trends in the City of London

CI/CD
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring CI/CD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 15 29
Rank change year-on-year -5 +14 -11
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 207 208 152
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 10.03% 11.50% 6.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.34% 12.55% 7.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 128 102
10th Percentile £348 £413 £419
25th Percentile £413 £491 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £626 £688 £704
90th Percentile £759 £766 £775
Central London median daily rate £525 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £46.75
Median hourly rate - - £48.50
75th Percentile - - £50.25
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate - - £48.50

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,825 1,658 2,094
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.42% 91.65% 89.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,259 1,054 1,488
10th Percentile £356 £363 £350
25th Percentile £436 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £567
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +1.41% -5.50%
75th Percentile £663 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 9 12
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £17.19
25th Percentile £19.11 £24.66 £19.67
Median hourly rate £27.75 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.62% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £46.29 £48.75 £43.07
90th Percentile £59.13 £112.00 £49.90
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £31.75 £27.81
% change year-on-year -17.76% +14.17% -20.54%

CI/CD
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CI/CD relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

CI/CD job vacancy trend in the City of London

CI/CD
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing CI/CD.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing CI/CD

CI/CD
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CI/CD in the City of London over the 6 months to 15 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CI/CD in the City of London

CI/CD
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing CI/CD.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing CI/CD

CI/CD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 12 (5.80%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (3.86%) Apache Spark
3 7 (3.38%) Confluence
4 4 (1.93%) Apache
5 3 (1.45%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.97%) CMS
6 2 (0.97%) Ethereum
6 2 (0.97%) Hyperledger
6 2 (0.97%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.48%) Camunda
7 1 (0.48%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.48%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.48%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.48%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.48%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.48%) Maya
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.97%) Aladdin
1 2 (0.97%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (0.97%) Shopify
2 1 (0.48%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.48%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.48%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 96 (46.38%) AWS
2 79 (38.16%) Azure
3 54 (26.09%) GitHub
4 37 (17.87%) GitHub Actions
5 36 (17.39%) GCP
6 34 (16.43%) Azure DevOps
7 28 (13.53%) Serverless
8 21 (10.14%) Amazon S3
8 21 (10.14%) AWS Lambda
9 15 (7.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 15 (7.25%) AWS CloudFormation
9 15 (7.25%) Snowflake
10 13 (6.28%) Power Platform
11 12 (5.80%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 11 (5.31%) Amazon ECS
12 11 (5.31%) dbt
13 9 (4.35%) Amazon EC2
13 9 (4.35%) Amazon EKS
14 8 (3.86%) Apigee
14 8 (3.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.42%) Network Security
2 3 (1.45%) DNS
2 3 (1.45%) Firewall
3 2 (0.97%) HTTP
4 1 (0.48%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.25%) PostgreSQL
1 15 (7.25%) Relational Database
2 13 (6.28%) NoSQL
3 11 (5.31%) DynamoDB
4 10 (4.83%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (4.83%) MongoDB
5 9 (4.35%) MySQL
5 9 (4.35%) Power BI
6 7 (3.38%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (3.38%) Metadata
6 7 (3.38%) SQL Server
7 6 (2.90%) Snowflake Schema
8 5 (2.42%) BigQuery
8 5 (2.42%) Data Lake
8 5 (2.42%) Redis
9 4 (1.93%) Amazon Athena
9 4 (1.93%) Big Data
9 4 (1.93%) Tableau
10 3 (1.45%) Apache Cassandra
10 3 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 54 (26.09%) Git
2 39 (18.84%) Jenkins
3 22 (10.63%) GitLab
4 17 (8.21%) JIRA
5 12 (5.80%) Cucumber
6 11 (5.31%) JUnit
7 10 (4.83%) Selenium
8 9 (4.35%) Postman
9 6 (2.90%) Mockito
10 5 (2.42%) Bitbucket
10 5 (2.42%) REST Assured
11 4 (1.93%) Cypress.io
12 3 (1.45%) Gatling
13 2 (0.97%) Crashlytics
13 2 (0.97%) fastlane
13 2 (0.97%) Gradle
13 2 (0.97%) Liquibase
13 2 (0.97%) SoapUI
13 2 (0.97%) TeamCity
13 2 (0.97%) WebDriver
General
1 74 (35.75%) Finance
2 55 (26.57%) Social Skills
3 35 (16.91%) Banking
4 13 (6.28%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (4.83%) Front Office
5 10 (4.83%) Public Sector
6 6 (2.90%) Investment Banking
7 4 (1.93%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.93%) Financial Institution
7 4 (1.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (1.93%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.45%) Law
8 3 (1.45%) Legal
8 3 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.97%) Back Office
9 2 (0.97%) Marketing
9 2 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.97%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.48%) Local Government
10 1 (0.48%) Retail
Job Titles
1 37 (17.87%) Developer
2 36 (17.39%) Senior
3 28 (13.53%) DevOps Engineer
4 20 (9.66%) Architect
5 19 (9.18%) Data Engineer
6 18 (8.70%) Lead
7 13 (6.28%) Python Engineer
8 10 (4.83%) GCP Engineer
8 10 (4.83%) Platform Engineer
8 10 (4.83%) Senior Developer
9 8 (3.86%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 8 (3.86%) Cloud Engineer
10 7 (3.38%) Azure Engineer
10 7 (3.38%) Cloud Architect
10 7 (3.38%) Java Developer
10 7 (3.38%) Security Engineer
10 7 (3.38%) Snowflake Data Engineer
10 7 (3.38%) Snowflake Engineer
11 6 (2.90%) Full-Stack Developer
11 6 (2.90%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (10.14%) Kafka
2 20 (9.66%) React
3 19 (9.18%) REST
4 17 (8.21%) Node.js
5 16 (7.73%) RESTful
5 16 (7.73%) Spring
6 14 (6.76%) .NET
7 12 (5.80%) HTML
7 12 (5.80%) Spring Boot
8 11 (5.31%) CSS
8 11 (5.31%) OAuth
8 11 (5.31%) Playwright
9 8 (3.86%) AngularJS
9 8 (3.86%) OpenTelemetry
10 7 (3.38%) JSON
11 6 (2.90%) Django
11 6 (2.90%) GraphQL
11 6 (2.90%) LangGraph
11 6 (2.90%) SOAP
12 5 (2.42%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 42 (20.29%) Cloud Native
2 20 (9.66%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (4.83%) Product Ownership
4 7 (3.38%) Data Centre
4 7 (3.38%) Mobile App
4 7 (3.38%) Virtual Team
5 6 (2.90%) AI Agents
5 6 (2.90%) Data Structures
6 5 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (2.42%) Equities
6 5 (2.42%) Fixed Income
7 4 (1.93%) Clustering
7 4 (1.93%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.93%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.45%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.45%) Replication
8 3 (1.45%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.97%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.97%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.31%) Linux
2 7 (3.38%) Apple iOS
3 4 (1.93%) Android
3 4 (1.93%) Windows
4 1 (0.48%) AIX
4 1 (0.48%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.48%) Unix
4 1 (0.48%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (48.31%) DevOps
2 68 (32.85%) Infrastructure as Code
3 62 (29.95%) Agile
4 55 (26.57%) Test Automation
5 43 (20.77%) AI
5 43 (20.77%) Containerisation
6 38 (18.36%) Microservices
7 37 (17.87%) Observability
8 34 (16.43%) Problem-Solving
9 33 (15.94%) Software Engineering
10 30 (14.49%) Analytics
11 29 (14.01%) Data Engineering
12 28 (13.53%) Performance Tuning
13 27 (13.04%) Data Pipeline
13 27 (13.04%) Design Patterns
14 23 (11.11%) Migration
15 22 (10.63%) Data Modelling
15 22 (10.63%) Platform Engineering
16 21 (10.14%) Machine Learning
17 20 (9.66%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 82 (39.61%) Python
2 46 (22.22%) Java
3 45 (21.74%) SQL
4 23 (11.11%) JavaScript
5 21 (10.14%) TypeScript
6 17 (8.21%) C#
7 11 (5.31%) Bash
8 7 (3.38%) PowerShell
9 5 (2.42%) Kotlin
9 5 (2.42%) Ruby
10 4 (1.93%) Apex Code
10 4 (1.93%) Go
10 4 (1.93%) Swift
11 3 (1.45%) Bicep
11 3 (1.45%) Korn
11 3 (1.45%) Objective-C
11 3 (1.45%) PHP
12 2 (0.97%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.97%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.97%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 42 (20.29%) SC Cleared
1 42 (20.29%) Security Cleared
2 9 (4.35%) Degree
3 7 (3.38%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (2.42%) AWS Certification
4 5 (2.42%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.93%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.97%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.48%) AWS Certified Developer
8 1 (0.48%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 1 (0.48%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.48%) OSCP
8 1 (0.48%) SANS
8 1 (0.48%) SnowPro
8 1 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.73%) Data Quality
2 14 (6.76%) QA
3 13 (6.28%) GDPR
4 6 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.90%) PCI DSS
5 5 (2.42%) Accessibility
5 5 (2.42%) SLA
6 4 (1.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (1.45%) NIST
8 2 (0.97%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.97%) ISO 8583
8 2 (0.97%) NCSC
8 2 (0.97%) PSD2
8 2 (0.97%) SEPA
9 1 (0.48%) GRC
9 1 (0.48%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.48%) WCAG
System Software
1 61 (29.47%) Docker
2 7 (3.38%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 69 (33.33%) Terraform
2 62 (29.95%) Kubernetes
3 19 (9.18%) Ansible
4 10 (4.83%) Prometheus
5 9 (4.35%) Grafana
6 5 (2.42%) Istio
7 4 (1.93%) Argo
8 3 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.97%) Kibana
10 1 (0.48%) CA Wily
10 1 (0.48%) Icinga
10 1 (0.48%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.48%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.48%) Karpenter
10 1 (0.48%) logstash
10 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.48%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.48%) Packer
10 1 (0.48%) Puppet
Vendors
1 36 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 23 (11.11%) Google
3 21 (10.14%) Databricks
4 11 (5.31%) Oracle
5 7 (3.38%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.42%) Dynatrace
6 5 (2.42%) Splunk
7 4 (1.93%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.45%) Apple
8 3 (1.45%) OpenAI
9 2 (0.97%) Confluent
9 2 (0.97%) IBM
9 2 (0.97%) Informatica
9 2 (0.97%) MuleSoft
9 2 (0.97%) SimCorp
9 2 (0.97%) Tenable
9 2 (0.97%) UiPath
9 2 (0.97%) Vermilion
10 1 (0.48%) Foundry
10 1 (0.48%) Palantir