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 28 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 17 17
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 -1
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 212 184 181
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 9.12% 11.04% 8.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.74% 11.80% 9.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 112 129
10th Percentile £364 £413 £425
25th Percentile £453 £497 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £585 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% -2.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £725
90th Percentile £750 £786 £804
Central London median daily rate £575 £585 £600
% change year-on-year -1.71% -2.50% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65.00 - £46.75
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £48.50
75th Percentile £75.00 - £50.25
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £70.00 - £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 1,974 1,559 1,953
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 84.90% 93.58% 90.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,347 978 1,373
10th Percentile £361 £354 £350
25th Percentile £450 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £551 £563
Median % change year-on-year -0.18% -2.04% -6.25%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 15 12
10th Percentile £17.84 £18.70 £19.95
25th Percentile £18.75 £22.88 £20.22
Median hourly rate £27.50 £28.15 £25.63
Median % change year-on-year -2.31% +9.85% -26.79%
75th Percentile £52.49 £39.21 £40.00
90th Percentile £62.89 £57.75 £41.65
Central London median hourly rate £26.56 £28.15 £27.81
% change year-on-year -5.67% +1.22% -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 28 May 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 17 (8.02%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (3.30%) Apache
2 7 (3.30%) Apache Spark
2 7 (3.30%) Confluence
3 3 (1.42%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.42%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.94%) Camunda
4 2 (0.94%) Ethereum
4 2 (0.94%) Hyperledger
5 1 (0.47%) IBM HTTP Server
5 1 (0.47%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.47%) nginx
5 1 (0.47%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.47%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (1.42%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.47%) Maya
Business Applications
1 3 (1.42%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.94%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.47%) Magento
3 1 (0.47%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.47%) R3 Corda
3 1 (0.47%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.47%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 99 (46.70%) AWS
2 85 (40.09%) Azure
3 52 (24.53%) GitHub
4 34 (16.04%) Azure DevOps
4 34 (16.04%) GCP
4 34 (16.04%) GitHub Actions
5 30 (14.15%) Serverless
6 24 (11.32%) Power Platform
7 22 (10.38%) Amazon S3
8 20 (9.43%) AWS Lambda
9 18 (8.49%) Snowflake
10 15 (7.08%) AWS CloudFormation
11 13 (6.13%) Azure AKS
12 12 (5.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 12 (5.66%) dbt
13 11 (5.19%) Azure Data Factory
14 10 (4.72%) Amazon EC2
15 9 (4.25%) Amazon Kinesis
15 9 (4.25%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 8 (3.77%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.83%) Firewall
2 4 (1.89%) Network Security
3 3 (1.42%) DNS
4 2 (0.94%) FTP
4 2 (0.94%) HTTP
4 2 (0.94%) Multicast
5 1 (0.47%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.47%) Internet
5 1 (0.47%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.47%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (8.96%) NoSQL
2 17 (8.02%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (7.55%) Power BI
4 11 (5.19%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (5.19%) DynamoDB
5 10 (4.72%) SQL Server
6 9 (4.25%) Metadata
7 8 (3.77%) Amazon RDS
7 8 (3.77%) Relational Database
8 7 (3.30%) MongoDB
8 7 (3.30%) Snowflake Schema
9 6 (2.83%) Amazon Athena
9 6 (2.83%) Data Lake
9 6 (2.83%) Redis
10 5 (2.36%) Apache Cassandra
10 5 (2.36%) Data Mining
11 4 (1.89%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (1.89%) Big Data
11 4 (1.89%) Delta Lake
11 4 (1.89%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 43 (20.28%) Git
2 34 (16.04%) Jenkins
3 20 (9.43%) GitLab
4 19 (8.96%) JIRA
5 11 (5.19%) Postman
6 10 (4.72%) JUnit
7 7 (3.30%) Mockito
8 6 (2.83%) Cucumber
9 5 (2.36%) Gradle
9 5 (2.36%) JMeter
9 5 (2.36%) Selenium
10 4 (1.89%) Liquibase
11 3 (1.42%) Gatling
11 3 (1.42%) Maven
11 3 (1.42%) REST Assured
12 2 (0.94%) Ant
12 2 (0.94%) Artifactory
12 2 (0.94%) Zephyr
13 1 (0.47%) Cypress.io
13 1 (0.47%) PHPUnit
General
1 77 (36.32%) Finance
2 49 (23.11%) Social Skills
3 32 (15.09%) Banking
4 20 (9.43%) Public Sector
5 12 (5.66%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (3.30%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (2.36%) Front Office
7 5 (2.36%) Legal
8 4 (1.89%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.42%) Marketing
9 3 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.94%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.47%) Advertising
11 1 (0.47%) Aviation
11 1 (0.47%) Law
11 1 (0.47%) Military
11 1 (0.47%) Retail
11 1 (0.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 38 (17.92%) Senior
2 35 (16.51%) Architect
3 34 (16.04%) Developer
4 19 (8.96%) Data Engineer
4 19 (8.96%) DevOps Engineer
5 18 (8.49%) Lead
6 16 (7.55%) Senior Developer
7 11 (5.19%) Azure Engineer
7 11 (5.19%) Java Developer
8 10 (4.72%) Solutions Architect
9 9 (4.25%) Platform Engineer
9 9 (4.25%) Python Engineer
9 9 (4.25%) Snowflake Data Engineer
9 9 (4.25%) Snowflake Engineer
10 8 (3.77%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 8 (3.77%) Cloud Architect
10 8 (3.77%) Cloud Engineer
10 8 (3.77%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 8 (3.77%) GCP Engineer
10 8 (3.77%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (15.09%) Kafka
2 28 (13.21%) Spring
3 26 (12.26%) REST
4 25 (11.79%) Spring Boot
5 22 (10.38%) React
6 12 (5.66%) .NET
6 12 (5.66%) RESTful
7 9 (4.25%) OpenTelemetry
7 9 (4.25%) Playwright
8 8 (3.77%) Django
8 8 (3.77%) GraphQL
8 8 (3.77%) Node.js
8 8 (3.77%) SOAP
9 7 (3.30%) AngularJS
9 7 (3.30%) HTML
9 7 (3.30%) PySpark
9 7 (3.30%) YAML
10 6 (2.83%) JSON
10 6 (2.83%) Model Context Protocol
10 6 (2.83%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 62 (29.25%) Cloud Native
2 26 (12.26%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (4.72%) AI Agents
4 7 (3.30%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.36%) Clustering
5 5 (2.36%) Data Centre
5 5 (2.36%) Equities
6 4 (1.89%) Fixed Income
7 3 (1.42%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.42%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.42%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.42%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.94%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (0.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.94%) IoT
8 2 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.94%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.19%) Linux
2 4 (1.89%) Windows
3 3 (1.42%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.42%) Unix
4 2 (0.94%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.47%) AIX
5 1 (0.47%) Android
5 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.47%) VMS
5 1 (0.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (52.36%) DevOps
2 78 (36.79%) Infrastructure as Code
3 61 (28.77%) Containerisation
4 55 (25.94%) AI
5 54 (25.47%) Observability
5 54 (25.47%) Test Automation
6 53 (25.00%) Agile
7 43 (20.28%) Analytics
8 39 (18.40%) Microservices
9 37 (17.45%) Data Engineering
10 34 (16.04%) Software Engineering
11 30 (14.15%) Platform Engineering
12 29 (13.68%) Data Pipeline
12 29 (13.68%) Event-Driven
13 27 (12.74%) Machine Learning
13 27 (12.74%) Performance Tuning
14 26 (12.26%) Migration
15 25 (11.79%) Data Modelling
16 24 (11.32%) Roadmaps
17 20 (9.43%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 76 (35.85%) Python
2 50 (23.58%) Java
2 50 (23.58%) SQL
3 22 (10.38%) TypeScript
4 19 (8.96%) C#
4 19 (8.96%) JavaScript
5 13 (6.13%) Bash
5 13 (6.13%) PowerShell
6 11 (5.19%) Bicep
7 5 (2.36%) Ruby
8 4 (1.89%) Apex Code
8 4 (1.89%) Korn
9 3 (1.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (1.42%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.94%) Go
10 2 (0.94%) PHP
10 2 (0.94%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.94%) Scala
11 1 (0.47%) ActionScript 2.0
11 1 (0.47%) XPath
Qualifications
1 51 (24.06%) Security Cleared
2 48 (22.64%) SC Cleared
3 8 (3.77%) Degree
3 8 (3.77%) DV Cleared
4 6 (2.83%) DBS Check
5 5 (2.36%) Azure Certification
5 5 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.89%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.94%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 2 (0.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.94%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.94%) SnowPro
8 1 (0.47%) AWS Certified Developer
8 1 (0.47%) CHECK Team Leader
8 1 (0.47%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.47%) PMP
8 1 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.55%) QA
2 13 (6.13%) Data Quality
3 9 (4.25%) GDPR
4 7 (3.30%) SLA
5 4 (1.89%) NCSC
6 3 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.42%) NIST
6 3 (1.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.94%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.94%) EMIR
7 2 (0.94%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.94%) ISO 8583
7 2 (0.94%) MiFID
7 2 (0.94%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.94%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.94%) PSD2
7 2 (0.94%) SEPA
8 1 (0.47%) WCAG
System Software
1 63 (29.72%) Docker
2 7 (3.30%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.83%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.47%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
4 1 (0.47%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 76 (35.85%) Kubernetes
2 55 (25.94%) Terraform
3 19 (8.96%) Prometheus
4 16 (7.55%) Grafana
5 13 (6.13%) Ansible
6 4 (1.89%) Argo
6 4 (1.89%) Istio
6 4 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.94%) Puppet
8 1 (0.47%) CA Wily
8 1 (0.47%) Consul
8 1 (0.47%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.47%) Karpenter
8 1 (0.47%) Kibana
8 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.47%) Opsgenie
8 1 (0.47%) Packer
8 1 (0.47%) Salt
8 1 (0.47%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 37 (17.45%) Microsoft
2 20 (9.43%) Databricks
3 16 (7.55%) Google
4 10 (4.72%) Oracle
5 7 (3.30%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.83%) Dynatrace
7 5 (2.36%) OpenAI
8 4 (1.89%) IBM
9 3 (1.42%) Informatica
9 3 (1.42%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.42%) SAP
9 3 (1.42%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.42%) Splunk
10 2 (0.94%) Confluent
10 2 (0.94%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.94%) Foundry
10 2 (0.94%) SimCorp
10 2 (0.94%) Tenable
10 2 (0.94%) Vermilion
10 2 (0.94%) VMware