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 19 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 14 28
Rank change year-on-year -6 +14 -9
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 186 196 157
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 9.53% 10.75% 6.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.71% 11.74% 7.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 123 113
10th Percentile £343 £413 £425
25th Percentile £413 £490 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £575 £605
Median % change year-on-year -9.13% -4.96% -6.92%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £713
90th Percentile £775 £750 £775
Central London median daily rate £525 £575 £625
% change year-on-year -8.70% -8.00% -
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 1,737 1,669 2,108
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.99% 91.55% 89.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,203 1,016 1,499
10th Percentile £356 £363 £350
25th Percentile £430 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £668 £682 £688
90th Percentile £775 £778 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -4.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 8 14
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.50 £28.94 £19.18
Median hourly rate £34.00 £40.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.05% +24.62% -7.14%
75th Percentile £45.08 £64.56 £45.52
90th Percentile £54.94 £112.00 £66.70
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -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 19 February 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 7 (3.76%) Apache Airflow
1 7 (3.76%) Apache Spark
2 6 (3.23%) Confluence
3 3 (1.61%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.08%) Apache
4 2 (1.08%) CMS
4 2 (1.08%) Ethereum
4 2 (1.08%) Hyperledger
4 2 (1.08%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.54%) Camunda
5 1 (0.54%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.54%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.54%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.54%) Maya
2 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.08%) Shopify
2 1 (0.54%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.54%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.54%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.54%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 84 (45.16%) AWS
2 74 (39.78%) Azure
3 49 (26.34%) GitHub
4 37 (19.89%) GitHub Actions
5 35 (18.82%) GCP
6 31 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
7 25 (13.44%) Serverless
8 18 (9.68%) AWS Lambda
9 16 (8.60%) Amazon S3
10 13 (6.99%) AWS CloudFormation
11 12 (6.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 11 (5.91%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 11 (5.91%) Power Platform
12 11 (5.91%) Snowflake
13 10 (5.38%) Amazon ECS
14 8 (4.30%) Amazon EKS
14 8 (4.30%) Apigee
14 8 (4.30%) Azure AKS
15 7 (3.76%) Azure Key Vault
16 6 (3.23%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.69%) Network Security
2 4 (2.15%) DNS
2 4 (2.15%) Firewall
3 2 (1.08%) HTTP
4 1 (0.54%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.53%) Relational Database
2 13 (6.99%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (4.84%) DynamoDB
3 9 (4.84%) MySQL
3 9 (4.84%) NoSQL
4 8 (4.30%) MongoDB
5 7 (3.76%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (3.76%) Power BI
6 6 (3.23%) Metadata
6 6 (3.23%) SQL Server
7 5 (2.69%) BigQuery
7 5 (2.69%) Redis
8 4 (2.15%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (1.61%) Amazon Aurora
9 3 (1.61%) Big Data
9 3 (1.61%) Data Lake
9 3 (1.61%) Pinecone
9 3 (1.61%) Snowflake Schema
10 2 (1.08%) CockroachDB
10 2 (1.08%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 48 (25.81%) Git
2 34 (18.28%) Jenkins
3 17 (9.14%) GitLab
4 16 (8.60%) JIRA
5 11 (5.91%) Selenium
6 9 (4.84%) Cucumber
7 7 (3.76%) JUnit
7 7 (3.76%) Postman
8 5 (2.69%) Bitbucket
8 5 (2.69%) REST Assured
9 4 (2.15%) Cypress.io
10 3 (1.61%) Ant
10 3 (1.61%) Gatling
10 3 (1.61%) Mockito
11 2 (1.08%) Crashlytics
11 2 (1.08%) fastlane
11 2 (1.08%) Gradle
11 2 (1.08%) Snyk
11 2 (1.08%) SoapUI
11 2 (1.08%) WebDriver
General
1 67 (36.02%) Finance
2 49 (26.34%) Social Skills
3 33 (17.74%) Banking
4 10 (5.38%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (4.30%) Front Office
5 8 (4.30%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.23%) Investment Banking
7 5 (2.69%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.69%) Financial Institution
8 4 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.61%) Law
9 3 (1.61%) Legal
10 2 (1.08%) Back Office
10 2 (1.08%) Marketing
10 2 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.08%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.54%) Local Government
11 1 (0.54%) Retail
Job Titles
1 37 (19.89%) Developer
2 30 (16.13%) Senior
3 28 (15.05%) DevOps Engineer
4 19 (10.22%) Architect
5 15 (8.06%) Lead
6 13 (6.99%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 13 (6.99%) Data Engineer
6 13 (6.99%) Python Engineer
7 9 (4.84%) GCP Engineer
7 9 (4.84%) Platform Engineer
7 9 (4.84%) Senior Developer
8 8 (4.30%) Java Developer
9 7 (3.76%) Cloud Architect
10 6 (3.23%) Cloud Engineer
11 5 (2.69%) AWS Engineer
11 5 (2.69%) Full-Stack Developer
11 5 (2.69%) iOS Developer
11 5 (2.69%) Senior DevOps
11 5 (2.69%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 5 (2.69%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (10.22%) React
2 16 (8.60%) Node.js
2 16 (8.60%) REST
2 16 (8.60%) RESTful
3 14 (7.53%) Kafka
4 13 (6.99%) CSS
4 13 (6.99%) HTML
4 13 (6.99%) OAuth
5 12 (6.45%) Spring
6 11 (5.91%) .NET
7 9 (4.84%) Playwright
7 9 (4.84%) Spring Boot
8 8 (4.30%) OpenTelemetry
9 7 (3.76%) GraphQL
9 7 (3.76%) JSON
10 6 (3.23%) HTML5
10 6 (3.23%) JWT
10 6 (3.23%) LangChain
10 6 (3.23%) LangGraph
10 6 (3.23%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 35 (18.82%) Cloud Native
2 16 (8.60%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (5.91%) Product Ownership
4 9 (4.84%) AI Agents
5 6 (3.23%) Data Structures
5 6 (3.23%) Mobile App
5 6 (3.23%) Virtual Team
6 5 (2.69%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.69%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (2.69%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.15%) Algorithms
7 4 (2.15%) Equities
7 4 (2.15%) Fixed Income
7 4 (2.15%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.61%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.61%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.61%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.38%) Linux
2 6 (3.23%) Apple iOS
3 4 (2.15%) Android
3 4 (2.15%) Windows
4 1 (0.54%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (48.39%) DevOps
2 62 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 55 (29.57%) Agile
4 48 (25.81%) Test Automation
5 44 (23.66%) AI
6 40 (21.51%) Containerisation
7 35 (18.82%) Problem-Solving
8 34 (18.28%) Microservices
9 30 (16.13%) Observability
10 26 (13.98%) Analytics
10 26 (13.98%) Design Patterns
11 25 (13.44%) Performance Tuning
11 25 (13.44%) Software Engineering
12 23 (12.37%) Machine Learning
13 22 (11.83%) Data Engineering
13 22 (11.83%) Data Pipeline
14 20 (10.75%) Generative AI
15 19 (10.22%) Data Governance
16 18 (9.68%) Migration
16 18 (9.68%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 76 (40.86%) Python
2 39 (20.97%) Java
3 35 (18.82%) SQL
4 21 (11.29%) JavaScript
5 19 (10.22%) TypeScript
6 13 (6.99%) C#
7 9 (4.84%) Bash
8 6 (3.23%) PowerShell
9 5 (2.69%) Kotlin
10 4 (2.15%) Go
10 4 (2.15%) Ruby
10 4 (2.15%) Swift
11 3 (1.61%) Apex Code
11 3 (1.61%) Bicep
11 3 (1.61%) Korn
11 3 (1.61%) Objective-C
11 3 (1.61%) PHP
12 2 (1.08%) PL/SQL
12 2 (1.08%) Rust
12 2 (1.08%) Scala
Qualifications
1 38 (20.43%) SC Cleared
1 38 (20.43%) Security Cleared
2 7 (3.76%) Degree
3 5 (2.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (2.15%) AWS Certification
4 4 (2.15%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.08%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.08%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.54%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 1 (0.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.54%) CCNA
6 1 (0.54%) CCSP
6 1 (0.54%) CISSP
6 1 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.54%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.54%) SANS
6 1 (0.54%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (9.14%) GDPR
2 14 (7.53%) QA
3 13 (6.99%) Data Quality
4 8 (4.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (3.23%) NIST
5 6 (3.23%) PCI DSS
6 5 (2.69%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.61%) EU AI Act
7 3 (1.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (1.08%) ISO 20022
8 2 (1.08%) ISO 8583
8 2 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 2 (1.08%) NCSC
8 2 (1.08%) PSD2
8 2 (1.08%) SEPA
9 1 (0.54%) GRC
9 1 (0.54%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.54%) SLA
9 1 (0.54%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.54%) WCAG
System Software
1 55 (29.57%) Docker
2 8 (4.30%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.54%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 66 (35.48%) Terraform
2 56 (30.11%) Kubernetes
3 19 (10.22%) Ansible
4 10 (5.38%) Prometheus
5 9 (4.84%) Grafana
6 5 (2.69%) Istio
7 4 (2.15%) Argo
7 4 (2.15%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (1.08%) Kibana
9 1 (0.54%) Icinga
9 1 (0.54%) ITRS Geneos
9 1 (0.54%) Karpenter
9 1 (0.54%) logstash
9 1 (0.54%) Opsgenie
9 1 (0.54%) Packer
Vendors
1 28 (15.05%) Microsoft
2 23 (12.37%) Google
3 21 (11.29%) Databricks
4 9 (4.84%) Oracle
5 7 (3.76%) OpenAI
6 6 (3.23%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.69%) Dynatrace
8 4 (2.15%) Splunk
9 3 (1.61%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.08%) Apple
10 2 (1.08%) Confluent
10 2 (1.08%) IBM
10 2 (1.08%) SimCorp
10 2 (1.08%) Tenable
10 2 (1.08%) UiPath
10 2 (1.08%) Vermilion
11 1 (0.54%) Amplitude
11 1 (0.54%) LogicMonitor
11 1 (0.54%) Plaid
11 1 (0.54%) Workday