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 11 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 16 17
Rank change year-on-year -3 +1 -1
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 228 185 187
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 9.50% 10.86% 8.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.10% 11.58% 9.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 115 133
10th Percentile £401 £413 £425
25th Percentile £456 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £638 £700 £738
90th Percentile £737 £795 £814
Central London median daily rate £575 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -4.17% - -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 2,054 1,598 1,972
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 85.62% 93.78% 90.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,387 1,016 1,378
10th Percentile £361 £355 £350
25th Percentile £450 £450 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £551 £565
Median % change year-on-year -0.18% -2.48% -5.83%
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 27 15 13
10th Percentile £17.45 £18.70 £19.98
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.21 £20.22
Median hourly rate £25.77 £28.50 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -9.58% +8.57% -25.00%
75th Percentile £47.58 £46.25 £40.00
90th Percentile £61.83 £78.75 £48.57
Central London median hourly rate £27.00 £28.50 £27.81
% change year-on-year -5.26% +2.48% -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 11 June 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 (7.46%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (3.51%) Confluence
3 7 (3.07%) Apache
3 7 (3.07%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.32%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.32%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.88%) Camunda
5 2 (0.88%) Ethereum
5 2 (0.88%) Hyperledger
6 1 (0.44%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (0.44%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.44%) nginx
6 1 (0.44%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.44%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (1.32%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.44%) Maya
Business Applications
1 4 (1.75%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.44%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.44%) Magento
2 1 (0.44%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.44%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.44%) R3 Corda
2 1 (0.44%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.44%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 105 (46.05%) AWS
2 90 (39.47%) Azure
3 54 (23.68%) GitHub
4 35 (15.35%) Azure DevOps
4 35 (15.35%) GitHub Actions
5 33 (14.47%) GCP
5 33 (14.47%) Serverless
6 28 (12.28%) Power Platform
7 24 (10.53%) Amazon S3
8 21 (9.21%) AWS Lambda
9 19 (8.33%) Snowflake
10 15 (6.58%) Azure AKS
11 14 (6.14%) AWS CloudFormation
12 12 (5.26%) dbt
13 10 (4.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 10 (4.39%) Amazon EC2
13 10 (4.39%) Amazon Kinesis
13 10 (4.39%) Azure Data Factory
14 9 (3.95%) Azure Monitor
14 9 (3.95%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.07%) Firewall
2 4 (1.75%) Network Security
3 3 (1.32%) FTP
4 2 (0.88%) DNS
4 2 (0.88%) HTTP
4 2 (0.88%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.88%) Multicast
4 2 (0.88%) VPN
5 1 (0.44%) Internet
5 1 (0.44%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.44%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (8.77%) Power BI
2 19 (8.33%) NoSQL
3 17 (7.46%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (4.82%) DynamoDB
5 11 (4.82%) SQL Server
6 8 (3.51%) Amazon Athena
6 8 (3.51%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (3.51%) Metadata
6 8 (3.51%) MongoDB
7 7 (3.07%) Relational Database
8 6 (2.63%) Amazon Redshift
8 6 (2.63%) Data Lake
8 6 (2.63%) Redis
8 6 (2.63%) Snowflake Schema
9 5 (2.19%) Apache Cassandra
9 5 (2.19%) Data Mining
10 4 (1.75%) Big Data
10 4 (1.75%) BigQuery
10 4 (1.75%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 44 (19.30%) Git
2 33 (14.47%) Jenkins
3 21 (9.21%) GitLab
4 20 (8.77%) JIRA
5 10 (4.39%) JUnit
5 10 (4.39%) Postman
6 7 (3.07%) Mockito
7 6 (2.63%) Cucumber
7 6 (2.63%) Gradle
8 5 (2.19%) JMeter
9 4 (1.75%) Liquibase
9 4 (1.75%) REST Assured
9 4 (1.75%) Selenium
10 3 (1.32%) Gatling
10 3 (1.32%) Maven
11 2 (0.88%) Ant
11 2 (0.88%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.88%) XCUITest
12 1 (0.44%) CircleCI
12 1 (0.44%) XCTest
General
1 84 (36.84%) Finance
2 57 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 34 (14.91%) Banking
4 20 (8.77%) Public Sector
5 16 (7.02%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (3.07%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (2.19%) Legal
8 4 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.75%) Front Office
9 3 (1.32%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.32%) Law
9 3 (1.32%) Marketing
9 3 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.88%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.88%) Military
11 1 (0.44%) Advertising
11 1 (0.44%) Aviation
11 1 (0.44%) Local Government
11 1 (0.44%) Retail
11 1 (0.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 42 (18.42%) Senior
2 37 (16.23%) Architect
2 37 (16.23%) Developer
3 21 (9.21%) Data Engineer
4 20 (8.77%) DevOps Engineer
4 20 (8.77%) Lead
5 16 (7.02%) Senior Developer
6 12 (5.26%) Java Developer
7 10 (4.39%) Azure Engineer
7 10 (4.39%) Platform Engineer
8 9 (3.95%) Cloud Engineer
8 9 (3.95%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 9 (3.95%) Python Engineer
8 9 (3.95%) Snowflake Data Engineer
8 9 (3.95%) Snowflake Engineer
8 9 (3.95%) Software Engineer
8 9 (3.95%) Solutions Architect
9 8 (3.51%) Data Architect
9 8 (3.51%) Security Engineer
9 8 (3.51%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (14.47%) Kafka
2 29 (12.72%) REST
2 29 (12.72%) Spring
3 26 (11.40%) Spring Boot
4 23 (10.09%) React
5 13 (5.70%) .NET
6 12 (5.26%) RESTful
7 10 (4.39%) OpenTelemetry
8 9 (3.95%) Node.js
8 9 (3.95%) Playwright
8 9 (3.95%) SOAP
9 8 (3.51%) AngularJS
9 8 (3.51%) GraphQL
9 8 (3.51%) JSON
10 7 (3.07%) Django
10 7 (3.07%) HTML
10 7 (3.07%) PySpark
10 7 (3.07%) YAML
11 6 (2.63%) Model Context Protocol
11 6 (2.63%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 71 (31.14%) Cloud Native
2 26 (11.40%) Distributed Systems
3 12 (5.26%) AI Agents
4 10 (4.39%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.19%) Clustering
5 5 (2.19%) Data Centre
5 5 (2.19%) Equities
5 5 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (2.19%) Mobile App
6 4 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.32%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.32%) Fixed Income
7 3 (1.32%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.88%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (0.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.88%) IoT
8 2 (0.88%) Mobile Banking
8 2 (0.88%) NHS
8 2 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.39%) Linux
2 6 (2.63%) Apple iOS
3 4 (1.75%) Unix
3 4 (1.75%) Windows
4 2 (0.88%) Android
4 2 (0.88%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.88%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.44%) AIX
5 1 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.44%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (51.75%) DevOps
2 84 (36.84%) Infrastructure as Code
3 65 (28.51%) Containerisation
4 61 (26.75%) AI
5 57 (25.00%) Test Automation
6 56 (24.56%) Observability
7 54 (23.68%) Agile
8 47 (20.61%) Analytics
9 43 (18.86%) Microservices
10 40 (17.54%) Data Engineering
11 39 (17.11%) Software Engineering
12 36 (15.79%) Platform Engineering
13 31 (13.60%) Event-Driven
13 31 (13.60%) Migration
14 29 (12.72%) Data Modelling
14 29 (12.72%) Data Pipeline
14 29 (12.72%) Machine Learning
15 28 (12.28%) Performance Tuning
16 27 (11.84%) Roadmaps
17 26 (11.40%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 81 (35.53%) Python
2 54 (23.68%) SQL
3 51 (22.37%) Java
4 24 (10.53%) TypeScript
5 20 (8.77%) C#
6 18 (7.89%) JavaScript
7 15 (6.58%) Bash
8 14 (6.14%) PowerShell
9 12 (5.26%) Bicep
10 6 (2.63%) Korn
11 5 (2.19%) Ruby
12 4 (1.75%) Apex Code
12 4 (1.75%) Shell Script
13 3 (1.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.88%) ActionScript 2.0
14 2 (0.88%) Go
14 2 (0.88%) PHP
14 2 (0.88%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.88%) Scala
14 2 (0.88%) Swift
Qualifications
1 56 (24.56%) Security Cleared
2 52 (22.81%) SC Cleared
3 8 (3.51%) DBS Check
3 8 (3.51%) DV Cleared
4 6 (2.63%) Degree
5 5 (2.19%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.32%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.88%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.88%) SnowPro
9 1 (0.44%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.44%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.44%) CHECK Team Leader
9 1 (0.44%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.44%) PMP
9 1 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.33%) QA
2 11 (4.82%) Data Quality
3 8 (3.51%) GDPR
4 7 (3.07%) SLA
5 4 (1.75%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.75%) NCSC
6 3 (1.32%) NIST
7 2 (0.88%) EMIR
7 2 (0.88%) EU AI Act
7 2 (0.88%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.88%) ISO 8583
7 2 (0.88%) MiFID
7 2 (0.88%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.88%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.88%) PSD2
7 2 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.88%) SEPA
8 1 (0.44%) WCAG
System Software
1 62 (27.19%) Docker
2 7 (3.07%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.07%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.44%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
3 1 (0.44%) Varnish
3 1 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.44%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.44%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 81 (35.53%) Kubernetes
2 60 (26.32%) Terraform
3 20 (8.77%) Prometheus
4 18 (7.89%) Grafana
5 13 (5.70%) Ansible
6 5 (2.19%) Argo
7 4 (1.75%) Istio
7 4 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.88%) Puppet
9 1 (0.44%) CA Wily
9 1 (0.44%) Consul
9 1 (0.44%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.44%) Karpenter
9 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.44%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.44%) Salt
9 1 (0.44%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.44%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 34 (14.91%) Microsoft
2 23 (10.09%) Databricks
3 18 (7.89%) Google
4 13 (5.70%) Oracle
5 8 (3.51%) Salesforce
6 7 (3.07%) Dynatrace
7 5 (2.19%) IBM
7 5 (2.19%) OpenAI
8 4 (1.75%) Splunk
9 3 (1.32%) Informatica
9 3 (1.32%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.32%) SAP
9 3 (1.32%) VMware
10 2 (0.88%) Apple
10 2 (0.88%) Axway
10 2 (0.88%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.88%) SimCorp
10 2 (0.88%) Software AG
10 2 (0.88%) Sybase
10 2 (0.88%) webMethods