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 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 16 17
Rank change year-on-year +3 +1 -1
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 280 192 183
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 11.67% 10.29% 8.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.33% 10.92% 9.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 122 133
10th Percentile £419 £407 £426
25th Percentile £470 £519 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - +2.63%
75th Percentile £649 £694 £738
90th Percentile £731 £799 £824
Central London median daily rate £550 £625 £620
% change year-on-year -12.00% +0.81% +0.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65.00 £26.25 -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £27.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +154.55% - -
75th Percentile £75.00 £28.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £70.00 £27.50 -
% change year-on-year +154.55% - -

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 2,100 1,759 1,885
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 87.54% 94.27% 91.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,431 1,153 1,280
10th Percentile £375 £331 £375
25th Percentile £456 £425 £474
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £771 £793
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 21 17
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.08 £15.20
25th Percentile £18.18 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £19.50 £28.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% +5.56% -13.60%
75th Percentile £37.17 £56.75 £78.75
90th Percentile £61.83 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £22.83 £30.04 £27.00
% change year-on-year -23.99% +11.24% -22.86%

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 7 August 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 14 (5.00%) Apache Airflow
2 13 (4.64%) Confluence
3 8 (2.86%) Apache Spark
4 7 (2.50%) Apache
5 5 (1.79%) SharePoint
6 3 (1.07%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.36%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.36%) Camunda
7 1 (0.36%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.36%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.36%) nginx
7 1 (0.36%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.36%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 2 (0.71%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.36%) Maya
Business Applications
1 5 (1.79%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.71%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.36%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.36%) Magento
4 1 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.36%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.36%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.36%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 116 (41.43%) Azure
2 106 (37.86%) AWS
3 67 (23.93%) GitHub
4 48 (17.14%) Azure DevOps
5 42 (15.00%) GCP
6 41 (14.64%) GitHub Actions
7 36 (12.86%) Power Platform
8 32 (11.43%) Serverless
9 25 (8.93%) Amazon S3
10 20 (7.14%) AWS Lambda
11 19 (6.79%) Azure Data Factory
12 17 (6.07%) Azure AKS
12 17 (6.07%) Snowflake
13 13 (4.64%) Amazon Kinesis
14 12 (4.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 12 (4.29%) Amazon EC2
14 12 (4.29%) Azure Monitor
14 12 (4.29%) dbt
14 12 (4.29%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 12 (4.29%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.93%) Firewall
2 7 (2.50%) Network Security
3 5 (1.79%) DNS
4 4 (1.43%) Internet
4 4 (1.43%) VPN
5 3 (1.07%) FTP
6 2 (0.71%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.71%) Multicast
6 2 (0.71%) SSL
7 1 (0.36%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.36%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (9.29%) Power BI
2 17 (6.07%) NoSQL
3 16 (5.71%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (5.36%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (5.36%) SQL Server
5 12 (4.29%) Amazon RDS
6 11 (3.93%) Amazon Athena
6 11 (3.93%) Data Lake
7 10 (3.57%) DynamoDB
7 10 (3.57%) MongoDB
8 8 (2.86%) Metadata
9 7 (2.50%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (2.50%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (2.50%) Relational Database
9 7 (2.50%) Star Schema
10 5 (1.79%) Big Data
10 5 (1.79%) Data Mining
10 5 (1.79%) Delta Lake
10 5 (1.79%) Snowflake Schema
11 4 (1.43%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 47 (16.79%) Git
2 39 (13.93%) Jenkins
3 31 (11.07%) GitLab
4 23 (8.21%) JIRA
5 14 (5.00%) JUnit
6 10 (3.57%) Postman
7 9 (3.21%) Cucumber
7 9 (3.21%) Mockito
8 8 (2.86%) Selenium
9 6 (2.14%) Gradle
9 6 (2.14%) JMeter
10 4 (1.43%) Bitbucket
10 4 (1.43%) Cypress.io
10 4 (1.43%) Liquibase
10 4 (1.43%) Maven
10 4 (1.43%) REST Assured
11 3 (1.07%) Appium
11 3 (1.07%) Gatling
11 3 (1.07%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.71%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 94 (33.57%) Finance
2 77 (27.50%) Social Skills
3 41 (14.64%) Banking
4 25 (8.93%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (8.21%) Public Sector
6 10 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (2.50%) Front Office
8 6 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.79%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.43%) Marketing
10 4 (1.43%) Military
10 4 (1.43%) Retail
11 3 (1.07%) Back Office
11 3 (1.07%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.07%) Law
11 3 (1.07%) Legal
12 2 (0.71%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.36%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 51 (18.21%) Senior
2 45 (16.07%) Developer
3 42 (15.00%) Architect
4 29 (10.36%) Data Engineer
5 22 (7.86%) DevOps Engineer
5 22 (7.86%) Lead
6 18 (6.43%) Senior Developer
7 13 (4.64%) Azure Engineer
7 13 (4.64%) Cloud Engineer
7 13 (4.64%) Software Engineer
8 12 (4.29%) Data Architect
8 12 (4.29%) Java Developer
9 10 (3.57%) GCP Engineer
9 10 (3.57%) Python Engineer
10 9 (3.21%) Automation Engineer
10 9 (3.21%) Azure Architect
10 9 (3.21%) Senior Java Developer
10 9 (3.21%) Solutions Architect
10 9 (3.21%) Technical Architect
11 8 (2.86%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (13.21%) REST
2 34 (12.14%) Kafka
3 31 (11.07%) Spring
4 27 (9.64%) Spring Boot
5 25 (8.93%) React
6 19 (6.79%) .NET
7 15 (5.36%) Playwright
7 15 (5.36%) RESTful
8 14 (5.00%) PySpark
9 13 (4.64%) SOAP
10 11 (3.93%) AngularJS
10 11 (3.93%) HTML
11 10 (3.57%) Node.js
12 9 (3.21%) GraphQL
13 8 (2.86%) JSON
13 8 (2.86%) RabbitMQ
14 7 (2.50%) CSS
14 7 (2.50%) Middleware
14 7 (2.50%) YAML
15 6 (2.14%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 80 (28.57%) Cloud Native
2 32 (11.43%) Distributed Systems
3 18 (6.43%) AI Agents
4 11 (3.93%) Onboarding
5 10 (3.57%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (1.79%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.43%) Clustering
9 4 (1.43%) Equities
9 4 (1.43%) Fixed Income
9 4 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.43%) Mobile App
10 3 (1.07%) Algorithms
10 3 (1.07%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.07%) Enterprise Cloud
10 3 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.07%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.00%) Linux
2 9 (3.21%) Apple iOS
2 9 (3.21%) Unix
2 9 (3.21%) Windows
3 4 (1.43%) Android
3 4 (1.43%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.07%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.36%) AIX
5 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (53.93%) DevOps
2 94 (33.57%) Infrastructure as Code
3 76 (27.14%) Agile
4 73 (26.07%) Containerisation
4 73 (26.07%) Test Automation
5 63 (22.50%) AI
6 56 (20.00%) Analytics
7 55 (19.64%) Observability
8 54 (19.29%) Microservices
9 50 (17.86%) Software Engineering
10 47 (16.79%) Data Engineering
11 44 (15.71%) Event-Driven
12 42 (15.00%) Data Modelling
12 42 (15.00%) Migration
13 40 (14.29%) Platform Engineering
14 37 (13.21%) Stakeholder Management
15 35 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
16 34 (12.14%) Data Pipeline
17 29 (10.36%) Business Intelligence
17 29 (10.36%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 93 (33.21%) Python
2 69 (24.64%) SQL
3 58 (20.71%) Java
4 32 (11.43%) C#
5 28 (10.00%) TypeScript
6 25 (8.93%) JavaScript
7 23 (8.21%) PowerShell
8 16 (5.71%) Bash
9 15 (5.36%) Bicep
10 7 (2.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (2.50%) Korn
11 5 (1.79%) Apex Code
11 5 (1.79%) Ruby
11 5 (1.79%) Shell Script
12 3 (1.07%) Kotlin
12 3 (1.07%) Scala
12 3 (1.07%) Swift
13 2 (0.71%) ActionScript 2.0
13 2 (0.71%) Go
13 2 (0.71%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 79 (28.21%) Security Cleared
2 71 (25.36%) SC Cleared
3 14 (5.00%) DV Cleared
4 8 (2.86%) DBS Check
4 8 (2.86%) Degree
5 6 (2.14%) Azure Certification
5 6 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.07%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.71%) CISSP
8 2 (0.71%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.71%) SnowPro
9 1 (0.36%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.36%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.36%) CHECK Team Leader
9 1 (0.36%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.36%) PMP
9 1 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (10.00%) QA
2 16 (5.71%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.86%) Accessibility
4 7 (2.50%) EU AI Act
4 7 (2.50%) GDPR
4 7 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.14%) SLA
6 5 (1.79%) NCSC
7 4 (1.43%) NIST
8 2 (0.71%) EMIR
8 2 (0.71%) MiFID
8 2 (0.71%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.71%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.36%) WCAG
System Software
1 65 (23.21%) Docker
2 9 (3.21%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.86%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.36%) Firmware
5 1 (0.36%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
5 1 (0.36%) Varnish
5 1 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.36%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.36%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 92 (32.86%) Kubernetes
2 75 (26.79%) Terraform
3 19 (6.79%) Grafana
3 19 (6.79%) Prometheus
4 13 (4.64%) Ansible
5 4 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.71%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.71%) Puppet
7 1 (0.36%) Argo
7 1 (0.36%) Bosun
7 1 (0.36%) CA Wily
7 1 (0.36%) Consul
7 1 (0.36%) Istio
7 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.36%) Packer
7 1 (0.36%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.36%) Salt
7 1 (0.36%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.36%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 55 (19.64%) Microsoft
2 30 (10.71%) Databricks
3 26 (9.29%) Google
4 15 (5.36%) Oracle
5 9 (3.21%) Salesforce
6 8 (2.86%) Dynatrace
6 8 (2.86%) Splunk
7 6 (2.14%) MuleSoft
8 5 (1.79%) IBM
8 5 (1.79%) SAP
8 5 (1.79%) VMware
9 4 (1.43%) AppDynamics
10 3 (1.07%) Apple
10 3 (1.07%) Informatica
10 3 (1.07%) OpenAI
10 3 (1.07%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.71%) Software AG
11 2 (0.71%) Sybase
11 2 (0.71%) webMethods
11 2 (0.71%) Workday