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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 22 20
Rank change year-on-year +12 -2 0
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 303 159 186
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 13.27% 8.86% 8.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.99% 9.41% 9.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 105 137
10th Percentile £425 £409 £460
25th Percentile £475 £508 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £616 £638
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% -3.37% +5.02%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £738
90th Percentile £738 £795 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £613 £625
% change year-on-year -10.20% -2.00% +2.12%
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 2,021 1,690 1,919
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.52% 94.20% 92.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,388 1,115 1,242
10th Percentile £368 £325 £388
25th Percentile £456 £422 £475
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 £770 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 22 16
10th Percentile - £17.35 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.60 £23.98 £19.79
Median hourly rate £21.00 £28.33 £26.63
Median % change year-on-year -25.86% +6.38% -14.80%
75th Percentile £32.05 £53.50 £82.19
90th Percentile £50.59 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £25.00 £29.07 £33.00
% change year-on-year -14.00% -11.91% +5.60%

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 September 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 (5.61%) Apache Airflow
2 14 (4.62%) Confluence
3 11 (3.63%) Apache Spark
4 7 (2.31%) Apache
5 4 (1.32%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.66%) CMS
6 2 (0.66%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.33%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.33%) Camunda
7 1 (0.33%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.33%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.33%) nginx
7 1 (0.33%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (0.66%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.65%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.99%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.66%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.33%) Magento
5 1 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.33%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.33%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 141 (46.53%) Azure
2 122 (40.26%) AWS
3 69 (22.77%) GitHub
4 53 (17.49%) Azure DevOps
5 45 (14.85%) GCP
6 42 (13.86%) GitHub Actions
7 37 (12.21%) Power Platform
7 37 (12.21%) Serverless
8 25 (8.25%) Amazon S3
8 25 (8.25%) Azure Data Factory
9 22 (7.26%) AWS Lambda
10 20 (6.60%) Snowflake
11 18 (5.94%) Azure AKS
12 15 (4.95%) dbt
13 13 (4.29%) Azure Monitor
14 12 (3.96%) Azure Databricks
14 12 (3.96%) Azure Functions
14 12 (3.96%) GitHub Copilot
14 12 (3.96%) PaaS
14 12 (3.96%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.96%) Firewall
2 6 (1.98%) DNS
2 6 (1.98%) Network Security
3 5 (1.65%) VPN
4 4 (1.32%) Internet
5 3 (0.99%) FTP
6 2 (0.66%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.66%) Multicast
6 2 (0.66%) SSL
7 1 (0.33%) BGP
7 1 (0.33%) DHCP
7 1 (0.33%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (0.33%) INAP
7 1 (0.33%) NX-OS
7 1 (0.33%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.33%) RTP
7 1 (0.33%) TACACS
7 1 (0.33%) tcpdump
7 1 (0.33%) VoIP
7 1 (0.33%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (8.58%) Power BI
2 23 (7.59%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (5.28%) SQL Server
4 14 (4.62%) Data Lake
4 14 (4.62%) NoSQL
4 14 (4.62%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (4.29%) Metadata
6 12 (3.96%) Amazon RDS
7 11 (3.63%) Amazon Athena
8 9 (2.97%) MongoDB
8 9 (2.97%) Relational Database
9 8 (2.64%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (2.64%) Delta Lake
9 8 (2.64%) DynamoDB
9 8 (2.64%) Star Schema
10 7 (2.31%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (1.65%) Data Mining
12 4 (1.32%) Big Data
12 4 (1.32%) Data Mart
12 4 (1.32%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 46 (15.18%) Git
2 38 (12.54%) Jenkins
3 33 (10.89%) GitLab
4 26 (8.58%) JIRA
5 13 (4.29%) JUnit
6 9 (2.97%) Cucumber
6 9 (2.97%) Mockito
6 9 (2.97%) Postman
6 9 (2.97%) Selenium
7 8 (2.64%) JMeter
8 6 (1.98%) Bitbucket
8 6 (1.98%) Gradle
8 6 (1.98%) Maven
9 5 (1.65%) Visual Studio
10 4 (1.32%) Appium
10 4 (1.32%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.99%) Gatling
11 3 (0.99%) REST Assured
11 3 (0.99%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 3 (0.99%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 109 (35.97%) Finance
2 87 (28.71%) Social Skills
3 55 (18.15%) Banking
4 36 (11.88%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (8.58%) Public Sector
6 13 (4.29%) Front Office
7 11 (3.63%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (2.64%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.65%) Back Office
9 5 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.65%) Marketing
9 5 (1.65%) Retail
10 4 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.32%) Legal
10 4 (1.32%) Military
11 3 (0.99%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.99%) Law
11 3 (0.99%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.99%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 62 (20.46%) Developer
1 62 (20.46%) Senior
2 50 (16.50%) Architect
3 36 (11.88%) Data Engineer
4 22 (7.26%) Senior Developer
5 21 (6.93%) Lead
6 19 (6.27%) DevOps Engineer
7 14 (4.62%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 14 (4.62%) Azure Engineer
7 14 (4.62%) Data Architect
7 14 (4.62%) Java Developer
8 13 (4.29%) Cloud Engineer
9 12 (3.96%) Senior Data Engineer
10 11 (3.63%) Software Engineer
10 11 (3.63%) Solutions Architect
11 10 (3.30%) Automation Engineer
11 10 (3.30%) Senior Java Developer
12 9 (2.97%) AWS Engineer
12 9 (2.97%) GCP Engineer
13 8 (2.64%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (27.06%) Terraform
2 42 (13.86%) REST
3 33 (10.89%) Kafka
4 31 (10.23%) Spring
5 30 (9.90%) Spring Boot
6 28 (9.24%) .NET
7 23 (7.59%) React
8 19 (6.27%) PySpark
8 19 (6.27%) RESTful
9 17 (5.61%) SOAP
10 13 (4.29%) HTML
11 12 (3.96%) AngularJS
12 11 (3.63%) JSON
12 11 (3.63%) Playwright
13 10 (3.30%) YAML
14 8 (2.64%) CSS
14 8 (2.64%) Middleware
14 8 (2.64%) Node.js
14 8 (2.64%) RabbitMQ
14 8 (2.64%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 96 (31.68%) Cloud Native
2 34 (11.22%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (8.25%) AI Agents
4 14 (4.62%) Onboarding
5 13 (4.29%) Product Ownership
5 13 (4.29%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (2.97%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.32%) Enterprise Cloud
9 4 (1.32%) Equities
9 4 (1.32%) Fixed Income
9 4 (1.32%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.99%) Derivative
10 3 (0.99%) Distributed Architecture
10 3 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.99%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.99%) Mobile Banking
11 2 (0.66%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.28%) Linux
2 12 (3.96%) Windows
3 9 (2.97%) Unix
4 8 (2.64%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.98%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.32%) Android
7 2 (0.66%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.33%) CentOS
8 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (53.14%) DevOps
2 106 (34.98%) Infrastructure as Code
3 88 (29.04%) Agile
4 82 (27.06%) Test Automation
5 73 (24.09%) Containerisation
6 71 (23.43%) AI
7 61 (20.13%) Analytics
7 61 (20.13%) Microservices
8 58 (19.14%) Software Engineering
9 55 (18.15%) Observability
10 53 (17.49%) Data Engineering
11 51 (16.83%) Event-Driven
12 46 (15.18%) Data Modelling
12 46 (15.18%) Problem-Solving
13 44 (14.52%) Data Pipeline
14 43 (14.19%) Platform Engineering
15 41 (13.53%) Stakeholder Management
16 40 (13.20%) Migration
17 36 (11.88%) Continuous Improvement
18 32 (10.56%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 121 (39.93%) Python
2 85 (28.05%) SQL
3 65 (21.45%) Java
4 41 (13.53%) C#
5 29 (9.57%) PowerShell
5 29 (9.57%) TypeScript
6 28 (9.24%) JavaScript
7 16 (5.28%) Bicep
8 14 (4.62%) Bash
9 9 (2.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 9 (2.97%) Korn
10 5 (1.65%) Kotlin
10 5 (1.65%) Ruby
10 5 (1.65%) Scala
11 4 (1.32%) Apex Code
11 4 (1.32%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.99%) Swift
13 2 (0.66%) ActionScript
13 2 (0.66%) Perl
13 2 (0.66%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 77 (25.41%) Security Cleared
2 66 (21.78%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.29%) DV Cleared
4 9 (2.97%) Degree
5 8 (2.64%) DBS Check
6 6 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.32%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.99%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.99%) PMP
9 2 (0.66%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.66%) CISSP
9 2 (0.66%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.66%) SnowPro
9 2 (0.66%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.33%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 1 (0.33%) CHECK Team Leader
10 1 (0.33%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.33%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (9.90%) Data Quality
2 29 (9.57%) QA
3 9 (2.97%) Accessibility
4 7 (2.31%) EU AI Act
5 6 (1.98%) GDPR
5 6 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.65%) NCSC
7 4 (1.32%) NIST
8 3 (0.99%) SLA
9 2 (0.66%) EMIR
9 2 (0.66%) MiFID
9 2 (0.66%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.66%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.33%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.33%) PSD2
10 1 (0.33%) SEPA
10 1 (0.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 60 (19.80%) Docker
2 6 (1.98%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.65%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.66%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.33%) Firmware
6 1 (0.33%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 1 (0.33%) Varnish
6 1 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 91 (30.03%) Kubernetes
2 21 (6.93%) Grafana
3 20 (6.60%) Prometheus
4 15 (4.95%) Ansible
5 4 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.33%) Argo
6 1 (0.33%) Bosun
6 1 (0.33%) Consul
6 1 (0.33%) Istio
6 1 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.33%) Packer
6 1 (0.33%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.33%) Puppet
6 1 (0.33%) Salt
6 1 (0.33%) SCCM
6 1 (0.33%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 60 (19.80%) Microsoft
2 41 (13.53%) Databricks
3 24 (7.92%) Google
4 17 (5.61%) Oracle
5 8 (2.64%) Dynatrace
5 8 (2.64%) Splunk
6 7 (2.31%) Salesforce
6 7 (2.31%) VMware
7 6 (1.98%) MuleSoft
7 6 (1.98%) SAP
8 5 (1.65%) IBM
9 4 (1.32%) AppDynamics
9 4 (1.32%) OpenAI
9 4 (1.32%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.99%) Foundry
11 2 (0.66%) Apple
11 2 (0.66%) Fortinet
11 2 (0.66%) Palantir
11 2 (0.66%) Software AG
11 2 (0.66%) webMethods