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

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 16 19
Rank change year-on-year -4 +3 -2
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 222 203 172
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 9.69% 11.68% 7.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.44% 12.50% 8.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 122 123
10th Percentile £363 £413 £425
25th Percentile £463 £500 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £713
90th Percentile £753 £774 £781
Central London median daily rate £575 £575 £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 1,940 1,624 1,955
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 84.72% 93.44% 90.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,314 1,023 1,381
10th Percentile £360 £350 £356
25th Percentile £450 £458 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £568
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% -0.44% -5.42%
75th Percentile £675 £680 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £551 £550
% change year-on-year -0.18% +0.18% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 13 11
10th Percentile £17.99 £22.00 £19.92
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.75 £20.22
Median hourly rate £29.78 £28.15 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.80% +12.60% -28.57%
75th Percentile £49.78 £43.75 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £60.75 £41.84
Central London median hourly rate £26.56 £29.07 £27.81
% change year-on-year -8.65% +4.53% -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 14 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 15 (6.76%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (2.70%) Confluence
3 5 (2.25%) Apache
3 5 (2.25%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.35%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.35%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.90%) Camunda
5 2 (0.90%) Ethereum
5 2 (0.90%) Hyperledger
6 1 (0.45%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (0.45%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.45%) nginx
6 1 (0.45%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.45%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 2 (0.90%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.45%) Maya
Business Applications
1 3 (1.35%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.90%) Aladdin
2 2 (0.90%) Shopify
3 1 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.45%) Magento
3 1 (0.45%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.45%) R3 Corda
3 1 (0.45%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 103 (46.40%) AWS
2 92 (41.44%) Azure
3 58 (26.13%) GitHub
4 37 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
4 37 (16.67%) GitHub Actions
5 36 (16.22%) GCP
6 32 (14.41%) Serverless
7 22 (9.91%) Amazon S3
7 22 (9.91%) AWS Lambda
7 22 (9.91%) Power Platform
8 18 (8.11%) Snowflake
9 16 (7.21%) AWS CloudFormation
10 14 (6.31%) Azure AKS
11 12 (5.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 12 (5.41%) dbt
12 11 (4.95%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 10 (4.50%) Azure Data Factory
14 9 (4.05%) Amazon Kinesis
15 8 (3.60%) Amazon EC2
15 8 (3.60%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.60%) Firewall
2 5 (2.25%) Network Security
3 3 (1.35%) DNS
4 2 (0.90%) FTP
4 2 (0.90%) HTTP
5 1 (0.45%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.45%) Multicast
5 1 (0.45%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.45%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.45%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (8.56%) NoSQL
1 19 (8.56%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (6.31%) Power BI
3 13 (5.86%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (4.95%) DynamoDB
5 10 (4.50%) Metadata
5 10 (4.50%) MongoDB
6 9 (4.05%) Relational Database
7 8 (3.60%) Snowflake Schema
7 8 (3.60%) SQL Server
8 6 (2.70%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (2.70%) Apache Cassandra
8 6 (2.70%) Data Lake
8 6 (2.70%) Redis
9 5 (2.25%) Amazon Athena
9 5 (2.25%) Data Mining
9 5 (2.25%) MySQL
10 4 (1.80%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (1.80%) Big Data
10 4 (1.80%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 43 (19.37%) Git
2 36 (16.22%) Jenkins
3 19 (8.56%) GitLab
4 17 (7.66%) JIRA
5 12 (5.41%) JUnit
6 10 (4.50%) Postman
7 8 (3.60%) Mockito
8 5 (2.25%) Cucumber
8 5 (2.25%) Gradle
8 5 (2.25%) JMeter
8 5 (2.25%) Selenium
9 4 (1.80%) Liquibase
9 4 (1.80%) REST Assured
10 3 (1.35%) Gatling
10 3 (1.35%) Maven
11 2 (0.90%) Ant
11 2 (0.90%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.90%) Bitbucket
12 1 (0.45%) Cypress.io
12 1 (0.45%) SpecFlow
General
1 76 (34.23%) Finance
2 51 (22.97%) Social Skills
3 31 (13.96%) Banking
4 20 (9.01%) Public Sector
5 14 (6.31%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (3.15%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (2.25%) Legal
8 4 (1.80%) Front Office
8 4 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.80%) Investment Banking
8 4 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.35%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.35%) Marketing
10 2 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.45%) Aviation
11 1 (0.45%) Law
11 1 (0.45%) Local Government
11 1 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.45%) Police
11 1 (0.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 39 (17.57%) Senior
2 38 (17.12%) Developer
3 36 (16.22%) Architect
4 24 (10.81%) DevOps Engineer
5 18 (8.11%) Data Engineer
5 18 (8.11%) Lead
6 15 (6.76%) Senior Developer
7 12 (5.41%) Azure Engineer
8 11 (4.95%) Java Developer
9 10 (4.50%) Snowflake Data Engineer
9 10 (4.50%) Snowflake Engineer
9 10 (4.50%) Solutions Architect
10 9 (4.05%) Cloud Engineer
10 9 (4.05%) Platform Engineer
10 9 (4.05%) Security Engineer
11 8 (3.60%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 8 (3.60%) Cloud Architect
11 8 (3.60%) Data Architect
11 8 (3.60%) Python Engineer
11 8 (3.60%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (13.51%) Kafka
2 29 (13.06%) Spring
3 28 (12.61%) REST
4 25 (11.26%) React
4 25 (11.26%) Spring Boot
5 14 (6.31%) RESTful
6 13 (5.86%) Node.js
7 11 (4.95%) .NET
8 10 (4.50%) OpenTelemetry
9 9 (4.05%) HTML
9 9 (4.05%) Playwright
10 8 (3.60%) AngularJS
10 8 (3.60%) Django
10 8 (3.60%) GraphQL
11 7 (3.15%) SOAP
12 6 (2.70%) CSS
12 6 (2.70%) JSON
12 6 (2.70%) Model Context Protocol
12 6 (2.70%) PySpark
12 6 (2.70%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 64 (28.83%) Cloud Native
2 27 (12.16%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (4.50%) Product Ownership
4 9 (4.05%) AI Agents
5 6 (2.70%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.25%) Clustering
7 4 (1.80%) Equities
7 4 (1.80%) Fixed Income
7 4 (1.80%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.35%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.35%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.35%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.90%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.90%) NHS
9 2 (0.90%) Replication
9 2 (0.90%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.50%) Linux
2 4 (1.80%) Apple iOS
2 4 (1.80%) Windows
3 3 (1.35%) Android
4 2 (0.90%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.90%) Unix
5 1 (0.45%) AIX
5 1 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.45%) VMS
5 1 (0.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (54.05%) DevOps
2 86 (38.74%) Infrastructure as Code
3 63 (28.38%) Agile
3 63 (28.38%) Containerisation
4 57 (25.68%) Test Automation
5 56 (25.23%) Observability
6 53 (23.87%) AI
7 45 (20.27%) Microservices
8 43 (19.37%) Analytics
9 34 (15.32%) Data Engineering
9 34 (15.32%) Software Engineering
10 30 (13.51%) Performance Tuning
11 28 (12.61%) Data Pipeline
11 28 (12.61%) Event-Driven
11 28 (12.61%) Migration
12 27 (12.16%) Machine Learning
12 27 (12.16%) Platform Engineering
13 25 (11.26%) Data Modelling
14 22 (9.91%) Roadmaps
15 21 (9.46%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 80 (36.04%) Python
2 53 (23.87%) Java
3 48 (21.62%) SQL
4 24 (10.81%) TypeScript
5 22 (9.91%) JavaScript
6 19 (8.56%) C#
7 14 (6.31%) Bash
8 12 (5.41%) PowerShell
9 11 (4.95%) Bicep
10 6 (2.70%) Ruby
11 4 (1.80%) Apex Code
12 3 (1.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (1.35%) Go
12 3 (1.35%) Korn
12 3 (1.35%) Kotlin
12 3 (1.35%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.90%) PHP
13 2 (0.90%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.45%) ActionScript
14 1 (0.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 57 (25.68%) Security Cleared
2 54 (24.32%) SC Cleared
3 7 (3.15%) Degree
4 5 (2.25%) Azure Certification
4 5 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (2.25%) DBS Check
4 5 (2.25%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.80%) AWS Certification
6 2 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.90%) OSCP
6 2 (0.90%) SnowPro
7 1 (0.45%) CCSP
7 1 (0.45%) CEH
7 1 (0.45%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (0.45%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.76%) Data Quality
1 15 (6.76%) QA
2 13 (5.86%) GDPR
3 7 (3.15%) SLA
4 6 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (2.25%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.80%) NCSC
6 4 (1.80%) NIST
6 4 (1.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.90%) EMIR
7 2 (0.90%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.90%) ISO 8583
7 2 (0.90%) MiFID
7 2 (0.90%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.90%) PSD2
7 2 (0.90%) SEPA
8 1 (0.45%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.45%) GRC
8 1 (0.45%) WCAG
System Software
1 65 (29.28%) Docker
2 9 (4.05%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (3.15%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.45%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
4 1 (0.45%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 78 (35.14%) Kubernetes
2 63 (28.38%) Terraform
3 21 (9.46%) Prometheus
4 18 (8.11%) Grafana
5 15 (6.76%) Ansible
6 6 (2.70%) Istio
7 4 (1.80%) Argo
8 3 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.90%) Puppet
10 1 (0.45%) CA Wily
10 1 (0.45%) Consul
10 1 (0.45%) Icinga
10 1 (0.45%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.45%) Karpenter
10 1 (0.45%) Kibana
10 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.45%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.45%) Packer
10 1 (0.45%) Salt
10 1 (0.45%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 39 (17.57%) Microsoft
2 19 (8.56%) Google
3 16 (7.21%) Databricks
4 11 (4.95%) Oracle
5 7 (3.15%) Dynatrace
5 7 (3.15%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.25%) OpenAI
6 5 (2.25%) Splunk
7 4 (1.80%) IBM
7 4 (1.80%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.35%) Informatica
8 3 (1.35%) MuleSoft
8 3 (1.35%) SAP
9 2 (0.90%) Confluent
9 2 (0.90%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.90%) Foundry
9 2 (0.90%) SimCorp
9 2 (0.90%) Tenable
9 2 (0.90%) Vermilion
9 2 (0.90%) VMware