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

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 16 20
Rank change year-on-year -4 +4 -3
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 223 209 173
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 9.86% 11.79% 7.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.52% 12.69% 8.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 129 123
10th Percentile £356 £411 £425
25th Percentile £440 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £638 £684 £710
90th Percentile £753 £750 £785
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 1,935 1,647 2,003
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 85.54% 92.89% 90.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,323 1,047 1,417
10th Percentile £363 £363 £356
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £565
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +1.77% -5.83%
75th Percentile £675 £679 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £573 £550
% change year-on-year -3.93% +4.09% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 12 13
10th Percentile £18.29 £22.00 £19.13
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.00 £20.22
Median hourly rate £30.03 £29.58 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.55% +18.30% -42.20%
75th Percentile £48.67 £45.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £62.25 £48.57
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 24 April 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 13 (5.83%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (2.69%) Apache
2 6 (2.69%) Confluence
3 5 (2.24%) 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%) Cloud Foundry
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 1 (0.45%) Chatbot
1 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
1 108 (48.43%) AWS
2 94 (42.15%) Azure
3 59 (26.46%) GitHub
4 41 (18.39%) GCP
5 39 (17.49%) Azure DevOps
6 37 (16.59%) GitHub Actions
7 34 (15.25%) Serverless
8 27 (12.11%) Amazon S3
9 25 (11.21%) AWS Lambda
10 17 (7.62%) Snowflake
11 16 (7.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 16 (7.17%) AWS CloudFormation
11 16 (7.17%) Power Platform
12 14 (6.28%) Azure AKS
13 13 (5.83%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 11 (4.93%) dbt
15 10 (4.48%) Amazon ECS
15 10 (4.48%) Amazon Kinesis
16 9 (4.04%) Azure Data Factory
16 9 (4.04%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.69%) Firewall
2 5 (2.24%) Network Security
3 2 (0.90%) DNS
3 2 (0.90%) FTP
3 2 (0.90%) HTTP
4 1 (0.45%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.45%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.45%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.07%) NoSQL
1 18 (8.07%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (6.28%) DynamoDB
3 12 (5.38%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (5.38%) MongoDB
4 11 (4.93%) Relational Database
5 10 (4.48%) Metadata
6 9 (4.04%) Power BI
6 9 (4.04%) SQL Server
7 7 (3.14%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (3.14%) Data Lake
7 7 (3.14%) MySQL
7 7 (3.14%) Snowflake Schema
8 6 (2.69%) Apache Cassandra
8 6 (2.69%) Redis
9 5 (2.24%) Amazon Athena
9 5 (2.24%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (2.24%) BigQuery
9 5 (2.24%) Data Mining
10 4 (1.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 49 (21.97%) Git
2 31 (13.90%) Jenkins
3 19 (8.52%) GitLab
4 16 (7.17%) JIRA
5 11 (4.93%) JUnit
6 8 (3.59%) Cucumber
6 8 (3.59%) Postman
7 7 (3.14%) Mockito
7 7 (3.14%) Selenium
8 4 (1.79%) Gradle
8 4 (1.79%) REST Assured
9 3 (1.35%) Bitbucket
9 3 (1.35%) Liquibase
9 3 (1.35%) Maven
10 2 (0.90%) Ant
10 2 (0.90%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.90%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.90%) Gatling
10 2 (0.90%) JMeter
11 1 (0.45%) WebDriver
General
1 75 (33.63%) Finance
2 55 (24.66%) Social Skills
3 28 (12.56%) Banking
4 19 (8.52%) Public Sector
5 12 (5.38%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (2.69%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.24%) Front Office
7 5 (2.24%) Legal
8 4 (1.79%) Investment Banking
8 4 (1.79%) Law
8 4 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.35%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.35%) Marketing
10 1 (0.45%) Back Office
10 1 (0.45%) Games
10 1 (0.45%) Local Government
10 1 (0.45%) Retail
10 1 (0.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 39 (17.49%) Developer
2 35 (15.70%) Senior
3 33 (14.80%) Architect
4 29 (13.00%) DevOps Engineer
5 19 (8.52%) Data Engineer
5 19 (8.52%) Lead
6 11 (4.93%) Azure Engineer
6 11 (4.93%) Cloud Engineer
6 11 (4.93%) Senior Developer
7 10 (4.48%) GCP Engineer
7 10 (4.48%) Java Developer
7 10 (4.48%) Platform Engineer
7 10 (4.48%) Python Engineer
8 9 (4.04%) Snowflake Data Engineer
8 9 (4.04%) Snowflake Engineer
9 8 (3.59%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 8 (3.59%) Security Engineer
9 8 (3.59%) Software Engineer
10 7 (3.14%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (3.14%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (11.66%) Kafka
1 26 (11.66%) Spring
2 25 (11.21%) REST
3 23 (10.31%) React
4 22 (9.87%) Spring Boot
5 17 (7.62%) Node.js
6 13 (5.83%) RESTful
7 11 (4.93%) OpenTelemetry
8 10 (4.48%) .NET
8 10 (4.48%) HTML
8 10 (4.48%) Playwright
9 8 (3.59%) AngularJS
9 8 (3.59%) CSS
9 8 (3.59%) Django
9 8 (3.59%) GraphQL
9 8 (3.59%) OAuth
9 8 (3.59%) SOAP
10 6 (2.69%) JSON
10 6 (2.69%) Model Context Protocol
11 5 (2.24%) LangGraph
Miscellaneous
1 56 (25.11%) Cloud Native
2 28 (12.56%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (4.93%) Product Ownership
4 7 (3.14%) AI Agents
4 7 (3.14%) Data Centre
5 5 (2.24%) Clustering
5 5 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.79%) Fixed Income
6 4 (1.79%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.35%) Equities
7 3 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.35%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.35%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.35%) Replication
7 3 (1.35%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.35%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.90%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.93%) Linux
2 5 (2.24%) Windows
3 4 (1.79%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.35%) Android
5 2 (0.90%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.90%) Unix
6 1 (0.45%) AIX
6 1 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.45%) VMS
6 1 (0.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (54.26%) DevOps
2 85 (38.12%) Infrastructure as Code
3 64 (28.70%) Agile
4 57 (25.56%) Containerisation
5 53 (23.77%) Test Automation
6 51 (22.87%) AI
7 50 (22.42%) Observability
8 47 (21.08%) Microservices
9 42 (18.83%) Analytics
10 35 (15.70%) Software Engineering
11 31 (13.90%) Data Engineering
12 29 (13.00%) Performance Tuning
13 28 (12.56%) Data Pipeline
14 27 (12.11%) Machine Learning
14 27 (12.11%) Migration
15 25 (11.21%) Data Modelling
15 25 (11.21%) Platform Engineering
16 22 (9.87%) Event-Driven
17 21 (9.42%) Data Governance
17 21 (9.42%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 81 (36.32%) Python
2 51 (22.87%) Java
3 47 (21.08%) SQL
4 23 (10.31%) TypeScript
5 20 (8.97%) JavaScript
6 18 (8.07%) C#
7 14 (6.28%) Bash
8 10 (4.48%) Bicep
9 9 (4.04%) PowerShell
10 6 (2.69%) Ruby
11 4 (1.79%) Apex Code
11 4 (1.79%) Kotlin
12 3 (1.35%) Go
12 3 (1.35%) Korn
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
14 1 (0.45%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 54 (24.22%) Security Cleared
2 51 (22.87%) SC Cleared
3 8 (3.59%) Degree
4 6 (2.69%) Azure Certification
4 6 (2.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.24%) AWS Certification
5 5 (2.24%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.90%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.90%) OSCP
7 2 (0.90%) SnowPro
8 1 (0.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.45%) AWS Certified Developer
8 1 (0.45%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 1 (0.45%) CHECK Team Leader
8 1 (0.45%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.17%) Data Quality
1 16 (7.17%) QA
2 13 (5.83%) GDPR
3 6 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.69%) SLA
4 5 (2.24%) NCSC
4 5 (2.24%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.79%) NIST
5 4 (1.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.90%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.90%) ISO 8583
6 2 (0.90%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.90%) PSD2
6 2 (0.90%) SEPA
7 1 (0.45%) EMIR
7 1 (0.45%) GRC
7 1 (0.45%) MiFID
System Software
1 66 (29.60%) Docker
2 9 (4.04%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (3.14%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.45%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
4 1 (0.45%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 75 (33.63%) Kubernetes
2 73 (32.74%) Terraform
3 17 (7.62%) Ansible
3 17 (7.62%) Prometheus
4 15 (6.73%) Grafana
5 6 (2.69%) Istio
6 4 (1.79%) Argo
7 2 (0.90%) Puppet
7 2 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.45%) CA Wily
8 1 (0.45%) Consul
8 1 (0.45%) Icinga
8 1 (0.45%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.45%) Karpenter
8 1 (0.45%) Kibana
8 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.45%) Opsgenie
8 1 (0.45%) Packer
8 1 (0.45%) Salt
8 1 (0.45%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 39 (17.49%) Microsoft
2 21 (9.42%) Google
3 16 (7.17%) Databricks
4 13 (5.83%) Oracle
5 7 (3.14%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.69%) Dynatrace
7 5 (2.24%) OpenAI
8 4 (1.79%) IBM
8 4 (1.79%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.79%) Splunk
9 3 (1.35%) Informatica
9 3 (1.35%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.35%) SAP
10 2 (0.90%) Confluent
10 2 (0.90%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.90%) Foundry
10 2 (0.90%) SimCorp
10 2 (0.90%) Tenable
10 2 (0.90%) Vermilion
10 2 (0.90%) VMware