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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 17 20
Rank change year-on-year +7 +3 0
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 305 166 180
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 13.67% 9.52% 8.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.30% 10.10% 9.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 113 131
10th Percentile £425 £408 £463
25th Percentile £475 £508 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £613 £650
Median % change year-on-year -10.20% -5.77% +8.33%
75th Percentile £641 £688 £750
90th Percentile £738 £800 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £610 £650
% change year-on-year -9.84% -6.15% +7.84%
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 1,993 1,643 1,947
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 89.33% 94.21% 91.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,373 1,101 1,216
10th Percentile £368 £325 £371
25th Percentile £456 £423 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £690
90th Percentile £775 £773 £792
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -3.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 19 19
10th Percentile £16.98 £16.96 £15.60
25th Percentile £17.60 £22.88 £21.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £28.15 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% -26.88% +40.00%
75th Percentile £32.05 £50.25 £102.25
90th Percentile £50.59 £68.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £25.57 £28.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -10.30% -18.57% +30.84%

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 26 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 15 (4.92%) Apache Airflow
2 13 (4.26%) Confluence
3 11 (3.61%) Apache Spark
4 7 (2.30%) Apache
5 4 (1.31%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.66%) CMS
6 2 (0.66%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.33%) Anypoint
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
2 1 (0.33%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 4 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.98%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.98%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.66%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.33%) Magento
4 1 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.33%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.33%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.33%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 142 (46.56%) Azure
2 116 (38.03%) AWS
3 69 (22.62%) GitHub
4 52 (17.05%) Azure DevOps
5 45 (14.75%) GCP
5 45 (14.75%) GitHub Actions
6 39 (12.79%) Serverless
7 36 (11.80%) Power Platform
8 25 (8.20%) Amazon S3
8 25 (8.20%) Azure Data Factory
9 23 (7.54%) AWS Lambda
10 18 (5.90%) Snowflake
11 17 (5.57%) Azure AKS
12 14 (4.59%) Azure Databricks
12 14 (4.59%) Azure Monitor
13 13 (4.26%) Amazon EKS
13 13 (4.26%) dbt
14 12 (3.93%) Amazon Bedrock
14 12 (3.93%) SaaS
15 11 (3.61%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.93%) Firewall
2 6 (1.97%) DNS
2 6 (1.97%) Network Security
3 5 (1.64%) VPN
4 4 (1.31%) Internet
5 3 (0.98%) 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 (8.52%) Power BI
2 20 (6.56%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (4.92%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (4.92%) SQL Server
4 14 (4.59%) Data Lake
5 13 (4.26%) Amazon RDS
5 13 (4.26%) Metadata
5 13 (4.26%) NoSQL
6 12 (3.93%) Amazon Athena
7 10 (3.28%) Relational Database
8 9 (2.95%) Delta Lake
8 9 (2.95%) MongoDB
9 7 (2.30%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (2.30%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (2.30%) Star Schema
10 6 (1.97%) DynamoDB
11 5 (1.64%) Data Mining
11 5 (1.64%) Semantic Layer
12 4 (1.31%) Amazon QuickSight
12 4 (1.31%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 46 (15.08%) Git
2 39 (12.79%) Jenkins
3 35 (11.48%) GitLab
4 26 (8.52%) JIRA
5 12 (3.93%) JUnit
6 11 (3.61%) Postman
7 10 (3.28%) Selenium
8 9 (2.95%) Cucumber
8 9 (2.95%) JMeter
9 8 (2.62%) Bitbucket
9 8 (2.62%) Gradle
9 8 (2.62%) Mockito
10 7 (2.30%) Maven
11 5 (1.64%) Visual Studio
12 4 (1.31%) Appium
12 4 (1.31%) Cypress.io
12 4 (1.31%) Gatling
12 4 (1.31%) SonarQube
13 3 (0.98%) REST Assured
13 3 (0.98%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 109 (35.74%) Finance
2 86 (28.20%) Social Skills
3 56 (18.36%) Banking
4 36 (11.80%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (7.21%) Public Sector
6 15 (4.92%) Front Office
7 9 (2.95%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (2.62%) Investment Banking
9 7 (2.30%) Back Office
10 6 (1.97%) Marketing
11 5 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.64%) Retail
12 4 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.31%) Military
12 4 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.98%) Law
13 3 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.66%) Legal
14 2 (0.66%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 60 (19.67%) Senior
2 59 (19.34%) Developer
3 51 (16.72%) Architect
4 38 (12.46%) Data Engineer
5 20 (6.56%) Lead
6 19 (6.23%) Senior Developer
7 18 (5.90%) DevOps Engineer
8 14 (4.59%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 14 (4.59%) Azure Engineer
8 14 (4.59%) Cloud Engineer
8 14 (4.59%) Data Architect
8 14 (4.59%) Solutions Architect
9 13 (4.26%) Automation Engineer
9 13 (4.26%) Java Developer
9 13 (4.26%) Senior Data Engineer
10 12 (3.93%) Software Engineer
11 10 (3.28%) AWS Engineer
12 9 (2.95%) GCP Engineer
12 9 (2.95%) Senior Java Developer
13 7 (2.30%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (27.87%) Terraform
2 44 (14.43%) REST
3 31 (10.16%) Kafka
4 30 (9.84%) Spring
5 28 (9.18%) Spring Boot
6 27 (8.85%) .NET
7 22 (7.21%) React
8 19 (6.23%) PySpark
8 19 (6.23%) RESTful
9 17 (5.57%) SOAP
10 16 (5.25%) HTML
11 13 (4.26%) Middleware
12 12 (3.93%) JSON
13 11 (3.61%) AngularJS
14 9 (2.95%) CSS
14 9 (2.95%) Playwright
14 9 (2.95%) YAML
15 8 (2.62%) GraphQL
15 8 (2.62%) Swagger
15 8 (2.62%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 90 (29.51%) Cloud Native
2 30 (9.84%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (8.20%) AI Agents
4 17 (5.57%) Onboarding
5 15 (4.92%) Product Ownership
5 15 (4.92%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (3.61%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 7 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.97%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.64%) Enterprise Cloud
9 5 (1.64%) Fixed Income
9 5 (1.64%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.31%) CMDB
10 4 (1.31%) Derivative
10 4 (1.31%) Equities
11 3 (0.98%) Distributed Architecture
11 3 (0.98%) Mobile App
11 3 (0.98%) Mobile Banking
12 2 (0.66%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 19 (6.23%) Linux
2 13 (4.26%) Windows
3 11 (3.61%) Unix
4 8 (2.62%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.97%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.64%) Android
7 1 (0.33%) CentOS
7 1 (0.33%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (51.15%) DevOps
2 107 (35.08%) Infrastructure as Code
3 92 (30.16%) Agile
4 81 (26.56%) Test Automation
5 70 (22.95%) AI
5 70 (22.95%) Containerisation
6 61 (20.00%) Analytics
7 59 (19.34%) Software Engineering
8 57 (18.69%) Observability
9 55 (18.03%) Microservices
10 54 (17.70%) Data Engineering
11 47 (15.41%) Data Modelling
11 47 (15.41%) Event-Driven
11 47 (15.41%) Problem-Solving
12 44 (14.43%) Data Pipeline
12 44 (14.43%) Stakeholder Management
13 42 (13.77%) Platform Engineering
14 40 (13.11%) Migration
15 38 (12.46%) Continuous Improvement
16 33 (10.82%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 122 (40.00%) Python
2 85 (27.87%) SQL
3 61 (20.00%) Java
4 38 (12.46%) C#
5 30 (9.84%) JavaScript
5 30 (9.84%) PowerShell
6 25 (8.20%) TypeScript
7 16 (5.25%) Bicep
8 15 (4.92%) Bash
9 11 (3.61%) Korn
10 10 (3.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 6 (1.97%) Kotlin
11 6 (1.97%) Scala
12 4 (1.31%) Apex Code
12 4 (1.31%) Swift
13 3 (0.98%) Ruby
13 3 (0.98%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.66%) ActionScript
14 2 (0.66%) Perl
14 2 (0.66%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 80 (26.23%) Security Cleared
2 67 (21.97%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.26%) DV Cleared
4 9 (2.95%) Degree
5 8 (2.62%) DBS Check
6 5 (1.64%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.31%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.98%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.98%) PMP
9 2 (0.66%) CISSP
9 2 (0.66%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.66%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.33%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.33%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 1 (0.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.33%) CHECK Team Leader
10 1 (0.33%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.33%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (10.16%) Data Quality
2 30 (9.84%) QA
3 10 (3.28%) Accessibility
4 7 (2.30%) EU AI Act
5 6 (1.97%) GDPR
5 6 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.64%) NCSC
7 4 (1.31%) NIST
8 3 (0.98%) 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 59 (19.34%) Docker
2 5 (1.64%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.66%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.33%) Firmware
5 1 (0.33%) Varnish
5 1 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 90 (29.51%) Kubernetes
2 23 (7.54%) Grafana
3 19 (6.23%) Prometheus
4 17 (5.57%) Ansible
5 4 (1.31%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.33%) Argo
6 1 (0.33%) Bosun
6 1 (0.33%) Consul
6 1 (0.33%) HP Fortify
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%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 62 (20.33%) Microsoft
2 46 (15.08%) Databricks
3 23 (7.54%) Google
4 14 (4.59%) Oracle
5 12 (3.93%) Dynatrace
5 12 (3.93%) Splunk
6 9 (2.95%) Salesforce
7 8 (2.62%) VMware
8 7 (2.30%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.97%) IBM
9 6 (1.97%) MuleSoft
9 6 (1.97%) SAP
10 4 (1.31%) AppDynamics
10 4 (1.31%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.98%) Foundry
12 2 (0.66%) Apple
12 2 (0.66%) New Relic
12 2 (0.66%) Palantir
12 2 (0.66%) Software AG
12 2 (0.66%) webMethods