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 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 20 22
Rank change year-on-year +3 +2 -2
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 194 190 190
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 10.80% 8.90% 7.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.80% 9.69% 8.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 127 138
10th Percentile £356 £427 £417
25th Percentile £463 £515 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £615 £598
Median % change year-on-year -6.50% +2.93% -5.16%
75th Percentile £660 £730 £699
90th Percentile £733 £771 £752
Central London median daily rate £569 £631 £600
% change year-on-year -9.90% +5.21% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.25 - -
Median hourly rate £27.50 - -
75th Percentile £28.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 - -

All Process and 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 1,644 1,961 2,365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 91.49% 91.81% 89.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,155 1,209 1,674
10th Percentile £330 £370 £363
25th Percentile £419 £474 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £578 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.43% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £694
90th Percentile £754 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 16 11
10th Percentile £20.06 £16.25 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.88 £22.00 £17.97
Median hourly rate £34.00 £40.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.05% +62.00% -51.46%
75th Percentile £52.19 £97.38 £42.38
90th Percentile £63.75 £124.75 £73.75
Central London median hourly rate £31.00 £35.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year -11.43% +37.25% -49.50%

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 13 December 2025.

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 8 (4.12%) Confluence
2 6 (3.09%) Apache Spark
3 5 (2.58%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (2.58%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.55%) Apache
5 2 (1.03%) CMS
6 1 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.52%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.52%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.03%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.52%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.52%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.52%) Orchestrade
2 1 (0.52%) Shopify
2 1 (0.52%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 77 (39.69%) AWS
2 74 (38.14%) Azure
3 45 (23.20%) GitHub
4 37 (19.07%) GitHub Actions
5 34 (17.53%) GCP
6 32 (16.49%) Azure DevOps
7 21 (10.82%) Amazon S3
8 20 (10.31%) Serverless
9 17 (8.76%) AWS Lambda
10 15 (7.73%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 14 (7.22%) Power Platform
12 13 (6.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 13 (6.70%) Amazon ECS
13 11 (5.67%) AWS CloudFormation
14 8 (4.12%) Snowflake
15 7 (3.61%) Apigee
15 7 (3.61%) Azure Data Factory
15 7 (3.61%) dbt
16 6 (3.09%) AWS Fargate
16 6 (3.09%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.09%) DNS
1 6 (3.09%) Firewall
2 5 (2.58%) Network Security
3 1 (0.52%) BGP
3 1 (0.52%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (0.52%) Ethernet VPN
3 1 (0.52%) IGMP
3 1 (0.52%) Multicast
3 1 (0.52%) OpenLDAP
3 1 (0.52%) OSPF
3 1 (0.52%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.52%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (0.52%) SSH
3 1 (0.52%) VPN
3 1 (0.52%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.19%) PostgreSQL
1 12 (6.19%) Relational Database
2 9 (4.64%) DynamoDB
3 8 (4.12%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (4.12%) MongoDB
3 8 (4.12%) Power BI
4 7 (3.61%) MySQL
5 5 (2.58%) BigQuery
5 5 (2.58%) SQL Server
6 4 (2.06%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (2.06%) Big Data
6 4 (2.06%) Data Lake
6 4 (2.06%) Delta Lake
6 4 (2.06%) Metadata
7 3 (1.55%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (1.55%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.03%) Apache Cassandra
8 2 (1.03%) KDB
8 2 (1.03%) Snowflake Schema
8 2 (1.03%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 41 (21.13%) Git
2 31 (15.98%) Jenkins
3 19 (9.79%) GitLab
4 15 (7.73%) JIRA
5 14 (7.22%) Selenium
6 9 (4.64%) Cucumber
7 8 (4.12%) Postman
7 8 (4.12%) SonarQube
8 7 (3.61%) Bitbucket
8 7 (3.61%) Cypress.io
8 7 (3.61%) Gradle
9 5 (2.58%) JUnit
10 4 (2.06%) Maven
10 4 (2.06%) REST Assured
10 4 (2.06%) TeamCity
11 3 (1.55%) Snyk
12 2 (1.03%) CocoaPods
12 2 (1.03%) Sonatype Nexus
12 2 (1.03%) Storybook
12 2 (1.03%) TestRail
General
1 72 (37.11%) Finance
2 58 (29.90%) Social Skills
3 34 (17.53%) Banking
4 16 (8.25%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (7.73%) Front Office
6 7 (3.61%) Financial Institution
6 7 (3.61%) Investment Banking
7 5 (2.58%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.58%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.06%) Back Office
8 4 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.55%) Games
9 3 (1.55%) Law
9 3 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.03%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.52%) Automotive
11 1 (0.52%) Legal
11 1 (0.52%) Marketing
11 1 (0.52%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (19.07%) Developer
2 33 (17.01%) Senior
3 27 (13.92%) DevOps Engineer
4 16 (8.25%) Data Engineer
5 14 (7.22%) Architect
6 13 (6.70%) GCP Engineer
7 12 (6.19%) Python Engineer
8 11 (5.67%) Lead
9 9 (4.64%) Azure Engineer
10 8 (4.12%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 8 (4.12%) Platform Engineer
10 8 (4.12%) Software Engineer
11 7 (3.61%) AWS Engineer
11 7 (3.61%) Cloud Engineer
11 7 (3.61%) Full-Stack Developer
11 7 (3.61%) Site Reliability Engineer
12 6 (3.09%) Java Developer
12 6 (3.09%) Security Engineer
12 6 (3.09%) Senior Developer
13 5 (2.58%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (10.82%) RESTful
2 19 (9.79%) React
3 16 (8.25%) REST
4 14 (7.22%) HTML
4 14 (7.22%) Node.js
5 13 (6.70%) CSS
6 12 (6.19%) OAuth
7 11 (5.67%) .NET
7 11 (5.67%) Kafka
8 8 (4.12%) AngularJS
8 8 (4.12%) GraphQL
8 8 (4.12%) HTML5
8 8 (4.12%) JWT
8 8 (4.12%) Spring
9 6 (3.09%) JSON
9 6 (3.09%) Playwright
9 6 (3.09%) Spring Boot
10 5 (2.58%) LangChain
10 5 (2.58%) OAuth2
10 5 (2.58%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 30 (15.46%) Cloud Native
2 10 (5.15%) Distributed Systems
2 10 (5.15%) Product Ownership
3 8 (4.12%) Data Centre
3 8 (4.12%) Mobile App
3 8 (4.12%) Onboarding
3 8 (4.12%) Virtual Team
4 6 (3.09%) Data Structures
5 5 (2.58%) AI Agents
5 5 (2.58%) Derivative
5 5 (2.58%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.06%) Algorithms
6 4 (2.06%) Fixed Income
6 4 (2.06%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (2.06%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.55%) Replication
8 2 (1.03%) 3D Graphics
8 2 (1.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (1.03%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.67%) Linux
2 9 (4.64%) Apple iOS
3 7 (3.61%) Android
3 7 (3.61%) Windows
4 3 (1.55%) Unix
5 2 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (56.70%) DevOps
2 71 (36.60%) Agile
3 55 (28.35%) Infrastructure as Code
4 46 (23.71%) Problem-Solving
5 35 (18.04%) Test Automation
6 34 (17.53%) Containerisation
7 31 (15.98%) Analytics
8 29 (14.95%) Microservices
9 28 (14.43%) Software Engineering
10 25 (12.89%) Design Patterns
11 23 (11.86%) AI
11 23 (11.86%) Migration
12 20 (10.31%) Code Quality
12 20 (10.31%) Data Pipeline
13 19 (9.79%) Observability
14 18 (9.28%) Continuous Improvement
15 17 (8.76%) Data Governance
16 16 (8.25%) Machine Learning
16 16 (8.25%) Performance Tuning
16 16 (8.25%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 80 (41.24%) Python
2 37 (19.07%) Java
3 33 (17.01%) SQL
4 22 (11.34%) JavaScript
5 19 (9.79%) TypeScript
6 17 (8.76%) C#
7 11 (5.67%) Bash
8 9 (4.64%) PowerShell
9 6 (3.09%) Go
9 6 (3.09%) Kotlin
10 5 (2.58%) Swift
11 4 (2.06%) C++
11 4 (2.06%) Objective-C
11 4 (2.06%) PHP
12 3 (1.55%) Apex Code
12 3 (1.55%) PromQL
12 3 (1.55%) VB.NET
13 2 (1.03%) Bicep
13 2 (1.03%) Ruby
13 2 (1.03%) Rust
Qualifications
1 28 (14.43%) Security Cleared
2 27 (13.92%) SC Cleared
3 9 (4.64%) Degree
4 5 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.06%) CISSP
6 3 (1.55%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.03%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.03%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.52%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 1 (0.52%) CCIE
8 1 (0.52%) CCNA
8 1 (0.52%) CCNP
8 1 (0.52%) CCSP
8 1 (0.52%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.52%) MCP
8 1 (0.52%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.28%) GDPR
2 17 (8.76%) QA
3 12 (6.19%) Data Quality
4 10 (5.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (3.61%) Accessibility
6 6 (3.09%) PCI DSS
7 5 (2.58%) NIST
8 3 (1.55%) EU AI Act
9 2 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 2 (1.03%) NCSC
9 2 (1.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (1.03%) SOC 2
9 2 (1.03%) WCAG
10 1 (0.52%) GRC
10 1 (0.52%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.52%) MiFID
System Software
1 43 (22.16%) Docker
2 4 (2.06%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.55%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.52%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 66 (34.02%) Terraform
2 47 (24.23%) Kubernetes
3 17 (8.76%) Ansible
4 10 (5.15%) Grafana
5 9 (4.64%) Prometheus
6 6 (3.09%) Argo
7 5 (2.58%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (1.55%) Istio
8 3 (1.55%) Progress Chef
9 2 (1.03%) Kibana
9 2 (1.03%) Kustomize
9 2 (1.03%) Packer
10 1 (0.52%) Consul
10 1 (0.52%) Icinga
10 1 (0.52%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.52%) logstash
10 1 (0.52%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.52%) Podman
10 1 (0.52%) Puppet
10 1 (0.52%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 33 (17.01%) Microsoft
2 29 (14.95%) Google
3 21 (10.82%) Databricks
4 8 (4.12%) Oracle
4 8 (4.12%) Splunk
5 7 (3.61%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.58%) OpenAI
6 5 (2.58%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.55%) UiPath
8 2 (1.03%) Apple
8 2 (1.03%) Atlassian
8 2 (1.03%) Dynatrace
8 2 (1.03%) LogicMonitor
8 2 (1.03%) MuleSoft
8 2 (1.03%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.52%) Adobe
9 1 (0.52%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.52%) Cisco
9 1 (0.52%) IBM
9 1 (0.52%) SAP