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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 21 20
Rank change year-on-year +12 -1 -2
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 302 160 187
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 13.39% 9.03% 8.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.09% 9.59% 9.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 105 137
10th Percentile £425 £409 £460
25th Percentile £475 £519 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £616 £638
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% -3.37% +3.66%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £738
90th Percentile £738 £800 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £616 £628
% change year-on-year -10.71% -1.83% +0.40%
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 2,001 1,669 1,922
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.74% 94.24% 92.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,376 1,107 1,230
10th Percentile £368 £325 £387
25th Percentile £456 £420 £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 £763 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 22 17
10th Percentile - £17.35 £15.20
25th Percentile £17.60 £23.98 £20.22
Median hourly rate £21.75 £28.33 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.21% +4.91% -13.60%
75th Percentile £32.57 £53.50 £78.75
90th Percentile £51.54 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £25.57 £31.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year -18.19% -10.71% +27.27%

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 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 (5.63%) Apache Airflow
2 14 (4.64%) Confluence
3 11 (3.64%) Apache Spark
4 7 (2.32%) 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 4 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.32%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.99%) 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
Cloud Services
1 142 (47.02%) Azure
2 119 (39.40%) AWS
3 66 (21.85%) GitHub
4 53 (17.55%) Azure DevOps
5 45 (14.90%) GCP
6 41 (13.58%) GitHub Actions
7 37 (12.25%) Power Platform
8 36 (11.92%) Serverless
9 26 (8.61%) Azure Data Factory
10 24 (7.95%) Amazon S3
11 21 (6.95%) AWS Lambda
12 19 (6.29%) Snowflake
13 18 (5.96%) Azure AKS
14 15 (4.97%) dbt
15 13 (4.30%) Azure Databricks
15 13 (4.30%) Azure Monitor
16 12 (3.97%) Azure Functions
16 12 (3.97%) GitHub Copilot
16 12 (3.97%) SaaS
17 11 (3.64%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.97%) Firewall
2 6 (1.99%) DNS
2 6 (1.99%) Network Security
3 5 (1.66%) 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 (8.61%) Power BI
2 23 (7.62%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (5.30%) SQL Server
4 15 (4.97%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (4.64%) Data Lake
5 14 (4.64%) NoSQL
6 13 (4.30%) Metadata
7 11 (3.64%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (3.31%) Amazon Athena
8 10 (3.31%) Relational Database
9 9 (2.98%) MongoDB
10 8 (2.65%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (2.65%) Delta Lake
10 8 (2.65%) Star Schema
11 7 (2.32%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (2.32%) DynamoDB
12 5 (1.66%) Data Mining
13 4 (1.32%) Big Data
13 4 (1.32%) Data Mart
13 4 (1.32%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 45 (14.90%) Git
2 36 (11.92%) Jenkins
3 32 (10.60%) GitLab
4 25 (8.28%) JIRA
5 12 (3.97%) JUnit
6 9 (2.98%) Selenium
7 8 (2.65%) Cucumber
7 8 (2.65%) JMeter
7 8 (2.65%) Mockito
7 8 (2.65%) Postman
8 7 (2.32%) Gradle
8 7 (2.32%) Maven
9 6 (1.99%) Bitbucket
10 5 (1.66%) Visual Studio
11 4 (1.32%) Appium
11 4 (1.32%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.99%) Gatling
12 3 (0.99%) REST Assured
12 3 (0.99%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 3 (0.99%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 108 (35.76%) Finance
2 87 (28.81%) Social Skills
3 54 (17.88%) Banking
4 35 (11.59%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (8.28%) Public Sector
6 12 (3.97%) Front Office
7 10 (3.31%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (2.32%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.66%) Back Office
9 5 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.66%) Marketing
9 5 (1.66%) Retail
10 4 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.32%) Military
11 3 (0.99%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.99%) Law
11 3 (0.99%) Legal
11 3 (0.99%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.99%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 63 (20.86%) Senior
2 61 (20.20%) Developer
3 49 (16.23%) Architect
4 37 (12.25%) Data Engineer
5 22 (7.28%) Senior Developer
6 20 (6.62%) Lead
7 19 (6.29%) DevOps Engineer
8 14 (4.64%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 14 (4.64%) Azure Engineer
8 14 (4.64%) Data Architect
8 14 (4.64%) Java Developer
9 13 (4.30%) Cloud Engineer
10 12 (3.97%) Senior Data Engineer
11 11 (3.64%) Software Engineer
11 11 (3.64%) Solutions Architect
12 10 (3.31%) Senior Java Developer
13 9 (2.98%) Automation Engineer
13 9 (2.98%) AWS Engineer
13 9 (2.98%) GCP Engineer
14 8 (2.65%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (26.82%) Terraform
2 43 (14.24%) REST
3 32 (10.60%) Kafka
4 31 (10.26%) Spring
5 30 (9.93%) Spring Boot
6 27 (8.94%) .NET
7 23 (7.62%) React
8 19 (6.29%) PySpark
8 19 (6.29%) RESTful
9 16 (5.30%) SOAP
10 14 (4.64%) HTML
11 11 (3.64%) AngularJS
11 11 (3.64%) JSON
11 11 (3.64%) Playwright
12 9 (2.98%) CSS
12 9 (2.98%) YAML
13 8 (2.65%) Middleware
13 8 (2.65%) RabbitMQ
13 8 (2.65%) Web Services
14 7 (2.32%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 93 (30.79%) Cloud Native
2 33 (10.93%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (8.28%) AI Agents
4 14 (4.64%) Onboarding
4 14 (4.64%) Product Ownership
5 13 (4.30%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (2.98%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 7 (2.32%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.99%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.32%) Enterprise Cloud
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%) Equities
10 3 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.99%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.99%) Mobile Banking
11 2 (0.66%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.63%) Linux
2 12 (3.97%) Windows
3 10 (3.31%) Unix
4 8 (2.65%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.99%) 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
1 160 (52.98%) DevOps
2 105 (34.77%) Infrastructure as Code
3 90 (29.80%) Agile
4 80 (26.49%) Test Automation
5 73 (24.17%) Containerisation
6 71 (23.51%) AI
7 60 (19.87%) Analytics
7 60 (19.87%) Microservices
7 60 (19.87%) Software Engineering
8 54 (17.88%) Observability
9 53 (17.55%) Data Engineering
10 49 (16.23%) Event-Driven
11 47 (15.56%) Problem-Solving
12 45 (14.90%) Data Modelling
13 43 (14.24%) Data Pipeline
14 42 (13.91%) Platform Engineering
14 42 (13.91%) Stakeholder Management
15 40 (13.25%) Migration
16 36 (11.92%) Continuous Improvement
17 32 (10.60%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 118 (39.07%) Python
2 85 (28.15%) SQL
3 63 (20.86%) Java
4 40 (13.25%) C#
5 29 (9.60%) PowerShell
5 29 (9.60%) TypeScript
6 28 (9.27%) JavaScript
7 16 (5.30%) Bicep
8 14 (4.64%) Bash
9 10 (3.31%) Korn
10 9 (2.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (1.66%) Kotlin
11 5 (1.66%) Scala
12 4 (1.32%) Apex Code
12 4 (1.32%) Ruby
12 4 (1.32%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.99%) Swift
14 2 (0.66%) ActionScript
14 2 (0.66%) Perl
14 2 (0.66%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 76 (25.17%) Security Cleared
2 65 (21.52%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.30%) DV Cleared
4 8 (2.65%) DBS Check
4 8 (2.65%) Degree
5 5 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.32%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.99%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.99%) PMP
8 2 (0.66%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.66%) CISSP
8 2 (0.66%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.66%) SnowPro
8 2 (0.66%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.33%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.33%) CHECK Team Leader
9 1 (0.33%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.33%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (9.93%) Data Quality
1 30 (9.93%) QA
2 9 (2.98%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.32%) EU AI Act
4 6 (1.99%) GDPR
4 6 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.66%) NCSC
6 4 (1.32%) NIST
7 3 (0.99%) SLA
8 2 (0.66%) EMIR
8 2 (0.66%) MiFID
8 2 (0.66%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.66%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.33%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.33%) PSD2
9 1 (0.33%) SEPA
9 1 (0.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 60 (19.87%) Docker
2 6 (1.99%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.66%) 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 90 (29.80%) Kubernetes
2 21 (6.95%) Grafana
3 20 (6.62%) Prometheus
4 15 (4.97%) 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 (19.87%) Microsoft
2 42 (13.91%) Databricks
3 24 (7.95%) Google
4 16 (5.30%) Oracle
5 8 (2.65%) Dynatrace
5 8 (2.65%) Splunk
6 7 (2.32%) Salesforce
6 7 (2.32%) VMware
7 6 (1.99%) MuleSoft
7 6 (1.99%) SAP
8 5 (1.66%) 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