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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 16 19
Rank change year-on-year +6 +3 +4
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 305 169 182
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 14.12% 9.80% 8.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.51% 10.40% 9.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 121 131
10th Percentile £419 £400 £463
25th Percentile £475 £500 £515
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £601 £650
Median % change year-on-year -8.41% -7.62% +8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £676 £750
90th Percentile £738 £800 £818
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £650
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +7.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £27.50 -
Central London median hourly rate - £27.50 -

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 1,967 1,625 1,957
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 91.06% 94.26% 91.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,360 1,114 1,215
10th Percentile £365 £326 £371
25th Percentile £455 £424 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £774 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 18 18
10th Percentile £17.39 £16.90 £17.15
25th Percentile £17.60 £20.63 £24.09
Median hourly rate £20.25 £27.04 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.10% -33.25% +29.60%
75th Percentile £27.35 £35.88 £107.13
90th Percentile £44.85 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £24.50 £27.04 £35.00
% change year-on-year -9.38% -22.76% +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 15 October 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 16 (5.25%) Apache Airflow
2 12 (3.93%) Confluence
3 10 (3.28%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.64%) Apache
5 2 (0.66%) CMS
5 2 (0.66%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.66%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.33%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.33%) IIS
6 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.33%) MQSeries
6 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 3 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.98%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.66%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.66%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.33%) Maximo
3 1 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.33%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.33%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 141 (46.23%) Azure
2 110 (36.07%) AWS
3 69 (22.62%) GitHub
4 56 (18.36%) Azure DevOps
5 46 (15.08%) GCP
6 45 (14.75%) GitHub Actions
7 41 (13.44%) Serverless
8 35 (11.48%) Power Platform
9 26 (8.52%) Azure Data Factory
10 25 (8.20%) AWS Lambda
11 24 (7.87%) Amazon S3
12 16 (5.25%) Amazon EKS
12 16 (5.25%) Azure AKS
12 16 (5.25%) Snowflake
13 15 (4.92%) AWS CloudFormation
14 14 (4.59%) dbt
15 13 (4.26%) Azure Databricks
16 12 (3.93%) Azure Monitor
17 11 (3.61%) Amazon Bedrock
17 11 (3.61%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.61%) Firewall
2 8 (2.62%) DNS
3 7 (2.30%) VPN
4 6 (1.97%) Network Security
5 4 (1.31%) Internet
6 3 (0.98%) FTP
7 2 (0.66%) HTTPS
7 2 (0.66%) Multicast
7 2 (0.66%) SSL
8 1 (0.33%) BGP
8 1 (0.33%) DHCP
8 1 (0.33%) Ethernet VPN
8 1 (0.33%) INAP
8 1 (0.33%) Intelligent Network
8 1 (0.33%) NX-OS
8 1 (0.33%) RTP
8 1 (0.33%) TACACS
8 1 (0.33%) VoIP
8 1 (0.33%) VSAN
8 1 (0.33%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (8.52%) Power BI
2 20 (6.56%) Data Warehouse
3 18 (5.90%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (5.90%) SQL Server
4 15 (4.92%) Amazon RDS
5 12 (3.93%) Data Lake
6 11 (3.61%) Amazon Athena
6 11 (3.61%) Metadata
6 11 (3.61%) Relational Database
7 9 (2.95%) MongoDB
7 9 (2.95%) NoSQL
8 8 (2.62%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (2.30%) Delta Lake
9 7 (2.30%) Star Schema
10 6 (1.97%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (1.64%) DynamoDB
11 5 (1.64%) Semantic Layer
12 4 (1.31%) Data Hub
12 4 (1.31%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 4 (1.31%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 48 (15.74%) Git
2 41 (13.44%) Jenkins
3 37 (12.13%) GitLab
4 25 (8.20%) JIRA
5 13 (4.26%) Postman
5 13 (4.26%) Selenium
6 11 (3.61%) JUnit
7 9 (2.95%) Cucumber
7 9 (2.95%) JMeter
8 8 (2.62%) Bitbucket
9 7 (2.30%) Maven
9 7 (2.30%) Mockito
10 6 (1.97%) Gradle
10 6 (1.97%) Visual Studio
11 5 (1.64%) Cypress.io
12 4 (1.31%) Appium
12 4 (1.31%) Gatling
12 4 (1.31%) REST Assured
12 4 (1.31%) SonarQube
12 4 (1.31%) TeamCity
General
1 113 (37.05%) Finance
2 84 (27.54%) Social Skills
3 61 (20.00%) Banking
4 38 (12.46%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (6.23%) Front Office
5 19 (6.23%) Public Sector
6 10 (3.28%) Influencing Skills
6 10 (3.28%) Investment Banking
7 9 (2.95%) Back Office
8 6 (1.97%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (1.97%) Marketing
8 6 (1.97%) Retail
9 4 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.31%) Military
9 4 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.66%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.66%) Law
10 2 (0.66%) Legal
10 2 (0.66%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 61 (20.00%) Developer
2 56 (18.36%) Senior
3 45 (14.75%) Architect
4 39 (12.79%) Data Engineer
5 21 (6.89%) DevOps Engineer
5 21 (6.89%) Lead
6 18 (5.90%) Senior Developer
7 15 (4.92%) Cloud Engineer
8 14 (4.59%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 14 (4.59%) Automation Engineer
8 14 (4.59%) Solutions Architect
9 13 (4.26%) AWS Engineer
9 13 (4.26%) GCP Engineer
9 13 (4.26%) Senior Data Engineer
10 12 (3.93%) Azure Engineer
10 12 (3.93%) Java Developer
11 11 (3.61%) Software Engineer
12 10 (3.28%) Data Architect
13 8 (2.62%) AWS Data Engineer
13 8 (2.62%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (31.48%) Terraform
2 45 (14.75%) REST
3 33 (10.82%) .NET
4 30 (9.84%) Kafka
5 28 (9.18%) Spring
6 26 (8.52%) Spring Boot
7 20 (6.56%) PySpark
7 20 (6.56%) RESTful
8 18 (5.90%) React
9 17 (5.57%) SOAP
10 15 (4.92%) AngularJS
10 15 (4.92%) HTML
11 13 (4.26%) JSON
11 13 (4.26%) Middleware
12 12 (3.93%) Playwright
13 10 (3.28%) YAML
14 9 (2.95%) ActiveMQ
15 8 (2.62%) Node.js
15 8 (2.62%) OAuth
15 8 (2.62%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 88 (28.85%) Cloud Native
2 29 (9.51%) Distributed Systems
3 27 (8.85%) AI Agents
4 19 (6.23%) Onboarding
5 16 (5.25%) Product Ownership
6 14 (4.59%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (4.26%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.62%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (2.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 7 (2.30%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.64%) CMDB
10 5 (1.64%) Derivative
10 5 (1.64%) Enterprise Cloud
10 5 (1.64%) Fixed Income
10 5 (1.64%) Private Cloud
11 4 (1.31%) Equities
11 4 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (0.98%) Algorithms
12 3 (0.98%) Data Structures
12 3 (0.98%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 20 (6.56%) Linux
2 14 (4.59%) Windows
3 11 (3.61%) Unix
4 8 (2.62%) Apple iOS
5 7 (2.30%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.64%) Android
7 1 (0.33%) CentOS
7 1 (0.33%) macOS
7 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (51.48%) DevOps
2 108 (35.41%) Infrastructure as Code
3 95 (31.15%) Agile
4 85 (27.87%) Test Automation
5 66 (21.64%) AI
6 62 (20.33%) Containerisation
7 59 (19.34%) Software Engineering
8 55 (18.03%) Analytics
8 55 (18.03%) Observability
9 52 (17.05%) Microservices
10 51 (16.72%) Data Engineering
11 48 (15.74%) Data Modelling
11 48 (15.74%) Event-Driven
11 48 (15.74%) Problem-Solving
11 48 (15.74%) Stakeholder Management
12 42 (13.77%) Continuous Improvement
12 42 (13.77%) Data Pipeline
12 42 (13.77%) Migration
13 41 (13.44%) Platform Engineering
14 35 (11.48%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 123 (40.33%) Python
2 90 (29.51%) SQL
3 58 (19.02%) Java
4 42 (13.77%) C#
5 33 (10.82%) JavaScript
5 33 (10.82%) PowerShell
6 28 (9.18%) TypeScript
7 14 (4.59%) Bicep
8 13 (4.26%) Bash
9 11 (3.61%) Korn
10 10 (3.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 8 (2.62%) Kotlin
12 6 (1.97%) Scala
13 4 (1.31%) Apex Code
13 4 (1.31%) Shell Script
13 4 (1.31%) Swift
14 3 (0.98%) Ruby
15 2 (0.66%) ActionScript
15 2 (0.66%) ActionScript 2.0
15 2 (0.66%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 82 (26.89%) Security Cleared
2 70 (22.95%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.26%) DV Cleared
4 9 (2.95%) Degree
5 8 (2.62%) DBS Check
6 7 (2.30%) AWS Certification
7 5 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.98%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.98%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.98%) PMP
10 2 (0.66%) CISSP
10 2 (0.66%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.66%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.66%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.33%) CISA
11 1 (0.33%) GSEC
11 1 (0.33%) MOS
11 1 (0.33%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (10.49%) Data Quality
2 29 (9.51%) QA
3 10 (3.28%) Accessibility
4 8 (2.62%) GDPR
5 7 (2.30%) EU AI Act
6 5 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.66%) EMIR
7 2 (0.66%) MiFID
7 2 (0.66%) NCSC
7 2 (0.66%) NIST
7 2 (0.66%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.66%) SLA
8 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.33%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.33%) PSD2
8 1 (0.33%) SEPA
8 1 (0.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 55 (18.03%) Docker
2 5 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.66%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.66%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.33%) Firmware
5 1 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 82 (26.89%) Kubernetes
2 23 (7.54%) Grafana
3 17 (5.57%) Prometheus
4 15 (4.92%) Ansible
5 4 (1.31%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.33%) Argo
6 1 (0.33%) Bosun
6 1 (0.33%) HP Fortify
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%) SCCM
6 1 (0.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 62 (20.33%) Microsoft
2 45 (14.75%) Databricks
3 27 (8.85%) Google
4 14 (4.59%) Oracle
4 14 (4.59%) Splunk
5 12 (3.93%) Dynatrace
6 10 (3.28%) Salesforce
6 10 (3.28%) ServiceNow
7 8 (2.62%) VMware
8 7 (2.30%) IBM
8 7 (2.30%) MuleSoft
9 5 (1.64%) Foundry
9 5 (1.64%) SAP
10 4 (1.31%) AppDynamics
11 3 (0.98%) OpenAI
12 2 (0.66%) Adyen
12 2 (0.66%) Apple
12 2 (0.66%) Software AG
12 2 (0.66%) TIBCO
12 2 (0.66%) Workday