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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 14 25
Rank change year-on-year -7 +11 -8
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 223 209 158
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 10.08% 11.98% 7.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.66% 12.93% 7.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 128 110
10th Percentile £356 £411 £425
25th Percentile £417 £498 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £638 £684 £715
90th Percentile £750 £750 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -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 1,912 1,617 2,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 86.44% 92.66% 89.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,310 1,030 1,415
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £674 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £766 £806
Central London median daily rate £550 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% -7.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 10 13
10th Percentile - £22.00 £17.39
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £19.92
Median hourly rate £32.07 £32.83 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.32% +42.72% -39.07%
75th Percentile £52.16 £47.50 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £67.38 £48.57
Central London median hourly rate £26.56 £32.83 £27.81
% change year-on-year -19.10% +18.03% -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 15 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%) Apache Spark
2 6 (2.69%) Confluence
3 3 (1.35%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.35%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.90%) Camunda
4 2 (0.90%) Ethereum
4 2 (0.90%) Hyperledger
5 1 (0.45%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.45%) CMS
5 1 (0.45%) IBM HTTP Server
5 1 (0.45%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.45%) nginx
5 1 (0.45%) Palantir Foundry
5 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 92 (41.26%) Azure
3 58 (26.01%) GitHub
4 40 (17.94%) GCP
5 37 (16.59%) Azure DevOps
6 36 (16.14%) GitHub Actions
7 32 (14.35%) Serverless
8 26 (11.66%) Amazon S3
9 24 (10.76%) 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 13 (5.83%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 11 (4.93%) Azure AKS
13 11 (4.93%) dbt
14 10 (4.48%) Amazon ECS
15 9 (4.04%) Amazon EC2
15 9 (4.04%) Amazon Kinesis
15 9 (4.04%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.69%) Firewall
2 4 (1.79%) Network Security
3 2 (0.90%) DNS
3 2 (0.90%) HTTP
4 1 (0.45%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.45%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.07%) NoSQL
2 17 (7.62%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (6.28%) DynamoDB
4 13 (5.83%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (5.83%) Relational Database
5 12 (5.38%) MongoDB
6 9 (4.04%) Metadata
6 9 (4.04%) Power BI
7 8 (3.59%) SQL Server
8 7 (3.14%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (3.14%) MySQL
8 7 (3.14%) Snowflake Schema
9 6 (2.69%) Apache Cassandra
9 6 (2.69%) Data Lake
9 6 (2.69%) Redis
10 5 (2.24%) Amazon Athena
10 5 (2.24%) BigQuery
11 4 (1.79%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (1.79%) Big Data
11 4 (1.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 51 (22.87%) Git
2 31 (13.90%) Jenkins
3 19 (8.52%) GitLab
4 17 (7.62%) JIRA
5 11 (4.93%) JUnit
6 9 (4.04%) Cucumber
7 7 (3.14%) Mockito
7 7 (3.14%) Postman
7 7 (3.14%) Selenium
8 5 (2.24%) REST Assured
9 4 (1.79%) Gradle
10 3 (1.35%) Bitbucket
10 3 (1.35%) Liquibase
10 3 (1.35%) Maven
11 2 (0.90%) Ant
11 2 (0.90%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.90%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.90%) Gatling
11 2 (0.90%) SoapUI
12 1 (0.45%) TestRail
General
1 74 (33.18%) Finance
2 56 (25.11%) Social Skills
3 30 (13.45%) Banking
4 18 (8.07%) Public Sector
5 13 (5.83%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (2.69%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (2.24%) Front Office
7 5 (2.24%) Investment Banking
8 4 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.79%) Law
8 4 (1.79%) Legal
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%) Local Government
10 1 (0.45%) Military
10 1 (0.45%) Retail
10 1 (0.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 38 (17.04%) Developer
2 37 (16.59%) Senior
3 29 (13.00%) Architect
3 29 (13.00%) DevOps Engineer
4 20 (8.97%) Data Engineer
4 20 (8.97%) Lead
5 12 (5.38%) Python Engineer
6 11 (4.93%) Senior Developer
7 10 (4.48%) Azure Engineer
7 10 (4.48%) Cloud Engineer
7 10 (4.48%) GCP Engineer
7 10 (4.48%) Java Developer
7 10 (4.48%) Platform 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%) Technical Architect
11 6 (2.69%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (11.66%) Kafka
2 24 (10.76%) REST
2 24 (10.76%) Spring
3 23 (10.31%) React
4 20 (8.97%) Spring Boot
5 17 (7.62%) Node.js
6 15 (6.73%) RESTful
7 11 (4.93%) OpenTelemetry
8 10 (4.48%) .NET
8 10 (4.48%) OAuth
8 10 (4.48%) Playwright
9 9 (4.04%) HTML
10 8 (3.59%) AngularJS
10 8 (3.59%) CSS
10 8 (3.59%) Django
10 8 (3.59%) GraphQL
11 7 (3.14%) SOAP
12 6 (2.69%) Model Context Protocol
13 5 (2.24%) JSON
13 5 (2.24%) LangGraph
Miscellaneous
1 52 (23.32%) Cloud Native
2 28 (12.56%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (4.93%) Product Ownership
4 7 (3.14%) Data Centre
5 6 (2.69%) AI Agents
6 5 (2.24%) Clustering
6 5 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (2.24%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.24%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.79%) Fixed Income
8 3 (1.35%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.35%) Equities
8 3 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.35%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.35%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.35%) Replication
8 3 (1.35%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.93%) Linux
2 5 (2.24%) Apple iOS
3 4 (1.79%) Windows
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
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (51.12%) DevOps
2 82 (36.77%) Infrastructure as Code
3 65 (29.15%) Agile
4 54 (24.22%) Containerisation
4 54 (24.22%) Test Automation
5 52 (23.32%) AI
6 48 (21.52%) Microservices
7 47 (21.08%) Observability
8 39 (17.49%) Analytics
9 36 (16.14%) Software Engineering
10 30 (13.45%) Data Engineering
10 30 (13.45%) Data Pipeline
11 29 (13.00%) Performance Tuning
12 26 (11.66%) Migration
12 26 (11.66%) Platform Engineering
13 25 (11.21%) Data Modelling
13 25 (11.21%) Machine Learning
13 25 (11.21%) Problem-Solving
14 21 (9.42%) Continuous Improvement
14 21 (9.42%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 83 (37.22%) Python
2 50 (22.42%) Java
3 48 (21.52%) SQL
4 23 (10.31%) TypeScript
5 19 (8.52%) JavaScript
6 18 (8.07%) C#
7 14 (6.28%) Bash
8 8 (3.59%) PowerShell
9 7 (3.14%) Bicep
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%) Objective-C
13 2 (0.90%) PHP
13 2 (0.90%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.90%) Scala
13 2 (0.90%) Swift
Qualifications
1 48 (21.52%) Security Cleared
2 45 (20.18%) 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%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.62%) Data Quality
1 17 (7.62%) QA
2 11 (4.93%) 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%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.45%) GRC
System Software
1 66 (29.60%) Docker
2 8 (3.59%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (3.14%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.45%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
4 1 (0.45%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 73 (32.74%) Kubernetes
2 72 (32.29%) Terraform
3 17 (7.62%) Ansible
4 16 (7.17%) Prometheus
5 14 (6.28%) Grafana
6 6 (2.69%) Istio
7 4 (1.79%) Argo
8 2 (0.90%) Puppet
8 2 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.45%) CA Wily
9 1 (0.45%) Consul
9 1 (0.45%) Icinga
9 1 (0.45%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.45%) Karpenter
9 1 (0.45%) Kibana
9 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.45%) Opsgenie
9 1 (0.45%) Packer
9 1 (0.45%) Salt
9 1 (0.45%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 38 (17.04%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.87%) Google
3 19 (8.52%) Databricks
4 12 (5.38%) Oracle
5 7 (3.14%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.69%) Dynatrace
7 4 (1.79%) IBM
7 4 (1.79%) OpenAI
7 4 (1.79%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.79%) Splunk
8 3 (1.35%) Informatica
8 3 (1.35%) MuleSoft
8 3 (1.35%) SAP
9 2 (0.90%) Apple
9 2 (0.90%) Confluent
9 2 (0.90%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.90%) SimCorp
9 2 (0.90%) Tenable
9 2 (0.90%) Vermilion
10 1 (0.45%) Amplitude