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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 15 22
Rank change year-on-year -5 +7 -5
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 223 204 170
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 9.69% 11.62% 7.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.36% 12.47% 8.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 125 122
10th Percentile £361 £413 £425
25th Percentile £451 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £714
90th Percentile £763 £750 £786
Central London median daily rate £575 £583 £600
% change year-on-year -1.29% -2.92% -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 1,963 1,636 1,988
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 85.27% 93.17% 90.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,336 1,032 1,406
10th Percentile £363 £363 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £565
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +1.77% -5.83%
75th Percentile £675 £680 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £806
Central London median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 12 11
10th Percentile £18.14 £22.00 £19.92
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.00 £20.22
Median hourly rate £27.50 £29.58 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.02% +18.30% -28.57%
75th Percentile £47.41 £45.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £62.25 £41.84
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £29.07 £27.81
% change year-on-year -10.18% +4.53% -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 1 May 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 14 (6.28%) 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%) 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
1 107 (47.98%) AWS
2 94 (42.15%) Azure
3 59 (26.46%) GitHub
4 39 (17.49%) GCP
5 38 (17.04%) Azure DevOps
5 38 (17.04%) GitHub Actions
6 32 (14.35%) Serverless
7 25 (11.21%) Amazon S3
8 23 (10.31%) AWS Lambda
9 19 (8.52%) Power Platform
10 17 (7.62%) Snowflake
11 16 (7.17%) AWS CloudFormation
12 14 (6.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 14 (6.28%) Azure AKS
13 12 (5.38%) dbt
13 12 (5.38%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 10 (4.48%) Amazon Kinesis
15 9 (4.04%) Amazon EC2
15 9 (4.04%) Azure Data Factory
15 9 (4.04%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.14%) Firewall
2 5 (2.24%) Network Security
3 3 (1.35%) DNS
4 2 (0.90%) FTP
4 2 (0.90%) HTTP
5 1 (0.45%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.45%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.45%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.45%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (8.52%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (8.07%) NoSQL
3 12 (5.38%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (5.38%) DynamoDB
3 12 (5.38%) MongoDB
3 12 (5.38%) Power BI
4 11 (4.93%) Relational Database
5 10 (4.48%) Metadata
6 9 (4.04%) SQL Server
7 7 (3.14%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (3.14%) Data Lake
7 7 (3.14%) MySQL
7 7 (3.14%) Snowflake Schema
8 6 (2.69%) Apache Cassandra
8 6 (2.69%) Redis
9 5 (2.24%) Amazon Athena
9 5 (2.24%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (2.24%) BigQuery
9 5 (2.24%) Data Mining
10 4 (1.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 48 (21.52%) Git
2 33 (14.80%) Jenkins
3 20 (8.97%) GitLab
4 16 (7.17%) JIRA
5 12 (5.38%) JUnit
6 9 (4.04%) Postman
7 8 (3.59%) Cucumber
7 8 (3.59%) Mockito
8 7 (3.14%) Selenium
9 5 (2.24%) Gradle
10 4 (1.79%) Liquibase
10 4 (1.79%) REST Assured
11 3 (1.35%) Bitbucket
11 3 (1.35%) JMeter
11 3 (1.35%) Maven
12 2 (0.90%) Ant
12 2 (0.90%) Artifactory
12 2 (0.90%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.90%) Gatling
13 1 (0.45%) git-flow
General
1 78 (34.98%) Finance
2 55 (24.66%) Social Skills
3 31 (13.90%) Banking
4 19 (8.52%) Public Sector
5 14 (6.28%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (2.69%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (2.24%) Front Office
7 5 (2.24%) Legal
8 4 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.79%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.79%) Investment Banking
8 4 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.35%) Law
9 3 (1.35%) Marketing
10 1 (0.45%) Back Office
10 1 (0.45%) Games
10 1 (0.45%) Local Government
10 1 (0.45%) Military
10 1 (0.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 40 (17.94%) Developer
2 39 (17.49%) Senior
3 33 (14.80%) Architect
4 27 (12.11%) DevOps Engineer
5 19 (8.52%) Data Engineer
5 19 (8.52%) Lead
6 13 (5.83%) Senior Developer
7 11 (4.93%) Azure Engineer
8 10 (4.48%) Java Developer
8 10 (4.48%) Platform Engineer
9 9 (4.04%) Cloud Engineer
9 9 (4.04%) GCP Engineer
9 9 (4.04%) Python Engineer
9 9 (4.04%) Snowflake Data Engineer
9 9 (4.04%) Snowflake Engineer
10 8 (3.59%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 8 (3.59%) Security Engineer
10 8 (3.59%) Software Engineer
11 7 (3.14%) Solutions Architect
11 7 (3.14%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (13.45%) Kafka
2 28 (12.56%) REST
2 28 (12.56%) Spring
3 26 (11.66%) React
4 24 (10.76%) Spring Boot
5 16 (7.17%) RESTful
6 15 (6.73%) Node.js
7 13 (5.83%) .NET
8 11 (4.93%) OpenTelemetry
9 10 (4.48%) HTML
9 10 (4.48%) Playwright
10 8 (3.59%) AngularJS
10 8 (3.59%) CSS
10 8 (3.59%) Django
10 8 (3.59%) GraphQL
10 8 (3.59%) SOAP
11 7 (3.14%) JSON
12 6 (2.69%) Model Context Protocol
12 6 (2.69%) OAuth
12 6 (2.69%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 59 (26.46%) Cloud Native
2 28 (12.56%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (4.93%) Product Ownership
4 7 (3.14%) AI Agents
4 7 (3.14%) Data Centre
5 5 (2.24%) Clustering
6 4 (1.79%) Fixed Income
6 4 (1.79%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.35%) Equities
7 3 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.35%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.35%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.35%) Replication
7 3 (1.35%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.35%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.90%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.93%) Linux
2 5 (2.24%) Windows
3 4 (1.79%) Apple iOS
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
6 1 (0.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (54.71%) DevOps
2 83 (37.22%) Infrastructure as Code
3 68 (30.49%) Agile
4 60 (26.91%) Containerisation
5 57 (25.56%) Test Automation
6 54 (24.22%) Observability
7 51 (22.87%) AI
8 49 (21.97%) Microservices
9 40 (17.94%) Analytics
10 36 (16.14%) Software Engineering
11 32 (14.35%) Data Engineering
12 30 (13.45%) Performance Tuning
13 29 (13.00%) Data Pipeline
14 28 (12.56%) Migration
15 27 (12.11%) Machine Learning
16 26 (11.66%) Data Modelling
17 25 (11.21%) Platform Engineering
18 24 (10.76%) Event-Driven
19 21 (9.42%) Data Governance
20 20 (8.97%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 79 (35.43%) Python
2 55 (24.66%) Java
3 48 (21.52%) SQL
4 26 (11.66%) TypeScript
5 23 (10.31%) JavaScript
6 21 (9.42%) C#
7 14 (6.28%) Bash
8 10 (4.48%) Bicep
9 9 (4.04%) PowerShell
10 6 (2.69%) Ruby
11 4 (1.79%) Apex Code
11 4 (1.79%) Kotlin
12 3 (1.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (1.35%) Go
12 3 (1.35%) Korn
12 3 (1.35%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.90%) PHP
13 2 (0.90%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.45%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.45%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 53 (23.77%) Security Cleared
2 50 (22.42%) SC Cleared
3 8 (3.59%) Degree
4 6 (2.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.24%) AWS Certification
5 5 (2.24%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.79%) DV Cleared
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%) Microsoft Certification
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 16 (7.17%) QA
2 15 (6.73%) Data Quality
3 14 (6.28%) GDPR
4 6 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.69%) SLA
5 5 (2.24%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.79%) NCSC
6 4 (1.79%) NIST
6 4 (1.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.90%) EMIR
7 2 (0.90%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.90%) ISO 8583
7 2 (0.90%) MiFID
7 2 (0.90%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.90%) PSD2
7 2 (0.90%) SEPA
8 1 (0.45%) GRC
System Software
1 68 (30.49%) Docker
2 9 (4.04%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (3.14%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.45%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
4 1 (0.45%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 79 (35.43%) Kubernetes
2 67 (30.04%) Terraform
3 19 (8.52%) Prometheus
4 17 (7.62%) Grafana
5 15 (6.73%) Ansible
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 36 (16.14%) Microsoft
2 19 (8.52%) Google
3 15 (6.73%) Databricks
4 13 (5.83%) Oracle
5 7 (3.14%) Dynatrace
5 7 (3.14%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.24%) OpenAI
6 5 (2.24%) Splunk
7 4 (1.79%) IBM
7 4 (1.79%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.35%) Informatica
8 3 (1.35%) MuleSoft
8 3 (1.35%) SAP
9 2 (0.90%) Confluent
9 2 (0.90%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.90%) Foundry
9 2 (0.90%) SimCorp
9 2 (0.90%) Tenable
9 2 (0.90%) Vermilion
9 2 (0.90%) VMware