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 22 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 19 24
Rank change year-on-year +3 +5 -5
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 195 182 202
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 10.86% 8.49% 7.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.67% 9.26% 8.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 121 146
10th Percentile £361 £463 £425
25th Percentile £459 £519 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% -3.81%
75th Percentile £660 £738 £700
90th Percentile £716 £783 £758
Central London median daily rate £569 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -12.50% +8.33% -
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 1,671 1,965 2,450
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.09% 91.65% 89.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,172 1,201 1,724
10th Percentile £331 £376 £363
25th Percentile £416 £475 £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 £756 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 17 14
10th Percentile £17.02 £16.70 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.18 £22.00 £17.48
Median hourly rate £28.25 £42.50 £32.75
Median % change year-on-year -33.53% +29.77% -36.41%
75th Percentile £43.33 £112.00 £52.88
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £72.25
Central London median hourly rate £27.75 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -20.71% +27.27% -45.54%

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 22 November 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
Contract Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CI/CD within the City of London region over the 6 months to 22 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Moorgate - 1 £390 -
CI/CD
Central London

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 9 (4.62%) Confluence
2 8 (4.10%) Apache Spark
3 5 (2.56%) Apache
3 5 (2.56%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (2.56%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.03%) CMS
5 1 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.51%) Camunda
5 1 (0.51%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.51%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Aladdin
1 1 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.51%) Fidessa
1 1 (0.51%) Orchestrade
1 1 (0.51%) Shopify
1 1 (0.51%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 81 (41.54%) AWS
2 77 (39.49%) Azure
3 45 (23.08%) GitHub
4 36 (18.46%) GitHub Actions
5 35 (17.95%) GCP
6 32 (16.41%) Azure DevOps
7 21 (10.77%) Amazon S3
8 18 (9.23%) Serverless
9 15 (7.69%) AWS Lambda
10 14 (7.18%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 14 (7.18%) Power Platform
11 13 (6.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 11 (5.64%) Amazon ECS
13 9 (4.62%) AWS CloudFormation
14 8 (4.10%) Azure AKS
14 8 (4.10%) Snowflake
15 7 (3.59%) Azure Data Factory
15 7 (3.59%) Azure Key Vault
15 7 (3.59%) Azure Monitor
15 7 (3.59%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.08%) DNS
1 6 (3.08%) Firewall
2 5 (2.56%) Network Security
3 2 (1.03%) SSH
4 1 (0.51%) BGP
4 1 (0.51%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.51%) Ethernet VPN
4 1 (0.51%) IGMP
4 1 (0.51%) Internet
4 1 (0.51%) Multicast
4 1 (0.51%) NAS
4 1 (0.51%) OpenLDAP
4 1 (0.51%) OSPF
4 1 (0.51%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.51%) SAN
4 1 (0.51%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.51%) VPN
4 1 (0.51%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.67%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (6.15%) Relational Database
3 9 (4.62%) DynamoDB
3 9 (4.62%) MongoDB
4 8 (4.10%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (4.10%) Power BI
4 8 (4.10%) SQL Server
5 7 (3.59%) MySQL
6 6 (3.08%) BigQuery
7 5 (2.56%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (2.56%) Big Data
7 5 (2.56%) Data Lake
7 5 (2.56%) Delta Lake
8 4 (2.05%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (1.54%) Metadata
9 3 (1.54%) NoSQL
10 2 (1.03%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (1.03%) Hadoop
10 2 (1.03%) KDB
10 2 (1.03%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 42 (21.54%) Git
2 30 (15.38%) Jenkins
3 20 (10.26%) GitLab
4 16 (8.21%) JIRA
5 14 (7.18%) Selenium
6 9 (4.62%) Cucumber
7 8 (4.10%) SonarQube
8 7 (3.59%) Bitbucket
8 7 (3.59%) Cypress.io
8 7 (3.59%) Gradle
8 7 (3.59%) Postman
9 5 (2.56%) JUnit
10 4 (2.05%) Maven
10 4 (2.05%) TeamCity
11 3 (1.54%) JMeter
11 3 (1.54%) REST Assured
11 3 (1.54%) Snyk
11 3 (1.54%) WebDriver
12 2 (1.03%) Mockito
12 2 (1.03%) Xcode
General
1 70 (35.90%) Finance
2 54 (27.69%) Social Skills
3 34 (17.44%) Banking
4 17 (8.72%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (7.18%) Front Office
6 7 (3.59%) Financial Institution
7 6 (3.08%) Investment Banking
8 5 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.56%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.05%) Back Office
9 4 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.54%) Law
11 2 (1.03%) Games
11 2 (1.03%) Legal
11 2 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.03%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.51%) Automotive
12 1 (0.51%) Marketing
12 1 (0.51%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 42 (21.54%) Developer
2 35 (17.95%) Senior
3 26 (13.33%) DevOps Engineer
4 15 (7.69%) Data Engineer
5 14 (7.18%) Architect
6 12 (6.15%) GCP Engineer
6 12 (6.15%) Python Engineer
7 10 (5.13%) Azure Engineer
7 10 (5.13%) Full-Stack Developer
8 9 (4.62%) Lead
8 9 (4.62%) Platform Engineer
8 9 (4.62%) Software Engineer
9 8 (4.10%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 7 (3.59%) AWS Engineer
10 7 (3.59%) Cloud Engineer
11 6 (3.08%) Java Developer
11 6 (3.08%) Python Developer
11 6 (3.08%) Senior Developer
11 6 (3.08%) Site Reliability Engineer
12 5 (2.56%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (11.28%) RESTful
2 21 (10.77%) React
3 18 (9.23%) HTML
4 17 (8.72%) CSS
4 17 (8.72%) REST
5 15 (7.69%) .NET
6 13 (6.67%) Node.js
7 12 (6.15%) Kafka
7 12 (6.15%) OAuth
8 10 (5.13%) AngularJS
9 9 (4.62%) GraphQL
9 9 (4.62%) Spring
10 8 (4.10%) HTML5
10 8 (4.10%) JWT
11 7 (3.59%) Spring Boot
12 6 (3.08%) JSON
12 6 (3.08%) Web Services
13 5 (2.56%) CSS3
13 5 (2.56%) OAuth2
13 5 (2.56%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 28 (14.36%) Cloud Native
2 11 (5.64%) Distributed Systems
3 9 (4.62%) Product Ownership
4 8 (4.10%) Data Centre
4 8 (4.10%) Mobile App
4 8 (4.10%) Onboarding
4 8 (4.10%) Virtual Team
5 7 (3.59%) Data Structures
6 6 (3.08%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.56%) AI Agents
7 5 (2.56%) Derivative
8 4 (2.05%) Algorithms
8 4 (2.05%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (2.05%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.54%) Fixed Income
9 3 (1.54%) Replication
10 2 (1.03%) 3D Graphics
10 2 (1.03%) Equities
10 2 (1.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 12 (6.15%) Linux
2 9 (4.62%) Apple iOS
3 7 (3.59%) Android
4 5 (2.56%) Windows
5 4 (2.05%) Unix
6 2 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (55.38%) DevOps
2 70 (35.90%) Agile
3 55 (28.21%) Infrastructure as Code
4 45 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
5 35 (17.95%) Test Automation
6 33 (16.92%) Containerisation
7 31 (15.90%) Analytics
8 28 (14.36%) Microservices
8 28 (14.36%) Software Engineering
9 25 (12.82%) Design Patterns
10 22 (11.28%) AI
10 22 (11.28%) Migration
11 21 (10.77%) Code Quality
12 20 (10.26%) Data Pipeline
13 19 (9.74%) Observability
14 17 (8.72%) Data Governance
14 17 (8.72%) ETL
14 17 (8.72%) Machine Learning
14 17 (8.72%) Performance Tuning
15 16 (8.21%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 81 (41.54%) Python
2 36 (18.46%) Java
2 36 (18.46%) SQL
3 27 (13.85%) JavaScript
4 19 (9.74%) C#
4 19 (9.74%) TypeScript
5 13 (6.67%) Bash
6 8 (4.10%) PowerShell
7 6 (3.08%) Kotlin
8 5 (2.56%) Go
8 5 (2.56%) Swift
9 4 (2.05%) Bicep
9 4 (2.05%) C++
9 4 (2.05%) Objective-C
9 4 (2.05%) PHP
10 3 (1.54%) Apex Code
10 3 (1.54%) PromQL
10 3 (1.54%) VB.NET
11 2 (1.03%) Rust
11 2 (1.03%) Scala
Qualifications
1 25 (12.82%) Security Cleared
2 24 (12.31%) SC Cleared
3 7 (3.59%) Degree
4 4 (2.05%) CISSP
4 4 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.54%) Azure Certification
5 3 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.03%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.03%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.03%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.51%) CCIE
7 1 (0.51%) CCNP
7 1 (0.51%) CCSP
7 1 (0.51%) CFA
7 1 (0.51%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.51%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.51%) MCP
7 1 (0.51%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (9.74%) QA
2 15 (7.69%) GDPR
3 10 (5.13%) Data Quality
4 9 (4.62%) Accessibility
4 9 (4.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (2.56%) NIST
5 5 (2.56%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.54%) EU AI Act
7 2 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 2 (1.03%) NCSC
7 2 (1.03%) SOC 2
7 2 (1.03%) WCAG
8 1 (0.51%) GRC
8 1 (0.51%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.51%) MiFID
System Software
1 45 (23.08%) Docker
2 3 (1.54%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.51%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 63 (32.31%) Terraform
2 48 (24.62%) Kubernetes
3 15 (7.69%) Ansible
4 10 (5.13%) Grafana
4 10 (5.13%) Prometheus
5 8 (4.10%) Argo
6 6 (3.08%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (2.56%) Istio
8 3 (1.54%) Progress Chef
9 2 (1.03%) Kibana
9 2 (1.03%) Kustomize
9 2 (1.03%) Packer
10 1 (0.51%) Consul
10 1 (0.51%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.51%) logstash
10 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.51%) Podman
10 1 (0.51%) Puppet
10 1 (0.51%) Rundeck
10 1 (0.51%) yum
Vendors
1 33 (16.92%) Microsoft
2 29 (14.87%) Google
3 22 (11.28%) Databricks
4 7 (3.59%) Oracle
4 7 (3.59%) Salesforce
5 6 (3.08%) OpenAI
5 6 (3.08%) Splunk
6 3 (1.54%) UiPath
7 2 (1.03%) Apple
7 2 (1.03%) Atlassian
7 2 (1.03%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.03%) IBM
7 2 (1.03%) MuleSoft
7 2 (1.03%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.03%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.51%) Adobe
8 1 (0.51%) Avaloq
8 1 (0.51%) Cisco
8 1 (0.51%) F5
8 1 (0.51%) SolarWinds