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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 14 23
Rank change year-on-year -5 +9 -6
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 223 207 168
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 9.68% 11.86% 7.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.38% 12.71% 8.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 126 121
10th Percentile £363 £413 £425
25th Percentile £453 £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 £715
90th Percentile £763 £769 £800
Central London median daily rate £575 £578 £600
% change year-on-year -0.43% -3.75% -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 1,959 1,628 1,982
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 85.06% 93.30% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,330 1,027 1,403
10th Percentile £363 £354 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £570
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +0.88% -5.00%
75th Percentile £675 £686 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 12 11
10th Percentile £17.99 £22.00 £19.92
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.00 £20.22
Median hourly rate £29.78 £29.58 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.70% +18.30% -28.57%
75th Percentile £49.78 £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 7 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 15 (6.73%) 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 93 (41.70%) Azure
3 59 (26.46%) GitHub
4 39 (17.49%) GCP
5 38 (17.04%) GitHub Actions
6 37 (16.59%) Azure DevOps
7 31 (13.90%) Serverless
8 23 (10.31%) Amazon S3
9 22 (9.87%) AWS Lambda
10 19 (8.52%) Power Platform
11 18 (8.07%) Snowflake
12 16 (7.17%) AWS CloudFormation
13 14 (6.28%) Azure AKS
14 13 (5.83%) dbt
15 12 (5.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 12 (5.38%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 10 (4.48%) Amazon Kinesis
16 10 (4.48%) Azure Data Factory
17 9 (4.04%) Entra ID
18 8 (3.59%) Amazon EC2
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 21 (9.42%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (8.07%) NoSQL
3 13 (5.83%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (5.38%) MongoDB
4 12 (5.38%) Power BI
5 11 (4.93%) DynamoDB
6 10 (4.48%) Metadata
6 10 (4.48%) Relational Database
7 9 (4.04%) SQL Server
8 8 (3.59%) Snowflake Schema
9 7 (3.14%) Data Lake
10 6 (2.69%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (2.69%) Apache Cassandra
10 6 (2.69%) MySQL
10 6 (2.69%) Redis
11 5 (2.24%) Amazon Athena
11 5 (2.24%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (2.24%) BigQuery
11 5 (2.24%) Data Mining
12 4 (1.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 47 (21.08%) Git
2 36 (16.14%) Jenkins
3 20 (8.97%) GitLab
4 16 (7.17%) JIRA
5 12 (5.38%) JUnit
6 10 (4.48%) Postman
7 8 (3.59%) Mockito
8 6 (2.69%) Cucumber
8 6 (2.69%) JMeter
8 6 (2.69%) Selenium
9 5 (2.24%) Gradle
10 4 (1.79%) Liquibase
10 4 (1.79%) REST Assured
11 3 (1.35%) Gatling
11 3 (1.35%) Maven
12 2 (0.90%) Ant
12 2 (0.90%) Artifactory
12 2 (0.90%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.90%) Cypress.io
13 1 (0.45%) PHPUnit
General
1 79 (35.43%) Finance
2 55 (24.66%) Social Skills
3 30 (13.45%) Banking
4 19 (8.52%) Public Sector
5 14 (6.28%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (2.69%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (2.24%) Legal
8 4 (1.79%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.79%) Front Office
8 4 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.35%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.35%) Law
9 3 (1.35%) Marketing
10 1 (0.45%) Games
10 1 (0.45%) Local Government
10 1 (0.45%) Military
10 1 (0.45%) Retail
10 1 (0.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 41 (18.39%) Developer
2 40 (17.94%) Senior
3 33 (14.80%) Architect
4 24 (10.76%) DevOps Engineer
5 20 (8.97%) Data Engineer
6 19 (8.52%) Lead
7 14 (6.28%) Senior Developer
8 12 (5.38%) Azure Engineer
9 10 (4.48%) Java Developer
9 10 (4.48%) Snowflake Data Engineer
9 10 (4.48%) Snowflake Engineer
10 9 (4.04%) Cloud Engineer
10 9 (4.04%) GCP Engineer
10 9 (4.04%) Platform Engineer
10 9 (4.04%) Security Engineer
11 8 (3.59%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 8 (3.59%) Python Engineer
11 8 (3.59%) Software Engineer
12 7 (3.14%) Solutions Architect
12 7 (3.14%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (13.45%) Kafka
2 29 (13.00%) Spring
3 28 (12.56%) REST
4 26 (11.66%) React
5 25 (11.21%) Spring Boot
6 15 (6.73%) RESTful
7 14 (6.28%) Node.js
8 12 (5.38%) .NET
9 11 (4.93%) HTML
9 11 (4.93%) OpenTelemetry
9 11 (4.93%) Playwright
10 8 (3.59%) AngularJS
10 8 (3.59%) CSS
10 8 (3.59%) Django
10 8 (3.59%) GraphQL
11 7 (3.14%) JSON
11 7 (3.14%) SOAP
12 6 (2.69%) Model Context Protocol
12 6 (2.69%) PySpark
12 6 (2.69%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 62 (27.80%) Cloud Native
2 27 (12.11%) 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%) Equities
7 3 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.35%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.35%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.35%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.90%) NHS
8 2 (0.90%) Replication
8 2 (0.90%) Virtual Team
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
1 121 (54.26%) DevOps
2 84 (37.67%) Infrastructure as Code
3 66 (29.60%) Agile
4 61 (27.35%) Containerisation
5 58 (26.01%) Test Automation
6 56 (25.11%) Observability
7 51 (22.87%) AI
8 48 (21.52%) Microservices
9 40 (17.94%) Analytics
10 35 (15.70%) Software Engineering
11 33 (14.80%) Data Engineering
12 30 (13.45%) Data Pipeline
12 30 (13.45%) Performance Tuning
13 28 (12.56%) Migration
14 27 (12.11%) Data Modelling
14 27 (12.11%) Machine Learning
15 25 (11.21%) Platform Engineering
16 24 (10.76%) Event-Driven
17 21 (9.42%) Data Governance
17 21 (9.42%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 80 (35.87%) Python
2 54 (24.22%) Java
3 49 (21.97%) SQL
4 26 (11.66%) TypeScript
5 24 (10.76%) JavaScript
6 20 (8.97%) C#
7 15 (6.73%) Bash
8 11 (4.93%) PowerShell
9 10 (4.48%) Bicep
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%) ActionScript
14 1 (0.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 54 (24.22%) Security Cleared
2 51 (22.87%) SC Cleared
3 7 (3.14%) Degree
4 5 (2.24%) AWS Certification
4 5 (2.24%) Azure Certification
4 5 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.79%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.35%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.90%) OSCP
7 2 (0.90%) SnowPro
8 1 (0.45%) CCNA
8 1 (0.45%) CCSP
8 1 (0.45%) CISSP
8 1 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (0.45%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.73%) Data Quality
1 15 (6.73%) QA
2 14 (6.28%) GDPR
3 7 (3.14%) SLA
4 6 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
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%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.45%) GRC
8 1 (0.45%) WCAG
System Software
1 65 (29.15%) 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 66 (29.60%) Terraform
3 21 (9.42%) Prometheus
4 19 (8.52%) 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