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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 19 28
Rank change year-on-year +2 +9 -7
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 194 182 170
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 10.57% 9.02% 6.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.71% 9.78% 7.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 116 127
10th Percentile £356 £413 £413
25th Percentile £413 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £585 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% -2.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £650 £725 £700
90th Percentile £749 £755 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -3.23%
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 & 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 1,656 1,860 2,200
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.20% 92.17% 89.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,161 1,128 1,572
10th Percentile £343 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% - -2.13%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £763 £788 £800
Central London median daily rate £546 £575 £570
% change year-on-year -5.00% +0.88% -0.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 14 10
10th Percentile £20.18 £15.35 £17.00
25th Percentile £22.18 £22.00 £17.48
Median hourly rate £31.00 £40.50 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -23.46% +54.29% -30.46%
75th Percentile £42.47 £107.13 £44.56
90th Percentile £51.88 £129.85 £74.13
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -25.40% +27.27% -21.43%

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 January 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 7 (3.61%) Apache Spark
1 7 (3.61%) Confluence
2 6 (3.09%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.55%) Apache
3 3 (1.55%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.03%) CMS
5 1 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.52%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.52%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.03%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.52%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.52%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.52%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.52%) Orchestrade
2 1 (0.52%) Shopify
2 1 (0.52%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 83 (42.78%) AWS
2 80 (41.24%) Azure
3 52 (26.80%) GitHub
4 43 (22.16%) GitHub Actions
5 37 (19.07%) GCP
6 33 (17.01%) Azure DevOps
7 24 (12.37%) Serverless
8 19 (9.79%) AWS Lambda
9 17 (8.76%) Amazon S3
10 15 (7.73%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 13 (6.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 13 (6.70%) Amazon ECS
11 13 (6.70%) Power Platform
12 11 (5.67%) AWS CloudFormation
13 10 (5.15%) Amazon EKS
14 8 (4.12%) Apigee
14 8 (4.12%) Azure AKS
14 8 (4.12%) Azure Key Vault
14 8 (4.12%) Snowflake
15 7 (3.61%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.61%) DNS
2 5 (2.58%) Firewall
3 4 (2.06%) Network Security
4 1 (0.52%) OpenLDAP
4 1 (0.52%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (0.52%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.22%) Relational Database
2 10 (5.15%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (4.64%) DynamoDB
4 8 (4.12%) MySQL
4 8 (4.12%) Power BI
5 7 (3.61%) BigQuery
5 7 (3.61%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (3.61%) MongoDB
5 7 (3.61%) NoSQL
5 7 (3.61%) SQL Server
6 5 (2.58%) Redis
7 4 (2.06%) Big Data
7 4 (2.06%) Delta Lake
7 4 (2.06%) Metadata
8 3 (1.55%) Amazon Aurora
8 3 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (1.55%) Apache Cassandra
8 3 (1.55%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (1.55%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.55%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 38 (19.59%) Git
2 34 (17.53%) Jenkins
3 22 (11.34%) GitLab
4 12 (6.19%) JIRA
4 12 (6.19%) Selenium
5 8 (4.12%) Cucumber
6 7 (3.61%) Cypress.io
6 7 (3.61%) SonarQube
7 6 (3.09%) Bitbucket
7 6 (3.09%) Postman
8 5 (2.58%) Gradle
8 5 (2.58%) JUnit
9 4 (2.06%) TeamCity
10 3 (1.55%) Gatling
10 3 (1.55%) Maven
10 3 (1.55%) REST Assured
10 3 (1.55%) Snyk
11 2 (1.03%) Crashlytics
11 2 (1.03%) fastlane
11 2 (1.03%) Storybook
General
1 68 (35.05%) Finance
2 52 (26.80%) Social Skills
3 37 (19.07%) Banking
4 12 (6.19%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (4.64%) Front Office
6 7 (3.61%) Financial Institution
6 7 (3.61%) Investment Banking
7 6 (3.09%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.55%) Back Office
10 3 (1.55%) Games
10 3 (1.55%) Law
10 3 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.03%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.52%) Legal
12 1 (0.52%) Local Government
12 1 (0.52%) Retail
Job Titles
1 38 (19.59%) Developer
2 32 (16.49%) Senior
3 29 (14.95%) DevOps Engineer
4 16 (8.25%) Data Engineer
5 15 (7.73%) Python Engineer
6 14 (7.22%) Architect
7 12 (6.19%) GCP Engineer
8 11 (5.67%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 11 (5.67%) Lead
9 8 (4.12%) Azure Engineer
9 8 (4.12%) Platform Engineer
9 8 (4.12%) Senior Developer
10 7 (3.61%) Cloud Engineer
10 7 (3.61%) Java Developer
11 6 (3.09%) AWS Engineer
11 6 (3.09%) Software Engineer
12 5 (2.58%) Consultant
12 5 (2.58%) Full-Stack Developer
12 5 (2.58%) iOS Developer
12 5 (2.58%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (10.82%) React
2 20 (10.31%) RESTful
3 15 (7.73%) Node.js
3 15 (7.73%) OAuth
4 14 (7.22%) HTML
5 13 (6.70%) CSS
5 13 (6.70%) REST
6 12 (6.19%) .NET
7 9 (4.64%) Spring
8 8 (4.12%) HTML5
8 8 (4.12%) JSON
8 8 (4.12%) JWT
8 8 (4.12%) Kafka
8 8 (4.12%) Spring Boot
9 7 (3.61%) AngularJS
9 7 (3.61%) OAuth2
10 6 (3.09%) Next.js
10 6 (3.09%) OpenTelemetry
10 6 (3.09%) Playwright
10 6 (3.09%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 29 (14.95%) Cloud Native
2 12 (6.19%) Distributed Systems
3 9 (4.64%) AI Agents
3 9 (4.64%) Product Ownership
4 8 (4.12%) Onboarding
4 8 (4.12%) Virtual Team
5 7 (3.61%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.58%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.58%) Data Structures
6 5 (2.58%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.06%) Algorithms
7 4 (2.06%) Derivative
7 4 (2.06%) Fixed Income
7 4 (2.06%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.55%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.55%) Replication
9 2 (1.03%) Distributed Computing
9 2 (1.03%) Low-Code
9 2 (1.03%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 12 (6.19%) Linux
2 8 (4.12%) Apple iOS
3 7 (3.61%) Windows
4 6 (3.09%) Android
5 2 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.03%) Unix
6 1 (0.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (56.19%) DevOps
2 60 (30.93%) Agile
2 60 (30.93%) Infrastructure as Code
3 42 (21.65%) Containerisation
4 39 (20.10%) Test Automation
5 36 (18.56%) Problem-Solving
6 33 (17.01%) Analytics
6 33 (17.01%) Microservices
7 32 (16.49%) AI
8 28 (14.43%) Software Engineering
9 26 (13.40%) Design Patterns
9 26 (13.40%) Observability
10 24 (12.37%) Data Pipeline
11 22 (11.34%) Migration
12 21 (10.82%) Machine Learning
12 21 (10.82%) Performance Tuning
13 19 (9.79%) Code Quality
13 19 (9.79%) Data Governance
14 17 (8.76%) Data Modelling
14 17 (8.76%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 82 (42.27%) Python
2 39 (20.10%) Java
3 38 (19.59%) SQL
4 24 (12.37%) JavaScript
5 20 (10.31%) TypeScript
6 15 (7.73%) C#
7 10 (5.15%) Bash
8 8 (4.12%) PowerShell
9 6 (3.09%) Kotlin
10 5 (2.58%) PHP
10 5 (2.58%) Swift
11 4 (2.06%) Bicep
11 4 (2.06%) C++
11 4 (2.06%) Go
11 4 (2.06%) Objective-C
12 3 (1.55%) Apex Code
12 3 (1.55%) Ruby
12 3 (1.55%) Shell Script
13 2 (1.03%) Korn
13 2 (1.03%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (14.95%) Security Cleared
2 28 (14.43%) SC Cleared
3 6 (3.09%) Degree
4 4 (2.06%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (2.06%) MCP
5 3 (1.55%) AWS Certification
5 3 (1.55%) CISSP
6 2 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.03%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.03%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (0.52%) CCNA
7 1 (0.52%) CCSP
7 1 (0.52%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.52%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.52%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.52%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.28%) GDPR
1 18 (9.28%) QA
2 13 (6.70%) Data Quality
3 10 (5.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (3.61%) Accessibility
5 6 (3.09%) PCI DSS
6 5 (2.58%) NIST
7 3 (1.55%) EU AI Act
8 2 (1.03%) ISO 20022
8 2 (1.03%) ISO 8583
8 2 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 2 (1.03%) NCSC
8 2 (1.03%) PSD2
8 2 (1.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (1.03%) SEPA
8 2 (1.03%) SOC 2
8 2 (1.03%) WCAG
9 1 (0.52%) GRC
9 1 (0.52%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.52%) MiFID
System Software
1 52 (26.80%) Docker
2 4 (2.06%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.03%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.52%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 67 (34.54%) Terraform
2 53 (27.32%) Kubernetes
3 19 (9.79%) Ansible
4 12 (6.19%) Prometheus
5 11 (5.67%) Grafana
6 9 (4.64%) Argo
7 6 (3.09%) Istio
8 5 (2.58%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (1.55%) Kibana
9 3 (1.55%) Progress Chef
10 2 (1.03%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.52%) Icinga
11 1 (0.52%) ITRS Geneos
11 1 (0.52%) Karpenter
11 1 (0.52%) logstash
11 1 (0.52%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.52%) Packer
11 1 (0.52%) Puppet
11 1 (0.52%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 31 (15.98%) Microsoft
2 28 (14.43%) Google
3 22 (11.34%) Databricks
4 10 (5.15%) Oracle
5 7 (3.61%) OpenAI
5 7 (3.61%) Salesforce
5 7 (3.61%) Splunk
6 5 (2.58%) Dynatrace
7 3 (1.55%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.03%) Apple
8 2 (1.03%) Atlassian
8 2 (1.03%) Confluent
8 2 (1.03%) MuleSoft
8 2 (1.03%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.03%) UiPath
9 1 (0.52%) Amplitude
9 1 (0.52%) LogicMonitor
9 1 (0.52%) Plaid
9 1 (0.52%) Sonatype
9 1 (0.52%) Workday