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

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 15 24
Rank change year-on-year -2 +9 -6
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 219 212 153
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 10.19% 12.18% 6.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.60% 13.21% 7.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 132 105
10th Percentile £356 £413 £425
25th Percentile £413 £488 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £638 £681 £715
90th Percentile £763 £750 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £46.75
Median hourly rate - - £48.50
75th Percentile - - £50.25
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate - - £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 1,888 1,605 2,072
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 87.81% 92.19% 89.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,302 1,036 1,469
10th Percentile £363 £364 £350
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 £669 £680 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% -7.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 9 11
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £18.93
25th Percentile £19.46 £24.66 £20.07
Median hourly rate £28.00 £31.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +24.00% -45.65%
75th Percentile £45.08 £34.68 £40.92
90th Percentile £58.53 £51.75 £50.25
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 29 March 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 (6.85%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (3.65%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.74%) Confluence
4 5 (2.28%) Apache
5 3 (1.37%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.91%) Camunda
6 2 (0.91%) CMS
6 2 (0.91%) Ethereum
6 2 (0.91%) Hyperledger
6 2 (0.91%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.46%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.46%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.46%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.46%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.46%) Maya
1 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.37%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.91%) Aladdin
2 2 (0.91%) Shopify
3 1 (0.46%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.46%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 102 (46.58%) AWS
2 91 (41.55%) Azure
3 59 (26.94%) GitHub
4 39 (17.81%) Azure DevOps
4 39 (17.81%) GCP
4 39 (17.81%) GitHub Actions
5 30 (13.70%) Serverless
6 23 (10.50%) Amazon S3
7 21 (9.59%) AWS Lambda
8 18 (8.22%) Snowflake
9 15 (6.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 15 (6.85%) AWS CloudFormation
9 15 (6.85%) Power Platform
10 13 (5.94%) dbt
10 13 (5.94%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 11 (5.02%) Amazon ECS
12 10 (4.57%) Azure AKS
13 9 (4.11%) Amazon EC2
13 9 (4.11%) Amazon EKS
14 8 (3.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.28%) Network Security
2 3 (1.37%) DNS
2 3 (1.37%) Firewall
3 2 (0.91%) HTTP
4 1 (0.46%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.31%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (6.85%) Relational Database
3 14 (6.39%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (6.39%) NoSQL
4 12 (5.48%) DynamoDB
5 10 (4.57%) MongoDB
5 10 (4.57%) Power BI
6 9 (4.11%) SQL Server
7 8 (3.65%) MySQL
8 7 (3.20%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (3.20%) Metadata
8 7 (3.20%) Snowflake Schema
9 5 (2.28%) Data Lake
9 5 (2.28%) Redis
9 5 (2.28%) Tableau
10 4 (1.83%) Amazon Athena
10 4 (1.83%) Apache Cassandra
10 4 (1.83%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (1.83%) Big Data
10 4 (1.83%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 53 (24.20%) Git
2 35 (15.98%) Jenkins
3 19 (8.68%) GitLab
4 16 (7.31%) JIRA
5 10 (4.57%) Cucumber
5 10 (4.57%) JUnit
6 8 (3.65%) Postman
6 8 (3.65%) Selenium
7 6 (2.74%) Mockito
8 5 (2.28%) Bitbucket
8 5 (2.28%) REST Assured
9 3 (1.37%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.91%) Ant
10 2 (0.91%) CocoaPods
10 2 (0.91%) Crashlytics
10 2 (0.91%) fastlane
10 2 (0.91%) Gradle
10 2 (0.91%) Liquibase
10 2 (0.91%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.91%) Xcode
General
1 76 (34.70%) Finance
2 55 (25.11%) Social Skills
3 34 (15.53%) Banking
4 15 (6.85%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (5.94%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.65%) Front Office
7 6 (2.74%) Investment Banking
8 5 (2.28%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.83%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.83%) Legal
10 3 (1.37%) Law
10 3 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.91%) Back Office
11 2 (0.91%) Marketing
11 2 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.46%) Local Government
12 1 (0.46%) Retail
12 1 (0.46%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 40 (18.26%) Developer
1 40 (18.26%) Senior
2 30 (13.70%) DevOps Engineer
3 22 (10.05%) Architect
3 22 (10.05%) Data Engineer
4 19 (8.68%) Lead
5 15 (6.85%) Python Engineer
6 13 (5.94%) Senior Developer
7 10 (4.57%) GCP Engineer
7 10 (4.57%) Platform Engineer
8 9 (4.11%) Snowflake Data Engineer
8 9 (4.11%) Snowflake Engineer
9 8 (3.65%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 8 (3.65%) Azure Engineer
9 8 (3.65%) Cloud Engineer
9 8 (3.65%) Security Engineer
10 7 (3.20%) Cloud Architect
10 7 (3.20%) Java Developer
10 7 (3.20%) Software Engineer
11 6 (2.74%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (11.42%) Kafka
2 22 (10.05%) REST
3 21 (9.59%) React
4 19 (8.68%) Spring
5 17 (7.76%) Node.js
6 15 (6.85%) RESTful
6 15 (6.85%) Spring Boot
7 13 (5.94%) .NET
8 12 (5.48%) Playwright
9 11 (5.02%) HTML
9 11 (5.02%) OAuth
10 10 (4.57%) CSS
11 9 (4.11%) OpenTelemetry
12 8 (3.65%) AngularJS
12 8 (3.65%) Django
13 6 (2.74%) GraphQL
13 6 (2.74%) LangGraph
13 6 (2.74%) SOAP
14 5 (2.28%) JSON
14 5 (2.28%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 46 (21.00%) Cloud Native
2 26 (11.87%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (5.02%) Product Ownership
4 7 (3.20%) Data Centre
4 7 (3.20%) Virtual Team
5 6 (2.74%) AI Agents
5 6 (2.74%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.28%) Clustering
6 5 (2.28%) Data Structures
6 5 (2.28%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (2.28%) Fixed Income
7 4 (1.83%) Equities
7 4 (1.83%) Replication
8 3 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.37%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.37%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.91%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.57%) Linux
2 7 (3.20%) Apple iOS
3 4 (1.83%) Android
3 4 (1.83%) Windows
4 2 (0.91%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.91%) Unix
5 1 (0.46%) AIX
5 1 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.46%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (50.68%) DevOps
2 75 (34.25%) Infrastructure as Code
3 63 (28.77%) Agile
4 56 (25.57%) Test Automation
5 49 (22.37%) Containerisation
6 48 (21.92%) AI
7 44 (20.09%) Microservices
8 42 (19.18%) Observability
9 36 (16.44%) Software Engineering
10 35 (15.98%) Analytics
11 32 (14.61%) Problem-Solving
12 31 (14.16%) Data Engineering
12 31 (14.16%) Data Pipeline
13 29 (13.24%) Performance Tuning
14 25 (11.42%) Data Modelling
14 25 (11.42%) Platform Engineering
15 24 (10.96%) Migration
16 23 (10.50%) Design Patterns
17 22 (10.05%) Machine Learning
18 21 (9.59%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 86 (39.27%) Python
2 52 (23.74%) SQL
3 47 (21.46%) Java
4 24 (10.96%) TypeScript
5 22 (10.05%) JavaScript
6 20 (9.13%) C#
7 12 (5.48%) Bash
8 7 (3.20%) PowerShell
9 6 (2.74%) Ruby
10 4 (1.83%) Apex Code
10 4 (1.83%) Bicep
10 4 (1.83%) Go
10 4 (1.83%) Kotlin
11 3 (1.37%) Korn
11 3 (1.37%) Objective-C
11 3 (1.37%) PHP
11 3 (1.37%) Shell Script
11 3 (1.37%) Swift
12 2 (0.91%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.91%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 43 (19.63%) SC Cleared
1 43 (19.63%) Security Cleared
2 10 (4.57%) Degree
3 8 (3.65%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (2.28%) AWS Certification
4 5 (2.28%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.83%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.91%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.91%) SnowPro
8 1 (0.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.46%) AWS Certified Developer
8 1 (0.46%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 1 (0.46%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.46%) OSCP
8 1 (0.46%) SANS
8 1 (0.46%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (8.22%) Data Quality
2 14 (6.39%) QA
3 12 (5.48%) GDPR
4 6 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.74%) PCI DSS
4 6 (2.74%) SLA
5 5 (2.28%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (1.37%) NIST
8 2 (0.91%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.91%) ISO 8583
8 2 (0.91%) NCSC
8 2 (0.91%) PSD2
8 2 (0.91%) SEPA
9 1 (0.46%) GRC
9 1 (0.46%) WCAG
System Software
1 64 (29.22%) Docker
2 8 (3.65%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.83%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.46%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 73 (33.33%) Terraform
2 66 (30.14%) Kubernetes
3 17 (7.76%) Ansible
4 11 (5.02%) Grafana
4 11 (5.02%) Prometheus
5 5 (2.28%) Istio
6 4 (1.83%) Argo
7 3 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.46%) CA Wily
8 1 (0.46%) Icinga
8 1 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.46%) Karpenter
8 1 (0.46%) Kibana
8 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.46%) Opsgenie
8 1 (0.46%) Packer
8 1 (0.46%) Puppet
8 1 (0.46%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 38 (17.35%) Microsoft
2 24 (10.96%) Google
3 20 (9.13%) Databricks
4 12 (5.48%) Oracle
5 7 (3.20%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.28%) Dynatrace
7 4 (1.83%) IBM
7 4 (1.83%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.83%) Splunk
8 3 (1.37%) Apple
8 3 (1.37%) Informatica
8 3 (1.37%) MuleSoft
8 3 (1.37%) OpenAI
9 2 (0.91%) Confluent
9 2 (0.91%) SAP
9 2 (0.91%) SimCorp
9 2 (0.91%) Tenable
9 2 (0.91%) UiPath
9 2 (0.91%) Vermilion
10 1 (0.46%) Atlassian