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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 17 19
Rank change year-on-year +8 +2 +1
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 304 161 188
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 13.40% 8.99% 9.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.12% 9.55% 9.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 106 138
10th Percentile £425 £409 £461
25th Percentile £475 £510 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £616 £644
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% -4.31% +3.83%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £738
90th Percentile £738 £800 £797
Central London median daily rate £550 £614 £626
% change year-on-year -10.46% -1.92% +0.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65.00 £26.25 -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £27.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +154.55% - -
75th Percentile £75.00 £28.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £70.00 £27.50 -
% change year-on-year +154.55% - -

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 2,011 1,686 1,924
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.67% 94.14% 92.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,380 1,117 1,232
10th Percentile £368 £325 £388
25th Percentile £456 £424 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £774 £787
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 22 17
10th Percentile - £17.35 £15.20
25th Percentile £17.60 £23.98 £20.22
Median hourly rate £21.75 £28.33 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.21% +4.91% -13.60%
75th Percentile £32.57 £53.50 £78.75
90th Percentile £51.54 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £25.57 £29.07 £35.00
% change year-on-year -12.06% -16.94% +27.27%

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 13 September 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 17 (5.59%) Apache Airflow
2 14 (4.61%) Confluence
3 11 (3.62%) Apache Spark
4 7 (2.30%) Apache
5 4 (1.32%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.66%) CMS
6 2 (0.66%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.33%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.33%) Camunda
7 1 (0.33%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.33%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.33%) nginx
7 1 (0.33%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (0.66%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.32%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.99%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.66%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.33%) Magento
4 1 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.33%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.33%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 142 (46.71%) Azure
2 121 (39.80%) AWS
3 68 (22.37%) GitHub
4 53 (17.43%) Azure DevOps
5 45 (14.80%) GCP
6 42 (13.82%) GitHub Actions
7 37 (12.17%) Power Platform
7 37 (12.17%) Serverless
8 26 (8.55%) Azure Data Factory
9 25 (8.22%) Amazon S3
10 22 (7.24%) AWS Lambda
11 20 (6.58%) Snowflake
12 18 (5.92%) Azure AKS
13 15 (4.93%) dbt
14 13 (4.28%) Azure Databricks
14 13 (4.28%) Azure Monitor
15 12 (3.95%) Azure Functions
15 12 (3.95%) GitHub Copilot
15 12 (3.95%) SaaS
16 11 (3.62%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.95%) Firewall
2 6 (1.97%) DNS
2 6 (1.97%) Network Security
3 5 (1.64%) VPN
4 4 (1.32%) Internet
5 3 (0.99%) FTP
6 2 (0.66%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.66%) Multicast
6 2 (0.66%) SSL
7 1 (0.33%) BGP
7 1 (0.33%) DHCP
7 1 (0.33%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (0.33%) INAP
7 1 (0.33%) NX-OS
7 1 (0.33%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.33%) RTP
7 1 (0.33%) TACACS
7 1 (0.33%) tcpdump
7 1 (0.33%) VoIP
7 1 (0.33%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (8.55%) Power BI
2 23 (7.57%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (5.26%) SQL Server
4 15 (4.93%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (4.61%) Data Lake
5 14 (4.61%) NoSQL
6 13 (4.28%) Metadata
7 12 (3.95%) Amazon RDS
8 11 (3.62%) Amazon Athena
9 10 (3.29%) Relational Database
10 9 (2.96%) MongoDB
11 8 (2.63%) Azure SQL Database
11 8 (2.63%) Delta Lake
11 8 (2.63%) DynamoDB
11 8 (2.63%) Star Schema
12 7 (2.30%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (1.64%) Data Mining
14 4 (1.32%) Big Data
14 4 (1.32%) Data Mart
14 4 (1.32%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 46 (15.13%) Git
2 38 (12.50%) Jenkins
3 33 (10.86%) GitLab
4 26 (8.55%) JIRA
5 13 (4.28%) JUnit
6 9 (2.96%) Cucumber
6 9 (2.96%) Mockito
6 9 (2.96%) Postman
6 9 (2.96%) Selenium
7 8 (2.63%) JMeter
8 7 (2.30%) Gradle
8 7 (2.30%) Maven
9 6 (1.97%) Bitbucket
10 5 (1.64%) Visual Studio
11 4 (1.32%) Appium
11 4 (1.32%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.99%) Gatling
12 3 (0.99%) REST Assured
12 3 (0.99%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 3 (0.99%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 110 (36.18%) Finance
2 87 (28.62%) Social Skills
3 56 (18.42%) Banking
4 35 (11.51%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (8.22%) Public Sector
6 13 (4.28%) Front Office
7 10 (3.29%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (2.63%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.64%) Back Office
9 5 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.64%) Marketing
9 5 (1.64%) Retail
10 4 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.32%) Military
11 3 (0.99%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.99%) Law
11 3 (0.99%) Legal
11 3 (0.99%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.99%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 63 (20.72%) Senior
2 61 (20.07%) Developer
3 49 (16.12%) Architect
4 37 (12.17%) Data Engineer
5 22 (7.24%) Senior Developer
6 21 (6.91%) Lead
7 19 (6.25%) DevOps Engineer
8 14 (4.61%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 14 (4.61%) Azure Engineer
8 14 (4.61%) Data Architect
8 14 (4.61%) Java Developer
9 13 (4.28%) Cloud Engineer
10 12 (3.95%) Senior Data Engineer
11 11 (3.62%) Software Engineer
11 11 (3.62%) Solutions Architect
12 10 (3.29%) Automation Engineer
12 10 (3.29%) Senior Java Developer
13 9 (2.96%) AWS Engineer
13 9 (2.96%) GCP Engineer
14 8 (2.63%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (26.97%) Terraform
2 43 (14.14%) REST
3 33 (10.86%) Kafka
4 32 (10.53%) Spring
5 31 (10.20%) Spring Boot
6 28 (9.21%) .NET
7 23 (7.57%) React
8 19 (6.25%) PySpark
8 19 (6.25%) RESTful
9 17 (5.59%) SOAP
10 14 (4.61%) HTML
11 11 (3.62%) AngularJS
11 11 (3.62%) JSON
11 11 (3.62%) Playwright
12 10 (3.29%) YAML
13 9 (2.96%) CSS
14 8 (2.63%) Middleware
14 8 (2.63%) Node.js
14 8 (2.63%) RabbitMQ
14 8 (2.63%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 94 (30.92%) Cloud Native
2 33 (10.86%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (8.22%) AI Agents
4 14 (4.61%) Onboarding
4 14 (4.61%) Product Ownership
5 13 (4.28%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (2.96%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 7 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.97%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.64%) Fixed Income
10 4 (1.32%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (1.32%) Equities
10 4 (1.32%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.99%) Derivative
11 3 (0.99%) Distributed Architecture
11 3 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (0.99%) Mobile App
11 3 (0.99%) Mobile Banking
12 2 (0.66%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.59%) Linux
2 12 (3.95%) Windows
3 10 (3.29%) Unix
4 8 (2.63%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.97%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.32%) Android
7 2 (0.66%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.33%) CentOS
8 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (52.96%) DevOps
2 105 (34.54%) Infrastructure as Code
3 91 (29.93%) Agile
4 81 (26.64%) Test Automation
5 73 (24.01%) Containerisation
6 71 (23.36%) AI
7 60 (19.74%) Analytics
7 60 (19.74%) Microservices
7 60 (19.74%) Software Engineering
8 54 (17.76%) Observability
9 53 (17.43%) Data Engineering
10 50 (16.45%) Event-Driven
11 47 (15.46%) Problem-Solving
12 45 (14.80%) Data Modelling
13 44 (14.47%) Data Pipeline
14 42 (13.82%) Platform Engineering
14 42 (13.82%) Stakeholder Management
15 40 (13.16%) Migration
16 36 (11.84%) Continuous Improvement
17 32 (10.53%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 119 (39.14%) Python
2 86 (28.29%) SQL
3 65 (21.38%) Java
4 41 (13.49%) C#
5 29 (9.54%) JavaScript
5 29 (9.54%) PowerShell
5 29 (9.54%) TypeScript
6 16 (5.26%) Bicep
7 14 (4.61%) Bash
8 10 (3.29%) Korn
9 9 (2.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (1.64%) Kotlin
10 5 (1.64%) Scala
11 4 (1.32%) Apex Code
11 4 (1.32%) Ruby
11 4 (1.32%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.99%) Swift
13 2 (0.66%) ActionScript
13 2 (0.66%) Perl
13 2 (0.66%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 76 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 65 (21.38%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.28%) DV Cleared
4 9 (2.96%) Degree
5 8 (2.63%) DBS Check
6 6 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.32%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.99%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.99%) PMP
9 2 (0.66%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.66%) CISSP
9 2 (0.66%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.66%) SnowPro
9 2 (0.66%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.33%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 1 (0.33%) CHECK Team Leader
10 1 (0.33%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.33%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (9.87%) Data Quality
1 30 (9.87%) QA
2 9 (2.96%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.30%) EU AI Act
4 6 (1.97%) GDPR
4 6 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.64%) NCSC
6 4 (1.32%) NIST
7 3 (0.99%) SLA
8 2 (0.66%) EMIR
8 2 (0.66%) MiFID
8 2 (0.66%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.66%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.33%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.33%) PSD2
9 1 (0.33%) SEPA
9 1 (0.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 61 (20.07%) Docker
2 6 (1.97%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.66%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.33%) Firmware
6 1 (0.33%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 1 (0.33%) Varnish
6 1 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 91 (29.93%) Kubernetes
2 21 (6.91%) Grafana
3 20 (6.58%) Prometheus
4 15 (4.93%) Ansible
5 4 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.33%) Argo
6 1 (0.33%) Bosun
6 1 (0.33%) Consul
6 1 (0.33%) Istio
6 1 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.33%) Packer
6 1 (0.33%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.33%) Puppet
6 1 (0.33%) Salt
6 1 (0.33%) SCCM
6 1 (0.33%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 60 (19.74%) Microsoft
2 42 (13.82%) Databricks
3 24 (7.89%) Google
4 16 (5.26%) Oracle
5 8 (2.63%) Dynatrace
5 8 (2.63%) Splunk
6 7 (2.30%) Salesforce
6 7 (2.30%) VMware
7 6 (1.97%) MuleSoft
7 6 (1.97%) SAP
8 5 (1.64%) IBM
9 4 (1.32%) AppDynamics
9 4 (1.32%) OpenAI
9 4 (1.32%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.99%) Foundry
11 2 (0.66%) Apple
11 2 (0.66%) Fortinet
11 2 (0.66%) Palantir
11 2 (0.66%) Software AG
11 2 (0.66%) webMethods