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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 17 20
Rank change year-on-year +7 +3 +3
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 299 164 175
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 13.95% 9.51% 8.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.42% 10.07% 9.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 113 125
10th Percentile £419 £400 £463
25th Percentile £473 £500 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £551 £610 £650
Median % change year-on-year -9.75% -6.15% +8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £750
90th Percentile £738 £800 £811
Central London median daily rate £550 £601 £650
% change year-on-year -8.41% -7.62% +7.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £27.50 -
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 1,939 1,628 1,943
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.44% 94.43% 91.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,344 1,094 1,210
10th Percentile £363 £326 £367
25th Percentile £455 £424 £463
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 £764 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -3.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 19 20
10th Percentile £17.39 £16.96 £15.80
25th Percentile £17.60 £21.09 £21.63
Median hourly rate £20.25 £27.50 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.36% -22.54% +13.60%
75th Percentile £27.35 £39.88 £97.38
90th Percentile £44.85 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £25.00 £27.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -9.09% -21.43% +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 8 October 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 (5.02%) Apache Airflow
2 12 (4.01%) Confluence
3 10 (3.34%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.67%) Apache
5 3 (1.00%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.67%) CMS
6 2 (0.67%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.33%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.33%) IIS
7 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.33%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.33%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (0.67%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.33%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 4 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.00%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.67%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.67%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.33%) Maximo
4 1 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.33%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.33%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.33%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 140 (46.82%) Azure
2 110 (36.79%) AWS
3 65 (21.74%) GitHub
4 53 (17.73%) Azure DevOps
5 46 (15.38%) GCP
6 44 (14.72%) GitHub Actions
7 39 (13.04%) Serverless
8 36 (12.04%) Power Platform
9 25 (8.36%) Azure Data Factory
10 24 (8.03%) Amazon S3
11 23 (7.69%) AWS Lambda
12 16 (5.35%) Snowflake
13 15 (5.02%) Amazon EKS
13 15 (5.02%) Azure AKS
14 14 (4.68%) dbt
15 13 (4.35%) Azure Databricks
16 12 (4.01%) Azure Monitor
17 11 (3.68%) AWS CloudFormation
17 11 (3.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 11 (3.68%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.68%) Firewall
2 7 (2.34%) DNS
3 6 (2.01%) Network Security
3 6 (2.01%) VPN
4 4 (1.34%) Internet
5 3 (1.00%) FTP
6 2 (0.67%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.67%) Multicast
6 2 (0.67%) SSL
7 1 (0.33%) BGP
7 1 (0.33%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (0.33%) Intelligent Network
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%) VSAN
7 1 (0.33%) VXLAN
7 1 (0.33%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (8.70%) Power BI
2 20 (6.69%) Data Warehouse
3 17 (5.69%) SQL Server
4 16 (5.35%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (4.68%) Amazon RDS
6 12 (4.01%) Amazon Athena
6 12 (4.01%) Data Lake
7 11 (3.68%) Metadata
8 10 (3.34%) NoSQL
8 10 (3.34%) Relational Database
9 8 (2.68%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (2.68%) MongoDB
10 7 (2.34%) Amazon Redshift
10 7 (2.34%) Delta Lake
10 7 (2.34%) Star Schema
11 5 (1.67%) Semantic Layer
12 4 (1.34%) Amazon QuickSight
12 4 (1.34%) Data Hub
12 4 (1.34%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 4 (1.34%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 47 (15.72%) Git
2 39 (13.04%) Jenkins
3 36 (12.04%) GitLab
4 25 (8.36%) JIRA
5 11 (3.68%) JUnit
5 11 (3.68%) Postman
5 11 (3.68%) Selenium
6 9 (3.01%) Cucumber
6 9 (3.01%) JMeter
7 8 (2.68%) Bitbucket
8 7 (2.34%) Mockito
9 6 (2.01%) Gradle
9 6 (2.01%) Maven
9 6 (2.01%) Visual Studio
10 4 (1.34%) Appium
10 4 (1.34%) Cypress.io
10 4 (1.34%) Gatling
10 4 (1.34%) SonarQube
11 3 (1.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 3 (1.00%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 109 (36.45%) Finance
2 82 (27.42%) Social Skills
3 60 (20.07%) Banking
4 37 (12.37%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (7.36%) Public Sector
6 18 (6.02%) Front Office
7 11 (3.68%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (3.34%) Investment Banking
9 9 (3.01%) Back Office
10 6 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.67%) Marketing
11 5 (1.67%) Military
11 5 (1.67%) Retail
12 4 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.34%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (1.00%) Law
14 2 (0.67%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.67%) Legal
14 2 (0.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 59 (19.73%) Developer
2 58 (19.40%) Senior
3 48 (16.05%) Architect
4 38 (12.71%) Data Engineer
5 20 (6.69%) Lead
6 19 (6.35%) DevOps Engineer
7 18 (6.02%) Senior Developer
8 14 (4.68%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 14 (4.68%) Cloud Engineer
8 14 (4.68%) Solutions Architect
9 13 (4.35%) Automation Engineer
9 13 (4.35%) Senior Data Engineer
10 12 (4.01%) AWS Engineer
10 12 (4.01%) Data Architect
10 12 (4.01%) Java Developer
11 11 (3.68%) Azure Engineer
11 11 (3.68%) Software Engineer
12 10 (3.34%) GCP Engineer
13 8 (2.68%) AWS Data Engineer
13 8 (2.68%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (29.43%) Terraform
2 44 (14.72%) REST
3 30 (10.03%) .NET
4 29 (9.70%) Kafka
5 27 (9.03%) Spring
6 25 (8.36%) Spring Boot
7 20 (6.69%) PySpark
8 18 (6.02%) React
8 18 (6.02%) RESTful
9 17 (5.69%) SOAP
10 15 (5.02%) HTML
11 14 (4.68%) AngularJS
12 13 (4.35%) JSON
12 13 (4.35%) Middleware
13 11 (3.68%) Playwright
14 10 (3.34%) YAML
15 9 (3.01%) ActiveMQ
16 8 (2.68%) CSS
16 8 (2.68%) RabbitMQ
16 8 (2.68%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 86 (28.76%) Cloud Native
2 26 (8.70%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (8.36%) AI Agents
4 19 (6.35%) Onboarding
5 15 (5.02%) Product Ownership
6 14 (4.68%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.68%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (2.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 7 (2.34%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.67%) CMDB
10 5 (1.67%) Derivative
10 5 (1.67%) Enterprise Cloud
10 5 (1.67%) Fixed Income
10 5 (1.67%) Private Cloud
11 4 (1.34%) Equities
12 3 (1.00%) Algorithms
12 3 (1.00%) Data Structures
12 3 (1.00%) Mobile App
12 3 (1.00%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 20 (6.69%) Linux
2 14 (4.68%) Windows
3 11 (3.68%) Unix
4 8 (2.68%) Apple iOS
5 7 (2.34%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.67%) Android
7 1 (0.33%) CentOS
7 1 (0.33%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (50.17%) DevOps
2 103 (34.45%) Infrastructure as Code
3 92 (30.77%) Agile
4 82 (27.42%) Test Automation
5 67 (22.41%) AI
6 62 (20.74%) Containerisation
7 57 (19.06%) Analytics
8 55 (18.39%) Software Engineering
9 54 (18.06%) Observability
10 51 (17.06%) Microservices
11 50 (16.72%) Data Engineering
12 47 (15.72%) Data Modelling
12 47 (15.72%) Problem-Solving
13 46 (15.38%) Event-Driven
14 44 (14.72%) Stakeholder Management
15 42 (14.05%) Data Pipeline
16 41 (13.71%) Continuous Improvement
16 41 (13.71%) Migration
17 40 (13.38%) Platform Engineering
18 33 (11.04%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 120 (40.13%) Python
2 88 (29.43%) SQL
3 57 (19.06%) Java
4 39 (13.04%) C#
5 31 (10.37%) JavaScript
5 31 (10.37%) PowerShell
6 26 (8.70%) TypeScript
7 14 (4.68%) Bash
7 14 (4.68%) Bicep
8 11 (3.68%) Korn
9 10 (3.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (2.34%) Kotlin
11 6 (2.01%) Scala
12 4 (1.34%) Apex Code
12 4 (1.34%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.34%) Swift
13 3 (1.00%) Ruby
14 2 (0.67%) ActionScript 2.0
14 2 (0.67%) R
14 2 (0.67%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 82 (27.42%) Security Cleared
2 67 (22.41%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.35%) DV Cleared
4 9 (3.01%) Degree
5 8 (2.68%) DBS Check
6 5 (1.67%) AWS Certification
6 5 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.00%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.00%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.00%) PMP
9 2 (0.67%) CISSP
9 2 (0.67%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.67%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.33%) CHECK Team Leader
10 1 (0.33%) CISA
10 1 (0.33%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.33%) GSEC
10 1 (0.33%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (10.37%) Data Quality
2 28 (9.36%) QA
3 10 (3.34%) Accessibility
4 7 (2.34%) EU AI Act
4 7 (2.34%) GDPR
5 6 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.34%) NCSC
6 4 (1.34%) NIST
7 2 (0.67%) EMIR
7 2 (0.67%) MiFID
7 2 (0.67%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.67%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.67%) SLA
8 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.33%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.33%) PSD2
8 1 (0.33%) SEPA
8 1 (0.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 54 (18.06%) Docker
2 5 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.00%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.67%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.33%) Firmware
6 1 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 82 (27.42%) Kubernetes
2 22 (7.36%) Grafana
3 17 (5.69%) Prometheus
4 16 (5.35%) Ansible
5 4 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.33%) Argo
6 1 (0.33%) Bosun
6 1 (0.33%) HP Fortify
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%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 62 (20.74%) Microsoft
2 44 (14.72%) Databricks
3 24 (8.03%) Google
4 14 (4.68%) Oracle
5 13 (4.35%) Dynatrace
5 13 (4.35%) Splunk
6 9 (3.01%) Salesforce
6 9 (3.01%) ServiceNow
7 8 (2.68%) VMware
8 7 (2.34%) IBM
8 7 (2.34%) MuleSoft
9 6 (2.01%) SAP
10 4 (1.34%) AppDynamics
10 4 (1.34%) Foundry
11 3 (1.00%) OpenAI
12 2 (0.67%) Adyen
12 2 (0.67%) Apple
12 2 (0.67%) New Relic
12 2 (0.67%) Software AG
12 2 (0.67%) Workday