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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 16 20
Rank change year-on-year +6 +4 +2
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 306 169 180
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 14.13% 9.78% 8.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.56% 10.37% 9.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 120 129
10th Percentile £419 £400 £461
25th Percentile £475 £496 £515
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £605 £650
Median % change year-on-year -9.13% -6.88% +8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £679 £750
90th Percentile £738 £800 £804
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £650
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +7.88%
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 1,967 1,629 1,950
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.81% 94.27% 92.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,367 1,111 1,208
10th Percentile £367 £325 £366
25th Percentile £456 £424 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £685 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 18 18
10th Percentile £17.39 £16.90 £17.15
25th Percentile £17.60 £20.63 £24.09
Median hourly rate £20.25 £27.04 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.10% -33.25% +29.60%
75th Percentile £27.35 £35.88 £107.13
90th Percentile £44.85 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £25.00 £27.04 £35.00
% change year-on-year -7.53% -22.76% +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 14 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 16 (5.23%) Apache Airflow
2 12 (3.92%) Confluence
3 10 (3.27%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.63%) Apache
5 3 (0.98%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.65%) CMS
6 2 (0.65%) 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 (0.65%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.33%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 4 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.98%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.65%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.65%) 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
1 143 (46.73%) Azure
2 110 (35.95%) AWS
3 68 (22.22%) GitHub
4 55 (17.97%) Azure DevOps
5 47 (15.36%) GCP
6 45 (14.71%) GitHub Actions
7 38 (12.42%) Serverless
8 36 (11.76%) Power Platform
9 26 (8.50%) Azure Data Factory
10 23 (7.52%) Amazon S3
11 22 (7.19%) AWS Lambda
12 16 (5.23%) Azure AKS
12 16 (5.23%) Snowflake
13 15 (4.90%) Amazon EKS
14 14 (4.58%) dbt
15 13 (4.25%) Azure Databricks
16 12 (3.92%) AWS CloudFormation
16 12 (3.92%) Azure Monitor
17 11 (3.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 11 (3.59%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.59%) Firewall
2 8 (2.61%) DNS
3 7 (2.29%) VPN
4 6 (1.96%) Network Security
5 4 (1.31%) Internet
6 3 (0.98%) FTP
7 2 (0.65%) HTTPS
7 2 (0.65%) Multicast
7 2 (0.65%) SSL
8 1 (0.33%) BGP
8 1 (0.33%) Ethernet VPN
8 1 (0.33%) INAP
8 1 (0.33%) Intelligent Network
8 1 (0.33%) NX-OS
8 1 (0.33%) RTP
8 1 (0.33%) TACACS
8 1 (0.33%) tcpdump
8 1 (0.33%) VSAN
8 1 (0.33%) VXLAN
8 1 (0.33%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (8.50%) Power BI
2 20 (6.54%) Data Warehouse
3 17 (5.56%) SQL Server
4 16 (5.23%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (4.58%) Amazon RDS
6 12 (3.92%) Data Lake
7 11 (3.59%) Amazon Athena
7 11 (3.59%) Metadata
8 10 (3.27%) Relational Database
9 9 (2.94%) NoSQL
10 8 (2.61%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (2.61%) MongoDB
11 7 (2.29%) Delta Lake
11 7 (2.29%) Star Schema
12 6 (1.96%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (1.63%) Semantic Layer
14 4 (1.31%) Big Data
14 4 (1.31%) Data Hub
14 4 (1.31%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 4 (1.31%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 48 (15.69%) Git
2 41 (13.40%) Jenkins
3 37 (12.09%) GitLab
4 26 (8.50%) JIRA
5 13 (4.25%) Postman
5 13 (4.25%) Selenium
6 11 (3.59%) JUnit
7 9 (2.94%) Cucumber
7 9 (2.94%) JMeter
8 8 (2.61%) Bitbucket
9 7 (2.29%) Maven
9 7 (2.29%) Mockito
10 6 (1.96%) Gradle
10 6 (1.96%) Visual Studio
11 5 (1.63%) Cypress.io
12 4 (1.31%) Appium
12 4 (1.31%) Gatling
12 4 (1.31%) REST Assured
12 4 (1.31%) SonarQube
12 4 (1.31%) TeamCity
General
1 112 (36.60%) Finance
2 85 (27.78%) Social Skills
3 61 (19.93%) Banking
4 39 (12.75%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (6.21%) Front Office
5 19 (6.21%) Public Sector
6 11 (3.59%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (3.27%) Investment Banking
8 9 (2.94%) Back Office
9 6 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.96%) Marketing
10 5 (1.63%) Retail
11 4 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.31%) Military
11 4 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.65%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.65%) Retail Banking
12 2 (0.65%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 60 (19.61%) Developer
2 57 (18.63%) Senior
3 47 (15.36%) Architect
4 39 (12.75%) Data Engineer
5 21 (6.86%) DevOps Engineer
5 21 (6.86%) Lead
6 18 (5.88%) Senior Developer
7 15 (4.90%) Cloud Engineer
8 14 (4.58%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 14 (4.58%) Automation Engineer
8 14 (4.58%) Solutions Architect
9 13 (4.25%) AWS Engineer
9 13 (4.25%) GCP Engineer
9 13 (4.25%) Senior Data Engineer
10 12 (3.92%) Azure Engineer
10 12 (3.92%) Java Developer
11 11 (3.59%) Software Engineer
12 10 (3.27%) Data Architect
13 8 (2.61%) AWS Data Engineer
13 8 (2.61%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (30.39%) Terraform
2 45 (14.71%) REST
3 33 (10.78%) .NET
4 29 (9.48%) Kafka
5 27 (8.82%) Spring
6 25 (8.17%) Spring Boot
7 20 (6.54%) PySpark
8 18 (5.88%) React
8 18 (5.88%) RESTful
9 17 (5.56%) SOAP
10 15 (4.90%) HTML
11 14 (4.58%) AngularJS
12 13 (4.25%) JSON
12 13 (4.25%) Middleware
13 12 (3.92%) Playwright
14 10 (3.27%) YAML
15 9 (2.94%) ActiveMQ
16 8 (2.61%) CSS
16 8 (2.61%) RabbitMQ
16 8 (2.61%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 87 (28.43%) Cloud Native
2 27 (8.82%) AI Agents
2 27 (8.82%) Distributed Systems
3 19 (6.21%) Onboarding
4 16 (5.23%) Product Ownership
5 14 (4.58%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (3.92%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.61%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 7 (2.29%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.63%) CMDB
9 5 (1.63%) Derivative
9 5 (1.63%) Enterprise Cloud
9 5 (1.63%) Fixed Income
9 5 (1.63%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.31%) Equities
10 4 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (0.98%) Algorithms
11 3 (0.98%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.98%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 20 (6.54%) Linux
2 14 (4.58%) Windows
3 11 (3.59%) Unix
4 8 (2.61%) Apple iOS
5 7 (2.29%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.63%) Android
7 1 (0.33%) CentOS
7 1 (0.33%) macOS
7 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (50.98%) DevOps
2 106 (34.64%) Infrastructure as Code
3 95 (31.05%) Agile
4 84 (27.45%) Test Automation
5 67 (21.90%) AI
6 61 (19.93%) Containerisation
7 57 (18.63%) Software Engineering
8 56 (18.30%) Analytics
9 54 (17.65%) Observability
10 51 (16.67%) Data Engineering
11 50 (16.34%) Microservices
12 48 (15.69%) Data Modelling
12 48 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
13 47 (15.36%) Event-Driven
13 47 (15.36%) Stakeholder Management
14 43 (14.05%) Continuous Improvement
15 42 (13.73%) Data Pipeline
15 42 (13.73%) Migration
16 41 (13.40%) Platform Engineering
17 33 (10.78%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 122 (39.87%) Python
2 90 (29.41%) SQL
3 57 (18.63%) Java
4 42 (13.73%) C#
5 33 (10.78%) PowerShell
6 32 (10.46%) JavaScript
7 27 (8.82%) TypeScript
8 14 (4.58%) Bicep
9 13 (4.25%) Bash
10 11 (3.59%) Korn
11 10 (3.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 8 (2.61%) Kotlin
13 6 (1.96%) Scala
14 4 (1.31%) Apex Code
14 4 (1.31%) Shell Script
14 4 (1.31%) Swift
15 3 (0.98%) Ruby
16 2 (0.65%) ActionScript 2.0
16 2 (0.65%) Perl
16 2 (0.65%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 83 (27.12%) Security Cleared
2 69 (22.55%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.25%) DV Cleared
4 9 (2.94%) Degree
5 8 (2.61%) DBS Check
6 5 (1.63%) AWS Certification
6 5 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.98%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.98%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.98%) PMP
9 2 (0.65%) CISSP
9 2 (0.65%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.65%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.65%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.33%) CISA
10 1 (0.33%) GSEC
10 1 (0.33%) OSCP
10 1 (0.33%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (10.46%) Data Quality
2 29 (9.48%) QA
3 10 (3.27%) Accessibility
4 8 (2.61%) GDPR
5 7 (2.29%) EU AI Act
6 6 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.31%) NCSC
7 4 (1.31%) NIST
8 2 (0.65%) EMIR
8 2 (0.65%) MiFID
8 2 (0.65%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.65%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.65%) SLA
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 52 (16.99%) Docker
2 5 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.65%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.65%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.33%) Firmware
5 1 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 82 (26.80%) Kubernetes
2 22 (7.19%) Grafana
3 16 (5.23%) Prometheus
4 15 (4.90%) Ansible
5 4 (1.31%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.33%) Argo
6 1 (0.33%) Bosun
6 1 (0.33%) HP Fortify
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%) SCCM
6 1 (0.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 63 (20.59%) Microsoft
2 45 (14.71%) Databricks
3 27 (8.82%) Google
4 14 (4.58%) Oracle
5 13 (4.25%) Splunk
6 12 (3.92%) Dynatrace
7 10 (3.27%) Salesforce
7 10 (3.27%) ServiceNow
8 8 (2.61%) VMware
9 7 (2.29%) IBM
9 7 (2.29%) MuleSoft
10 6 (1.96%) SAP
11 5 (1.63%) Foundry
12 4 (1.31%) AppDynamics
13 3 (0.98%) OpenAI
14 2 (0.65%) Adyen
14 2 (0.65%) Apple
14 2 (0.65%) Software AG
14 2 (0.65%) TIBCO
14 2 (0.65%) Workday