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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 17 20
Rank change year-on-year +7 +3 -4
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 298 168 180
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 13.04% 9.43% 8.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.77% 10.02% 9.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 110 129
10th Percentile £425 £406 £455
25th Percentile £475 £510 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £616 £650
Median % change year-on-year -10.67% -5.23% +7.08%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £738
90th Percentile £738 £800 £819
Central London median daily rate £550 £614 £638
% change year-on-year -10.46% -3.65% +3.66%
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 2,017 1,677 1,895
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.23% 94.16% 91.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,391 1,108 1,232
10th Percentile £378 £325 £383
25th Percentile £460 £422 £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 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 22 16
10th Percentile - £17.35 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.60 £23.98 £19.79
Median hourly rate £21.00 £28.33 £26.63
Median % change year-on-year -25.86% +6.38% -3.18%
75th Percentile £32.05 £53.50 £82.19
90th Percentile £50.59 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £24.00 £29.07 £27.00
% change year-on-year -17.44% +7.67% -1.82%

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 3 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 18 (6.04%) Apache Airflow
2 13 (4.36%) Confluence
3 11 (3.69%) Apache Spark
4 7 (2.35%) Apache
5 4 (1.34%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.67%) CMS
6 2 (0.67%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.34%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.34%) Camunda
7 1 (0.34%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.34%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.34%) nginx
7 1 (0.34%) SAS
7 1 (0.34%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.34%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 2 (0.67%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (1.68%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.01%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.67%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.34%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.34%) Magento
5 1 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.34%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.34%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 135 (45.30%) Azure
2 119 (39.93%) AWS
3 66 (22.15%) GitHub
4 55 (18.46%) Azure DevOps
5 42 (14.09%) GCP
6 40 (13.42%) GitHub Actions
7 36 (12.08%) Serverless
8 35 (11.74%) Power Platform
9 25 (8.39%) Amazon S3
10 24 (8.05%) Azure Data Factory
11 21 (7.05%) AWS Lambda
12 20 (6.71%) Snowflake
13 18 (6.04%) Azure AKS
14 17 (5.70%) dbt
15 12 (4.03%) Azure Functions
15 12 (4.03%) Azure Monitor
15 12 (4.03%) PaaS
16 11 (3.69%) Amazon Kinesis
16 11 (3.69%) AWS CloudFormation
16 11 (3.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.69%) Firewall
2 6 (2.01%) DNS
2 6 (2.01%) Network Security
3 4 (1.34%) Internet
3 4 (1.34%) VPN
4 3 (1.01%) FTP
5 2 (0.67%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.67%) Multicast
5 2 (0.67%) SSL
6 1 (0.34%) BGP
6 1 (0.34%) DHCP
6 1 (0.34%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.34%) INAP
6 1 (0.34%) NX-OS
6 1 (0.34%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.34%) RTP
6 1 (0.34%) TACACS
6 1 (0.34%) tcpdump
6 1 (0.34%) VoIP
6 1 (0.34%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (8.39%) Power BI
2 21 (7.05%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (5.03%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (5.03%) SQL Server
4 14 (4.70%) NoSQL
5 12 (4.03%) Data Lake
5 12 (4.03%) Metadata
6 11 (3.69%) Amazon RDS
7 10 (3.36%) Amazon Athena
8 9 (3.02%) MongoDB
8 9 (3.02%) Relational Database
9 8 (2.68%) DynamoDB
9 8 (2.68%) Star Schema
10 7 (2.35%) Amazon Redshift
10 7 (2.35%) Azure SQL Database
10 7 (2.35%) Delta Lake
11 5 (1.68%) Data Mining
12 4 (1.34%) Data Mart
12 4 (1.34%) Oracle Database
12 4 (1.34%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 48 (16.11%) Git
2 37 (12.42%) Jenkins
3 31 (10.40%) GitLab
4 25 (8.39%) JIRA
5 13 (4.36%) JUnit
6 9 (3.02%) Cucumber
6 9 (3.02%) Mockito
6 9 (3.02%) Postman
6 9 (3.02%) Selenium
7 8 (2.68%) JMeter
8 6 (2.01%) Gradle
8 6 (2.01%) Maven
9 5 (1.68%) Bitbucket
9 5 (1.68%) Visual Studio
10 4 (1.34%) Appium
10 4 (1.34%) Cypress.io
11 3 (1.01%) Gatling
11 3 (1.01%) REST Assured
11 3 (1.01%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 3 (1.01%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 103 (34.56%) Finance
2 85 (28.52%) Social Skills
3 51 (17.11%) Banking
4 32 (10.74%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (9.06%) Public Sector
6 10 (3.36%) Front Office
6 10 (3.36%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (2.68%) Investment Banking
8 5 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.68%) Marketing
8 5 (1.68%) Retail
9 4 (1.34%) Back Office
9 4 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.34%) Military
9 4 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.01%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.01%) Law
10 3 (1.01%) Legal
10 3 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.01%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 60 (20.13%) Developer
2 59 (19.80%) Senior
3 46 (15.44%) Architect
4 35 (11.74%) Data Engineer
5 22 (7.38%) Lead
6 21 (7.05%) Senior Developer
7 19 (6.38%) DevOps Engineer
8 16 (5.37%) Azure Engineer
9 14 (4.70%) Java Developer
10 13 (4.36%) Data Architect
11 12 (4.03%) Cloud Engineer
12 11 (3.69%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 11 (3.69%) Senior Data Engineer
12 11 (3.69%) Software Engineer
13 10 (3.36%) Automation Engineer
13 10 (3.36%) Senior Java Developer
13 10 (3.36%) Solutions Architect
14 9 (3.02%) AWS Engineer
14 9 (3.02%) Python Engineer
14 9 (3.02%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (26.17%) Terraform
2 41 (13.76%) REST
3 33 (11.07%) Kafka
4 30 (10.07%) Spring
5 28 (9.40%) Spring Boot
6 26 (8.72%) .NET
7 23 (7.72%) React
8 18 (6.04%) PySpark
8 18 (6.04%) RESTful
9 16 (5.37%) SOAP
10 13 (4.36%) HTML
11 12 (4.03%) AngularJS
12 11 (3.69%) JSON
12 11 (3.69%) Playwright
13 10 (3.36%) YAML
14 9 (3.02%) Middleware
15 8 (2.68%) CSS
15 8 (2.68%) RabbitMQ
15 8 (2.68%) Web Services
16 7 (2.35%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 91 (30.54%) Cloud Native
2 34 (11.41%) Distributed Systems
3 22 (7.38%) AI Agents
4 12 (4.03%) Onboarding
5 11 (3.69%) Product Ownership
6 10 (3.36%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (3.02%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.68%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (2.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (2.01%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.34%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (1.34%) Equities
10 4 (1.34%) Fixed Income
10 4 (1.34%) Private Cloud
11 3 (1.01%) Clustering
11 3 (1.01%) Derivative
11 3 (1.01%) Distributed Architecture
11 3 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (1.01%) Mobile App
11 3 (1.01%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.37%) Linux
2 11 (3.69%) Windows
3 9 (3.02%) Unix
4 8 (2.68%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.68%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.34%) Android
7 2 (0.67%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.34%) AIX
8 1 (0.34%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (54.70%) DevOps
2 104 (34.90%) Infrastructure as Code
3 89 (29.87%) Agile
4 78 (26.17%) Test Automation
5 71 (23.83%) Containerisation
6 69 (23.15%) AI
7 60 (20.13%) Microservices
8 59 (19.80%) Analytics
9 56 (18.79%) Software Engineering
10 54 (18.12%) Observability
11 53 (17.79%) Data Engineering
12 48 (16.11%) Event-Driven
13 45 (15.10%) Data Modelling
13 45 (15.10%) Problem-Solving
14 43 (14.43%) Stakeholder Management
15 41 (13.76%) Migration
15 41 (13.76%) Platform Engineering
16 40 (13.42%) Data Pipeline
17 33 (11.07%) Machine Learning
18 32 (10.74%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 118 (39.60%) Python
2 82 (27.52%) SQL
3 64 (21.48%) Java
4 40 (13.42%) C#
5 30 (10.07%) TypeScript
6 28 (9.40%) JavaScript
6 28 (9.40%) PowerShell
7 17 (5.70%) Bicep
8 16 (5.37%) Bash
9 8 (2.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 8 (2.68%) Korn
10 5 (1.68%) Apex Code
10 5 (1.68%) Ruby
10 5 (1.68%) Scala
10 5 (1.68%) Shell Script
11 4 (1.34%) Kotlin
12 3 (1.01%) Swift
13 2 (0.67%) ActionScript 2.0
13 2 (0.67%) R
13 2 (0.67%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 78 (26.17%) Security Cleared
2 67 (22.48%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.36%) DV Cleared
4 8 (2.68%) DBS Check
4 8 (2.68%) Degree
5 6 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.01%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.68%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.01%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.01%) SnowPro
8 2 (0.67%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.67%) CISSP
8 2 (0.67%) PMP
9 1 (0.34%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.34%) CEH
9 1 (0.34%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.34%) MOS
9 1 (0.34%) OSCP
9 1 (0.34%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (9.73%) QA
2 27 (9.06%) Data Quality
3 9 (3.02%) Accessibility
4 7 (2.35%) EU AI Act
4 7 (2.35%) GDPR
5 6 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.68%) NCSC
6 5 (1.68%) SLA
7 4 (1.34%) NIST
8 2 (0.67%) EMIR
8 2 (0.67%) MiFID
8 2 (0.67%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.67%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.34%) WCAG
System Software
1 59 (19.80%) Docker
2 8 (2.68%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.68%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.67%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.34%) Firmware
6 1 (0.34%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 1 (0.34%) Varnish
6 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 89 (29.87%) Kubernetes
2 20 (6.71%) Grafana
2 20 (6.71%) Prometheus
3 12 (4.03%) Ansible
4 4 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.67%) Puppet
6 1 (0.34%) Argo
6 1 (0.34%) Bosun
6 1 (0.34%) CA Wily
6 1 (0.34%) Consul
6 1 (0.34%) Istio
6 1 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.34%) Packer
6 1 (0.34%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.34%) Salt
6 1 (0.34%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.34%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 60 (20.13%) Microsoft
2 38 (12.75%) Databricks
3 23 (7.72%) Google
4 17 (5.70%) Oracle
5 8 (2.68%) Salesforce
6 7 (2.35%) Dynatrace
6 7 (2.35%) Splunk
6 7 (2.35%) VMware
7 6 (2.01%) MuleSoft
8 5 (1.68%) IBM
8 5 (1.68%) SAP
9 4 (1.34%) AppDynamics
9 4 (1.34%) OpenAI
10 3 (1.01%) Foundry
10 3 (1.01%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.67%) Apple
11 2 (0.67%) Informatica
11 2 (0.67%) Palantir
11 2 (0.67%) Software AG
11 2 (0.67%) webMethods