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 19 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 17 17
Rank change year-on-year +5 0 +1
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 288 184 184
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 12.31% 9.94% 8.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.05% 10.54% 9.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 118 134
10th Percentile £425 £400 £441
25th Percentile £475 £510 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £633
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -1.19% +5.37%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £738
90th Percentile £738 £791 £823
Central London median daily rate £550 £616 £625
% change year-on-year -10.71% -1.44% +3.35%
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 2,050 1,746 1,902
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 87.61% 94.28% 91.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,406 1,142 1,266
10th Percentile £376 £325 £379
25th Percentile £456 £425 £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 £765 £789
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 23 16
10th Percentile - £17.62 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.60 £24.21 £19.79
Median hourly rate £19.50 £28.15 £26.63
Median % change year-on-year -30.73% +5.73% -3.18%
75th Percentile £33.10 £50.25 £82.19
90th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £24.65 £29.07 £26.78
% change year-on-year -15.22% +8.55% -23.49%

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 19 August 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 (6.25%) Apache Airflow
2 12 (4.17%) Confluence
3 10 (3.47%) Apache Spark
4 7 (2.43%) Apache
5 5 (1.74%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.35%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.35%) Camunda
6 1 (0.35%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (0.35%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.35%) nginx
6 1 (0.35%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.35%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 2 (0.69%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (1.74%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.69%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.35%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.35%) Magento
4 1 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.35%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.35%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 127 (44.10%) Azure
2 113 (39.24%) AWS
3 70 (24.31%) GitHub
4 51 (17.71%) Azure DevOps
5 44 (15.28%) GCP
6 43 (14.93%) GitHub Actions
7 37 (12.85%) Power Platform
8 32 (11.11%) Serverless
9 26 (9.03%) Amazon S3
10 21 (7.29%) AWS Lambda
10 21 (7.29%) Azure Data Factory
11 20 (6.94%) Snowflake
12 18 (6.25%) Azure AKS
13 16 (5.56%) dbt
14 13 (4.51%) Amazon Kinesis
15 12 (4.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 12 (4.17%) Amazon EC2
15 12 (4.17%) AWS CloudFormation
15 12 (4.17%) Azure Monitor
15 12 (4.17%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.82%) Firewall
2 6 (2.08%) Network Security
3 5 (1.74%) DNS
4 4 (1.39%) Internet
4 4 (1.39%) VPN
5 3 (1.04%) FTP
6 2 (0.69%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.69%) Multicast
6 2 (0.69%) SSL
7 1 (0.35%) BGP
7 1 (0.35%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (0.35%) NX-OS
7 1 (0.35%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.35%) TACACS
7 1 (0.35%) VSAN
7 1 (0.35%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (9.03%) Power BI
2 20 (6.94%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (5.56%) NoSQL
3 16 (5.56%) SQL Server
4 13 (4.51%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (4.17%) Amazon RDS
5 12 (4.17%) Data Lake
6 11 (3.82%) MongoDB
7 10 (3.47%) Amazon Athena
7 10 (3.47%) DynamoDB
8 9 (3.13%) Metadata
9 8 (2.78%) Amazon Redshift
10 7 (2.43%) Azure SQL Database
10 7 (2.43%) Relational Database
10 7 (2.43%) Star Schema
11 5 (1.74%) Data Mining
11 5 (1.74%) Delta Lake
11 5 (1.74%) Snowflake Schema
12 4 (1.39%) Data Mart
12 4 (1.39%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 45 (15.63%) Git
2 38 (13.19%) Jenkins
3 31 (10.76%) GitLab
4 22 (7.64%) JIRA
5 14 (4.86%) JUnit
6 11 (3.82%) Cucumber
7 10 (3.47%) Postman
8 9 (3.13%) Mockito
8 9 (3.13%) Selenium
9 7 (2.43%) JMeter
10 6 (2.08%) Gradle
11 5 (1.74%) Bitbucket
12 4 (1.39%) Appium
12 4 (1.39%) Cypress.io
12 4 (1.39%) Maven
12 4 (1.39%) Visual Studio
13 3 (1.04%) Gatling
13 3 (1.04%) REST Assured
13 3 (1.04%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 2 (0.69%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 102 (35.42%) Finance
2 79 (27.43%) Social Skills
3 46 (15.97%) Banking
4 27 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (7.64%) Public Sector
6 10 (3.47%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (2.78%) Front Office
8 6 (2.08%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.74%) Retail
10 4 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.39%) Marketing
10 4 (1.39%) Military
11 3 (1.04%) Back Office
11 3 (1.04%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.04%) Law
11 3 (1.04%) Legal
12 2 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 55 (19.10%) Senior
2 50 (17.36%) Developer
3 43 (14.93%) Architect
4 34 (11.81%) Data Engineer
5 21 (7.29%) Lead
6 19 (6.60%) Senior Developer
7 18 (6.25%) DevOps Engineer
8 15 (5.21%) Azure Engineer
9 13 (4.51%) Cloud Engineer
9 13 (4.51%) Data Architect
9 13 (4.51%) Software Engineer
10 12 (4.17%) Java Developer
11 10 (3.47%) Automation Engineer
11 10 (3.47%) Solutions Architect
12 9 (3.13%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 9 (3.13%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 9 (3.13%) GCP Engineer
12 9 (3.13%) Python Engineer
12 9 (3.13%) Senior Java Developer
13 8 (2.78%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (12.85%) REST
2 36 (12.50%) Kafka
3 29 (10.07%) Spring
4 27 (9.38%) Spring Boot
5 24 (8.33%) React
6 20 (6.94%) .NET
7 16 (5.56%) RESTful
8 15 (5.21%) PySpark
9 13 (4.51%) HTML
9 13 (4.51%) Playwright
9 13 (4.51%) SOAP
10 12 (4.17%) AngularJS
11 10 (3.47%) JSON
11 10 (3.47%) YAML
12 9 (3.13%) GraphQL
13 8 (2.78%) Middleware
13 8 (2.78%) Node.js
13 8 (2.78%) RabbitMQ
14 7 (2.43%) CSS
15 6 (2.08%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 80 (27.78%) Cloud Native
2 31 (10.76%) Distributed Systems
3 20 (6.94%) AI Agents
4 11 (3.82%) Onboarding
5 9 (3.13%) Product Ownership
6 8 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (1.39%) Clustering
9 4 (1.39%) Enterprise Cloud
9 4 (1.39%) Equities
9 4 (1.39%) Fixed Income
9 4 (1.39%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.39%) Private Cloud
10 3 (1.04%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.04%) Distributed Architecture
10 3 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.04%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.86%) Linux
2 9 (3.13%) Apple iOS
2 9 (3.13%) Unix
2 9 (3.13%) Windows
3 4 (1.39%) Android
3 4 (1.39%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.04%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.35%) AIX
5 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (53.47%) DevOps
2 97 (33.68%) Infrastructure as Code
3 82 (28.47%) Agile
4 79 (27.43%) Test Automation
5 73 (25.35%) Containerisation
6 67 (23.26%) AI
7 58 (20.14%) Analytics
8 56 (19.44%) Observability
9 54 (18.75%) Microservices
9 54 (18.75%) Software Engineering
10 50 (17.36%) Data Engineering
11 44 (15.28%) Data Modelling
11 44 (15.28%) Event-Driven
12 42 (14.58%) Migration
12 42 (14.58%) Platform Engineering
13 40 (13.89%) Stakeholder Management
14 39 (13.54%) Problem-Solving
15 36 (12.50%) Data Pipeline
16 30 (10.42%) Machine Learning
16 30 (10.42%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 105 (36.46%) Python
2 78 (27.08%) SQL
3 63 (21.88%) Java
4 35 (12.15%) C#
5 29 (10.07%) TypeScript
6 27 (9.38%) JavaScript
6 27 (9.38%) PowerShell
7 16 (5.56%) Bicep
8 14 (4.86%) Bash
9 7 (2.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 7 (2.43%) Korn
10 5 (1.74%) Apex Code
10 5 (1.74%) Ruby
10 5 (1.74%) Shell Script
11 4 (1.39%) Kotlin
11 4 (1.39%) Scala
12 3 (1.04%) Swift
13 2 (0.69%) ActionScript 2.0
13 2 (0.69%) R
13 2 (0.69%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 77 (26.74%) Security Cleared
2 67 (23.26%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.86%) DV Cleared
4 8 (2.78%) DBS Check
4 8 (2.78%) Degree
5 6 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.74%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.04%) SnowPro
8 2 (0.69%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.69%) CISSP
8 2 (0.69%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.35%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.35%) CEH
9 1 (0.35%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.35%) OSCP
9 1 (0.35%) PMP
9 1 (0.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (10.07%) QA
2 21 (7.29%) Data Quality
3 9 (3.13%) Accessibility
4 7 (2.43%) EU AI Act
4 7 (2.43%) GDPR
4 7 (2.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.43%) SLA
5 5 (1.74%) NCSC
6 4 (1.39%) NIST
7 2 (0.69%) EMIR
7 2 (0.69%) MiFID
7 2 (0.69%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.69%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 65 (22.57%) Docker
2 9 (3.13%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.69%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.35%) Firmware
6 1 (0.35%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 1 (0.35%) Varnish
6 1 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 93 (32.29%) Kubernetes
2 76 (26.39%) Terraform
3 19 (6.60%) Grafana
3 19 (6.60%) Prometheus
4 12 (4.17%) Ansible
5 4 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.69%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.69%) Puppet
7 1 (0.35%) Argo
7 1 (0.35%) Bosun
7 1 (0.35%) CA Wily
7 1 (0.35%) Consul
7 1 (0.35%) Istio
7 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.35%) Packer
7 1 (0.35%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.35%) Salt
7 1 (0.35%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.35%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 58 (20.14%) Microsoft
2 34 (11.81%) Databricks
3 26 (9.03%) Google
4 16 (5.56%) Oracle
5 9 (3.13%) Salesforce
6 8 (2.78%) Splunk
7 7 (2.43%) Dynatrace
7 7 (2.43%) VMware
8 6 (2.08%) MuleSoft
9 5 (1.74%) IBM
9 5 (1.74%) SAP
10 4 (1.39%) AppDynamics
10 4 (1.39%) OpenAI
10 4 (1.39%) ServiceNow
11 3 (1.04%) Apple
11 3 (1.04%) Informatica
12 2 (0.69%) Fortinet
12 2 (0.69%) Software AG
12 2 (0.69%) Sybase
12 2 (0.69%) webMethods