CI/CD Contract Job Trends in the East of England

CI/CD
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring CI/CD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 22 44
Rank change year-on-year +4 +22 -4
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 146 86 60
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 6.66% 6.82% 3.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.44% 7.71% 4.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 47 23
10th Percentile £416 £311 £311
25th Percentile £463 £410 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -3.67%
75th Percentile £589 £563 £578
90th Percentile £625 £718 £620
England median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 20 21
10th Percentile £55.20 £64.68 £51.25
25th Percentile £61.25 - £62.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - £67.00 -
90th Percentile £71.00 - £67.50
England median hourly rate £67.25 £65.00 £66.00
% change year-on-year +3.46% -1.52% -8.97%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,729 1,115 1,351
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 78.88% 88.42% 83.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 839 521 515
10th Percentile £191 £200 £200
25th Percentile £390 £373 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +17.65% -15.00%
75th Percentile £590 £575 £551
90th Percentile £678 £650 £650
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 397 264 502
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.99 £14.48
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.98 £15.62
Median hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% +90.48%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.94 £60.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £81.88 £70.00
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% -

CI/CD
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CI/CD relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

CI/CD job vacancy trend in the East of England

CI/CD
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing CI/CD.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing CI/CD

CI/CD
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CI/CD in the East of England over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CI/CD in the East of England

CI/CD
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing CI/CD.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing CI/CD

CI/CD
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CI/CD in the East of England over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for CI/CD in the East of England

CI/CD
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CI/CD within the East of England region over the 6 months to 7 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire -8 48 £550 - 28
Cambridgeshire +10 26 £505 -8.18% 44
Essex +2 26 £510 +9.38% 6
Suffolk +3 21 £495 +46.67% 5
Bedfordshire +8 13 £563 +12.50% 3
Norfolk -5 12 £488 +8.33% 8
CI/CD
England

CI/CD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 6 (4.11%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (3.42%) OpenStack
3 2 (1.37%) Apache
3 2 (1.37%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.68%) CMS
4 1 (0.68%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (2.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.05%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 49 (33.56%) Azure
2 37 (25.34%) GCP
3 34 (23.29%) AWS
4 27 (18.49%) GitHub
5 17 (11.64%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (10.27%) GitHub Actions
7 12 (8.22%) Serverless
8 11 (7.53%) Azure AKS
9 8 (5.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 7 (4.79%) Power Platform
11 6 (4.11%) Amazon ECS
11 6 (4.11%) AWS Lambda
11 6 (4.11%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 5 (3.42%) Amazon S3
12 5 (3.42%) Azure Monitor
12 5 (3.42%) dbt
13 4 (2.74%) Apple Pay
13 4 (2.74%) Azure Functions
13 4 (2.74%) Dynamics 365
13 4 (2.74%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 21 (14.38%) VPN
2 18 (12.33%) Firewall
3 11 (7.53%) TCP/IP
4 7 (4.79%) Ethernet
5 6 (4.11%) DNS
6 4 (2.74%) HTTP
6 4 (2.74%) SNMP
6 4 (2.74%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (2.05%) 5G
7 3 (2.05%) SSH
8 2 (1.37%) 4G
8 2 (1.37%) Network Security
8 2 (1.37%) SSL
8 2 (1.37%) WAN
9 1 (0.68%) BGP
9 1 (0.68%) DHCP
9 1 (0.68%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (11.64%) Relational Database
2 14 (9.59%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (6.85%) MySQL
4 9 (6.16%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (4.11%) Power BI
5 6 (4.11%) Redis
6 5 (3.42%) NoSQL
6 5 (3.42%) SQL Server
7 4 (2.74%) Metadata
7 4 (2.74%) MongoDB
8 2 (1.37%) Couchbase
8 2 (1.37%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.37%) MaxDB
8 2 (1.37%) SAP HANA
8 2 (1.37%) Snowflake Schema
8 2 (1.37%) Sybase ASE
9 1 (0.68%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.68%) Big Data
9 1 (0.68%) Semantic Layer
9 1 (0.68%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 44 (30.14%) Git
2 24 (16.44%) GitLab
3 11 (7.53%) Visual Studio
4 9 (6.16%) Gradle
4 9 (6.16%) Jenkins
5 8 (5.48%) Eclipse
5 8 (5.48%) JUnit
5 8 (5.48%) SonarQube
6 7 (4.79%) JIRA
7 6 (4.11%) IntelliJ
8 4 (2.74%) Newman
8 4 (2.74%) Postman
9 2 (1.37%) Claude Code
9 2 (1.37%) Rational DOORS
9 2 (1.37%) Selenium
10 1 (0.68%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.68%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 35 (23.97%) Social Skills
2 23 (15.75%) Finance
3 17 (11.64%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (8.22%) Banking
5 8 (5.48%) Manufacturing
6 7 (4.79%) Military
6 7 (4.79%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (4.11%) Retail
8 5 (3.42%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.74%) Automotive
9 4 (2.74%) Law
9 4 (2.74%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.37%) Electronics
11 2 (1.37%) Marketing
12 1 (0.68%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.68%) Agriculture
12 1 (0.68%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.68%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 43 (29.45%) Developer
2 22 (15.07%) Java Developer
2 22 (15.07%) Software Engineer
3 18 (12.33%) Senior
4 14 (9.59%) DevOps Engineer
5 13 (8.90%) Software Developer
6 12 (8.22%) Architect
7 11 (7.53%) Java Software Developer
8 10 (6.85%) Data Engineer
9 9 (6.16%) Backend Developer
9 9 (6.16%) Java Engineer
9 9 (6.16%) Java Software Engineer
10 7 (4.79%) Developer/Software Engineer
10 7 (4.79%) Lead
11 6 (4.11%) C# Software Engineer
11 6 (4.11%) GCP Engineer
11 6 (4.11%) IAM Developer
11 6 (4.11%) Senior DevOps
11 6 (4.11%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 5 (3.42%) C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (15.07%) Spring Boot
2 19 (13.01%) Spring
3 16 (10.96%) Node.js
4 14 (9.59%) REST
5 12 (8.22%) Kafka
6 11 (7.53%) .NET
7 10 (6.85%) React
7 10 (6.85%) RESTful
8 8 (5.48%) CSS
8 8 (5.48%) HTML
8 8 (5.48%) Pandas
8 8 (5.48%) Web Services
9 7 (4.79%) Elastic Stack
10 6 (4.11%) pytest
11 5 (3.42%) FastAPI
11 5 (3.42%) Flask
11 5 (3.42%) Hibernate
11 5 (3.42%) OAuth
11 5 (3.42%) SQLAlchemy
11 5 (3.42%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (20.55%) Cloud Native
2 6 (4.11%) Life Science
3 5 (3.42%) Greenfield Project
3 5 (3.42%) Private Cloud
4 4 (2.74%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (2.74%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (2.74%) Product Ownership
4 4 (2.74%) Security Operations Centre
4 4 (2.74%) Security Posture
5 2 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.37%) N-Tier
6 1 (0.68%) Clustering
6 1 (0.68%) LIMS
6 1 (0.68%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.68%) Marketing Technology
6 1 (0.68%) PKI
6 1 (0.68%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.68%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 29 (19.86%) Linux
2 14 (9.59%) Windows
3 3 (2.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (2.05%) Unix
4 2 (1.37%) Ubuntu
4 2 (1.37%) VMS
4 2 (1.37%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (60.27%) DevOps
2 61 (41.78%) Agile
3 52 (35.62%) Software Engineering
4 39 (26.71%) Infrastructure as Code
5 34 (23.29%) Problem-Solving
6 33 (22.60%) Test Automation
7 27 (18.49%) TDD
8 24 (16.44%) Validation
9 23 (15.75%) Microservices
10 22 (15.07%) Data Pipeline
11 21 (14.38%) ETL
12 19 (13.01%) Containerisation
13 18 (12.33%) AI
14 17 (11.64%) Event-Driven
14 17 (11.64%) Observability
15 16 (10.96%) Scrum
16 15 (10.27%) Analytics
16 15 (10.27%) Platform Engineering
16 15 (10.27%) SDLC
17 14 (9.59%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 52 (35.62%) Python
2 39 (26.71%) Java
3 27 (18.49%) SQL
4 19 (13.01%) C#
5 15 (10.27%) JavaScript
6 14 (9.59%) Bash
7 11 (7.53%) C++
8 6 (4.11%) Kusto Query Language
8 6 (4.11%) PowerShell
9 5 (3.42%) Search Processing Language
10 4 (2.74%) TypeScript
11 3 (2.05%) C
11 3 (2.05%) Go
11 3 (2.05%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.68%) Bicep
12 1 (0.68%) Cypher
12 1 (0.68%) Groovy
12 1 (0.68%) VBA
Qualifications
1 31 (21.23%) Security Cleared
2 15 (10.27%) SC Cleared
3 12 (8.22%) Degree
4 11 (7.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (6.16%) DV Cleared
6 6 (4.11%) AWS Certification
7 4 (2.74%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (2.74%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (2.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (1.37%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.37%) CCNP
9 2 (1.37%) CCSP
9 2 (1.37%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.68%) CCIE
10 1 (0.68%) CISM
10 1 (0.68%) CISSP
10 1 (0.68%) CRISC
10 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.68%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (13.70%) QA
2 10 (6.85%) Data Quality
3 5 (3.42%) GDPR
3 5 (3.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.74%) PCI DSS
5 3 (2.05%) NIST
6 2 (1.37%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.37%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 25 (17.12%) Docker
2 2 (1.37%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.68%) Squid
Systems Management
1 33 (22.60%) Ansible
2 31 (21.23%) Terraform
3 24 (16.44%) Kubernetes
4 10 (6.85%) Grafana
5 8 (5.48%) Prometheus
6 5 (3.42%) Argo
7 4 (2.74%) Puppet
8 2 (1.37%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.68%) Istio
9 1 (0.68%) linkerd
9 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.68%) Packer
9 1 (0.68%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 14 (9.59%) Google
2 13 (8.90%) Microsoft
3 10 (6.85%) Databricks
3 10 (6.85%) Splunk
4 9 (6.16%) Dynatrace
5 8 (5.48%) Checkmarx
6 4 (2.74%) Cribl.io
6 4 (2.74%) IBM
6 4 (2.74%) SAP
7 3 (2.05%) NetApp
7 3 (2.05%) Oracle
7 3 (2.05%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.05%) VMware
8 2 (1.37%) MuleSoft
8 2 (1.37%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.37%) Sybase
9 1 (0.68%) Citrix
9 1 (0.68%) Genesys
9 1 (0.68%) Informatica
9 1 (0.68%) Red Hat