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 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 24 40
Rank change year-on-year +3 +16 -1
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 107 72 79
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 6.82% 5.89% 4.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.01% 7.11% 4.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 24 62
10th Percentile £400 £303 £400
25th Percentile £450 £318 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £508 £545
Median % change year-on-year +8.37% -6.88% -6.52%
75th Percentile £638 £575 £600
90th Percentile £778 £594 £700
England median daily rate £515 £563 £575
% change year-on-year -8.44% -2.17% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 13 5
10th Percentile £64.35 £53.50 £62.00
25th Percentile - £62.50 £72.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year - -13.33% +15.38%
75th Percentile £67.00 - £77.50
90th Percentile - £67.00 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year - -13.33% +14.32%

All Process and 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 1,335 1,013 1,586
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 85.14% 82.83% 88.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 558 418 841
10th Percentile £185 £243 £237
25th Percentile £363 £334 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £580 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £704
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 407 215 375
10th Percentile £14.05 £15.26 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.25 £15.62 £14.38
Median hourly rate £21.00 £27.67 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.11% +31.76% -6.67%
75th Percentile £61.18 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.50 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.67%

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 13 December 2025.

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
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 13 December 2025. 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 +7 57 £550 - 128
Cambridgeshire +5 27 £618 +23.50% 68
Bedfordshire -4 12 £625 +12.61% 68
Suffolk -3 6 £400 +33.33% 37
Norfolk -16 3 £500 - 32
Essex -4 2 £503 +58.02% 79
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 (5.61%) WebSphere
2 4 (3.74%) Confluence
3 3 (2.80%) Apache
3 3 (2.80%) IIS
3 3 (2.80%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (0.93%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (2.80%) Maximo
2 2 (1.87%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.93%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.93%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 41 (38.32%) Azure
2 23 (21.50%) AWS
2 23 (21.50%) Azure DevOps
3 12 (11.21%) GCP
4 9 (8.41%) npm
4 9 (8.41%) Power Platform
5 6 (5.61%) Serverless
6 5 (4.67%) Azure AI
6 5 (4.67%) Azure Logic Apps
6 5 (4.67%) Copilot Studio
6 5 (4.67%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (3.74%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (3.74%) Amazon S3
7 4 (3.74%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 4 (3.74%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (3.74%) Entra ID
8 3 (2.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (2.80%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (2.80%) GitHub
8 3 (2.80%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (19.63%) TCP/IP
2 19 (17.76%) Ethernet
3 4 (3.74%) Firewall
4 3 (2.80%) DNS
5 2 (1.87%) DHCP
5 2 (1.87%) VPN
6 1 (0.93%) BGP
6 1 (0.93%) MPLS
6 1 (0.93%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.93%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (10.28%) NoSQL
2 8 (7.48%) Power BI
3 7 (6.54%) SQL Server
4 4 (3.74%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (2.80%) DB2
5 3 (2.80%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.87%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.87%) MySQL
6 2 (1.87%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.87%) Redis
6 2 (1.87%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.93%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.93%) Big Data
7 1 (0.93%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 28 (26.17%) Visual Studio
2 19 (17.76%) Eclipse
2 19 (17.76%) GitLab
3 16 (14.95%) Git
4 14 (13.08%) JIRA
5 9 (8.41%) Artifactory
6 8 (7.48%) Jenkins
7 4 (3.74%) JMeter
7 4 (3.74%) Selenium
8 2 (1.87%) Postman
8 2 (1.87%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.93%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.93%) Gatling
9 1 (0.93%) Locust
9 1 (0.93%) Newman
9 1 (0.93%) Polyspace
9 1 (0.93%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.93%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.93%) TestCafe
9 1 (0.93%) TestRail
General
1 48 (44.86%) Social Skills
2 19 (17.76%) Military
2 19 (17.76%) Presentation Skills
3 8 (7.48%) Finance
4 7 (6.54%) Aerospace
4 7 (6.54%) Documentation Skills
4 7 (6.54%) Manufacturing
5 6 (5.61%) Pharmaceutical
6 5 (4.67%) Law
7 3 (2.80%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.80%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (2.80%) Retail
8 2 (1.87%) Marketing
9 1 (0.93%) Agriculture
9 1 (0.93%) Automotive
9 1 (0.93%) Local Government
9 1 (0.93%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.93%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 31 (28.97%) Software Engineer
2 20 (18.69%) Developer
3 18 (16.82%) C++ Software Engineer
4 17 (15.89%) C# Software Engineer
5 11 (10.28%) Consultant
6 10 (9.35%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 7 (6.54%) Full-Stack Developer
7 7 (6.54%) Senior
8 6 (5.61%) .NET Developer
8 6 (5.61%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 6 (5.61%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
9 5 (4.67%) Architect
9 5 (4.67%) Test Engineer
10 4 (3.74%) Azure Developer
10 4 (3.74%) Data Engineer
10 4 (3.74%) Lead
10 4 (3.74%) Senior Developer
11 3 (2.80%) Cloud Engineer
11 3 (2.80%) DevOps Developer
11 3 (2.80%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (30.84%) Node.js
2 27 (25.23%) .NET
3 22 (20.56%) Web Services
4 18 (16.82%) React
5 16 (14.95%) REST
6 15 (14.02%) HTML
7 14 (13.08%) AngularJS
8 12 (11.21%) .NET Framework
9 11 (10.28%) CSS
10 10 (9.35%) Vue
11 9 (8.41%) SOAP
11 9 (8.41%) Svelte
12 8 (7.48%) PyTorch
12 8 (7.48%) scikit-learn
12 8 (7.48%) TensorFlow
13 7 (6.54%) .NET Core
14 5 (4.67%) Middleware
14 5 (4.67%) XML
15 4 (3.74%) JSON
15 4 (3.74%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 13 (12.15%) Cloud Native
2 11 (10.28%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (9.35%) Algorithms
4 9 (8.41%) Data Structures
5 6 (5.61%) FPGA
5 6 (5.61%) PCIe
5 6 (5.61%) State Machine
6 4 (3.74%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (3.74%) Security Posture
7 3 (2.80%) Cloud Security Posture
7 3 (2.80%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (2.80%) Life Science
7 3 (2.80%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.80%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.87%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.87%) Low-Code
8 2 (1.87%) PKI
8 2 (1.87%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.93%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 38 (35.51%) Linux
2 32 (29.91%) Windows
3 6 (5.61%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.87%) VMS
5 1 (0.93%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.93%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (57.94%) DevOps
2 46 (42.99%) Agile
3 37 (34.58%) Validation
4 31 (28.97%) Software Engineering
5 30 (28.04%) TDD
5 30 (28.04%) Unit Testing
6 23 (21.50%) Continuous Integration
7 22 (20.56%) AI
7 22 (20.56%) Microservices
8 21 (19.63%) Containerisation
8 21 (19.63%) Test Automation
9 19 (17.76%) Continuous Delivery
9 19 (17.76%) Digital Twin
9 19 (17.76%) Full-Stack Development
9 19 (17.76%) Synthetic Environment
9 19 (17.76%) Verification and Validation
9 19 (17.76%) Visualisation
10 18 (16.82%) Problem-Solving
11 17 (15.89%) Infrastructure as Code
12 15 (14.02%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 38 (35.51%) C#
1 38 (35.51%) JavaScript
2 36 (33.64%) C++
3 26 (24.30%) Python
4 18 (16.82%) SQL
5 12 (11.21%) TypeScript
6 6 (5.61%) Java
7 5 (4.67%) PowerShell
8 4 (3.74%) C
9 3 (2.80%) Bicep
9 3 (2.80%) PHP
10 1 (0.93%) Bash
10 1 (0.93%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 15 (14.02%) Security Cleared
2 12 (11.21%) SC Cleared
3 5 (4.67%) Degree
4 4 (3.74%) Azure Certification
4 4 (3.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.87%) AWS Certification
5 2 (1.87%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.87%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.93%) CCIE
6 1 (0.93%) CCNP
6 1 (0.93%) CCSP
6 1 (0.93%) CISA
6 1 (0.93%) CISM
6 1 (0.93%) CISSP
6 1 (0.93%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.93%) SANS
6 1 (0.93%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (21.50%) QA
2 9 (8.41%) NIST
3 5 (4.67%) EU AI Act
4 4 (3.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.87%) HIPAA
5 2 (1.87%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.93%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 1 (0.93%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.93%) AUTOSAR
6 1 (0.93%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.93%) GxP
6 1 (0.93%) HL7
6 1 (0.93%) ISO 26262
6 1 (0.93%) MISRA
6 1 (0.93%) MISRA C
System Software
1 25 (23.36%) Docker
2 2 (1.87%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.87%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 26 (24.30%) Kubernetes
2 14 (13.08%) Terraform
3 4 (3.74%) Ansible
4 3 (2.80%) Consul
4 3 (2.80%) Grafana
4 3 (2.80%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.87%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.93%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.93%) Istio
6 1 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 43 (40.19%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.54%) Google
3 5 (4.67%) Dynatrace
3 5 (4.67%) Foundry
3 5 (4.67%) OpenAI
4 4 (3.74%) Salesforce
4 4 (3.74%) SAP
5 3 (2.80%) IBM
5 3 (2.80%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.87%) Citrix
6 2 (1.87%) Databricks
6 2 (1.87%) MuleSoft
6 2 (1.87%) Pega
6 2 (1.87%) Splunk
6 2 (1.87%) VMware
6 2 (1.87%) Wyse
7 1 (0.93%) Clearswift
7 1 (0.93%) Juniper
7 1 (0.93%) QNX
7 1 (0.93%) Talend