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 29 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 26 34
Rank change year-on-year +9 +8 +1
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 113 74 102
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 7.96% 5.54% 5.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.86% 6.90% 6.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 24 73
10th Percentile £303 £303 £400
25th Percentile £402 £318 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -6.82% -8.33%
75th Percentile £628 £577 £613
90th Percentile £744 £618 £695
England median daily rate £513 £550 £588
% change year-on-year -6.82% -6.38% -2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 19 7
10th Percentile - £51.25 £65.20
25th Percentile - £62.25 £72.25
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 - £67.50 £78.30
England median hourly rate £65.00 £67.50 £75.00
% change year-on-year -3.70% -10.00% +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 1,275 1,073 1,645
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 89.79% 80.37% 87.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 550 430 896
10th Percentile £195 £225 £225
25th Percentile £363 £314 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £586 £562 £608
90th Percentile £684 £650 £725
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 343 234 373
10th Percentile £14.12 £15.00 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £25.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +25.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £59.50 £64.01 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.75 £70.00 £77.20
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +27.14%

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 29 October 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 29 October 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 +12 56 £550 - 28
Cambridgeshire +7 29 £635 +27.00% 27
Suffolk +5 12 £310 +3.33% 5
Bedfordshire -12 10 £500 -7.41% 6
Essex 0 3 £500 +57.23% 8
Norfolk - 3 £500 - 4
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 8 (7.08%) WebSphere
2 5 (4.42%) Apache
2 5 (4.42%) IIS
3 3 (2.65%) Confluence
3 3 (2.65%) WebLogic
4 2 (1.77%) Anypoint
4 2 (1.77%) Mule
5 1 (0.88%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.88%) CMS
5 1 (0.88%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.88%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 5 (4.42%) Maximo
2 2 (1.77%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.88%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.88%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 38 (33.63%) Azure
2 23 (20.35%) AWS
2 23 (20.35%) Azure DevOps
3 9 (7.96%) npm
4 8 (7.08%) GCP
5 6 (5.31%) Power Platform
6 5 (4.42%) Amazon EC2
6 5 (4.42%) Amazon S3
6 5 (4.42%) GitHub
7 4 (3.54%) AWS CloudFormation
7 4 (3.54%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 4 (3.54%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (3.54%) Azure Logic Apps
7 4 (3.54%) Entra ID
7 4 (3.54%) Serverless
7 4 (3.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 3 (2.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (2.65%) AWS Direct Connect
8 3 (2.65%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.77%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 18 (15.93%) TCP/IP
2 16 (14.16%) Ethernet
3 7 (6.19%) Firewall
4 5 (4.42%) DNS
5 4 (3.54%) VPN
6 3 (2.65%) BGP
7 2 (1.77%) DHCP
7 2 (1.77%) OSPF
7 2 (1.77%) VLAN
8 1 (0.88%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.88%) MPLS
8 1 (0.88%) Network Security
8 1 (0.88%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.88%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.88%) VoIP
8 1 (0.88%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.85%) SQL Server
2 8 (7.08%) NoSQL
3 6 (5.31%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (4.42%) DB2
4 5 (4.42%) Power BI
5 3 (2.65%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.77%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.77%) MySQL
6 2 (1.77%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.77%) Redis
6 2 (1.77%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.88%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.88%) Big Data
7 1 (0.88%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 26 (23.01%) Visual Studio
2 22 (19.47%) GitLab
3 17 (15.04%) Git
4 16 (14.16%) Eclipse
5 15 (13.27%) JIRA
6 10 (8.85%) Jenkins
7 9 (7.96%) Artifactory
8 7 (6.19%) Robot Framework
9 5 (4.42%) Selenium
10 4 (3.54%) JMeter
11 3 (2.65%) Postman
12 2 (1.77%) Cypress.io
12 2 (1.77%) TeamCity
13 1 (0.88%) JUnit
13 1 (0.88%) LoadRunner
13 1 (0.88%) Locust
13 1 (0.88%) Newman
13 1 (0.88%) Rational DOORS
13 1 (0.88%) TestCafe
13 1 (0.88%) TestNG
General
1 42 (37.17%) Social Skills
2 16 (14.16%) Military
2 16 (14.16%) Presentation Skills
3 8 (7.08%) Manufacturing
4 7 (6.19%) Aerospace
5 6 (5.31%) Pharmaceutical
6 4 (3.54%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.54%) Finance
7 3 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.65%) Law
7 3 (2.65%) Marketing
8 2 (1.77%) Retail
9 1 (0.88%) Agriculture
9 1 (0.88%) Automotive
9 1 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.88%) Local Government
9 1 (0.88%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 30 (26.55%) Software Engineer
2 20 (17.70%) Developer
3 19 (16.81%) C++ Software Engineer
4 16 (14.16%) C# Software Engineer
5 14 (12.39%) Consultant
6 9 (7.96%) Senior
7 8 (7.08%) Full-Stack Developer
8 7 (6.19%) Architect
8 7 (6.19%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 7 (6.19%) Network Engineer
9 6 (5.31%) .NET Developer
9 6 (5.31%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 6 (5.31%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
10 5 (4.42%) Maximo Consultant
11 4 (3.54%) Administrator
11 4 (3.54%) Automation Engineer
11 4 (3.54%) Azure Developer
11 4 (3.54%) Data Engineer
11 4 (3.54%) Senior Developer
11 4 (3.54%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (26.55%) Node.js
2 27 (23.89%) .NET
3 23 (20.35%) Web Services
4 19 (16.81%) React
5 16 (14.16%) HTML
6 15 (13.27%) AngularJS
7 14 (12.39%) REST
8 13 (11.50%) .NET Framework
9 12 (10.62%) CSS
9 12 (10.62%) SOAP
10 10 (8.85%) Vue
11 9 (7.96%) Svelte
12 7 (6.19%) .NET Core
12 7 (6.19%) XML
13 5 (4.42%) JSON
13 5 (4.42%) PyTorch
13 5 (4.42%) RESTful
13 5 (4.42%) scikit-learn
13 5 (4.42%) TensorFlow
14 4 (3.54%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.62%) Cloud Native
2 11 (9.73%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (8.85%) Data Structures
4 9 (7.96%) Algorithms
5 6 (5.31%) FPGA
5 6 (5.31%) PCIe
5 6 (5.31%) State Machine
6 4 (3.54%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (2.65%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (2.65%) Life Science
7 3 (2.65%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.65%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.77%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.77%) PKI
8 2 (1.77%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.77%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.88%) LIMS
9 1 (0.88%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 35 (30.97%) Linux
2 31 (27.43%) Windows
3 8 (7.08%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.77%) VMS
5 1 (0.88%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (54.87%) DevOps
2 46 (40.71%) Agile
3 34 (30.09%) Validation
4 29 (25.66%) Software Engineering
5 28 (24.78%) Test Automation
6 27 (23.89%) TDD
6 27 (23.89%) Unit Testing
7 23 (20.35%) Containerisation
8 21 (18.58%) Continuous Integration
9 20 (17.70%) AI
9 20 (17.70%) Full-Stack Development
10 19 (16.81%) Infrastructure as Code
10 19 (16.81%) Microservices
11 18 (15.93%) Problem-Solving
12 17 (15.04%) Visualisation
13 16 (14.16%) Continuous Delivery
13 16 (14.16%) Digital Twin
13 16 (14.16%) Synthetic Environment
13 16 (14.16%) Verification and Validation
14 15 (13.27%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 38 (33.63%) JavaScript
2 37 (32.74%) C#
3 33 (29.20%) C++
3 33 (29.20%) Python
4 18 (15.93%) SQL
5 12 (10.62%) TypeScript
6 7 (6.19%) Java
7 6 (5.31%) PowerShell
8 4 (3.54%) C
9 3 (2.65%) Bash
9 3 (2.65%) Bicep
9 3 (2.65%) PHP
10 2 (1.77%) DataWeave
10 2 (1.77%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.88%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.88%) R
Qualifications
1 16 (14.16%) Security Cleared
2 12 (10.62%) SC Cleared
3 4 (3.54%) Azure Certification
3 4 (3.54%) Degree
4 3 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.77%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.77%) SANS
6 1 (0.88%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.88%) CCIE
6 1 (0.88%) CCNP
6 1 (0.88%) CISA
6 1 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.88%) CISM
6 1 (0.88%) CISSP
6 1 (0.88%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.88%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (23.89%) QA
2 8 (7.08%) NIST
3 5 (4.42%) EU AI Act
4 2 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.77%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.88%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 1 (0.88%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.88%) AUTOSAR
5 1 (0.88%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.88%) GxP
5 1 (0.88%) HL7
5 1 (0.88%) ISO 26262
5 1 (0.88%) MISRA
5 1 (0.88%) MISRA C
System Software
1 23 (20.35%) Docker
2 3 (2.65%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.88%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 23 (20.35%) Kubernetes
2 20 (17.70%) Terraform
3 9 (7.96%) Ansible
4 3 (2.65%) Consul
5 2 (1.77%) CloudHub
5 2 (1.77%) Grafana
5 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.77%) Progress Chef
5 2 (1.77%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.77%) Puppet
5 2 (1.77%) Salt
5 2 (1.77%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.88%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.88%) Istio
6 1 (0.88%) Nagios
6 1 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 39 (34.51%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.42%) Dynatrace
2 5 (4.42%) IBM
3 4 (3.54%) Google
3 4 (3.54%) ServiceNow
4 3 (2.65%) MuleSoft
4 3 (2.65%) OpenAI
4 3 (2.65%) Salesforce
4 3 (2.65%) VMware
5 2 (1.77%) Citrix
5 2 (1.77%) Clearswift
5 2 (1.77%) Databricks
5 2 (1.77%) Fortinet
5 2 (1.77%) Foundry
5 2 (1.77%) Huawei
5 2 (1.77%) SAP
5 2 (1.77%) Wyse
6 1 (0.88%) Oracle
6 1 (0.88%) Pega
6 1 (0.88%) SolarWinds