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

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 35 44
Rank change year-on-year +11 +9 -3
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 97 55 63
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 6.06% 4.87% 3.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.18% 5.78% 4.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 19 50
10th Percentile £403 £300 £400
25th Percentile £447 £317 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £573 £438 £525
Median % change year-on-year +30.86% -16.67% -9.48%
75th Percentile £638 £538 £609
90th Percentile £800 £580 £724
England median daily rate £516 £550 £573
% change year-on-year -6.14% -3.93% -4.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 4 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £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 - - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £66.25 £75.00
% change year-on-year -1.89% -11.67% +14.32%

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 1,351 951 1,475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 84.44% 84.23% 87.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 562 407 783
10th Percentile £198 £242 £225
25th Percentile £363 £340 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £681 £690 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 435 186 350
10th Percentile £14.04 - £14.00
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.62 £14.50
Median hourly rate £20.75 £35.00 £21.46
Median % change year-on-year -40.71% +63.09% -8.68%
75th Percentile £63.88 £67.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £82.25 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +25.35%

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 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 29 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 48 £525 -2.33% 268
Cambridgeshire +9 26 £635 +27.00% 193
Bedfordshire 0 13 £625 +15.74% 198
Suffolk -2 7 £450 +50.00% 98
Essex -4 2 £503 +58.02% 262
Norfolk -18 1 £475 - 96
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 4 (4.12%) Confluence
2 3 (3.09%) WebSphere
3 2 (2.06%) WebLogic
4 1 (1.03%) Apache
4 1 (1.03%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (1.03%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (2.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.03%) Maximo
2 1 (1.03%) SAP MDG
2 1 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 40 (41.24%) Azure
2 25 (25.77%) AWS
3 22 (22.68%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (13.40%) GCP
5 11 (11.34%) Power Platform
6 9 (9.28%) npm
7 7 (7.22%) Azure AI
7 7 (7.22%) Copilot Studio
7 7 (7.22%) Microsoft Copilot
8 6 (6.19%) Serverless
9 5 (5.15%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (4.12%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (4.12%) Amazon S3
10 4 (4.12%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 4 (4.12%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (4.12%) Entra ID
11 3 (3.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (3.09%) GitHub
11 3 (3.09%) Power Automate
11 3 (3.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (16.49%) TCP/IP
2 14 (14.43%) Ethernet
3 4 (4.12%) Firewall
4 3 (3.09%) DNS
5 2 (2.06%) DHCP
5 2 (2.06%) VPN
6 1 (1.03%) BGP
6 1 (1.03%) MPLS
6 1 (1.03%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (1.03%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (14.43%) NoSQL
2 10 (10.31%) Power BI
3 4 (4.12%) MongoDB
3 4 (4.12%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.06%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (2.06%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.06%) MySQL
4 2 (2.06%) RDBMS
4 2 (2.06%) Redis
4 2 (2.06%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.03%) Amazon QuickSight
5 1 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.03%) Big Data
5 1 (1.03%) DB2
5 1 (1.03%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 23 (23.71%) Visual Studio
2 20 (20.62%) GitLab
3 15 (15.46%) Git
4 14 (14.43%) Eclipse
4 14 (14.43%) JIRA
5 9 (9.28%) Artifactory
6 7 (7.22%) Jenkins
7 4 (4.12%) JMeter
7 4 (4.12%) Selenium
8 2 (2.06%) Postman
8 2 (2.06%) Robot Framework
9 1 (1.03%) Cypress.io
9 1 (1.03%) Gatling
9 1 (1.03%) Locust
9 1 (1.03%) Newman
9 1 (1.03%) Polyspace
9 1 (1.03%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (1.03%) SonarQube
9 1 (1.03%) TestCafe
9 1 (1.03%) TestRail
General
1 44 (45.36%) Social Skills
2 14 (14.43%) Military
2 14 (14.43%) Presentation Skills
3 9 (9.28%) Documentation Skills
3 9 (9.28%) Finance
4 6 (6.19%) Aerospace
4 6 (6.19%) Manufacturing
4 6 (6.19%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (4.12%) Law
6 3 (3.09%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (3.09%) Retail
7 2 (2.06%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.06%) Marketing
8 1 (1.03%) Agriculture
8 1 (1.03%) Automotive
8 1 (1.03%) Local Government
8 1 (1.03%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (25.77%) Software Engineer
2 19 (19.59%) Developer
3 14 (14.43%) C++ Software Engineer
4 12 (12.37%) C# Software Engineer
5 11 (11.34%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 9 (9.28%) Consultant
7 8 (8.25%) Senior
8 7 (7.22%) Full-Stack Developer
9 6 (6.19%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 6 (6.19%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
10 5 (5.15%) .NET Developer
10 5 (5.15%) Senior Developer
10 5 (5.15%) Test Engineer
11 4 (4.12%) Architect
11 4 (4.12%) Azure Developer
11 4 (4.12%) Data Engineer
11 4 (4.12%) Lead
12 3 (3.09%) Development Engineer
12 3 (3.09%) Senior .NET Developer
12 3 (3.09%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (28.87%) Node.js
2 25 (25.77%) .NET
3 19 (19.59%) React
4 17 (17.53%) REST
5 15 (15.46%) Web Services
6 13 (13.40%) AngularJS
6 13 (13.40%) HTML
7 11 (11.34%) .NET Framework
8 10 (10.31%) CSS
8 10 (10.31%) PyTorch
8 10 (10.31%) scikit-learn
8 10 (10.31%) TensorFlow
9 9 (9.28%) Svelte
9 9 (9.28%) Vue
10 6 (6.19%) .NET Core
10 6 (6.19%) SOAP
11 4 (4.12%) JSON
11 4 (4.12%) Middleware
11 4 (4.12%) pytest
11 4 (4.12%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 13 (13.40%) Cloud Native
2 11 (11.34%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (10.31%) Algorithms
4 9 (9.28%) Data Structures
5 5 (5.15%) FPGA
5 5 (5.15%) PCIe
5 5 (5.15%) State Machine
6 4 (4.12%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (4.12%) Security Posture
7 3 (3.09%) Cloud Security Posture
7 3 (3.09%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (3.09%) Life Science
7 3 (3.09%) Onboarding
7 3 (3.09%) Product Ownership
8 2 (2.06%) Data Centre
8 2 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (2.06%) Low-Code
8 2 (2.06%) PKI
8 2 (2.06%) Virtual Team
9 1 (1.03%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 32 (32.99%) Linux
2 24 (24.74%) Windows
3 4 (4.12%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.06%) VMS
5 1 (1.03%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (1.03%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (59.79%) DevOps
2 41 (42.27%) Agile
3 31 (31.96%) Validation
4 25 (25.77%) Software Engineering
4 25 (25.77%) TDD
4 25 (25.77%) Unit Testing
5 24 (24.74%) AI
5 24 (24.74%) Microservices
6 22 (22.68%) Containerisation
7 20 (20.62%) Test Automation
8 19 (19.59%) Full-Stack Development
9 18 (18.56%) Continuous Integration
10 16 (16.49%) Infrastructure as Code
10 16 (16.49%) Machine Learning
11 15 (15.46%) Data Science
11 15 (15.46%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (15.46%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
11 15 (15.46%) Software Testing
12 14 (14.43%) Continuous Delivery
12 14 (14.43%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 31 (31.96%) C#
2 30 (30.93%) JavaScript
3 29 (29.90%) C++
4 25 (25.77%) Python
5 18 (18.56%) SQL
6 12 (12.37%) TypeScript
7 6 (6.19%) Java
8 4 (4.12%) PowerShell
9 3 (3.09%) Bicep
9 3 (3.09%) C
10 2 (2.06%) PHP
11 1 (1.03%) Bash
11 1 (1.03%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 13 (13.40%) Security Cleared
2 10 (10.31%) SC Cleared
3 5 (5.15%) Degree
4 4 (4.12%) Azure Certification
4 4 (4.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.06%) AWS Certification
5 2 (2.06%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (2.06%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.03%) CCIE
6 1 (1.03%) CCNP
6 1 (1.03%) CCSP
6 1 (1.03%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.03%) SANS
6 1 (1.03%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (20.62%) QA
2 8 (8.25%) NIST
3 5 (5.15%) EU AI Act
4 3 (3.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (2.06%) HIPAA
5 2 (2.06%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.03%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 1 (1.03%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.03%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (1.03%) AUTOSAR
6 1 (1.03%) Data Quality
6 1 (1.03%) GxP
6 1 (1.03%) HL7
6 1 (1.03%) ISO 26262
6 1 (1.03%) MISRA
6 1 (1.03%) MISRA C
System Software
1 28 (28.87%) Docker
2 2 (2.06%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 28 (28.87%) Kubernetes
2 13 (13.40%) Terraform
3 4 (4.12%) Ansible
4 3 (3.09%) Consul
4 3 (3.09%) Grafana
4 3 (3.09%) Prometheus
5 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (2.06%) vCenter Server
6 1 (1.03%) Functional Safety
6 1 (1.03%) Istio
6 1 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 37 (38.14%) Microsoft
2 9 (9.28%) Google
3 7 (7.22%) Foundry
3 7 (7.22%) OpenAI
4 4 (4.12%) Dynatrace
4 4 (4.12%) Salesforce
4 4 (4.12%) SAP
5 3 (3.09%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.06%) Citrix
6 2 (2.06%) Databricks
6 2 (2.06%) MuleSoft
6 2 (2.06%) Pega
6 2 (2.06%) Splunk
6 2 (2.06%) VMware
6 2 (2.06%) Wyse
7 1 (1.03%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.03%) Clearswift
7 1 (1.03%) Juniper
7 1 (1.03%) QNX
7 1 (1.03%) Talend