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 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 22 33
Rank change year-on-year +5 +11 +4
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 153 89 67
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 6.59% 6.87% 4.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.40% 7.69% 5.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 39 22
10th Percentile £413 £300 £303
25th Percentile £463 £403 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.80% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £578 £575 £580
90th Percentile £613 £778 £625
England median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 27 22
10th Percentile £57.62 - £51.25
25th Percentile £61.03 - £62.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - £67.00 -
90th Percentile £71.00 - £67.35
England median hourly rate £66.66 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +2.55% - -13.33%

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 1,821 1,158 1,251
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 78.39% 89.35% 81.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 844 501 454
10th Percentile £190 £200 £207
25th Percentile £397 £379 £307
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £446
Median % change year-on-year - +12.11% -10.80%
75th Percentile £595 £580 £550
90th Percentile £675 £682 £638
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 444 309 399
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.50 £14.53
25th Percentile £16.75 £16.30 £15.62
Median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +88.87% -34.02% +92.43%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +0.58%

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 12 September 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 12 September 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 12 September 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 -9 52 £549 -0.13% 44
Essex +7 28 £510 +5.43% 10
Cambridgeshire +5 27 £513 -24.07% 66
Suffolk +3 24 £495 +59.68% 14
Bedfordshire +9 11 £544 +8.75% 9
Norfolk -3 11 £488 -4.88% 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 (3.92%) Apache Airflow
1 6 (3.92%) OpenStack
2 3 (1.96%) Apache
3 1 (0.65%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.65%) Confluence
3 1 (0.65%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 2 (1.31%) Windchill
2 1 (0.65%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (2.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.31%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 50 (32.68%) Azure
2 36 (23.53%) GCP
3 29 (18.95%) AWS
4 28 (18.30%) GitHub
5 19 (12.42%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (10.46%) GitHub Actions
7 9 (5.88%) Azure AKS
7 9 (5.88%) Serverless
8 8 (5.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 7 (4.58%) Power Platform
10 6 (3.92%) Amazon ECS
10 6 (3.92%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (3.27%) Amazon S3
11 5 (3.27%) Azure Monitor
11 5 (3.27%) dbt
11 5 (3.27%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 4 (2.61%) Apple Pay
12 4 (2.61%) GitHub Copilot
12 4 (2.61%) Microsoft Copilot
12 4 (2.61%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 21 (13.73%) VPN
2 18 (11.76%) Firewall
3 11 (7.19%) TCP/IP
4 6 (3.92%) DNS
4 6 (3.92%) Ethernet
5 5 (3.27%) HTTP
6 4 (2.61%) 5G
6 4 (2.61%) SNMP
6 4 (2.61%) SSH
6 4 (2.61%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (1.96%) 4G
7 3 (1.96%) SSL
8 2 (1.31%) Network Security
8 2 (1.31%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (1.31%) RTP
8 2 (1.31%) tcpdump
8 2 (1.31%) VoIP
8 2 (1.31%) WAN
8 2 (1.31%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.65%) INAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (12.42%) Relational Database
2 18 (11.76%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (7.84%) MySQL
4 9 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (4.58%) Redis
6 6 (3.92%) Power BI
7 5 (3.27%) Metadata
7 5 (3.27%) MongoDB
7 5 (3.27%) NoSQL
8 4 (2.61%) SQL Server
9 3 (1.96%) Couchbase
9 3 (1.96%) Data Lake
9 3 (1.96%) InfluxDB
10 2 (1.31%) Snowflake Schema
10 2 (1.31%) Tableau
11 1 (0.65%) GIS
11 1 (0.65%) SAP HANA
11 1 (0.65%) SQLite
11 1 (0.65%) Star Schema
11 1 (0.65%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 48 (31.37%) Git
2 24 (15.69%) GitLab
3 13 (8.50%) JIRA
4 11 (7.19%) Jenkins
5 9 (5.88%) Gradle
5 9 (5.88%) Visual Studio
6 8 (5.23%) JUnit
6 8 (5.23%) SonarQube
7 6 (3.92%) Eclipse
7 6 (3.92%) IntelliJ
8 4 (2.61%) Newman
8 4 (2.61%) Postman
9 3 (1.96%) Selenium
10 2 (1.31%) Artifactory
10 2 (1.31%) Claude Code
10 2 (1.31%) Gerrit
10 2 (1.31%) Rational DOORS
11 1 (0.65%) Locust
11 1 (0.65%) TestCafe
11 1 (0.65%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 33 (21.57%) Social Skills
2 25 (16.34%) Finance
3 17 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (9.15%) Banking
5 10 (6.54%) Manufacturing
6 7 (4.58%) Telecoms
7 6 (3.92%) Military
7 6 (3.92%) Retail
8 5 (3.27%) Law
9 4 (2.61%) Aerospace
9 4 (2.61%) Automotive
9 4 (2.61%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.31%) Electronics
10 2 (1.31%) Marketing
11 1 (0.65%) Agriculture
11 1 (0.65%) Billing
11 1 (0.65%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 46 (30.07%) Developer
2 24 (15.69%) Java Developer
2 24 (15.69%) Software Engineer
3 21 (13.73%) Senior
4 15 (9.80%) DevOps Engineer
4 15 (9.80%) Software Developer
5 13 (8.50%) Java Software Developer
6 12 (7.84%) Java Engineer
7 11 (7.19%) Backend Developer
7 11 (7.19%) Java Software Engineer
8 9 (5.88%) Architect
8 9 (5.88%) Developer/Software Engineer
9 8 (5.23%) Data Engineer
9 8 (5.23%) IAM Developer
10 7 (4.58%) Python Developer
11 6 (3.92%) C# Software Engineer
11 6 (3.92%) Security Engineer
11 6 (3.92%) Senior DevOps
11 6 (3.92%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 6 (3.92%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (18.95%) Terraform
2 22 (14.38%) Spring Boot
3 19 (12.42%) Spring
4 16 (10.46%) REST
5 14 (9.15%) Kafka
6 13 (8.50%) Node.js
7 10 (6.54%) RESTful
8 9 (5.88%) .NET
8 9 (5.88%) Pandas
9 8 (5.23%) CSS
9 8 (5.23%) Elastic Stack
9 8 (5.23%) HTML
9 8 (5.23%) React
10 7 (4.58%) pytest
10 7 (4.58%) Web Services
10 7 (4.58%) XML
11 6 (3.92%) FastAPI
11 6 (3.92%) Flask
12 5 (3.27%) OpenTelemetry
12 5 (3.27%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 28 (18.30%) Cloud Native
2 6 (3.92%) Greenfield Project
2 6 (3.92%) Life Science
3 5 (3.27%) Private Cloud
4 4 (2.61%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (2.61%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (2.61%) Security Operations Centre
4 4 (2.61%) Security Posture
5 3 (1.96%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.31%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.31%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.65%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.65%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.65%) Marketing Technology
7 1 (0.65%) Media Streaming
7 1 (0.65%) PKI
7 1 (0.65%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.65%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 31 (20.26%) Linux
2 13 (8.50%) Windows
3 6 (3.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (2.61%) Ubuntu
5 2 (1.31%) Rocky
5 2 (1.31%) Unix
5 2 (1.31%) VMS
5 2 (1.31%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.65%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (61.44%) DevOps
2 68 (44.44%) Agile
3 54 (35.29%) Software Engineering
4 40 (26.14%) Infrastructure as Code
5 37 (24.18%) Problem-Solving
5 37 (24.18%) Test Automation
6 31 (20.26%) Validation
7 25 (16.34%) TDD
8 23 (15.03%) Microservices
8 23 (15.03%) Scrum
9 21 (13.73%) Data Pipeline
10 20 (13.07%) AI
10 20 (13.07%) Software Delivery
11 19 (12.42%) Containerisation
12 18 (11.76%) ETL
12 18 (11.76%) Observability
12 18 (11.76%) Platform Engineering
13 16 (10.46%) Analytics
13 16 (10.46%) Event-Driven
14 15 (9.80%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 59 (38.56%) Python
2 44 (28.76%) Java
3 32 (20.92%) SQL
4 18 (11.76%) Bash
5 15 (9.80%) C#
6 14 (9.15%) JavaScript
7 9 (5.88%) C++
8 7 (4.58%) PowerShell
9 6 (3.92%) Kusto Query Language
10 5 (3.27%) Search Processing Language
11 4 (2.61%) Shell Script
11 4 (2.61%) TypeScript
12 3 (1.96%) C
12 3 (1.96%) Go
12 3 (1.96%) Groovy
13 1 (0.65%) Bicep
13 1 (0.65%) Cypher
13 1 (0.65%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.65%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.65%) VBA
Qualifications
1 30 (19.61%) Security Cleared
2 16 (10.46%) SC Cleared
3 15 (9.80%) Degree
4 10 (6.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (4.58%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.96%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.31%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.31%) CCSP
7 2 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.31%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.31%) MOS
8 1 (0.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.65%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.65%) CISM
8 1 (0.65%) CISSP
8 1 (0.65%) CRISC
8 1 (0.65%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (15.69%) QA
2 10 (6.54%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.61%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.61%) GDPR
3 4 (2.61%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.96%) NIST
5 2 (1.31%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 29 (18.95%) Docker
2 2 (1.31%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.65%) Squid
3 1 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 33 (21.57%) Ansible
2 23 (15.03%) Kubernetes
3 12 (7.84%) Grafana
4 11 (7.19%) Prometheus
5 6 (3.92%) Puppet
6 5 (3.27%) Argo
7 3 (1.96%) HP ALM
8 2 (1.31%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.65%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.65%) Istio
9 1 (0.65%) linkerd
9 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.65%) Packer
9 1 (0.65%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 12 (7.84%) Google
1 12 (7.84%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.19%) Databricks
3 10 (6.54%) Splunk
4 8 (5.23%) Checkmarx
4 8 (5.23%) IBM
5 7 (4.58%) Dynatrace
6 4 (2.61%) Cribl.io
7 3 (1.96%) HP
7 3 (1.96%) NetApp
7 3 (1.96%) SAP
7 3 (1.96%) VMware
8 2 (1.31%) MuleSoft
8 2 (1.31%) Oracle
8 2 (1.31%) PTC
8 2 (1.31%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.31%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.65%) Guidewire
9 1 (0.65%) PagerDuty
9 1 (0.65%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud