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 4 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 28 52
Rank change year-on-year +11 +24 -10
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 141 70 61
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 6.24% 6.17% 3.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.93% 6.95% 3.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 49 30
10th Percentile £425 £313 £419
25th Percentile £493 £400 £476
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £465 £534
Median % change year-on-year +18.28% -12.92% -2.02%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £580
90th Percentile £665 £575 £603
England median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 10 19
10th Percentile £57.80 £61.25 £51.25
25th Percentile £63.13 - £62.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - - £65.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £65.20 £67.50
England median hourly rate £67.00 £62.50 £67.25
% change year-on-year +7.20% -7.06% +2.51%

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 1,777 1,007 1,615
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 78.66% 88.72% 84.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 891 500 646
10th Percentile £188 £206 £200
25th Percentile £374 £363 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £433
Median % change year-on-year - +15.61% -13.50%
75th Percentile £592 £575 £573
90th Percentile £688 £650 £650
England median daily rate £523 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 411 206 605
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.99 £14.26
25th Percentile £17.06 £17.05 £15.62
Median hourly rate £35.53 £32.07 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.79% -19.83% +90.48%
75th Percentile £67.70 £65.56 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £82.50 £70.75
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% +1.65%

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 4 July 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 4 July 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 4 July 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 -3 46 £550 +4.76% 25
Bedfordshire +14 27 £588 +17.50% 5
Essex +1 22 £505 +57.13% 6
Cambridgeshire +4 19 £525 +12.59% 27
Suffolk +2 16 £498 +60.48% 5
Norfolk -13 11 £488 +8.33% 5
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 9 (6.38%) CMS
1 9 (6.38%) Sitecore CMS
2 5 (3.55%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.42%) NetWeaver
3 2 (1.42%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.71%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (0.71%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (2.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 53 (37.59%) Azure
2 37 (26.24%) AWS
3 31 (21.99%) GCP
4 24 (17.02%) GitHub
5 19 (13.48%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (12.06%) Azure AKS
7 13 (9.22%) GitHub Actions
8 11 (7.80%) Serverless
9 8 (5.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 8 (5.67%) Azure Service Bus
9 8 (5.67%) Power Platform
10 6 (4.26%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 5 (3.55%) Amazon ECS
11 5 (3.55%) Azure Functions
11 5 (3.55%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (2.84%) Apple Pay
12 4 (2.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 4 (2.84%) dbt
12 4 (2.84%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (2.84%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 17 (12.06%) VPN
2 14 (9.93%) Firewall
3 8 (5.67%) Ethernet
3 8 (5.67%) TCP/IP
4 4 (2.84%) SNMP
4 4 (2.84%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (2.13%) DNS
6 2 (1.42%) Network Security
6 2 (1.42%) SSL
6 2 (1.42%) WAN
7 1 (0.71%) BGP
7 1 (0.71%) DHCP
7 1 (0.71%) HTTP
7 1 (0.71%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.80%) NoSQL
2 10 (7.09%) SQL Server
3 9 (6.38%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (6.38%) Relational Database
4 7 (4.96%) Power BI
5 5 (3.55%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (2.84%) Metadata
7 3 (2.13%) MySQL
7 3 (2.13%) Redis
8 2 (1.42%) MaxDB
8 2 (1.42%) SAP HANA
8 2 (1.42%) Snowflake Schema
8 2 (1.42%) Sybase ASE
9 1 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.71%) Big Data
9 1 (0.71%) InfluxDB
9 1 (0.71%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.71%) Neo4j
9 1 (0.71%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 36 (25.53%) Git
2 22 (15.60%) GitLab
3 11 (7.80%) Visual Studio
4 9 (6.38%) Gradle
4 9 (6.38%) Jenkins
5 8 (5.67%) Eclipse
5 8 (5.67%) JUnit
5 8 (5.67%) SonarQube
6 7 (4.96%) JIRA
7 6 (4.26%) IntelliJ
8 3 (2.13%) Newman
8 3 (2.13%) Postman
8 3 (2.13%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.71%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.71%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.71%) MLflow
9 1 (0.71%) Snyk
General
1 39 (27.66%) Social Skills
2 21 (14.89%) Finance
3 17 (12.06%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (6.38%) Banking
5 7 (4.96%) Military
5 7 (4.96%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (3.55%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.84%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.84%) Law
7 4 (2.84%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.13%) Automotive
8 3 (2.13%) Retail
9 2 (1.42%) Electronics
10 1 (0.71%) Agriculture
10 1 (0.71%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.71%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 36 (25.53%) Developer
2 21 (14.89%) Java Developer
3 20 (14.18%) Software Engineer
4 18 (12.77%) Senior
5 16 (11.35%) Architect
6 12 (8.51%) DevOps Engineer
7 10 (7.09%) Data Engineer
7 10 (7.09%) Software Developer
8 9 (6.38%) Java Software Developer
9 8 (5.67%) Lead
10 7 (4.96%) Backend Developer
10 7 (4.96%) C# Software Engineer
11 6 (4.26%) GCP Engineer
11 6 (4.26%) Java Engineer
11 6 (4.26%) Java Software Engineer
11 6 (4.26%) Senior DevOps
11 6 (4.26%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 6 (4.26%) Technical Architect
12 5 (3.55%) Cloud Architect
12 5 (3.55%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (18.44%) Spring Boot
2 23 (16.31%) Spring
3 22 (15.60%) Node.js
4 20 (14.18%) .NET
5 16 (11.35%) React
6 15 (10.64%) REST
7 12 (8.51%) CSS
7 12 (8.51%) HTML
8 10 (7.09%) AngularJS
8 10 (7.09%) Kafka
9 9 (6.38%) ASP.NET
9 9 (6.38%) ASP.NET Core
10 8 (5.67%) jQuery
10 8 (5.67%) Web Services
11 6 (4.26%) RESTful
12 5 (3.55%) Elastic Stack
12 5 (3.55%) OpenTelemetry
13 4 (2.84%) eBPF
13 4 (2.84%) OAuth
13 4 (2.84%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 31 (21.99%) Cloud Native
2 7 (4.96%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (3.55%) Private Cloud
4 4 (2.84%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (2.84%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (2.84%) Product Ownership
4 4 (2.84%) Security Operations Centre
4 4 (2.84%) Security Posture
5 2 (1.42%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.42%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.42%) Life Science
5 2 (1.42%) N-Tier
6 1 (0.71%) Clustering
6 1 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.71%) LIMS
6 1 (0.71%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.71%) PKI
6 1 (0.71%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.71%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 25 (17.73%) Linux
2 16 (11.35%) Windows
3 3 (2.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (2.13%) Unix
4 2 (1.42%) Ubuntu
4 2 (1.42%) VMS
4 2 (1.42%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (61.70%) DevOps
2 61 (43.26%) Agile
3 41 (29.08%) Software Engineering
4 35 (24.82%) Infrastructure as Code
5 33 (23.40%) Problem-Solving
6 32 (22.70%) Microservices
7 29 (20.57%) Test Automation
8 25 (17.73%) TDD
9 24 (17.02%) Scrum
10 21 (14.89%) Containerisation
11 19 (13.48%) AI
12 18 (12.77%) Data Pipeline
12 18 (12.77%) Validation
13 16 (11.35%) Analytics
13 16 (11.35%) ETL
14 15 (10.64%) SDLC
15 14 (9.93%) Application Security
15 14 (9.93%) Event-Driven
15 14 (9.93%) Performance Tuning
16 13 (9.22%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 44 (31.21%) Python
2 35 (24.82%) Java
3 27 (19.15%) C#
4 26 (18.44%) SQL
5 17 (12.06%) JavaScript
6 12 (8.51%) C++
7 10 (7.09%) Bash
8 6 (4.26%) Kusto Query Language
9 5 (3.55%) PowerShell
9 5 (3.55%) Search Processing Language
10 3 (2.13%) C
10 3 (2.13%) Go
10 3 (2.13%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.71%) Bicep
11 1 (0.71%) Cypher
11 1 (0.71%) Groovy
11 1 (0.71%) SystemVerilog
11 1 (0.71%) VBA
Qualifications
1 35 (24.82%) Security Cleared
2 16 (11.35%) SC Cleared
3 11 (7.80%) Degree
4 10 (7.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (7.09%) DV Cleared
5 5 (3.55%) AWS Certification
6 4 (2.84%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (1.42%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.42%) CCNP
8 2 (1.42%) CCSP
8 2 (1.42%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.71%) CCIE
9 1 (0.71%) CISM
9 1 (0.71%) CISSP
9 1 (0.71%) CRISC
9 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.71%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (11.35%) QA
2 8 (5.67%) Data Quality
3 5 (3.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.84%) GDPR
4 4 (2.84%) PCI DSS
5 3 (2.13%) NIST
6 2 (1.42%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.42%) SOC 2
System Software
1 18 (12.77%) Docker
2 2 (1.42%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.71%) Squid
Systems Management
1 31 (21.99%) Ansible
2 29 (20.57%) Terraform
3 26 (18.44%) Kubernetes
4 8 (5.67%) Grafana
5 6 (4.26%) Prometheus
6 5 (3.55%) Argo
7 3 (2.13%) Puppet
8 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.71%) Packer
8 1 (0.71%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.71%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 17 (12.06%) Microsoft
2 13 (9.22%) Google
3 11 (7.80%) Splunk
4 9 (6.38%) Dynatrace
4 9 (6.38%) Sitecore
5 8 (5.67%) Checkmarx
5 8 (5.67%) Databricks
6 4 (2.84%) Cribl.io
6 4 (2.84%) IBM
6 4 (2.84%) SAP
7 3 (2.13%) Oracle
7 3 (2.13%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.13%) VMware
8 2 (1.42%) MuleSoft
8 2 (1.42%) NetApp
8 2 (1.42%) Sybase
9 1 (0.71%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.71%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.71%) Trend Micro
9 1 (0.71%) Wyse