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

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 28 45
Rank change year-on-year +11 +17 -8
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 116 73 84
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 7.69% 5.65% 4.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.79% 7.01% 5.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 23 63
10th Percentile £343 £302 £400
25th Percentile £408 £318 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £500 £545
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% -8.26% -8.09%
75th Percentile £638 £575 £603
90th Percentile £744 £596 £700
England median daily rate £515 £550 £580
% change year-on-year -6.36% -5.17% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 16 5
10th Percentile - £51.25 £62.00
25th Percentile - £62.38 £72.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year - -13.33% +15.38%
75th Percentile £67.00 £65.25 £77.50
90th Percentile - £67.50 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £66.25 £75.00
% change year-on-year -1.89% -11.67% +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 1,320 1,041 1,629
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 87.53% 80.51% 88.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 562 420 887
10th Percentile £194 £230 £225
25th Percentile £373 £318 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £581 £564 £600
90th Percentile £687 £650 £725
England median daily rate £507 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.43% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 373 222 370
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.01 £14.16
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 £64.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.30 £70.00 £75.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £36.17 £44.50
% change year-on-year -30.46% -18.73% +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 14 November 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 14 November 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 +8 60 £550 - 30
Cambridgeshire +6 28 £635 +27.00% 36
Bedfordshire -12 12 £625 +15.74% 13
Suffolk +4 11 £338 +12.50% 5
Norfolk -14 3 £500 - 2
Essex -3 2 £503 +58.02% 11
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 (6.90%) WebSphere
2 5 (4.31%) Apache
2 5 (4.31%) IIS
3 3 (2.59%) Confluence
3 3 (2.59%) WebLogic
4 2 (1.72%) Anypoint
4 2 (1.72%) Mule
Applications
1 1 (0.86%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 5 (4.31%) Maximo
2 2 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.86%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.86%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 39 (33.62%) Azure
2 23 (19.83%) Azure DevOps
3 22 (18.97%) AWS
4 9 (7.76%) GCP
4 9 (7.76%) npm
5 8 (6.90%) Power Platform
6 5 (4.31%) Amazon EC2
6 5 (4.31%) Amazon S3
6 5 (4.31%) GitHub
7 4 (3.45%) Azure AI
7 4 (3.45%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 4 (3.45%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (3.45%) Azure Logic Apps
7 4 (3.45%) Copilot Studio
7 4 (3.45%) Entra ID
7 4 (3.45%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (3.45%) Serverless
7 4 (3.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 3 (2.59%) AWS Direct Connect
8 3 (2.59%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 22 (18.97%) TCP/IP
2 20 (17.24%) Ethernet
3 7 (6.03%) Firewall
4 4 (3.45%) VPN
5 3 (2.59%) BGP
5 3 (2.59%) DNS
6 2 (1.72%) DHCP
6 2 (1.72%) OSPF
6 2 (1.72%) VLAN
7 1 (0.86%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.86%) MPLS
7 1 (0.86%) Network Security
7 1 (0.86%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.86%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.86%) VoIP
7 1 (0.86%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.62%) NoSQL
1 10 (8.62%) SQL Server
2 7 (6.03%) Power BI
3 6 (5.17%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (4.31%) DB2
5 3 (2.59%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.72%) MySQL
6 2 (1.72%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.72%) Redis
6 2 (1.72%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.86%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.86%) Big Data
7 1 (0.86%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 30 (25.86%) Visual Studio
2 20 (17.24%) Eclipse
2 20 (17.24%) GitLab
3 16 (13.79%) Git
4 13 (11.21%) JIRA
5 9 (7.76%) Artifactory
5 9 (7.76%) Jenkins
6 6 (5.17%) Robot Framework
7 5 (4.31%) Selenium
8 4 (3.45%) JMeter
9 3 (2.59%) Postman
10 2 (1.72%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.86%) JUnit
11 1 (0.86%) LoadRunner
11 1 (0.86%) Locust
11 1 (0.86%) Newman
11 1 (0.86%) Polyspace
11 1 (0.86%) Rational DOORS
11 1 (0.86%) TestCafe
11 1 (0.86%) TestNG
General
1 45 (38.79%) Social Skills
2 20 (17.24%) Military
2 20 (17.24%) Presentation Skills
3 8 (6.90%) Manufacturing
4 7 (6.03%) Aerospace
5 6 (5.17%) Finance
5 6 (5.17%) Pharmaceutical
6 5 (4.31%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (3.45%) Law
8 2 (1.72%) Marketing
8 2 (1.72%) Retail
9 1 (0.86%) Agriculture
9 1 (0.86%) Automotive
9 1 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.86%) Local Government
9 1 (0.86%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 32 (27.59%) Software Engineer
2 22 (18.97%) Developer
3 20 (17.24%) C++ Software Engineer
4 18 (15.52%) C# Software Engineer
5 13 (11.21%) Consultant
6 9 (7.76%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 9 (7.76%) Senior
7 8 (6.90%) Full-Stack Developer
8 7 (6.03%) Network Engineer
9 6 (5.17%) .NET Developer
9 6 (5.17%) Architect
9 6 (5.17%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 6 (5.17%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
10 5 (4.31%) Maximo Consultant
11 4 (3.45%) Automation Engineer
11 4 (3.45%) Azure Developer
11 4 (3.45%) Data Engineer
11 4 (3.45%) Lead
11 4 (3.45%) Senior Developer
11 4 (3.45%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (29.31%) Node.js
2 27 (23.28%) .NET
2 27 (23.28%) Web Services
3 18 (15.52%) React
4 16 (13.79%) HTML
4 16 (13.79%) REST
5 15 (12.93%) AngularJS
6 13 (11.21%) .NET Framework
7 12 (10.34%) CSS
7 12 (10.34%) SOAP
8 10 (8.62%) Vue
9 9 (7.76%) Svelte
10 7 (6.03%) .NET Core
10 7 (6.03%) PyTorch
10 7 (6.03%) scikit-learn
10 7 (6.03%) TensorFlow
10 7 (6.03%) XML
11 5 (4.31%) JSON
11 5 (4.31%) RESTful
12 4 (3.45%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.48%) Cloud Native
1 11 (9.48%) Distributed Systems
2 10 (8.62%) Algorithms
2 10 (8.62%) Data Structures
3 6 (5.17%) FPGA
3 6 (5.17%) PCIe
3 6 (5.17%) State Machine
4 4 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.59%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.59%) Life Science
5 3 (2.59%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.59%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.72%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.72%) PKI
6 2 (1.72%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.72%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.86%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.86%) LIMS
7 1 (0.86%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 39 (33.62%) Linux
2 35 (30.17%) Windows
3 8 (6.90%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.72%) VMS
5 1 (0.86%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.86%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (54.31%) DevOps
2 50 (43.10%) Agile
3 39 (33.62%) Validation
4 31 (26.72%) Software Engineering
4 31 (26.72%) TDD
4 31 (26.72%) Unit Testing
5 28 (24.14%) Test Automation
6 25 (21.55%) Continuous Integration
7 21 (18.10%) AI
7 21 (18.10%) Containerisation
7 21 (18.10%) Microservices
7 21 (18.10%) Visualisation
8 20 (17.24%) Continuous Delivery
8 20 (17.24%) Digital Twin
8 20 (17.24%) Full-Stack Development
8 20 (17.24%) Synthetic Environment
8 20 (17.24%) Verification and Validation
9 18 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
10 17 (14.66%) Infrastructure as Code
11 15 (12.93%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 42 (36.21%) JavaScript
2 41 (35.34%) C#
3 37 (31.90%) C++
4 33 (28.45%) Python
5 20 (17.24%) SQL
6 12 (10.34%) TypeScript
7 7 (6.03%) Java
8 6 (5.17%) PowerShell
9 4 (3.45%) C
10 3 (2.59%) Bash
10 3 (2.59%) Bicep
10 3 (2.59%) PHP
11 2 (1.72%) DataWeave
12 1 (0.86%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.86%) R
Qualifications
1 16 (13.79%) Security Cleared
2 12 (10.34%) SC Cleared
3 4 (3.45%) Azure Certification
3 4 (3.45%) Degree
4 3 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.72%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.72%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.72%) SANS
6 1 (0.86%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.86%) CCIE
6 1 (0.86%) CCNP
6 1 (0.86%) CISA
6 1 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.86%) CISM
6 1 (0.86%) CISSP
6 1 (0.86%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (23.28%) QA
2 8 (6.90%) NIST
3 5 (4.31%) EU AI Act
4 2 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.86%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 1 (0.86%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.86%) AUTOSAR
5 1 (0.86%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.86%) GxP
5 1 (0.86%) HL7
5 1 (0.86%) ISO 26262
5 1 (0.86%) MISRA
5 1 (0.86%) MISRA C
System Software
1 24 (20.69%) Docker
2 2 (1.72%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 24 (20.69%) Kubernetes
2 17 (14.66%) Terraform
3 7 (6.03%) Ansible
4 3 (2.59%) Consul
5 2 (1.72%) CloudHub
5 2 (1.72%) Grafana
5 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.72%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.72%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.86%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.86%) Istio
6 1 (0.86%) Nagios
6 1 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 44 (37.93%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.17%) Google
3 5 (4.31%) Dynatrace
3 5 (4.31%) IBM
4 4 (3.45%) Foundry
4 4 (3.45%) OpenAI
5 3 (2.59%) MuleSoft
5 3 (2.59%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.72%) Citrix
6 2 (1.72%) Clearswift
6 2 (1.72%) Databricks
6 2 (1.72%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.72%) Huawei
6 2 (1.72%) SAP
6 2 (1.72%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.72%) VMware
6 2 (1.72%) Wyse
7 1 (0.86%) Pega
7 1 (0.86%) QNX
7 1 (0.86%) SolarWinds