CI/CD Contracts in England

CI/CD
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CI/CD skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited CI/CD over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 22 17
Rank change year-on-year -8 -5 +1
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 2,122 3,862 6,116
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 5.77% 7.85% 8.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.67% 8.71% 9.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,509 2,741 4,323
10th Percentile £406 £450 £450
25th Percentile £475 £506 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £700
90th Percentile £775 £798 £788
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 68 55
10th Percentile £54.25 £59.94 £35.00
25th Percentile £63.13 £60.91 £52.50
Median hourly rate £67.00 £65.61 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.13% +0.93% +10.71%
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £72.89 £79.65 £80.80
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.61 £65.00
% change year-on-year -0.92% +0.93% +33.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

CI/CD is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,802 44,352 63,890
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.49% 90.16% 90.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,831 31,133 45,414
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £446 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,249 1,562 1,738
10th Percentile £12.91 £10.64 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.18 £37.32 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% +49.28% +6.38%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%

CI/CD
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CI/CD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CI/CD in England

CI/CD
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CI/CD in England.

Daily rate trend for CI/CD in England

CI/CD
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CI/CD in England over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CI/CD in England

CI/CD
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CI/CD in England.

Hourly rate trend for CI/CD in England

CI/CD
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CI/CD in England over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for CI/CD in England

CI/CD
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 12 May 2024. 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
London -7 1,306 £553 -11.22% 522
North of England -1 301 £550 - 180
North West +1 189 £582 +5.82% 110
South East -20 174 £600 +4.35% 126
South West -16 138 £580 -3.33% 115
Yorkshire +12 102 £523 -7.52% 52
Midlands -35 65 £475 -11.71% 81
West Midlands -31 50 £475 -12.04% 62
East of England -24 41 £534 -0.19% 46
East Midlands +3 12 £398 -6.47% 18
North East -19 10 £469 -21.88% 19
CI/CD
UK

CI/CD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 85 (4.01%) Confluence
2 70 (3.30%) Apache
3 62 (2.92%) Apache Spark
4 58 (2.73%) Apache Airflow
5 29 (1.37%) nginx
5 29 (1.37%) OpenStack
6 27 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
7 17 (0.80%) SharePoint
8 14 (0.66%) CMS
9 12 (0.57%) Anypoint
9 12 (0.57%) BizTalk Server
10 11 (0.52%) JBoss
11 9 (0.42%) SAS
12 8 (0.38%) IIS
13 6 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 6 (0.28%) Tornado
14 5 (0.24%) Apache Solr
14 5 (0.24%) Appian
14 5 (0.24%) Mule
14 5 (0.24%) Mule ESB
Applications
1 7 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.19%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.14%) Windchill
5 1 (0.047%) CPLEX
5 1 (0.047%) Gliffy
5 1 (0.047%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 13 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.38%) Loan IQ
2 8 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
3 6 (0.28%) Endur
3 6 (0.28%) SAP Hybris
4 5 (0.24%) NEC Housing
5 4 (0.19%) Distributed Ledger
5 4 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.14%) ENOVIA
6 3 (0.14%) Shopify
6 3 (0.14%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.094%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.094%) BusinessWorks
8 1 (0.047%) Aareon QL
8 1 (0.047%) Fidessa
8 1 (0.047%) MIS ActiveH
8 1 (0.047%) OPENHousing
8 1 (0.047%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.047%) R3 Corda
8 1 (0.047%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 755 (35.58%) AWS
2 753 (35.49%) Azure
3 334 (15.74%) Azure DevOps
4 271 (12.77%) Serverless
5 249 (11.73%) GitHub
6 224 (10.56%) GCP
7 141 (6.64%) Entra ID
8 139 (6.55%) Amazon S3
8 139 (6.55%) AWS Lambda
9 109 (5.14%) Amazon EC2
10 93 (4.38%) Azure Functions
11 81 (3.82%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 76 (3.58%) AWS CloudFormation
13 73 (3.44%) GitHub Actions
13 73 (3.44%) PaaS
14 67 (3.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 66 (3.11%) Azure Data Factory
15 66 (3.11%) OpenShift
16 63 (2.97%) Amazon EKS
16 63 (2.97%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 143 (6.74%) Firewall
2 101 (4.76%) VPN
3 63 (2.97%) DNS
4 43 (2.03%) TCP/IP
5 36 (1.70%) HTTP
5 36 (1.70%) Network Security
6 29 (1.37%) SSL
7 24 (1.13%) DHCP
8 17 (0.80%) BGP
9 14 (0.66%) VSAN
10 12 (0.57%) Ethernet VPN
10 12 (0.57%) MPLS
11 11 (0.52%) Ethernet
11 11 (0.52%) Radio Access Network
12 10 (0.47%) SAN
13 9 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
14 7 (0.33%) AMQP
14 7 (0.33%) FTP
14 7 (0.33%) SNA
15 6 (0.28%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 191 (9.00%) SQL Server
2 166 (7.82%) NoSQL
3 109 (5.14%) MongoDB
4 96 (4.52%) PostgreSQL
5 75 (3.53%) Relational Database
6 66 (3.11%) Elasticsearch
7 62 (2.92%) Azure SQL Database
8 61 (2.87%) Data Lake
9 59 (2.78%) Amazon RDS
10 57 (2.69%) Data Warehouse
11 56 (2.64%) Big Data
12 51 (2.40%) MySQL
13 47 (2.21%) DynamoDB
14 44 (2.07%) Power BI
15 30 (1.41%) Amazon Redshift
15 30 (1.41%) Redis
16 27 (1.27%) BigQuery
17 22 (1.04%) Hadoop
18 21 (0.99%) Apache Cassandra
19 17 (0.80%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 477 (22.48%) Jenkins
2 383 (18.05%) Git
3 272 (12.82%) GitLab
4 179 (8.44%) JIRA
5 96 (4.52%) Selenium
6 77 (3.63%) Cucumber
7 76 (3.58%) Cypress.io
8 67 (3.16%) Bitbucket
9 66 (3.11%) TeamCity
10 59 (2.78%) Postman
11 56 (2.64%) JUnit
12 53 (2.50%) SpecFlow
12 53 (2.50%) Visual Studio
13 47 (2.21%) Maven
14 46 (2.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 43 (2.03%) SonarQube
16 38 (1.79%) JMeter
17 37 (1.74%) Artifactory
18 29 (1.37%) Mockito
19 28 (1.32%) Appium
General
1 455 (21.44%) Social Skills
2 389 (18.33%) Finance
3 185 (8.72%) Public Sector
4 166 (7.82%) Analytical Skills
5 129 (6.08%) Banking
6 61 (2.87%) Front Office
7 55 (2.59%) Retail
8 40 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
9 33 (1.56%) Telecoms
10 28 (1.32%) Financial Institution
11 27 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 27 (1.27%) Law
12 26 (1.23%) Investment Banking
13 25 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
14 24 (1.13%) Legal
15 21 (0.99%) Marketing
16 19 (0.90%) Aerospace
16 19 (0.90%) Manufacturing
17 15 (0.71%) Back Office
18 13 (0.61%) Military
Job Titles
1 603 (28.42%) Developer
2 340 (16.02%) Senior
3 330 (15.55%) DevOps Engineer
4 199 (9.38%) Architect
5 194 (9.14%) Lead
6 149 (7.02%) Senior Developer
7 125 (5.89%) Azure Engineer
8 114 (5.37%) AWS Engineer
9 110 (5.18%) Java Developer
10 108 (5.09%) Software Engineer
11 94 (4.43%) Data Engineer
12 88 (4.15%) AWS DevOps
12 88 (4.15%) Full Stack Developer
13 78 (3.68%) Python Developer
14 75 (3.53%) AWS DevOps Engineer
14 75 (3.53%) Cloud Engineer
15 66 (3.11%) Azure Developer
16 65 (3.06%) Software Developer
17 58 (2.73%) Technical Architect
18 52 (2.45%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 263 (12.39%) .NET
2 257 (12.11%) Node.js
3 237 (11.17%) React
4 183 (8.62%) REST
5 145 (6.83%) XML
6 135 (6.36%) Kafka
7 124 (5.84%) Spring
8 118 (5.56%) HTML
9 114 (5.37%) Spring Boot
10 106 (5.00%) .NET Core
11 105 (4.95%) CSS
12 93 (4.38%) RESTful
13 87 (4.10%) Elastic Stack
14 86 (4.05%) JSON
15 84 (3.96%) AngularJS
16 80 (3.77%) .NET Framework
17 76 (3.58%) YAML
18 67 (3.16%) ARM Templates
19 59 (2.78%) GraphQL
20 56 (2.64%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 132 (6.22%) Product Ownership
2 85 (4.01%) Public Cloud
3 74 (3.49%) Cloud Native
4 55 (2.59%) Algorithms
4 55 (2.59%) Distributed Systems
5 50 (2.36%) Data Structures
6 49 (2.31%) Linux Command Line
7 45 (2.12%) Greenfield Project
7 45 (2.12%) Mobile App
8 38 (1.79%) Data Centre
9 37 (1.74%) Derivative
10 30 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
10 30 (1.41%) Onboarding
11 28 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
11 28 (1.32%) PKI
12 27 (1.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 27 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
13 26 (1.23%) Fixed Income
13 26 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
14 23 (1.08%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 375 (17.67%) Linux
2 188 (8.86%) Windows
3 87 (4.10%) Windows Server
4 77 (3.63%) Android
5 75 (3.53%) Unix
6 63 (2.97%) Apple iOS
7 50 (2.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 33 (1.56%) CentOS
9 19 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
10 18 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
11 15 (0.71%) VMS
12 13 (0.61%) Ubuntu
13 5 (0.24%) Alpine Linux
14 3 (0.14%) Solaris
14 3 (0.14%) Windows 10
14 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
15 2 (0.094%) AIX
15 2 (0.094%) Mac OS
16 1 (0.047%) Debian
16 1 (0.047%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,225 (57.73%) DevOps
2 907 (42.74%) Agile
3 388 (18.28%) Infrastructure as Code
4 385 (18.14%) Test Automation
5 368 (17.34%) Continuous Integration
6 317 (14.94%) Microservices
7 310 (14.61%) Software Engineering
8 293 (13.81%) Scrum
9 283 (13.34%) Containerisation
10 276 (13.01%) Problem-Solving
11 232 (10.93%) TDD
12 208 (9.80%) SDLC
13 178 (8.39%) Full Stack Development
14 147 (6.93%) Continuous Deployment
15 143 (6.74%) Migration
16 142 (6.69%) Computer Science
17 138 (6.50%) Continuous Delivery
18 132 (6.22%) Configuration Management
19 128 (6.03%) Design Patterns
20 113 (5.33%) OO
Programming Languages
1 736 (34.68%) Python
2 445 (20.97%) Java
3 382 (18.00%) SQL
4 312 (14.70%) PowerShell
5 304 (14.33%) JavaScript
6 297 (14.00%) C#
7 182 (8.58%) TypeScript
8 176 (8.29%) Bash
9 122 (5.75%) Go
10 84 (3.96%) Bicep
11 77 (3.63%) C++
12 76 (3.58%) Shell Script
13 45 (2.12%) Perl
14 44 (2.07%) Kotlin
15 34 (1.60%) Ruby
16 32 (1.51%) Scala
17 27 (1.27%) C
18 21 (0.99%) Groovy
19 20 (0.94%) T-SQL
20 18 (0.85%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 462 (21.77%) Security Cleared
2 357 (16.82%) SC Cleared
3 164 (7.73%) Degree
4 111 (5.23%) DV Cleared
5 90 (4.24%) Computer Science Degree
6 39 (1.84%) AWS Certification
7 19 (0.90%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 19 (0.90%) Master's Degree
8 16 (0.75%) Azure Certification
8 16 (0.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 12 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
10 11 (0.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 11 (0.52%) CISSP
11 10 (0.47%) ISTQB
12 7 (0.33%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (0.28%) AAT
14 5 (0.24%) CISM
15 3 (0.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 3 (0.14%) Numerate Degree
16 2 (0.094%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (5.98%) QA
2 40 (1.89%) Accessibility
3 39 (1.84%) Data Quality
4 18 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (0.80%) NIST
6 16 (0.75%) SLA
7 13 (0.61%) MISRA
8 12 (0.57%) PCI DSS
9 10 (0.47%) GDPR
9 10 (0.47%) WCAG
10 5 (0.24%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.24%) ISO 9001
10 5 (0.24%) NCSC
11 4 (0.19%) ISO 20022
11 4 (0.19%) MiFID
11 4 (0.19%) PMO
12 3 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.14%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.047%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.047%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 459 (21.63%) Docker
2 170 (8.01%) Active Directory
3 66 (3.11%) Virtual Machines
4 29 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
5 24 (1.13%) VMware NSX
6 18 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
7 15 (0.71%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 14 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
9 9 (0.42%) HDFS
10 8 (0.38%) vSphere
11 7 (0.33%) vCloud
12 3 (0.14%) Hyper-V
12 3 (0.14%) LXC
13 2 (0.094%) Firmware
14 1 (0.047%) Apache Flume
14 1 (0.047%) Ceph
14 1 (0.047%) Embedded Firmware
14 1 (0.047%) NFS
14 1 (0.047%) Oracle RAC
14 1 (0.047%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 559 (26.34%) Terraform
2 551 (25.97%) Kubernetes
3 324 (15.27%) Ansible
4 123 (5.80%) Grafana
5 115 (5.42%) Prometheus
6 72 (3.39%) Puppet
7 63 (2.97%) Progress Chef
8 51 (2.40%) Kibana
9 34 (1.60%) logstash
10 25 (1.18%) Packer
11 24 (1.13%) PowerCLI
12 23 (1.08%) Consul
13 20 (0.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 19 (0.90%) Docker Swarm
15 18 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
16 17 (0.80%) Istio
16 17 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
16 17 (0.80%) vCenter Server
17 16 (0.75%) SCCM
17 16 (0.75%) SCOM
Vendors
1 322 (15.17%) Microsoft
2 114 (5.37%) Google
3 92 (4.34%) Oracle
4 68 (3.20%) Splunk
5 64 (3.02%) VMware
6 61 (2.87%) Databricks
7 42 (1.98%) Salesforce
8 41 (1.93%) IBM
8 41 (1.93%) SAP
9 38 (1.79%) Red Hat
10 36 (1.70%) Atlassian
10 36 (1.70%) ServiceNow
11 30 (1.41%) MuleSoft
12 28 (1.32%) Dell
13 23 (1.08%) HP
14 18 (0.85%) TIBCO
15 17 (0.80%) Cisco
16 15 (0.71%) CyberArk
16 15 (0.71%) EMC
17 14 (0.66%) AppDynamics