Continuous Integration Contracts in England

Continuous Integration
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Continuous Integration skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Continuous Integration over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 165 110 124
Rank change year-on-year -55 +14 -30
Contract jobs citing Continuous Integration 450 749 969
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.74% 2.01% 2.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.91% 2.35% 2.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 277 485 702
10th Percentile £355 £358 £446
25th Percentile £431 £436 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £625 £688 £700
90th Percentile £714 £788 £825
UK median daily rate £521 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -5.36% -8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 56 28
10th Percentile £61.25 - £56.25
25th Percentile - £61.25 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £69.38 - £72.38
90th Percentile £74.50 £66.25 £75.75
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - -2.44%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Continuous Integration 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 23,546 31,936 42,525
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.13% 85.56% 89.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,157 20,719 29,767
10th Percentile £300 £305 £325
25th Percentile £406 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.86% -4.55% +1.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,176 2,324 1,553
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.79 £11.87
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.06 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% +1.65% +44.23%
75th Percentile £55.00 £61.60 £64.63
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.14 £75.82
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +4.17% +38.46%

Continuous Integration
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Continuous Integration as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Integration in England

Continuous Integration
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Continuous Integration in England.

Daily rate trend for Continuous Integration in England

Continuous Integration
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Integration in England over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Integration in England

Continuous Integration
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Continuous Integration in England.

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Integration in England

Continuous Integration
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Continuous Integration in England over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Continuous Integration in England

Continuous Integration
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 Continuous Integration within the England region over the 6 months to 2 July 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
London -43 229 £550 -4.35% 762
North of England -13 59 £475 -5.00% 219
South East +21 54 £500 -9.09% 213
North West +27 44 £425 -12.82% 144
Midlands -2 35 £469 +30.94% 94
South West +11 26 £370 -47.14% 134
East of England -13 26 £500 +3.09% 102
West Midlands -5 22 £475 +32.68% 66
East Midlands +10 13 £429 +20.51% 29
Yorkshire -34 13 £475 -13.64% 55
North East -8 2 £465 +8.14% 22
Continuous Integration
UK

Continuous Integration
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 30 (6.67%) Confluence
2 12 (2.67%) JBoss
3 3 (0.67%) Apache
3 3 (0.67%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.44%) Anypoint
4 2 (0.44%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.44%) nginx
4 2 (0.44%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.22%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.22%) CMS
5 1 (0.22%) IIS
5 1 (0.22%) Mule
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle Coherence
5 1 (0.22%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.22%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (1.11%) Simulink
2 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.44%) NetSuite
1 2 (0.44%) SAP ERP
1 2 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (0.44%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 199 (44.22%) AWS
2 143 (31.78%) Azure
3 64 (14.22%) GCP
4 51 (11.33%) GitHub
5 48 (10.67%) Azure DevOps
6 33 (7.33%) Amazon EC2
6 33 (7.33%) Serverless
7 32 (7.11%) Amazon S3
7 32 (7.11%) AWS CloudFormation
8 30 (6.67%) GitHub Actions
9 26 (5.78%) AWS Lambda
10 22 (4.89%) OpenShift
11 18 (4.00%) Route 53
12 16 (3.56%) Amazon EKS
13 15 (3.33%) Amazon SQS
13 15 (3.33%) Cloud Computing
14 14 (3.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 14 (3.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 12 (2.67%) Azure Monitor
16 11 (2.44%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (6.00%) TCP/IP
2 21 (4.67%) DNS
3 17 (3.78%) Firewall
4 12 (2.67%) Ethernet
4 12 (2.67%) HTTP
5 11 (2.44%) VPN
6 10 (2.22%) Internet
7 9 (2.00%) Network Security
8 6 (1.33%) LAN
9 5 (1.11%) WAN
10 2 (0.44%) DMZ
10 2 (0.44%) HTTPS
10 2 (0.44%) NAS
10 2 (0.44%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (0.44%) SAN
10 2 (0.44%) Wireless
11 1 (0.22%) Multicast
11 1 (0.22%) Software-Defined Networking
11 1 (0.22%) VLAN
11 1 (0.22%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (13.11%) PostgreSQL
2 41 (9.11%) Relational Database
3 31 (6.89%) Amazon RDS
4 29 (6.44%) NoSQL
5 21 (4.67%) DynamoDB
5 21 (4.67%) MongoDB
6 19 (4.22%) Amazon Aurora
7 13 (2.89%) MySQL
8 12 (2.67%) Elasticsearch
8 12 (2.67%) RDBMS
9 11 (2.44%) SQL Server
10 9 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (1.78%) Big Data
12 7 (1.56%) Power BI
13 6 (1.33%) Data Lake
14 5 (1.11%) Azure SQL Database
14 5 (1.11%) BigQuery
14 5 (1.11%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
15 4 (0.89%) CockroachDB
15 4 (0.89%) Redis
Development Applications
1 165 (36.67%) Jenkins
2 111 (24.67%) Git
3 88 (19.56%) JIRA
4 46 (10.22%) GitLab
5 45 (10.00%) SonarQube
6 36 (8.00%) JUnit
7 28 (6.22%) Mockito
8 27 (6.00%) Liquibase
8 27 (6.00%) Selenium
9 26 (5.78%) Cucumber
9 26 (5.78%) Gradle
10 24 (5.33%) TeamCity
11 22 (4.89%) Cypress.io
12 21 (4.67%) Bitbucket Server
12 21 (4.67%) Maven
13 20 (4.44%) Visual Studio
14 19 (4.22%) REST Assured
15 17 (3.78%) CircleCI
16 16 (3.56%) Sonatype Nexus
17 14 (3.11%) Eclipse
General
1 136 (30.22%) Social Skills
2 84 (18.67%) Finance
3 54 (12.00%) Public Sector
4 46 (10.22%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (6.00%) Telecoms
6 24 (5.33%) Marketing
7 23 (5.11%) Manufacturing
8 22 (4.89%) Electronics
9 19 (4.22%) Law
10 18 (4.00%) Banking
10 18 (4.00%) Military
11 14 (3.11%) Front Office
11 14 (3.11%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (2.00%) Financial Institution
13 7 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (1.11%) Investment Banking
15 4 (0.89%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.89%) Police
16 3 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (0.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 132 (29.33%) Developer
2 79 (17.56%) Senior
3 58 (12.89%) DevOps Engineer
4 48 (10.67%) Lead
5 45 (10.00%) Java Developer
6 44 (9.78%) Architect
7 39 (8.67%) Software Engineer
8 29 (6.44%) Senior Developer
9 25 (5.56%) Java Engineer
10 21 (4.67%) Azure Engineer
10 21 (4.67%) Python Developer
11 19 (4.22%) Java Software Engineer
12 16 (3.56%) AWS Engineer
13 15 (3.33%) Cloud Engineer
13 15 (3.33%) Senior Architect
13 15 (3.33%) Senior Java Developer
14 14 (3.11%) AWS DevOps
14 14 (3.11%) C# Developer
14 14 (3.11%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
14 14 (3.11%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (12.67%) React
2 55 (12.22%) Spring
3 53 (11.78%) REST
3 53 (11.78%) Spring Boot
4 49 (10.89%) Kafka
5 39 (8.67%) Node.js
6 36 (8.00%) Web Services
7 35 (7.78%) RESTful
8 27 (6.00%) HTML
9 24 (5.33%) CSS
9 24 (5.33%) Elastic Stack
10 23 (5.11%) .NET
10 23 (5.11%) GraphQL
10 23 (5.11%) Swagger
11 22 (4.89%) OpenAPI
12 21 (4.67%) ARM Templates
13 18 (4.00%) AngularJS
14 14 (3.11%) SOAP
15 13 (2.89%) Java EE
15 13 (2.89%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 27 (6.00%) Distributed Systems
2 26 (5.78%) Public Cloud
3 17 (3.78%) Algorithms
3 17 (3.78%) Data Structures
4 16 (3.56%) Product Ownership
5 13 (2.89%) Cloud Native
6 12 (2.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 12 (2.67%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (2.22%) Virtual Team
8 9 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (1.78%) Derivative
9 8 (1.78%) Fixed Income
10 6 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.33%) Equities
10 6 (1.33%) Mobile App
11 5 (1.11%) Cyberattack
11 5 (1.11%) Hedge funds
11 5 (1.11%) Replication
12 4 (0.89%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 99 (22.00%) Linux
2 49 (10.89%) Windows
3 21 (4.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 14 (3.11%) Android
5 11 (2.44%) Unix
6 4 (0.89%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (0.89%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.67%) CentOS
8 2 (0.44%) Debian
8 2 (0.44%) Solaris
8 2 (0.44%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.22%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 292 (64.89%) CI/CD
2 217 (48.22%) Agile
3 216 (48.00%) DevOps
4 135 (30.00%) TDD
5 125 (27.78%) Test Automation
6 115 (25.56%) Microservices
7 112 (24.89%) Software Engineering
8 104 (23.11%) Continuous Delivery
9 99 (22.00%) Problem-Solving
10 91 (20.22%) Containerisation
11 86 (19.11%) Infrastructure as Code
12 79 (17.56%) Continuous Deployment
13 64 (14.22%) Scrum
14 53 (11.78%) Deployment Automation
15 52 (11.56%) Configuration Management
15 52 (11.56%) Migration
16 49 (10.89%) Computer Science
17 48 (10.67%) Mentoring
18 44 (9.78%) Design Patterns
19 40 (8.89%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 173 (38.44%) Java
2 162 (36.00%) Python
3 101 (22.44%) SQL
4 86 (19.11%) JavaScript
5 59 (13.11%) TypeScript
6 56 (12.44%) Bash
6 56 (12.44%) C#
7 35 (7.78%) C++
8 33 (7.33%) PowerShell
9 28 (6.22%) Go
10 25 (5.56%) Perl
11 17 (3.78%) Kotlin
12 11 (2.44%) C
13 10 (2.22%) Bicep
13 10 (2.22%) Shell Script
14 6 (1.33%) Groovy
14 6 (1.33%) PHP
15 5 (1.11%) MATLAB
16 4 (0.89%) Ruby
17 3 (0.67%) Scala
Qualifications
1 138 (30.67%) Security Cleared
2 111 (24.67%) SC Cleared
3 55 (12.22%) Degree
4 37 (8.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (4.22%) DV Cleared
6 17 (3.78%) AWS Certification
6 17 (3.78%) Azure Certification
7 9 (2.00%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.67%) AWS Certified Developer
11 3 (0.67%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 3 (0.67%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
11 3 (0.67%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 3 (0.67%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.44%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.44%) SAFe Agilist
13 1 (0.22%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (8.00%) QA
2 11 (2.44%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.22%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.00%) GDPR
5 6 (1.33%) HIPAA
6 4 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (0.89%) WCAG
7 3 (0.67%) GxP
8 2 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.44%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.22%) HL7
9 1 (0.22%) NCSC
System Software
1 132 (29.33%) Docker
2 19 (4.22%) Active Directory
3 10 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (1.78%) Postfix
5 5 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.89%) BitLocker
7 2 (0.44%) OpenAM
7 2 (0.44%) OpenDJ
7 2 (0.44%) OpenIDM
7 2 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.44%) VirtualBox
8 1 (0.22%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 1 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 120 (26.67%) Kubernetes
2 87 (19.33%) Terraform
3 64 (14.22%) Ansible
4 38 (8.44%) Grafana
5 33 (7.33%) Prometheus
6 31 (6.89%) Progress Chef
7 25 (5.56%) Puppet
8 14 (3.11%) Kibana
9 9 (2.00%) Docker Swarm
9 9 (2.00%) Podman
10 3 (0.67%) Consul
10 3 (0.67%) Packer
11 2 (0.44%) CloudHub
11 2 (0.44%) Icinga
11 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.44%) Nagios
11 2 (0.44%) Salt
12 1 (0.22%) Netcool
12 1 (0.22%) Tivoli
12 1 (0.22%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 54 (12.00%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.67%) Google
3 28 (6.22%) Red Hat
4 27 (6.00%) SAP
5 22 (4.89%) Splunk
6 19 (4.22%) Oracle
7 13 (2.89%) AppDynamics
7 13 (2.89%) Atlassian
8 9 (2.00%) Salesforce
9 8 (1.78%) Jaspersoft
9 8 (1.78%) MuleSoft
10 6 (1.33%) CA Agile Central
10 6 (1.33%) Cloudera
11 5 (1.11%) Apple
11 5 (1.11%) ServiceNow
11 5 (1.11%) VMware
12 4 (0.89%) Databricks
12 4 (0.89%) Dynatrace
12 4 (0.89%) IBM
13 3 (0.67%) Adobe