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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 161 116 125
Rank change year-on-year -45 +9 -31
Contract jobs citing Continuous Integration 435 718 963
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.81% 1.95% 2.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.98% 2.27% 2.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 271 465 692
10th Percentile £355 £360 £450
25th Percentile £439 £450 £502
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £625 £688 £688
90th Percentile £703 £820 £800
UK median daily rate £513 £550 £595
% change year-on-year -6.77% -7.56% -0.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 50 26
10th Percentile £59.38 - £54.38
25th Percentile £64.06 £61.25 £64.63
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £67.19 - £71.13
90th Percentile £73.75 £66.03 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

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 21,947 31,578 42,765
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.31% 85.86% 89.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,275 20,635 30,003
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £410 £413 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £766
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 956 2,303 1,521
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.84 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.00 £15.81
Median hourly rate £28.17 £37.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.89% - +50.00%
75th Percentile £59.93 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £37.00
% change year-on-year -24.66% -1.35% +44.08%

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 30 May 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 30 May 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 30 May 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 -45 222 £578 +0.43% 133
North of England -6 62 £475 -2.56% 207
South East +35 55 £500 -9.09% 277
North West +25 42 £463 -5.13% 108
Midlands +14 31 £463 +29.19% 165
South West +30 29 £375 -46.43% 114
West Midlands +6 18 £475 +31.94% 92
East of England -6 18 £500 +3.09% 150
Yorkshire -13 16 £475 -7.32% 70
East Midlands +17 13 £429 +20.51% 62
North East -2 4 £550 +12.82% 29
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 (6.90%) Confluence
2 10 (2.30%) JBoss
3 6 (1.38%) nginx
4 4 (0.92%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.69%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.46%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.46%) CMS
6 2 (0.46%) Traefik
6 2 (0.46%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.23%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.23%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.23%) IIS
7 1 (0.23%) Mule
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.23%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (0.46%) Simulink
2 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.92%) Shopify
2 2 (0.46%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.46%) SAP ERP
2 2 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 204 (46.90%) AWS
2 133 (30.57%) Azure
3 62 (14.25%) GCP
4 54 (12.41%) GitHub
5 41 (9.43%) Azure DevOps
6 37 (8.51%) AWS CloudFormation
7 36 (8.28%) GitHub Actions
8 35 (8.05%) Serverless
9 31 (7.13%) Amazon EC2
9 31 (7.13%) Amazon S3
10 26 (5.98%) AWS Lambda
11 21 (4.83%) OpenShift
12 19 (4.37%) Amazon EKS
12 19 (4.37%) Route 53
13 15 (3.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 15 (3.45%) Amazon SQS
13 15 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
13 15 (3.45%) SaaS
13 15 (3.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 14 (3.22%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (5.75%) DNS
2 24 (5.52%) TCP/IP
3 20 (4.60%) Firewall
4 16 (3.68%) HTTP
5 12 (2.76%) VPN
6 10 (2.30%) Internet
7 7 (1.61%) WAN
8 6 (1.38%) Ethernet
8 6 (1.38%) LAN
9 3 (0.69%) Kerberos
9 3 (0.69%) Network Security
9 3 (0.69%) Reverse Proxy
9 3 (0.69%) VLAN
9 3 (0.69%) VSAN
10 2 (0.46%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (0.46%) Cisco Nexus
10 2 (0.46%) NAS
10 2 (0.46%) NGFW
10 2 (0.46%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (0.46%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (12.64%) PostgreSQL
2 37 (8.51%) Relational Database
3 31 (7.13%) Amazon RDS
4 28 (6.44%) MongoDB
5 27 (6.21%) NoSQL
6 20 (4.60%) DynamoDB
7 17 (3.91%) Amazon Aurora
8 12 (2.76%) MySQL
9 11 (2.53%) Data Warehouse
9 11 (2.53%) SQL Server
10 10 (2.30%) Elasticsearch
10 10 (2.30%) RDBMS
11 8 (1.84%) Big Data
12 7 (1.61%) Power BI
13 6 (1.38%) Data Lake
13 6 (1.38%) Hadoop
14 5 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
14 5 (1.15%) BigQuery
14 5 (1.15%) CockroachDB
14 5 (1.15%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 150 (34.48%) Jenkins
2 112 (25.75%) Git
3 84 (19.31%) JIRA
4 51 (11.72%) GitLab
5 41 (9.43%) SonarQube
6 33 (7.59%) JUnit
7 29 (6.67%) Selenium
8 28 (6.44%) Cucumber
9 25 (5.75%) Mockito
10 23 (5.29%) Gradle
11 22 (5.06%) Cypress.io
11 22 (5.06%) Liquibase
11 22 (5.06%) TeamCity
12 21 (4.83%) Maven
13 20 (4.60%) REST Assured
14 18 (4.14%) Bitbucket Server
14 18 (4.14%) CircleCI
15 15 (3.45%) JMeter
15 15 (3.45%) Sonatype Nexus
16 12 (2.76%) Visual Studio
General
1 139 (31.95%) Social Skills
2 78 (17.93%) Finance
3 54 (12.41%) Public Sector
4 49 (11.26%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (6.67%) Telecoms
6 26 (5.98%) Marketing
7 25 (5.75%) Manufacturing
8 24 (5.52%) Electronics
9 19 (4.37%) Banking
10 14 (3.22%) Military
11 13 (2.99%) Front Office
12 12 (2.76%) Law
13 10 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 9 (2.07%) Financial Institution
15 8 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (1.15%) Investment Banking
17 4 (0.92%) Police
17 4 (0.92%) Retail
18 3 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
18 3 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 130 (29.89%) Developer
2 81 (18.62%) Senior
3 60 (13.79%) DevOps Engineer
4 48 (11.03%) Architect
5 46 (10.57%) Lead
6 39 (8.97%) Java Developer
7 33 (7.59%) Software Engineer
8 27 (6.21%) Senior Developer
9 26 (5.98%) Java Engineer
10 21 (4.83%) Technical Architect
11 20 (4.60%) Azure Engineer
11 20 (4.60%) Java Software Engineer
12 19 (4.37%) Python Developer
13 18 (4.14%) AWS Engineer
14 16 (3.68%) AWS DevOps
15 15 (3.45%) C# Developer
15 15 (3.45%) Cloud Engineer
16 14 (3.22%) Senior Architect
16 14 (3.22%) Senior DevOps
16 14 (3.22%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (14.25%) React
2 52 (11.95%) REST
3 51 (11.72%) Spring Boot
4 50 (11.49%) Spring
5 44 (10.11%) Kafka
6 42 (9.66%) RESTful
7 34 (7.82%) Node.js
7 34 (7.82%) Web Services
8 30 (6.90%) HTML
9 26 (5.98%) CSS
10 24 (5.52%) .NET
11 22 (5.06%) GraphQL
11 22 (5.06%) Swagger
12 21 (4.83%) AngularJS
12 21 (4.83%) Elastic Stack
12 21 (4.83%) OpenAPI
13 14 (3.22%) ARM Templates
14 13 (2.99%) Java EE
15 12 (2.76%) SOAP
15 12 (2.76%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 29 (6.67%) Public Cloud
2 25 (5.75%) Distributed Systems
3 15 (3.45%) Data Structures
4 14 (3.22%) Algorithms
4 14 (3.22%) Product Ownership
5 12 (2.76%) Cloud Native
5 12 (2.76%) Management Information System
6 11 (2.53%) Virtual Team
7 10 (2.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 9 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.61%) Equities
9 7 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.15%) Derivative
10 5 (1.15%) Fixed Income
10 5 (1.15%) Hedge funds
10 5 (1.15%) PKI
10 5 (1.15%) Replication
10 5 (1.15%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 91 (20.92%) Linux
2 40 (9.20%) Windows
3 19 (4.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 11 (2.53%) Android
4 11 (2.53%) Unix
5 5 (1.15%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.15%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (0.69%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.46%) CentOS
7 2 (0.46%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.46%) Solaris
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (65.06%) CI/CD
2 210 (48.28%) DevOps
3 204 (46.90%) Agile
4 118 (27.13%) Test Automation
5 117 (26.90%) TDD
6 116 (26.67%) Microservices
7 103 (23.68%) Continuous Delivery
8 102 (23.45%) Software Engineering
9 99 (22.76%) Problem-Solving
10 92 (21.15%) Containerisation
11 88 (20.23%) Infrastructure as Code
12 80 (18.39%) Continuous Deployment
13 58 (13.33%) Scrum
14 52 (11.95%) Configuration Management
15 50 (11.49%) Deployment Automation
15 50 (11.49%) Migration
16 48 (11.03%) Mentoring
17 43 (9.89%) Technical Leadership
18 42 (9.66%) Computer Science
19 39 (8.97%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 159 (36.55%) Java
2 156 (35.86%) Python
3 102 (23.45%) SQL
4 83 (19.08%) JavaScript
5 60 (13.79%) TypeScript
6 50 (11.49%) C#
7 45 (10.34%) Bash
8 27 (6.21%) PowerShell
9 25 (5.75%) C++
10 24 (5.52%) Go
11 18 (4.14%) Perl
12 15 (3.45%) Kotlin
13 11 (2.53%) Shell Script
14 9 (2.07%) C
15 6 (1.38%) Groovy
15 6 (1.38%) Scala
16 5 (1.15%) Objective-C
16 5 (1.15%) Swift
17 4 (0.92%) Bicep
17 4 (0.92%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 136 (31.26%) Security Cleared
2 103 (23.68%) SC Cleared
3 48 (11.03%) Degree
4 34 (7.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (4.37%) AWS Certification
6 16 (3.68%) Azure Certification
6 16 (3.68%) DV Cleared
7 8 (1.84%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (1.84%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.69%) AWS Certified Developer
10 3 (0.69%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 3 (0.69%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
10 3 (0.69%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.69%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 3 (0.69%) MCSE
10 3 (0.69%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (0.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (0.46%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (8.74%) QA
2 11 (2.53%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.07%) Accessibility
3 9 (2.07%) GDPR
4 6 (1.38%) HIPAA
5 4 (0.92%) NCSC
5 4 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (0.92%) WCAG
6 3 (0.69%) GxP
7 2 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.46%) NIST
7 2 (0.46%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.23%) HL7
System Software
1 123 (28.28%) Docker
2 18 (4.14%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.61%) Postfix
4 6 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.92%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.69%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.46%) OpenAM
8 2 (0.46%) OpenDJ
8 2 (0.46%) OpenIDM
8 2 (0.46%) RACF
8 2 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.23%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 1 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 128 (29.43%) Kubernetes
2 97 (22.30%) Terraform
3 61 (14.02%) Ansible
4 38 (8.74%) Grafana
5 33 (7.59%) Prometheus
6 27 (6.21%) Progress Chef
7 24 (5.52%) Puppet
8 15 (3.45%) Kibana
9 9 (2.07%) Docker Swarm
9 9 (2.07%) Podman
10 6 (1.38%) Packer
11 5 (1.15%) Istio
12 4 (0.92%) Consul
13 3 (0.69%) Kustomize
13 3 (0.69%) Rancher
14 2 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 2 (0.46%) HAProxy
14 2 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
14 2 (0.46%) linkerd
14 2 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 44 (10.11%) Microsoft
2 31 (7.13%) SAP
3 29 (6.67%) Google
4 26 (5.98%) Red Hat
5 21 (4.83%) Splunk
6 20 (4.60%) Oracle
7 11 (2.53%) AppDynamics
8 10 (2.30%) Atlassian
9 8 (1.84%) Salesforce
10 7 (1.61%) Apple
10 7 (1.61%) Jaspersoft
10 7 (1.61%) MuleSoft
11 6 (1.38%) VMware
12 5 (1.15%) Adobe
12 5 (1.15%) Cisco
12 5 (1.15%) ServiceNow
13 4 (0.92%) CA Agile Central
13 4 (0.92%) Cloudera
13 4 (0.92%) Databricks
13 4 (0.92%) Dynatrace