Jenkins Contract Job Trends in England

Jenkins (JenkinsCI)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Jenkins skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 73 87
Rank change year-on-year -53 +14 -3
Contract jobs citing Jenkins 1,011 944 840
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.17% 3.38% 2.62%
As % of the Development Applications category 18.90% 22.25% 19.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 614 650 591
10th Percentile £358 £350 £381
25th Percentile £420 £410 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -6.98% -4.02%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £667
90th Percentile £655 £688 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 8 33
10th Percentile £62.35 £55.13 £66.25
25th Percentile £65.00 £56.25 -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £60.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.70% -13.57% -3.45%
75th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 -
90th Percentile - £110.00 -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £60.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year +15.70% -13.57% -3.45%

All Development Application Skills
England

Jenkins falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 5,349 4,243 4,322
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.49% 15.18% 13.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,392 2,939 2,709
10th Percentile £352 £325 £350
25th Percentile £415 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £635
90th Percentile £700 £695 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 98 163
10th Percentile £22.68 £34.43 £42.90
25th Percentile £51.19 £50.00 £55.18
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.12 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.75 £75.75 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £63.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +2.36% -2.31% -

Jenkins
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Jenkins relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Jenkins job vacancy trend in England

Jenkins
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Jenkins.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Jenkins

Jenkins
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Jenkins in England over the 6 months to 7 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Jenkins in England

Jenkins
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Jenkins.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Jenkins

Jenkins
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 Jenkins within the England region over the 6 months to 7 October 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
London -21 548 £525 -2.33% 422
North of England -47 232 £450 -5.26% 156
Yorkshire -21 148 £475 -5.00% 42
Midlands -58 86 £488 +2.63% 68
West Midlands -49 82 £488 -2.50% 46
North West -64 66 £428 -0.58% 90
South East -91 63 £465 -7.00% 88
South West -17 61 £550 - 69
North East -34 20 £450 -20.00% 24
East of England -14 16 £425 -15.00% 52
East Midlands -41 3 £347 -1.00% 22
Jenkins
UK

Jenkins
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 97 (9.59%) Confluence
2 30 (2.97%) Apache Airflow
3 25 (2.47%) nginx
4 24 (2.37%) Apache Spark
5 11 (1.09%) Apache
5 11 (1.09%) Camunda
5 11 (1.09%) SAS
6 8 (0.79%) OpenStack
6 8 (0.79%) Tomcat
7 7 (0.69%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.40%) CICS
8 4 (0.40%) CMS
8 4 (0.40%) IIS
9 3 (0.30%) SharePoint
9 3 (0.30%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.20%) Traefik
11 1 (0.099%) Apache Pulsar
11 1 (0.099%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.099%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 10 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.79%) Chatbot
3 8 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.099%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 1 (0.099%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.099%) S-PLUS
4 1 (0.099%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (0.79%) Magento
2 7 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.099%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.099%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.099%) Shopify
4 1 (0.099%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 555 (54.90%) AWS
2 409 (40.45%) GitHub
3 396 (39.17%) Azure
4 314 (31.06%) GitHub Actions
5 237 (23.44%) GCP
6 202 (19.98%) Azure DevOps
7 120 (11.87%) Serverless
8 111 (10.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 108 (10.68%) AWS Lambda
10 107 (10.58%) Amazon S3
11 99 (9.79%) Amazon EKS
12 96 (9.50%) OpenShift
13 90 (8.90%) Amazon EC2
14 74 (7.32%) Amazon ECS
15 69 (6.82%) AWS CloudFormation
16 49 (4.85%) Google Kubernetes Engine
17 47 (4.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 45 (4.45%) Datadog
19 44 (4.35%) Amazon SQS
20 26 (2.57%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 64 (6.33%) Firewall
2 56 (5.54%) DNS
3 37 (3.66%) TCP/IP
4 30 (2.97%) Network Security
5 19 (1.88%) SSL
6 18 (1.78%) BIG-IP
6 18 (1.78%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 18 (1.78%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 18 (1.78%) VPN
7 16 (1.58%) HTTP
8 14 (1.38%) VLAN
9 10 (0.99%) SAN
10 9 (0.89%) Kerberos
11 8 (0.79%) DHCP
11 8 (0.79%) SSH
11 8 (0.79%) WAN
12 6 (0.59%) 4G
12 6 (0.59%) OpenLDAP
13 5 (0.49%) 5G
14 4 (0.40%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 149 (14.74%) PostgreSQL
2 72 (7.12%) MongoDB
3 65 (6.43%) Amazon RDS
4 59 (5.84%) Relational Database
5 58 (5.74%) NoSQL
6 53 (5.24%) SQL Server
7 38 (3.76%) Redis
8 37 (3.66%) Amazon Aurora
9 32 (3.17%) DynamoDB
10 31 (3.07%) MySQL
11 26 (2.57%) Big Data
12 19 (1.88%) Data Warehouse
13 18 (1.78%) Data Lake
14 15 (1.48%) Elasticsearch
15 14 (1.38%) BigQuery
16 12 (1.19%) RDBMS
17 11 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
17 11 (1.09%) Apache Cassandra
17 11 (1.09%) Oracle Database
17 11 (1.09%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 379 (37.49%) GitLab
2 358 (35.41%) Git
3 169 (16.72%) JIRA
4 97 (9.59%) JUnit
5 96 (9.50%) Selenium
6 93 (9.20%) Maven
7 77 (7.62%) SonarQube
8 70 (6.92%) Cucumber
9 66 (6.53%) Gradle
10 57 (5.64%) Mockito
11 54 (5.34%) REST Assured
12 53 (5.24%) Bitbucket
13 47 (4.65%) Sonatype Nexus
14 44 (4.35%) Postman
15 40 (3.96%) JMeter
16 35 (3.46%) Gatling
17 23 (2.27%) WebDriver
18 22 (2.18%) TestNG
19 19 (1.88%) Cypress.io
20 18 (1.78%) Artifactory
General
1 241 (23.84%) Social Skills
2 164 (16.22%) Finance
3 132 (13.06%) Public Sector
4 116 (11.47%) Analytical Skills
5 115 (11.37%) Banking
6 28 (2.77%) Organisational Skills
7 27 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 22 (2.18%) Retail
9 18 (1.78%) Law
10 16 (1.58%) Telecoms
11 13 (1.29%) Publishing
12 12 (1.19%) Marketing
13 11 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
13 11 (1.09%) Military
14 9 (0.89%) Investment Banking
15 8 (0.79%) Aerospace
15 8 (0.79%) Legal
15 8 (0.79%) Local Government
15 8 (0.79%) Manufacturing
15 8 (0.79%) Police
Job Titles
1 250 (24.73%) Developer
2 197 (19.49%) DevOps Engineer
3 160 (15.83%) Senior
4 119 (11.77%) Java Developer
5 72 (7.12%) Lead
6 58 (5.74%) AWS Engineer
6 58 (5.74%) Test Engineer
7 53 (5.24%) Architect
8 47 (4.65%) AWS DevOps
9 46 (4.55%) Senior Developer
10 41 (4.06%) Software Engineer
11 40 (3.96%) Automation Engineer
11 40 (3.96%) AWS DevOps Engineer
12 37 (3.66%) Cloud Engineer
13 36 (3.56%) Software Developer
14 33 (3.26%) Full-Stack Developer
15 32 (3.17%) Platform Engineer
15 32 (3.17%) Senior DevOps
16 31 (3.07%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 31 (3.07%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 404 (39.96%) Terraform
2 195 (19.29%) Kafka
3 179 (17.71%) Spring
4 173 (17.11%) REST
5 165 (16.32%) Spring Boot
6 126 (12.46%) RESTful
7 105 (10.39%) React
8 79 (7.81%) HTML
9 70 (6.92%) Node.js
10 68 (6.73%) Playwright
11 60 (5.93%) Hibernate
12 55 (5.44%) Elastic Stack
12 55 (5.44%) JPA
13 54 (5.34%) CSS
13 54 (5.34%) SOAP
14 49 (4.85%) AngularJS
15 47 (4.65%) Web Services
16 38 (3.76%) .NET
17 37 (3.66%) JSON
18 32 (3.17%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 181 (17.90%) Cloud Native
2 85 (8.41%) Product Ownership
3 61 (6.03%) Distributed Systems
4 40 (3.96%) Enterprise Software
5 38 (3.76%) Self-Motivation
6 30 (2.97%) Hybrid Cloud
7 29 (2.87%) Data Centre
8 28 (2.77%) Replication
9 25 (2.47%) Public Cloud
10 23 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
10 23 (2.27%) Onboarding
11 22 (2.18%) Data Structures
12 18 (1.78%) AI Agents
12 18 (1.78%) Private Cloud
13 16 (1.58%) Linux Command Line
13 16 (1.58%) PKI
14 15 (1.48%) Virtual Team
15 14 (1.38%) Distributed Architecture
16 13 (1.29%) Algorithms
17 12 (1.19%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 229 (22.65%) Linux
2 59 (5.84%) Unix
2 59 (5.84%) Windows
3 50 (4.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 16 (1.58%) Windows Server
5 13 (1.29%) Ubuntu
6 10 (0.99%) Amazon Linux
7 9 (0.89%) Android
7 9 (0.89%) CentOS
8 7 (0.69%) Apple iOS
9 6 (0.59%) zOS
10 5 (0.49%) VMS
11 3 (0.30%) AIX
11 3 (0.30%) Mac OS X
11 3 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.20%) Data ONTAP
12 2 (0.20%) Rocky
12 2 (0.20%) Solaris
12 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.099%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 864 (85.46%) CI/CD
2 676 (66.86%) DevOps
3 489 (48.37%) Agile
4 375 (37.09%) Infrastructure as Code
5 342 (33.83%) Test Automation
6 317 (31.36%) Containerisation
7 273 (27.00%) Microservices
8 234 (23.15%) Observability
9 187 (18.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 185 (18.30%) Problem-Solving
11 175 (17.31%) Scrum
12 151 (14.94%) Software Engineering
13 141 (13.95%) Platform Engineering
14 115 (11.37%) Deployment Automation
15 110 (10.88%) AI
16 106 (10.48%) DevSecOps
17 104 (10.29%) Event-Driven
18 103 (10.19%) SDLC
19 100 (9.89%) Stakeholder Management
20 99 (9.79%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 445 (44.02%) Python
2 387 (38.28%) Java
3 238 (23.54%) SQL
4 208 (20.57%) Bash
5 133 (13.16%) JavaScript
6 124 (12.27%) PowerShell
7 79 (7.81%) TypeScript
8 64 (6.33%) C#
8 64 (6.33%) Groovy
9 52 (5.14%) Go
10 47 (4.65%) Shell Script
11 39 (3.86%) PL/SQL
12 32 (3.17%) Scala
13 27 (2.67%) Perl
14 18 (1.78%) ActionScript
15 17 (1.68%) Kotlin
16 15 (1.48%) Bicep
17 14 (1.38%) C++
18 11 (1.09%) Korn
19 10 (0.99%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 429 (42.43%) Security Cleared
2 351 (34.72%) SC Cleared
3 84 (8.31%) DV Cleared
4 58 (5.74%) Degree
5 57 (5.64%) AWS Certification
6 40 (3.96%) Computer Science Degree
7 28 (2.77%) BPSS Clearance
8 23 (2.27%) Azure Certification
9 17 (1.68%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 16 (1.58%) ISTQB
11 14 (1.38%) CISSP
12 13 (1.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 8 (0.79%) SAFe Agilist
14 7 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
15 6 (0.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 6 (0.59%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 5 (0.49%) GCFA
16 5 (0.49%) GCIH
16 5 (0.49%) RHCE
17 4 (0.40%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (15.23%) QA
2 42 (4.15%) Accessibility
3 31 (3.07%) Data Quality
4 17 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (1.68%) NIST
5 12 (1.19%) WCAG
6 10 (0.99%) NCSC
6 10 (0.99%) PCI DSS
7 9 (0.89%) GDPR
7 9 (0.89%) ISO 20022
8 6 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (0.59%) SEPA
9 5 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (0.49%) PSD2
10 3 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.20%) GRC
11 2 (0.20%) SLA
12 1 (0.099%) HL7
12 1 (0.099%) JSP 440
System Software
1 500 (49.46%) Docker
2 20 (1.98%) Active Directory
2 20 (1.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.68%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.69%) Postfix
5 5 (0.49%) NFS
5 5 (0.49%) Time Sharing Option
6 4 (0.40%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 4 (0.40%) HDFS
6 4 (0.40%) Squid
6 4 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.40%) VirtualBox
6 4 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.30%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.30%) RACF
7 3 (0.30%) vSphere
8 2 (0.20%) DFS Replication
8 2 (0.20%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 2 (0.20%) SRDF
8 2 (0.20%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 493 (48.76%) Kubernetes
2 234 (23.15%) Ansible
3 231 (22.85%) Grafana
4 188 (18.60%) Prometheus
5 40 (3.96%) Kibana
6 37 (3.66%) Progress Chef
7 36 (3.56%) Puppet
8 34 (3.36%) Argo
9 17 (1.68%) Control-M
10 14 (1.38%) Istio
11 13 (1.29%) Packer
12 11 (1.09%) HAProxy
13 10 (0.99%) Kustomize
14 8 (0.79%) Consul
14 8 (0.79%) Podman
15 7 (0.69%) ITRS Geneos
15 7 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
16 5 (0.49%) CASB
16 5 (0.49%) Cilium
16 5 (0.49%) Rancher
Vendors
1 105 (10.39%) Google
2 87 (8.61%) Oracle
2 87 (8.61%) Splunk
3 86 (8.51%) Microsoft
4 72 (7.12%) Dynatrace
5 42 (4.15%) IBM
6 32 (3.17%) Red Hat
7 29 (2.87%) VMware
8 28 (2.77%) Salesforce
8 28 (2.77%) ServiceNow
9 23 (2.27%) Databricks
10 19 (1.88%) F5
11 16 (1.58%) New Relic
12 13 (1.29%) Veracode
13 12 (1.19%) SAP
14 11 (1.09%) Talend
15 10 (0.99%) CyberArk
15 10 (0.99%) MuleSoft
15 10 (0.99%) NetApp
16 9 (0.89%) SaltStack