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 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 88 97
Rank change year-on-year +2 +9 -43
Contract jobs citing Jenkins 978 729 870
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.94% 2.78% 2.27%
As % of the Development Applications category 20.78% 20.63% 19.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 691 477 657
10th Percentile £359 £368 £404
25th Percentile £425 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £575 £545
Median % change year-on-year -10.43% +5.50% -9.17%
75th Percentile £580 £688 £650
90th Percentile £688 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £513 £550 £534
% change year-on-year -6.82% +2.95% -10.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 8
10th Percentile - £58.13 -
25th Percentile £40.00 £65.63 £45.88
Median hourly rate £47.50 £71.25 £67.25
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +5.95% -3.93%
75th Percentile £60.25 £80.00 £75.75
90th Percentile £90.10 £89.75 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £58.50 £71.25 £62.50
% change year-on-year -17.89% +14.00% -10.71%

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 4,707 3,534 4,433
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.13% 13.49% 11.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,259 2,196 3,158
10th Percentile £340 £340 £363
25th Percentile £409 £410 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £507 £536
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% -5.39% -6.78%
75th Percentile £594 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 57 203
10th Percentile £39.00 £38.00 £41.92
25th Percentile £52.50 £55.25 £50.63
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £75.89
90th Percentile £81.55 £76.75 £88.75
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +5.69%

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 February 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Jenkins in England over the 6 months to 7 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Jenkins in England

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 February 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 -30 420 £530 -14.00% 99
North of England +12 261 £487 -2.60% 57
Yorkshire +17 186 £500 -16.67% 29
Midlands +29 135 £525 +7.36% 21
West Midlands +34 122 £525 +7.36% 18
South East +12 94 £467 -6.55% 42
North West -28 61 £446 +11.38% 26
South West +7 51 £525 -8.70% 26
East of England -18 20 £477 +5.89% 13
North East -5 17 £531 -1.39% 2
East Midlands -25 13 £397 -15.10% 3
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
1 123 (12.58%) Confluence
2 48 (4.91%) SAS
3 18 (1.84%) Apache Spark
4 15 (1.53%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (1.23%) Apache
5 12 (1.23%) OpenStack
6 11 (1.12%) IIS
6 11 (1.12%) nginx
7 10 (1.02%) JBoss
8 7 (0.72%) iPlanet
8 7 (0.72%) WebSphere
8 7 (0.72%) WebSphere Application Server
9 5 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
9 5 (0.51%) SharePoint
10 3 (0.31%) Ethereum
10 3 (0.31%) Hyperledger
10 3 (0.31%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.20%) CMS
11 2 (0.20%) Mule
Applications
1 18 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
1 18 (1.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (0.61%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 5 (0.51%) Chatbot
3 5 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.31%) Adobe XD
4 3 (0.31%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.51%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.10%) Actimize
2 1 (0.10%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.10%) Finacle
2 1 (0.10%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.10%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.10%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 506 (51.74%) AWS
2 340 (34.76%) GitHub
3 264 (26.99%) Azure
4 217 (22.19%) GCP
5 213 (21.78%) GitHub Actions
6 139 (14.21%) OpenShift
7 128 (13.09%) Serverless
8 113 (11.55%) Amazon S3
9 98 (10.02%) Amazon EC2
10 97 (9.92%) Azure DevOps
11 90 (9.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 90 (9.20%) AWS CloudFormation
12 89 (9.10%) AWS Lambda
13 79 (8.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 76 (7.77%) Amazon EKS
15 70 (7.16%) Amazon ECS
16 50 (5.11%) Datadog
16 50 (5.11%) Google Kubernetes Engine
17 32 (3.27%) Azure AKS
18 31 (3.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 66 (6.75%) DNS
2 65 (6.65%) Firewall
3 32 (3.27%) VPN
4 25 (2.56%) Network Security
5 24 (2.45%) TCP/IP
6 20 (2.04%) HTTP
7 17 (1.74%) SSL
8 16 (1.64%) Kerberos
9 10 (1.02%) SSH
10 9 (0.92%) SMTP
11 8 (0.82%) FTP
12 6 (0.61%) HTTPS
12 6 (0.61%) IMAP
12 6 (0.61%) Internet
12 6 (0.61%) OpenLDAP
12 6 (0.61%) WAN
13 5 (0.51%) SD-WAN
14 3 (0.31%) SAN
15 2 (0.20%) NAS
15 2 (0.20%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 148 (15.13%) PostgreSQL
2 92 (9.41%) NoSQL
3 87 (8.90%) Amazon RDS
4 53 (5.42%) MongoDB
5 36 (3.68%) MySQL
6 35 (3.58%) DynamoDB
7 32 (3.27%) SQL Server
8 30 (3.07%) Oracle Database
9 29 (2.97%) Relational Database
10 26 (2.66%) Pentaho
11 25 (2.56%) Redis
12 22 (2.25%) Amazon Aurora
13 19 (1.94%) Big Data
14 18 (1.84%) BigQuery
15 16 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
16 12 (1.23%) SAS Enterprise Guide
16 12 (1.23%) Tableau
17 11 (1.12%) Elasticsearch
18 10 (1.02%) Amazon Redshift
18 10 (1.02%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 383 (39.16%) GitLab
2 283 (28.94%) Git
3 217 (22.19%) JIRA
4 103 (10.53%) Selenium
5 92 (9.41%) JUnit
6 90 (9.20%) Cucumber
7 84 (8.59%) Sonatype Nexus
8 60 (6.13%) Postman
9 55 (5.62%) Bitbucket
10 45 (4.60%) Maven
11 42 (4.29%) REST Assured
12 40 (4.09%) SonarQube
13 34 (3.48%) Gradle
14 31 (3.17%) CircleCI
15 30 (3.07%) Artifactory
16 27 (2.76%) JMeter
17 23 (2.35%) Cypress.io
18 22 (2.25%) Liquibase
19 20 (2.04%) Gatling
20 19 (1.94%) Mockito
General
1 294 (30.06%) Social Skills
2 224 (22.90%) Finance
3 136 (13.91%) Banking
4 117 (11.96%) Public Sector
5 64 (6.54%) Analytical Skills
6 34 (3.48%) Documentation Skills
7 29 (2.97%) Financial Institution
8 18 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
9 13 (1.33%) Military
10 12 (1.23%) Retail
11 11 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (0.92%) Telecoms
13 7 (0.72%) Front Office
14 6 (0.61%) Aerospace
14 6 (0.61%) Games
14 6 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (0.61%) Marketing
15 5 (0.51%) Investment Banking
15 5 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.51%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 176 (18.00%) Developer
2 164 (16.77%) DevOps Engineer
3 158 (16.16%) Senior
4 86 (8.79%) Lead
5 80 (8.18%) Architect
6 75 (7.67%) Java Developer
7 68 (6.95%) AWS Engineer
8 54 (5.52%) GCP Engineer
9 53 (5.42%) Data Engineer
9 53 (5.42%) Platform Engineer
10 48 (4.91%) Cloud Engineer
11 43 (4.40%) Senior DevOps
11 43 (4.40%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 39 (3.99%) AWS DevOps
12 39 (3.99%) Software Engineer
12 39 (3.99%) Test Engineer
13 35 (3.58%) Automation Engineer
13 35 (3.58%) Senior Developer
14 33 (3.37%) Site Reliability Engineer
15 32 (3.27%) AWS DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 151 (15.44%) REST
2 145 (14.83%) Kafka
3 124 (12.68%) Spring
4 109 (11.15%) Node.js
5 96 (9.82%) Spring Boot
6 91 (9.30%) Elastic Stack
7 90 (9.20%) RESTful
8 70 (7.16%) Playwright
9 56 (5.73%) React
10 51 (5.21%) LDAP
10 51 (5.21%) OpenID
11 47 (4.81%) GraphQL
12 44 (4.50%) JSON
13 43 (4.40%) HTML
14 41 (4.19%) OpenTelemetry
15 39 (3.99%) AngularJS
16 37 (3.78%) OAuth
16 37 (3.78%) YAML
17 36 (3.68%) .NET
17 36 (3.68%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 192 (19.63%) Cloud Native
2 86 (8.79%) Distributed Systems
3 48 (4.91%) Public Cloud
4 37 (3.78%) Product Ownership
5 33 (3.37%) Onboarding
6 27 (2.76%) Replication
7 24 (2.45%) Hybrid Cloud
8 17 (1.74%) Data Centre
9 15 (1.53%) Mobile App
10 13 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
11 12 (1.23%) Algorithms
12 11 (1.12%) Legacy Applications
12 11 (1.12%) Management Information System
12 11 (1.12%) Private Cloud
13 10 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
14 9 (0.92%) Derivative
14 9 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
14 9 (0.92%) NHS
15 8 (0.82%) Linux Command Line
15 8 (0.82%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 232 (23.72%) Linux
2 67 (6.85%) Windows
3 42 (4.29%) Unix
4 23 (2.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 23 (2.35%) VMS
5 16 (1.64%) Windows Server
6 15 (1.53%) Android
7 13 (1.33%) Apple iOS
8 12 (1.23%) CentOS
9 11 (1.12%) Amazon Linux
10 9 (0.92%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.10%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.10%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 815 (83.33%) CI/CD
2 657 (67.18%) DevOps
3 370 (37.83%) Agile
4 339 (34.66%) Infrastructure as Code
5 302 (30.88%) Containerisation
6 273 (27.91%) Test Automation
7 233 (23.82%) Problem-Solving
8 213 (21.78%) Microservices
9 151 (15.44%) Observability
10 124 (12.68%) Mentoring
11 123 (12.58%) Scrum
11 123 (12.58%) Software Engineering
12 107 (10.94%) Continuous Improvement
13 96 (9.82%) Migration
14 87 (8.90%) DevSecOps
15 84 (8.59%) Continuous Integration
16 83 (8.49%) High Availability
17 77 (7.87%) Data Pipeline
17 77 (7.87%) Deployment Automation
18 76 (7.77%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 445 (45.50%) Python
2 286 (29.24%) Java
3 177 (18.10%) SQL
4 149 (15.24%) Bash
5 106 (10.84%) JavaScript
6 87 (8.90%) Go
7 86 (8.79%) TypeScript
8 80 (8.18%) PowerShell
9 63 (6.44%) Shell Script
10 51 (5.21%) C#
11 41 (4.19%) Groovy
12 26 (2.66%) Scala
13 21 (2.15%) C++
14 15 (1.53%) Ruby
15 14 (1.43%) Kotlin
16 13 (1.33%) PHP
17 10 (1.02%) Swift
18 9 (0.92%) Perl
19 8 (0.82%) C
19 8 (0.82%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 328 (33.54%) Security Cleared
2 262 (26.79%) SC Cleared
3 70 (7.16%) Degree
4 51 (5.21%) AWS Certification
5 47 (4.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 35 (3.58%) Master's Degree
7 27 (2.76%) Azure Certification
7 27 (2.76%) DV Cleared
8 16 (1.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 16 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
8 16 (1.64%) Oracle Certification
9 12 (1.23%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 11 (1.12%) OCP
11 8 (0.82%) ISTQB
12 6 (0.61%) AWS Certified Developer
13 5 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.51%) OCA
13 5 (0.51%) RHCE
14 4 (0.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 3 (0.31%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (10.12%) QA
2 41 (4.19%) Data Quality
3 26 (2.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 23 (2.35%) Accessibility
5 22 (2.25%) NIST
6 19 (1.94%) NCSC
7 15 (1.53%) SLA
8 8 (0.82%) GDPR
9 7 (0.72%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.51%) WCAG
11 3 (0.31%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.20%) HL7
12 2 (0.20%) IEC 61508
12 2 (0.20%) ISO 26262
12 2 (0.20%) ISO 8583
12 2 (0.20%) MiFID
12 2 (0.20%) SEPA
System Software
1 473 (48.36%) Docker
2 24 (2.45%) Active Directory
2 24 (2.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (1.64%) VMware NSX
3 16 (1.64%) vSphere
4 14 (1.43%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.82%) DFS Replication
5 8 (0.82%) Postfix
6 6 (0.61%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 6 (0.61%) Dovecot
6 6 (0.61%) Squid
6 6 (0.61%) Tivoli Directory Server
7 4 (0.41%) HDFS
7 4 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.20%) GridGain
9 1 (0.10%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 1 (0.10%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 510 (52.15%) Kubernetes
2 397 (40.59%) Terraform
3 279 (28.53%) Ansible
4 188 (19.22%) Grafana
5 158 (16.16%) Prometheus
6 53 (5.42%) Progress Chef
7 39 (3.99%) Argo
8 28 (2.86%) Istio
9 22 (2.25%) Puppet
10 18 (1.84%) Podman
11 17 (1.74%) Kibana
12 16 (1.64%) vCenter Server
13 11 (1.12%) ITRS Geneos
13 11 (1.12%) Packer
13 11 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
14 9 (0.92%) Proxmox
15 7 (0.72%) CA Wily
15 7 (0.72%) Check_MK
15 7 (0.72%) logstash
15 7 (0.72%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 121 (12.37%) Splunk
2 85 (8.69%) Google
3 81 (8.28%) Oracle
4 71 (7.26%) Microsoft
5 50 (5.11%) VMware
6 49 (5.01%) Red Hat
6 49 (5.01%) ServiceNow
7 34 (3.48%) Atlassian
8 31 (3.17%) Databricks
9 26 (2.66%) Denodo
9 26 (2.66%) Talend
10 21 (2.15%) Dynatrace
10 21 (2.15%) Sonatype
11 18 (1.84%) CyberArk
12 17 (1.74%) CheckPoint
12 17 (1.74%) F5
12 17 (1.74%) Palo Alto
13 16 (1.64%) Pure Storage
14 15 (1.53%) AppDynamics
15 14 (1.43%) IBM