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 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 86 95
Rank change year-on-year +7 +9 -43
Contract jobs citing Jenkins 1,028 793 885
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.26% 2.75% 2.38%
As % of the Development Applications category 21.80% 20.62% 19.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 726 551 654
10th Percentile £356 £381 £401
25th Percentile £413 £460 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.57% +4.55% -8.94%
75th Percentile £600 £688 £638
90th Percentile £675 £775 £723
UK median daily rate £515 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -6.36% +2.33% -10.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 9 14
10th Percentile £40.00 £60.00 £50.49
25th Percentile £43.13 £66.25 £62.19
Median hourly rate £58.50 £70.00 £72.25
Median % change year-on-year -16.43% -3.11% +3.21%
75th Percentile £86.88 £77.50 £75.00
90th Percentile £110.00 £89.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £58.61 £70.00 £72.25
% change year-on-year -16.27% -3.11% +3.21%

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 4,715 3,846 4,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.97% 13.32% 12.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,263 2,422 3,299
10th Percentile £338 £340 £375
25th Percentile £411 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £644
90th Percentile £700 £732 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £538
% change year-on-year -2.44% -4.74% -3.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 79 206
10th Percentile £39.53 £46.18 £45.24
25th Percentile £54.94 £54.66 £48.85
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £77.50
90th Percentile £82.30 £75.05 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +4.84%

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 20 December 2025.

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 20 December 2025.

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 20 December 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 -21 445 £525 -14.63% 100
North of England +7 265 £492 +9.33% 51
Yorkshire +5 171 £500 +11.11% 28
Midlands +59 141 £519 +8.70% 14
West Midlands +60 128 £520 +6.23% 11
South East +17 108 £500 - 67
North West -13 75 £448 +12.00% 19
South West +10 51 £538 -10.42% 35
North East +3 20 £575 -6.88% 5
East Midlands -12 13 £401 +0.25% 3
East of England -25 9 £463 +2.78% 25
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
1 120 (11.67%) Confluence
2 54 (5.25%) SAS
3 21 (2.04%) Apache Airflow
4 20 (1.95%) Apache Spark
5 18 (1.75%) Apache
5 18 (1.75%) JBoss
6 17 (1.65%) nginx
7 15 (1.46%) IIS
8 13 (1.26%) WebSphere
9 12 (1.17%) OpenStack
10 11 (1.07%) WebSphere Application Server
11 10 (0.97%) iPlanet
12 8 (0.78%) Mule
13 5 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
13 5 (0.49%) Tomcat
14 4 (0.39%) CICS
14 4 (0.39%) SharePoint
15 3 (0.29%) Ethereum
15 3 (0.29%) Hyperledger
15 3 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 12 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 11 (1.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.07%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 5 (0.49%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.39%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.29%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.097%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.29%) Fidessa
1 3 (0.29%) Oracle BPM
1 3 (0.29%) Shopify
2 1 (0.097%) Actimize
2 1 (0.097%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.097%) Finacle
2 1 (0.097%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.097%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.097%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 532 (51.75%) AWS
2 306 (29.77%) GitHub
3 286 (27.82%) Azure
4 247 (24.03%) GCP
5 196 (19.07%) GitHub Actions
6 126 (12.26%) OpenShift
6 126 (12.26%) Serverless
7 118 (11.48%) Amazon S3
8 111 (10.80%) Amazon EC2
9 108 (10.51%) Azure DevOps
10 104 (10.12%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 97 (9.44%) AWS CloudFormation
12 91 (8.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 83 (8.07%) AWS Lambda
14 73 (7.10%) Amazon ECS
15 64 (6.23%) Amazon EKS
16 57 (5.54%) Datadog
17 47 (4.57%) Amazon ELB
18 46 (4.47%) Google Kubernetes Engine
19 38 (3.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 86 (8.37%) Firewall
2 83 (8.07%) DNS
3 38 (3.70%) VPN
4 36 (3.50%) TCP/IP
5 32 (3.11%) HTTP
6 28 (2.72%) SSL
7 24 (2.33%) Network Security
8 23 (2.24%) SSH
9 20 (1.95%) SMTP
10 19 (1.85%) Kerberos
11 18 (1.75%) FTP
12 11 (1.07%) IMAP
12 11 (1.07%) OpenLDAP
13 7 (0.68%) Internet
14 6 (0.58%) HTTPS
14 6 (0.58%) WAN
15 5 (0.49%) SD-WAN
16 4 (0.39%) NAS
16 4 (0.39%) SAN
17 3 (0.29%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 165 (16.05%) PostgreSQL
2 102 (9.92%) NoSQL
3 93 (9.05%) Amazon RDS
4 58 (5.64%) MongoDB
5 37 (3.60%) MySQL
6 35 (3.40%) Oracle Database
7 34 (3.31%) Pentaho
7 34 (3.31%) SQL Server
8 33 (3.21%) Relational Database
9 29 (2.82%) DynamoDB
10 27 (2.63%) Amazon Aurora
11 24 (2.33%) Redis
12 22 (2.14%) BigQuery
13 20 (1.95%) Big Data
14 19 (1.85%) Elasticsearch
15 17 (1.65%) RDBMS
16 15 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
17 14 (1.36%) Hadoop
18 11 (1.07%) SAS Enterprise Guide
19 10 (0.97%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 362 (35.21%) GitLab
2 351 (34.14%) Git
3 237 (23.05%) JIRA
4 91 (8.85%) Selenium
4 91 (8.85%) Sonatype Nexus
5 83 (8.07%) Cucumber
6 82 (7.98%) JUnit
7 65 (6.32%) Bitbucket
7 65 (6.32%) SonarQube
8 56 (5.45%) Postman
9 47 (4.57%) Maven
10 41 (3.99%) Gradle
11 37 (3.60%) CircleCI
12 35 (3.40%) REST Assured
13 33 (3.21%) Artifactory
13 33 (3.21%) Liquibase
14 28 (2.72%) Cypress.io
15 24 (2.33%) JMeter
16 22 (2.14%) Vagrant
17 21 (2.04%) TeamCity
General
1 306 (29.77%) Social Skills
2 227 (22.08%) Finance
3 156 (15.18%) Banking
4 132 (12.84%) Public Sector
5 56 (5.45%) Analytical Skills
6 33 (3.21%) Financial Institution
7 19 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (1.36%) Retail
9 12 (1.17%) Military
9 12 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (1.07%) Telecoms
11 10 (0.97%) Investment Banking
12 9 (0.88%) Marketing
13 7 (0.68%) Front Office
13 7 (0.68%) Manufacturing
14 6 (0.58%) Games
14 6 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (0.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 5 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.49%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 193 (18.77%) DevOps Engineer
2 167 (16.25%) Developer
3 166 (16.15%) Senior
4 88 (8.56%) AWS Engineer
5 82 (7.98%) Lead
6 74 (7.20%) Platform Engineer
7 72 (7.00%) Java Developer
8 65 (6.32%) Architect
9 62 (6.03%) Data Engineer
10 56 (5.45%) AWS DevOps
11 51 (4.96%) Cloud Engineer
11 51 (4.96%) GCP Engineer
12 49 (4.77%) Software Engineer
13 48 (4.67%) AWS DevOps Engineer
13 48 (4.67%) Senior DevOps
14 46 (4.47%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 39 (3.79%) Automation Engineer
16 35 (3.40%) Senior Developer
17 33 (3.21%) Cloud Platform Engineer
18 31 (3.02%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 151 (14.69%) REST
2 145 (14.11%) Kafka
3 106 (10.31%) Elastic Stack
4 100 (9.73%) Node.js
5 99 (9.63%) RESTful
6 96 (9.34%) Spring
7 82 (7.98%) Spring Boot
8 64 (6.23%) Playwright
9 61 (5.93%) React
10 56 (5.45%) GraphQL
11 49 (4.77%) HTML
12 40 (3.89%) CSS
12 40 (3.89%) JSON
12 40 (3.89%) RabbitMQ
13 38 (3.70%) .NET
14 37 (3.60%) AngularJS
15 36 (3.50%) OAuth
16 34 (3.31%) LDAP
16 34 (3.31%) Vitest
17 33 (3.21%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 164 (15.95%) Cloud Native
2 86 (8.37%) Distributed Systems
3 46 (4.47%) Product Ownership
4 40 (3.89%) Public Cloud
5 38 (3.70%) Replication
6 19 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
6 19 (1.85%) Onboarding
6 19 (1.85%) Private Cloud
7 18 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
8 15 (1.46%) Mobile App
9 14 (1.36%) Data Centre
10 12 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (1.17%) Data Structures
10 12 (1.17%) Legacy Applications
10 12 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
11 11 (1.07%) Algorithms
11 11 (1.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 11 (1.07%) Linux Command Line
12 10 (0.97%) Derivative
13 9 (0.88%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 260 (25.29%) Linux
2 87 (8.46%) Windows
3 53 (5.16%) Unix
4 30 (2.92%) VMS
5 26 (2.53%) Windows Server
6 22 (2.14%) Amazon Linux
7 21 (2.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 15 (1.46%) Ubuntu
9 13 (1.26%) Apple iOS
10 12 (1.17%) Android
11 11 (1.07%) CentOS
12 3 (0.29%) Debian
12 3 (0.29%) Solaris
12 3 (0.29%) zOS
13 1 (0.097%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.097%) MVS
13 1 (0.097%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 825 (80.25%) CI/CD
2 686 (66.73%) DevOps
3 420 (40.86%) Agile
4 352 (34.24%) Infrastructure as Code
5 310 (30.16%) Containerisation
6 269 (26.17%) Test Automation
7 236 (22.96%) Problem-Solving
8 224 (21.79%) Microservices
9 148 (14.40%) Software Engineering
10 144 (14.01%) Scrum
11 138 (13.42%) Observability
12 128 (12.45%) Mentoring
13 109 (10.60%) Continuous Integration
14 107 (10.41%) Configuration Management
15 105 (10.21%) Infrastructure Automation
16 102 (9.92%) Continuous Improvement
17 96 (9.34%) High Availability
18 92 (8.95%) Data Pipeline
19 91 (8.85%) Deployment Automation
20 90 (8.75%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 506 (49.22%) Python
2 301 (29.28%) Java
3 189 (18.39%) SQL
4 188 (18.29%) Bash
5 121 (11.77%) JavaScript
6 106 (10.31%) PowerShell
7 105 (10.21%) Go
8 86 (8.37%) TypeScript
9 69 (6.71%) Shell Script
10 59 (5.74%) C#
10 59 (5.74%) Groovy
11 26 (2.53%) Perl
12 25 (2.43%) C++
13 21 (2.04%) Scala
14 16 (1.56%) PHP
14 16 (1.56%) Ruby
15 15 (1.46%) Kotlin
16 11 (1.07%) C
17 10 (0.97%) Swift
18 9 (0.88%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 351 (34.14%) Security Cleared
2 271 (26.36%) SC Cleared
3 93 (9.05%) Degree
4 66 (6.42%) Computer Science Degree
5 61 (5.93%) AWS Certification
6 40 (3.89%) Master's Degree
7 36 (3.50%) DV Cleared
8 31 (3.02%) Azure Certification
9 18 (1.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 16 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
11 15 (1.46%) Oracle Certification
12 11 (1.07%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 10 (0.97%) OCP
14 6 (0.58%) ISTQB
15 5 (0.49%) AWS Certified Developer
15 5 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (0.49%) OCA
15 5 (0.49%) RHCE
16 4 (0.39%) CISSP
16 4 (0.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (9.63%) QA
2 48 (4.67%) Data Quality
3 18 (1.75%) Accessibility
4 12 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (0.97%) NCSC
6 8 (0.78%) NIST
7 7 (0.68%) GDPR
7 7 (0.68%) SLA
8 5 (0.49%) WCAG
9 4 (0.39%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.29%) IEC 61508
10 3 (0.29%) IEC 62304
10 3 (0.29%) ISO 26262
11 2 (0.19%) HL7
11 2 (0.19%) MiFID
12 1 (0.097%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.097%) JSP 440
System Software
1 533 (51.85%) Docker
2 33 (3.21%) Active Directory
3 30 (2.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.75%) DFS Replication
5 13 (1.26%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (1.17%) VMware NSX
6 12 (1.17%) vSphere
7 11 (1.07%) Dovecot
7 11 (1.07%) Postfix
7 11 (1.07%) Squid
8 8 (0.78%) Tivoli Directory Server
9 4 (0.39%) HDFS
9 4 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.29%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
10 3 (0.29%) Hyper-V
11 2 (0.19%) GridGain
11 2 (0.19%) KVM
11 2 (0.19%) VirtualBox
11 2 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.097%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 524 (50.97%) Kubernetes
2 427 (41.54%) Terraform
3 318 (30.93%) Ansible
4 185 (18.00%) Grafana
5 160 (15.56%) Prometheus
6 65 (6.32%) Progress Chef
7 40 (3.89%) Argo
8 36 (3.50%) Puppet
9 32 (3.11%) Istio
10 24 (2.33%) Kibana
11 16 (1.56%) ITRS Geneos
12 15 (1.46%) Podman
13 14 (1.36%) Packer
13 14 (1.36%) vCenter Server
14 13 (1.26%) Proxmox
15 11 (1.07%) CA Single Sign-On
15 11 (1.07%) logstash
15 11 (1.07%) Nessus
15 11 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
16 10 (0.97%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 122 (11.87%) Splunk
2 95 (9.24%) Oracle
3 88 (8.56%) Google
4 85 (8.27%) Microsoft
5 57 (5.54%) Red Hat
6 52 (5.06%) ServiceNow
7 48 (4.67%) VMware
8 36 (3.50%) Talend
9 34 (3.31%) Denodo
10 31 (3.02%) Databricks
10 31 (3.02%) F5
11 30 (2.92%) Dynatrace
12 27 (2.63%) Atlassian
12 27 (2.63%) Palo Alto
13 26 (2.53%) CheckPoint
14 21 (2.04%) AppDynamics
15 19 (1.85%) IBM
16 15 (1.46%) Solace
17 12 (1.17%) Cloudera
18 11 (1.07%) Jaspersoft