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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 75 88
Rank change year-on-year -48 +13 -14
Contract jobs citing Jenkins 1,008 907 839
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.20% 3.28% 2.53%
As % of the Development Applications category 18.98% 22.56% 19.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 615 637 632
10th Percentile £358 £350 £400
25th Percentile £415 £408 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £672
90th Percentile £638 £700 £737
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 34
10th Percentile £64.20 £54.75 £65.63
25th Percentile £65.00 £56.25 -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £62.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -10.71% -4.11%
75th Percentile £75.00 £68.75 -
90th Percentile - £86.00 -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £62.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year +12.00% -10.71% -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 5,310 4,021 4,276
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.61% 14.56% 12.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,383 2,781 2,842
10th Percentile £355 £320 £356
25th Percentile £413 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £631
90th Percentile £695 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 245 95 182
10th Percentile £36.25 £40.90 £33.01
25th Percentile £58.25 £51.03 £54.09
Median hourly rate £68.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% - -
75th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £82.98 £73.98
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +3.85% - +4.00%

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 18 August 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 18 August 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 -28 494 £525 -0.94% 88
North of England -43 247 £450 -4.15% 60
Yorkshire -17 176 £475 -5.00% 17
Midlands -28 120 £475 - 22
West Midlands -10 113 £479 +0.84% 15
South East -88 72 £460 -8.09% 41
South West -15 57 £550 -4.35% 32
North West -92 49 £425 +5.72% 31
North East -27 26 £450 -6.98% 13
East of England -17 17 £438 -12.50% 6
East Midlands -41 6 £447 +24.86% 7
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
1 103 (10.22%) Confluence
2 34 (3.37%) SAS
3 24 (2.38%) Apache Airflow
3 24 (2.38%) Apache Spark
4 10 (0.99%) Apache
4 10 (0.99%) nginx
5 8 (0.79%) OpenStack
6 7 (0.69%) WebSphere
7 5 (0.50%) Tomcat
8 4 (0.40%) Camunda
8 4 (0.40%) CMS
8 4 (0.40%) SharePoint
9 3 (0.30%) IIS
10 2 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.20%) IBM HTTP Server
10 2 (0.20%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 2 (0.20%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.20%) WebSphere Application Server
10 2 (0.20%) WebSphere Portal
11 1 (0.099%) CICS
Applications
1 10 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (0.79%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.099%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 8 (0.79%) Magento
2 3 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.20%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.099%) Shopify
4 1 (0.099%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 531 (52.68%) AWS
2 417 (41.37%) GitHub
3 383 (38.00%) Azure
4 316 (31.35%) GitHub Actions
5 234 (23.21%) GCP
6 186 (18.45%) Azure DevOps
7 121 (12.00%) Amazon S3
8 120 (11.90%) Serverless
9 107 (10.62%) AWS Lambda
10 105 (10.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 93 (9.23%) Amazon EC2
12 91 (9.03%) Amazon EKS
13 88 (8.73%) OpenShift
14 73 (7.24%) AWS CloudFormation
15 64 (6.35%) Amazon ECS
16 49 (4.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 47 (4.66%) Amazon SQS
18 45 (4.46%) Datadog
19 42 (4.17%) Google Kubernetes Engine
20 29 (2.88%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 54 (5.36%) Firewall
2 53 (5.26%) DNS
3 25 (2.48%) TCP/IP
4 21 (2.08%) Network Security
5 17 (1.69%) SSL
5 17 (1.69%) VPN
6 12 (1.19%) HTTP
6 12 (1.19%) VLAN
7 9 (0.89%) BIG-IP
7 9 (0.89%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 9 (0.89%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 8 (0.79%) WAN
9 7 (0.69%) SAN
10 5 (0.50%) DHCP
11 4 (0.40%) 4G
11 4 (0.40%) BGP
11 4 (0.40%) OpenLDAP
11 4 (0.40%) SD-WAN
11 4 (0.40%) SSH
12 3 (0.30%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 147 (14.58%) PostgreSQL
2 64 (6.35%) Amazon RDS
3 60 (5.95%) MongoDB
4 58 (5.75%) SQL Server
5 56 (5.56%) NoSQL
5 56 (5.56%) Relational Database
6 40 (3.97%) Amazon Aurora
7 38 (3.77%) DynamoDB
8 33 (3.27%) Redis
9 27 (2.68%) Pentaho
10 26 (2.58%) Big Data
11 20 (1.98%) MySQL
12 19 (1.88%) Data Warehouse
13 18 (1.79%) Amazon Redshift
13 18 (1.79%) Metadata
14 17 (1.69%) Data Lake
15 14 (1.39%) BigQuery
16 13 (1.29%) Apache Cassandra
16 13 (1.29%) Power BI
17 11 (1.09%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 368 (36.51%) GitLab
2 343 (34.03%) Git
3 179 (17.76%) JIRA
4 102 (10.12%) JUnit
5 88 (8.73%) Selenium
6 75 (7.44%) Maven
7 67 (6.65%) SonarQube
8 57 (5.65%) Cucumber
9 55 (5.46%) Bitbucket
10 54 (5.36%) Gradle
10 54 (5.36%) Mockito
11 39 (3.87%) JMeter
12 37 (3.67%) Postman
12 37 (3.67%) REST Assured
12 37 (3.67%) Sonatype Nexus
13 34 (3.37%) Gatling
14 30 (2.98%) WebDriver
15 22 (2.18%) Artifactory
16 20 (1.98%) Liquibase
17 15 (1.49%) Zephyr
General
1 242 (24.01%) Social Skills
2 150 (14.88%) Finance
3 133 (13.19%) Public Sector
4 106 (10.52%) Banking
5 96 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 25 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
7 20 (1.98%) Law
8 18 (1.79%) Retail
9 16 (1.59%) Publishing
10 14 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
11 12 (1.19%) Marketing
12 11 (1.09%) Legal
12 11 (1.09%) Telecoms
13 9 (0.89%) Aerospace
13 9 (0.89%) Investment Banking
14 7 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (0.60%) Front Office
15 6 (0.60%) Manufacturing
16 5 (0.50%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 240 (23.81%) Developer
2 178 (17.66%) DevOps Engineer
3 161 (15.97%) Senior
4 118 (11.71%) Java Developer
5 70 (6.94%) Lead
6 65 (6.45%) Software Engineer
7 57 (5.65%) AWS Engineer
8 48 (4.76%) Architect
8 48 (4.76%) Senior Developer
9 46 (4.56%) Data Engineer
10 45 (4.46%) AWS DevOps
11 41 (4.07%) Test Engineer
12 39 (3.87%) Platform Engineer
13 36 (3.57%) AWS DevOps Engineer
14 35 (3.47%) GCP Engineer
14 35 (3.47%) Senior Java Developer
15 34 (3.37%) Cloud Engineer
15 34 (3.37%) Tester
16 33 (3.27%) Automation Engineer
17 31 (3.08%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 181 (17.96%) Kafka
2 176 (17.46%) Spring
3 156 (15.48%) REST
4 150 (14.88%) Spring Boot
5 112 (11.11%) RESTful
6 92 (9.13%) React
7 85 (8.43%) Node.js
8 58 (5.75%) Playwright
9 55 (5.46%) HTML
10 51 (5.06%) Elastic Stack
11 49 (4.86%) SOAP
12 47 (4.66%) AngularJS
13 42 (4.17%) Hibernate
14 41 (4.07%) Web Services
15 39 (3.87%) JPA
16 37 (3.67%) CSS
17 35 (3.47%) JSON
18 33 (3.27%) YAML
19 30 (2.98%) Swagger
20 29 (2.88%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 174 (17.26%) Cloud Native
2 77 (7.64%) Distributed Systems
3 72 (7.14%) Product Ownership
4 35 (3.47%) Enterprise Software
5 31 (3.08%) Hybrid Cloud
6 25 (2.48%) Data Protection Act
6 25 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
7 21 (2.08%) Replication
8 19 (1.88%) Data Centre
9 18 (1.79%) Distributed Architecture
10 17 (1.69%) AI Agents
11 16 (1.59%) Data Structures
12 15 (1.49%) Linux Command Line
12 15 (1.49%) Mobile App
13 14 (1.39%) Private Cloud
14 13 (1.29%) Onboarding
14 13 (1.29%) Public Cloud
15 12 (1.19%) Virtual Team
16 10 (0.99%) Algorithms
17 9 (0.89%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 200 (19.84%) Linux
2 64 (6.35%) Unix
3 45 (4.46%) Windows
4 42 (4.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (1.29%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.89%) Android
6 9 (0.89%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.69%) Amazon Linux
7 7 (0.69%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.60%) CentOS
9 3 (0.30%) AIX
9 3 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.30%) zOS
10 2 (0.20%) Data ONTAP
10 2 (0.20%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.20%) Solaris
10 2 (0.20%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 2 (0.20%) VMS
11 1 (0.099%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 844 (83.73%) CI/CD
2 682 (67.66%) DevOps
3 484 (48.02%) Agile
4 355 (35.22%) Infrastructure as Code
5 325 (32.24%) Test Automation
6 280 (27.78%) Containerisation
7 264 (26.19%) Microservices
8 209 (20.73%) Observability
9 185 (18.35%) Continuous Improvement
10 183 (18.15%) Scrum
11 167 (16.57%) Software Engineering
12 156 (15.48%) Problem-Solving
13 136 (13.49%) Platform Engineering
14 114 (11.31%) Deployment Automation
15 111 (11.01%) TDD
16 99 (9.82%) Event-Driven
17 97 (9.62%) DevSecOps
18 95 (9.42%) AI
18 95 (9.42%) Validation
19 89 (8.83%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 420 (41.67%) Python
2 370 (36.71%) Java
3 265 (26.29%) SQL
4 204 (20.24%) Bash
5 129 (12.80%) PowerShell
6 98 (9.72%) JavaScript
7 75 (7.44%) TypeScript
8 54 (5.36%) C#
9 51 (5.06%) Groovy
10 49 (4.86%) Go
10 49 (4.86%) Shell Script
11 39 (3.87%) PL/SQL
12 28 (2.78%) Scala
13 22 (2.18%) Perl
14 20 (1.98%) Bicep
15 18 (1.79%) Kotlin
16 12 (1.19%) C++
17 10 (0.99%) Apex Code
18 9 (0.89%) ActionScript
19 8 (0.79%) C
Qualifications
1 407 (40.38%) Security Cleared
2 344 (34.13%) SC Cleared
3 50 (4.96%) Degree
4 48 (4.76%) DV Cleared
5 46 (4.56%) AWS Certification
6 30 (2.98%) Computer Science Degree
7 26 (2.58%) Azure Certification
8 25 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
9 18 (1.79%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 15 (1.49%) ISTQB
11 14 (1.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 14 (1.39%) CISSP
12 11 (1.09%) SAFe Agilist
13 9 (0.89%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 9 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (0.79%) RHCE
15 6 (0.60%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 5 (0.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 5 (0.50%) CompTIA Security+
16 5 (0.50%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (12.30%) QA
2 51 (5.06%) Data Quality
3 30 (2.98%) Accessibility
4 13 (1.29%) WCAG
5 11 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.09%) NIST
6 10 (0.99%) PCI DSS
7 9 (0.89%) ISO 20022
8 8 (0.79%) GDPR
9 7 (0.69%) SLA
10 5 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.50%) SEPA
11 4 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.40%) NCSC
11 4 (0.40%) PSD2
12 3 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.099%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.099%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.099%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 483 (47.92%) Docker
2 28 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (1.79%) Active Directory
4 12 (1.19%) Postfix
4 12 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.99%) vSphere
6 9 (0.89%) VMware NSX
7 7 (0.69%) NFS
8 5 (0.50%) HDFS
9 4 (0.40%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 4 (0.40%) Hyper-V
9 4 (0.40%) SRDF
9 4 (0.40%) Varnish
9 4 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.30%) GridGain
10 3 (0.30%) Sendmail
10 3 (0.30%) VirtualBox
11 2 (0.20%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 2 (0.20%) Squid
11 2 (0.20%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 500 (49.60%) Kubernetes
2 392 (38.89%) Terraform
3 237 (23.51%) Ansible
4 212 (21.03%) Grafana
5 180 (17.86%) Prometheus
6 40 (3.97%) Puppet
7 39 (3.87%) Argo
8 38 (3.77%) Progress Chef
9 18 (1.79%) Control-M
10 17 (1.69%) Istio
11 15 (1.49%) Kibana
12 14 (1.39%) HAProxy
13 12 (1.19%) Packer
14 10 (0.99%) vCenter Server
15 9 (0.89%) Kustomize
15 9 (0.89%) Podman
16 7 (0.69%) Consul
16 7 (0.69%) ITRS Geneos
17 6 (0.60%) NetBackup
17 6 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 93 (9.23%) Oracle
2 90 (8.93%) Microsoft
3 88 (8.73%) Google
4 83 (8.23%) Splunk
5 61 (6.05%) Dynatrace
6 46 (4.56%) Red Hat
7 35 (3.47%) VMware
8 31 (3.08%) Salesforce
9 28 (2.78%) Talend
10 26 (2.58%) Databricks
10 26 (2.58%) IBM
11 25 (2.48%) ServiceNow
12 24 (2.38%) Denodo
13 14 (1.39%) New Relic
13 14 (1.39%) Sonatype
14 13 (1.29%) Jaspersoft
15 12 (1.19%) F5
15 12 (1.19%) Okta
16 11 (1.09%) ForgeRock
17 10 (0.99%) Cisco