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

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 82 93
Rank change year-on-year +4 +11 -41
Contract jobs citing Jenkins 1,039 843 930
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.34% 2.76% 2.45%
As % of the Development Applications category 22.01% 20.80% 19.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 735 576 681
10th Percentile £350 £390 £406
25th Percentile £413 £454 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.43% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £688 £643
90th Percentile £675 £775 £730
UK median daily rate £514 £550 £539
% change year-on-year -6.55% +2.09% -10.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 17 18
10th Percentile £40.00 £58.25 £52.26
25th Percentile £43.13 - £62.19
Median hourly rate £58.50 £70.00 £72.25
Median % change year-on-year -16.43% -3.11% +23.50%
75th Percentile £86.88 £71.25 £76.88
90th Percentile £110.00 £81.50 £80.57
UK median hourly rate £58.50 £70.00 £72.25
% change year-on-year -16.43% -3.11% +23.50%

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 4,720 4,053 4,786
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.15% 13.26% 12.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,299 2,527 3,392
10th Percentile £330 £345 £375
25th Percentile £406 £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 £645
90th Percentile £700 £734 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £540
% change year-on-year -2.44% -5.09% -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 108 209
10th Percentile £39.00 £44.85 £45.88
25th Percentile £54.75 £53.31 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £77.50
90th Percentile £83.80 £75.00 £89.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £64.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +1.56% -1.54% +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 4 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 4 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 4 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 -22 442 £525 -14.56% 74
North of England +6 276 £480 +6.67% 60
Yorkshire +8 166 £500 +11.11% 22
Midlands +68 146 £515 +5.21% 18
West Midlands +65 131 £519 +5.82% 15
South East +24 110 £500 - 56
North West +3 90 £430 +7.50% 29
South West -8 48 £538 -10.42% 38
North East +5 21 £575 -7.07% 10
East Midlands -7 15 £359 -14.93% 3
East of England -15 9 £463 -5.13% 19
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
1 129 (12.42%) Confluence
2 54 (5.20%) SAS
3 23 (2.21%) JBoss
4 22 (2.12%) Apache
5 21 (2.02%) Apache Airflow
5 21 (2.02%) nginx
6 20 (1.92%) Apache Spark
7 14 (1.35%) IIS
7 14 (1.35%) WebSphere
8 13 (1.25%) Tomcat
9 12 (1.15%) WebSphere Application Server
10 11 (1.06%) OpenStack
11 10 (0.96%) iPlanet
12 8 (0.77%) Mule
13 6 (0.58%) CICS
14 5 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
15 4 (0.38%) Anypoint
15 4 (0.38%) SharePoint
16 3 (0.29%) Ethereum
16 3 (0.29%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 12 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 12 (1.15%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 11 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.48%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.29%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.096%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.48%) Oracle BPM
2 3 (0.29%) Fidessa
2 3 (0.29%) Shopify
3 2 (0.19%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.096%) Actimize
4 1 (0.096%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.096%) Finacle
4 1 (0.096%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.096%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 526 (50.63%) AWS
2 299 (28.78%) GitHub
3 265 (25.51%) Azure
4 219 (21.08%) GCP
5 183 (17.61%) GitHub Actions
6 124 (11.93%) OpenShift
7 118 (11.36%) Serverless
8 117 (11.26%) Amazon S3
9 114 (10.97%) Amazon EC2
10 104 (10.01%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 102 (9.82%) Azure DevOps
12 94 (9.05%) AWS CloudFormation
13 90 (8.66%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 76 (7.31%) Amazon ECS
15 75 (7.22%) AWS Lambda
16 63 (6.06%) Amazon EKS
17 54 (5.20%) Datadog
18 47 (4.52%) Amazon ELB
19 38 (3.66%) Google Kubernetes Engine
20 37 (3.56%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 90 (8.66%) Firewall
2 83 (7.99%) DNS
3 38 (3.66%) VPN
4 37 (3.56%) TCP/IP
5 35 (3.37%) HTTP
6 29 (2.79%) SSL
7 26 (2.50%) SSH
8 24 (2.31%) Network Security
8 24 (2.31%) SMTP
9 21 (2.02%) FTP
10 18 (1.73%) Kerberos
11 12 (1.15%) IMAP
11 12 (1.15%) OpenLDAP
12 7 (0.67%) Internet
13 6 (0.58%) HTTPS
13 6 (0.58%) WAN
14 5 (0.48%) SD-WAN
15 4 (0.38%) NAS
15 4 (0.38%) SAN
15 4 (0.38%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 169 (16.27%) PostgreSQL
2 104 (10.01%) NoSQL
3 99 (9.53%) Amazon RDS
4 58 (5.58%) MongoDB
5 36 (3.46%) Oracle Database
6 35 (3.37%) Relational Database
7 34 (3.27%) Pentaho
8 30 (2.89%) Amazon Aurora
8 30 (2.89%) MySQL
9 29 (2.79%) DynamoDB
10 28 (2.69%) SQL Server
11 24 (2.31%) Redis
12 18 (1.73%) Big Data
12 18 (1.73%) Elasticsearch
13 17 (1.64%) BigQuery
13 17 (1.64%) RDBMS
14 14 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
15 13 (1.25%) Hadoop
16 11 (1.06%) SAS Enterprise Guide
17 10 (0.96%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 378 (36.38%) Git
2 346 (33.30%) GitLab
3 246 (23.68%) JIRA
4 95 (9.14%) Sonatype Nexus
5 94 (9.05%) JUnit
6 81 (7.80%) Cucumber
7 80 (7.70%) Selenium
8 66 (6.35%) SonarQube
9 65 (6.26%) Bitbucket
10 54 (5.20%) Maven
11 51 (4.91%) Postman
12 45 (4.33%) Gradle
13 37 (3.56%) Artifactory
14 36 (3.46%) Liquibase
15 32 (3.08%) CircleCI
16 29 (2.79%) Cypress.io
17 28 (2.69%) REST Assured
18 26 (2.50%) Vagrant
19 23 (2.21%) JMeter
20 22 (2.12%) TeamCity
General
1 307 (29.55%) Social Skills
2 227 (21.85%) Finance
3 155 (14.92%) Banking
4 138 (13.28%) Public Sector
5 68 (6.54%) Analytical Skills
6 32 (3.08%) Financial Institution
7 20 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (1.35%) Military
9 12 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (1.06%) Telecoms
11 10 (0.96%) Investment Banking
11 10 (0.96%) Marketing
12 9 (0.87%) Retail
13 7 (0.67%) Manufacturing
14 6 (0.58%) Front Office
14 6 (0.58%) Games
15 5 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.48%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (0.48%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 195 (18.77%) DevOps Engineer
2 183 (17.61%) Developer
3 170 (16.36%) Senior
4 91 (8.76%) AWS Engineer
5 86 (8.28%) Java Developer
6 78 (7.51%) Platform Engineer
7 72 (6.93%) Lead
8 63 (6.06%) Architect
9 60 (5.77%) Data Engineer
10 56 (5.39%) AWS DevOps
11 51 (4.91%) Software Engineer
12 50 (4.81%) Cloud Engineer
13 48 (4.62%) AWS DevOps Engineer
13 48 (4.62%) Senior DevOps
14 46 (4.43%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 44 (4.23%) GCP Engineer
16 39 (3.75%) Automation Engineer
17 37 (3.56%) Senior Developer
18 36 (3.46%) Tester
19 35 (3.37%) Cloud Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 160 (15.40%) REST
2 152 (14.63%) Kafka
3 112 (10.78%) RESTful
4 105 (10.11%) Spring
5 99 (9.53%) Elastic Stack
6 91 (8.76%) Spring Boot
7 89 (8.57%) Node.js
8 71 (6.83%) React
9 61 (5.87%) Playwright
10 55 (5.29%) GraphQL
11 53 (5.10%) HTML
12 44 (4.23%) CSS
13 41 (3.95%) RabbitMQ
13 41 (3.95%) SOAP
14 39 (3.75%) JSON
15 36 (3.46%) OAuth
16 34 (3.27%) AngularJS
17 32 (3.08%) .NET
17 32 (3.08%) XML
18 30 (2.89%) Vitest
Miscellaneous
1 152 (14.63%) Cloud Native
2 84 (8.08%) Distributed Systems
3 51 (4.91%) Product Ownership
4 41 (3.95%) Replication
5 39 (3.75%) Public Cloud
6 19 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
6 19 (1.83%) Mobile App
7 18 (1.73%) Private Cloud
8 17 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
8 17 (1.64%) Onboarding
9 14 (1.35%) Data Centre
10 13 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
10 13 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
11 12 (1.15%) Algorithms
11 12 (1.15%) Legacy Applications
11 12 (1.15%) Linux Command Line
12 11 (1.06%) Data Structures
12 11 (1.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 9 (0.87%) Fixed Income
13 9 (0.87%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 267 (25.70%) Linux
2 88 (8.47%) Windows
3 57 (5.49%) Unix
4 30 (2.89%) VMS
5 26 (2.50%) Amazon Linux
5 26 (2.50%) Windows Server
6 22 (2.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 15 (1.44%) Ubuntu
8 14 (1.35%) Apple iOS
9 13 (1.25%) Android
10 12 (1.15%) CentOS
11 3 (0.29%) Debian
11 3 (0.29%) Solaris
11 3 (0.29%) zOS
12 1 (0.096%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.096%) MVS
12 1 (0.096%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.096%) SUSE
12 1 (0.096%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 815 (78.44%) CI/CD
2 674 (64.87%) DevOps
3 443 (42.64%) Agile
4 332 (31.95%) Infrastructure as Code
5 306 (29.45%) Containerisation
6 259 (24.93%) Test Automation
7 246 (23.68%) Problem-Solving
8 240 (23.10%) Microservices
9 154 (14.82%) Scrum
10 145 (13.96%) Software Engineering
11 126 (12.13%) Mentoring
12 122 (11.74%) Observability
13 117 (11.26%) Configuration Management
14 115 (11.07%) Continuous Integration
15 110 (10.59%) Infrastructure Automation
16 102 (9.82%) Continuous Improvement
17 97 (9.34%) TDD
18 96 (9.24%) High Availability
19 93 (8.95%) Migration
20 92 (8.85%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 512 (49.28%) Python
2 312 (30.03%) Java
3 190 (18.29%) SQL
4 189 (18.19%) Bash
5 120 (11.55%) JavaScript
6 105 (10.11%) Go
6 105 (10.11%) PowerShell
7 82 (7.89%) TypeScript
8 69 (6.64%) Shell Script
9 65 (6.26%) Groovy
10 61 (5.87%) C#
11 30 (2.89%) Perl
12 28 (2.69%) C++
13 20 (1.92%) Scala
14 16 (1.54%) Ruby
15 13 (1.25%) Kotlin
16 11 (1.06%) C
17 10 (0.96%) PHP
17 10 (0.96%) Swift
18 9 (0.87%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 357 (34.36%) Security Cleared
2 273 (26.28%) SC Cleared
3 94 (9.05%) Degree
4 68 (6.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 64 (6.16%) AWS Certification
6 43 (4.14%) DV Cleared
7 39 (3.75%) Master's Degree
8 27 (2.60%) Azure Certification
9 19 (1.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 18 (1.73%) BPSS Clearance
11 14 (1.35%) Oracle Certification
12 11 (1.06%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 10 (0.96%) OCP
14 6 (0.58%) ISTQB
15 5 (0.48%) AWS Certified Developer
15 5 (0.48%) CISSP
15 5 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (0.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 4 (0.38%) OCA
16 4 (0.38%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (9.62%) QA
2 48 (4.62%) Data Quality
3 21 (2.02%) Accessibility
4 11 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (0.96%) NCSC
6 7 (0.67%) NIST
7 6 (0.58%) GDPR
7 6 (0.58%) WCAG
8 5 (0.48%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.38%) SLA
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
10 3 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.19%) HL7
11 2 (0.19%) MiFID
12 1 (0.096%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.096%) JSP 440
System Software
1 532 (51.20%) Docker
2 37 (3.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (3.46%) Active Directory
4 21 (2.02%) DFS Replication
5 14 (1.35%) VMware NSX
5 14 (1.35%) vSphere
6 13 (1.25%) Postfix
7 12 (1.15%) Dovecot
7 12 (1.15%) Squid
7 12 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (0.77%) Tivoli Directory Server
9 4 (0.38%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 4 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.29%) HDFS
10 3 (0.29%) Hyper-V
11 2 (0.19%) GridGain
11 2 (0.19%) KVM
11 2 (0.19%) VirtualBox
12 1 (0.096%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 510 (49.09%) Kubernetes
2 415 (39.94%) Terraform
3 316 (30.41%) Ansible
4 177 (17.04%) Grafana
5 157 (15.11%) Prometheus
6 63 (6.06%) Progress Chef
7 40 (3.85%) Puppet
8 36 (3.46%) Argo
9 26 (2.50%) Istio
10 19 (1.83%) Kibana
11 16 (1.54%) ITRS Geneos
11 16 (1.54%) vCenter Server
12 15 (1.44%) Packer
13 14 (1.35%) Podman
14 13 (1.25%) Nessus
14 13 (1.25%) Proxmox
15 12 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
16 11 (1.06%) CA Single Sign-On
17 10 (0.96%) logstash
17 10 (0.96%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 117 (11.26%) Splunk
2 97 (9.34%) Oracle
3 92 (8.85%) Microsoft
4 81 (7.80%) Google
5 57 (5.49%) Red Hat
6 55 (5.29%) VMware
7 43 (4.14%) ServiceNow
8 36 (3.46%) Talend
9 34 (3.27%) Denodo
10 33 (3.18%) F5
11 31 (2.98%) Dynatrace
12 30 (2.89%) Databricks
13 28 (2.69%) Atlassian
14 27 (2.60%) Palo Alto
15 26 (2.50%) CheckPoint
16 20 (1.92%) AppDynamics
16 20 (1.92%) IBM
17 15 (1.44%) Solace
18 13 (1.25%) Broadcom
18 13 (1.25%) Jaspersoft