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

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 84 94
Rank change year-on-year +4 +10 -42
Contract jobs citing Jenkins 1,003 737 869
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.08% 2.80% 2.30%
As % of the Development Applications category 21.31% 20.81% 19.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 714 490 656
10th Percentile £360 £372 £406
25th Percentile £430 £460 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £574 £548
Median % change year-on-year -9.37% +4.79% -8.75%
75th Percentile £588 £688 £641
90th Percentile £695 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £517 £538 £538
% change year-on-year -3.91% +0.05% -10.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 7
10th Percentile - £58.13 £45.88
25th Percentile £40.00 £65.63 £53.57
Median hourly rate £47.50 £71.25 £72.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% -1.04% +2.86%
75th Percentile £60.25 £80.00 £78.00
90th Percentile £90.10 £89.75 £82.80
UK median hourly rate £58.50 £71.25 £67.25
% change year-on-year -17.89% +5.95% -3.93%

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 4,706 3,541 4,416
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.46% 13.47% 11.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,266 2,193 3,140
10th Percentile £343 £338 £375
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -4.65% -6.52%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 64 205
10th Percentile £39.53 £45.35 £45.35
25th Percentile £52.50 £54.68 £51.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +1.96%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £76.53
90th Percentile £81.65 £75.95 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -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 27 January 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 27 January 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 27 January 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 -26 433 £540 -12.12% 79
North of England +11 265 £490 -0.05% 76
Yorkshire +12 178 £500 -3.38% 38
Midlands +35 141 £525 +8.70% 28
West Midlands +43 129 £525 +7.36% 17
South East +5 92 £467 -1.63% 70
North West -26 69 £447 +11.75% 32
South West +15 54 £531 -11.46% 30
North East -1 19 £550 -13.21% 6
East of England -15 15 £477 +5.89% 20
East Midlands -23 12 £400 -9.91% 11
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 (11.96%) Confluence
2 59 (5.88%) SAS
3 19 (1.89%) Apache Spark
4 15 (1.50%) Apache
4 15 (1.50%) IIS
5 14 (1.40%) JBoss
6 13 (1.30%) Apache Airflow
6 13 (1.30%) nginx
6 13 (1.30%) OpenStack
6 13 (1.30%) WebSphere
7 11 (1.10%) WebSphere Application Server
8 10 (1.00%) iPlanet
9 5 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
9 5 (0.50%) Tomcat
10 4 (0.40%) SharePoint
11 3 (0.30%) Ethereum
11 3 (0.30%) Hyperledger
11 3 (0.30%) Mule
12 2 (0.20%) CICS
12 2 (0.20%) CMS
Applications
1 14 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
1 14 (1.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (0.80%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 5 (0.50%) Chatbot
3 5 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.20%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.50%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.20%) Shopify
3 1 (0.100%) Actimize
3 1 (0.100%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.100%) Finacle
3 1 (0.100%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.100%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.100%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 526 (52.44%) AWS
2 328 (32.70%) GitHub
3 272 (27.12%) Azure
4 237 (23.63%) GCP
5 214 (21.34%) GitHub Actions
6 134 (13.36%) Serverless
7 133 (13.26%) OpenShift
8 121 (12.06%) Amazon S3
9 110 (10.97%) Amazon EC2
10 106 (10.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 95 (9.47%) AWS CloudFormation
11 95 (9.47%) AWS Lambda
11 95 (9.47%) Azure DevOps
12 88 (8.77%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 79 (7.88%) Amazon ECS
14 74 (7.38%) Amazon EKS
15 58 (5.78%) Datadog
16 55 (5.48%) Google Kubernetes Engine
17 40 (3.99%) Amazon ELB
18 35 (3.49%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 82 (8.18%) Firewall
2 72 (7.18%) DNS
3 38 (3.79%) VPN
4 33 (3.29%) TCP/IP
5 31 (3.09%) Network Security
6 25 (2.49%) SSL
7 24 (2.39%) HTTP
8 19 (1.89%) Kerberos
9 14 (1.40%) SSH
10 13 (1.30%) SMTP
11 12 (1.20%) FTP
12 8 (0.80%) IMAP
12 8 (0.80%) OpenLDAP
13 7 (0.70%) WAN
14 6 (0.60%) HTTPS
14 6 (0.60%) Internet
15 5 (0.50%) SD-WAN
16 3 (0.30%) SAN
16 3 (0.30%) tcpdump
17 2 (0.20%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (15.35%) PostgreSQL
2 102 (10.17%) NoSQL
3 95 (9.47%) Amazon RDS
4 53 (5.28%) MongoDB
5 40 (3.99%) MySQL
6 39 (3.89%) DynamoDB
7 38 (3.79%) Pentaho
8 32 (3.19%) Oracle Database
9 31 (3.09%) Relational Database
10 30 (2.99%) SQL Server
11 29 (2.89%) Redis
12 28 (2.79%) Amazon Aurora
13 23 (2.29%) BigQuery
14 19 (1.89%) Big Data
15 14 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
16 13 (1.30%) RDBMS
17 12 (1.20%) Tableau
18 11 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
18 11 (1.10%) SAS Enterprise Guide
19 10 (1.00%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 376 (37.49%) GitLab
2 321 (32.00%) Git
3 224 (22.33%) JIRA
4 95 (9.47%) Selenium
5 91 (9.07%) Sonatype Nexus
6 88 (8.77%) JUnit
7 86 (8.57%) Cucumber
8 60 (5.98%) Bitbucket
9 59 (5.88%) Postman
10 51 (5.08%) SonarQube
11 48 (4.79%) Maven
12 39 (3.89%) Gradle
13 36 (3.59%) CircleCI
13 36 (3.59%) REST Assured
14 30 (2.99%) Artifactory
15 25 (2.49%) Cypress.io
15 25 (2.49%) JMeter
16 23 (2.29%) Liquibase
17 16 (1.60%) Gatling
18 15 (1.50%) Mockito
General
1 292 (29.11%) Social Skills
2 226 (22.53%) Finance
3 142 (14.16%) Banking
4 124 (12.36%) Public Sector
5 60 (5.98%) Analytical Skills
6 36 (3.59%) Documentation Skills
7 29 (2.89%) Financial Institution
8 18 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
9 13 (1.30%) Military
9 13 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (1.20%) Retail
11 10 (1.00%) Telecoms
12 7 (0.70%) Front Office
12 7 (0.70%) Marketing
13 6 (0.60%) Aerospace
13 6 (0.60%) Games
13 6 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (0.60%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.50%) Law
14 5 (0.50%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 174 (17.35%) DevOps Engineer
2 173 (17.25%) Developer
3 169 (16.85%) Senior
4 84 (8.37%) Architect
5 83 (8.28%) Lead
6 72 (7.18%) AWS Engineer
7 71 (7.08%) Java Developer
8 58 (5.78%) Data Engineer
9 56 (5.58%) Platform Engineer
10 55 (5.48%) GCP Engineer
11 48 (4.79%) Cloud Engineer
12 45 (4.49%) Senior DevOps
12 45 (4.49%) Software Engineer
13 44 (4.39%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 42 (4.19%) AWS DevOps
15 36 (3.59%) Automation Engineer
15 36 (3.59%) AWS DevOps Engineer
15 36 (3.59%) Senior Developer
15 36 (3.59%) Test Engineer
16 31 (3.09%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 147 (14.66%) REST
2 140 (13.96%) Kafka
3 113 (11.27%) Spring
4 105 (10.47%) Node.js
5 96 (9.57%) RESTful
6 91 (9.07%) Spring Boot
7 90 (8.97%) Elastic Stack
8 68 (6.78%) Playwright
9 57 (5.68%) LDAP
10 56 (5.58%) React
11 54 (5.38%) OpenID
12 52 (5.18%) GraphQL
13 44 (4.39%) HTML
14 43 (4.29%) JSON
15 41 (4.09%) OAuth
16 39 (3.89%) .NET
17 38 (3.79%) SAML
18 36 (3.59%) AngularJS
18 36 (3.59%) YAML
19 35 (3.49%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 183 (18.25%) Cloud Native
2 80 (7.98%) Distributed Systems
3 48 (4.79%) Public Cloud
4 46 (4.59%) Product Ownership
5 33 (3.29%) Onboarding
6 32 (3.19%) Replication
7 21 (2.09%) Data Centre
8 19 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
9 15 (1.50%) Mobile App
10 12 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
10 12 (1.20%) Private Cloud
11 11 (1.10%) Algorithms
11 11 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
11 11 (1.10%) Legacy Applications
11 11 (1.10%) Linux Command Line
11 11 (1.10%) Management Information System
12 10 (1.00%) Data Structures
12 10 (1.00%) NHS
13 9 (0.90%) Derivative
13 9 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 232 (23.13%) Linux
2 73 (7.28%) Windows
3 44 (4.39%) Unix
4 27 (2.69%) VMS
5 21 (2.09%) Windows Server
6 19 (1.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 15 (1.50%) Amazon Linux
8 13 (1.30%) Android
8 13 (1.30%) Apple iOS
9 12 (1.20%) CentOS
10 10 (1.00%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.20%) Solaris
11 2 (0.20%) zOS
12 1 (0.100%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.100%) MVS
12 1 (0.100%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 823 (82.05%) CI/CD
2 673 (67.10%) DevOps
3 384 (38.29%) Agile
4 348 (34.70%) Infrastructure as Code
5 299 (29.81%) Containerisation
6 280 (27.92%) Test Automation
7 238 (23.73%) Problem-Solving
8 213 (21.24%) Microservices
9 144 (14.36%) Observability
10 138 (13.76%) Software Engineering
11 135 (13.46%) Scrum
12 128 (12.76%) Mentoring
13 112 (11.17%) Continuous Improvement
14 90 (8.97%) DevSecOps
15 88 (8.77%) Migration
16 86 (8.57%) Continuous Integration
16 86 (8.57%) Data Pipeline
16 86 (8.57%) High Availability
17 85 (8.47%) Deployment Automation
18 83 (8.28%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 459 (45.76%) Python
2 293 (29.21%) Java
3 183 (18.25%) SQL
4 156 (15.55%) Bash
5 108 (10.77%) JavaScript
6 89 (8.87%) TypeScript
7 86 (8.57%) Go
8 82 (8.18%) PowerShell
9 66 (6.58%) Shell Script
10 51 (5.08%) C#
11 46 (4.59%) Groovy
12 26 (2.59%) Scala
13 21 (2.09%) C++
14 17 (1.69%) Ruby
15 14 (1.40%) Kotlin
16 13 (1.30%) PHP
17 12 (1.20%) Perl
18 11 (1.10%) C
19 10 (1.00%) Swift
20 8 (0.80%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 346 (34.50%) Security Cleared
2 272 (27.12%) SC Cleared
3 74 (7.38%) Degree
4 56 (5.58%) AWS Certification
5 50 (4.99%) Computer Science Degree
6 34 (3.39%) Master's Degree
7 29 (2.89%) DV Cleared
8 26 (2.59%) Azure Certification
9 20 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
10 16 (1.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 15 (1.50%) Oracle Certification
12 11 (1.10%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 10 (1.00%) OCP
14 8 (0.80%) ISTQB
15 5 (0.50%) AWS Certified Developer
15 5 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (0.50%) OCA
15 5 (0.50%) RHCE
16 4 (0.40%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
17 3 (0.30%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (9.57%) QA
2 52 (5.18%) Data Quality
3 26 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 22 (2.19%) NIST
5 19 (1.89%) NCSC
6 18 (1.79%) Accessibility
7 15 (1.50%) SLA
8 8 (0.80%) GDPR
9 7 (0.70%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.50%) WCAG
11 3 (0.30%) IEC 61508
11 3 (0.30%) IEC 62304
11 3 (0.30%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.30%) ISO 26262
12 2 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.20%) ISO 8583
12 2 (0.20%) PSD2
12 2 (0.20%) SEPA
System Software
1 501 (49.95%) Docker
2 30 (2.99%) Active Directory
3 23 (2.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.20%) DFS Replication
5 10 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.90%) VMware NSX
6 9 (0.90%) vSphere
7 8 (0.80%) Dovecot
7 8 (0.80%) Postfix
7 8 (0.80%) Squid
7 8 (0.80%) Tivoli Directory Server
8 6 (0.60%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 4 (0.40%) HDFS
9 4 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.30%) Hyper-V
11 2 (0.20%) GridGain
11 2 (0.20%) KVM
12 1 (0.100%) Apache ZooKeeper
12 1 (0.100%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 1 (0.100%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 513 (51.15%) Kubernetes
2 415 (41.38%) Terraform
3 284 (28.32%) Ansible
4 177 (17.65%) Grafana
5 155 (15.45%) Prometheus
6 56 (5.58%) Progress Chef
7 33 (3.29%) Argo
8 31 (3.09%) Istio
9 26 (2.59%) Puppet
10 19 (1.89%) Podman
11 15 (1.50%) Kibana
12 11 (1.10%) CA Single Sign-On
12 11 (1.10%) ITRS Geneos
12 11 (1.10%) Packer
12 11 (1.10%) Proxmox
12 11 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
13 10 (1.00%) CA Wily
13 10 (1.00%) NetBackup
14 9 (0.90%) vCenter Server
15 8 (0.80%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 118 (11.76%) Splunk
2 94 (9.37%) Oracle
3 92 (9.17%) Google
4 78 (7.78%) Microsoft
5 51 (5.08%) ServiceNow
6 47 (4.69%) Red Hat
7 46 (4.59%) VMware
8 38 (3.79%) Denodo
8 38 (3.79%) Talend
9 30 (2.99%) Databricks
10 29 (2.89%) Atlassian
11 28 (2.79%) F5
12 26 (2.59%) CheckPoint
12 26 (2.59%) Palo Alto
13 25 (2.49%) Dynatrace
14 19 (1.89%) AppDynamics
15 18 (1.79%) CyberArk
15 18 (1.79%) IBM
16 17 (1.69%) Sonatype
17 13 (1.30%) Solace