CI/CD Contract Job Trends in London

CI/CD
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring CI/CD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	10	14	19
Rank change year-on-year	+4	+5	+4
Contract jobs citing CI/CD	2,902	1,608	1,447
As % of all contract jobs in London	14.19%	12.10%	9.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	15.90%	13.09%	10.23%
Number of daily rates quoted	2,003	1,081	1,010
10^th Percentile	£400	£375	£413
25^th Percentile	£450	£435	£484
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£535	£525	£575
Median % change year-on-year	+1.90%	-8.70%	-4.17%
75^th Percentile	£638	£644	£688
90^th Percentile	£738	£734	£800
England median daily rate	£525	£513	£550
% change year-on-year	+2.44%	-6.82%	-6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted	11	4	0
10^th Percentile	£50.50	£31.13	-
25^th Percentile	£53.13	£38.44	-
Median hourly rate	£55.00	£48.75	-
Median % change year-on-year	+12.82%	-	-
75^th Percentile	£57.00	£54.06	-
90^th Percentile	£97.50	£54.63	-
England median hourly rate	£65.00	£65.00	£67.50
% change year-on-year	-	-3.70%	-10.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

CI/CD falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

	6 months to 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	18,252	12,288	14,146
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London	89.26%	92.45%	89.30%
Number of daily rates quoted	11,977	8,086	9,143
10^th Percentile	£360	£332	£350
25^th Percentile	£450	£425	£450
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£543	£550
Median % change year-on-year	+1.38%	-1.36%	-4.35%
75^th Percentile	£668	£663	£675
90^th Percentile	£775	£775	£800
England median daily rate	£525	£510	£525
% change year-on-year	+2.94%	-2.86%	-4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	351	243	175
10^th Percentile	£15.55	£18.03	£17.70
25^th Percentile	£18.50	£25.00	£24.17
Median hourly rate	£32.50	£30.50	£37.50
Median % change year-on-year	+6.56%	-18.67%	-4.87%
75^th Percentile	£57.50	£47.75	£57.50
90^th Percentile	£81.25	£64.95	£78.75
England median hourly rate	£37.87	£25.15	£41.50
% change year-on-year	+50.56%	-39.40%	-6.74%

CI/CD Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CI/CD relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

CI/CD Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing CI/CD.

CI/CD Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CI/CD in London over the 6 months to 20 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CI/CD in London

CI/CD Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing CI/CD.

CI/CD Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CI/CD in London over the 6 months to 20 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for CI/CD in London

CI/CD Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CI/CD within the London region over the 6 months to 20 October 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
Central London	+8	355	£550	-8.33%	293
South London	+3	66	£537	+1.08%	20
West London	-3	54	£560	+12.85%	70
East London	+4	11	£585	+8.33%	22
North London	-	2	£650	-	2
CI/CD England

CI/CD Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 20 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing CI/CD also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region with a requirement for CI/CD.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	DevOps	55.5%	1,611
2	Azure	44.9%	1,304
3	Python	42.6%	1,236
4	AWS	42.2%	1,226
5	Agile	36.8%	1,069
6	Infrastructure as Code	34.7%	1,006
7	Terraform	33.5%	971
8	Kubernetes	30.6%	889
9	SQL	26.7%	776
10	Security Cleared	26.7%	775
11	Docker	25.7%	745
12	AI	24.2%	703
13	SC Cleared	23.7%	687
14	Test Automation	23.6%	686
15	GitHub	22.5%	654
16	Observability	20.0%	580
17	Git	19.8%	575
18	Java	19.7%	571
19	Containerisation	19.2%	557
20	Microservices	18.8%	546
21	Software Engineering	18.5%	538
22	Microsoft	17.6%	510
23	Azure DevOps	16.8%	488
24	REST	16.6%	483
25	Jenkins	16.1%	467
26	GCP	15.8%	458
26	Problem-Solving	15.8%	458
28	GitHub Actions	15.5%	450
29	Continuous Improvement	14.9%	433
30	Stakeholder Management	14.9%	431

CI/CD Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	DevOps	55.5%	1,611
2	Agile	36.8%	1,069
3	Infrastructure as Code	34.7%	1,006
4	AI	24.2%	703
5	Test Automation	23.6%	686
6	Observability	20.0%	580
7	Containerisation	19.2%	557
8	Microservices	18.8%	546
9	Software Engineering	18.5%	538
10	Problem-Solving	15.8%	458
11	Continuous Improvement	14.9%	433
12	Stakeholder Management	14.9%	431
13	Platform Engineering	13.3%	386
14	Data Pipeline	13.1%	381
15	Data Engineering	13.1%	379
15	Event-Driven	13.1%	379
17	Analytics	13.0%	377
18	Data Modelling	12.0%	348
19	Technical Leadership	11.7%	339
20	Migration	11.2%	325