Continuous Integration Contract Job Trends in London

Continuous Integration
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Continuous Integration skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 332 172 103
Rank change year-on-year -160 -69 +2
Contract jobs citing Continuous Integration 113 204 400
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.56% 1.52% 2.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 1.64% 2.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 135 248
10th Percentile £431 £381 £379
25th Percentile £468 £452 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £641 £656 £725
90th Percentile £724 £738 £863
England median daily rate £514 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.10% -2.78% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £55.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

Continuous Integration 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,993 12,408 14,435
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.22% 92.47% 88.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,806 8,254 10,021
10th Percentile £361 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th 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 286 256 195
10th Percentile £17.43 £16.50 £17.35
25th Percentile £19.59 £24.74 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.33% -15.00% -12.50%
75th Percentile £57.38 £47.81 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.63
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% +2.41%

Continuous Integration
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Continuous Integration relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Continuous Integration job vacancy trend in London

Continuous Integration
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Continuous Integration.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Continuous Integration

Continuous Integration
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Integration in London over the 6 months to 22 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Integration in London

Continuous Integration
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Continuous Integration.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Continuous Integration

Continuous Integration
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 Continuous Integration within the London region over the 6 months to 22 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
Central London -28 19 £475 -24.03% 13
South London -16 6 £550 +1.62%
West London -26 3 - - 8
East London -2 1 £432 -16.92%
Continuous Integration
England

Continuous Integration
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 6 (5.31%) Apache Spark
2 5 (4.42%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (2.65%) Confluence
4 2 (1.77%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.88%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.88%) Apache
5 1 (0.88%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.88%) IBM HTTP Server
5 1 (0.88%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.88%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.77%) Findur
2 1 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.88%) PeopleSoft HCM
2 1 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 37 (32.74%) AWS
2 31 (27.43%) Azure
3 16 (14.16%) GitHub
4 15 (13.27%) AWS Lambda
4 15 (13.27%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (13.27%) Serverless
5 12 (10.62%) GCP
6 10 (8.85%) Amazon S3
7 9 (7.96%) Amazon SQS
7 9 (7.96%) GitHub Actions
8 8 (7.08%) Power Platform
9 7 (6.19%) Amazon EC2
10 6 (5.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 6 (5.31%) Amazon ECS
11 5 (4.42%) Amazon EventBridge
11 5 (4.42%) Route 53
12 4 (3.54%) Amazon EMR
12 4 (3.54%) AWS CloudFormation
13 3 (2.65%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
13 3 (2.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.31%) Network Security
2 2 (1.77%) Internet
2 2 (1.77%) NAS
2 2 (1.77%) SAN
3 1 (0.88%) Firewall
3 1 (0.88%) HTTP
3 1 (0.88%) Multicast
3 1 (0.88%) Reverse Proxy
3 1 (0.88%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (10.62%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (7.08%) MongoDB
2 8 (7.08%) Power BI
3 7 (6.19%) Amazon Aurora
3 7 (6.19%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (5.31%) NoSQL
5 5 (4.42%) Big Data
6 4 (3.54%) DynamoDB
6 4 (3.54%) Presto
6 4 (3.54%) Relational Database
7 3 (2.65%) Apache Hudi
7 3 (2.65%) KDB
7 3 (2.65%) SQL Server
7 3 (2.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (2.65%) SQLite
8 2 (1.77%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (1.77%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (1.77%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (1.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.88%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 30 (26.55%) Jenkins
2 29 (25.66%) Git
3 17 (15.04%) GitLab
4 14 (12.39%) Selenium
5 9 (7.96%) Cypress.io
5 9 (7.96%) JIRA
5 9 (7.96%) JUnit
5 9 (7.96%) Maven
6 7 (6.19%) Cucumber
7 6 (5.31%) SonarQube
8 5 (4.42%) Bitbucket
8 5 (4.42%) Mockito
9 4 (3.54%) REST Assured
10 3 (2.65%) Appium
10 3 (2.65%) Bitbucket Server
10 3 (2.65%) DbUnit
10 3 (2.65%) Gradle
10 3 (2.65%) jMock
10 3 (2.65%) Team Foundation Server
10 3 (2.65%) TeamCity
General
1 42 (37.17%) Social Skills
2 27 (23.89%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (21.24%) Finance
4 22 (19.47%) Banking
5 11 (9.73%) Public Sector
6 6 (5.31%) Front Office
7 5 (4.42%) Investment Banking
7 5 (4.42%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (3.54%) Games
9 3 (2.65%) Local Government
9 3 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.77%) Back Office
10 2 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.77%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.77%) Military
10 2 (1.77%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.88%) Law
11 1 (0.88%) Legal
11 1 (0.88%) Police
11 1 (0.88%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 38 (33.63%) Developer
2 21 (18.58%) Senior
3 11 (9.73%) Java Developer
4 10 (8.85%) DevOps Engineer
5 9 (7.96%) Lead
6 8 (7.08%) Backend Developer
7 7 (6.19%) Architect
8 6 (5.31%) Python Developer
8 6 (5.31%) Release Manager
8 6 (5.31%) Senior Developer
8 6 (5.31%) Software Engineer
8 6 (5.31%) Test Engineer
9 5 (4.42%) Data Engineer
10 4 (3.54%) AWS Developer
10 4 (3.54%) C# Developer
10 4 (3.54%) Full-Stack Developer
10 4 (3.54%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 4 (3.54%) Java Engineer
10 4 (3.54%) Scala Engineer
10 4 (3.54%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (17.70%) Terraform
2 19 (16.81%) Spring
3 14 (12.39%) HTML
3 14 (12.39%) RESTful
4 13 (11.50%) Node.js
4 13 (11.50%) React
5 12 (10.62%) CSS
5 12 (10.62%) REST
6 11 (9.73%) Spring Boot
7 10 (8.85%) Web Services
8 9 (7.96%) .NET
8 9 (7.96%) Playwright
9 8 (7.08%) Kafka
10 7 (6.19%) AngularJS
11 6 (5.31%) ActiveMQ
11 6 (5.31%) Play Framework
12 5 (4.42%) FIX Protocol
12 5 (4.42%) JSON
12 5 (4.42%) SOAP
13 4 (3.54%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 19 (16.81%) Cloud Native
2 15 (13.27%) Product Ownership
3 11 (9.73%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (5.31%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (3.54%) AI Agents
5 4 (3.54%) Equities
5 4 (3.54%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (2.65%) Fixed Income
6 3 (2.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (2.65%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.77%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.77%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (1.77%) Derivative
7 2 (1.77%) Genomics
7 2 (1.77%) Life Science
7 2 (1.77%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.77%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.88%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.88%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 18 (15.93%) Linux
2 10 (8.85%) Unix
3 3 (2.65%) Apple iOS
3 3 (2.65%) Windows
4 2 (1.77%) Android
4 2 (1.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.77%) VMS
5 1 (0.88%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (70.80%) CI/CD
2 76 (67.26%) Agile
3 54 (47.79%) DevOps
4 50 (44.25%) Test Automation
5 34 (30.09%) TDD
6 32 (28.32%) Problem-Solving
7 30 (26.55%) Containerisation
8 29 (25.66%) Continuous Delivery
9 28 (24.78%) Microservices
9 28 (24.78%) Software Engineering
10 25 (22.12%) Scrum
11 20 (17.70%) AI
11 20 (17.70%) Infrastructure as Code
12 18 (15.93%) Continuous Improvement
13 17 (15.04%) BDD
14 15 (13.27%) Clean Code
14 15 (13.27%) Code Quality
14 15 (13.27%) Mentoring
15 14 (12.39%) Kanban
16 13 (11.50%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 48 (42.48%) Python
2 46 (40.71%) Java
3 28 (24.78%) SQL
4 24 (21.24%) JavaScript
5 15 (13.27%) TypeScript
6 14 (12.39%) C#
7 9 (7.96%) Bash
8 8 (7.08%) PowerShell
8 8 (7.08%) Scala
9 4 (3.54%) Kotlin
9 4 (3.54%) T-SQL
10 3 (2.65%) Ruby
11 2 (1.77%) C
11 2 (1.77%) Perl
11 2 (1.77%) PL/SQL
11 2 (1.77%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.88%) C++
12 1 (0.88%) Groovy
12 1 (0.88%) Jython
12 1 (0.88%) Korn
Qualifications
1 28 (24.78%) Security Cleared
2 23 (20.35%) SC Cleared
3 13 (11.50%) Degree
4 8 (7.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (6.19%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (3.54%) DV Cleared
7 3 (2.65%) AWS Certification
7 3 (2.65%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.77%) ISTQB
8 2 (1.77%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.88%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.88%) MBA
9 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.88%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.88%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (22.12%) QA
2 4 (3.54%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.65%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.77%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.88%) GDPR
5 1 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 1 (0.88%) NIST
5 1 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.88%) Solvency II
System Software
1 32 (28.32%) Docker
2 3 (2.65%) Postfix
2 3 (2.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.88%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.88%) NFS
3 1 (0.88%) Samba
3 1 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.88%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 20 (17.70%) Kubernetes
2 15 (13.27%) Grafana
3 6 (5.31%) Ansible
3 6 (5.31%) Kibana
3 6 (5.31%) Prometheus
3 6 (5.31%) Puppet
4 3 (2.65%) Progress Chef
5 2 (1.77%) Rancher
6 1 (0.88%) CA Wily
6 1 (0.88%) Check_MK
6 1 (0.88%) Nagios
6 1 (0.88%) OpenNMS
6 1 (0.88%) Salt
6 1 (0.88%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.88%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 12 (10.62%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.31%) Google
2 6 (5.31%) Splunk
3 4 (3.54%) Oracle
3 4 (3.54%) Salesforce
3 4 (3.54%) ServiceNow
4 3 (2.65%) Atlassian
4 3 (2.65%) Jaspersoft
4 3 (2.65%) VMware
5 2 (1.77%) Avaloq
5 2 (1.77%) SaltStack
5 2 (1.77%) Sybase
6 1 (0.88%) Apple
6 1 (0.88%) Dell
6 1 (0.88%) EMC
6 1 (0.88%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.88%) Hitachi
6 1 (0.88%) NetApp
6 1 (0.88%) PeopleSoft
6 1 (0.88%) SAP