Jenkins Contract Job Trends in London

Jenkins (JenkinsCI)
England > London

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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 93 81
Rank change year-on-year -25 -12 -15
Contract jobs citing Jenkins 527 410 499
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.60% 3.05% 3.06%
As % of the Development Applications category 20.46% 19.26% 20.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 260 363
10th Percentile £360 £362 £413
25th Percentile £425 £455 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -6.52% -4.17%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £688
90th Percentile £675 £714 £774
England median daily rate £500 £500 £545
% change year-on-year - -8.26% -5.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - £70.00 -
25th Percentile £61.00 £81.25 £65.63
Median hourly rate £67.00 £105.00 £68.75
Median % change year-on-year -36.19% +52.73% -15.55%
75th Percentile £73.00 £110.00 £71.88
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £63.75 £70.00
% change year-on-year +9.80% -8.93% -4.11%

All Development Application Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 2,576 2,129 2,377
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.73% 15.82% 14.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,670 1,438 1,604
10th Percentile £363 £350 £363
25th Percentile £438 £419 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £532 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.33% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £749 £750 £773
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 13 18
10th Percentile £18.75 £37.00 £24.28
25th Percentile £30.75 £42.25 £25.99
Median hourly rate £53.00 £45.00 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year +17.78% -2.70% -32.28%
75th Percentile £73.75 £67.50 £71.25
90th Percentile £88.75 £105.75 £71.44
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

Jenkins
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Jenkins job vacancy trend in London

Jenkins
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Jenkins.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Jenkins

Jenkins
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Jenkins in London over the 6 months to 20 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Jenkins in London

Jenkins
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Jenkins.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Jenkins

Jenkins
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 Jenkins within the London region over the 6 months to 20 September 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 -25 49 £544 -5.39% 30
South London -9 30 £535 -0.47% 3
West London -25 13 £608 +32.90% 18
East London 0 1 - - 3
Jenkins
England

Jenkins
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 44 (8.35%) Confluence
2 23 (4.36%) Apache Airflow
3 16 (3.04%) Apache Spark
4 13 (2.47%) nginx
5 7 (1.33%) Apache
5 7 (1.33%) Camunda
6 4 (0.76%) IIS
6 4 (0.76%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.76%) WebSphere
7 3 (0.57%) CMS
7 3 (0.57%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.57%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.38%) CICS
9 1 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.19%) Apache Pulsar
9 1 (0.19%) MQSeries
9 1 (0.19%) MTS
9 1 (0.19%) SAS
9 1 (0.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (1.71%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.52%) Chatbot
2 8 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.19%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 1 (0.19%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 8 (1.52%) Magento
2 4 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.38%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 297 (56.36%) AWS
2 212 (40.23%) Azure
3 204 (38.71%) GitHub
4 173 (32.83%) GitHub Actions
5 111 (21.06%) Azure DevOps
6 97 (18.41%) GCP
7 76 (14.42%) Serverless
8 68 (12.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 68 (12.90%) AWS Lambda
9 65 (12.33%) Amazon S3
10 59 (11.20%) Amazon EKS
11 51 (9.68%) Amazon EC2
12 44 (8.35%) OpenShift
13 43 (8.16%) AWS CloudFormation
14 40 (7.59%) Amazon ECS
15 29 (5.50%) Datadog
16 25 (4.74%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 23 (4.36%) Google Kubernetes Engine
18 21 (3.98%) Amazon SQS
19 18 (3.42%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.98%) Firewall
2 18 (3.42%) DNS
3 13 (2.47%) TCP/IP
4 9 (1.71%) HTTP
5 8 (1.52%) Kerberos
5 8 (1.52%) Network Security
5 8 (1.52%) SAN
6 6 (1.14%) OpenLDAP
6 6 (1.14%) VPN
7 5 (0.95%) SSH
7 5 (0.95%) SSL
8 4 (0.76%) 4G
8 4 (0.76%) WAN
9 3 (0.57%) HTTPS
10 2 (0.38%) FTP
10 2 (0.38%) IMAP
10 2 (0.38%) Internet
10 2 (0.38%) Intranet
10 2 (0.38%) SMTP
10 2 (0.38%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (15.94%) PostgreSQL
2 41 (7.78%) NoSQL
3 36 (6.83%) Amazon RDS
4 33 (6.26%) MongoDB
5 29 (5.50%) Amazon Aurora
6 28 (5.31%) Relational Database
7 22 (4.17%) Redis
8 19 (3.61%) SQL Server
9 18 (3.42%) Big Data
10 16 (3.04%) DynamoDB
11 14 (2.66%) Data Warehouse
11 14 (2.66%) MySQL
12 11 (2.09%) Data Lake
13 10 (1.90%) BigQuery
14 9 (1.71%) SQLite
15 8 (1.52%) Elasticsearch
16 6 (1.14%) Amazon Redshift
16 6 (1.14%) Data Vault
16 6 (1.14%) Oracle Database
16 6 (1.14%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 192 (36.43%) GitLab
2 186 (35.29%) Git
3 78 (14.80%) JIRA
4 48 (9.11%) JUnit
4 48 (9.11%) Selenium
5 38 (7.21%) Gradle
6 36 (6.83%) Maven
7 34 (6.45%) Mockito
7 34 (6.45%) SonarQube
8 32 (6.07%) Bitbucket
8 32 (6.07%) Cucumber
9 31 (5.88%) REST Assured
10 24 (4.55%) JMeter
10 24 (4.55%) Postman
11 13 (2.47%) Cypress.io
11 13 (2.47%) Gatling
12 12 (2.28%) Liquibase
12 12 (2.28%) TestNG
13 11 (2.09%) Sonatype Nexus
14 10 (1.90%) TeamCity
General
1 138 (26.19%) Social Skills
2 105 (19.92%) Finance
3 69 (13.09%) Public Sector
4 66 (12.52%) Banking
5 59 (11.20%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
6 18 (3.42%) Retail
7 14 (2.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (2.66%) Law
8 12 (2.28%) Marketing
9 9 (1.71%) Telecoms
10 8 (1.52%) Front Office
11 7 (1.33%) Local Government
12 5 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (0.95%) Police
12 5 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.76%) Investment Banking
13 4 (0.76%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.57%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 137 (26.00%) Developer
2 105 (19.92%) DevOps Engineer
3 99 (18.79%) Senior
4 66 (12.52%) Java Developer
5 45 (8.54%) Lead
6 34 (6.45%) Architect
6 34 (6.45%) AWS Engineer
7 26 (4.93%) AWS DevOps
8 25 (4.74%) Automation Engineer
9 24 (4.55%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 24 (4.55%) Senior Developer
9 24 (4.55%) Software Engineer
10 22 (4.17%) Full-Stack Developer
11 20 (3.80%) Test Engineer
12 19 (3.61%) Cloud Engineer
12 19 (3.61%) Tester
13 18 (3.42%) Senior DevOps
13 18 (3.42%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 17 (3.23%) Python Developer
15 16 (3.04%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 210 (39.85%) Terraform
2 117 (22.20%) Kafka
3 97 (18.41%) Spring
4 86 (16.32%) Spring Boot
5 85 (16.13%) REST
6 73 (13.85%) RESTful
7 68 (12.90%) React
8 55 (10.44%) Node.js
9 52 (9.87%) HTML
10 35 (6.64%) CSS
11 30 (5.69%) Playwright
12 29 (5.50%) Elastic Stack
13 26 (4.93%) SOAP
14 25 (4.74%) AngularJS
15 24 (4.55%) Swagger
16 22 (4.17%) .NET
17 21 (3.98%) Web Services
18 20 (3.80%) Hibernate
19 19 (3.61%) Flask
19 19 (3.61%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 92 (17.46%) Cloud Native
2 44 (8.35%) Distributed Systems
3 42 (7.97%) Product Ownership
4 20 (3.80%) Replication
4 20 (3.80%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (2.66%) AI Agents
6 13 (2.47%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (2.09%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (2.09%) Private Cloud
7 11 (2.09%) Virtual Team
8 9 (1.71%) Data Structures
8 9 (1.71%) Distributed Architecture
9 8 (1.52%) Enterprise Storage
9 8 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (1.52%) Linux Command Line
9 8 (1.52%) Onboarding
9 8 (1.52%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 7 (1.33%) Hedge funds
11 5 (0.95%) PKI
11 5 (0.95%) Spread Betting
Operating Systems
1 132 (25.05%) Linux
2 36 (6.83%) Unix
3 35 (6.64%) Windows
4 28 (5.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (2.09%) Windows Server
6 10 (1.90%) Amazon Linux
7 6 (1.14%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.57%) Android
8 3 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.38%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.38%) VMS
9 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.38%) zOS
10 1 (0.19%) CentOS
10 1 (0.19%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.19%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 437 (82.92%) CI/CD
2 350 (66.41%) DevOps
3 264 (50.09%) Agile
4 200 (37.95%) Infrastructure as Code
5 178 (33.78%) Containerisation
6 174 (33.02%) Test Automation
7 155 (29.41%) Microservices
8 114 (21.63%) Observability
9 95 (18.03%) Problem-Solving
10 91 (17.27%) Scrum
11 90 (17.08%) Continuous Improvement
12 84 (15.94%) Software Engineering
13 74 (14.04%) AI
14 68 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
15 67 (12.71%) Event-Driven
15 67 (12.71%) Platform Engineering
16 59 (11.20%) TDD
17 57 (10.82%) Technical Leadership
18 56 (10.63%) Full-Stack Development
19 54 (10.25%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 227 (43.07%) Python
2 207 (39.28%) Java
3 130 (24.67%) SQL
4 110 (20.87%) Bash
5 80 (15.18%) JavaScript
6 52 (9.87%) PowerShell
7 50 (9.49%) TypeScript
8 32 (6.07%) C#
9 30 (5.69%) Go
10 27 (5.12%) Groovy
11 26 (4.93%) Perl
12 24 (4.55%) PL/SQL
13 22 (4.17%) Scala
14 16 (3.04%) Shell Script
15 12 (2.28%) C++
16 11 (2.09%) Bicep
16 11 (2.09%) Korn
17 10 (1.90%) C
18 9 (1.71%) Apex Code
19 8 (1.52%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 225 (42.69%) Security Cleared
2 207 (39.28%) SC Cleared
3 38 (7.21%) Degree
4 35 (6.64%) AWS Certification
5 30 (5.69%) DV Cleared
6 26 (4.93%) Azure Certification
6 26 (4.93%) Computer Science Degree
7 18 (3.42%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (1.71%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 9 (1.71%) ISTQB
9 6 (1.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.57%) CISSP
10 3 (0.57%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 2 (0.38%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.38%) GIAC
11 2 (0.38%) ISEB
11 2 (0.38%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.38%) PMP
12 1 (0.19%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (17.27%) QA
2 21 (3.98%) Data Quality
3 14 (2.66%) Accessibility
4 10 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (1.71%) ISO 20022
6 7 (1.33%) NIST
7 6 (1.14%) SEPA
8 5 (0.95%) PSD2
9 4 (0.76%) NCSC
10 3 (0.57%) GDPR
10 3 (0.57%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.38%) WCAG
12 1 (0.19%) GRC
12 1 (0.19%) ISO 15022
System Software
1 271 (51.42%) Docker
2 10 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.33%) Postfix
5 6 (1.14%) Active Directory
6 3 (0.57%) Squid
6 3 (0.57%) Varnish
7 2 (0.38%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 2 (0.38%) DFS Replication
7 2 (0.38%) Dovecot
7 2 (0.38%) HDFS
7 2 (0.38%) NFS
7 2 (0.38%) RACF
7 2 (0.38%) Sendmail
7 2 (0.38%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.19%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.19%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 269 (51.04%) Kubernetes
2 124 (23.53%) Grafana
3 107 (20.30%) Prometheus
4 102 (19.35%) Ansible
5 23 (4.36%) Kibana
6 22 (4.17%) Puppet
7 20 (3.80%) Progress Chef
8 13 (2.47%) Argo
9 7 (1.33%) Control-M
9 7 (1.33%) ITRS Geneos
9 7 (1.33%) Packer
10 4 (0.76%) HP Fortify
10 4 (0.76%) Kustomize
10 4 (0.76%) Podman
10 4 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.57%) Cilium
11 3 (0.57%) Consul
11 3 (0.57%) HAProxy
11 3 (0.57%) Rancher
11 3 (0.57%) systemd
Vendors
1 46 (8.73%) Oracle
2 45 (8.54%) Microsoft
3 43 (8.16%) Splunk
4 39 (7.40%) Google
5 35 (6.64%) Dynatrace
6 23 (4.36%) IBM
7 22 (4.17%) Databricks
7 22 (4.17%) Salesforce
8 16 (3.04%) Red Hat
8 16 (3.04%) ServiceNow
9 14 (2.66%) VMware
10 11 (2.09%) New Relic
11 9 (1.71%) SaltStack
11 9 (1.71%) Veracode
12 8 (1.52%) ION Trading
12 8 (1.52%) NetApp
13 7 (1.33%) SAP
14 6 (1.14%) OpenAI
15 5 (0.95%) ForgeRock
15 5 (0.95%) Okta