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 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 91 80
Rank change year-on-year -20 -11 -10
Contract jobs citing Jenkins 547 421 505
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.71% 3.13% 3.12%
As % of the Development Applications category 21.05% 19.45% 21.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 341 272 361
10th Percentile £360 £359 £413
25th Percentile £425 £447 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £533 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.50% -11.17% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £700
90th Percentile £675 £700 £788
England median daily rate £500 £500 £538
% change year-on-year -0.05% -6.93% -4.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.00 £100.00 £65.63
Median hourly rate £67.00 £105.00 £68.75
Median % change year-on-year -36.19% +52.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £73.00 £110.00 £71.88
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £66.25 £70.00
% change year-on-year +5.66% -5.36% -3.45%

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 2,598 2,164 2,345
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.86% 16.11% 14.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,704 1,471 1,571
10th Percentile £363 £350 £363
25th Percentile £431 £421 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.36% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 12 13
10th Percentile £19.15 £36.63 -
25th Percentile £38.75 £41.69 £25.99
Median hourly rate £59.50 £45.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +32.22% +20.00% -39.76%
75th Percentile £80.79 £70.00 £71.25
90th Percentile £90.50 £107.88 £71.75
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 9 October 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 9 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 -19 50 £547 -0.55% 31
South London -6 30 £535 +0.71% 2
West London -18 13 £608 +32.90% 11
East London +2 1 - - 1
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 41 (7.50%) Confluence
2 27 (4.94%) Apache Airflow
3 18 (3.29%) Apache Spark
3 18 (3.29%) nginx
4 7 (1.28%) Camunda
5 6 (1.10%) Apache
6 5 (0.91%) WebSphere
7 4 (0.73%) IIS
7 4 (0.73%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.55%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.55%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.37%) CICS
9 2 (0.37%) CMS
9 2 (0.37%) SAS
10 1 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.18%) Apache Pulsar
10 1 (0.18%) MQSeries
10 1 (0.18%) MTS
10 1 (0.18%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.18%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 9 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.46%) Chatbot
2 8 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.18%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 1 (0.18%) PlantUML
3 1 (0.18%) S-PLUS
3 1 (0.18%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (1.46%) Magento
2 5 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.37%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.18%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 318 (58.14%) AWS
2 215 (39.31%) Azure
3 205 (37.48%) GitHub
4 172 (31.44%) GitHub Actions
5 113 (20.66%) Azure DevOps
6 108 (19.74%) GCP
7 79 (14.44%) Serverless
8 74 (13.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 72 (13.16%) AWS Lambda
10 68 (12.43%) Amazon S3
11 67 (12.25%) Amazon EKS
12 54 (9.87%) Amazon EC2
13 47 (8.59%) Amazon ECS
14 46 (8.41%) AWS CloudFormation
15 44 (8.04%) OpenShift
16 30 (5.48%) Datadog
17 28 (5.12%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 24 (4.39%) Amazon SQS
18 24 (4.39%) Google Kubernetes Engine
19 17 (3.11%) Amazon EventBridge
Communications & Networking
1 24 (4.39%) Firewall
2 21 (3.84%) DNS
3 16 (2.93%) TCP/IP
4 12 (2.19%) VPN
5 9 (1.65%) Network Security
6 8 (1.46%) HTTP
6 8 (1.46%) Kerberos
6 8 (1.46%) SAN
7 7 (1.28%) SSL
8 6 (1.10%) OpenLDAP
9 5 (0.91%) SSH
9 5 (0.91%) WAN
10 4 (0.73%) 4G
11 3 (0.55%) HTTPS
11 3 (0.55%) Internet
11 3 (0.55%) OpenVPN
11 3 (0.55%) VLAN
12 2 (0.37%) Cisco IOS
12 2 (0.37%) IMAP
12 2 (0.37%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (16.64%) PostgreSQL
2 42 (7.68%) Amazon RDS
3 41 (7.50%) NoSQL
4 37 (6.76%) MongoDB
5 30 (5.48%) Relational Database
6 27 (4.94%) Amazon Aurora
7 25 (4.57%) Redis
8 22 (4.02%) SQL Server
9 18 (3.29%) Big Data
9 18 (3.29%) DynamoDB
10 17 (3.11%) MySQL
11 14 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
12 13 (2.38%) Data Lake
13 10 (1.83%) BigQuery
13 10 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
14 9 (1.65%) SQLite
15 6 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
15 6 (1.10%) Apache Hive
15 6 (1.10%) Oracle Database
15 6 (1.10%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 203 (37.11%) Git
2 197 (36.01%) GitLab
3 80 (14.63%) JIRA
4 56 (10.24%) Selenium
5 52 (9.51%) JUnit
6 42 (7.68%) Gradle
7 41 (7.50%) Cucumber
7 41 (7.50%) Maven
8 35 (6.40%) Bitbucket
8 35 (6.40%) Mockito
8 35 (6.40%) SonarQube
9 32 (5.85%) REST Assured
10 28 (5.12%) JMeter
10 28 (5.12%) Postman
11 16 (2.93%) Cypress.io
11 16 (2.93%) TestNG
12 15 (2.74%) Gatling
13 14 (2.56%) Sonatype Nexus
14 12 (2.19%) Liquibase
15 11 (2.01%) Artifactory
General
1 145 (26.51%) Social Skills
2 109 (19.93%) Finance
3 72 (13.16%) Public Sector
4 70 (12.80%) Banking
5 66 (12.07%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (3.47%) Retail
7 18 (3.29%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (2.74%) Law
9 14 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (2.01%) Marketing
11 9 (1.65%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.28%) Front Office
12 7 (1.28%) Investment Banking
12 7 (1.28%) Local Government
12 7 (1.28%) Police
13 6 (1.10%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (0.91%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 134 (24.50%) Developer
2 112 (20.48%) DevOps Engineer
3 105 (19.20%) Senior
4 66 (12.07%) Java Developer
5 45 (8.23%) Lead
6 37 (6.76%) AWS Engineer
7 35 (6.40%) Architect
8 28 (5.12%) AWS DevOps
9 27 (4.94%) Automation Engineer
10 26 (4.75%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 26 (4.75%) Full-Stack Developer
11 25 (4.57%) Senior Developer
11 25 (4.57%) Test Engineer
12 24 (4.39%) Software Engineer
13 21 (3.84%) Senior DevOps
13 21 (3.84%) Tester
14 20 (3.66%) Cloud Engineer
14 20 (3.66%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 17 (3.11%) Platform Engineer
16 16 (2.93%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 218 (39.85%) Terraform
2 123 (22.49%) Kafka
3 100 (18.28%) Spring
4 99 (18.10%) REST
5 89 (16.27%) Spring Boot
6 76 (13.89%) RESTful
7 72 (13.16%) React
8 56 (10.24%) HTML
9 50 (9.14%) Node.js
10 39 (7.13%) CSS
11 38 (6.95%) Playwright
12 33 (6.03%) Elastic Stack
13 29 (5.30%) SOAP
14 25 (4.57%) .NET
15 24 (4.39%) AngularJS
15 24 (4.39%) Swagger
15 24 (4.39%) Web Services
16 22 (4.02%) Hibernate
17 21 (3.84%) JPA
18 20 (3.66%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 100 (18.28%) Cloud Native
2 47 (8.59%) Product Ownership
3 43 (7.86%) Distributed Systems
4 20 (3.66%) Replication
5 19 (3.47%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (2.74%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (2.19%) AI Agents
7 12 (2.19%) Hybrid Cloud
7 12 (2.19%) Virtual Team
8 11 (2.01%) Data Structures
8 11 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (2.01%) PKI
8 11 (2.01%) Private Cloud
9 9 (1.65%) Distributed Architecture
10 8 (1.46%) Enterprise Storage
10 8 (1.46%) Linux Command Line
10 8 (1.46%) Onboarding
10 8 (1.46%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 7 (1.28%) Security Posture
12 5 (0.91%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 145 (26.51%) Linux
2 43 (7.86%) Windows
3 37 (6.76%) Unix
4 28 (5.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (2.19%) Windows Server
6 10 (1.83%) Amazon Linux
7 6 (1.10%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.73%) Android
9 3 (0.55%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.55%) Mac OS X
9 3 (0.55%) VMS
9 3 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.37%) zOS
11 1 (0.18%) CentOS
11 1 (0.18%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 455 (83.18%) CI/CD
2 364 (66.54%) DevOps
3 276 (50.46%) Agile
4 207 (37.84%) Infrastructure as Code
5 193 (35.28%) Containerisation
6 190 (34.73%) Test Automation
7 161 (29.43%) Microservices
8 126 (23.03%) Observability
9 104 (19.01%) Problem-Solving
10 95 (17.37%) Continuous Improvement
11 92 (16.82%) Scrum
12 83 (15.17%) Software Engineering
13 75 (13.71%) AI
14 73 (13.35%) Stakeholder Management
15 70 (12.80%) Platform Engineering
16 68 (12.43%) Event-Driven
17 61 (11.15%) Technical Leadership
18 60 (10.97%) Deployment Automation
19 58 (10.60%) TDD
20 57 (10.42%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 241 (44.06%) Python
2 217 (39.67%) Java
3 129 (23.58%) SQL
4 120 (21.94%) Bash
5 94 (17.18%) JavaScript
6 56 (10.24%) PowerShell
7 54 (9.87%) TypeScript
8 37 (6.76%) C#
9 32 (5.85%) Groovy
10 31 (5.67%) Go
11 26 (4.75%) Perl
12 24 (4.39%) PL/SQL
12 24 (4.39%) Scala
13 16 (2.93%) Shell Script
14 14 (2.56%) C++
15 11 (2.01%) Korn
16 10 (1.83%) C
17 9 (1.65%) Apex Code
18 8 (1.46%) SOQL
18 8 (1.46%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 240 (43.88%) Security Cleared
2 218 (39.85%) SC Cleared
3 39 (7.13%) AWS Certification
3 39 (7.13%) Degree
3 39 (7.13%) DV Cleared
4 27 (4.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (3.84%) Azure Certification
5 21 (3.84%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (1.83%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 10 (1.83%) ISTQB
7 7 (1.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (0.73%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 3 (0.55%) CISSP
9 3 (0.55%) ISEB
9 3 (0.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.37%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.37%) GIAC
10 2 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.37%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.37%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (17.92%) QA
2 20 (3.66%) Data Quality
3 19 (3.47%) Accessibility
4 11 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (1.65%) ISO 20022
6 8 (1.46%) NIST
7 6 (1.10%) SEPA
8 5 (0.91%) PSD2
9 4 (0.73%) NCSC
10 3 (0.55%) GDPR
10 3 (0.55%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.37%) WCAG
12 1 (0.18%) GRC
12 1 (0.18%) ISO 15022
System Software
1 292 (53.38%) Docker
2 11 (2.01%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.10%) Active Directory
4 6 (1.10%) Postfix
5 4 (0.73%) HDFS
6 3 (0.55%) Squid
6 3 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.37%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 2 (0.37%) DFS Replication
7 2 (0.37%) Dovecot
7 2 (0.37%) RACF
7 2 (0.37%) Time Sharing Option
7 2 (0.37%) Varnish
8 1 (0.18%) NFS
8 1 (0.18%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.18%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 281 (51.37%) Kubernetes
2 132 (24.13%) Grafana
3 108 (19.74%) Prometheus
4 102 (18.65%) Ansible
5 31 (5.67%) Kibana
6 23 (4.20%) Puppet
7 19 (3.47%) Progress Chef
8 16 (2.93%) Argo
9 8 (1.46%) ITRS Geneos
10 7 (1.28%) Control-M
10 7 (1.28%) Packer
11 4 (0.73%) HP Fortify
11 4 (0.73%) Kustomize
11 4 (0.73%) Podman
11 4 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.55%) Cilium
12 3 (0.55%) HAProxy
12 3 (0.55%) Rancher
12 3 (0.55%) systemd
13 2 (0.37%) Consul
Vendors
1 48 (8.78%) Oracle
2 47 (8.59%) Microsoft
3 46 (8.41%) Splunk
4 45 (8.23%) Google
5 37 (6.76%) Dynatrace
6 24 (4.39%) IBM
7 20 (3.66%) Salesforce
8 19 (3.47%) Databricks
8 19 (3.47%) ServiceNow
9 15 (2.74%) Red Hat
10 13 (2.38%) VMware
11 11 (2.01%) New Relic
12 9 (1.65%) ION Trading
12 9 (1.65%) SaltStack
12 9 (1.65%) Veracode
13 8 (1.46%) NetApp
13 8 (1.46%) SAP
14 6 (1.10%) Cloudera
14 6 (1.10%) OpenAI
15 5 (0.91%) Checkmarx