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 29 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 91 82
Rank change year-on-year -27 -9 -18
Contract jobs citing Jenkins 518 418 496
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.56% 3.10% 3.07%
As % of the Development Applications category 20.41% 19.50% 21.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 322 273 367
10th Percentile £360 £361 £410
25th Percentile £425 £450 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £573
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -7.42% -4.58%
75th Percentile £596 £653 £692
90th Percentile £665 £735 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -4.35%
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% -16.98%
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% -5.41%

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 2,538 2,144 2,334
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.55% 15.92% 14.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,639 1,469 1,600
10th Percentile £364 £350 £363
25th Percentile £439 £415 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £648 £650
90th Percentile £746 £750 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 13 19
10th Percentile £18.75 £31.85 £24.60
25th Percentile £22.75 £40.00 £25.99
Median hourly rate £45.00 £45.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year - +20.00% -45.45%
75th Percentile £73.38 £67.50 £71.25
90th Percentile £88.57 £105.75 £71.38
England median hourly rate £68.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.62% - -

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 29 August 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 29 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 -24 49 £550 -4.35% 15
South London -14 28 £535 -0.47% 6
West London -14 14 £611 +33.44% 23
East London +1 1 - - 4
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 39 (7.53%) Confluence
2 20 (3.86%) Apache Airflow
3 16 (3.09%) Apache Spark
4 12 (2.32%) nginx
5 8 (1.54%) Apache
6 6 (1.16%) Camunda
7 5 (0.97%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.77%) IIS
9 3 (0.58%) CMS
9 3 (0.58%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.58%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.58%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.19%) Apache Pulsar
10 1 (0.19%) JBoss
10 1 (0.19%) MTS
10 1 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.19%) SAS
10 1 (0.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.54%) Chatbot
2 8 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.19%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 1 (0.19%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 8 (1.54%) Magento
2 2 (0.39%) Aladdin
2 2 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 290 (55.98%) AWS
2 209 (40.35%) Azure
3 201 (38.80%) GitHub
4 166 (32.05%) GitHub Actions
5 109 (21.04%) Azure DevOps
6 93 (17.95%) GCP
7 78 (15.06%) Serverless
8 69 (13.32%) Amazon S3
9 67 (12.93%) AWS Lambda
10 64 (12.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 54 (10.42%) Amazon EC2
12 50 (9.65%) Amazon EKS
13 42 (8.11%) AWS CloudFormation
14 41 (7.92%) OpenShift
15 36 (6.95%) Amazon ECS
16 30 (5.79%) Datadog
17 29 (5.60%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 22 (4.25%) Amazon SQS
18 22 (4.25%) Snowflake
19 18 (3.47%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.25%) Firewall
2 15 (2.90%) DNS
3 12 (2.32%) TCP/IP
4 8 (1.54%) HTTP
4 8 (1.54%) Kerberos
4 8 (1.54%) Network Security
4 8 (1.54%) SAN
5 6 (1.16%) OpenLDAP
5 6 (1.16%) VPN
6 5 (0.97%) SSL
7 4 (0.77%) SSH
7 4 (0.77%) WAN
8 3 (0.58%) 4G
8 3 (0.58%) HTTPS
8 3 (0.58%) Multicast
9 2 (0.39%) FTP
9 2 (0.39%) Internet
9 2 (0.39%) Intranet
9 2 (0.39%) SMTP
9 2 (0.39%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (15.06%) PostgreSQL
2 37 (7.14%) NoSQL
3 33 (6.37%) Amazon RDS
4 29 (5.60%) MongoDB
5 27 (5.21%) Relational Database
6 26 (5.02%) Amazon Aurora
7 22 (4.25%) SQL Server
8 21 (4.05%) Redis
9 17 (3.28%) Big Data
10 15 (2.90%) DynamoDB
11 12 (2.32%) Data Warehouse
12 10 (1.93%) Data Lake
12 10 (1.93%) MySQL
13 9 (1.74%) BigQuery
13 9 (1.74%) SQLite
14 6 (1.16%) Amazon Athena
14 6 (1.16%) Amazon Redshift
14 6 (1.16%) Oracle Database
15 5 (0.97%) Data Vault
15 5 (0.97%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 188 (36.29%) GitLab
2 167 (32.24%) Git
3 77 (14.86%) JIRA
4 47 (9.07%) JUnit
5 42 (8.11%) Selenium
6 38 (7.34%) Gradle
7 36 (6.95%) Mockito
8 32 (6.18%) Maven
9 31 (5.98%) Bitbucket
9 31 (5.98%) SonarQube
10 27 (5.21%) REST Assured
11 24 (4.63%) Cucumber
11 24 (4.63%) Postman
12 21 (4.05%) JMeter
13 17 (3.28%) Liquibase
14 14 (2.70%) Sonatype Nexus
15 13 (2.51%) Cypress.io
16 11 (2.12%) Gatling
17 10 (1.93%) Eclipse
17 10 (1.93%) WebDriver
General
1 134 (25.87%) Social Skills
2 111 (21.43%) Finance
3 71 (13.71%) Banking
4 67 (12.93%) Public Sector
5 51 (9.85%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
7 16 (3.09%) Law
7 16 (3.09%) Retail
8 12 (2.32%) Marketing
9 8 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.35%) Front Office
10 7 (1.35%) Investment Banking
10 7 (1.35%) Telecoms
11 5 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (0.97%) Police
12 4 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.77%) Local Government
12 4 (0.77%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.58%) Automotive
13 3 (0.58%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 137 (26.45%) Developer
2 99 (19.11%) DevOps Engineer
3 94 (18.15%) Senior
4 64 (12.36%) Java Developer
5 44 (8.49%) Lead
6 34 (6.56%) AWS Engineer
7 28 (5.41%) Architect
7 28 (5.41%) Software Engineer
8 24 (4.63%) Automation Engineer
9 23 (4.44%) AWS DevOps
10 22 (4.25%) Full-Stack Developer
10 22 (4.25%) Senior Developer
11 21 (4.05%) AWS DevOps Engineer
12 19 (3.67%) Cloud Engineer
12 19 (3.67%) Tester
13 18 (3.47%) Senior DevOps
13 18 (3.47%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 17 (3.28%) Python Developer
14 17 (3.28%) Site Reliability Engineer
14 17 (3.28%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 207 (39.96%) Terraform
2 111 (21.43%) Kafka
3 93 (17.95%) Spring
4 80 (15.44%) REST
4 80 (15.44%) Spring Boot
5 72 (13.90%) React
6 70 (13.51%) RESTful
7 62 (11.97%) Node.js
8 48 (9.27%) HTML
9 35 (6.76%) CSS
10 29 (5.60%) Playwright
11 26 (5.02%) AngularJS
12 25 (4.83%) Elastic Stack
13 24 (4.63%) Swagger
14 21 (4.05%) .NET
14 21 (4.05%) SOAP
15 19 (3.67%) Web Services
16 18 (3.47%) Flask
16 18 (3.47%) GraphQL
17 17 (3.28%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 90 (17.37%) Cloud Native
2 42 (8.11%) Distributed Systems
3 32 (6.18%) Product Ownership
4 16 (3.09%) Replication
4 16 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (2.70%) AI Agents
6 11 (2.12%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (1.93%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (1.93%) Linux Command Line
8 9 (1.74%) Data Structures
9 8 (1.54%) Distributed Architecture
9 8 (1.54%) Enterprise Storage
9 8 (1.54%) Hedge funds
9 8 (1.54%) Private Cloud
9 8 (1.54%) Virtual Team
10 7 (1.35%) Fixed Income
10 7 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.35%) Onboarding
10 7 (1.35%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 5 (0.97%) Spread Betting
Operating Systems
1 133 (25.68%) Linux
2 42 (8.11%) Unix
3 32 (6.18%) Windows
4 26 (5.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (2.12%) Windows Server
6 10 (1.93%) Amazon Linux
7 7 (1.35%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.77%) Android
8 4 (0.77%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.77%) VMS
9 3 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 433 (83.59%) CI/CD
2 346 (66.80%) DevOps
3 251 (48.46%) Agile
4 191 (36.87%) Infrastructure as Code
5 156 (30.12%) Containerisation
6 152 (29.34%) Test Automation
7 150 (28.96%) Microservices
8 105 (20.27%) Observability
9 89 (17.18%) Scrum
10 85 (16.41%) Software Engineering
11 82 (15.83%) Continuous Improvement
12 78 (15.06%) Problem-Solving
13 64 (12.36%) Full-Stack Development
13 64 (12.36%) Platform Engineering
14 63 (12.16%) AI
14 63 (12.16%) TDD
15 62 (11.97%) Event-Driven
16 57 (11.00%) Stakeholder Management
17 51 (9.85%) Mentoring
17 51 (9.85%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 227 (43.82%) Python
2 200 (38.61%) Java
3 131 (25.29%) SQL
4 106 (20.46%) Bash
5 73 (14.09%) JavaScript
6 56 (10.81%) TypeScript
7 53 (10.23%) PowerShell
8 33 (6.37%) C#
9 27 (5.21%) Perl
10 26 (5.02%) Go
11 24 (4.63%) PL/SQL
12 22 (4.25%) Groovy
13 19 (3.67%) Shell Script
14 13 (2.51%) C++
14 13 (2.51%) Scala
15 11 (2.12%) Korn
16 9 (1.74%) Apex Code
16 9 (1.74%) Bicep
17 8 (1.54%) SOQL
17 8 (1.54%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 204 (39.38%) Security Cleared
2 186 (35.91%) SC Cleared
3 34 (6.56%) Degree
4 33 (6.37%) AWS Certification
5 27 (5.21%) DV Cleared
6 24 (4.63%) Azure Certification
7 21 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (3.09%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.74%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 9 (1.74%) ISTQB
10 7 (1.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.77%) CISSP
12 3 (0.58%) GIAC
12 3 (0.58%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.39%) CSSLP
13 2 (0.39%) ISEB
13 2 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.39%) PMP
14 1 (0.19%) CISM
14 1 (0.19%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (16.22%) QA
2 21 (4.05%) Data Quality
3 11 (2.12%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.74%) ISO 20022
5 8 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.35%) NIST
7 5 (0.97%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.97%) SEPA
8 4 (0.77%) PSD2
9 3 (0.58%) SLA
10 2 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.39%) GDPR
10 2 (0.39%) WCAG
11 1 (0.19%) GRC
11 1 (0.19%) ISO 15022
11 1 (0.19%) NCSC
11 1 (0.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 268 (51.74%) Docker
2 10 (1.93%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.35%) Postfix
5 6 (1.16%) Active Directory
6 3 (0.58%) GridGain
6 3 (0.58%) Squid
6 3 (0.58%) Varnish
7 2 (0.39%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 2 (0.39%) DFS Replication
7 2 (0.39%) Dovecot
7 2 (0.39%) HDFS
7 2 (0.39%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.39%) NFS
7 2 (0.39%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.19%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 261 (50.39%) Kubernetes
2 105 (20.27%) Grafana
3 99 (19.11%) Prometheus
4 96 (18.53%) Ansible
5 19 (3.67%) Puppet
6 17 (3.28%) Progress Chef
7 16 (3.09%) Kibana
8 13 (2.51%) Argo
9 8 (1.54%) Control-M
10 7 (1.35%) ITRS Geneos
10 7 (1.35%) Packer
11 5 (0.97%) HP Fortify
12 4 (0.77%) Istio
12 4 (0.77%) Kustomize
12 4 (0.77%) Podman
13 3 (0.58%) Consul
13 3 (0.58%) HAProxy
13 3 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
13 3 (0.58%) systemd
14 2 (0.39%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 48 (9.27%) Microsoft
2 45 (8.69%) Oracle
3 41 (7.92%) Splunk
4 32 (6.18%) Google
5 26 (5.02%) Dynatrace
6 23 (4.44%) Salesforce
7 19 (3.67%) Databricks
8 18 (3.47%) IBM
9 16 (3.09%) Red Hat
10 13 (2.51%) ServiceNow
11 12 (2.32%) VMware
12 10 (1.93%) New Relic
13 9 (1.74%) Veracode
14 8 (1.54%) NetApp
15 6 (1.16%) OpenAI
15 6 (1.16%) SaltStack
16 5 (0.97%) Checkmarx
16 5 (0.97%) ForgeRock
16 5 (0.97%) ION Trading
16 5 (0.97%) Okta