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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 82 79
Rank change year-on-year -38 -3 -34
Contract jobs citing Jenkins 408 400 486
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.27% 3.23% 2.78%
As % of the Development Applications category 17.50% 22.06% 20.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 279 358
10th Percentile £400 £387 £405
25th Percentile £470 £440 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £560 £567
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% -1.23% -9.28%
75th Percentile £643 £700 £688
90th Percentile £768 £825 £775
England median daily rate £500 £520 £550
% change year-on-year -3.80% -5.50% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £65.75 -
25th Percentile £61.00 £70.63 £65.63
Median hourly rate £67.00 £80.00 £68.75
Median % change year-on-year -16.25% +16.36% -14.06%
75th Percentile £73.00 £88.13 £71.88
90th Percentile - £92.25 -
England median hourly rate £62.00 £61.25 £70.00
% change year-on-year +1.22% -12.50% -6.67%

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 2,332 1,813 2,321
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.96% 14.64% 13.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,548 1,228 1,653
10th Percentile £356 £356 £363
25th Percentile £425 £420 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £626 £671 £675
90th Percentile £738 £798 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £529
% change year-on-year - -5.48% -3.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 8 26
10th Percentile - £24.49 £23.50
25th Percentile £18.75 £27.14 £25.99
Median hourly rate £37.50 £38.75 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +6.16% -47.86%
75th Percentile £72.75 £52.50 £70.19
90th Percentile £95.00 £75.75 £71.56
England median hourly rate £67.50 £60.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +11.57% -6.92% +5.69%

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 May 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 May 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 -30 48 £563 -2.17% 18
South London -17 17 £500 -13.76% 6
West London -15 14 £509 +11.26% 11
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 25 (6.13%) Confluence
2 19 (4.66%) Apache Spark
3 13 (3.19%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (2.21%) Apache
5 5 (1.23%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.74%) IIS
6 3 (0.74%) JBoss
7 2 (0.49%) Camunda
8 1 (0.25%) CMS
8 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.25%) MTS
8 1 (0.25%) nginx
8 1 (0.25%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.25%) SAS
8 1 (0.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.74%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.98%) Magento
2 2 (0.49%) Aladdin
2 2 (0.49%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.49%) Shopify
3 1 (0.25%) Actimize
3 1 (0.25%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 221 (54.17%) AWS
2 163 (39.95%) GitHub
3 149 (36.52%) Azure
4 131 (32.11%) GitHub Actions
5 72 (17.65%) GCP
6 71 (17.40%) Amazon S3
7 67 (16.42%) Azure DevOps
8 63 (15.44%) Serverless
9 60 (14.71%) AWS Lambda
10 52 (12.75%) Amazon EC2
11 49 (12.01%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 46 (11.27%) AWS CloudFormation
13 43 (10.54%) Amazon EKS
14 36 (8.82%) Amazon ECS
15 31 (7.60%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 30 (7.35%) OpenShift
17 19 (4.66%) Datadog
17 19 (4.66%) Google Kubernetes Engine
18 16 (3.92%) AWS CodePipeline
19 15 (3.68%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 20 (4.90%) Firewall
2 16 (3.92%) DNS
3 8 (1.96%) Network Security
4 3 (0.74%) OpenLDAP
4 3 (0.74%) VPN
5 2 (0.49%) HTTP
5 2 (0.49%) Multicast
6 1 (0.25%) DSL
6 1 (0.25%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (13.73%) PostgreSQL
2 33 (8.09%) NoSQL
3 32 (7.84%) Amazon RDS
4 28 (6.86%) Amazon Aurora
5 21 (5.15%) MongoDB
6 18 (4.41%) Big Data
7 16 (3.92%) Relational Database
7 16 (3.92%) SQL Server
8 14 (3.43%) Redis
9 13 (3.19%) DynamoDB
10 12 (2.94%) BigQuery
11 11 (2.70%) MySQL
12 8 (1.96%) Tableau
13 7 (1.72%) Amazon Athena
13 7 (1.72%) Amazon Redshift
13 7 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (1.47%) Power BI
15 5 (1.23%) Apache Cassandra
15 5 (1.23%) Data Lake
15 5 (1.23%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 150 (36.76%) GitLab
2 94 (23.04%) Git
3 57 (13.97%) JIRA
4 42 (10.29%) JUnit
5 35 (8.58%) Mockito
6 33 (8.09%) Selenium
7 26 (6.37%) Postman
8 25 (6.13%) Cucumber
9 22 (5.39%) Maven
10 17 (4.17%) Gradle
11 15 (3.68%) Liquibase
11 15 (3.68%) REST Assured
12 13 (3.19%) JMeter
12 13 (3.19%) SonarQube
13 12 (2.94%) Bitbucket
14 8 (1.96%) CircleCI
14 8 (1.96%) Cypress.io
14 8 (1.96%) Sonatype Nexus
15 7 (1.72%) Ant
15 7 (1.72%) Gatling
General
1 110 (26.96%) Social Skills
2 88 (21.57%) Finance
3 52 (12.75%) Banking
4 51 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 27 (6.62%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (4.90%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (4.41%) Influencing Skills
8 13 (3.19%) Retail
9 10 (2.45%) Front Office
10 9 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.47%) Financial Institution
12 6 (1.47%) Investment Banking
12 6 (1.47%) Law
12 6 (1.47%) Marketing
13 3 (0.74%) Automotive
13 3 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.74%) Police
14 2 (0.49%) Local Government
14 2 (0.49%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 105 (25.74%) Developer
2 66 (16.18%) Senior
3 63 (15.44%) DevOps Engineer
4 51 (12.50%) Java Developer
5 43 (10.54%) Architect
6 29 (7.11%) Lead
7 21 (5.15%) Software Engineer
8 17 (4.17%) AWS Engineer
8 17 (4.17%) Data Engineer
8 17 (4.17%) Senior Developer
9 16 (3.92%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 15 (3.68%) Cloud Engineer
10 15 (3.68%) Full-Stack Developer
10 15 (3.68%) Test Engineer
11 14 (3.43%) Python Developer
12 13 (3.19%) AWS DevOps
12 13 (3.19%) CyberArk Architect
12 13 (3.19%) Senior Java Developer
12 13 (3.19%) Site Engineer
12 13 (3.19%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (20.83%) Spring
2 78 (19.12%) Spring Boot
3 74 (18.14%) Kafka
4 58 (14.22%) RESTful
5 51 (12.50%) Node.js
6 45 (11.03%) React
7 40 (9.80%) REST
8 34 (8.33%) AngularJS
9 30 (7.35%) Playwright
10 28 (6.86%) HTML
11 25 (6.13%) OpenTelemetry
12 23 (5.64%) CSS
12 23 (5.64%) Swagger
13 19 (4.66%) OpenID
13 19 (4.66%) Web Services
14 17 (4.17%) Pandas
14 17 (4.17%) YAML
15 16 (3.92%) Elastic Stack
15 16 (3.92%) GraphQL
15 16 (3.92%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 92 (22.55%) Cloud Native
2 33 (8.09%) Distributed Systems
3 23 (5.64%) Product Ownership
4 18 (4.41%) Onboarding
5 10 (2.45%) Public Cloud
6 7 (1.72%) Hedge funds
6 7 (1.72%) Replication
7 6 (1.47%) AI Agents
7 6 (1.47%) Derivative
7 6 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.47%) Equities
8 5 (1.23%) Fixed Income
8 5 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (0.98%) Equity Derivative
9 4 (0.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.74%) NHS
10 3 (0.74%) PACS
10 3 (0.74%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 74 (18.14%) Linux
2 25 (6.13%) Unix
3 18 (4.41%) Windows
4 13 (3.19%) VMS
5 5 (1.23%) Amazon Linux
5 5 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.98%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.74%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.49%) Android
8 2 (0.49%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 358 (87.75%) CI/CD
2 273 (66.91%) DevOps
3 175 (42.89%) Agile
4 161 (39.46%) Infrastructure as Code
5 124 (30.39%) Containerisation
6 106 (25.98%) Microservices
7 104 (25.49%) Test Automation
8 78 (19.12%) Observability
9 68 (16.67%) Scrum
10 65 (15.93%) Software Engineering
11 54 (13.24%) Problem-Solving
12 53 (12.99%) Continuous Improvement
13 45 (11.03%) Full-Stack Development
13 45 (11.03%) Mentoring
14 44 (10.78%) TDD
15 41 (10.05%) Event-Driven
16 40 (9.80%) AI
16 40 (9.80%) Migration
17 39 (9.56%) Stakeholder Management
18 37 (9.07%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 158 (38.73%) Python
2 144 (35.29%) Java
3 97 (23.77%) SQL
4 54 (13.24%) Bash
5 40 (9.80%) TypeScript
6 38 (9.31%) JavaScript
7 31 (7.60%) PowerShell
8 30 (7.35%) C#
9 22 (5.39%) Shell Script
10 16 (3.92%) Scala
11 14 (3.43%) Go
12 10 (2.45%) Groovy
13 8 (1.96%) Bicep
13 8 (1.96%) C++
13 8 (1.96%) Perl
13 8 (1.96%) Ruby
14 5 (1.23%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.98%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.74%) Apex Code
16 3 (0.74%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 152 (37.25%) Security Cleared
2 136 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 23 (5.64%) Azure Certification
4 21 (5.15%) Degree
5 19 (4.66%) AWS Certification
6 10 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.47%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.47%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.98%) ISTQB
9 4 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.74%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 3 (0.74%) PhD
11 2 (0.49%) CSSLP
12 1 (0.25%) GWAPT
12 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.25%) OSCP
12 1 (0.25%) SAFe Agilist
12 1 (0.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (14.22%) QA
2 18 (4.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (4.17%) Data Quality
3 17 (4.17%) NIST
4 13 (3.19%) NCSC
5 9 (2.21%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.72%) Accessibility
6 7 (1.72%) GDPR
7 5 (1.23%) ISO 20022
7 5 (1.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.98%) PSD2
8 4 (0.98%) SEPA
9 3 (0.74%) SLA
10 2 (0.49%) HL7
10 2 (0.49%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.49%) MiFID
10 2 (0.49%) WCAG
11 1 (0.25%) SOC 2
System Software
1 210 (51.47%) Docker
2 6 (1.47%) Postfix
3 4 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.74%) GridGain
4 3 (0.74%) NFS
4 3 (0.74%) Sendmail
4 3 (0.74%) Varnish
4 3 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.49%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.49%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.49%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.49%) vSphere
6 1 (0.25%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 222 (54.41%) Kubernetes
2 166 (40.69%) Terraform
3 82 (20.10%) Ansible
4 70 (17.16%) Grafana
4 70 (17.16%) Prometheus
5 15 (3.68%) Argo
6 10 (2.45%) Istio
6 10 (2.45%) Kibana
7 8 (1.96%) Progress Chef
8 7 (1.72%) Puppet
9 3 (0.74%) HAProxy
9 3 (0.74%) Karpenter
9 3 (0.74%) Kustomize
10 2 (0.49%) Consul
10 2 (0.49%) ITRS Geneos
10 2 (0.49%) Packer
10 2 (0.49%) Rancher
10 2 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.49%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.25%) linkerd
Vendors
1 35 (8.58%) Splunk
2 29 (7.11%) Google
2 29 (7.11%) Microsoft
3 18 (4.41%) Databricks
3 18 (4.41%) Oracle
4 13 (3.19%) CyberArk
4 13 (3.19%) Salesforce
5 10 (2.45%) ServiceNow
6 9 (2.21%) ForgeRock
6 9 (2.21%) Okta
7 7 (1.72%) Confluent
7 7 (1.72%) Dynatrace
7 7 (1.72%) New Relic
7 7 (1.72%) Red Hat
7 7 (1.72%) Sybase
8 6 (1.47%) IBM
9 5 (1.23%) Atlassian
9 5 (1.23%) Jaspersoft
9 5 (1.23%) Solace
10 4 (0.98%) Bloomberg