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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 76 83
Rank change year-on-year -40 +7 -36
Contract jobs citing Jenkins 414 415 485
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.33% 3.32% 2.75%
As % of the Development Applications category 17.67% 22.93% 20.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 257 294 350
10th Percentile £400 £391 £406
25th Percentile £469 £447 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £566
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +1.59% -9.44%
75th Percentile £650 £716 £688
90th Percentile £771 £838 £775
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -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 £54.75 £65.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -15.77% -7.14% -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 2,343 1,810 2,317
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 13.20% 14.50% 13.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,548 1,225 1,649
10th Percentile £356 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £419 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £626 £675 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £778
England median daily rate £500 £500 £532
% change year-on-year - -6.06% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 8 25
10th Percentile - £24.49 £23.20
25th Percentile £18.75 £27.14 £25.99
Median hourly rate £31.50 £38.75 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.71% -3.13% -40.30%
75th Percentile £73.00 £52.50 £71.25
90th Percentile £95.00 £75.75 £71.63
England median hourly rate £67.50 £60.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year +12.03% -7.31% +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 12 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 12 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 -27 50 £575 - 27
West London -14 18 £552 +20.55% 3
South London -16 15 £500 -13.76% 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 24 (5.80%) Confluence
2 21 (5.07%) Apache Spark
3 13 (3.14%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (2.17%) Apache
5 4 (0.97%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.72%) IIS
6 3 (0.72%) JBoss
7 2 (0.48%) Camunda
8 1 (0.24%) CMS
8 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.24%) MTS
8 1 (0.24%) nginx
8 1 (0.24%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.24%) SAS
8 1 (0.24%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.72%) Adobe XD
3 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.72%) Magento
1 3 (0.72%) Shopify
2 2 (0.48%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.24%) Actimize
3 1 (0.24%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.24%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 219 (52.90%) AWS
2 161 (38.89%) GitHub
3 146 (35.27%) Azure
4 130 (31.40%) GitHub Actions
5 73 (17.63%) Amazon S3
5 73 (17.63%) GCP
6 69 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
7 64 (15.46%) Serverless
8 62 (14.98%) AWS Lambda
9 53 (12.80%) Amazon EC2
10 51 (12.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 51 (12.32%) Amazon EKS
11 46 (11.11%) AWS CloudFormation
12 41 (9.90%) Amazon ECS
13 34 (8.21%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 30 (7.25%) OpenShift
15 26 (6.28%) Datadog
16 22 (5.31%) Google Kubernetes Engine
17 17 (4.11%) AWS CodePipeline
18 16 (3.86%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (4.83%) Firewall
2 16 (3.86%) DNS
3 8 (1.93%) Network Security
4 4 (0.97%) VPN
5 3 (0.72%) OpenLDAP
6 2 (0.48%) HTTP
6 2 (0.48%) Multicast
7 1 (0.24%) DSL
7 1 (0.24%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.24%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (13.53%) PostgreSQL
2 34 (8.21%) Amazon RDS
3 32 (7.73%) NoSQL
4 27 (6.52%) Amazon Aurora
5 21 (5.07%) Big Data
6 20 (4.83%) MongoDB
7 16 (3.86%) SQL Server
8 15 (3.62%) Relational Database
9 14 (3.38%) Redis
10 12 (2.90%) BigQuery
10 12 (2.90%) DynamoDB
11 11 (2.66%) MySQL
12 9 (2.17%) Tableau
13 7 (1.69%) Amazon Athena
13 7 (1.69%) Amazon Redshift
13 7 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
13 7 (1.69%) Power BI
14 6 (1.45%) Metadata
15 5 (1.21%) Data Lake
15 5 (1.21%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 153 (36.96%) GitLab
2 93 (22.46%) Git
3 53 (12.80%) JIRA
4 42 (10.14%) JUnit
5 33 (7.97%) Mockito
6 30 (7.25%) Selenium
7 26 (6.28%) Cucumber
8 25 (6.04%) Postman
9 21 (5.07%) Maven
10 16 (3.86%) Gradle
11 15 (3.62%) REST Assured
12 14 (3.38%) Liquibase
12 14 (3.38%) SonarQube
13 12 (2.90%) JMeter
14 11 (2.66%) Bitbucket
15 8 (1.93%) CircleCI
15 8 (1.93%) Sonatype Nexus
16 7 (1.69%) Ant
16 7 (1.69%) Gatling
16 7 (1.69%) MLflow
General
1 111 (26.81%) Social Skills
2 96 (23.19%) Finance
3 55 (13.29%) Banking
4 49 (11.84%) Public Sector
5 23 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (5.07%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (2.66%) Retail
9 10 (2.42%) Front Office
10 8 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (1.69%) Financial Institution
12 6 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.21%) Investment Banking
13 5 (1.21%) Law
13 5 (1.21%) Marketing
14 3 (0.72%) Automotive
14 3 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.72%) Police
15 2 (0.48%) Local Government
15 2 (0.48%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 105 (25.36%) Developer
2 66 (15.94%) Senior
3 62 (14.98%) DevOps Engineer
4 49 (11.84%) Java Developer
5 42 (10.14%) Architect
6 32 (7.73%) Lead
7 19 (4.59%) AWS Engineer
7 19 (4.59%) Data Engineer
7 19 (4.59%) Software Engineer
8 17 (4.11%) Cloud Engineer
8 17 (4.11%) Full-Stack Developer
8 17 (4.11%) Senior Developer
8 17 (4.11%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 16 (3.86%) AWS DevOps
10 14 (3.38%) Site Engineer
11 13 (3.14%) AWS DevOps Engineer
11 13 (3.14%) CyberArk Architect
11 13 (3.14%) Python Developer
11 13 (3.14%) Senior Java Developer
12 12 (2.90%) AWS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (20.05%) Spring
2 76 (18.36%) Spring Boot
3 75 (18.12%) Kafka
4 56 (13.53%) RESTful
5 52 (12.56%) Node.js
6 46 (11.11%) React
7 38 (9.18%) REST
8 35 (8.45%) Playwright
9 31 (7.49%) AngularJS
10 29 (7.00%) HTML
11 27 (6.52%) OpenTelemetry
12 24 (5.80%) CSS
13 21 (5.07%) YAML
14 20 (4.83%) OpenID
14 20 (4.83%) Swagger
15 18 (4.35%) Elastic Stack
15 18 (4.35%) GraphQL
15 18 (4.35%) Web Services
16 16 (3.86%) LDAP
16 16 (3.86%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 91 (21.98%) Cloud Native
2 35 (8.45%) Distributed Systems
3 23 (5.56%) Product Ownership
4 18 (4.35%) Onboarding
5 11 (2.66%) Public Cloud
6 8 (1.93%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (1.93%) Replication
7 7 (1.69%) Hedge funds
8 6 (1.45%) Derivative
8 6 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.45%) Equities
8 6 (1.45%) Fixed Income
9 5 (1.21%) AI Agents
9 5 (1.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (0.97%) Equity Derivative
10 4 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (0.97%) Mobile App
11 3 (0.72%) NHS
11 3 (0.72%) PACS
11 3 (0.72%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 75 (18.12%) Linux
2 25 (6.04%) Unix
3 18 (4.35%) Windows
4 13 (3.14%) VMS
5 5 (1.21%) Amazon Linux
5 5 (1.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.97%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.97%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.72%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.48%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 362 (87.44%) CI/CD
2 279 (67.39%) DevOps
3 171 (41.30%) Agile
4 165 (39.86%) Infrastructure as Code
5 127 (30.68%) Containerisation
6 108 (26.09%) Microservices
7 103 (24.88%) Test Automation
8 80 (19.32%) Observability
9 63 (15.22%) Scrum
9 63 (15.22%) Software Engineering
10 56 (13.53%) Problem-Solving
11 55 (13.29%) Continuous Improvement
12 49 (11.84%) Mentoring
13 46 (11.11%) Full-Stack Development
14 41 (9.90%) TDD
15 40 (9.66%) AI
15 40 (9.66%) Event-Driven
16 38 (9.18%) Design Patterns
16 38 (9.18%) Migration
16 38 (9.18%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 162 (39.13%) Python
2 148 (35.75%) Java
3 93 (22.46%) SQL
4 53 (12.80%) Bash
5 44 (10.63%) TypeScript
6 40 (9.66%) JavaScript
7 30 (7.25%) C#
7 30 (7.25%) PowerShell
8 22 (5.31%) Shell Script
9 18 (4.35%) Scala
10 15 (3.62%) Go
11 10 (2.42%) Groovy
12 9 (2.17%) Perl
13 8 (1.93%) Bicep
13 8 (1.93%) Ruby
14 7 (1.69%) C++
14 7 (1.69%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.97%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.97%) Swift
16 3 (0.72%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 150 (36.23%) Security Cleared
2 134 (32.37%) SC Cleared
3 23 (5.56%) Azure Certification
4 21 (5.07%) Degree
5 20 (4.83%) AWS Certification
6 11 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 7 (1.69%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.21%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 4 (0.97%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.97%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.97%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.72%) PhD
12 2 (0.48%) CSSLP
13 1 (0.24%) CISSP
13 1 (0.24%) GWAPT
13 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.24%) OCP
13 1 (0.24%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (13.53%) QA
2 17 (4.11%) Data Quality
2 17 (4.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (4.11%) NIST
3 13 (3.14%) NCSC
4 8 (1.93%) PCI DSS
5 7 (1.69%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.69%) GDPR
6 5 (1.21%) ISO 20022
6 5 (1.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.97%) PSD2
7 4 (0.97%) SEPA
8 3 (0.72%) SLA
9 2 (0.48%) HL7
9 2 (0.48%) ISO 8583
9 2 (0.48%) MiFID
9 2 (0.48%) WCAG
10 1 (0.24%) SOC 2
System Software
1 217 (52.42%) Docker
2 5 (1.21%) Postfix
3 3 (0.72%) GridGain
3 3 (0.72%) NFS
3 3 (0.72%) Sendmail
3 3 (0.72%) Varnish
3 3 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.48%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.48%) HDFS
4 2 (0.48%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.48%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.48%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 225 (54.35%) Kubernetes
2 167 (40.34%) Terraform
3 80 (19.32%) Ansible
4 71 (17.15%) Grafana
4 71 (17.15%) Prometheus
5 17 (4.11%) Argo
6 11 (2.66%) Istio
7 10 (2.42%) Kibana
8 8 (1.93%) Progress Chef
9 7 (1.69%) Puppet
10 6 (1.45%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (0.72%) HAProxy
11 3 (0.72%) Karpenter
11 3 (0.72%) Kustomize
11 3 (0.72%) Rancher
12 2 (0.48%) Consul
12 2 (0.48%) Opsgenie
12 2 (0.48%) Packer
12 2 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.48%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 37 (8.94%) Splunk
2 31 (7.49%) Google
3 30 (7.25%) Microsoft
4 21 (5.07%) Databricks
5 17 (4.11%) Oracle
6 13 (3.14%) CyberArk
6 13 (3.14%) Salesforce
7 11 (2.66%) ServiceNow
8 9 (2.17%) ForgeRock
8 9 (2.17%) Okta
9 7 (1.69%) Confluent
9 7 (1.69%) Red Hat
9 7 (1.69%) Sybase
10 6 (1.45%) Dynatrace
10 6 (1.45%) New Relic
11 5 (1.21%) Bloomberg
11 5 (1.21%) IBM
11 5 (1.21%) Solace
12 4 (0.97%) Adobe
12 4 (0.97%) VMware