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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 91 81
Rank change year-on-year -28 -10 -17
Contract jobs citing Jenkins 512 414 499
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.55% 3.09% 3.07%
As % of the Development Applications category 20.31% 19.40% 21.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 320 270 366
10th Percentile £360 £363 £410
25th Percentile £425 £450 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £570
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -7.02% -5.00%
75th Percentile £599 £653 £688
90th Percentile £675 £726 £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% -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% -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 2,521 2,134 2,355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.56% 15.94% 14.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,631 1,464 1,610
10th Percentile £363 £350 £365
25th Percentile £438 £417 £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 £748 £750 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 13 19
10th Percentile £18.75 £31.85 £24.60
25th Percentile £27.38 £40.00 £25.99
Median hourly rate £49.00 £45.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.89% +20.00% -45.45%
75th Percentile £73.56 £67.50 £71.25
90th Percentile £88.66 £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 1 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 1 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 -26 46 £550 -4.35% 20
South London -15 28 £535 -0.47% 8
West London -14 13 £611 +33.44% 23
East London 0 1 - - 5
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 (7.62%) Confluence
2 17 (3.32%) Apache Airflow
3 16 (3.13%) Apache Spark
4 12 (2.34%) nginx
5 8 (1.56%) Apache
6 6 (1.17%) Camunda
7 5 (0.98%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.78%) IIS
9 3 (0.59%) CMS
9 3 (0.59%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.59%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.59%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
10 1 (0.20%) MTS
10 1 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.20%) SAS
10 1 (0.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (1.76%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.56%) Chatbot
2 8 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.20%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 1 (0.20%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 8 (1.56%) Magento
2 2 (0.39%) Aladdin
2 2 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 285 (55.66%) AWS
2 210 (41.02%) Azure
3 200 (39.06%) GitHub
4 166 (32.42%) GitHub Actions
5 111 (21.68%) Azure DevOps
6 90 (17.58%) GCP
7 77 (15.04%) Serverless
8 67 (13.09%) Amazon S3
9 65 (12.70%) AWS Lambda
10 62 (12.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 51 (9.96%) Amazon EC2
12 47 (9.18%) Amazon EKS
13 43 (8.40%) AWS CloudFormation
14 42 (8.20%) OpenShift
15 37 (7.23%) Amazon ECS
16 26 (5.08%) Datadog
16 26 (5.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 23 (4.49%) Amazon SQS
18 19 (3.71%) Snowflake
19 18 (3.52%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.30%) Firewall
2 15 (2.93%) DNS
3 12 (2.34%) TCP/IP
4 8 (1.56%) HTTP
4 8 (1.56%) Kerberos
4 8 (1.56%) Network Security
4 8 (1.56%) SAN
5 6 (1.17%) OpenLDAP
5 6 (1.17%) VPN
6 5 (0.98%) SSL
7 4 (0.78%) SSH
7 4 (0.78%) WAN
8 3 (0.59%) 4G
8 3 (0.59%) HTTPS
8 3 (0.59%) Multicast
9 2 (0.39%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (0.39%) FTP
9 2 (0.39%) IMAP
9 2 (0.39%) SMTP
9 2 (0.39%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (15.23%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (7.03%) NoSQL
3 33 (6.45%) Amazon RDS
4 28 (5.47%) MongoDB
5 27 (5.27%) Amazon Aurora
5 27 (5.27%) Relational Database
6 21 (4.10%) Redis
6 21 (4.10%) SQL Server
7 17 (3.32%) Big Data
7 17 (3.32%) DynamoDB
8 12 (2.34%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (2.34%) MySQL
9 10 (1.95%) Data Lake
10 9 (1.76%) BigQuery
10 9 (1.76%) SQLite
11 6 (1.17%) Amazon Athena
11 6 (1.17%) Amazon Redshift
11 6 (1.17%) Oracle Database
12 5 (0.98%) Data Vault
12 5 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 183 (35.74%) GitLab
2 165 (32.23%) Git
3 76 (14.84%) JIRA
4 44 (8.59%) JUnit
5 42 (8.20%) Selenium
6 38 (7.42%) Gradle
7 34 (6.64%) Mockito
8 32 (6.25%) Maven
9 31 (6.05%) Bitbucket
9 31 (6.05%) SonarQube
10 27 (5.27%) REST Assured
11 24 (4.69%) Cucumber
11 24 (4.69%) Postman
12 21 (4.10%) JMeter
13 17 (3.32%) Liquibase
14 14 (2.73%) Sonatype Nexus
15 13 (2.54%) Cypress.io
16 11 (2.15%) Gatling
17 10 (1.95%) Eclipse
17 10 (1.95%) WebDriver
General
1 134 (26.17%) Social Skills
2 109 (21.29%) Finance
3 69 (13.48%) Banking
4 67 (13.09%) Public Sector
5 52 (10.16%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (3.32%) Organisational Skills
7 16 (3.13%) Law
7 16 (3.13%) Retail
8 12 (2.34%) Marketing
9 8 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.37%) Front Office
10 7 (1.37%) Investment Banking
10 7 (1.37%) Telecoms
11 5 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (0.98%) Police
12 4 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.78%) Local Government
12 4 (0.78%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.59%) Automotive
13 3 (0.59%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 134 (26.17%) Developer
2 100 (19.53%) DevOps Engineer
3 90 (17.58%) Senior
4 62 (12.11%) Java Developer
5 44 (8.59%) Lead
6 32 (6.25%) AWS Engineer
7 28 (5.47%) Architect
7 28 (5.47%) Software Engineer
8 24 (4.69%) Automation Engineer
9 23 (4.49%) AWS DevOps
10 22 (4.30%) Full-Stack Developer
11 21 (4.10%) AWS DevOps Engineer
11 21 (4.10%) Senior Developer
12 19 (3.71%) Cloud Engineer
12 19 (3.71%) Tester
13 18 (3.52%) Senior DevOps
13 18 (3.52%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 17 (3.32%) Test Engineer
15 16 (3.13%) Python Developer
16 15 (2.93%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 205 (40.04%) Terraform
2 109 (21.29%) Kafka
3 90 (17.58%) Spring
4 79 (15.43%) REST
5 78 (15.23%) Spring Boot
6 72 (14.06%) React
7 71 (13.87%) RESTful
8 62 (12.11%) Node.js
9 48 (9.38%) HTML
10 35 (6.84%) CSS
11 28 (5.47%) Playwright
12 25 (4.88%) AngularJS
12 25 (4.88%) Elastic Stack
12 25 (4.88%) Swagger
13 22 (4.30%) .NET
14 21 (4.10%) SOAP
15 19 (3.71%) Flask
16 18 (3.52%) GraphQL
16 18 (3.52%) OpenAPI
16 18 (3.52%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 90 (17.58%) Cloud Native
2 43 (8.40%) Distributed Systems
3 33 (6.45%) Product Ownership
4 16 (3.13%) Replication
4 16 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (2.73%) AI Agents
6 12 (2.34%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (1.95%) Linux Command Line
8 8 (1.56%) Data Structures
8 8 (1.56%) Distributed Architecture
8 8 (1.56%) Enterprise Storage
8 8 (1.56%) Hedge funds
8 8 (1.56%) Private Cloud
8 8 (1.56%) Virtual Team
9 7 (1.37%) Fixed Income
9 7 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (1.37%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 6 (1.17%) Onboarding
11 5 (0.98%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 132 (25.78%) Linux
2 42 (8.20%) Unix
3 32 (6.25%) Windows
4 26 (5.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (2.15%) Windows Server
6 10 (1.95%) Amazon Linux
7 7 (1.37%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.78%) Android
8 4 (0.78%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.78%) VMS
9 3 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 428 (83.59%) CI/CD
2 345 (67.38%) DevOps
3 250 (48.83%) Agile
4 191 (37.30%) Infrastructure as Code
5 156 (30.47%) Containerisation
6 153 (29.88%) Test Automation
7 150 (29.30%) Microservices
8 102 (19.92%) Observability
9 90 (17.58%) Scrum
10 85 (16.60%) Software Engineering
11 82 (16.02%) Continuous Improvement
12 79 (15.43%) Problem-Solving
13 64 (12.50%) Event-Driven
13 64 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
14 63 (12.30%) AI
14 63 (12.30%) Platform Engineering
14 63 (12.30%) TDD
15 58 (11.33%) Stakeholder Management
16 50 (9.77%) Mentoring
16 50 (9.77%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 224 (43.75%) Python
2 197 (38.48%) Java
3 129 (25.20%) SQL
4 105 (20.51%) Bash
5 73 (14.26%) JavaScript
6 54 (10.55%) TypeScript
7 53 (10.35%) PowerShell
8 33 (6.45%) C#
9 26 (5.08%) Go
9 26 (5.08%) Perl
10 24 (4.69%) PL/SQL
11 22 (4.30%) Groovy
12 19 (3.71%) Shell Script
13 13 (2.54%) Scala
14 12 (2.34%) C++
15 11 (2.15%) Korn
16 9 (1.76%) Apex Code
16 9 (1.76%) Bicep
17 8 (1.56%) C
17 8 (1.56%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 205 (40.04%) Security Cleared
2 187 (36.52%) SC Cleared
3 33 (6.45%) AWS Certification
3 33 (6.45%) Degree
4 27 (5.27%) DV Cleared
5 24 (4.69%) Azure Certification
6 20 (3.91%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (3.32%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (1.76%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 9 (1.76%) ISTQB
9 7 (1.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (0.78%) CISSP
11 3 (0.59%) GIAC
11 3 (0.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.39%) CSSLP
12 2 (0.39%) ISEB
12 2 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.39%) PMP
13 1 (0.20%) CRISC
13 1 (0.20%) GWAPT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (16.21%) QA
2 21 (4.10%) Data Quality
3 11 (2.15%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.76%) ISO 20022
5 8 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.37%) NIST
7 5 (0.98%) SEPA
8 4 (0.78%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.78%) PSD2
9 2 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.39%) GDPR
9 2 (0.39%) WCAG
10 1 (0.20%) GRC
10 1 (0.20%) ISO 15022
10 1 (0.20%) NCSC
10 1 (0.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 263 (51.37%) Docker
2 10 (1.95%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (1.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.37%) Postfix
5 6 (1.17%) Active Directory
6 3 (0.59%) GridGain
6 3 (0.59%) Squid
6 3 (0.59%) 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 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.20%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 259 (50.59%) Kubernetes
2 102 (19.92%) Grafana
3 95 (18.55%) Prometheus
4 94 (18.36%) Ansible
5 19 (3.71%) Puppet
6 17 (3.32%) Progress Chef
7 16 (3.13%) Kibana
8 13 (2.54%) Argo
9 8 (1.56%) Control-M
10 7 (1.37%) ITRS Geneos
10 7 (1.37%) Packer
11 5 (0.98%) HP Fortify
12 4 (0.78%) Istio
12 4 (0.78%) Kustomize
12 4 (0.78%) Podman
13 3 (0.59%) Consul
13 3 (0.59%) HAProxy
13 3 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
13 3 (0.59%) systemd
14 2 (0.39%) Rancher
Vendors
1 47 (9.18%) Microsoft
2 45 (8.79%) Oracle
3 38 (7.42%) Splunk
4 32 (6.25%) Google
5 26 (5.08%) Dynatrace
6 23 (4.49%) Salesforce
7 20 (3.91%) Databricks
8 18 (3.52%) IBM
9 16 (3.13%) Red Hat
10 13 (2.54%) ServiceNow
11 12 (2.34%) VMware
12 10 (1.95%) New Relic
13 9 (1.76%) Veracode
14 8 (1.56%) NetApp
15 6 (1.17%) OpenAI
15 6 (1.17%) SaltStack
16 5 (0.98%) Checkmarx
16 5 (0.98%) ForgeRock
16 5 (0.98%) Okta
16 5 (0.98%) Sybase