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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 80 82
Rank change year-on-year -42 +2 -36
Contract jobs citing Jenkins 410 405 486
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.28% 3.26% 2.78%
As % of the Development Applications category 17.57% 22.28% 20.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 259 284 358
10th Percentile £400 £388 £405
25th Percentile £470 £440 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £567
Median % change year-on-year - -3.00% -9.28%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £688
90th Percentile £770 £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 2,333 1,818 2,321
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.97% 14.64% 13.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,544 1,232 1,654
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 £625 £671 £675
90th Percentile £738 £798 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £527
% change year-on-year - -5.12% -4.18%
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 19 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 19 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 -25 50 £575 - 26
South London -14 16 £500 -13.76% 6
West London -16 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 (6.10%) Confluence
2 19 (4.63%) Apache Spark
3 13 (3.17%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (2.20%) Apache
5 5 (1.22%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.73%) IIS
6 3 (0.73%) JBoss
7 2 (0.49%) 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 6 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.73%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.24%) 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 (0.24%) Actimize
3 1 (0.24%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 220 (53.66%) AWS
2 161 (39.27%) GitHub
3 148 (36.10%) Azure
4 129 (31.46%) GitHub Actions
5 73 (17.80%) GCP
6 70 (17.07%) Amazon S3
7 67 (16.34%) Azure DevOps
8 60 (14.63%) Serverless
9 57 (13.90%) AWS Lambda
10 51 (12.44%) Amazon EC2
11 48 (11.71%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 47 (11.46%) AWS CloudFormation
13 43 (10.49%) Amazon EKS
14 36 (8.78%) Amazon ECS
15 30 (7.32%) OpenShift
15 30 (7.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 20 (4.88%) Google Kubernetes Engine
17 19 (4.63%) Datadog
18 16 (3.90%) AWS CodePipeline
19 14 (3.41%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (4.88%) Firewall
2 16 (3.90%) DNS
3 8 (1.95%) Network Security
4 3 (0.73%) OpenLDAP
4 3 (0.73%) VPN
5 2 (0.49%) HTTP
5 2 (0.49%) Multicast
6 1 (0.24%) DSL
6 1 (0.24%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (13.17%) PostgreSQL
2 33 (8.05%) NoSQL
3 30 (7.32%) Amazon RDS
4 26 (6.34%) Amazon Aurora
5 21 (5.12%) MongoDB
6 18 (4.39%) Big Data
7 16 (3.90%) Relational Database
7 16 (3.90%) SQL Server
8 14 (3.41%) Redis
9 12 (2.93%) BigQuery
9 12 (2.93%) DynamoDB
10 11 (2.68%) MySQL
11 8 (1.95%) Tableau
12 7 (1.71%) Amazon Athena
12 7 (1.71%) Amazon Redshift
12 7 (1.71%) Data Warehouse
13 6 (1.46%) Power BI
14 5 (1.22%) Apache Cassandra
14 5 (1.22%) Data Lake
14 5 (1.22%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 149 (36.34%) GitLab
2 94 (22.93%) Git
3 57 (13.90%) JIRA
4 41 (10.00%) JUnit
5 34 (8.29%) Mockito
6 31 (7.56%) Selenium
7 26 (6.34%) Postman
8 25 (6.10%) Cucumber
9 21 (5.12%) Maven
10 17 (4.15%) Gradle
11 15 (3.66%) Liquibase
11 15 (3.66%) REST Assured
12 13 (3.17%) JMeter
13 12 (2.93%) Bitbucket
13 12 (2.93%) SonarQube
14 8 (1.95%) CircleCI
14 8 (1.95%) Sonatype Nexus
15 7 (1.71%) Ant
15 7 (1.71%) Gatling
15 7 (1.71%) MLflow
General
1 111 (27.07%) Social Skills
2 89 (21.71%) Finance
3 53 (12.93%) Banking
4 50 (12.20%) Public Sector
5 26 (6.34%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (4.88%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (4.39%) Influencing Skills
8 13 (3.17%) Retail
9 10 (2.44%) Front Office
10 9 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (1.71%) Financial Institution
12 6 (1.46%) Investment Banking
12 6 (1.46%) Law
12 6 (1.46%) Marketing
12 6 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.73%) Automotive
13 3 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.73%) Police
14 2 (0.49%) Local Government
14 2 (0.49%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 104 (25.37%) Developer
2 66 (16.10%) Senior
3 62 (15.12%) DevOps Engineer
4 50 (12.20%) Java Developer
5 42 (10.24%) Architect
6 29 (7.07%) Lead
7 21 (5.12%) Software Engineer
8 18 (4.39%) Data Engineer
9 17 (4.15%) AWS Engineer
9 17 (4.15%) Senior Developer
10 16 (3.90%) Cloud Engineer
10 16 (3.90%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 15 (3.66%) Full-Stack Developer
12 14 (3.41%) Python Developer
13 13 (3.17%) AWS DevOps
13 13 (3.17%) CyberArk Architect
13 13 (3.17%) Senior Java Developer
13 13 (3.17%) Site Engineer
13 13 (3.17%) Test Engineer
13 13 (3.17%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (20.49%) Spring
2 77 (18.78%) Spring Boot
3 74 (18.05%) Kafka
4 56 (13.66%) RESTful
5 50 (12.20%) Node.js
6 45 (10.98%) React
7 39 (9.51%) REST
8 33 (8.05%) AngularJS
9 30 (7.32%) Playwright
10 28 (6.83%) HTML
11 25 (6.10%) OpenTelemetry
12 23 (5.61%) CSS
12 23 (5.61%) Swagger
13 19 (4.63%) OpenID
14 18 (4.39%) Web Services
15 17 (4.15%) Elastic Stack
15 17 (4.15%) Pandas
15 17 (4.15%) YAML
16 16 (3.90%) LDAP
16 16 (3.90%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 90 (21.95%) Cloud Native
2 32 (7.80%) Distributed Systems
3 23 (5.61%) Product Ownership
4 18 (4.39%) Onboarding
5 11 (2.68%) Public Cloud
6 7 (1.71%) Derivative
6 7 (1.71%) Hedge funds
6 7 (1.71%) Replication
7 6 (1.46%) AI Agents
7 6 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.46%) Equities
7 6 (1.46%) Fixed Income
8 5 (1.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (0.98%) Equity Derivative
9 4 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.73%) NHS
10 3 (0.73%) PACS
10 3 (0.73%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 74 (18.05%) Linux
2 26 (6.34%) Unix
3 18 (4.39%) Windows
4 13 (3.17%) VMS
5 5 (1.22%) Amazon Linux
5 5 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.98%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.73%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.49%) Android
8 2 (0.49%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 358 (87.32%) CI/CD
2 274 (66.83%) DevOps
3 173 (42.20%) Agile
4 163 (39.76%) Infrastructure as Code
5 123 (30.00%) Containerisation
6 105 (25.61%) Microservices
7 104 (25.37%) Test Automation
8 76 (18.54%) Observability
9 66 (16.10%) Scrum
10 63 (15.37%) Software Engineering
11 54 (13.17%) Problem-Solving
12 52 (12.68%) Continuous Improvement
13 46 (11.22%) Mentoring
14 45 (10.98%) Full-Stack Development
15 42 (10.24%) TDD
16 40 (9.76%) Migration
17 39 (9.51%) AI
17 39 (9.51%) Event-Driven
17 39 (9.51%) Stakeholder Management
18 36 (8.78%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 160 (39.02%) Python
2 143 (34.88%) Java
3 97 (23.66%) SQL
4 54 (13.17%) Bash
5 39 (9.51%) TypeScript
6 38 (9.27%) JavaScript
7 31 (7.56%) PowerShell
8 30 (7.32%) C#
9 22 (5.37%) Shell Script
10 17 (4.15%) Scala
11 14 (3.41%) Go
12 10 (2.44%) Groovy
13 9 (2.20%) Perl
14 8 (1.95%) Bicep
14 8 (1.95%) C++
14 8 (1.95%) Ruby
15 5 (1.22%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.98%) PL/SQL
17 3 (0.73%) Apex Code
17 3 (0.73%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 149 (36.34%) Security Cleared
2 132 (32.20%) SC Cleared
3 22 (5.37%) Azure Certification
4 21 (5.12%) Degree
5 18 (4.39%) AWS Certification
6 10 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.46%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.98%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.98%) ISTQB
9 4 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.73%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 3 (0.73%) PhD
11 2 (0.49%) CSSLP
12 1 (0.24%) GWAPT
12 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.24%) OSCP
12 1 (0.24%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.24%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (13.90%) QA
2 18 (4.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (4.15%) Data Quality
3 17 (4.15%) NIST
4 13 (3.17%) NCSC
5 9 (2.20%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.71%) Accessibility
6 7 (1.71%) GDPR
7 5 (1.22%) ISO 20022
7 5 (1.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.98%) PSD2
8 4 (0.98%) SEPA
9 3 (0.73%) SLA
10 2 (0.49%) HL7
10 2 (0.49%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.49%) MiFID
10 2 (0.49%) WCAG
11 1 (0.24%) SOC 2
System Software
1 210 (51.22%) Docker
2 5 (1.22%) Postfix
3 4 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.73%) GridGain
4 3 (0.73%) NFS
4 3 (0.73%) Sendmail
4 3 (0.73%) Varnish
4 3 (0.73%) 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 (0.24%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 222 (54.15%) Kubernetes
2 166 (40.49%) Terraform
3 83 (20.24%) Ansible
4 69 (16.83%) Prometheus
5 68 (16.59%) Grafana
6 15 (3.66%) Argo
7 11 (2.68%) Istio
8 10 (2.44%) Kibana
9 8 (1.95%) Progress Chef
10 7 (1.71%) Puppet
11 3 (0.73%) HAProxy
11 3 (0.73%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (0.73%) Karpenter
11 3 (0.73%) Kustomize
12 2 (0.49%) Consul
12 2 (0.49%) Packer
12 2 (0.49%) Rancher
12 2 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.49%) vCenter Server
13 1 (0.24%) Sysdig
Vendors
1 36 (8.78%) Splunk
2 30 (7.32%) Google
3 29 (7.07%) Microsoft
4 20 (4.88%) Databricks
5 18 (4.39%) Oracle
6 13 (3.17%) CyberArk
6 13 (3.17%) Salesforce
7 10 (2.44%) ServiceNow
8 9 (2.20%) ForgeRock
8 9 (2.20%) Okta
9 7 (1.71%) Confluent
9 7 (1.71%) Dynatrace
9 7 (1.71%) New Relic
9 7 (1.71%) Red Hat
9 7 (1.71%) Sybase
10 6 (1.46%) IBM
11 5 (1.22%) Bloomberg
11 5 (1.22%) Solace
12 4 (0.98%) Adobe
12 4 (0.98%) VMware