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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 90 77
Rank change year-on-year -30 -13 -12
Contract jobs citing Jenkins 510 407 496
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.54% 3.08% 3.09%
As % of the Development Applications category 20.20% 19.30% 21.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 316 262 364
10th Percentile £358 £363 £410
25th Percentile £425 £456 £487
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £530 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.65% -7.83% -4.17%
75th Percentile £597 £653 £688
90th Percentile £668 £725 £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 2,525 2,109 2,344
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.58% 15.96% 14.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,636 1,435 1,596
10th Percentile £363 £350 £367
25th Percentile £438 £419 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £772
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 12 19
10th Percentile £18.75 £36.63 £24.60
25th Percentile £27.38 £41.69 £25.99
Median hourly rate £49.00 £50.75 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +35.33% -45.45%
75th Percentile £73.56 £72.81 £71.25
90th Percentile £88.66 £107.88 £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 4 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 4 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 -27 48 £550 -4.35% 19
South London -9 28 £535 -0.47% 6
West London -18 12 £611 +33.44% 19
East London +1 1 - - 3
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 42 (8.24%) Confluence
2 18 (3.53%) Apache Airflow
3 17 (3.33%) Apache Spark
4 12 (2.35%) nginx
5 8 (1.57%) Apache
6 7 (1.37%) 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 (1.57%) Chatbot
2 8 (1.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.20%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 1 (0.20%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 8 (1.57%) 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
1 286 (56.08%) AWS
2 208 (40.78%) Azure
3 200 (39.22%) GitHub
4 167 (32.75%) GitHub Actions
5 110 (21.57%) Azure DevOps
6 87 (17.06%) GCP
7 75 (14.71%) Serverless
8 66 (12.94%) Amazon S3
8 66 (12.94%) AWS Lambda
9 62 (12.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 49 (9.61%) Amazon EC2
11 47 (9.22%) Amazon EKS
12 42 (8.24%) AWS CloudFormation
12 42 (8.24%) OpenShift
13 37 (7.25%) Amazon ECS
14 25 (4.90%) Datadog
15 24 (4.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 22 (4.31%) Amazon SQS
17 20 (3.92%) Snowflake
18 16 (3.14%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.31%) Firewall
2 16 (3.14%) DNS
3 12 (2.35%) TCP/IP
4 8 (1.57%) HTTP
4 8 (1.57%) Kerberos
4 8 (1.57%) Network Security
4 8 (1.57%) SAN
5 6 (1.18%) OpenLDAP
5 6 (1.18%) 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 80 (15.69%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (7.06%) NoSQL
3 34 (6.67%) Amazon RDS
4 28 (5.49%) Amazon Aurora
4 28 (5.49%) MongoDB
4 28 (5.49%) Relational Database
5 21 (4.12%) SQL Server
6 20 (3.92%) Redis
7 18 (3.53%) Big Data
8 17 (3.33%) DynamoDB
9 13 (2.55%) Data Warehouse
10 12 (2.35%) MySQL
11 11 (2.16%) Data Lake
12 9 (1.76%) BigQuery
12 9 (1.76%) SQLite
13 6 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (1.18%) Data Vault
13 6 (1.18%) Elasticsearch
13 6 (1.18%) Oracle Database
13 6 (1.18%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 184 (36.08%) GitLab
2 170 (33.33%) Git
3 79 (15.49%) JIRA
4 49 (9.61%) JUnit
5 42 (8.24%) Selenium
6 40 (7.84%) Gradle
7 38 (7.45%) Mockito
8 35 (6.86%) Maven
9 33 (6.47%) SonarQube
10 31 (6.08%) Bitbucket
11 28 (5.49%) REST Assured
12 25 (4.90%) Cucumber
13 24 (4.71%) Postman
14 23 (4.51%) JMeter
15 18 (3.53%) Liquibase
16 14 (2.75%) Sonatype Nexus
17 13 (2.55%) Cypress.io
18 12 (2.35%) Gatling
19 10 (1.96%) TestNG
19 10 (1.96%) WebDriver
General
1 138 (27.06%) Social Skills
2 108 (21.18%) Finance
3 68 (13.33%) Banking
4 66 (12.94%) Public Sector
5 54 (10.59%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (3.73%) Organisational Skills
7 16 (3.14%) Law
7 16 (3.14%) Retail
8 12 (2.35%) Marketing
9 10 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.57%) Telecoms
11 7 (1.37%) Front Office
11 7 (1.37%) Investment Banking
12 5 (0.98%) Police
13 4 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (0.78%) Local Government
13 4 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.59%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.59%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 136 (26.67%) Developer
2 99 (19.41%) DevOps Engineer
3 91 (17.84%) Senior
4 66 (12.94%) Java Developer
5 45 (8.82%) Lead
6 33 (6.47%) AWS Engineer
7 27 (5.29%) Architect
7 27 (5.29%) Software Engineer
8 25 (4.90%) Automation Engineer
9 23 (4.51%) AWS DevOps
9 23 (4.51%) Senior Developer
10 22 (4.31%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 22 (4.31%) Full-Stack Developer
11 19 (3.73%) Cloud Engineer
11 19 (3.73%) Tester
12 18 (3.53%) Senior DevOps
12 18 (3.53%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 18 (3.53%) Test Engineer
13 16 (3.14%) Python Developer
14 15 (2.94%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 203 (39.80%) Terraform
2 112 (21.96%) Kafka
3 94 (18.43%) Spring
4 83 (16.27%) Spring Boot
5 80 (15.69%) REST
6 73 (14.31%) RESTful
7 72 (14.12%) React
8 56 (10.98%) Node.js
9 49 (9.61%) HTML
10 34 (6.67%) CSS
11 27 (5.29%) Playwright
11 27 (5.29%) Swagger
12 25 (4.90%) AngularJS
12 25 (4.90%) Elastic Stack
13 23 (4.51%) SOAP
14 21 (4.12%) .NET
15 20 (3.92%) OpenAPI
15 20 (3.92%) Web Services
16 19 (3.73%) Flask
17 18 (3.53%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 89 (17.45%) Cloud Native
2 42 (8.24%) Distributed Systems
3 33 (6.47%) Product Ownership
4 18 (3.53%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (3.33%) Replication
6 13 (2.55%) AI Agents
7 12 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (1.76%) Data Structures
10 8 (1.57%) Distributed Architecture
10 8 (1.57%) Enterprise Storage
10 8 (1.57%) Hedge funds
10 8 (1.57%) Linux Command Line
10 8 (1.57%) Private Cloud
10 8 (1.57%) Virtual Team
11 7 (1.37%) Fixed Income
11 7 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (1.37%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 6 (1.18%) Onboarding
13 5 (0.98%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 128 (25.10%) Linux
2 41 (8.04%) Unix
3 33 (6.47%) Windows
4 27 (5.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (2.35%) Windows Server
6 10 (1.96%) Amazon Linux
7 7 (1.37%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.78%) Android
8 4 (0.78%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.59%) VMS
9 3 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.20%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 427 (83.73%) CI/CD
2 341 (66.86%) DevOps
3 253 (49.61%) Agile
4 188 (36.86%) Infrastructure as Code
5 159 (31.18%) Containerisation
6 157 (30.78%) Test Automation
7 149 (29.22%) Microservices
8 101 (19.80%) Observability
9 91 (17.84%) Scrum
10 84 (16.47%) Continuous Improvement
11 83 (16.27%) Software Engineering
12 82 (16.08%) Problem-Solving
13 65 (12.75%) Event-Driven
14 64 (12.55%) Platform Engineering
15 63 (12.35%) AI
15 63 (12.35%) TDD
16 62 (12.16%) Full-Stack Development
17 59 (11.57%) Stakeholder Management
18 51 (10.00%) Code Quality
19 50 (9.80%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 221 (43.33%) Python
2 200 (39.22%) Java
3 128 (25.10%) SQL
4 105 (20.59%) Bash
5 75 (14.71%) JavaScript
6 54 (10.59%) TypeScript
7 53 (10.39%) PowerShell
8 33 (6.47%) C#
9 25 (4.90%) Go
9 25 (4.90%) Perl
10 24 (4.71%) PL/SQL
11 23 (4.51%) Groovy
12 17 (3.33%) Shell Script
13 14 (2.75%) Scala
14 12 (2.35%) C++
15 11 (2.16%) Korn
16 9 (1.76%) Apex Code
17 8 (1.57%) C
17 8 (1.57%) SOQL
17 8 (1.57%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 207 (40.59%) Security Cleared
2 189 (37.06%) SC Cleared
3 34 (6.67%) Degree
4 33 (6.47%) AWS Certification
5 28 (5.49%) DV Cleared
6 24 (4.71%) Azure Certification
7 21 (4.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.76%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 9 (1.76%) ISTQB
10 7 (1.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.78%) CISSP
12 3 (0.59%) GIAC
12 3 (0.59%) 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 (0.20%) CRISC
14 1 (0.20%) GWAPT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (16.47%) QA
2 22 (4.31%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.35%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.76%) ISO 20022
5 8 (1.57%) 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
1 260 (50.98%) Docker
2 10 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (1.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.37%) Postfix
5 6 (1.18%) 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
1 255 (50.00%) Kubernetes
2 103 (20.20%) Grafana
3 96 (18.82%) Prometheus
4 93 (18.24%) Ansible
5 19 (3.73%) Puppet
6 17 (3.33%) Progress Chef
7 16 (3.14%) Kibana
8 13 (2.55%) Argo
9 8 (1.57%) Control-M
10 7 (1.37%) ITRS Geneos
10 7 (1.37%) Packer
11 5 (0.98%) HP Fortify
12 4 (0.78%) Kustomize
12 4 (0.78%) Podman
13 3 (0.59%) Consul
13 3 (0.59%) HAProxy
13 3 (0.59%) Istio
13 3 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
13 3 (0.59%) systemd
14 2 (0.39%) Rancher
Vendors
1 47 (9.22%) Microsoft
2 46 (9.02%) Oracle
3 38 (7.45%) Splunk
4 31 (6.08%) Google
5 27 (5.29%) Dynatrace
6 23 (4.51%) Salesforce
7 22 (4.31%) Databricks
8 19 (3.73%) IBM
9 16 (3.14%) Red Hat
10 14 (2.75%) ServiceNow
11 12 (2.35%) VMware
12 10 (1.96%) New Relic
12 10 (1.96%) Veracode
13 8 (1.57%) NetApp
14 6 (1.18%) SaltStack
15 5 (0.98%) ForgeRock
15 5 (0.98%) ION Trading
15 5 (0.98%) Okta
15 5 (0.98%) OpenAI
15 5 (0.98%) Sybase