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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 77 86
Rank change year-on-year -41 +9 -39
Contract jobs citing Jenkins 417 403 473
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.33% 3.25% 2.70%
As % of the Development Applications category 17.77% 22.28% 20.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 262 286 344
10th Percentile £400 £388 £405
25th Percentile £464 £442 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £567
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +1.41% -9.28%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £688
90th Percentile £774 £825 £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 £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 2,346 1,809 2,304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 13.12% 14.60% 13.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,551 1,231 1,639
10th Percentile £350 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £415 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £626 £672 £675
90th Percentile £738 £798 £778
England median daily rate £500 £500 £530
% change year-on-year - -5.66% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 8 26
10th Percentile - £24.49 £23.50
25th Percentile £18.75 £27.14 £25.99
Median hourly rate £31.50 £38.75 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.71% +6.16% -46.72%
75th Percentile £73.00 £52.50 £70.19
90th Percentile £95.00 £75.75 £71.56
England median hourly rate £67.75 £60.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year +12.45% -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 15 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 15 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 -20 51 £575 - 29
West London -10 18 £552 +20.55% 5
South London -14 15 £500 -13.76%
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 26 (6.24%) Confluence
2 20 (4.80%) Apache Spark
3 13 (3.12%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (2.16%) Apache
5 5 (1.20%) 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 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.96%) 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
1 224 (53.72%) AWS
2 162 (38.85%) GitHub
3 146 (35.01%) Azure
4 131 (31.41%) GitHub Actions
5 75 (17.99%) Amazon S3
6 73 (17.51%) GCP
7 66 (15.83%) Azure DevOps
7 66 (15.83%) Serverless
8 63 (15.11%) AWS Lambda
9 55 (13.19%) Amazon EC2
10 53 (12.71%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 51 (12.23%) Amazon EKS
12 49 (11.75%) AWS CloudFormation
13 42 (10.07%) Amazon ECS
14 34 (8.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 30 (7.19%) OpenShift
16 25 (6.00%) Datadog
17 20 (4.80%) Google Kubernetes Engine
18 17 (4.08%) AWS CodePipeline
19 14 (3.36%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (4.80%) Firewall
2 16 (3.84%) DNS
3 8 (1.92%) Network Security
4 4 (0.96%) 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 (13.43%) PostgreSQL
2 35 (8.39%) Amazon RDS
3 32 (7.67%) NoSQL
4 27 (6.47%) Amazon Aurora
5 21 (5.04%) MongoDB
6 20 (4.80%) Big Data
7 16 (3.84%) Relational Database
7 16 (3.84%) SQL Server
8 15 (3.60%) Redis
9 12 (2.88%) BigQuery
9 12 (2.88%) DynamoDB
10 11 (2.64%) MySQL
11 8 (1.92%) Tableau
12 7 (1.68%) Amazon Athena
12 7 (1.68%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (1.44%) Data Warehouse
13 6 (1.44%) Power BI
14 5 (1.20%) Apache Cassandra
14 5 (1.20%) Data Lake
14 5 (1.20%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 153 (36.69%) GitLab
2 94 (22.54%) Git
3 58 (13.91%) JIRA
4 42 (10.07%) JUnit
5 34 (8.15%) Mockito
6 30 (7.19%) Selenium
7 25 (6.00%) Cucumber
8 24 (5.76%) Postman
9 21 (5.04%) Maven
10 17 (4.08%) Gradle
11 15 (3.60%) Liquibase
11 15 (3.60%) REST Assured
12 13 (3.12%) SonarQube
13 12 (2.88%) Bitbucket
13 12 (2.88%) JMeter
14 8 (1.92%) CircleCI
14 8 (1.92%) Sonatype Nexus
15 7 (1.68%) Ant
15 7 (1.68%) Gatling
15 7 (1.68%) MLflow
General
1 110 (26.38%) Social Skills
2 93 (22.30%) Finance
3 54 (12.95%) Banking
4 49 (11.75%) Public Sector
5 25 (6.00%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (4.80%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (4.32%) Influencing Skills
8 12 (2.88%) Retail
9 10 (2.40%) Front Office
10 8 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (1.68%) Financial Institution
12 6 (1.44%) Investment Banking
12 6 (1.44%) Law
12 6 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.20%) 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
1 104 (24.94%) Developer
2 66 (15.83%) Senior
3 63 (15.11%) DevOps Engineer
4 49 (11.75%) Java Developer
5 43 (10.31%) Architect
6 32 (7.67%) Lead
7 21 (5.04%) Software Engineer
8 19 (4.56%) AWS Engineer
9 18 (4.32%) Data Engineer
10 17 (4.08%) Cloud Engineer
10 17 (4.08%) Senior Developer
11 16 (3.84%) AWS DevOps
11 16 (3.84%) Full-Stack Developer
11 16 (3.84%) Site Reliability Engineer
12 13 (3.12%) AWS DevOps Engineer
12 13 (3.12%) CyberArk Architect
12 13 (3.12%) Python Developer
12 13 (3.12%) Senior Java Developer
12 13 (3.12%) Site Engineer
13 12 (2.88%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (19.90%) Spring
2 76 (18.23%) Kafka
2 76 (18.23%) Spring Boot
3 55 (13.19%) RESTful
4 54 (12.95%) Node.js
5 46 (11.03%) React
6 39 (9.35%) REST
7 34 (8.15%) Playwright
8 33 (7.91%) AngularJS
9 29 (6.95%) HTML
10 27 (6.47%) OpenTelemetry
11 24 (5.76%) CSS
12 21 (5.04%) Swagger
13 20 (4.80%) YAML
14 19 (4.56%) OpenID
15 18 (4.32%) Elastic Stack
15 18 (4.32%) GraphQL
15 18 (4.32%) Web Services
16 16 (3.84%) OpenAPI
16 16 (3.84%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 94 (22.54%) Cloud Native
2 35 (8.39%) Distributed Systems
3 23 (5.52%) Product Ownership
4 18 (4.32%) Onboarding
5 11 (2.64%) Public Cloud
6 8 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (1.92%) Replication
7 7 (1.68%) Derivative
7 7 (1.68%) Hedge funds
8 6 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.44%) Equities
8 6 (1.44%) Fixed Income
9 5 (1.20%) AI Agents
9 5 (1.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (0.96%) Equity Derivative
10 4 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (0.72%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (0.72%) NHS
11 3 (0.72%) PACS
11 3 (0.72%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 78 (18.71%) Linux
2 26 (6.24%) Unix
3 18 (4.32%) Windows
4 13 (3.12%) VMS
5 5 (1.20%) Amazon Linux
5 5 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.96%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.72%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.48%) Android
8 2 (0.48%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (87.53%) CI/CD
2 280 (67.15%) DevOps
3 175 (41.97%) Agile
4 170 (40.77%) Infrastructure as Code
5 127 (30.46%) Containerisation
6 106 (25.42%) Microservices
6 106 (25.42%) Test Automation
7 80 (19.18%) Observability
8 67 (16.07%) Software Engineering
9 64 (15.35%) Scrum
10 58 (13.91%) Problem-Solving
11 54 (12.95%) Continuous Improvement
12 50 (11.99%) Mentoring
13 46 (11.03%) Full-Stack Development
14 42 (10.07%) TDD
15 40 (9.59%) AI
15 40 (9.59%) Event-Driven
15 40 (9.59%) Migration
16 39 (9.35%) Stakeholder Management
17 38 (9.11%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 163 (39.09%) Python
2 146 (35.01%) Java
3 94 (22.54%) SQL
4 56 (13.43%) Bash
5 43 (10.31%) TypeScript
6 39 (9.35%) JavaScript
7 30 (7.19%) C#
7 30 (7.19%) PowerShell
8 22 (5.28%) Shell Script
9 17 (4.08%) Scala
10 13 (3.12%) Go
11 11 (2.64%) Groovy
12 9 (2.16%) Perl
13 8 (1.92%) Bicep
13 8 (1.92%) C++
13 8 (1.92%) Ruby
14 5 (1.20%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.96%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.72%) Apex Code
16 3 (0.72%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 150 (35.97%) Security Cleared
2 134 (32.13%) SC Cleared
3 22 (5.28%) Azure Certification
4 21 (5.04%) AWS Certification
4 21 (5.04%) Degree
5 11 (2.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (1.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 7 (1.68%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.44%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 4 (0.96%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.96%) ISTQB
9 4 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.72%) PhD
11 2 (0.48%) 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 55 (13.19%) QA
2 18 (4.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (4.08%) NIST
4 16 (3.84%) Data Quality
5 13 (3.12%) NCSC
6 9 (2.16%) PCI DSS
7 7 (1.68%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.68%) GDPR
8 5 (1.20%) ISO 20022
8 5 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.96%) PSD2
9 4 (0.96%) SEPA
10 3 (0.72%) SLA
11 2 (0.48%) HL7
11 2 (0.48%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.48%) MiFID
11 2 (0.48%) WCAG
12 1 (0.24%) SOC 2
System Software
1 217 (52.04%) Docker
2 5 (1.20%) Postfix
3 4 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.72%) GridGain
4 3 (0.72%) NFS
4 3 (0.72%) Sendmail
4 3 (0.72%) Varnish
4 3 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.48%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.48%) HDFS
5 2 (0.48%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.48%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.48%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 226 (54.20%) Kubernetes
2 172 (41.25%) Terraform
3 82 (19.66%) Ansible
4 71 (17.03%) Prometheus
5 70 (16.79%) Grafana
6 15 (3.60%) Argo
7 11 (2.64%) Istio
8 10 (2.40%) Kibana
9 8 (1.92%) Progress Chef
10 7 (1.68%) Puppet
11 6 (1.44%) ITRS Geneos
12 3 (0.72%) HAProxy
12 3 (0.72%) Karpenter
12 3 (0.72%) Kustomize
12 3 (0.72%) Rancher
13 2 (0.48%) Consul
13 2 (0.48%) Packer
13 2 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
13 2 (0.48%) vCenter Server
14 1 (0.24%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 36 (8.63%) Splunk
2 30 (7.19%) Google
2 30 (7.19%) Microsoft
3 20 (4.80%) Databricks
4 18 (4.32%) Oracle
5 13 (3.12%) CyberArk
5 13 (3.12%) Salesforce
6 11 (2.64%) ServiceNow
7 9 (2.16%) ForgeRock
7 9 (2.16%) Okta
8 7 (1.68%) Confluent
8 7 (1.68%) Dynatrace
8 7 (1.68%) New Relic
8 7 (1.68%) Red Hat
8 7 (1.68%) Sybase
9 6 (1.44%) IBM
10 5 (1.20%) Bloomberg
10 5 (1.20%) Solace
11 4 (0.96%) Adobe
11 4 (0.96%) VMware