CI/CD Contract Job Trends in the North of England

CI/CD
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring CI/CD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 20 32
Rank change year-on-year +9 +12 -11
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 607 281 241
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 12.81% 7.85% 5.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.47% 9.05% 5.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 450 206 178
10th Percentile £344 £356 £445
25th Percentile £406 £406 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £489 £560
Median % change year-on-year -0.26% -12.72% -0.88%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £625
90th Percentile £631 £653 £681
England median daily rate £515 £560 £575
% change year-on-year -8.04% -2.61% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 2
10th Percentile £37.41 £76.50 £61.33
25th Percentile £39.53 £82.50 £61.44
Median hourly rate £42.69 £90.42 £62.25
Median % change year-on-year -52.79% +45.24% +38.33%
75th Percentile £63.50 £102.00 £63.31
90th Percentile £69.96 - £63.58
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year - -13.33% +14.32%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

CI/CD falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,195 3,105 4,120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.54% 86.78% 88.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,787 1,767 2,728
10th Percentile £215 £263 £293
25th Percentile £363 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £665 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 264 155 189
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £15.74
25th Percentile £19.32 £17.25 £17.75
Median hourly rate £28.96 £27.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.29% -8.33% +33.33%
75th Percentile £51.75 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £68.90 £66.80 £62.35
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +23.61%

CI/CD
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CI/CD relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

CI/CD job vacancy trend in the North of England

CI/CD
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing CI/CD.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing CI/CD

CI/CD
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CI/CD in the North of England over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CI/CD in the North of England

CI/CD
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing CI/CD.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing CI/CD

CI/CD
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CI/CD in the North of England over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for CI/CD in the North of England

CI/CD
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CI/CD within the North of England region over the 6 months to 20 December 2025. 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
Yorkshire +2 300 £490 +0.51% 93
North West +13 241 £471 -0.84% 119
North East +11 70 £494 -10.23% 32
CI/CD
England

CI/CD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 35 (5.77%) Confluence
2 21 (3.46%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (2.14%) Apache
4 12 (1.98%) JBoss
5 10 (1.65%) WebSphere
6 9 (1.48%) Apache Spark
6 9 (1.48%) IIS
6 9 (1.48%) WebSphere Application Server
7 8 (1.32%) iPlanet
8 7 (1.15%) Mule
9 6 (0.99%) OpenStack
10 4 (0.66%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.49%) SharePoint
12 2 (0.33%) CICS
12 2 (0.33%) Mule ESB
13 1 (0.16%) Anypoint
13 1 (0.16%) CMS
13 1 (0.16%) Documentum
13 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
13 1 (0.16%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.33%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.16%) Finacle
3 1 (0.16%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 325 (53.54%) AWS
2 197 (32.45%) Azure
3 167 (27.51%) GCP
4 115 (18.95%) GitHub
5 105 (17.30%) Serverless
6 65 (10.71%) GitHub Actions
7 63 (10.38%) OpenShift
8 62 (10.21%) Azure DevOps
9 59 (9.72%) AWS Lambda
10 53 (8.73%) AWS CloudFormation
11 39 (6.43%) Amazon ECS
12 35 (5.77%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 34 (5.60%) Amazon S3
14 30 (4.94%) Amazon EC2
15 19 (3.13%) Amazon EKS
15 19 (3.13%) Datadog
16 18 (2.97%) SaaS
17 17 (2.80%) Amazon SQS
17 17 (2.80%) Apigee
18 16 (2.64%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 34 (5.60%) Firewall
2 14 (2.31%) DNS
3 11 (1.81%) Network Security
3 11 (1.81%) TCP/IP
4 10 (1.65%) VPN
5 8 (1.32%) Kerberos
6 7 (1.15%) SSL
7 6 (0.99%) HTTP
8 5 (0.82%) VLAN
9 4 (0.66%) HTTPS
10 3 (0.49%) BGP
10 3 (0.49%) Software-Defined Networking
11 2 (0.33%) Wireshark
12 1 (0.16%) BIG-IP
12 1 (0.16%) Cisco Firepower
12 1 (0.16%) SAN
12 1 (0.16%) VSAN
12 1 (0.16%) VXLAN
12 1 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.16%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (10.21%) PostgreSQL
2 58 (9.56%) NoSQL
3 25 (4.12%) MongoDB
4 23 (3.79%) Relational Database
5 21 (3.46%) DynamoDB
5 21 (3.46%) MySQL
6 19 (3.13%) Amazon RDS
7 16 (2.64%) SQL Server
8 13 (2.14%) Power BI
9 12 (1.98%) Data Lake
10 11 (1.81%) Redis
11 10 (1.65%) Amazon Aurora
11 10 (1.65%) RDBMS
12 8 (1.32%) BigQuery
12 8 (1.32%) Oracle Database
13 7 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (0.99%) Big Data
14 6 (0.99%) Delta Lake
14 6 (0.99%) Snowflake Schema
15 5 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 206 (33.94%) Jenkins
2 162 (26.69%) GitLab
3 136 (22.41%) Git
4 110 (18.12%) JIRA
5 35 (5.77%) Cucumber
6 34 (5.60%) Postman
7 30 (4.94%) Sonatype Nexus
8 29 (4.78%) Liquibase
9 26 (4.28%) Selenium
10 22 (3.62%) CircleCI
10 22 (3.62%) Cypress.io
11 20 (3.29%) REST Assured
12 19 (3.13%) SonarQube
13 16 (2.64%) JUnit
14 10 (1.65%) Bitbucket
14 10 (1.65%) Bitbucket Server
14 10 (1.65%) CA Release Automation
14 10 (1.65%) Maven
14 10 (1.65%) SoapUI
15 9 (1.48%) TestRail
General
1 179 (29.49%) Social Skills
2 120 (19.77%) Finance
3 118 (19.44%) Public Sector
4 83 (13.67%) Banking
5 54 (8.90%) Analytical Skills
6 30 (4.94%) Financial Institution
7 12 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (0.99%) Health Technology
9 6 (0.99%) Law
10 4 (0.66%) Games
10 4 (0.66%) Military
11 3 (0.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.49%) Local Government
11 3 (0.49%) Private Banking
11 3 (0.49%) Publishing
12 2 (0.33%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.33%) Police
12 2 (0.33%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 133 (21.91%) Developer
2 79 (13.01%) Senior
3 78 (12.85%) DevOps Engineer
4 59 (9.72%) Software Engineer
5 52 (8.57%) AWS Engineer
6 36 (5.93%) Java Developer
6 36 (5.93%) Test Engineer
7 35 (5.77%) Lead
8 32 (5.27%) Architect
8 32 (5.27%) Data Engineer
9 29 (4.78%) AWS DevOps
10 28 (4.61%) Cloud Engineer
11 27 (4.45%) Analyst
11 27 (4.45%) Platform Engineer
12 22 (3.62%) AWS DevOps Engineer
13 20 (3.29%) GCP Engineer
14 19 (3.13%) Senior DevOps
15 18 (2.97%) Senior Developer
16 17 (2.80%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 17 (2.80%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (18.12%) REST
2 100 (16.47%) RESTful
3 71 (11.70%) Spring Boot
4 57 (9.39%) React
4 57 (9.39%) Spring
5 56 (9.23%) Elastic Stack
6 51 (8.40%) Node.js
7 37 (6.10%) .NET
8 31 (5.11%) JSON
9 28 (4.61%) HTML
10 27 (4.45%) Kafka
11 26 (4.28%) Jest
12 24 (3.95%) AngularJS
12 24 (3.95%) OAuth
13 21 (3.46%) Playwright
14 19 (3.13%) OpenTelemetry
15 18 (2.97%) XML
16 17 (2.80%) LDAP
17 16 (2.64%) CSS
17 16 (2.64%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 97 (15.98%) Cloud Native
2 56 (9.23%) Distributed Systems
3 53 (8.73%) Product Ownership
4 36 (5.93%) Public Cloud
5 22 (3.62%) Onboarding
6 19 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
6 19 (3.13%) NHS
7 17 (2.80%) Hybrid Cloud
7 17 (2.80%) Mobile App
8 14 (2.31%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (1.81%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 10 (1.65%) Greenfield Project
11 9 (1.48%) Clustering
11 9 (1.48%) Security Posture
12 7 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (0.99%) Data Centre
13 6 (0.99%) N-Tier
14 5 (0.82%) Data Structures
14 5 (0.82%) Distributed Applications
14 5 (0.82%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 112 (18.45%) Linux
2 28 (4.61%) Windows
3 18 (2.97%) Unix
4 13 (2.14%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.98%) Apple iOS
6 11 (1.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (1.65%) Android
8 2 (0.33%) Solaris
8 2 (0.33%) VMS
8 2 (0.33%) zOS
9 1 (0.16%) CentOS
9 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.16%) MVS
9 1 (0.16%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 384 (63.26%) DevOps
2 245 (40.36%) Agile
3 213 (35.09%) Containerisation
4 207 (34.10%) Infrastructure as Code
5 152 (25.04%) Microservices
6 145 (23.89%) Test Automation
7 129 (21.25%) Problem-Solving
8 100 (16.47%) Software Engineering
9 75 (12.36%) Mentoring
10 74 (12.19%) Infrastructure Automation
11 67 (11.04%) DevSecOps
11 67 (11.04%) Migration
12 66 (10.87%) Continuous Improvement
12 66 (10.87%) Observability
13 63 (10.38%) TDD
14 62 (10.21%) Continuous Integration
15 56 (9.23%) Computer Science
16 55 (9.06%) Full-Stack Development
17 53 (8.73%) Scrum
18 51 (8.40%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 238 (39.21%) Python
2 158 (26.03%) Java
3 96 (15.82%) Bash
3 96 (15.82%) SQL
4 67 (11.04%) JavaScript
5 56 (9.23%) Go
5 56 (9.23%) TypeScript
6 35 (5.77%) C#
7 25 (4.12%) PowerShell
8 24 (3.95%) Shell Script
9 18 (2.97%) Groovy
10 12 (1.98%) Bicep
10 12 (1.98%) PL/SQL
11 10 (1.65%) Perl
12 9 (1.48%) PHP
13 8 (1.32%) C++
14 7 (1.15%) Ruby
14 7 (1.15%) Scala
14 7 (1.15%) Swift
15 6 (0.99%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 110 (18.12%) Security Cleared
2 79 (13.01%) SC Cleared
3 60 (9.88%) Degree
4 52 (8.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 31 (5.11%) Master's Degree
6 28 (4.61%) AWS Certification
7 23 (3.79%) CISSP
8 18 (2.97%) BPSS Clearance
8 18 (2.97%) CISM
9 12 (1.98%) ISTQB
10 10 (1.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 10 (1.65%) Azure Certification
11 6 (0.99%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 4 (0.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.49%) AWS Certified Developer
13 3 (0.49%) CCSP
13 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.49%) TOGAF Certification
14 2 (0.33%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (10.54%) QA
2 44 (7.25%) Accessibility
3 22 (3.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (2.80%) NIST
4 17 (2.80%) WCAG
5 15 (2.47%) PSD2
6 14 (2.31%) GDPR
7 12 (1.98%) Data Quality
7 12 (1.98%) ISO 20022
7 12 (1.98%) PCI DSS
8 11 (1.81%) SEPA
9 6 (0.99%) HL7
10 4 (0.66%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.49%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.49%) IEC 61508
11 3 (0.49%) IEC 62304
11 3 (0.49%) ISO 26262
11 3 (0.49%) SLA
12 2 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 233 (38.39%) Docker
2 16 (2.64%) Active Directory
3 13 (2.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.65%) vSphere
5 8 (1.32%) Tivoli Directory Server
6 5 (0.82%) KVM
6 5 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.49%) HDFS
8 2 (0.33%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.33%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.16%) Ceph
9 1 (0.16%) NFS
9 1 (0.16%) QEMU
9 1 (0.16%) SRDF
9 1 (0.16%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.16%) Xen
Systems Management
1 262 (43.16%) Kubernetes
2 244 (40.20%) Terraform
3 135 (22.24%) Ansible
4 101 (16.64%) Grafana
5 91 (14.99%) Prometheus
6 15 (2.47%) Progress Chef
7 14 (2.31%) Argo
8 13 (2.14%) Istio
9 12 (1.98%) Control-M
10 11 (1.81%) Single Sign-On
11 10 (1.65%) IBM Guardium
11 10 (1.65%) Nessus
11 10 (1.65%) NetBackup
11 10 (1.65%) Puppet
12 8 (1.32%) CA Single Sign-On
12 8 (1.32%) CA Wily
12 8 (1.32%) Tivoli
13 6 (0.99%) Kibana
14 5 (0.82%) Fluentd
15 4 (0.66%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 82 (13.51%) Splunk
2 80 (13.18%) Microsoft
3 48 (7.91%) Google
4 40 (6.59%) Oracle
5 31 (5.11%) Red Hat
6 19 (3.13%) VMware
7 18 (2.97%) ServiceNow
8 16 (2.64%) AppDynamics
9 15 (2.47%) Databricks
10 14 (2.31%) F5
11 11 (1.81%) IBM
12 10 (1.65%) Commvault
12 10 (1.65%) Dynatrace
12 10 (1.65%) Tenable
13 9 (1.48%) CyberArk
13 9 (1.48%) Palo Alto
13 9 (1.48%) Veritas
14 8 (1.32%) BeyondTrust
14 8 (1.32%) Broadcom
14 8 (1.32%) Thycotic