CI/CD Contract Job Trends in the South East

CI/CD
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring CI/CD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 29 45
Rank change year-on-year +7 +16 -5
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 338 235 217
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 7.75% 6.37% 4.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.10% 7.21% 4.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 160 171
10th Percentile £359 £409 £413
25th Percentile £413 £488 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £560 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% -2.61% +4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £665
90th Percentile £625 £675 £738
England median daily rate £515 £555 £575
% change year-on-year -7.21% -3.48% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 5
10th Percentile £40.00 - £68.19
25th Percentile £55.00 - -
Median hourly rate £75.00 - £76.53
75th Percentile £84.00 - -
90th Percentile £97.00 - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £66.25 £75.00
% change year-on-year -1.89% -11.67% +14.32%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,713 3,258 4,478
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 85.10% 88.29% 89.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,428 2,030 2,900
10th Percentile £221 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £520
Median % change year-on-year -2.01% -1.88% +1.46%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £614
90th Percentile £675 £682 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 368 124 223
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.55 £18.59
25th Percentile £17.00 £26.00 £26.13
Median hourly rate £22.38 £47.51 £54.56
Median % change year-on-year -52.89% -12.92% +45.49%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.11 £66.13
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.53 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.85%

CI/CD
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

CI/CD job vacancy trend in the South East

CI/CD
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CI/CD.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CI/CD

CI/CD
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CI/CD in the South East over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CI/CD in the South East

CI/CD
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CI/CD.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CI/CD

CI/CD
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CI/CD in the South East over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for CI/CD in the South East

CI/CD
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 21 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
Thames Valley +5 173 £500 -13.04% 67
Berkshire +12 146 £500 -9.09% 28
Hampshire +21 104 £500 -9.09% 31
Surrey +18 32 £525 -9.68% 8
West Sussex +4 19 £496 +10.22% 8
Buckinghamshire -10 19 £563 -8.91% 22
Oxfordshire -10 8 £413 -26.67% 17
Middlesex - 5 £660 - 2
East Sussex -3 3 £450 +25.00% 8
Kent - 1 £375 - 3
Sussex - 1 £525 -
CI/CD
England

CI/CD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 8 (2.37%) Confluence
2 5 (1.48%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.18%) Apache
3 4 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.89%) Anypoint
5 2 (0.59%) Appian
5 2 (0.59%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.59%) nginx
6 1 (0.30%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.30%) CMS
6 1 (0.30%) Drupal
6 1 (0.30%) Gunicorn
6 1 (0.30%) SAS
6 1 (0.30%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.30%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.30%) Maximo
1 1 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 164 (48.52%) AWS
2 158 (46.75%) Azure
3 78 (23.08%) GitHub
4 76 (22.49%) GCP
5 53 (15.68%) OpenShift
6 45 (13.31%) GitHub Actions
7 44 (13.02%) Azure DevOps
8 25 (7.40%) Serverless
9 20 (5.92%) AWS CloudFormation
10 19 (5.62%) Amazon S3
11 17 (5.03%) AWS Lambda
11 17 (5.03%) IaaS
12 16 (4.73%) Amazon EKS
13 14 (4.14%) Entra ID
14 13 (3.85%) Amazon EC2
14 13 (3.85%) Azure AKS
14 13 (3.85%) PaaS
15 10 (2.96%) Cloud Computing
16 9 (2.66%) Amazon ECR
16 9 (2.66%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.14%) DNS
2 12 (3.55%) Firewall
3 5 (1.48%) DHCP
3 5 (1.48%) Kerberos
3 5 (1.48%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.18%) Network Security
5 3 (0.89%) SSL
6 2 (0.59%) VPN
7 1 (0.30%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.30%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.30%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (14.50%) PostgreSQL
2 26 (7.69%) NoSQL
3 13 (3.85%) Amazon RDS
3 13 (3.85%) Relational Database
4 12 (3.55%) Redis
5 11 (3.25%) MongoDB
6 8 (2.37%) Data Lake
6 8 (2.37%) MySQL
7 7 (2.07%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (2.07%) DynamoDB
7 7 (2.07%) HBase
8 6 (1.78%) Amazon Redshift
8 6 (1.78%) Couchbase
8 6 (1.78%) Delta Lake
9 5 (1.48%) SQL Server
10 4 (1.18%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (0.89%) Metadata
11 3 (0.89%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.59%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.59%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 83 (24.56%) Jenkins
2 59 (17.46%) Git
3 48 (14.20%) GitLab
4 29 (8.58%) Cucumber
5 27 (7.99%) JIRA
6 22 (6.51%) JUnit
7 17 (5.03%) Sonatype Nexus
8 15 (4.44%) Artifactory
8 15 (4.44%) Gradle
8 15 (4.44%) Selenium
9 14 (4.14%) JMeter
10 11 (3.25%) Bitbucket
11 7 (2.07%) Gatling
12 6 (1.78%) Maven
13 5 (1.48%) Cypress.io
13 5 (1.48%) LoadRunner
13 5 (1.48%) MLflow
14 4 (1.18%) SonarQube
14 4 (1.18%) Subversion
15 3 (0.89%) NUnit
General
1 111 (32.84%) Social Skills
2 38 (11.24%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (9.76%) Finance
4 27 (7.99%) Public Sector
5 18 (5.33%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (2.07%) Telecoms
7 5 (1.48%) Military
8 4 (1.18%) Electronics
8 4 (1.18%) Marketing
9 3 (0.89%) Automotive
9 3 (0.89%) Banking
9 3 (0.89%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.59%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.59%) Billing
10 2 (0.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.59%) Legal
10 2 (0.59%) Retail
11 1 (0.30%) Aviation
11 1 (0.30%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.30%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 70 (20.71%) Developer
2 55 (16.27%) Senior
3 41 (12.13%) DevOps Engineer
4 37 (10.95%) Architect
5 32 (9.47%) Java Developer
6 28 (8.28%) Platform Engineer
7 22 (6.51%) Full-Stack Developer
8 18 (5.33%) Lead
8 18 (5.33%) Senior Developer
9 17 (5.03%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 16 (4.73%) Site Engineer
11 15 (4.44%) Azure Engineer
12 13 (3.85%) AWS Engineer
13 12 (3.55%) Solutions Architect
14 11 (3.25%) AWS DevOps
14 11 (3.25%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 11 (3.25%) Cloud Engineer
14 11 (3.25%) Full-Stack Java Developer
15 10 (2.96%) Automation Engineer
15 10 (2.96%) AWS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (12.72%) Kafka
2 38 (11.24%) REST
2 38 (11.24%) Spring
3 30 (8.88%) RESTful
4 27 (7.99%) Spring Boot
5 26 (7.69%) React
6 23 (6.80%) .NET
7 17 (5.03%) LDAP
8 14 (4.14%) GraphQL
9 13 (3.85%) PyTorch
9 13 (3.85%) TensorFlow
10 12 (3.55%) SOAP
11 11 (3.25%) Elastic Stack
11 11 (3.25%) Hibernate
11 11 (3.25%) Keycloak
11 11 (3.25%) Middleware
11 11 (3.25%) Node.js
11 11 (3.25%) OAuth
11 11 (3.25%) scikit-learn
12 10 (2.96%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 35 (10.36%) Cloud Native
2 15 (4.44%) Distributed Systems
3 12 (3.55%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.25%) Private Cloud
5 9 (2.66%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (2.66%) Virtual Team
6 8 (2.37%) PKI
7 7 (2.07%) Mobile App
7 7 (2.07%) Synthetic Data
8 6 (1.78%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (1.78%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.48%) Replication
9 5 (1.48%) Security Posture
10 4 (1.18%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.18%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (1.18%) Public Cloud
11 3 (0.89%) Cloud Security Posture
11 3 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.89%) Distributed Architecture
12 2 (0.59%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 85 (25.15%) Linux
2 22 (6.51%) Windows
3 14 (4.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (2.96%) Unix
5 5 (1.48%) Android
6 4 (1.18%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.89%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.59%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.30%) VMS
9 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (54.14%) DevOps
2 103 (30.47%) Agile
3 92 (27.22%) Problem-Solving
4 85 (25.15%) Infrastructure as Code
5 80 (23.67%) Containerisation
6 52 (15.38%) Test Automation
7 51 (15.09%) Observability
8 49 (14.50%) Microservices
8 49 (14.50%) Platform Engineering
9 48 (14.20%) DevSecOps
10 40 (11.83%) Site Reliability Engineering
11 39 (11.54%) High Availability
12 35 (10.36%) AI
13 32 (9.47%) Full-Stack Development
13 32 (9.47%) SIEM
14 31 (9.17%) Cybersecurity
15 28 (8.28%) Continuous Integration
16 27 (7.99%) Software Engineering
17 24 (7.10%) Migration
17 24 (7.10%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 157 (46.45%) Python
2 90 (26.63%) Java
3 65 (19.23%) SQL
4 61 (18.05%) PowerShell
5 52 (15.38%) Bash
6 46 (13.61%) JavaScript
7 34 (10.06%) C#
8 19 (5.62%) Go
9 12 (3.55%) Shell Script
10 9 (2.66%) TypeScript
11 8 (2.37%) PL/SQL
11 8 (2.37%) R
12 5 (1.48%) Kotlin
12 5 (1.48%) PHP
13 4 (1.18%) C++
13 4 (1.18%) Search Processing Language
13 4 (1.18%) Swift
13 4 (1.18%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.89%) C
14 3 (0.89%) Scala
Qualifications
1 140 (41.42%) Security Cleared
2 109 (32.25%) SC Cleared
3 34 (10.06%) DV Cleared
4 21 (6.21%) CISSP
5 18 (5.33%) AWS Certification
5 18 (5.33%) Oracle Certification
6 17 (5.03%) CISM
7 15 (4.44%) Degree
8 13 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (3.25%) OCP
10 8 (2.37%) Azure Certification
11 7 (2.07%) OCA
12 6 (1.78%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (1.48%) RHCE
14 4 (1.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 4 (1.18%) CCSP
14 4 (1.18%) ISTQB
14 4 (1.18%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 3 (0.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 3 (0.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (11.83%) GDPR
2 39 (11.54%) QA
3 30 (8.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (8.88%) NIST
4 6 (1.78%) PCI DSS
5 5 (1.48%) EU AI Act
5 5 (1.48%) NCSC
6 4 (1.18%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.18%) HIPAA
6 4 (1.18%) PSD2
6 4 (1.18%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 67 (19.82%) Docker
2 30 (8.88%) Active Directory
3 26 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (4.14%) vSphere
5 7 (2.07%) VMware NSX
6 5 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.18%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.59%) NFS
9 1 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 135 (39.94%) Kubernetes
2 99 (29.29%) Terraform
3 90 (26.63%) Ansible
4 50 (14.79%) Grafana
5 41 (12.13%) Prometheus
6 23 (6.80%) Argo
7 11 (3.25%) Progress Chef
8 9 (2.66%) Puppet
9 8 (2.37%) Kustomize
10 7 (2.07%) Sysdig
11 6 (1.78%) Istio
11 6 (1.78%) linkerd
11 6 (1.78%) Podman
11 6 (1.78%) Proxmox
11 6 (1.78%) vCenter Server
12 5 (1.48%) vRealize
13 4 (1.18%) Rundeck
14 3 (0.89%) CloudHub
14 3 (0.89%) Data Guard
14 3 (0.89%) Salt
Vendors
1 45 (13.31%) VMware
2 43 (12.72%) Red Hat
3 31 (9.17%) Microsoft
4 19 (5.62%) Splunk
5 18 (5.33%) BeyondTrust
5 18 (5.33%) CyberArk
6 15 (4.44%) Oracle
7 14 (4.14%) Databricks
8 8 (2.37%) Google
8 8 (2.37%) Salesforce
8 8 (2.37%) SAP
9 7 (2.07%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.78%) IBM
10 6 (1.78%) Pure Storage
11 5 (1.48%) Confluent
12 4 (1.18%) Virgin Media
13 3 (0.89%) Apple
13 3 (0.89%) CA Agile Central
13 3 (0.89%) OpenAI
13 3 (0.89%) Zscaler