Jenkins Contract Job Trends in the South East

Jenkins (JenkinsCI)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Jenkins skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 82 97
Rank change year-on-year -80 +15 +15
Contract jobs citing Jenkins 69 85 84
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.05% 2.43% 1.77%
As % of the Development Applications category 12.78% 21.52% 15.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 50 73
10th Percentile £280 £288 £392
25th Percentile £395 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -13.04% -
75th Percentile £538 £600 £625
90th Percentile £599 £626 £688
England median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 0
10th Percentile £67.93 £53.25 -
25th Percentile £69.90 £54.38 -
Median hourly rate £71.00 £57.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +23.48% - -
75th Percentile - £58.75 -
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
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 540 395 542
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 8.20% 11.28% 11.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 356 270 341
10th Percentile £278 £286 £325
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% -5.53%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £603
90th Percentile £650 £615 £650
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 25 33
10th Percentile £47.50 £48.50 £45.74
25th Percentile £55.00 £50.00 £54.63
Median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -15.38% +11.59%
75th Percentile £71.00 £71.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £86.98 £73.00
England median hourly rate £68.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.62% - -

Jenkins
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Jenkins job vacancy trend in the South East

Jenkins
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Jenkins.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Jenkins

Jenkins
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Jenkins in the South East over the 6 months to 2 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Jenkins in the South East

Jenkins
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Jenkins.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Jenkins

Jenkins
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 Jenkins within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 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
Thames Valley -34 34 £460 -8.09% 12
Berkshire -13 30 £465 -7.09% 7
West Sussex -13 15 £358 +26.61% 1
Hampshire -60 14 £533 +6.50% 13
Surrey -22 5 £436 -31.30% 6
Buckinghamshire -30 4 £210 -47.57% 1
Sussex - 1 £600 -
Jenkins
England

Jenkins
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 2 (2.90%) IBM HTTP Server
1 2 (2.90%) Oracle HTTP Server
1 2 (2.90%) WebSphere
1 2 (2.90%) WebSphere Application Server
1 2 (2.90%) WebSphere Portal
2 1 (1.45%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.45%) Confluence
2 1 (1.45%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 33 (47.83%) AWS
2 31 (44.93%) Azure
3 26 (37.68%) GitHub
4 25 (36.23%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (31.88%) GitHub Actions
6 15 (21.74%) GCP
6 15 (21.74%) OpenShift
7 8 (11.59%) Serverless
8 7 (10.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 6 (8.70%) Amazon EKS
9 6 (8.70%) Amazon S3
9 6 (8.70%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (7.25%) AWS CloudFormation
11 4 (5.80%) Power Platform
12 3 (4.35%) Amazon ECS
12 3 (4.35%) Apigee
12 3 (4.35%) Azure API Management
12 3 (4.35%) Datadog
12 3 (4.35%) Entra ID
13 2 (2.90%) Amazon ECR
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.35%) DNS
1 3 (4.35%) Firewall
2 2 (2.90%) HTTP
2 2 (2.90%) SSL
2 2 (2.90%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.45%) BGP
3 1 (1.45%) LAN
3 1 (1.45%) Network Security
3 1 (1.45%) OSPF
3 1 (1.45%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.45%) VPN
3 1 (1.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (20.29%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (13.04%) NoSQL
3 7 (10.14%) Data Lake
4 6 (8.70%) DynamoDB
5 5 (7.25%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (7.25%) MySQL
6 4 (5.80%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (5.80%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (5.80%) Apache Cassandra
6 4 (5.80%) Couchbase
6 4 (5.80%) Power BI
6 4 (5.80%) Relational Database
7 3 (4.35%) Big Data
7 3 (4.35%) SQL Server
8 2 (2.90%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (2.90%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (2.90%) MongoDB
8 2 (2.90%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (1.45%) BigQuery
9 1 (1.45%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 32 (46.38%) GitLab
2 24 (34.78%) Git
3 10 (14.49%) JIRA
4 8 (11.59%) JUnit
5 5 (7.25%) Selenium
6 3 (4.35%) Bitbucket
6 3 (4.35%) SonarQube
6 3 (4.35%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (4.35%) SpecFlow
6 3 (4.35%) TeamCity
6 3 (4.35%) WebDriver
7 2 (2.90%) fastlane
7 2 (2.90%) Introscope
7 2 (2.90%) Mockito
7 2 (2.90%) MSTest
7 2 (2.90%) NUnit
7 2 (2.90%) Zephyr
8 1 (1.45%) HP UFT
8 1 (1.45%) Subversion
8 1 (1.45%) Xcode
General
1 10 (14.49%) Social Skills
2 7 (10.14%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (10.14%) Banking
3 6 (8.70%) Finance
4 5 (7.25%) Aerospace
4 5 (7.25%) Public Sector
5 3 (4.35%) Publishing
5 3 (4.35%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.90%) Investment Banking
6 2 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.45%) Military
7 1 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (26.09%) Senior
2 13 (18.84%) Developer
3 8 (11.59%) DevSecOps Engineer
3 8 (11.59%) Platform Engineer
4 6 (8.70%) Java Developer
4 6 (8.70%) Senior Developer
5 5 (7.25%) Software Engineer
6 4 (5.80%) Architect
6 4 (5.80%) Java Engineer
6 4 (5.80%) Senior Java Developer
6 4 (5.80%) Test Engineer
7 3 (4.35%) Apigee Developer
7 3 (4.35%) Data Engineer
7 3 (4.35%) Lead
7 3 (4.35%) Lead DevOps
7 3 (4.35%) Senior Java Engineer
7 3 (4.35%) Test Automation Engineer
8 2 (2.90%) AWS Database Engineer
8 2 (2.90%) AWS Developer
8 2 (2.90%) Senior Middleware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (33.33%) Terraform
2 12 (17.39%) REST
3 10 (14.49%) RESTful
4 7 (10.14%) Kafka
4 7 (10.14%) Spring
4 7 (10.14%) Spring Boot
5 6 (8.70%) Elastic Stack
5 6 (8.70%) JWT
5 6 (8.70%) OAuth
5 6 (8.70%) SOAP
6 5 (7.25%) CSS
6 5 (7.25%) GraphQL
6 5 (7.25%) HTML
6 5 (7.25%) OAuth2
7 4 (5.80%) ARM Templates
7 4 (5.80%) Hibernate
7 4 (5.80%) jQuery
7 4 (5.80%) React
7 4 (5.80%) SAML
7 4 (5.80%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.59%) Cloud Native
2 5 (7.25%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (7.25%) Product Ownership
3 3 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (4.35%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.90%) Clustering
4 2 (2.90%) Distributed Architecture
4 2 (2.90%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.90%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.45%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.45%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.45%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (1.45%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.45%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 13 (18.84%) Linux
2 9 (13.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (8.70%) Unix
4 4 (5.80%) Windows
5 2 (2.90%) Oracle Linux
5 2 (2.90%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 1 (1.45%) Android
6 1 (1.45%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.45%) CentOS
6 1 (1.45%) Ubuntu
6 1 (1.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (88.41%) CI/CD
2 43 (62.32%) DevOps
3 27 (39.13%) Agile
4 22 (31.88%) Infrastructure as Code
5 21 (30.43%) Containerisation
6 19 (27.54%) Microservices
7 18 (26.09%) Test Automation
8 17 (24.64%) Continuous Improvement
8 17 (24.64%) Software Engineering
9 15 (21.74%) Platform Engineering
10 12 (17.39%) Observability
10 12 (17.39%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 12 (17.39%) Vulnerability Management
11 11 (15.94%) Cloud Security
11 11 (15.94%) Deployment Automation
12 10 (14.49%) Analytics
12 10 (14.49%) Cybersecurity
13 9 (13.04%) Design Patterns
13 9 (13.04%) DevSecOps
13 9 (13.04%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 28 (40.58%) Python
2 22 (31.88%) Java
3 20 (28.99%) Bash
3 20 (28.99%) PowerShell
3 20 (28.99%) SQL
4 11 (15.94%) JavaScript
5 6 (8.70%) Bicep
5 6 (8.70%) PL/SQL
5 6 (8.70%) Shell Script
6 5 (7.25%) Go
7 4 (5.80%) TypeScript
8 3 (4.35%) C#
9 2 (2.90%) Jython
9 2 (2.90%) Perl
9 2 (2.90%) Scala
10 1 (1.45%) Groovy
10 1 (1.45%) Kotlin
10 1 (1.45%) Swift
10 1 (1.45%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 34 (49.28%) Security Cleared
2 26 (37.68%) SC Cleared
3 5 (7.25%) RHCE
4 4 (5.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 4 (5.80%) AWS Certification
4 4 (5.80%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
4 4 (5.80%) CEH
4 4 (5.80%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (5.80%) CISSP
4 4 (5.80%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (5.80%) ISTQB
5 3 (4.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.90%) Degree
6 2 (2.90%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.90%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (15.94%) QA
2 5 (7.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (7.25%) NIST
3 4 (5.80%) NCSC
4 3 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (4.35%) Data Quality
5 2 (2.90%) Accessibility
5 2 (2.90%) WCAG
6 1 (1.45%) GDPR
6 1 (1.45%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 17 (24.64%) Docker
2 3 (4.35%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 34 (49.28%) Kubernetes
2 21 (30.43%) Ansible
3 12 (17.39%) Grafana
4 8 (11.59%) Prometheus
5 2 (2.90%) CA Wily
5 2 (2.90%) Kibana
5 2 (2.90%) logstash
5 2 (2.90%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (2.90%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 13 (18.84%) Google
2 12 (17.39%) Oracle
3 11 (15.94%) Red Hat
4 8 (11.59%) Microsoft
5 5 (7.25%) Dynatrace
5 5 (7.25%) ServiceNow
6 4 (5.80%) AppDynamics
6 4 (5.80%) Splunk
7 3 (4.35%) CyberArk
7 3 (4.35%) MuleSoft
7 3 (4.35%) Salesforce
8 2 (2.90%) Databricks
8 2 (2.90%) IBM
9 1 (1.45%) Apple
9 1 (1.45%) CA Agile Central
9 1 (1.45%) Talend
9 1 (1.45%) VMware