CI/CD Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

CI/CD
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Stevenage requiring CI/CD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 24 52
Rank change year-on-year -3 +28 -22
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 19 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 5.62% 2.46% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.76% 2.63% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £406 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - £250
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.53%
75th Percentile £419 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £565 £500 £488
% change year-on-year +13.00% +2.56% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 2 0
10th Percentile £62.38 £61.63 -
25th Percentile - £62.19 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £63.75 -
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% - -
75th Percentile - £64.69 -
90th Percentile £66.40 £64.88 -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £63.75 -
% change year-on-year +1.96% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 245 114 296
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 72.49% 93.44% 92.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 17 25
10th Percentile £371 £309 £211
25th Percentile £450 £450 £290
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £500 £375
Median % change year-on-year +3.50% +33.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £500
90th Percentile £765 - £650
Hertfordshire median daily rate £525 £525 £475
% change year-on-year - +10.53% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 70 207
10th Percentile £26.17 £40.00 £38.12
25th Percentile £53.53 £60.00 £45.00
Median hourly rate £66.25 £67.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.85% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £82.21 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.25 £85.25 £90.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £22.63 £66.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -65.71% +1.54% -

CI/CD
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

CI/CD job vacancy trend in Stevenage

CI/CD
Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing CI/CD.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing CI/CD

CI/CD
Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing CI/CD.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing CI/CD

CI/CD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) AWS
1 1 (5.26%) Azure
1 1 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (5.26%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (5.26%) Power Automate
1 1 (5.26%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (68.42%) Ethernet
1 13 (68.42%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (73.68%) Eclipse
1 14 (73.68%) Visual Studio
2 4 (21.05%) Git
General
1 15 (78.95%) Social Skills
2 13 (68.42%) Military
2 13 (68.42%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (15.79%) Law
4 2 (10.53%) Aerospace
4 2 (10.53%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 12 (63.16%) Software Engineer
2 10 (52.63%) C# Software Engineer
3 7 (36.84%) C++ Software Engineer
4 4 (21.05%) Developer
5 3 (15.79%) C# Developer
6 1 (5.26%) C++ Developer
6 1 (5.26%) C++/C# Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Full-Stack Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Full-Stack Python Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Integration Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Python Developer
6 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (68.42%) Node.js
1 13 (68.42%) Web Services
2 2 (10.53%) REST
2 2 (10.53%) SOAP
3 1 (5.26%) FastAPI
3 1 (5.26%) Jest
3 1 (5.26%) Middleware
3 1 (5.26%) Next.js
3 1 (5.26%) pytest
3 1 (5.26%) React
3 1 (5.26%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) FPGA
1 2 (10.53%) PCIe
1 2 (10.53%) State Machine
2 1 (5.26%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 16 (84.21%) Linux
1 16 (84.21%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (84.21%) Unit Testing
2 15 (78.95%) Agile
2 15 (78.95%) TDD
2 15 (78.95%) Validation
3 14 (73.68%) Continuous Delivery
3 14 (73.68%) Continuous Integration
3 14 (73.68%) Digital Twin
3 14 (73.68%) Software Engineering
3 14 (73.68%) Synthetic Environment
4 13 (68.42%) Verification and Validation
4 13 (68.42%) Visualisation
5 2 (10.53%) Concurrent Programming
5 2 (10.53%) Data Pipeline
5 2 (10.53%) DevOps
5 2 (10.53%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
5 2 (10.53%) Memory Management
5 2 (10.53%) Multithreading
5 2 (10.53%) Performance Analysis
5 2 (10.53%) Performance Optimisation
5 2 (10.53%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 16 (84.21%) C#
1 16 (84.21%) C++
2 14 (73.68%) JavaScript
3 2 (10.53%) Python
4 1 (5.26%) SQL
4 1 (5.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (36.84%) SC Cleared
1 7 (36.84%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.26%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (73.68%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.53%) Salesforce
3 1 (5.26%) Jitterbit
3 1 (5.26%) MuleSoft
3 1 (5.26%) Pega
3 1 (5.26%) SAP
3 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow