CI/CD Contracts in the UK excluding London

CI/CD
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring CI/CD skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CI/CD over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 40 30
Rank change year-on-year +14 -10 +2
Contract jobs citing CI/CD 918 874 1,538
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.19% 4.21% 6.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.95% 4.97% 7.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 667 617 1,150
10th Percentile £358 £400 £413
25th Percentile £413 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +3.77%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £638
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 28 62
10th Percentile £44.51 £56.18 £54.36
25th Percentile £51.99 £60.25 £60.91
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year - -0.76% +9.17%
75th Percentile £85.86 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £99.24 £73.08 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £63.25 £65.00 £65.61
% change year-on-year -2.69% -0.92% +0.93%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,543 17,602 21,544
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.42% 84.74% 89.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,249 10,520 14,947
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 825 2,048 1,307
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.33 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.28 £16.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

CI/CD
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing CI/CD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for CI/CD in the UK excluding London

CI/CD
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CI/CD in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for CI/CD in the UK excluding London

CI/CD
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CI/CD in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CI/CD in the UK excluding London

CI/CD
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CI/CD in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for CI/CD in the UK excluding London

CI/CD
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CI/CD in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for CI/CD in the UK excluding London

CI/CD
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North of England +6 291 £500 -10.11% 574
South East +27 186 £513 -14.58% 627
Scotland +9 170 £483 -3.50% 127
North West +1 156 £500 -14.09% 351
Midlands +42 112 £475 - 255
Yorkshire +16 110 £510 -5.12% 160
South West +20 101 £550 -7.56% 233
West Midlands +29 72 £493 +3.79% 144
East of England +26 41 £467 -6.70% 171
East Midlands +34 40 £463 +16.35% 96
North East +16 28 £506 +8.00% 65
Wales -7 18 £533 +3.90% 58
Northern Ireland - 11 £425 - 42
CI/CD
UK

CI/CD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 37 (4.03%) Confluence
2 28 (3.05%) Apache
3 20 (2.18%) Apache Spark
4 18 (1.96%) nginx
5 12 (1.31%) JBoss
6 10 (1.09%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.98%) Tomcat
7 9 (0.98%) WebLogic
8 7 (0.76%) Anypoint
8 7 (0.76%) Traefik
9 6 (0.65%) WebSphere
10 5 (0.54%) Camunda
10 5 (0.54%) Mule
10 5 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 4 (0.44%) CMS
11 4 (0.44%) Mule ESB
12 3 (0.33%) Oracle Service Bus
12 3 (0.33%) SharePoint
12 3 (0.33%) WebLogic Portal
12 3 (0.33%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (0.33%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.22%) Trello
3 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 4 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.22%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.22%) Oracle BPM
3 2 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.11%) BusinessWorks
4 1 (0.11%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 381 (41.50%) AWS
2 287 (31.26%) Azure
3 107 (11.66%) GitHub
4 105 (11.44%) GCP
5 103 (11.22%) Serverless
6 89 (9.69%) Azure DevOps
7 81 (8.82%) Amazon S3
8 77 (8.39%) AWS Lambda
9 61 (6.64%) AWS CloudFormation
10 60 (6.54%) OpenShift
11 52 (5.66%) SaaS
12 49 (5.34%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 42 (4.58%) GitHub Actions
14 37 (4.03%) PaaS
15 35 (3.81%) Amazon EC2
16 32 (3.49%) Amazon ECS
16 32 (3.49%) Amazon EKS
17 31 (3.38%) Power Platform
18 27 (2.94%) Azure AKS
19 26 (2.83%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 30 (3.27%) Firewall
2 26 (2.83%) DNS
3 23 (2.51%) TCP/IP
4 18 (1.96%) VSAN
5 16 (1.74%) Network Security
5 16 (1.74%) SAN
6 13 (1.42%) VPN
7 12 (1.31%) HTTP
7 12 (1.31%) NAS
8 8 (0.87%) BGP
9 6 (0.65%) DHCP
9 6 (0.65%) Fibre Channel
9 6 (0.65%) OSPF
9 6 (0.65%) SD-WAN
9 6 (0.65%) WAN
10 5 (0.54%) Ethernet
10 5 (0.54%) SSL
11 4 (0.44%) Cisco Nexus
11 4 (0.44%) iSCSI
11 4 (0.44%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (10.02%) PostgreSQL
2 78 (8.50%) Relational Database
3 69 (7.52%) MongoDB
4 60 (6.54%) NoSQL
5 53 (5.77%) SQL Server
6 40 (4.36%) MySQL
7 37 (4.03%) Data Warehouse
8 31 (3.38%) Elasticsearch
9 30 (3.27%) RDBMS
10 25 (2.72%) Amazon RDS
11 24 (2.61%) DynamoDB
12 22 (2.40%) Data Lake
13 21 (2.29%) Oracle Database
14 20 (2.18%) Apache Cassandra
15 17 (1.85%) Big Data
16 15 (1.63%) Power BI
17 14 (1.53%) Amazon Aurora
17 14 (1.53%) Redis
18 13 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
18 13 (1.42%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 192 (20.92%) Jenkins
2 190 (20.70%) Git
3 130 (14.16%) GitLab
4 101 (11.00%) JIRA
5 53 (5.77%) Selenium
6 45 (4.90%) JUnit
7 37 (4.03%) Cucumber
8 25 (2.72%) Cypress.io
9 21 (2.29%) Bitbucket
9 21 (2.29%) Mockito
10 20 (2.18%) JMeter
11 19 (2.07%) Maven
11 19 (2.07%) SonarQube
12 17 (1.85%) TeamCity
12 17 (1.85%) Visual Studio
13 16 (1.74%) Postman
13 16 (1.74%) Sonatype Nexus
14 15 (1.63%) Gradle
15 12 (1.31%) CA Release Automation
16 11 (1.20%) Bitbucket Server
General
1 229 (24.95%) Social Skills
2 151 (16.45%) Public Sector
3 142 (15.47%) Finance
4 116 (12.64%) Analytical Skills
5 50 (5.45%) Telecoms
6 42 (4.58%) Banking
7 36 (3.92%) Manufacturing
8 31 (3.38%) Electronics
8 31 (3.38%) Marketing
9 21 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
11 14 (1.53%) Back Office
12 11 (1.20%) Military
13 10 (1.09%) Games
14 9 (0.98%) Retail
15 8 (0.87%) Financial Institution
15 8 (0.87%) Legal
15 8 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
15 8 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
16 6 (0.65%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 258 (28.10%) Developer
2 135 (14.71%) Senior
3 130 (14.16%) DevOps Engineer
4 92 (10.02%) Architect
5 70 (7.63%) Java Developer
6 58 (6.32%) Software Engineer
7 57 (6.21%) Lead
8 51 (5.56%) Data Engineer
9 41 (4.47%) Senior Developer
10 40 (4.36%) Full-Stack Developer
11 39 (4.25%) AWS Engineer
11 39 (4.25%) Azure Engineer
12 30 (3.27%) Cloud Engineer
13 27 (2.94%) Python Engineer
14 25 (2.72%) Senior DevOps
15 23 (2.51%) React Developer
16 22 (2.40%) AWS DevOps
17 21 (2.29%) Automation Engineer
17 21 (2.29%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 21 (2.29%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (11.44%) React
2 96 (10.46%) RESTful
3 95 (10.35%) Spring Boot
4 86 (9.37%) Kafka
5 84 (9.15%) .NET
6 79 (8.61%) Spring
7 72 (7.84%) CSS
8 66 (7.19%) HTML
9 65 (7.08%) REST
10 56 (6.10%) AngularJS
10 56 (6.10%) Node.js
11 40 (4.36%) JSON
12 34 (3.70%) Web Services
13 32 (3.49%) AWS CDK
14 31 (3.38%) Elastic Stack
15 27 (2.94%) OAuth
16 26 (2.83%) OpenAPI
16 26 (2.83%) Swagger
17 24 (2.61%) YAML
18 21 (2.29%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 43 (4.68%) Product Ownership
2 41 (4.47%) Cloud Native
3 32 (3.49%) Public Cloud
4 27 (2.94%) PKI
5 23 (2.51%) Management Information System
6 20 (2.18%) Algorithms
6 20 (2.18%) Data Protection Act
7 19 (2.07%) Distributed Systems
8 18 (1.96%) Onboarding
9 17 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
9 17 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
9 17 (1.85%) Mobile App
10 14 (1.53%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 13 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
12 11 (1.20%) Replication
13 10 (1.09%) Linux Command Line
13 10 (1.09%) Virtual Team
14 8 (0.87%) Data Structures
14 8 (0.87%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 8 (0.87%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 144 (15.69%) Linux
2 80 (8.71%) Windows
3 53 (5.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 50 (5.45%) Unix
5 25 (2.72%) Windows Server
6 22 (2.40%) Android
7 21 (2.29%) CentOS
8 15 (1.63%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.44%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.33%) AIX
11 2 (0.22%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.11%) Alpine Linux
12 1 (0.11%) Solaris
12 1 (0.11%) VMS
12 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 450 (49.02%) DevOps
2 386 (42.05%) Agile
3 223 (24.29%) Problem-Solving
4 209 (22.77%) Test Automation
5 202 (22.00%) Microservices
6 189 (20.59%) Containerisation
7 178 (19.39%) Infrastructure as Code
8 172 (18.74%) Continuous Integration
9 159 (17.32%) Software Engineering
10 115 (12.53%) Scrum
11 100 (10.89%) TDD
12 83 (9.04%) Continuous Delivery
13 79 (8.61%) Full-Stack Development
14 76 (8.28%) SDLC
15 75 (8.17%) Continuous Improvement
16 71 (7.73%) Migration
17 65 (7.08%) ETL
18 63 (6.86%) Mentoring
18 63 (6.86%) User Experience
19 58 (6.32%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 336 (36.60%) Python
2 207 (22.55%) SQL
3 203 (22.11%) Java
4 147 (16.01%) JavaScript
5 106 (11.55%) Bash
6 84 (9.15%) TypeScript
7 77 (8.39%) C#
8 65 (7.08%) PowerShell
9 36 (3.92%) Go
10 30 (3.27%) Shell Script
11 19 (2.07%) Scala
12 18 (1.96%) Kotlin
13 17 (1.85%) Perl
14 13 (1.42%) C++
14 13 (1.42%) PHP
15 12 (1.31%) PL/SQL
16 9 (0.98%) Apex Code
16 9 (0.98%) Bicep
17 8 (0.87%) Groovy
18 7 (0.76%) R
Qualifications
1 198 (21.57%) Security Cleared
2 147 (16.01%) SC Cleared
3 64 (6.97%) Degree
4 37 (4.03%) DV Cleared
5 36 (3.92%) AWS Certification
6 32 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
7 30 (3.27%) Azure Certification
8 20 (2.18%) Microsoft Certification
9 19 (2.07%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 16 (1.74%) ISTQB
11 15 (1.63%) MCSE
12 10 (1.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 10 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
13 9 (0.98%) CCNP
13 9 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (0.87%) TOGAF Certification
15 7 (0.76%) CISSP
16 6 (0.65%) CEH
17 5 (0.54%) OCP
17 5 (0.54%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (7.63%) QA
2 29 (3.16%) NCSC
3 25 (2.72%) Accessibility
4 22 (2.40%) Data Quality
5 21 (2.29%) NIST
6 20 (2.18%) GDPR
7 13 (1.42%) Disclosure Scotland
8 12 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (0.87%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.54%) WCAG
11 4 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 4 (0.44%) Software Quality Assurance
12 3 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.22%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.22%) PMO
13 2 (0.22%) SLA
14 1 (0.11%) COBIT
14 1 (0.11%) Government Security Classifications
14 1 (0.11%) JSP 440
System Software
1 238 (25.93%) Docker
2 35 (3.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (3.38%) Active Directory
4 24 (2.61%) VMware NSX
5 13 (1.42%) vSphere
6 6 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.54%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.54%) NFS
8 4 (0.44%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 4 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.33%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 3 (0.33%) LXC
9 3 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.22%) Ceph
11 1 (0.11%) Apache Flume
11 1 (0.11%) Samba
Systems Management
1 296 (32.24%) Kubernetes
2 224 (24.40%) Terraform
3 120 (13.07%) Ansible
4 64 (6.97%) Grafana
5 55 (5.99%) Prometheus
6 33 (3.59%) Kibana
7 31 (3.38%) Progress Chef
8 22 (2.40%) Packer
8 22 (2.40%) Puppet
9 17 (1.85%) Istio
10 12 (1.31%) Consul
11 11 (1.20%) HAProxy
11 11 (1.20%) NetBackup
11 11 (1.20%) Oracle RMAN
11 11 (1.20%) Rancher
12 10 (1.09%) linkerd
12 10 (1.09%) ZABBIX
13 9 (0.98%) Jamf Pro
13 9 (0.98%) logstash
14 6 (0.65%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 73 (7.95%) Microsoft
2 67 (7.30%) Oracle
3 53 (5.77%) Splunk
4 50 (5.45%) VMware
5 46 (5.01%) Google
6 35 (3.81%) SAP
7 28 (3.05%) Red Hat
8 26 (2.83%) Databricks
9 25 (2.72%) Cisco
10 23 (2.51%) ServiceNow
11 21 (2.29%) AppDynamics
12 15 (1.63%) Salesforce
12 15 (1.63%) Veritas
13 14 (1.53%) Palo Alto
14 13 (1.42%) MuleSoft
15 12 (1.31%) Dynatrace
16 11 (1.20%) Okta
17 10 (1.09%) Dell
17 10 (1.09%) Virgin Media
18 9 (0.98%) Talend