Continuous Integration Contracts in the UK excluding London

Continuous Integration
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Continuous Integration skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Continuous Integration 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 131 127 125
Rank change year-on-year -4 -2 -20
Contract jobs citing Continuous Integration 254 357 508
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.99% 1.72% 2.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.20% 2.03% 2.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 220 346
10th Percentile £352 £359 £419
25th Percentile £403 £429 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +0.92%
75th Percentile £573 £625 £625
90th Percentile £730 £700 £691
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £586
% change year-on-year -4.59% -6.10% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 52 24
10th Percentile £43.79 £60.25 £52.75
25th Percentile £62.19 £61.25 £63.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - - £69.06
90th Percentile £69.38 - £70.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +13.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Continuous Integration 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%

Continuous Integration
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Continuous Integration as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Integration in the UK excluding London

Continuous Integration
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Continuous Integration in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Continuous Integration in the UK excluding London

Continuous Integration
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Integration in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Integration in the UK excluding London

Continuous Integration
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Continuous Integration in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Integration in the UK excluding London

Continuous Integration
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Continuous Integration in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Continuous Integration in the UK excluding London

Continuous Integration
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 Continuous Integration 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
South East +27 72 £500 -9.09% 88
North of England +16 72 £525 +5.00% 71
North West +34 41 £475 -7.09% 42
South West +34 29 £421 -39.86% 43
Scotland -3 29 £475 -9.52% 16
Midlands +13 25 £475 +32.31% 31
Yorkshire -15 23 £700 +47.37% 21
West Midlands +1 15 £500 +36.99% 20
East of England -12 14 £500 +5.26% 47
East Midlands +14 10 £363 +1.83% 10
Northern Ireland - 9 £325 - 12
North East +3 8 £650 +33.33% 8
Wales -9 4 £213 -61.30% 9
Continuous Integration
UK

Continuous Integration
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 22 (8.66%) Confluence
2 10 (3.94%) JBoss
3 9 (3.54%) nginx
4 7 (2.76%) Traefik
5 5 (1.97%) Apache Spark
6 3 (1.18%) Apache
6 3 (1.18%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.79%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.79%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.39%) Camunda
8 1 (0.39%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.39%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.39%) WebLogic Portal
8 1 (0.39%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.39%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Acrobat
1 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.39%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.79%) NetSuite
1 2 (0.79%) SAP ERP
1 2 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.39%) BusinessWorks
Cloud Services
1 108 (42.52%) AWS
2 73 (28.74%) Azure
3 28 (11.02%) GCP
4 25 (9.84%) GitHub
5 21 (8.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 20 (7.87%) AWS CloudFormation
7 18 (7.09%) Azure DevOps
8 16 (6.30%) IaaS
9 15 (5.91%) GitHub Actions
9 15 (5.91%) OpenShift
9 15 (5.91%) PaaS
9 15 (5.91%) SaaS
10 12 (4.72%) Cloud Computing
11 11 (4.33%) Amazon ECS
11 11 (4.33%) Amazon S3
11 11 (4.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 10 (3.94%) Amazon EKS
12 10 (3.94%) AWS Fargate
13 9 (3.54%) Amazon EC2
13 9 (3.54%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 16 (6.30%) TCP/IP
2 14 (5.51%) DNS
3 10 (3.94%) VSAN
4 6 (2.36%) Firewall
5 5 (1.97%) Ethernet
5 5 (1.97%) HTTP
6 4 (1.57%) WAN
7 2 (0.79%) BGP
7 2 (0.79%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (0.79%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (0.79%) LAN
7 2 (0.79%) MPLS
7 2 (0.79%) NGFW
7 2 (0.79%) OSPF
7 2 (0.79%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.79%) SSL
7 2 (0.79%) VLAN
7 2 (0.79%) VPN
7 2 (0.79%) Wireless
8 1 (0.39%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (10.24%) MongoDB
2 25 (9.84%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (9.06%) Relational Database
4 12 (4.72%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (4.33%) MySQL
6 10 (3.94%) Amazon RDS
6 10 (3.94%) Apache Cassandra
6 10 (3.94%) Elasticsearch
6 10 (3.94%) NoSQL
7 9 (3.54%) Big Data
8 8 (3.15%) RDBMS
8 8 (3.15%) SQL Server
9 6 (2.36%) Data Lake
10 5 (1.97%) Amazon Aurora
10 5 (1.97%) DynamoDB
10 5 (1.97%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 5 (1.97%) Hadoop
11 3 (1.18%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (1.18%) CockroachDB
11 3 (1.18%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 84 (33.07%) Jenkins
2 65 (25.59%) JIRA
3 61 (24.02%) Git
4 45 (17.72%) GitLab
5 28 (11.02%) Cucumber
6 24 (9.45%) Selenium
7 23 (9.06%) SonarQube
8 19 (7.48%) JUnit
9 15 (5.91%) REST Assured
10 13 (5.12%) Bitbucket
10 13 (5.12%) Bitbucket Server
10 13 (5.12%) Sonatype Nexus
11 10 (3.94%) Maven
11 10 (3.94%) TeamCity
12 9 (3.54%) CA Release Automation
12 9 (3.54%) Jasmine
12 9 (3.54%) Mockito
12 9 (3.54%) TestRail
13 7 (2.76%) GoogleTest
13 7 (2.76%) Rational DOORS
General
1 77 (30.31%) Social Skills
2 55 (21.65%) Public Sector
3 46 (18.11%) Finance
4 31 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (9.45%) Telecoms
6 20 (7.87%) Electronics
6 20 (7.87%) Manufacturing
6 20 (7.87%) Marketing
7 12 (4.72%) Banking
8 11 (4.33%) Military
9 9 (3.54%) Law
10 6 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.36%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.57%) Front Office
11 4 (1.57%) Police
12 3 (1.18%) Investment Banking
12 3 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.79%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.79%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 77 (30.31%) Developer
2 57 (22.44%) Senior
3 31 (12.20%) Software Engineer
4 28 (11.02%) DevOps Engineer
5 26 (10.24%) Architect
5 26 (10.24%) Java Developer
6 21 (8.27%) Lead
7 20 (7.87%) Senior Developer
8 19 (7.48%) Java Engineer
8 19 (7.48%) Java Software Engineer
9 13 (5.12%) Azure Engineer
9 13 (5.12%) Data Engineer
9 13 (5.12%) Senior DevOps
9 13 (5.12%) Technical Architect
10 12 (4.72%) Python Developer
11 11 (4.33%) Applications Developer
11 11 (4.33%) Linux Engineer
11 11 (4.33%) Senior Architect
12 10 (3.94%) Senior Technical Architect
13 9 (3.54%) C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (12.60%) RESTful
1 32 (12.60%) Spring Boot
2 30 (11.81%) REST
3 26 (10.24%) Kafka
3 26 (10.24%) React
4 21 (8.27%) Spring
5 18 (7.09%) AngularJS
5 18 (7.09%) Web Services
6 17 (6.69%) CSS
6 17 (6.69%) HTML
7 15 (5.91%) .NET
7 15 (5.91%) OpenAPI
7 15 (5.91%) Swagger
8 14 (5.51%) Java EE
9 13 (5.12%) cloud-init
10 12 (4.72%) Elastic Stack
10 12 (4.72%) Node.js
10 12 (4.72%) Spring Batch
11 10 (3.94%) ARM Templates
11 10 (3.94%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.87%) Management Information System
2 19 (7.48%) PKI
3 16 (6.30%) Product Ownership
4 13 (5.12%) Public Cloud
5 12 (4.72%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (3.94%) Virtual Team
7 9 (3.54%) Derivative
7 9 (3.54%) Distributed Systems
7 9 (3.54%) Equities
7 9 (3.54%) Equity Derivative
8 8 (3.15%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 8 (3.15%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (2.36%) Onboarding
9 6 (2.36%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 5 (1.97%) Algorithms
11 4 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.57%) Smartphone
12 3 (1.18%) FMCG
12 3 (1.18%) Life Science
13 2 (0.79%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 72 (28.35%) Linux
2 34 (13.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 34 (13.39%) Windows
3 21 (8.27%) Unix
4 14 (5.51%) CentOS
5 8 (3.15%) Android
6 7 (2.76%) Embedded Linux
7 4 (1.57%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.39%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.39%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (67.72%) CI/CD
2 129 (50.79%) Agile
3 110 (43.31%) DevOps
4 83 (32.68%) Test Automation
5 75 (29.53%) Continuous Delivery
6 70 (27.56%) Microservices
7 67 (26.38%) Problem-Solving
8 65 (25.59%) Containerisation
9 62 (24.41%) Software Engineering
10 61 (24.02%) Infrastructure as Code
11 51 (20.08%) TDD
12 34 (13.39%) Scrum
13 31 (12.20%) Continuous Deployment
14 30 (11.81%) User Experience
15 29 (11.42%) Computer Science
16 28 (11.02%) Technical Leadership
17 27 (10.63%) BDD
17 27 (10.63%) Migration
18 24 (9.45%) Business Intelligence
18 24 (9.45%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 84 (33.07%) Python
2 73 (28.74%) Java
3 63 (24.80%) SQL
4 41 (16.14%) Bash
5 37 (14.57%) JavaScript
6 23 (9.06%) C#
7 20 (7.87%) TypeScript
8 18 (7.09%) Go
9 17 (6.69%) Perl
10 16 (6.30%) PowerShell
11 13 (5.12%) C++
12 8 (3.15%) Scala
13 7 (2.76%) Kotlin
14 5 (1.97%) Erlang
14 5 (1.97%) Prolog
15 4 (1.57%) Objective-C
15 4 (1.57%) R
15 4 (1.57%) Shell Script
15 4 (1.57%) Swift
16 3 (1.18%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 86 (33.86%) Security Cleared
2 57 (22.44%) SC Cleared
3 40 (15.75%) Degree
4 21 (8.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (6.30%) Microsoft Certification
6 14 (5.51%) DV Cleared
6 14 (5.51%) MCSE
7 11 (4.33%) AWS Certification
7 11 (4.33%) Azure Certification
8 10 (3.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 5 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.57%) CCNP
10 4 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.57%) ISTQB
11 3 (1.18%) PMI Certification
11 3 (1.18%) PMP
12 2 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.79%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 1 (0.39%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.39%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.66%) NCSC
2 21 (8.27%) QA
3 13 (5.12%) NIST
4 9 (3.54%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (2.76%) GDPR
6 6 (2.36%) HIPAA
7 4 (1.57%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.57%) Data Quality
7 4 (1.57%) Disclosure Scotland
7 4 (1.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (1.18%) GxP
9 1 (0.39%) SLA
9 1 (0.39%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.39%) WCAG
System Software
1 58 (22.83%) Docker
2 17 (6.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (4.72%) Active Directory
4 10 (3.94%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.57%) BitLocker
5 4 (1.57%) Postfix
6 1 (0.39%) Firmware
6 1 (0.39%) LXC
6 1 (0.39%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 76 (29.92%) Kubernetes
2 48 (18.90%) Terraform
3 25 (9.84%) Ansible
4 18 (7.09%) Grafana
5 17 (6.69%) Packer
5 17 (6.69%) Prometheus
6 15 (5.91%) Kibana
7 12 (4.72%) Istio
8 10 (3.94%) Progress Chef
8 10 (3.94%) Rancher
9 9 (3.54%) Consul
9 9 (3.54%) Docker Swarm
9 9 (3.54%) Jamf Pro
9 9 (3.54%) linkerd
9 9 (3.54%) Podman
9 9 (3.54%) ZABBIX
10 7 (2.76%) HAProxy
11 4 (1.57%) Puppet
12 3 (1.18%) Kustomize
13 1 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 25 (9.84%) Google
2 23 (9.06%) SAP
3 22 (8.66%) Splunk
4 21 (8.27%) Microsoft
4 21 (8.27%) VMware
5 15 (5.91%) Red Hat
6 11 (4.33%) AppDynamics
6 11 (4.33%) Apple
6 11 (4.33%) Oracle
7 10 (3.94%) Cisco
7 10 (3.94%) Palo Alto
8 9 (3.54%) Okta
9 7 (2.76%) ESET
10 5 (1.97%) Atlassian
10 5 (1.97%) IBM
11 4 (1.57%) Databricks
11 4 (1.57%) Jaspersoft
11 4 (1.57%) MuleSoft
11 4 (1.57%) ServiceNow
12 3 (1.18%) Cloudera