Jenkins Contracts in the UK excluding London

Jenkins (JenkinsCI)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Jenkins skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Jenkins 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 94 118 65
Rank change year-on-year +24 -53 -9
Contract jobs citing Jenkins 342 397 830
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.68% 1.91% 3.45%
As % of the Development Applications category 19.99% 17.53% 24.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 227 292 633
10th Percentile £350 £375 £413
25th Percentile £400 £437 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £540
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -0.46% +2.86%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £619
90th Percentile £650 £700 £698
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £590
% change year-on-year -4.55% -6.78% -1.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 15 29
10th Percentile £49.50 £45.88 £51.25
25th Percentile £54.38 £51.07 £52.75
Median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% - +27.27%
75th Percentile £68.75 - £75.00
90th Percentile £69.75 - £78.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £69.38 £72.50
% change year-on-year -6.31% -4.31% +27.75%

All Development Application Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,711 2,265 3,407
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.40% 10.90% 14.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,133 1,466 2,398
10th Percentile £325 £350 £350
25th Percentile £402 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.40% - -
75th Percentile £556 £588 £600
90th Percentile £638 £675 £676
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 169 184
10th Percentile £46.25 £40.00 £45.38
25th Percentile £52.42 £52.50 £52.47
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +12.84%
75th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.36 £85.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +21.78%

Jenkins
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Jenkins in the UK excluding London

Jenkins
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Jenkins in the UK excluding London

Jenkins
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Jenkins in the UK excluding London

Jenkins
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Jenkins in the UK excluding London

Jenkins
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 Jenkins 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 +25 124 £500 - 280
South East +27 66 £500 -16.67% 348
North West +22 62 £475 -9.52% 137
Scotland -20 53 £500 -1.57% 66
Yorkshire +5 52 £525 +10.53% 115
Midlands +44 46 £459 -0.76% 199
South West +11 35 £575 -6.12% 159
West Midlands +28 26 £450 -26.53% 98
East Midlands +20 20 £475 +27.95% 87
East of England +34 15 £513 +5.67% 161
North East +9 10 £465 -15.45% 29
Northern Ireland -5 5 £325 - 28
Wales 0 2 £405 +11.72% 37
Jenkins
UK

Jenkins
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 (10.82%) Confluence
2 14 (4.09%) nginx
3 12 (3.51%) Apache
4 10 (2.92%) JBoss
5 7 (2.05%) Traefik
6 6 (1.75%) Tomcat
6 6 (1.75%) WebSphere
7 5 (1.46%) Apache Spark
8 4 (1.17%) WebLogic
9 3 (0.88%) CICS
9 3 (0.88%) CMS
10 2 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.58%) Camunda
10 2 (0.58%) GeoServer
10 2 (0.58%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.58%) IIS
10 2 (0.58%) Oracle Service Bus
10 2 (0.58%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.58%) WebSphere Application Server
11 1 (0.29%) Anypoint
Applications
1 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.58%) Oracle BPM
1 2 (0.58%) Payment Gateway
1 2 (0.58%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (0.58%) SAP ERP
1 2 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 158 (46.20%) AWS
2 69 (20.18%) Azure
3 53 (15.50%) GitHub
4 50 (14.62%) Amazon S3
5 41 (11.99%) AWS CloudFormation
6 40 (11.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 38 (11.11%) OpenShift
8 30 (8.77%) Serverless
9 27 (7.89%) Amazon EC2
9 27 (7.89%) Azure DevOps
10 26 (7.60%) Amazon ECS
10 26 (7.60%) AWS Lambda
11 22 (6.43%) GCP
12 20 (5.85%) GitHub Actions
13 16 (4.68%) AWS Fargate
14 15 (4.39%) Amazon SQS
15 14 (4.09%) Cloud Computing
16 12 (3.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 11 (3.22%) Route 53
18 10 (2.92%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (6.14%) DNS
2 18 (5.26%) SAN
3 14 (4.09%) Firewall
3 14 (4.09%) NAS
4 12 (3.51%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.75%) Software-Defined Radio
6 5 (1.46%) HTTP
6 5 (1.46%) Network Security
7 4 (1.17%) SSL
8 3 (0.88%) SNMP
9 2 (0.58%) Calico
9 2 (0.58%) DHCP
9 2 (0.58%) OpenLDAP
9 2 (0.58%) VLAN
9 2 (0.58%) Wireless
10 1 (0.29%) FlexRay
10 1 (0.29%) IPFIX
10 1 (0.29%) PuTTY
10 1 (0.29%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (0.29%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (13.45%) PostgreSQL
2 29 (8.48%) Relational Database
3 28 (8.19%) MongoDB
4 21 (6.14%) Amazon RDS
5 19 (5.56%) NoSQL
6 16 (4.68%) Elasticsearch
7 15 (4.39%) Amazon Aurora
7 15 (4.39%) DynamoDB
7 15 (4.39%) RDBMS
8 12 (3.51%) MySQL
9 10 (2.92%) Big Data
10 9 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (2.63%) Oracle Database
11 8 (2.34%) Hadoop
12 5 (1.46%) SQL Server
13 4 (1.17%) BigQuery
13 4 (1.17%) DB2
14 3 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
14 3 (0.88%) GIS
14 3 (0.88%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 123 (35.96%) Git
2 100 (29.24%) JIRA
3 99 (28.95%) GitLab
4 44 (12.87%) Bitbucket
4 44 (12.87%) Selenium
5 36 (10.53%) Cucumber
5 36 (10.53%) Maven
6 31 (9.06%) JUnit
7 30 (8.77%) SonarQube
8 20 (5.85%) Mockito
9 19 (5.56%) Gradle
10 18 (5.26%) REST Assured
11 17 (4.97%) TeamCity
12 16 (4.68%) Cypress.io
12 16 (4.68%) GoogleTest
12 16 (4.68%) Sonatype Nexus
13 14 (4.09%) Subversion
14 13 (3.80%) Bitbucket Server
14 13 (3.80%) CA Release Automation
15 10 (2.92%) Liquibase
General
1 69 (20.18%) Social Skills
2 67 (19.59%) Public Sector
3 51 (14.91%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (14.04%) Finance
5 22 (6.43%) Banking
6 18 (5.26%) Telecoms
7 16 (4.68%) Electronics
7 16 (4.68%) Manufacturing
7 16 (4.68%) Marketing
8 9 (2.63%) Law
9 7 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.17%) Front Office
10 4 (1.17%) Military
10 4 (1.17%) Police
10 4 (1.17%) Wholesale Banking
11 3 (0.88%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.58%) General Ledger
12 2 (0.58%) Retail
12 2 (0.58%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 69 (20.18%) Developer
2 64 (18.71%) DevOps Engineer
3 51 (14.91%) Senior
4 41 (11.99%) Software Engineer
5 29 (8.48%) Java Developer
6 20 (5.85%) Senior DevOps
7 19 (5.56%) AWS Engineer
8 18 (5.26%) Lead
9 17 (4.97%) Java Engineer
9 17 (4.97%) Platform Engineer
10 16 (4.68%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 15 (4.39%) Java Software Engineer
11 15 (4.39%) Linux Engineer
11 15 (4.39%) Python Engineer
12 14 (4.09%) Architect
12 14 (4.09%) Automation Engineer
12 14 (4.09%) AWS DevOps
12 14 (4.09%) Embedded Engineer
12 14 (4.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 14 (4.09%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (15.20%) Kafka
2 50 (14.62%) Spring Boot
3 46 (13.45%) REST
4 40 (11.70%) Spring
5 30 (8.77%) React
5 30 (8.77%) RESTful
6 28 (8.19%) SOAP
7 23 (6.73%) Hibernate
8 22 (6.43%) AngularJS
8 22 (6.43%) Web Services
9 20 (5.85%) HTML
9 20 (5.85%) Node.js
10 19 (5.56%) Elastic Stack
11 17 (4.97%) cloud-init
12 16 (4.68%) CSS
13 15 (4.39%) Swagger
14 14 (4.09%) ActiveMQ
14 14 (4.09%) Java EE
14 14 (4.09%) OpenAPI
15 13 (3.80%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.97%) Cloud Native
2 13 (3.80%) Public Cloud
3 12 (3.51%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (2.63%) Management Information System
4 9 (2.63%) PKI
4 9 (2.63%) Virtual Team
5 8 (2.34%) Product Ownership
5 8 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.05%) Linux Command Line
7 6 (1.75%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (1.75%) Mainframe
7 6 (1.75%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.46%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.17%) Derivative
9 4 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.17%) Equities
9 4 (1.17%) Equity Derivative
9 4 (1.17%) FMCG
9 4 (1.17%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 132 (38.60%) Linux
2 60 (17.54%) Windows
3 52 (15.20%) Unix
4 37 (10.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 30 (8.77%) Windows Server
6 22 (6.43%) CentOS
7 9 (2.63%) Ubuntu
8 7 (2.05%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.88%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.58%) Android
10 2 (0.58%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.58%) Debian
11 1 (0.29%) AIX
11 1 (0.29%) Data ONTAP
11 1 (0.29%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (56.14%) CI/CD
2 184 (53.80%) DevOps
3 158 (46.20%) Agile
4 99 (28.95%) Test Automation
5 84 (24.56%) Continuous Integration
6 81 (23.68%) Microservices
7 79 (23.10%) Problem-Solving
8 68 (19.88%) Containerisation
8 68 (19.88%) Infrastructure as Code
9 67 (19.59%) Software Engineering
10 51 (14.91%) Scrum
11 45 (13.16%) Configuration Management
12 43 (12.57%) TDD
13 38 (11.11%) Deployment Automation
13 38 (11.11%) Migration
14 36 (10.53%) Observability
15 35 (10.23%) Infrastructure Automation
16 33 (9.65%) Validation
17 30 (8.77%) SDLC
18 27 (7.89%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 157 (45.91%) Python
2 120 (35.09%) Java
3 63 (18.42%) Bash
4 61 (17.84%) SQL
5 41 (11.99%) JavaScript
6 39 (11.40%) TypeScript
7 30 (8.77%) Shell Script
8 27 (7.89%) PowerShell
9 26 (7.60%) C++
10 21 (6.14%) Go
11 18 (5.26%) Perl
12 15 (4.39%) C#
13 12 (3.51%) Groovy
14 6 (1.75%) Kotlin
15 5 (1.46%) Erlang
15 5 (1.46%) Prolog
16 4 (1.17%) Ruby
16 4 (1.17%) Scala
17 3 (0.88%) JCL
17 3 (0.88%) REXX
Qualifications
1 122 (35.67%) Security Cleared
2 97 (28.36%) SC Cleared
3 25 (7.31%) Degree
4 17 (4.97%) AWS Certification
4 17 (4.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (4.68%) DV Cleared
6 15 (4.39%) Oracle Certification
6 15 (4.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 11 (3.22%) CCNP
7 11 (3.22%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (2.92%) OCA
9 9 (2.63%) RHCA
9 9 (2.63%) RHCE
10 7 (2.05%) ISTQB
11 6 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (1.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (1.46%) OCP
13 4 (1.17%) CEH
13 4 (1.17%) CISSP
13 4 (1.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.56%) QA
2 13 (3.80%) NCSC
3 5 (1.46%) Disclosure Scotland
4 4 (1.17%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.88%) GxP
5 3 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.58%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.58%) NIST
7 1 (0.29%) AUTOSAR
7 1 (0.29%) COBIT
7 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.29%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 107 (31.29%) Docker
2 27 (7.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (3.80%) Active Directory
4 11 (3.22%) vSphere
5 6 (1.75%) Firmware
6 5 (1.46%) Postfix
6 5 (1.46%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.17%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.29%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 1 (0.29%) KVM
Systems Management
1 119 (34.80%) Kubernetes
2 97 (28.36%) Ansible
2 97 (28.36%) Terraform
3 43 (12.57%) Grafana
4 34 (9.94%) Progress Chef
4 34 (9.94%) Prometheus
5 29 (8.48%) Puppet
6 21 (6.14%) Kibana
6 21 (6.14%) Packer
7 13 (3.80%) Istio
7 13 (3.80%) vCenter Server
8 12 (3.51%) Docker Swarm
9 11 (3.22%) HAProxy
9 11 (3.22%) NetBackup
9 11 (3.22%) Oracle RMAN
10 10 (2.92%) Rancher
11 9 (2.63%) Consul
11 9 (2.63%) Jamf Pro
11 9 (2.63%) linkerd
11 9 (2.63%) Podman
Vendors
1 35 (10.23%) VMware
2 34 (9.94%) Splunk
3 28 (8.19%) Oracle
4 25 (7.31%) Atlassian
4 25 (7.31%) Google
5 19 (5.56%) SAP
6 15 (4.39%) AppDynamics
7 14 (4.09%) Microsoft
7 14 (4.09%) Red Hat
8 11 (3.22%) Cisco
8 11 (3.22%) Veritas
9 9 (2.63%) Okta
9 9 (2.63%) ServiceNow
10 7 (2.05%) Apple
10 7 (2.05%) Databricks
10 7 (2.05%) ESET
11 6 (1.75%) CA Agile Central
11 6 (1.75%) Intel
11 6 (1.75%) Jaspersoft
12 5 (1.46%) Dynatrace