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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 121 69
Rank change year-on-year +40 -52 -9
Contract jobs citing Jenkins 387 382 747
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.03% 1.89% 3.26%
As % of the Development Applications category 21.86% 17.25% 23.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 289 559
10th Percentile £325 £386 £400
25th Percentile £393 £450 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £545 £622 £624
90th Percentile £600 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £593
% change year-on-year -9.09% -7.17% -1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 22 27
10th Percentile £48.75 £45.88 £51.25
25th Percentile £53.44 £58.75 £53.75
Median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% -3.45% +45.00%
75th Percentile £67.81 - £75.00
90th Percentile £68.75 - £78.00
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £73.00
% change year-on-year -17.86% -4.11% +25.59%

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 1,770 2,214 3,153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.84% 10.93% 13.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,180 1,444 2,220
10th Percentile £321 £350 £337
25th Percentile £400 £413 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £550 £588 £600
90th Percentile £613 £675 £676
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 178 166
10th Percentile £23.76 £40.94 £45.45
25th Percentile £50.00 £56.25 £52.50
Median hourly rate £60.25 £65.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.31% +5.69% +11.82%
75th Percentile £74.69 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £80.89 £79.42 £79.00
UK median hourly rate £57.63 £65.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -11.35% +5.69% +17.14%

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 22 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 22 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 +21 134 £475 -3.55% 571
Midlands +51 67 £435 -3.80% 421
Scotland +10 66 £483 -0.57% 129
South East +31 65 £500 -16.67% 687
Yorkshire +3 64 £500 +4.17% 229
North West +31 63 £402 -19.60% 285
West Midlands +38 36 £450 -26.53% 226
South West -10 35 £575 -8.00% 288
East Midlands +19 31 £372 -16.52% 169
East of England +36 17 £500 - 303
North East +9 7 £465 -15.45% 57
Northern Ireland -3 5 £325 - 60
Wales +2 3 £405 -11.23% 65
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 36 (9.30%) Confluence
2 12 (3.10%) JBoss
3 11 (2.84%) Apache
4 7 (1.81%) Tomcat
5 6 (1.55%) nginx
5 6 (1.55%) WebLogic
5 6 (1.55%) WebSphere
6 5 (1.29%) Apache Spark
7 4 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (1.03%) CICS
8 3 (0.78%) Oracle Application Server
8 3 (0.78%) Oracle Service Bus
8 3 (0.78%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.52%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.52%) Camunda
9 2 (0.52%) CMS
9 2 (0.52%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.52%) IIS
9 2 (0.52%) Mule
9 2 (0.52%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.78%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (0.52%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.52%) SAP ERP
2 2 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 183 (47.29%) AWS
2 79 (20.41%) Azure
3 69 (17.83%) GitHub
4 60 (15.50%) Amazon S3
5 41 (10.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 40 (10.34%) Serverless
7 39 (10.08%) AWS CloudFormation
8 36 (9.30%) OpenShift
9 35 (9.04%) AWS Lambda
10 34 (8.79%) Amazon EC2
11 31 (8.01%) GitHub Actions
12 28 (7.24%) Azure DevOps
13 27 (6.98%) GCP
14 23 (5.94%) Amazon ECS
15 22 (5.68%) Amazon SQS
16 16 (4.13%) Amazon EKS
17 15 (3.88%) AWS KMS
18 13 (3.36%) AWS CodePipeline
19 12 (3.10%) Cloud Computing
20 11 (2.84%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.39%) DNS
1 17 (4.39%) Firewall
2 16 (4.13%) SAN
3 12 (3.10%) NAS
4 9 (2.33%) SSL
5 8 (2.07%) HTTP
5 8 (2.07%) TCP/IP
6 7 (1.81%) Network Security
7 4 (1.03%) Software-Defined Radio
8 3 (0.78%) HTTPS
8 3 (0.78%) SNMP
8 3 (0.78%) VPN
9 2 (0.52%) Calico
9 2 (0.52%) DHCP
9 2 (0.52%) DMZ
9 2 (0.52%) Internet
9 2 (0.52%) OpenLDAP
9 2 (0.52%) VLAN
9 2 (0.52%) Wireless
10 1 (0.26%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (14.47%) PostgreSQL
2 32 (8.27%) Relational Database
3 31 (8.01%) Amazon RDS
3 31 (8.01%) MongoDB
4 24 (6.20%) NoSQL
5 22 (5.68%) Amazon Aurora
6 19 (4.91%) DynamoDB
6 19 (4.91%) MySQL
7 15 (3.88%) Elasticsearch
8 14 (3.62%) Oracle Database
8 14 (3.62%) RDBMS
9 10 (2.58%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (2.33%) Big Data
11 6 (1.55%) Hadoop
11 6 (1.55%) SQL Server
12 5 (1.29%) DB2
13 4 (1.03%) BigQuery
13 4 (1.03%) GIS
14 3 (0.78%) Amazon Redshift
14 3 (0.78%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 153 (39.53%) Git
2 105 (27.13%) GitLab
3 101 (26.10%) JIRA
4 54 (13.95%) Maven
4 54 (13.95%) Selenium
5 47 (12.14%) Cucumber
6 41 (10.59%) JUnit
7 40 (10.34%) Bitbucket
8 36 (9.30%) SonarQube
9 28 (7.24%) Gradle
10 26 (6.72%) Mockito
11 25 (6.46%) REST Assured
12 24 (6.20%) Cypress.io
13 23 (5.94%) Sonatype Nexus
14 17 (4.39%) Subversion
14 17 (4.39%) TeamCity
15 15 (3.88%) Postman
16 14 (3.62%) GoogleTest
16 14 (3.62%) JMeter
17 13 (3.36%) IntelliJ
General
1 85 (21.96%) Social Skills
2 69 (17.83%) Public Sector
3 58 (14.99%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (13.70%) Finance
5 30 (7.75%) Banking
6 16 (4.13%) Telecoms
7 15 (3.88%) Marketing
8 14 (3.62%) Electronics
8 14 (3.62%) Manufacturing
9 9 (2.33%) Law
10 8 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.03%) Front Office
11 4 (1.03%) Police
11 4 (1.03%) Wholesale Banking
12 3 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.78%) Retail
12 3 (0.78%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.52%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.52%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 90 (23.26%) Developer
2 65 (16.80%) DevOps Engineer
3 48 (12.40%) Senior
4 41 (10.59%) Java Developer
4 41 (10.59%) Software Engineer
5 24 (6.20%) AWS Engineer
6 23 (5.94%) Platform Engineer
7 21 (5.43%) Lead
8 20 (5.17%) Architect
9 17 (4.39%) AWS DevOps
9 17 (4.39%) Java Engineer
9 17 (4.39%) Tester
10 16 (4.13%) Python Engineer
10 16 (4.13%) Test Engineer
11 15 (3.88%) Java Software Engineer
11 15 (3.88%) Linux Engineer
12 14 (3.62%) Automation Engineer
12 14 (3.62%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
12 14 (3.62%) Senior DevOps
13 13 (3.36%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (16.54%) Spring Boot
2 60 (15.50%) REST
3 52 (13.44%) Spring
4 46 (11.89%) Kafka
4 46 (11.89%) RESTful
5 43 (11.11%) React
6 34 (8.79%) SOAP
7 32 (8.27%) Web Services
8 30 (7.75%) HTML
9 29 (7.49%) AngularJS
10 28 (7.24%) Node.js
11 24 (6.20%) Hibernate
12 23 (5.94%) CSS
13 21 (5.43%) Elastic Stack
14 17 (4.39%) ActiveMQ
15 16 (4.13%) AWS CDK
15 16 (4.13%) jQuery
15 16 (4.13%) RabbitMQ
16 15 (3.88%) JPA
16 15 (3.88%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.39%) Public Cloud
2 16 (4.13%) Cloud Native
2 16 (4.13%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (3.62%) Virtual Team
4 11 (2.84%) Management Information System
4 11 (2.84%) Product Ownership
5 9 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (2.07%) Mobile App
7 7 (1.81%) Linux Command Line
7 7 (1.81%) Mainframe
7 7 (1.81%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.29%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.29%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.03%) Equities
10 4 (1.03%) FMCG
10 4 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.03%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 126 (32.56%) Linux
2 60 (15.50%) Windows
3 45 (11.63%) Unix
4 29 (7.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 28 (7.24%) Windows Server
6 12 (3.10%) CentOS
7 9 (2.33%) Ubuntu
8 5 (1.29%) Android
8 5 (1.29%) Apple iOS
8 5 (1.29%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.78%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.52%) Debian
11 1 (0.26%) AIX
11 1 (0.26%) Data ONTAP
11 1 (0.26%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (60.21%) CI/CD
2 197 (50.90%) DevOps
3 183 (47.29%) Agile
4 115 (29.72%) Test Automation
5 100 (25.84%) Microservices
6 96 (24.81%) Problem-Solving
7 85 (21.96%) Continuous Integration
8 77 (19.90%) Containerisation
9 73 (18.86%) Infrastructure as Code
10 66 (17.05%) Software Engineering
11 59 (15.25%) TDD
12 57 (14.73%) Scrum
13 49 (12.66%) Configuration Management
14 42 (10.85%) Deployment Automation
15 40 (10.34%) Migration
16 36 (9.30%) Infrastructure Automation
17 35 (9.04%) BDD
17 35 (9.04%) SDLC
18 33 (8.53%) Validation
19 31 (8.01%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 160 (41.34%) Java
2 158 (40.83%) Python
3 76 (19.64%) SQL
4 59 (15.25%) JavaScript
5 57 (14.73%) Bash
6 39 (10.08%) TypeScript
7 37 (9.56%) Shell Script
8 28 (7.24%) PowerShell
9 27 (6.98%) C++
10 20 (5.17%) Perl
11 17 (4.39%) C#
12 15 (3.88%) Go
13 12 (3.10%) Groovy
14 9 (2.33%) Kotlin
15 8 (2.07%) Scala
16 7 (1.81%) Erlang
16 7 (1.81%) Prolog
16 7 (1.81%) Ruby
17 4 (1.03%) COBOL
17 4 (1.03%) JCL
Qualifications
1 134 (34.63%) Security Cleared
2 109 (28.17%) SC Cleared
3 25 (6.46%) Degree
4 18 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
4 18 (4.65%) DV Cleared
5 15 (3.88%) Oracle Certification
5 15 (3.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 14 (3.62%) AWS Certification
7 11 (2.84%) CCNP
7 11 (2.84%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (2.58%) OCA
9 9 (2.33%) RHCA
9 9 (2.33%) RHCE
10 8 (2.07%) ISTQB
11 7 (1.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (1.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 5 (1.29%) OCP
13 4 (1.03%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 3 (0.78%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.20%) QA
2 11 (2.84%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.07%) WCAG
4 6 (1.55%) NCSC
5 5 (1.29%) Disclosure Scotland
6 4 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.03%) NIST
7 3 (0.78%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.78%) GDPR
7 3 (0.78%) GxP
7 3 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.78%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.26%) AUTOSAR
9 1 (0.26%) COBIT
9 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.26%) SEPA
9 1 (0.26%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 138 (35.66%) Docker
2 29 (7.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (3.62%) Active Directory
4 11 (2.84%) vSphere
5 5 (1.29%) Postfix
6 4 (1.03%) Firmware
6 4 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.03%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.26%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 1 (0.26%) KVM
7 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 126 (32.56%) Kubernetes
2 104 (26.87%) Ansible
3 95 (24.55%) Terraform
4 42 (10.85%) Grafana
5 33 (8.53%) Prometheus
6 31 (8.01%) Puppet
7 30 (7.75%) Progress Chef
8 20 (5.17%) Kibana
9 14 (3.62%) vCenter Server
10 12 (3.10%) Docker Swarm
11 11 (2.84%) Packer
12 10 (2.58%) Podman
13 9 (2.33%) NetBackup
13 9 (2.33%) Oracle RMAN
14 6 (1.55%) Istio
14 6 (1.55%) vRealize
15 4 (1.03%) HAProxy
16 3 (0.78%) Rancher
17 2 (0.52%) Consul
17 2 (0.52%) linkerd
Vendors
1 38 (9.82%) Oracle
2 37 (9.56%) VMware
3 31 (8.01%) Splunk
4 23 (5.94%) Atlassian
4 23 (5.94%) Google
5 18 (4.65%) AppDynamics
5 18 (4.65%) Microsoft
6 17 (4.39%) SAP
7 16 (4.13%) Red Hat
8 12 (3.10%) Cisco
9 10 (2.58%) ServiceNow
10 9 (2.33%) Veritas
11 8 (2.07%) CA Agile Central
11 8 (2.07%) Databricks
12 6 (1.55%) Intel
12 6 (1.55%) Jaspersoft
13 5 (1.29%) Dynatrace
13 5 (1.29%) HP
13 5 (1.29%) IBM
13 5 (1.29%) PagerDuty