CI/CD Contract Job Trends
CI/CD
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring CI/CD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 23 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 9 | 15 | 25 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +6 | +10 | +2 |
| Contract jobs citing CI/CD | 6,527 | 3,785 | 2,745 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 11.83% | 11.29% | 7.39% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 13.88% | 12.49% | 8.57% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4,455 | 2,589 | 1,843 |
| 10th Percentile | £373 | £363 | £388 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £425 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £520 | £513 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.46% | -6.82% | -4.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £619 | £600 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £706 | £695 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -9.09% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 143 | 44 | 63 |
| 10th Percentile | £46.80 | £52.38 | £53.40 |
| 25th Percentile | £58.67 | £61.63 | £65.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £67.50 | £65.00 | £70.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.85% | -7.14% | -6.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £77.50 | £67.00 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £94.75 | £73.50 | £74.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £68.61 | £65.00 | £70.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.55% | -7.14% | -6.67% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
UK
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.
| 6 months to 23 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 47,025 | 30,309 | 32,016 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 85.24% | 90.44% | 86.16% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 28,250 | 18,893 | 19,250 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £300 | £310 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £405 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | -2.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £623 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £725 | £745 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £475 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -5.00% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3,553 | 1,929 | 1,190 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.50 | £14.38 | £15.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.72 | £17.30 | £20.12 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.82 | £25.08 | £38.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +42.85% | -35.29% | -10.23% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.00 | £42.50 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £79.00 | £65.25 | £73.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £35.11 | £22.27 | £39.68 |
| % change year-on-year | +57.67% | -43.89% | -6.64% |
CI/CD Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CI/CD relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.
CI/CD Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CI/CD.
CI/CD Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CI/CD over the 6 months to 23 October 2026.
CI/CD Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CI/CD.
CI/CD Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CI/CD over the 6 months to 23 October 2026.
CI/CD Top 18 Contract Job Locations
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 over the 6 months to 23 October 2026. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +6 | 5,444 | £525 | +2.04% | 5,309 |
| London | +4 | 2,924 | £535 | +1.90% | 2,842 |
| UK excluding London | +5 | 2,710 | £500 | - | 2,747 |
| Work from Home | +2 | 2,001 | £520 | +3.69% | 2,645 |
| North of England | +5 | 1,055 | £500 | +2.04% | 833 |
| Yorkshire | +2 | 508 | £500 | - | 240 |
| South East | +1 | 507 | £543 | +8.50% | 548 |
| North West | +6 | 424 | £525 | +14.13% | 443 |
| Midlands | -7 | 396 | £469 | -7.31% | 281 |
| West Midlands | -8 | 342 | £470 | -10.48% | 191 |
| Scotland | -2 | 296 | £439 | -12.25% | 308 |
| South West | +4 | 288 | £545 | -0.91% | 318 |
| North East | -2 | 135 | £426 | -12.72% | 154 |
| East of England | -13 | 133 | £505 | +1.00% | 233 |
| East Midlands | -19 | 53 | £449 | +6.53% | 90 |
| Wales | +4 | 50 | £413 | -12.00% | 75 |
| Northern Ireland | +20 | 25 | £575 | - | 156 |
| Channel Islands | - | 1 | £450 | - | 2 |
CI/CD Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DevOps | 55.7% | 3,634 |
| 2 | Agile | 39.1% | 2,555 |
| 3 | Infrastructure as Code | 34.5% | 2,252 |
| 4 | Test Automation | 26.5% | 1,727 |
| 5 | AI | 20.5% | 1,340 |
| 6 | Containerisation | 20.4% | 1,329 |
| 6 | Observability | 20.4% | 1,329 |
| 8 | Microservices | 20.2% | 1,320 |
| 9 | Software Engineering | 18.4% | 1,202 |
| 10 | Continuous Improvement | 16.7% | 1,089 |
| 11 | Problem-Solving | 16.6% | 1,086 |
| 12 | Platform Engineering | 14.0% | 913 |
| 13 | Stakeholder Management | 13.7% | 892 |
| 14 | Event-Driven | 12.0% | 786 |
| 15 | Technical Leadership | 12.0% | 780 |
| 16 | Analytics | 11.4% | 745 |
| 17 | Scrum | 11.1% | 724 |
| 18 | Validation | 11.0% | 718 |
| 19 | Data Pipeline | 10.7% | 701 |
| 20 | Migration | 10.7% | 699 |