CI/CD Contract Job Trends
CI/CD
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs citing CI/CD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 9 | 14 | 25 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +5 | +11 | +3 |
| Contract jobs citing CI/CD | 6,698 | 4,015 | 2,737 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 11.99% | 11.41% | 7.55% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 14.00% | 12.68% | 8.76% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4,601 | 2,776 | 1,853 |
| 10th Percentile | £370 | £363 | £388 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £425 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £517 | £513 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.84% | -6.82% | -4.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £623 | £600 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £710 | £688 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -9.09% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 141 | 45 | 47 |
| 10th Percentile | £46.50 | £55.00 | £50.75 |
| 25th Percentile | £56.25 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £66.66 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.55% | - | -13.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £77.50 | £67.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £93.75 | £82.50 | £74.18 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £67.96 | £65.00 | £66.25 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.55% | -1.89% | -11.67% |
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 citing process or methodology skills.
| 6 months to 12 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 47,836 | 31,674 | 31,229 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 85.65% | 90.02% | 86.17% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 28,616 | 19,843 | 18,785 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £298 | £310 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £404 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | -1.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £623 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £725 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £475 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -5.00% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3,823 | 2,054 | 1,104 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.50 | £14.38 | £15.10 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.46 | £17.46 | £20.12 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.00 | £25.15 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +39.17% | -28.14% | -18.92% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.60 | £43.75 | £63.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £80.00 | £67.00 | £73.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £34.28 | £22.53 | £33.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +52.15% | -31.73% | -24.70% |
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 12 November 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 for jobs citing CI/CD over the 6 months to 12 November 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 12 November 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +6 | 5,584 | £525 | +1.94% | 5,220 |
| London | +3 | 3,043 | £537 | +2.33% | 2,786 |
| UK excluding London | +5 | 2,721 | £500 | - | 2,774 |
| Work from Home | 0 | 2,037 | £503 | -0.50% | 2,645 |
| North of England | +3 | 1,046 | £500 | - | 786 |
| South East | 0 | 520 | £549 | +9.80% | 701 |
| Yorkshire | +2 | 500 | £500 | - | 247 |
| North West | +7 | 431 | £525 | +10.53% | 423 |
| Midlands | -6 | 399 | £466 | -9.17% | 295 |
| West Midlands | -6 | 349 | £470 | -10.57% | 208 |
| Scotland | 0 | 305 | £450 | -10.00% | 307 |
| South West | +6 | 296 | £550 | - | 257 |
| East of England | -15 | 130 | £505 | +1.00% | 211 |
| North East | 0 | 124 | £450 | -7.69% | 121 |
| East Midlands | -25 | 48 | £447 | +6.43% | 87 |
| Wales | +5 | 44 | £394 | -13.70% | 89 |
| Northern Ireland | +20 | 24 | £550 | - | 172 |
| Channel Islands | - | 1 | £450 | - |
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 | 55.2% | 3,694 |
| 2 | Agile | 39.4% | 2,642 |
| 3 | Infrastructure as Code | 34.6% | 2,315 |
| 4 | Test Automation | 28.2% | 1,886 |
| 5 | AI | 21.2% | 1,422 |
| 6 | Microservices | 20.7% | 1,386 |
| 7 | Containerisation | 20.3% | 1,361 |
| 7 | Observability | 20.3% | 1,361 |
| 9 | Software Engineering | 19.3% | 1,294 |
| 10 | Continuous Improvement | 17.1% | 1,147 |
| 11 | Problem-Solving | 17.0% | 1,136 |
| 12 | Platform Engineering | 14.4% | 964 |
| 13 | Stakeholder Management | 14.0% | 938 |
| 14 | Event-Driven | 12.4% | 829 |
| 14 | Technical Leadership | 12.4% | 829 |
| 16 | Validation | 11.5% | 768 |
| 17 | Analytics | 11.4% | 765 |
| 18 | Migration | 11.3% | 754 |
| 19 | Scrum | 11.1% | 746 |
| 20 | Deployment Automation | 11.1% | 742 |