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 3 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 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 | 6,569 | 3,901 | 2,704 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 11.95% | 11.38% | 7.45% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 13.95% | 12.62% | 8.65% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4,501 | 2,685 | 1,829 |
| 10th Percentile | £373 | £363 | £388 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £425 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £519 | £513 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.27% | -6.82% | -4.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £622 | £600 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £706 | £688 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -9.09% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 150 | 44 | 54 |
| 10th Percentile | £46.50 | £55.00 | £54.48 |
| 25th Percentile | £57.00 | - | £65.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.83 | £65.00 | £67.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.28% | -3.35% | -10.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £77.50 | £67.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £93.88 | £83.75 | £74.31 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £67.70 | £65.00 | £67.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.15% | -3.70% | -10.00% |
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 3 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 47,090 | 30,910 | 31,249 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 85.63% | 90.15% | 86.06% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 28,197 | 19,307 | 18,789 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £297 | £310 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £404 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | -1.87% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £619 | £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 | 3,717 | 1,997 | 1,107 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.50 | £14.39 | £15.02 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.46 | £17.45 | £20.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £34.87 | £25.15 | £35.36 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +38.65% | -28.87% | -19.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.00 | £43.20 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £79.00 | £67.00 | £73.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £33.64 | £22.63 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +48.65% | -35.34% | -20.36% |
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 3 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 3 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 3 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 | 5,498 | £525 | +2.44% | 2,372 |
| London | +5 | 3,009 | £535 | +1.90% | 1,340 |
| UK excluding London | +5 | 2,663 | £500 | - | 1,383 |
| Work from Home | +2 | 2,000 | £513 | +2.24% | 1,174 |
| North of England | +4 | 1,036 | £500 | +1.63% | 365 |
| South East | -2 | 501 | £549 | +9.80% | 411 |
| Yorkshire | +3 | 492 | £500 | - | 97 |
| North West | +5 | 421 | £525 | +11.70% | 214 |
| Midlands | -7 | 386 | £466 | -8.00% | 167 |
| West Midlands | -9 | 338 | £470 | -10.48% | 106 |
| South West | +3 | 291 | £550 | - | 187 |
| Scotland | -3 | 286 | £428 | -14.50% | 98 |
| North East | +1 | 133 | £426 | -12.72% | 58 |
| East of England | -12 | 128 | £505 | +1.00% | 125 |
| Wales | +3 | 47 | £394 | -12.50% | 24 |
| East Midlands | -21 | 46 | £425 | +2.41% | 61 |
| Northern Ireland | +17 | 27 | £575 | - | 18 |
| 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 | 55.4% | 3,638 |
| 2 | Agile | 39.6% | 2,601 |
| 3 | Infrastructure as Code | 34.6% | 2,272 |
| 4 | Test Automation | 27.4% | 1,800 |
| 5 | AI | 20.9% | 1,371 |
| 6 | Microservices | 20.3% | 1,333 |
| 7 | Containerisation | 20.2% | 1,328 |
| 8 | Observability | 20.0% | 1,315 |
| 9 | Software Engineering | 18.8% | 1,232 |
| 10 | Continuous Improvement | 17.2% | 1,130 |
| 11 | Problem-Solving | 16.9% | 1,108 |
| 12 | Platform Engineering | 14.2% | 931 |
| 13 | Stakeholder Management | 13.8% | 907 |
| 14 | Event-Driven | 12.1% | 796 |
| 15 | Technical Leadership | 12.1% | 792 |
| 16 | Analytics | 11.4% | 746 |
| 17 | Validation | 11.3% | 743 |
| 18 | Migration | 11.2% | 734 |
| 19 | Scrum | 11.0% | 725 |
| 20 | Deployment Automation | 10.8% | 707 |