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 22 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 22 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 | 6,512 | 3,764 | 2,774 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 11.81% | 11.24% | 7.44% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 13.87% | 12.42% | 8.64% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4,446 | 2,569 | 1,866 |
| 10th Percentile | £371 | £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 | 141 | 43 | 65 |
| 10th Percentile | £46.50 | £52.00 | £55.55 |
| 25th Percentile | £57.00 | £61.50 | £65.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £67.50 | £65.00 | £67.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.85% | -3.70% | -10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £77.50 | £67.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £93.75 | £69.40 | £74.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £68.22 | £65.00 | £68.75 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.95% | -5.45% | -8.33% |
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 22 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 46,961 | 30,310 | 32,091 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 85.17% | 90.50% | 86.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 28,235 | 18,875 | 19,314 |
| 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 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £475 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -5.00% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3,512 | 1,924 | 1,195 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.51 | £14.38 | £15.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.74 | £17.30 | £20.12 |
| Median hourly rate | £37.02 | £25.08 | £38.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +47.64% | -34.87% | -10.81% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.00 | £42.50 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.75 | £65.25 | £73.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £36.00 | £22.27 | £39.68 |
| % change year-on-year | +61.69% | -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 22 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 22 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 22 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 | 5,429 | £525 | +2.44% | 5,326 |
| London | +4 | 2,914 | £535 | +1.90% | 2,839 |
| UK excluding London | +5 | 2,711 | £500 | - | 2,770 |
| Work from Home | +3 | 1,992 | £520 | +4.00% | 2,664 |
| North of England | +4 | 1,050 | £500 | +2.30% | 839 |
| South East | +3 | 505 | £537 | +7.40% | 552 |
| Yorkshire | +3 | 502 | £500 | - | 243 |
| North West | +6 | 423 | £525 | +15.01% | 443 |
| Midlands | -7 | 395 | £469 | -7.13% | 282 |
| West Midlands | -7 | 342 | £470 | -10.48% | 193 |
| Scotland | -1 | 298 | £439 | -12.25% | 313 |
| South West | +3 | 289 | £545 | -0.91% | 322 |
| East of England | -7 | 138 | £505 | +1.00% | 233 |
| North East | -2 | 137 | £426 | -12.72% | 157 |
| East Midlands | -23 | 52 | £449 | +6.66% | 89 |
| Wales | +4 | 50 | £413 | -12.00% | 75 |
| Northern Ireland | +22 | 25 | £575 | - | 158 |
| 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% | 3,626 |
| 2 | Agile | 39.1% | 2,543 |
| 3 | Infrastructure as Code | 34.5% | 2,245 |
| 4 | Test Automation | 26.5% | 1,723 |
| 5 | AI | 20.5% | 1,337 |
| 6 | Containerisation | 20.4% | 1,329 |
| 7 | Observability | 20.3% | 1,321 |
| 8 | Microservices | 20.2% | 1,316 |
| 9 | Software Engineering | 18.3% | 1,194 |
| 10 | Continuous Improvement | 16.7% | 1,085 |
| 11 | Problem-Solving | 16.6% | 1,082 |
| 12 | Platform Engineering | 14.0% | 914 |
| 13 | Stakeholder Management | 13.6% | 884 |
| 14 | Event-Driven | 12.0% | 784 |
| 15 | Technical Leadership | 11.8% | 771 |
| 16 | Analytics | 11.4% | 742 |
| 17 | Scrum | 11.1% | 721 |
| 18 | Validation | 11.0% | 716 |
| 19 | Data Pipeline | 10.8% | 704 |
| 20 | Migration | 10.7% | 698 |