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 13 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 13 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 | 6,722 | 4,061 | 2,757 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 12.03% | 11.44% | 7.56% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 14.05% | 12.71% | 8.77% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4,615 | 2,799 | 1,870 |
| 10th Percentile | £369 | £363 | £388 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £425 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £518 | £513 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.98% | -6.82% | -4.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £622 | £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 | 140 | 49 | 48 |
| 10th Percentile | £46.48 | £55.00 | £50.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £56.81 | - | £65.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £67.08 | £65.00 | £66.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.20% | -1.89% | -11.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £77.63 | £67.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £93.88 | £77.50 | £74.61 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £68.22 | £65.00 | £67.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.95% | -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 13 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 47,855 | 31,947 | 31,434 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 85.63% | 89.99% | 86.21% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 28,610 | 20,018 | 18,919 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £295 | £310 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £403 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | -1.41% |
| 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 | 3,819 | 2,079 | 1,112 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.50 | £14.48 | £15.10 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.46 | £17.50 | £20.12 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.00 | £25.15 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +39.17% | -28.14% | -19.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.60 | £43.75 | £63.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £80.00 | £67.00 | £73.73 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £35.00 | £22.63 | £33.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +54.66% | -31.42% | -24.83% |
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 13 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 13 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 13 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 | 5,604 | £525 | +1.94% | 5,222 |
| London | +3 | 3,056 | £537 | +2.33% | 2,846 |
| UK excluding London | +5 | 2,722 | £500 | - | 2,666 |
| Work from Home | -1 | 2,052 | £503 | -1.47% | 2,622 |
| North of England | +3 | 1,053 | £500 | - | 774 |
| South East | -1 | 523 | £547 | +9.40% | 651 |
| Yorkshire | +2 | 502 | £500 | - | 247 |
| North West | +7 | 434 | £525 | +10.53% | 407 |
| Midlands | -7 | 398 | £467 | -9.37% | 288 |
| West Midlands | -6 | 349 | £470 | -10.48% | 203 |
| Scotland | +1 | 305 | £450 | -10.00% | 304 |
| South West | +4 | 295 | £550 | - | 237 |
| North East | 0 | 126 | £438 | -10.26% | 125 |
| East of England | -14 | 126 | £505 | +1.00% | 217 |
| East Midlands | -23 | 47 | £449 | +6.79% | 85 |
| Wales | +4 | 43 | £413 | -9.59% | 70 |
| Northern Ireland | +20 | 21 | £498 | - | 164 |
| 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 | 55.1% | 3,701 |
| 2 | Agile | 39.4% | 2,651 |
| 3 | Infrastructure as Code | 34.5% | 2,320 |
| 4 | Test Automation | 28.4% | 1,909 |
| 5 | AI | 21.3% | 1,435 |
| 6 | Microservices | 20.7% | 1,392 |
| 7 | Containerisation | 20.3% | 1,366 |
| 8 | Observability | 20.3% | 1,362 |
| 9 | Software Engineering | 19.3% | 1,298 |
| 10 | Continuous Improvement | 17.1% | 1,152 |
| 11 | Problem-Solving | 17.0% | 1,142 |
| 12 | Platform Engineering | 14.4% | 970 |
| 13 | Stakeholder Management | 14.1% | 946 |
| 14 | Event-Driven | 12.4% | 833 |
| 15 | Technical Leadership | 12.4% | 831 |
| 16 | Validation | 11.5% | 775 |
| 17 | Analytics | 11.4% | 767 |
| 18 | Migration | 11.2% | 754 |
| 19 | Deployment Automation | 11.2% | 753 |
| 20 | Scrum | 11.2% | 751 |