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 27 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 27 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 9 | 14 | 25 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +5 | +11 | +2 |
| Contract jobs citing CI/CD | 6,554 | 3,809 | 2,725 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 11.94% | 11.31% | 7.45% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 13.96% | 12.51% | 8.65% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4,477 | 2,608 | 1,837 |
| 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 | £623 | £600 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £708 | £695 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -9.09% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 145 | 44 | 61 |
| 10th Percentile | £46.50 | £55.00 | £51.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £57.00 | £64.19 | £65.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £66.66 | £65.00 | £67.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.55% | -3.70% | -10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £77.50 | £67.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £94.50 | £74.78 | £74.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £67.96 | £65.00 | £68.75 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.55% | -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 citing process or methodology skills.
| 6 months to 27 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 46,934 | 30,446 | 31,516 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 85.50% | 90.41% | 86.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 28,187 | 18,947 | 18,943 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £300 | £310 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £404 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | -2.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £620 | £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 | 3,575 | 1,954 | 1,140 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.50 | £14.38 | £15.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.62 | £17.30 | £20.12 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.00 | £25.13 | £37.39 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +39.29% | -32.80% | -13.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.00 | £42.50 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.75 | £66.35 | £73.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £35.00 | £22.27 | £36.58 |
| % change year-on-year | +57.20% | -39.14% | -13.92% |
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 27 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 for jobs citing CI/CD over the 6 months to 27 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 27 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +7 | 5,473 | £525 | +2.04% | 1,021 |
| London | +5 | 2,953 | £535 | +1.90% | 424 |
| UK excluding London | +5 | 2,704 | £500 | - | 755 |
| Work from Home | +1 | 2,000 | £518 | +2.12% | 626 |
| North of England | +4 | 1,053 | £500 | +1.63% | 234 |
| South East | +2 | 509 | £549 | +9.80% | 179 |
| Yorkshire | +3 | 501 | £500 | - | 68 |
| North West | +5 | 427 | £525 | +12.90% | 128 |
| Midlands | -7 | 395 | £469 | -8.26% | 76 |
| West Midlands | -7 | 345 | £470 | -10.48% | 48 |
| South West | +3 | 290 | £540 | -1.82% | 157 |
| Scotland | -1 | 290 | £430 | -14.00% | 49 |
| North East | -1 | 137 | £425 | -13.92% | 42 |
| East of England | -11 | 131 | £505 | +1.00% | 43 |
| Wales | +6 | 50 | £413 | -9.59% | 19 |
| East Midlands | -24 | 49 | £445 | +5.89% | 28 |
| Northern Ireland | +23 | 26 | £575 | - | 5 |
| 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 | 55.6% | 3,645 |
| 2 | Agile | 39.3% | 2,577 |
| 3 | Infrastructure as Code | 34.4% | 2,255 |
| 4 | Test Automation | 26.7% | 1,751 |
| 5 | AI | 20.6% | 1,353 |
| 6 | Containerisation | 20.4% | 1,338 |
| 7 | Microservices | 20.2% | 1,326 |
| 8 | Observability | 20.2% | 1,324 |
| 9 | Software Engineering | 18.4% | 1,208 |
| 10 | Continuous Improvement | 17.0% | 1,113 |
| 11 | Problem-Solving | 16.7% | 1,097 |
| 12 | Platform Engineering | 14.0% | 919 |
| 13 | Stakeholder Management | 13.6% | 894 |
| 14 | Event-Driven | 12.1% | 793 |
| 15 | Technical Leadership | 12.0% | 786 |
| 16 | Analytics | 11.3% | 743 |
| 17 | Validation | 11.1% | 727 |
| 18 | Scrum | 11.1% | 725 |
| 19 | Migration | 10.8% | 708 |
| 20 | Data Pipeline | 10.8% | 705 |