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 30 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 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 | 6,543 | 3,901 | 2,715 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 11.94% | 11.40% | 7.40% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 13.95% | 12.62% | 8.59% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4,489 | 2,682 | 1,833 |
| 10th Percentile | £372 | £363 | £388 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £425 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £520 | £511 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.76% | -7.09% | -4.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £623 | £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 | 146 | 44 | 57 |
| 10th Percentile | £46.50 | £55.00 | £51.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £57.00 | £64.19 | £65.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.83 | £65.00 | £67.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.28% | -3.70% | -10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £77.50 | £67.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £94.38 | £74.78 | £74.18 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £67.70 | £65.00 | £68.75 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.15% | -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 30 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 46,919 | 30,911 | 31,623 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 85.59% | 90.32% | 86.15% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 28,147 | 19,277 | 19,029 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £295 | £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 | £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 | 3,650 | 1,982 | 1,134 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.50 | £14.38 | £15.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.50 | £17.30 | £20.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.00 | £25.15 | £36.08 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +39.17% | -30.30% | -17.73% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.00 | £42.79 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £79.10 | £65.93 | £73.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £33.99 | £22.32 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +52.32% | -36.24% | -17.65% |
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 30 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 30 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 30 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 | +6 | 5,473 | £525 | +2.44% | 1,026 |
| London | +4 | 2,979 | £535 | +1.90% | 418 |
| UK excluding London | +5 | 2,668 | £500 | - | 771 |
| Work from Home | +1 | 1,996 | £513 | +2.65% | 545 |
| North of England | +4 | 1,038 | £500 | +1.63% | 227 |
| South East | -1 | 508 | £549 | +9.80% | 183 |
| Yorkshire | +2 | 493 | £500 | - | 69 |
| North West | +6 | 423 | £525 | +11.70% | 120 |
| Midlands | -6 | 385 | £466 | -8.00% | 86 |
| West Midlands | -10 | 336 | £470 | -10.48% | 52 |
| South West | +4 | 290 | £550 | - | 156 |
| Scotland | -3 | 282 | £428 | -14.50% | 51 |
| North East | -1 | 132 | £438 | -10.21% | 42 |
| East of England | -14 | 128 | £505 | +1.00% | 47 |
| Wales | +4 | 50 | £413 | -8.33% | 23 |
| East Midlands | -27 | 47 | £425 | +1.19% | 33 |
| Northern Ireland | +22 | 26 | £575 | - | 7 |
| 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% | 3,635 |
| 2 | Agile | 39.4% | 2,580 |
| 3 | Infrastructure as Code | 34.4% | 2,249 |
| 4 | Test Automation | 27.1% | 1,775 |
| 5 | AI | 20.8% | 1,362 |
| 6 | Microservices | 20.2% | 1,322 |
| 7 | Containerisation | 20.1% | 1,315 |
| 8 | Observability | 19.9% | 1,305 |
| 9 | Software Engineering | 18.6% | 1,214 |
| 10 | Continuous Improvement | 17.1% | 1,116 |
| 11 | Problem-Solving | 16.7% | 1,094 |
| 12 | Platform Engineering | 14.0% | 919 |
| 13 | Stakeholder Management | 13.7% | 897 |
| 14 | Event-Driven | 12.2% | 798 |
| 15 | Technical Leadership | 12.0% | 786 |
| 16 | Analytics | 11.3% | 739 |
| 17 | Validation | 11.2% | 735 |
| 18 | Scrum | 11.1% | 724 |
| 19 | Migration | 11.0% | 722 |
| 20 | Data Pipeline | 10.6% | 693 |