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 10 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 10 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 | 6,614 | 3,931 | 2,732 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 11.95% | 11.35% | 7.54% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 13.96% | 12.61% | 8.75% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4,533 | 2,712 | 1,849 |
| 10th Percentile | £370 | £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 | £623 | £605 | £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 | 144 | 44 | 49 |
| 10th Percentile | £46.50 | £55.00 | £51.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £56.81 | - | £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 | £93.75 | £83.75 | £74.09 |
| 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 10 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 47,370 | 31,186 | 31,226 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 85.59% | 90.02% | 86.15% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 28,285 | 19,511 | 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% | -1.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £624 | £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 | 3,818 | 2,038 | 1,099 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.50 | £14.38 | £15.09 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.46 | £17.30 | £20.12 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.00 | £25.15 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +39.17% | -28.14% | -19.77% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.00 | £43.75 | £63.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £80.00 | £67.00 | £73.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £34.28 | £22.50 | £33.27 |
| % change year-on-year | +52.36% | -32.37% | -24.21% |
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 10 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 10 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 10 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 | 5,521 | £525 | +1.45% | 5,320 |
| London | +3 | 3,008 | £535 | +1.90% | 3,041 |
| UK excluding London | +5 | 2,687 | £500 | - | 2,573 |
| Work from Home | 0 | 2,018 | £510 | +1.49% | 2,619 |
| North of England | +4 | 1,039 | £500 | - | 777 |
| South East | 0 | 511 | £549 | +9.80% | 498 |
| Yorkshire | +3 | 497 | £500 | - | 244 |
| North West | +5 | 424 | £525 | +9.09% | 411 |
| Midlands | -7 | 394 | £466 | -9.61% | 272 |
| West Midlands | -6 | 347 | £470 | -10.48% | 184 |
| South West | +7 | 295 | £550 | - | 233 |
| Scotland | -1 | 293 | £439 | -12.25% | 311 |
| North East | 0 | 127 | £450 | -7.69% | 126 |
| East of England | -16 | 127 | £505 | +0.50% | 224 |
| Wales | +5 | 46 | £394 | -13.70% | 84 |
| East Midlands | -29 | 45 | £447 | +6.30% | 88 |
| Northern Ireland | +19 | 24 | £550 | - | 177 |
| Channel Islands | - | 1 | £450 | - | 1 |
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 | 55.2% | 3,651 |
| 2 | Agile | 39.6% | 2,616 |
| 3 | Infrastructure as Code | 34.7% | 2,292 |
| 4 | Test Automation | 28.0% | 1,854 |
| 5 | AI | 21.1% | 1,397 |
| 6 | Microservices | 20.7% | 1,368 |
| 7 | Observability | 20.3% | 1,342 |
| 8 | Containerisation | 20.2% | 1,335 |
| 9 | Software Engineering | 19.1% | 1,265 |
| 10 | Continuous Improvement | 17.2% | 1,136 |
| 11 | Problem-Solving | 17.0% | 1,127 |
| 12 | Platform Engineering | 14.3% | 943 |
| 13 | Stakeholder Management | 14.0% | 925 |
| 14 | Event-Driven | 12.4% | 820 |
| 15 | Technical Leadership | 12.2% | 810 |
| 16 | Validation | 11.5% | 761 |
| 17 | Analytics | 11.4% | 757 |
| 18 | Migration | 11.2% | 743 |
| 19 | Scrum | 11.2% | 740 |
| 20 | Deployment Automation | 11.0% | 729 |