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 5 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 5 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 | 6,545 | 3,940 | 2,735 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 11.94% | 11.38% | 7.49% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 13.94% | 12.63% | 8.70% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4,490 | 2,707 | 1,852 |
| 10th Percentile | £372 | £363 | £388 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £425 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £519 | £513 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.27% | -6.82% | -4.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £622 | £601 | £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 | 149 | 44 | 52 |
| 10th Percentile | £46.50 | £55.00 | £52.33 |
| 25th Percentile | £57.00 | - | £65.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £68.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -5.45% | -8.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £77.50 | £67.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £94.00 | £83.75 | £74.40 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £67.08 | £65.00 | £70.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.20% | -7.14% | -6.67% |
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 5 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 46,957 | 31,201 | 31,435 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 85.67% | 90.12% | 86.06% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 28,115 | 19,532 | 18,905 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £296 | £310 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £404 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | -1.87% |
| 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 | 3,742 | 2,021 | 1,108 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.50 | £14.41 | £15.02 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.46 | £17.38 | £20.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.00 | £25.15 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +39.17% | -28.14% | -20.90% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.00 | £43.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £80.00 | £67.00 | £73.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £33.98 | £22.58 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +50.50% | -35.50% | -20.90% |
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 5 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 5 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 5 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 | 5,471 | £525 | +1.94% | 1,616 |
| London | +4 | 2,990 | £535 | +1.90% | 810 |
| UK excluding London | +5 | 2,662 | £500 | - | 1,110 |
| Work from Home | +1 | 1,991 | £513 | +2.50% | 837 |
| North of England | +4 | 1,032 | £500 | +1.63% | 296 |
| South East | 0 | 505 | £550 | +10.00% | 377 |
| Yorkshire | +4 | 494 | £500 | - | 86 |
| North West | +6 | 416 | £525 | +12.90% | 165 |
| Midlands | -7 | 386 | £464 | -8.38% | 112 |
| West Midlands | -7 | 339 | £469 | -10.67% | 73 |
| Scotland | 0 | 292 | £440 | -12.00% | 60 |
| South West | +6 | 291 | £550 | - | 152 |
| North East | -1 | 132 | £450 | -7.69% | 49 |
| East of England | -14 | 126 | £505 | +0.50% | 80 |
| Wales | +5 | 46 | £375 | -16.67% | 23 |
| East Midlands | -28 | 45 | £436 | +3.69% | 39 |
| Northern Ireland | +19 | 25 | £575 | - | 15 |
| 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 | 55.3% | 3,617 |
| 2 | Agile | 39.6% | 2,591 |
| 3 | Infrastructure as Code | 34.5% | 2,260 |
| 4 | Test Automation | 27.6% | 1,807 |
| 5 | AI | 20.9% | 1,371 |
| 6 | Microservices | 20.4% | 1,337 |
| 7 | Containerisation | 20.3% | 1,327 |
| 8 | Observability | 20.0% | 1,307 |
| 9 | Software Engineering | 18.9% | 1,236 |
| 10 | Continuous Improvement | 17.3% | 1,131 |
| 11 | Problem-Solving | 16.9% | 1,109 |
| 12 | Platform Engineering | 14.3% | 933 |
| 13 | Stakeholder Management | 13.9% | 909 |
| 14 | Technical Leadership | 12.2% | 799 |
| 15 | Event-Driven | 12.2% | 797 |
| 16 | Validation | 11.4% | 748 |
| 17 | Analytics | 11.4% | 744 |
| 18 | Migration | 11.3% | 737 |
| 19 | Scrum | 11.2% | 732 |
| 20 | Deployment Automation | 10.9% | 713 |