Continuous Integration Contract Job Trends

Continuous Integration
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Continuous Integration skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 249 124 148
Rank change year-on-year -125 +24 -54
Contract jobs citing Continuous Integration 416 696 794
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.14% 2.04% 1.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.29% 2.31% 2.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 272 437 527
10th Percentile £363 £384 £425
25th Percentile £417 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -8.70% -1.88%
75th Percentile £609 £675 £677
90th Percentile £738 £750 £791
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £553
% change year-on-year - -9.50% +2.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 16 48
10th Percentile £56.75 £26.41 -
25th Percentile - £53.66 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - - £68.04
90th Percentile - £71.25 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Continuous Integration falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,337 30,122 39,072
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 88.38% 88.11% 88.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,351 18,405 26,081
10th Percentile £300 £306 £308
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £723 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £477 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,080 985 1,517
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.62 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.50 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.33
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -24.99% +23.80%
75th Percentile £49.75 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.50 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.69% -26.97% +39.06%

Continuous Integration
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Continuous Integration relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Continuous Integration job vacancy trend in the UK

Continuous Integration
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Continuous Integration.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Continuous Integration

Continuous Integration
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Integration over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Integration in the UK

Continuous Integration
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Continuous Integration.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Continuous Integration

Continuous Integration
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Continuous Integration over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Continuous Integration in the UK

Continuous Integration
Top 16 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Integration within the UK over the 6 months to 18 December 2025. 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -116 344 £525 -4.55% 170
UK excluding London -98 220 £500 - 139
Work from Home -72 146 £511 -2.71% 89
London -85 146 £550 -4.35% 53
North of England -71 71 £515 -4.85% 39
Yorkshire -34 49 £516 -18.06% 17
South East -52 49 £530 +6.00% 43
Midlands -49 39 £525 -4.55% 11
West Midlands -44 36 £525 -4.55% 10
Scotland +9 31 £522 +10.96% 4
East of England -26 22 £475 -5.00% 25
South West -28 15 £450 -32.58% 16
North West -42 15 £374 -6.56% 15
North East -12 8 £520 -5.45% 8
Wales -5 4 £463 -13.95% 9
East Midlands -14 3 £340 -34.88% 1

Continuous Integration
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 29 (6.97%) Confluence
2 19 (4.57%) WebLogic
3 13 (3.13%) Apache
3 13 (3.13%) JBoss
4 4 (0.96%) Mule
5 3 (0.72%) Anypoint
5 3 (0.72%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.48%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.48%) CMS
6 2 (0.48%) Mule ESB
7 1 (0.24%) CICS
7 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.24%) SAS
7 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.24%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (0.72%) MS Visio
1 3 (0.72%) Simulink
2 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.24%) Finacle
Cloud Services
1 179 (43.03%) AWS
2 109 (26.20%) Azure
3 79 (18.99%) GCP
4 60 (14.42%) GitHub
5 55 (13.22%) Serverless
6 49 (11.78%) Azure DevOps
7 47 (11.30%) GitHub Actions
8 22 (5.29%) AWS CloudFormation
9 20 (4.81%) Cloud Computing
10 15 (3.61%) Amazon EKS
11 14 (3.37%) Amazon EC2
11 14 (3.37%) Amazon S3
12 13 (3.13%) Amazon ECS
12 13 (3.13%) AWS Lambda
13 12 (2.88%) Azure AKS
13 12 (2.88%) Azure Monitor
14 11 (2.64%) Azure Data Factory
14 11 (2.64%) IaaS
14 11 (2.64%) OpenShift
15 10 (2.40%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 29 (6.97%) TCP/IP
2 17 (4.09%) Ethernet
2 17 (4.09%) Firewall
3 15 (3.61%) DNS
4 8 (1.92%) HTTP
4 8 (1.92%) Wireshark
5 4 (0.96%) Internet
5 4 (0.96%) Network Security
6 3 (0.72%) DHCP
7 2 (0.48%) Multicast
8 1 (0.24%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.24%) FCoE
8 1 (0.24%) Fibre Channel
8 1 (0.24%) iSCSI
8 1 (0.24%) NAS
8 1 (0.24%) SAN
8 1 (0.24%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.24%) SSL
8 1 (0.24%) tcpdump
8 1 (0.24%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (13.22%) NoSQL
2 53 (12.74%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (7.45%) SQL Server
4 30 (7.21%) MongoDB
5 25 (6.01%) Relational Database
6 20 (4.81%) Amazon RDS
7 12 (2.88%) MySQL
8 10 (2.40%) Oracle Database
9 9 (2.16%) Data Lake
10 8 (1.92%) Big Data
11 7 (1.68%) Apache Cassandra
11 7 (1.68%) Power BI
12 6 (1.44%) Amazon Aurora
12 6 (1.44%) Couchbase
12 6 (1.44%) RDBMS
13 5 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
13 5 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (1.20%) MariaDB
14 4 (0.96%) BigQuery
15 3 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 129 (31.01%) Jenkins
2 114 (27.40%) Git
3 73 (17.55%) GitLab
4 58 (13.94%) JIRA
5 32 (7.69%) Liquibase
6 27 (6.49%) Eclipse
7 24 (5.77%) Selenium
8 23 (5.53%) Cucumber
9 19 (4.57%) JUnit
9 19 (4.57%) Visual Studio
10 17 (4.09%) Cypress.io
11 16 (3.85%) Bitbucket
12 14 (3.37%) CircleCI
12 14 (3.37%) SonarQube
13 13 (3.13%) Gradle
14 12 (2.88%) IntelliJ
15 11 (2.64%) Sonatype Nexus
16 10 (2.40%) Maven
17 9 (2.16%) Postman
18 8 (1.92%) JMeter
General
1 146 (35.10%) Social Skills
2 74 (17.79%) Finance
3 56 (13.46%) Public Sector
4 50 (12.02%) Banking
5 41 (9.86%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (6.01%) Financial Institution
7 24 (5.77%) Military
8 17 (4.09%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (2.64%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (0.96%) Retail Banking
12 3 (0.72%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.72%) Law
12 3 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.48%) Automotive
13 2 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.48%) Front Office
13 2 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.24%) Marketing
14 1 (0.24%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 122 (29.33%) Developer
2 67 (16.11%) Senior
3 66 (15.87%) DevOps Engineer
4 55 (13.22%) Software Engineer
5 29 (6.97%) Java Developer
6 27 (6.49%) Lead
7 25 (6.01%) Senior Developer
8 21 (5.05%) AWS Engineer
9 20 (4.81%) Cloud Engineer
10 17 (4.09%) C++ Software Engineer
10 17 (4.09%) Senior DevOps
11 16 (3.85%) C# Software Engineer
11 16 (3.85%) GCP Engineer
11 16 (3.85%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 15 (3.61%) Senior Software Engineer
13 14 (3.37%) Architect
14 13 (3.13%) Tester
15 12 (2.88%) Automation Tester
15 12 (2.88%) Azure Engineer
15 12 (2.88%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (18.75%) RESTful
2 73 (17.55%) REST
3 65 (15.63%) Node.js
4 51 (12.26%) React
5 50 (12.02%) Elastic Stack
6 41 (9.86%) Spring
7 37 (8.89%) Kafka
8 36 (8.65%) HTML
9 35 (8.41%) Web Services
10 33 (7.93%) CSS
11 32 (7.69%) .NET
12 23 (5.53%) Spring Boot
13 21 (5.05%) JSON
14 18 (4.33%) HTML5
15 17 (4.09%) Play Framework
16 16 (3.85%) Playwright
16 16 (3.85%) XML
17 15 (3.61%) J2EE
17 15 (3.61%) SOAP
18 12 (2.88%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 47 (11.30%) Cloud Native
1 47 (11.30%) Distributed Systems
2 32 (7.69%) Public Cloud
3 20 (4.81%) Product Ownership
4 14 (3.37%) Security Posture
5 13 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
5 13 (3.13%) Mobile App
6 9 (2.16%) Greenfield Project
6 9 (2.16%) Management Information System
7 8 (1.92%) Algorithms
7 8 (1.92%) Data Structures
8 7 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
8 7 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.44%) CAN bus
9 6 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.44%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.20%) Derivative
10 5 (1.20%) Distributed Architecture
11 4 (0.96%) Credit Risk
11 4 (0.96%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 112 (26.92%) Linux
2 55 (13.22%) Windows
3 24 (5.77%) Unix
4 14 (3.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (2.88%) Android
6 9 (2.16%) Windows Server
7 7 (1.68%) Apple iOS
8 6 (1.44%) CentOS
9 3 (0.72%) Solaris
9 3 (0.72%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.48%) Debian
10 2 (0.48%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.24%) MVS
11 1 (0.24%) VMS
11 1 (0.24%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 313 (75.24%) CI/CD
2 265 (63.70%) Agile
3 204 (49.04%) DevOps
4 151 (36.30%) Continuous Delivery
5 128 (30.77%) Microservices
6 127 (30.53%) Test Automation
7 106 (25.48%) Infrastructure as Code
8 105 (25.24%) Software Engineering
8 105 (25.24%) TDD
9 101 (24.28%) Containerisation
10 88 (21.15%) Problem-Solving
11 74 (17.79%) Continuous Deployment
12 67 (16.11%) Computer Science
13 54 (12.98%) Scrum
14 53 (12.74%) Design Patterns
15 47 (11.30%) Unit Testing
16 44 (10.58%) Code Quality
16 44 (10.58%) Continuous Improvement
17 43 (10.34%) Infrastructure Automation
18 42 (10.10%) Non-Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 144 (34.62%) Python
2 108 (25.96%) Java
3 79 (18.99%) SQL
4 75 (18.03%) JavaScript
5 57 (13.70%) C#
5 57 (13.70%) Go
6 48 (11.54%) TypeScript
7 37 (8.89%) Bash
8 34 (8.17%) C++
9 20 (4.81%) Scala
10 17 (4.09%) PowerShell
11 15 (3.61%) Perl
12 13 (3.13%) Kotlin
13 8 (1.92%) Ruby
13 8 (1.92%) Shell Script
14 7 (1.68%) Swift
15 6 (1.44%) Embedded C++
15 6 (1.44%) PL/SQL
16 5 (1.20%) JSX
16 5 (1.20%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 110 (26.44%) Security Cleared
2 81 (19.47%) SC Cleared
3 70 (16.83%) Degree
4 56 (13.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 30 (7.21%) Master's Degree
6 18 (4.33%) AWS Certification
7 12 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (2.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 11 (2.64%) DV Cleared
9 6 (1.44%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 6 (1.44%) ISTQB
10 5 (1.20%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (0.96%) CISSP
12 3 (0.72%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.72%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.48%) CISM
14 1 (0.24%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
14 1 (0.24%) CompTIA Security+
14 1 (0.24%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (10.34%) QA
2 20 (4.81%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.92%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.96%) NCSC
5 3 (0.72%) WCAG
6 2 (0.48%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.48%) NIST
7 1 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.24%) MiFID
System Software
1 129 (31.01%) Docker
2 13 (3.13%) Active Directory
3 10 (2.40%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.96%) Virtual Servers
4 4 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.48%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.48%) VirtualBox
7 1 (0.24%) KVM
7 1 (0.24%) NFS
7 1 (0.24%) SRDF
7 1 (0.24%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 1 (0.24%) Xen
Systems Management
1 129 (31.01%) Kubernetes
2 111 (26.68%) Terraform
3 72 (17.31%) Grafana
4 62 (14.90%) Ansible
5 57 (13.70%) Prometheus
6 24 (5.77%) Puppet
7 12 (2.88%) Progress Chef
8 9 (2.16%) Kibana
9 8 (1.92%) CSIRT
10 7 (1.68%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.72%) Consul
11 3 (0.72%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.72%) Packer
12 2 (0.48%) Argo
12 2 (0.48%) Icinga
12 2 (0.48%) logstash
12 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
12 2 (0.48%) Nagios
12 2 (0.48%) Podman
12 2 (0.48%) Salt
Vendors
1 57 (13.70%) Splunk
2 55 (13.22%) Microsoft
3 36 (8.65%) Google
4 23 (5.53%) Oracle
5 18 (4.33%) Databricks
6 15 (3.61%) Atlassian
7 14 (3.37%) Red Hat
8 9 (2.16%) F5
8 9 (2.16%) webMethods
9 8 (1.92%) VMware
10 7 (1.68%) AppDynamics
10 7 (1.68%) Apple
11 6 (1.44%) GoldenSource
11 6 (1.44%) Salesforce
12 5 (1.20%) MuleSoft
12 5 (1.20%) PagerDuty
13 4 (0.96%) DocuSign
14 3 (0.72%) CA Agile Central
14 3 (0.72%) Dynatrace
14 3 (0.72%) Okta