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 3 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 294 148 154
Rank change year-on-year -146 +6 -46
Contract jobs citing Continuous Integration 362 556 719
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.87% 1.86% 1.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.00% 2.07% 1.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 360 450
10th Percentile £361 £367 £368
25th Percentile £413 £453 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -8.70% -0.86%
75th Percentile £608 £675 £700
90th Percentile £738 £745 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +0.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 7 56
10th Percentile £56.09 £26.29 £60.25
25th Percentile £61.25 £26.41 £63.85
Median hourly rate £65.00 £27.35 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +137.66% -57.92% -
75th Percentile - £64.38 £65.31
90th Percentile - £74.00 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -

All Process & 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 36,085 26,903 38,687
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.50% 90.10% 86.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,893 16,856 25,223
10th Percentile £313 £305 £300
25th Percentile £412 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £743 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -2.28% -1.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,151 877 2,259
10th Percentile £14.68 £15.62 £13.25
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.24 £16.24
Median hourly rate £27.72 £32.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.71% -1.52% -5.71%
75th Percentile £63.75 £64.50 £59.00
90th Percentile £73.46 £75.10 £71.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £31.88 £34.21
% change year-on-year -21.11% -6.81% -2.26%

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 3 March 2026.

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 3 March 2026.

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 3 March 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -130 316 £518 -5.91% 166
UK excluding London -119 195 £500 - 162
London -116 126 £534 -11.08% 38
Work from Home -113 102 £511 -2.71% 105
North of England -77 65 £519 -1.19% 39
South East -46 50 £517 +3.40% 31
Yorkshire -45 46 £525 -4.55% 16
Midlands -36 40 £475 -8.87% 16
West Midlands -29 38 £478 -4.50% 9
East of England -13 24 £600 +28.34% 23
South West -28 19 £425 -30.61% 29
North West -62 15 £361 -27.75% 15
Scotland -11 6 £550 +17.96% 16
North East -19 6 £550 -8.33% 8
Wales -12 2 - - 11
East Midlands -33 2 £413 -21.05% 7

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 11 (3.04%) Apache
2 9 (2.49%) Apache Spark
2 9 (2.49%) Confluence
2 9 (2.49%) JBoss
2 9 (2.49%) WebLogic
3 7 (1.93%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.55%) CMS
4 2 (0.55%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.28%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.28%) Moodle
5 1 (0.28%) Mule
5 1 (0.28%) Mule ESB
5 1 (0.28%) SAS
5 1 (0.28%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Cloudability
1 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.28%) Findur
Cloud Services
1 145 (40.06%) AWS
2 95 (26.24%) Azure
3 58 (16.02%) GitHub
4 49 (13.54%) GCP
5 46 (12.71%) Serverless
6 44 (12.15%) GitHub Actions
7 42 (11.60%) Azure DevOps
8 18 (4.97%) AWS CloudFormation
9 17 (4.70%) Amazon S3
9 17 (4.70%) Cloud Computing
10 15 (4.14%) Amazon EC2
11 14 (3.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 14 (3.87%) AWS Lambda
11 14 (3.87%) IaaS
12 12 (3.31%) Amazon EKS
12 12 (3.31%) Snowflake
13 11 (3.04%) Amazon ECS
13 11 (3.04%) AWS KMS
14 9 (2.49%) Azure Data Factory
15 8 (2.21%) Amazon Cognito
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.08%) TCP/IP
2 19 (5.25%) Ethernet
3 10 (2.76%) Firewall
4 6 (1.66%) DNS
5 5 (1.38%) IPsec
5 5 (1.38%) Kerberos
5 5 (1.38%) SSL
5 5 (1.38%) Wireshark
6 3 (0.83%) DHCP
6 3 (0.83%) HTTP
6 3 (0.83%) Modbus
6 3 (0.83%) RS-232
6 3 (0.83%) RS-422
6 3 (0.83%) RS-485
7 2 (0.55%) iSCSI
7 2 (0.55%) RTMP
7 2 (0.55%) SAN
7 2 (0.55%) Software-Defined Radio
7 2 (0.55%) VPN
8 1 (0.28%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (13.26%) NoSQL
2 44 (12.15%) PostgreSQL
3 24 (6.63%) Amazon RDS
4 22 (6.08%) MongoDB
5 16 (4.42%) SQL Server
6 12 (3.31%) Relational Database
7 9 (2.49%) Data Lake
8 8 (2.21%) Hadoop
9 7 (1.93%) Amazon Aurora
9 7 (1.93%) Apache Cassandra
9 7 (1.93%) DynamoDB
10 6 (1.66%) Big Data
10 6 (1.66%) Couchbase
10 6 (1.66%) MySQL
11 5 (1.38%) Power BI
12 4 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (1.10%) Snowflake Schema
13 3 (0.83%) Data Vault
13 3 (0.83%) Redis
14 2 (0.55%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 96 (26.52%) Git
2 90 (24.86%) Jenkins
3 64 (17.68%) GitLab
4 30 (8.29%) JUnit
5 27 (7.46%) Eclipse
5 27 (7.46%) JIRA
6 22 (6.08%) Selenium
7 19 (5.25%) Cucumber
8 17 (4.70%) Visual Studio
9 16 (4.42%) Gradle
10 15 (4.14%) Maven
11 14 (3.87%) Cypress.io
11 14 (3.87%) Liquibase
12 11 (3.04%) SonarQube
13 10 (2.76%) IntelliJ
13 10 (2.76%) Mockito
14 9 (2.49%) CircleCI
14 9 (2.49%) Sonatype Nexus
15 8 (2.21%) REST Assured
16 7 (1.93%) Postman
General
1 119 (32.87%) Social Skills
2 56 (15.47%) Finance
3 49 (13.54%) Public Sector
4 45 (12.43%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (9.94%) Banking
6 21 (5.80%) Military
7 18 (4.97%) Presentation Skills
8 17 (4.70%) Financial Institution
9 12 (3.31%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (1.38%) Front Office
11 3 (0.83%) Electronics
11 3 (0.83%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.83%) Law
11 3 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (0.83%) Retail Banking
12 2 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.55%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.55%) Retail
13 1 (0.28%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 103 (28.45%) Developer
2 65 (17.96%) Senior
3 56 (15.47%) DevOps Engineer
4 48 (13.26%) Software Engineer
5 26 (7.18%) Java Developer
6 23 (6.35%) Senior Developer
7 19 (5.25%) AWS Engineer
7 19 (5.25%) Lead
8 15 (4.14%) C# Software Engineer
9 14 (3.87%) Azure Engineer
9 14 (3.87%) GCP Engineer
10 13 (3.59%) Cloud Engineer
10 13 (3.59%) Python Developer
10 13 (3.59%) Python Engineer
10 13 (3.59%) Senior DevOps
10 13 (3.59%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 13 (3.59%) Senior Software Engineer
11 12 (3.31%) C++ Software Engineer
11 12 (3.31%) Test Engineer
11 12 (3.31%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (18.23%) REST
2 52 (14.36%) RESTful
3 50 (13.81%) Node.js
3 50 (13.81%) Web Services
4 38 (10.50%) React
4 38 (10.50%) Spring
5 30 (8.29%) Elastic Stack
6 24 (6.63%) .NET
7 23 (6.35%) HTML
8 22 (6.08%) Kafka
9 21 (5.80%) CSS
9 21 (5.80%) Spring Boot
10 19 (5.25%) SOAP
11 17 (4.70%) JSON
12 16 (4.42%) Play Framework
12 16 (4.42%) Playwright
13 15 (4.14%) Hibernate
13 15 (4.14%) HTML5
14 14 (3.87%) AngularJS
15 13 (3.59%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 36 (9.94%) Distributed Systems
2 34 (9.39%) Cloud Native
3 21 (5.80%) Public Cloud
4 18 (4.97%) Product Ownership
5 14 (3.87%) Algorithms
6 12 (3.31%) Security Posture
7 10 (2.76%) Mobile App
8 9 (2.49%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (2.49%) Virtual Team
9 8 (2.21%) Legacy Code
9 8 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (1.93%) Data Structures
11 6 (1.66%) CAN bus
11 6 (1.66%) Derivative
11 6 (1.66%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 5 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (1.38%) Onboarding
13 4 (1.10%) Credit Risk
13 4 (1.10%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 92 (25.41%) Linux
2 53 (14.64%) Windows
3 24 (6.63%) Unix
4 12 (3.31%) Android
5 8 (2.21%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.38%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.55%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.55%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.55%) Solaris
9 1 (0.28%) CentOS
9 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.28%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 246 (67.96%) CI/CD
2 232 (64.09%) Agile
3 171 (47.24%) DevOps
4 118 (32.60%) Test Automation
5 117 (32.32%) Continuous Delivery
6 108 (29.83%) Microservices
7 89 (24.59%) Software Engineering
7 89 (24.59%) TDD
8 88 (24.31%) Containerisation
9 78 (21.55%) Infrastructure as Code
10 77 (21.27%) Problem-Solving
11 62 (17.13%) Scrum
12 50 (13.81%) Computer Science
13 48 (13.26%) Continuous Improvement
14 47 (12.98%) Continuous Deployment
15 46 (12.71%) Design Patterns
16 41 (11.33%) Unit Testing
17 39 (10.77%) Analytics
18 37 (10.22%) SDLC
19 35 (9.67%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 123 (33.98%) Python
2 85 (23.48%) SQL
3 82 (22.65%) Java
4 61 (16.85%) JavaScript
5 55 (15.19%) C#
6 32 (8.84%) C++
6 32 (8.84%) TypeScript
7 30 (8.29%) Go
8 18 (4.97%) Scala
9 17 (4.70%) Bash
10 16 (4.42%) Kotlin
11 14 (3.87%) PowerShell
12 8 (2.21%) Shell Script
12 8 (2.21%) Swift
13 6 (1.66%) Embedded C++
14 5 (1.38%) C
14 5 (1.38%) JSX
14 5 (1.38%) Ruby
15 4 (1.10%) T-SQL
16 3 (0.83%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 92 (25.41%) Security Cleared
2 64 (17.68%) SC Cleared
3 57 (15.75%) Degree
4 42 (11.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (5.80%) Master's Degree
6 17 (4.70%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (3.59%) AWS Certification
7 13 (3.59%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.66%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 6 (1.66%) ISTQB
9 5 (1.38%) AWS Certified Developer
9 5 (1.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (1.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 3 (0.83%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.28%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
12 1 (0.28%) ISEB
12 1 (0.28%) OCP
12 1 (0.28%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (11.60%) QA
2 16 (4.42%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.38%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.55%) NCSC
4 2 (0.55%) NIST
5 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.28%) GDPR
5 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.28%) MiFID
5 1 (0.28%) WCAG
System Software
1 99 (27.35%) Docker
2 11 (3.04%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (2.21%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.38%) RACF
5 4 (1.10%) Postfix
6 3 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.55%) SRDF
8 1 (0.28%) Firmware
8 1 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.28%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 76 (20.99%) Kubernetes
1 76 (20.99%) Terraform
2 48 (13.26%) Grafana
3 36 (9.94%) Ansible
4 32 (8.84%) Prometheus
5 20 (5.52%) Puppet
6 10 (2.76%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.38%) CSIRT
7 5 (1.38%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.83%) Kibana
9 2 (0.55%) Argo
9 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.55%) Podman
10 1 (0.28%) Consul
10 1 (0.28%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.28%) Istio
10 1 (0.28%) logstash
10 1 (0.28%) Rancher
10 1 (0.28%) SCCM
10 1 (0.28%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 63 (17.40%) Microsoft
2 41 (11.33%) Splunk
3 23 (6.35%) Google
4 15 (4.14%) Atlassian
4 15 (4.14%) Databricks
5 10 (2.76%) Oracle
6 9 (2.49%) webMethods
7 8 (2.21%) Red Hat
8 7 (1.93%) VMware
9 5 (1.38%) F5
9 5 (1.38%) Jaspersoft
9 5 (1.38%) PagerDuty
9 5 (1.38%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.10%) Apple
11 3 (0.83%) Cisco
11 3 (0.83%) Cribl.io
11 3 (0.83%) Foundry
11 3 (0.83%) MuleSoft
11 3 (0.83%) New Relic
11 3 (0.83%) TOWER Software