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

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 290 141 150
Rank change year-on-year -149 +9 -44
Contract jobs citing Continuous Integration 366 572 719
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.88% 1.88% 1.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 2.09% 1.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 237 365 446
10th Percentile £362 £363 £375
25th Percentile £413 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% -8.70% -0.86%
75th Percentile £608 £675 £700
90th Percentile £740 £745 £753
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -
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 £66.25
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 35,946 27,398 38,816
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.59% 90.01% 86.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,812 17,104 25,306
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 £723 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £482 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -1.93% -1.70% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,146 887 2,267
10th Percentile £14.66 £15.62 £13.25
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.24 £16.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -1.52% -5.71%
75th Percentile £63.48 £64.50 £59.44
90th Percentile £73.46 £75.35 £72.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £31.76 £34.21
% change year-on-year -20.81% -7.16% -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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -133 319 £520 -5.45% 192
UK excluding London -114 196 £500 - 171
London -123 126 £534 -11.08% 42
Work from Home -96 103 £509 -3.05% 75
North of England -77 66 £520 -0.95% 43
South East -51 50 £517 +3.40% 36
Yorkshire -49 47 £525 -4.55% 18
Midlands -32 40 £475 -8.87% 22
West Midlands -27 38 £478 -4.50% 11
East of England -16 24 £600 +28.34% 24
South West -38 19 £425 -33.59% 34
North West -67 15 £361 -27.68% 16
Scotland -11 6 £550 +17.96% 4
North East -19 6 £550 -8.33% 9
Wales -14 2 - - 8
East Midlands -27 2 £413 -21.05% 10

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 (3.01%) Apache
2 9 (2.46%) Apache Spark
2 9 (2.46%) Confluence
2 9 (2.46%) JBoss
2 9 (2.46%) WebLogic
3 7 (1.91%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.55%) CMS
4 2 (0.55%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.27%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.27%) Moodle
5 1 (0.27%) Mule
5 1 (0.27%) Mule ESB
5 1 (0.27%) SAS
5 1 (0.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Cloudability
1 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.27%) Findur
Cloud Services
1 147 (40.16%) AWS
2 95 (25.96%) Azure
3 59 (16.12%) GitHub
4 50 (13.66%) GCP
5 47 (12.84%) Serverless
6 45 (12.30%) GitHub Actions
7 42 (11.48%) Azure DevOps
8 18 (4.92%) Amazon S3
8 18 (4.92%) AWS CloudFormation
9 17 (4.64%) Cloud Computing
10 16 (4.37%) Amazon EC2
11 15 (4.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 14 (3.83%) AWS Lambda
12 14 (3.83%) IaaS
13 13 (3.55%) Amazon EKS
14 12 (3.28%) Snowflake
15 11 (3.01%) Amazon ECS
15 11 (3.01%) AWS KMS
16 9 (2.46%) Azure Data Factory
17 8 (2.19%) Amazon Cognito
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.01%) TCP/IP
2 19 (5.19%) Ethernet
3 10 (2.73%) Firewall
4 6 (1.64%) DNS
5 5 (1.37%) IPsec
5 5 (1.37%) Kerberos
5 5 (1.37%) SSL
5 5 (1.37%) Wireshark
6 3 (0.82%) DHCP
6 3 (0.82%) HTTP
6 3 (0.82%) Modbus
6 3 (0.82%) RS-232
6 3 (0.82%) RS-422
6 3 (0.82%) 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 (0.27%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (13.39%) NoSQL
2 44 (12.02%) PostgreSQL
3 25 (6.83%) Amazon RDS
4 22 (6.01%) MongoDB
5 16 (4.37%) SQL Server
6 12 (3.28%) Relational Database
7 9 (2.46%) Data Lake
8 8 (2.19%) Hadoop
9 7 (1.91%) Amazon Aurora
9 7 (1.91%) Apache Cassandra
9 7 (1.91%) Big Data
9 7 (1.91%) DynamoDB
10 6 (1.64%) Couchbase
10 6 (1.64%) MySQL
11 5 (1.37%) Power BI
12 4 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (1.09%) Snowflake Schema
13 3 (0.82%) Data Vault
13 3 (0.82%) Redis
14 2 (0.55%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 98 (26.78%) Git
2 92 (25.14%) Jenkins
3 66 (18.03%) GitLab
4 30 (8.20%) JUnit
5 27 (7.38%) Eclipse
5 27 (7.38%) JIRA
6 22 (6.01%) Selenium
7 19 (5.19%) Cucumber
8 17 (4.64%) Visual Studio
9 16 (4.37%) Gradle
10 15 (4.10%) Liquibase
10 15 (4.10%) Maven
11 14 (3.83%) Cypress.io
12 11 (3.01%) SonarQube
13 10 (2.73%) IntelliJ
13 10 (2.73%) Mockito
14 9 (2.46%) CircleCI
14 9 (2.46%) Sonatype Nexus
15 8 (2.19%) REST Assured
16 7 (1.91%) Postman
General
1 121 (33.06%) Social Skills
2 59 (16.12%) Finance
3 49 (13.39%) Public Sector
4 45 (12.30%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (10.11%) Banking
6 21 (5.74%) Military
7 18 (4.92%) Financial Institution
7 18 (4.92%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (3.28%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.37%) Front Office
10 3 (0.82%) Electronics
10 3 (0.82%) Investment Banking
10 3 (0.82%) Law
10 3 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (0.82%) Retail Banking
11 2 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.55%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.55%) Retail
12 1 (0.27%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 104 (28.42%) Developer
2 67 (18.31%) Senior
3 57 (15.57%) DevOps Engineer
4 49 (13.39%) Software Engineer
5 26 (7.10%) Java Developer
6 24 (6.56%) Senior Developer
7 19 (5.19%) AWS Engineer
7 19 (5.19%) Lead
8 15 (4.10%) C# Software Engineer
9 14 (3.83%) Azure Engineer
9 14 (3.83%) GCP Engineer
9 14 (3.83%) Senior Software Engineer
10 13 (3.55%) Cloud Engineer
10 13 (3.55%) Python Developer
10 13 (3.55%) Python Engineer
10 13 (3.55%) Senior DevOps
10 13 (3.55%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 12 (3.28%) C++ Software Engineer
11 12 (3.28%) Test Engineer
11 12 (3.28%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (18.31%) REST
2 53 (14.48%) RESTful
3 50 (13.66%) Node.js
3 50 (13.66%) Web Services
4 38 (10.38%) React
4 38 (10.38%) Spring
5 31 (8.47%) Elastic Stack
6 24 (6.56%) .NET
7 23 (6.28%) HTML
8 22 (6.01%) Kafka
9 21 (5.74%) CSS
9 21 (5.74%) Spring Boot
10 19 (5.19%) SOAP
11 17 (4.64%) JSON
12 16 (4.37%) Play Framework
12 16 (4.37%) Playwright
13 15 (4.10%) Hibernate
13 15 (4.10%) HTML5
14 14 (3.83%) AngularJS
15 13 (3.55%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 37 (10.11%) Distributed Systems
2 35 (9.56%) Cloud Native
3 22 (6.01%) Public Cloud
4 18 (4.92%) Product Ownership
5 14 (3.83%) Algorithms
6 12 (3.28%) Security Posture
7 10 (2.73%) Mobile App
8 9 (2.46%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (2.46%) Virtual Team
9 8 (2.19%) Legacy Code
9 8 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (1.91%) Data Structures
11 6 (1.64%) CAN bus
11 6 (1.64%) Derivative
11 6 (1.64%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 5 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (1.37%) Onboarding
13 4 (1.09%) Distributed Architecture
13 4 (1.09%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 95 (25.96%) Linux
2 53 (14.48%) Windows
3 24 (6.56%) Unix
4 12 (3.28%) Android
5 8 (2.19%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.37%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.55%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.55%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.55%) Solaris
9 1 (0.27%) CentOS
9 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.27%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 248 (67.76%) CI/CD
2 234 (63.93%) Agile
3 173 (47.27%) DevOps
4 118 (32.24%) Continuous Delivery
4 118 (32.24%) Test Automation
5 109 (29.78%) Microservices
6 90 (24.59%) Containerisation
6 90 (24.59%) Software Engineering
7 89 (24.32%) TDD
8 80 (21.86%) Infrastructure as Code
9 79 (21.58%) Problem-Solving
10 62 (16.94%) Scrum
11 53 (14.48%) Computer Science
12 48 (13.11%) Continuous Improvement
13 47 (12.84%) Continuous Deployment
14 46 (12.57%) Design Patterns
15 43 (11.75%) Unit Testing
16 41 (11.20%) Analytics
17 37 (10.11%) SDLC
18 35 (9.56%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 127 (34.70%) Python
2 85 (23.22%) SQL
3 82 (22.40%) Java
4 61 (16.67%) JavaScript
5 55 (15.03%) C#
6 34 (9.29%) C++
7 32 (8.74%) TypeScript
8 31 (8.47%) Go
9 18 (4.92%) Bash
9 18 (4.92%) Scala
10 16 (4.37%) Kotlin
11 15 (4.10%) PowerShell
12 8 (2.19%) Shell Script
12 8 (2.19%) Swift
13 6 (1.64%) Embedded C++
14 5 (1.37%) C
14 5 (1.37%) JSX
14 5 (1.37%) Ruby
15 4 (1.09%) T-SQL
16 3 (0.82%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 92 (25.14%) Security Cleared
2 64 (17.49%) SC Cleared
3 60 (16.39%) Degree
4 45 (12.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (6.01%) Master's Degree
6 17 (4.64%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (3.55%) AWS Certification
7 13 (3.55%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.64%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 6 (1.64%) ISTQB
9 5 (1.37%) AWS Certified Developer
9 5 (1.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (1.37%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 3 (0.82%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.27%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
12 1 (0.27%) ISEB
12 1 (0.27%) OCP
12 1 (0.27%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (11.48%) QA
2 16 (4.37%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.91%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.55%) NCSC
4 2 (0.55%) NIST
5 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.27%) GDPR
5 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.27%) MiFID
5 1 (0.27%) WCAG
System Software
1 100 (27.32%) Docker
2 11 (3.01%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (2.19%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.37%) RACF
5 4 (1.09%) Postfix
6 3 (0.82%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.55%) SRDF
8 1 (0.27%) Firmware
8 1 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.27%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 78 (21.31%) Kubernetes
1 78 (21.31%) Terraform
2 50 (13.66%) Grafana
3 37 (10.11%) Ansible
4 34 (9.29%) Prometheus
5 20 (5.46%) Puppet
6 10 (2.73%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.37%) CSIRT
7 5 (1.37%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.82%) Kibana
9 2 (0.55%) Argo
9 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.55%) Podman
10 1 (0.27%) Consul
10 1 (0.27%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.27%) Istio
10 1 (0.27%) logstash
10 1 (0.27%) Rancher
10 1 (0.27%) SCCM
10 1 (0.27%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 63 (17.21%) Microsoft
2 42 (11.48%) Splunk
3 24 (6.56%) Google
4 15 (4.10%) Atlassian
4 15 (4.10%) Databricks
5 10 (2.73%) Oracle
6 9 (2.46%) webMethods
7 8 (2.19%) Red Hat
8 7 (1.91%) VMware
9 5 (1.37%) F5
9 5 (1.37%) Jaspersoft
9 5 (1.37%) PagerDuty
9 5 (1.37%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.09%) Apple
11 3 (0.82%) Cisco
11 3 (0.82%) Cribl.io
11 3 (0.82%) Foundry
11 3 (0.82%) MuleSoft
11 3 (0.82%) New Relic
11 3 (0.82%) TOWER Software