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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 228 123 138
Rank change year-on-year -105 +15 -47
Contract jobs citing Continuous Integration 439 728 828
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.21% 2.03% 1.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 2.33% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 448 568
10th Percentile £363 £363 £425
25th Percentile £423 £425 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -8.70% -1.71%
75th Percentile £615 £661 £688
90th Percentile £741 £750 £778
UK excluding London median daily rate £501 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +0.20% -9.09% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 22 49
10th Percentile £58.10 £26.56 -
25th Percentile - £62.50 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - - £72.00
90th Percentile - £67.50 £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 32,257 31,288 39,893
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 89.04% 87.36% 88.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,268 18,944 26,694
10th Percentile £300 £309 £310
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £744 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,091 1,103 1,539
10th Percentile £14.61 £15.23 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.19 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -25.71% +25.00%
75th Percentile £45.61 £63.42 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.85 £32.39 £43.95
% change year-on-year -29.45% -26.30% +40.82%

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 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 3 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 3 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 -106 370 £525 -3.23% 194
UK excluding London -95 228 £501 +0.20% 163
London -81 161 £550 -4.35% 64
Work from Home -52 159 £514 +1.23% 135
North of England -66 74 £520 -0.95% 46
Yorkshire -25 48 £516 -18.06% 12
South East -42 48 £530 +6.00% 63
Midlands -41 41 £500 -2.20% 20
West Midlands -42 38 £525 +5.00% 17
Scotland +9 31 £550 +17.65% 2
East of England -24 26 £475 -13.64% 28
North West -49 19 £410 +2.50% 27
South West -29 15 £500 -25.09% 14
North East -13 8 £520 -5.45% 8
Wales -15 4 £463 -13.95% 4
East Midlands -14 3 £340 -34.88% 3

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 30 (6.83%) Confluence
2 19 (4.33%) WebLogic
3 14 (3.19%) Apache
4 13 (2.96%) JBoss
5 4 (0.91%) Mule
5 4 (0.91%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.68%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.46%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.46%) CMS
7 2 (0.46%) Mule ESB
8 1 (0.23%) CICS
8 1 (0.23%) nginx
8 1 (0.23%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.23%) SAS
8 1 (0.23%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.23%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (0.68%) MS Visio
1 3 (0.68%) Simulink
2 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.23%) Finacle
Cloud Services
1 185 (42.14%) AWS
2 117 (26.65%) Azure
3 81 (18.45%) GCP
4 59 (13.44%) GitHub
5 54 (12.30%) Serverless
6 51 (11.62%) Azure DevOps
7 44 (10.02%) GitHub Actions
8 21 (4.78%) AWS CloudFormation
9 20 (4.56%) Cloud Computing
10 16 (3.64%) Amazon EC2
10 16 (3.64%) Amazon EKS
10 16 (3.64%) Azure Monitor
11 15 (3.42%) Amazon S3
12 13 (2.96%) Amazon ECS
12 13 (2.96%) Azure Logic Apps
13 12 (2.73%) AWS Lambda
13 12 (2.73%) IaaS
14 11 (2.51%) Azure AKS
14 11 (2.51%) Azure Data Factory
15 9 (2.05%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 34 (7.74%) TCP/IP
2 21 (4.78%) Ethernet
3 17 (3.87%) Firewall
4 14 (3.19%) DNS
5 9 (2.05%) Network Security
6 8 (1.82%) Wireshark
7 7 (1.59%) HTTP
8 4 (0.91%) Internet
9 3 (0.68%) DHCP
10 2 (0.46%) Multicast
11 1 (0.23%) Cisco Nexus
11 1 (0.23%) FCoE
11 1 (0.23%) Fibre Channel
11 1 (0.23%) iSCSI
11 1 (0.23%) LAN
11 1 (0.23%) NAS
11 1 (0.23%) Software-Defined Networking
11 1 (0.23%) tcpdump
11 1 (0.23%) VoIP
11 1 (0.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (13.44%) PostgreSQL
2 57 (12.98%) NoSQL
3 31 (7.06%) SQL Server
4 29 (6.61%) MongoDB
5 26 (5.92%) Relational Database
6 22 (5.01%) Amazon RDS
7 12 (2.73%) MySQL
8 10 (2.28%) Oracle Database
9 8 (1.82%) Amazon Aurora
9 8 (1.82%) Big Data
9 8 (1.82%) Data Lake
10 7 (1.59%) Apache Cassandra
10 7 (1.59%) Power BI
11 6 (1.37%) Couchbase
12 5 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
12 5 (1.14%) MariaDB
12 5 (1.14%) RDBMS
13 4 (0.91%) BigQuery
13 4 (0.91%) Elasticsearch
14 3 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 135 (30.75%) Jenkins
2 119 (27.11%) Git
3 69 (15.72%) GitLab
4 62 (14.12%) JIRA
5 35 (7.97%) Liquibase
6 31 (7.06%) Eclipse
7 25 (5.69%) Selenium
7 25 (5.69%) Visual Studio
8 24 (5.47%) Cucumber
9 22 (5.01%) JUnit
10 18 (4.10%) Cypress.io
11 17 (3.87%) Bitbucket
12 15 (3.42%) SonarQube
13 12 (2.73%) CircleCI
13 12 (2.73%) Gradle
13 12 (2.73%) IntelliJ
13 12 (2.73%) Maven
14 10 (2.28%) Sonatype Nexus
15 9 (2.05%) Postman
15 9 (2.05%) Subversion
General
1 152 (34.62%) Social Skills
2 79 (18.00%) Finance
3 58 (13.21%) Public Sector
4 51 (11.62%) Banking
5 43 (9.79%) Analytical Skills
6 28 (6.38%) Military
7 25 (5.69%) Financial Institution
8 20 (4.56%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (2.51%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (2.05%) Law
11 6 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.91%) Front Office
12 4 (0.91%) Retail Banking
13 3 (0.68%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.46%) Automotive
14 2 (0.46%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.46%) Retail
15 1 (0.23%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 131 (29.84%) Developer
2 75 (17.08%) Senior
3 66 (15.03%) DevOps Engineer
4 59 (13.44%) Software Engineer
5 35 (7.97%) Java Developer
6 30 (6.83%) Senior Developer
7 28 (6.38%) Lead
8 21 (4.78%) Cloud Engineer
9 20 (4.56%) AWS Engineer
9 20 (4.56%) C# Software Engineer
10 19 (4.33%) C++ Software Engineer
11 18 (4.10%) Architect
12 16 (3.64%) GCP Engineer
12 16 (3.64%) Senior DevOps
13 15 (3.42%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 15 (3.42%) Senior Software Engineer
14 14 (3.19%) Python Developer
15 13 (2.96%) Azure Engineer
15 13 (2.96%) Senior Java Developer
15 13 (2.96%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (18.68%) RESTful
2 77 (17.54%) REST
3 68 (15.49%) Node.js
4 53 (12.07%) React
5 48 (10.93%) Elastic Stack
6 47 (10.71%) Spring
7 41 (9.34%) Kafka
7 41 (9.34%) Web Services
8 36 (8.20%) HTML
9 33 (7.52%) CSS
10 30 (6.83%) .NET
11 26 (5.92%) Spring Boot
12 21 (4.78%) JSON
13 18 (4.10%) HTML5
14 17 (3.87%) Play Framework
14 17 (3.87%) SOAP
15 16 (3.64%) Playwright
16 15 (3.42%) XML
17 14 (3.19%) Hibernate
17 14 (3.19%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 49 (11.16%) Distributed Systems
2 48 (10.93%) Cloud Native
3 32 (7.29%) Public Cloud
4 25 (5.69%) Product Ownership
5 15 (3.42%) Security Posture
6 13 (2.96%) Legacy Systems
6 13 (2.96%) Mobile App
7 10 (2.28%) Data Structures
7 10 (2.28%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (2.28%) Management Information System
8 9 (2.05%) Algorithms
8 9 (2.05%) Greenfield Project
9 7 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (1.59%) Derivative
10 6 (1.37%) CAN bus
10 6 (1.37%) Cyberattack
10 6 (1.37%) Virtual Team
11 5 (1.14%) Distributed Architecture
11 5 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (0.91%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 117 (26.65%) Linux
2 59 (13.44%) Windows
3 24 (5.47%) Unix
4 14 (3.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (2.51%) Android
6 10 (2.28%) Windows Server
7 7 (1.59%) Apple iOS
8 6 (1.37%) CentOS
9 3 (0.68%) Solaris
9 3 (0.68%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.46%) Debian
10 2 (0.46%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.23%) MVS
11 1 (0.23%) VMS
11 1 (0.23%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 330 (75.17%) CI/CD
2 276 (62.87%) Agile
3 213 (48.52%) DevOps
4 160 (36.45%) Continuous Delivery
5 132 (30.07%) Test Automation
6 131 (29.84%) Microservices
7 119 (27.11%) TDD
8 114 (25.97%) Software Engineering
9 110 (25.06%) Infrastructure as Code
10 106 (24.15%) Containerisation
11 100 (22.78%) Problem-Solving
12 75 (17.08%) Continuous Deployment
13 71 (16.17%) Computer Science
14 56 (12.76%) Scrum
15 54 (12.30%) Design Patterns
16 52 (11.85%) Code Quality
16 52 (11.85%) Unit Testing
17 47 (10.71%) Infrastructure Automation
18 44 (10.02%) Continuous Improvement
19 42 (9.57%) Non-Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 154 (35.08%) Python
2 116 (26.42%) Java
3 84 (19.13%) SQL
4 80 (18.22%) JavaScript
5 60 (13.67%) C#
6 58 (13.21%) Go
7 52 (11.85%) TypeScript
8 42 (9.57%) Bash
9 40 (9.11%) C++
10 21 (4.78%) PowerShell
11 20 (4.56%) Scala
12 17 (3.87%) Perl
13 12 (2.73%) Kotlin
14 8 (1.82%) Ruby
15 7 (1.59%) Bicep
15 7 (1.59%) Shell Script
15 7 (1.59%) Swift
16 6 (1.37%) Embedded C++
17 5 (1.14%) JSX
17 5 (1.14%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 118 (26.88%) Security Cleared
2 91 (20.73%) SC Cleared
3 78 (17.77%) Degree
4 59 (13.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (7.29%) Master's Degree
6 19 (4.33%) AWS Certification
7 12 (2.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 11 (2.51%) DV Cleared
9 10 (2.28%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (1.37%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 6 (1.37%) ISTQB
11 5 (1.14%) AWS Certified Developer
12 4 (0.91%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.91%) CISSP
12 4 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.68%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 2 (0.46%) CISM
15 1 (0.23%) OCP
15 1 (0.23%) Oracle Certification
15 1 (0.23%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (9.57%) QA
2 20 (4.56%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.82%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.91%) NCSC
5 2 (0.46%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.46%) NIST
5 2 (0.46%) WCAG
6 1 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.23%) MiFID
System Software
1 136 (30.98%) Docker
2 14 (3.19%) Active Directory
2 14 (3.19%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.91%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.46%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.46%) VirtualBox
7 1 (0.23%) KVM
7 1 (0.23%) NFS
7 1 (0.23%) Postfix
7 1 (0.23%) SRDF
7 1 (0.23%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 1 (0.23%) Xen
Systems Management
1 131 (29.84%) Kubernetes
2 109 (24.83%) Terraform
3 71 (16.17%) Grafana
4 63 (14.35%) Ansible
5 56 (12.76%) Prometheus
6 23 (5.24%) Puppet
7 11 (2.51%) Progress Chef
8 8 (1.82%) CSIRT
8 8 (1.82%) Kibana
9 7 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (0.68%) Consul
11 3 (0.68%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.68%) Packer
12 2 (0.46%) Argo
12 2 (0.46%) Icinga
12 2 (0.46%) Nagios
12 2 (0.46%) Podman
12 2 (0.46%) Salt
13 1 (0.23%) SCCM
Vendors
1 62 (14.12%) Microsoft
2 56 (12.76%) Splunk
3 36 (8.20%) Google
4 23 (5.24%) Oracle
5 18 (4.10%) Atlassian
6 17 (3.87%) Databricks
7 13 (2.96%) Red Hat
8 9 (2.05%) F5
8 9 (2.05%) Salesforce
8 9 (2.05%) VMware
8 9 (2.05%) webMethods
9 7 (1.59%) Apple
10 6 (1.37%) AppDynamics
10 6 (1.37%) GoldenSource
11 5 (1.14%) MuleSoft
11 5 (1.14%) PagerDuty
12 4 (0.91%) CA Agile Central
12 4 (0.91%) DocuSign
13 3 (0.68%) Dynatrace
13 3 (0.68%) Okta