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 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 354 172 103
Rank change year-on-year -182 -69 +30
Contract jobs citing Continuous Integration 341 528 857
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.64% 1.60% 2.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.75% 1.77% 2.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 340 557
10th Percentile £400 £350 £359
25th Percentile £450 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -10.42%
75th Percentile £588 £620 £673
90th Percentile £650 £703 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £469 £513
% change year-on-year +6.61% -8.49% -6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 18 46
10th Percentile £61.25 £63.88 £61.25
25th Percentile - - £62.13
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £68.75 £74.13 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

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 45,292 29,826 33,298
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.86% 90.48% 85.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,883 18,657 21,289
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £423 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,827 1,696 1,836
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.20 £14.05
25th Percentile £18.80 £17.30 £18.35
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £41.08
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -38.77% -1.96%
75th Percentile £68.00 £47.66 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.51 £68.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £22.84 £42.50
% change year-on-year +92.47% -46.26% +17.24%

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 12 August 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 12 August 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 12 August 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 -161 306 £525 - 473
UK excluding London -133 192 £500 +6.61% 274
London -145 120 £533 -3.18% 281
Work from Home -111 112 £500 -6.89% 213
North of England -89 54 £500 +5.82% 67
South West -29 37 £525 +41.89% 34
South East -78 36 £549 +9.80% 34
Midlands -56 30 £475 +2.98% 36
West Midlands -40 29 £475 - 28
Yorkshire -43 26 £500 +2.56% 12
East of England -21 25 £495 -1.00% 24
North West -68 18 £500 +19.05% 39
North East -37 10 £400 -23.08% 16
Scotland -48 9 £470 +1.08% 47
Wales -13 3 £600 +29.73% 8
East Midlands -18 1 - - 8

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 17 (4.99%) Apache Airflow
1 17 (4.99%) Apache Spark
2 12 (3.52%) Confluence
3 10 (2.93%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.47%) SAS
4 5 (1.47%) WebLogic
5 2 (0.59%) Apache
5 2 (0.59%) CMS
6 1 (0.29%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.29%) Camunda
6 1 (0.29%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.29%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (0.29%) JBoss
6 1 (0.29%) Moodle
6 1 (0.29%) Mule
6 1 (0.29%) Mule ESB
6 1 (0.29%) nginx
6 1 (0.29%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.29%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (1.76%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (0.88%) Findur
3 1 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.29%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 1 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 127 (37.24%) AWS
2 95 (27.86%) Azure
3 47 (13.78%) GitHub
4 42 (12.32%) GCP
5 30 (8.80%) Azure DevOps
5 30 (8.80%) Serverless
6 28 (8.21%) GitHub Actions
7 27 (7.92%) Amazon S3
8 25 (7.33%) AWS Lambda
9 20 (5.87%) Power Platform
10 19 (5.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 17 (4.99%) Amazon EC2
11 17 (4.99%) Amazon SQS
12 15 (4.40%) OpenShift
13 13 (3.81%) Route 53
14 11 (3.23%) Amazon EMR
14 11 (3.23%) AWS CloudFormation
14 11 (3.23%) AWS KMS
15 10 (2.93%) Microsoft 365
16 9 (2.64%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.69%) Ethernet
2 14 (4.11%) TCP/IP
3 9 (2.64%) Network Security
4 7 (2.05%) Firewall
5 4 (1.17%) SAN
6 3 (0.88%) Modbus
6 3 (0.88%) RS-232
6 3 (0.88%) RS-422
6 3 (0.88%) RS-485
6 3 (0.88%) VPN
6 3 (0.88%) VSAN
6 3 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.59%) Internet
7 2 (0.59%) iSCSI
7 2 (0.59%) NAS
7 2 (0.59%) WAN
8 1 (0.29%) BGP
8 1 (0.29%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.29%) MPLS
8 1 (0.29%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (8.50%) PostgreSQL
2 25 (7.33%) Amazon RDS
3 21 (6.16%) Amazon Aurora
3 21 (6.16%) NoSQL
4 18 (5.28%) MongoDB
5 17 (4.99%) DynamoDB
6 13 (3.81%) Power BI
7 8 (2.35%) Big Data
7 8 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (2.35%) Relational Database
8 7 (2.05%) Data Lake
8 7 (2.05%) Hadoop
8 7 (2.05%) MySQL
8 7 (2.05%) Presto
9 6 (1.76%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (1.76%) BusinessObjects
10 5 (1.47%) Amazon Athena
10 5 (1.47%) SQL Server
11 4 (1.17%) Apache Hudi
11 4 (1.17%) Apache Iceberg
Development Applications
1 72 (21.11%) Git
2 66 (19.35%) Jenkins
3 43 (12.61%) GitLab
4 24 (7.04%) JIRA
4 24 (7.04%) Maven
5 23 (6.74%) JUnit
5 23 (6.74%) Selenium
6 18 (5.28%) Cucumber
6 18 (5.28%) SonarQube
6 18 (5.28%) Visual Studio
7 16 (4.69%) Mockito
8 15 (4.40%) Eclipse
8 15 (4.40%) Postman
9 14 (4.11%) REST Assured
10 12 (3.52%) Bitbucket Server
10 12 (3.52%) Cypress.io
10 12 (3.52%) Gradle
11 11 (3.23%) DbUnit
11 11 (3.23%) jMock
12 9 (2.64%) XCUITest
General
1 110 (32.26%) Social Skills
2 61 (17.89%) Public Sector
3 56 (16.42%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (13.20%) Finance
5 25 (7.33%) Banking
6 15 (4.40%) Military
7 13 (3.81%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.35%) Electronics
9 7 (2.05%) Law
10 6 (1.76%) Front Office
10 6 (1.76%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.47%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.47%) Legal
12 4 (1.17%) Games
13 3 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.88%) Local Government
13 3 (0.88%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.59%) Back Office
14 2 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.59%) Retail
Job Titles
1 108 (31.67%) Developer
2 48 (14.08%) Senior
3 39 (11.44%) Java Developer
4 29 (8.50%) Lead
5 27 (7.92%) Software Engineer
6 24 (7.04%) Architect
7 20 (5.87%) Senior Developer
7 20 (5.87%) Test Engineer
8 18 (5.28%) Data Engineer
9 16 (4.69%) DevOps Engineer
10 15 (4.40%) Full-Stack Developer
11 14 (4.11%) AWS Engineer
11 14 (4.11%) Backend Developer
12 13 (3.81%) Scala Engineer
12 13 (3.81%) Solutions Architect
13 12 (3.52%) Analyst
14 11 (3.23%) C# Software Engineer
15 10 (2.93%) Test Analyst
16 9 (2.64%) C++ Software Engineer
16 9 (2.64%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (15.84%) Node.js
2 48 (14.08%) Spring
3 47 (13.78%) RESTful
4 44 (12.90%) Spring Boot
5 39 (11.44%) React
6 36 (10.56%) Web Services
7 34 (9.97%) REST
8 27 (7.92%) AngularJS
9 25 (7.33%) HTML
9 25 (7.33%) Kafka
10 23 (6.74%) CSS
11 20 (5.87%) Playwright
12 19 (5.57%) .NET
13 18 (5.28%) Play Framework
14 17 (4.99%) ActiveMQ
14 17 (4.99%) YAML
15 15 (4.40%) JPA
15 15 (4.40%) SOAP
16 11 (3.23%) Hibernate
16 11 (3.23%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 49 (14.37%) Cloud Native
2 25 (7.33%) Product Ownership
3 22 (6.45%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (4.11%) Public Cloud
5 13 (3.81%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (2.64%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (2.05%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.76%) PKI
9 5 (1.47%) AI Agents
9 5 (1.47%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.47%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.17%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.17%) Blog
10 4 (1.17%) Equities
11 3 (0.88%) Fixed Income
11 3 (0.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 3 (0.88%) Management Information System
11 3 (0.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 78 (22.87%) Linux
2 42 (12.32%) Windows
3 23 (6.74%) Unix
4 10 (2.93%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.76%) VMS
6 4 (1.17%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.88%) Android
8 2 (0.59%) Solaris
9 1 (0.29%) AIX
9 1 (0.29%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.29%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 249 (73.02%) CI/CD
2 233 (68.33%) Agile
3 147 (43.11%) DevOps
4 134 (39.30%) Test Automation
5 110 (32.26%) TDD
6 102 (29.91%) Continuous Delivery
7 90 (26.39%) Containerisation
8 88 (25.81%) Microservices
9 81 (23.75%) Software Engineering
10 71 (20.82%) Problem-Solving
11 70 (20.53%) Scrum
12 58 (17.01%) Continuous Improvement
13 50 (14.66%) Infrastructure as Code
14 43 (12.61%) BDD
15 42 (12.32%) AI
15 42 (12.32%) Continuous Deployment
15 42 (12.32%) Observability
16 40 (11.73%) Code Quality
17 36 (10.56%) Full-Stack Development
18 34 (9.97%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 113 (33.14%) Python
2 99 (29.03%) Java
3 84 (24.63%) SQL
4 64 (18.77%) JavaScript
5 41 (12.02%) C#
6 31 (9.09%) Bash
7 25 (7.33%) C++
8 24 (7.04%) PowerShell
9 22 (6.45%) Scala
9 22 (6.45%) TypeScript
10 12 (3.52%) C
11 11 (3.23%) Shell Script
12 8 (2.35%) Go
12 8 (2.35%) Swift
13 6 (1.76%) Apex Code
14 5 (1.47%) Kotlin
14 5 (1.47%) Perl
15 4 (1.17%) Bicep
15 4 (1.17%) Groovy
15 4 (1.17%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 112 (32.84%) Security Cleared
2 84 (24.63%) SC Cleared
3 25 (7.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 24 (7.04%) Degree
5 22 (6.45%) DV Cleared
6 16 (4.69%) ISTQB
7 9 (2.64%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (2.64%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 7 (2.05%) AWS Certification
8 7 (2.05%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.47%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 4 (1.17%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 4 (1.17%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.88%) AWS Certified Developer
11 3 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 2 (0.59%) SANS
13 1 (0.29%) CCIE
13 1 (0.29%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (15.25%) QA
2 28 (8.21%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.05%) PCI DSS
4 5 (1.47%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.47%) NIST
5 4 (1.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.88%) Disclosure Scotland
6 3 (0.88%) GDPR
6 3 (0.88%) NCSC
6 3 (0.88%) WCAG
7 2 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 2 (0.59%) PMO
8 1 (0.29%) Solvency II
System Software
1 86 (25.22%) Docker
2 16 (4.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (2.64%) Postfix
4 6 (1.76%) Active Directory
5 5 (1.47%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.47%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.59%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.59%) SRDF
7 1 (0.29%) NFS
7 1 (0.29%) Samba
7 1 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 62 (18.18%) Kubernetes
2 57 (16.72%) Terraform
3 47 (13.78%) Grafana
4 20 (5.87%) Ansible
5 17 (4.99%) Prometheus
6 13 (3.81%) Argo
7 12 (3.52%) Puppet
8 10 (2.93%) Kibana
9 8 (2.35%) Progress Chef
9 8 (2.35%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (1.76%) Microsoft Intune
11 5 (1.47%) Jamf Pro
11 5 (1.47%) Kustomize
12 3 (0.88%) Salt
13 2 (0.59%) Nagios
13 2 (0.59%) Rancher
13 2 (0.59%) ZABBIX
14 1 (0.29%) OpenNMS
14 1 (0.29%) Podman
14 1 (0.29%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 55 (16.13%) Microsoft
2 22 (6.45%) Google
3 18 (5.28%) Oracle
3 18 (5.28%) Splunk
4 16 (4.69%) VMware
5 13 (3.81%) Salesforce
6 11 (3.23%) Atlassian
6 11 (3.23%) Cisco
6 11 (3.23%) Jaspersoft
7 10 (2.93%) Red Hat
8 9 (2.64%) Dynatrace
9 7 (2.05%) SAP
10 6 (1.76%) Conga
10 6 (1.76%) GoCardless
10 6 (1.76%) ServiceNow
11 5 (1.47%) Informatica
12 4 (1.17%) Databricks
12 4 (1.17%) Denodo
12 4 (1.17%) Palo Alto
12 4 (1.17%) SaltStack