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 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 283 133 149
Rank change year-on-year -150 +16 -47
Contract jobs citing Continuous Integration 352 650 702
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.91% 2.06% 1.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 2.32% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 227 403 466
10th Percentile £374 £386 £400
25th Percentile £413 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -8.70% -
75th Percentile £606 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £760 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £553
% change year-on-year - -9.50% +1.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 11 53
10th Percentile £55.21 £26.32 £60.30
25th Percentile £62.19 £26.81 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - - £66.25
90th Percentile - £75.00 £76.53
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 33,625 28,045 38,284
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 87.37% 89.09% 87.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,290 17,011 25,209
10th Percentile £305 £306 £300
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £640
90th Percentile £723 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £499 £500
% change year-on-year -3.86% -0.15% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,022 880 1,958
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.62 £13.50
25th Percentile £17.69 £21.00 £16.85
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.96
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -9.62% +10.65%
75th Percentile £58.00 £62.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.71 £30.45 £37.18
% change year-on-year -18.85% -18.10% +39.38%

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 29 January 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 29 January 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 29 January 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 -162 304 £525 -4.55% 139
UK excluding London -134 174 £500 - 123
London -105 133 £550 -8.33% 47
Work from Home -90 114 £520 -0.48% 93
North of England -95 54 £525 - 27
South East -48 53 £517 +3.40% 42
Yorkshire -61 36 £525 -4.42% 12
Midlands -70 35 £525 -4.55% 6
West Midlands -46 34 £525 -4.55% 3
South West -34 16 £425 -36.33% 18
East of England -24 15 £475 -5.00% 13
North West -50 12 £375 -23.04% 13
Scotland -14 10 £600 +26.65% 16
North East -20 7 £520 -13.33% 2
Wales -14 2 - - 5
East Midlands -29 1 £413 -20.86% 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 22 (6.25%) Confluence
2 11 (3.13%) Apache
3 10 (2.84%) JBoss
3 10 (2.84%) WebLogic
4 4 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.85%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.57%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.57%) CMS
7 1 (0.28%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.28%) CICS
7 1 (0.28%) Mule
7 1 (0.28%) Mule ESB
7 1 (0.28%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.28%) SAS
7 1 (0.28%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.28%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.57%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.28%) Finacle
Cloud Services
1 139 (39.49%) AWS
2 91 (25.85%) Azure
3 59 (16.76%) GCP
4 52 (14.77%) GitHub
5 49 (13.92%) Serverless
6 43 (12.22%) Azure DevOps
7 39 (11.08%) GitHub Actions
8 19 (5.40%) Cloud Computing
9 16 (4.55%) AWS CloudFormation
10 14 (3.98%) Amazon S3
11 13 (3.69%) AWS Lambda
11 13 (3.69%) IaaS
12 12 (3.41%) Amazon EKS
12 12 (3.41%) Azure AKS
13 11 (3.13%) Amazon EC2
13 11 (3.13%) Amazon ECS
13 11 (3.13%) Snowflake
14 10 (2.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 10 (2.84%) Azure Data Factory
15 9 (2.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.40%) TCP/IP
2 15 (4.26%) Firewall
3 12 (3.41%) Ethernet
4 8 (2.27%) Wireshark
5 5 (1.42%) DNS
6 4 (1.14%) HTTP
7 3 (0.85%) DHCP
7 3 (0.85%) Network Security
8 2 (0.57%) IPsec
8 2 (0.57%) Kerberos
8 2 (0.57%) Multicast
8 2 (0.57%) RTMP
8 2 (0.57%) Software-Defined Radio
8 2 (0.57%) SSL
9 1 (0.28%) Internet
9 1 (0.28%) LAN
9 1 (0.28%) SAN
9 1 (0.28%) Software-Defined Networking
9 1 (0.28%) VoIP
9 1 (0.28%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (12.78%) NoSQL
2 39 (11.08%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (6.25%) MongoDB
4 20 (5.68%) Amazon RDS
5 18 (5.11%) SQL Server
6 13 (3.69%) Relational Database
7 9 (2.56%) Data Lake
8 8 (2.27%) Power BI
9 7 (1.99%) Big Data
10 6 (1.70%) Apache Cassandra
10 6 (1.70%) Couchbase
11 5 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (1.42%) MySQL
12 3 (0.85%) Amazon Aurora
12 3 (0.85%) Snowflake Schema
13 2 (0.57%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
13 2 (0.57%) BigQuery
13 2 (0.57%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.57%) Redis
Development Applications
1 96 (27.27%) Git
2 95 (26.99%) Jenkins
3 64 (18.18%) GitLab
4 39 (11.08%) JIRA
5 22 (6.25%) Eclipse
5 22 (6.25%) JUnit
5 22 (6.25%) Selenium
6 20 (5.68%) Cucumber
7 19 (5.40%) Liquibase
8 16 (4.55%) Cypress.io
9 14 (3.98%) Gradle
10 12 (3.41%) Visual Studio
11 10 (2.84%) IntelliJ
11 10 (2.84%) Maven
11 10 (2.84%) Sonatype Nexus
12 7 (1.99%) Bitbucket
12 7 (1.99%) CircleCI
12 7 (1.99%) REST Assured
12 7 (1.99%) SonarQube
13 6 (1.70%) Postman
General
1 126 (35.80%) Social Skills
2 63 (17.90%) Finance
3 45 (12.78%) Banking
3 45 (12.78%) Public Sector
4 40 (11.36%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (5.97%) Financial Institution
6 17 (4.83%) Military
7 13 (3.69%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (1.70%) Front Office
9 6 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.42%) Retail Banking
11 3 (0.85%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.57%) Retail
13 1 (0.28%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.28%) Marketing
13 1 (0.28%) Private Banking
13 1 (0.28%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 107 (30.40%) Developer
2 64 (18.18%) Senior
3 54 (15.34%) DevOps Engineer
4 45 (12.78%) Software Engineer
5 25 (7.10%) Senior Developer
6 23 (6.53%) Java Developer
7 19 (5.40%) AWS Engineer
8 18 (5.11%) Lead
9 14 (3.98%) Python Developer
9 14 (3.98%) Senior Software Engineer
10 13 (3.69%) Azure Engineer
10 13 (3.69%) Cloud Engineer
10 13 (3.69%) GCP Engineer
10 13 (3.69%) Senior DevOps
10 13 (3.69%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 12 (3.41%) Administrator
11 12 (3.41%) C++ Software Engineer
11 12 (3.41%) Senior Java Developer
11 12 (3.41%) Tester
12 11 (3.13%) C# Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (18.47%) REST
2 62 (17.61%) RESTful
3 52 (14.77%) Node.js
4 46 (13.07%) React
5 35 (9.94%) Elastic Stack
5 35 (9.94%) Spring
6 33 (9.38%) Web Services
7 28 (7.95%) .NET
8 25 (7.10%) HTML
9 23 (6.53%) CSS
10 22 (6.25%) Kafka
11 18 (5.11%) JSON
12 17 (4.83%) Play Framework
13 16 (4.55%) HTML5
13 16 (4.55%) Playwright
13 16 (4.55%) SOAP
13 16 (4.55%) Spring Boot
14 13 (3.69%) J2EE
14 13 (3.69%) XML
15 11 (3.13%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 40 (11.36%) Distributed Systems
2 39 (11.08%) Cloud Native
3 23 (6.53%) Public Cloud
4 19 (5.40%) Product Ownership
5 14 (3.98%) Security Posture
6 12 (3.41%) Algorithms
7 11 (3.13%) Mobile App
8 9 (2.56%) Virtual Team
9 8 (2.27%) Data Structures
10 7 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.70%) CAN bus
11 6 (1.70%) Derivative
11 6 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.70%) Onboarding
12 5 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (1.42%) Distributed Architecture
12 5 (1.42%) Legacy Code
13 4 (1.14%) Credit Risk
13 4 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
13 4 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 87 (24.72%) Linux
2 45 (12.78%) Windows
3 21 (5.97%) Unix
4 12 (3.41%) Android
5 8 (2.27%) Apple iOS
5 8 (2.27%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.85%) Solaris
8 2 (0.57%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.57%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.28%) CentOS
9 1 (0.28%) MVS
9 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.28%) VMS
9 1 (0.28%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 248 (70.45%) CI/CD
2 225 (63.92%) Agile
3 170 (48.30%) DevOps
4 117 (33.24%) Continuous Delivery
5 110 (31.25%) Test Automation
6 104 (29.55%) Microservices
7 86 (24.43%) Containerisation
8 84 (23.86%) Software Engineering
9 79 (22.44%) Infrastructure as Code
10 77 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
10 77 (21.88%) TDD
11 57 (16.19%) Computer Science
12 56 (15.91%) Continuous Deployment
13 50 (14.20%) Scrum
14 46 (13.07%) Continuous Improvement
15 44 (12.50%) Design Patterns
16 38 (10.80%) Infrastructure Automation
17 35 (9.94%) Unit Testing
18 33 (9.38%) Mentoring
19 32 (9.09%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 120 (34.09%) Python
2 84 (23.86%) Java
3 73 (20.74%) SQL
4 56 (15.91%) JavaScript
5 45 (12.78%) C#
6 38 (10.80%) Go
7 35 (9.94%) TypeScript
8 27 (7.67%) C++
9 20 (5.68%) Bash
10 19 (5.40%) Scala
11 15 (4.26%) PowerShell
12 13 (3.69%) Kotlin
13 8 (2.27%) Ruby
13 8 (2.27%) Swift
14 7 (1.99%) Shell Script
15 6 (1.70%) Embedded C++
15 6 (1.70%) Objective-C
16 5 (1.42%) JSX
17 4 (1.14%) R
18 3 (0.85%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 82 (23.30%) Security Cleared
2 61 (17.33%) Degree
3 58 (16.48%) SC Cleared
4 47 (13.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (6.82%) Master's Degree
6 14 (3.98%) AWS Certification
7 13 (3.69%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (3.13%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.99%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 6 (1.70%) AWS Certified Developer
11 5 (1.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (1.42%) ISTQB
12 4 (1.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.57%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
14 1 (0.28%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
14 1 (0.28%) ISEB
14 1 (0.28%) OCP
14 1 (0.28%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (10.51%) QA
2 19 (5.40%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.99%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.85%) WCAG
5 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
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%) NCSC
5 1 (0.28%) NIST
System Software
1 104 (29.55%) Docker
2 10 (2.84%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (2.56%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.14%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.57%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.57%) RACF
6 2 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.28%) Firmware
7 1 (0.28%) KVM
7 1 (0.28%) NFS
7 1 (0.28%) SRDF
7 1 (0.28%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 1 (0.28%) Xen
Systems Management
1 91 (25.85%) Kubernetes
2 83 (23.58%) Terraform
3 48 (13.64%) Grafana
4 41 (11.65%) Ansible
5 35 (9.94%) Prometheus
6 20 (5.68%) Puppet
7 8 (2.27%) CSIRT
7 8 (2.27%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.14%) Kibana
9 3 (0.85%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.57%) Argo
10 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.57%) Podman
11 1 (0.28%) Consul
11 1 (0.28%) Dell DRAC
11 1 (0.28%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.28%) logstash
11 1 (0.28%) Rancher
11 1 (0.28%) SCCM
11 1 (0.28%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 50 (14.20%) Microsoft
2 42 (11.93%) Splunk
3 25 (7.10%) Google
4 17 (4.83%) Databricks
5 14 (3.98%) Atlassian
6 12 (3.41%) Oracle
7 9 (2.56%) F5
7 9 (2.56%) webMethods
8 8 (2.27%) Red Hat
9 7 (1.99%) Apple
10 6 (1.70%) VMware
11 5 (1.42%) PagerDuty
11 5 (1.42%) Salesforce
12 4 (1.14%) DocuSign
12 4 (1.14%) MuleSoft
13 3 (0.85%) AppDynamics
13 3 (0.85%) Cribl.io
13 3 (0.85%) Foundry
14 2 (0.57%) New Relic
14 2 (0.57%) Palantir