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 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 371 157 116
Rank change year-on-year -214 -41 +14
Contract jobs citing Continuous Integration 291 532 832
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.58% 1.80% 1.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 1.98% 2.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 338 540
10th Percentile £369 £350 £358
25th Percentile £430 £421 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -7.27% -6.78%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £688
90th Percentile £667 £700 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £526
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.61% -7.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 10 53
10th Percentile £59.50 £60.63 £60.25
25th Percentile - - £61.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £70.60 £73.75 £65.80
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 42,415 26,864 37,189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.78% 91.03% 85.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,461 17,061 23,740
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,543 1,206 2,581
10th Percentile £14.71 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £27.13 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.06% -25.68% +1.67%
75th Percentile £68.00 £56.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £81.25 £73.75 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% +9.23%

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 13 June 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 13 June 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 13 June 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 -203 266 £524 +0.62% 122
UK excluding London -146 169 £500 +5.26% 90
London -161 98 £550 -2.65% 37
Work from Home -152 74 £500 -6.28% 65
North of England -76 50 £500 +5.26% 28
South West -10 40 £525 +40.00% 24
South East -82 32 £514 +2.80% 20
Yorkshire -38 30 £500 +5.26% 6
East of England -26 22 £495 -1.00% 11
Midlands -71 21 £464 -1.01% 3
West Midlands -55 20 £464 -2.32% 3
North West -67 18 £443 -6.84% 16
North East -34 3 £400 -27.27% 6
Scotland -40 3 £500 +7.53% 3
Wales -14 2 £600 +23.08%
East Midlands -31 1 - -

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 (5.84%) Apache Spark
2 14 (4.81%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (3.44%) Confluence
4 9 (3.09%) SharePoint
5 5 (1.72%) SAS
6 2 (0.69%) Mule
6 2 (0.69%) Mule ESB
6 2 (0.69%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.34%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.34%) Apache
7 1 (0.34%) Camunda
7 1 (0.34%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.34%) CMS
7 1 (0.34%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.34%) JBoss
7 1 (0.34%) Moodle
7 1 (0.34%) nginx
7 1 (0.34%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.34%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.06%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (1.03%) Findur
3 1 (0.34%) Cloudability
3 1 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 116 (39.86%) AWS
2 83 (28.52%) Azure
3 53 (18.21%) GitHub
4 35 (12.03%) Serverless
5 32 (11.00%) GitHub Actions
6 31 (10.65%) GCP
7 27 (9.28%) Amazon S3
8 24 (8.25%) AWS Lambda
9 23 (7.90%) Azure DevOps
10 20 (6.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 18 (6.19%) Amazon EC2
11 18 (6.19%) Amazon SQS
11 18 (6.19%) Power Platform
12 16 (5.50%) OpenShift
13 13 (4.47%) Route 53
14 11 (3.78%) Amazon EMR
14 11 (3.78%) AWS KMS
14 11 (3.78%) Microsoft 365
15 9 (3.09%) AWS CloudFormation
15 9 (3.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.50%) Ethernet
2 13 (4.47%) TCP/IP
3 5 (1.72%) Firewall
3 5 (1.72%) IPsec
3 5 (1.72%) Kerberos
3 5 (1.72%) Network Security
3 5 (1.72%) SSL
4 4 (1.37%) SAN
5 3 (1.03%) Modbus
5 3 (1.03%) RS-232
5 3 (1.03%) RS-422
5 3 (1.03%) RS-485
5 3 (1.03%) VPN
5 3 (1.03%) VSAN
5 3 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.69%) Internet
6 2 (0.69%) iSCSI
6 2 (0.69%) NAS
6 2 (0.69%) RTMP
6 2 (0.69%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (9.97%) PostgreSQL
2 25 (8.59%) Amazon RDS
3 24 (8.25%) NoSQL
4 18 (6.19%) Amazon Aurora
5 17 (5.84%) DynamoDB
6 16 (5.50%) MongoDB
7 11 (3.78%) Power BI
8 9 (3.09%) Relational Database
9 8 (2.75%) Big Data
9 8 (2.75%) Data Lake
10 7 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (2.41%) Hadoop
10 7 (2.41%) Presto
11 6 (2.06%) Amazon Redshift
11 6 (2.06%) BusinessObjects
11 6 (2.06%) MySQL
11 6 (2.06%) SQL Server
12 5 (1.72%) Amazon Athena
13 4 (1.37%) Apache Hudi
13 4 (1.37%) Apache Iceberg
Development Applications
1 60 (20.62%) Git
2 52 (17.87%) Jenkins
3 36 (12.37%) GitLab
4 27 (9.28%) JUnit
5 18 (6.19%) JIRA
6 17 (5.84%) Cucumber
6 17 (5.84%) Visual Studio
7 16 (5.50%) Eclipse
7 16 (5.50%) SonarQube
8 15 (5.15%) Gradle
8 15 (5.15%) Mockito
9 13 (4.47%) Maven
10 12 (4.12%) Bitbucket Server
10 12 (4.12%) REST Assured
10 12 (4.12%) Selenium
11 11 (3.78%) DbUnit
11 11 (3.78%) jMock
12 10 (3.44%) Postman
12 10 (3.44%) XCUITest
13 9 (3.09%) XCTest
General
1 79 (27.15%) Social Skills
2 47 (16.15%) Public Sector
3 42 (14.43%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (13.06%) Finance
5 16 (5.50%) Banking
6 15 (5.15%) Military
7 12 (4.12%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.72%) Front Office
9 4 (1.37%) Electronics
9 4 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.37%) Law
10 3 (1.03%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.03%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.03%) Retail
11 2 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.69%) Local Government
11 2 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.34%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.34%) Police
Job Titles
1 91 (31.27%) Developer
2 44 (15.12%) Senior
3 28 (9.62%) Architect
3 28 (9.62%) Java Developer
4 26 (8.93%) Lead
5 22 (7.56%) DevOps Engineer
5 22 (7.56%) Software Engineer
6 18 (6.19%) Data Engineer
6 18 (6.19%) Senior Developer
7 17 (5.84%) Test Engineer
8 16 (5.50%) Technical Architect
9 14 (4.81%) AWS Engineer
10 13 (4.47%) Solutions Architect
11 12 (4.12%) C# Software Engineer
12 10 (3.44%) Python Developer
13 9 (3.09%) Full-Stack Developer
13 9 (3.09%) iOS Developer
13 9 (3.09%) Senior Architect
13 9 (3.09%) Senior Technical Architect
14 8 (2.75%) AWS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (16.15%) Web Services
2 44 (15.12%) Node.js
3 37 (12.71%) RESTful
4 34 (11.68%) Spring Boot
5 29 (9.97%) React
5 29 (9.97%) REST
5 29 (9.97%) Spring
6 22 (7.56%) CSS
7 21 (7.22%) .NET
7 21 (7.22%) AngularJS
7 21 (7.22%) HTML
8 13 (4.47%) Playwright
8 13 (4.47%) SOAP
9 12 (4.12%) JPA
9 12 (4.12%) Kafka
10 11 (3.78%) Bootstrap
10 11 (3.78%) Hibernate
10 11 (3.78%) PowerMock
10 11 (3.78%) Spring Batch
10 11 (3.78%) Spring Integration
Miscellaneous
1 30 (10.31%) Cloud Native
2 22 (7.56%) Product Ownership
3 18 (6.19%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (4.12%) Public Cloud
5 10 (3.44%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (3.44%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (2.75%) Algorithms
7 7 (2.41%) Legacy Code
8 6 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (2.06%) Mobile App
8 6 (2.06%) PKI
8 6 (2.06%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.72%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 4 (1.37%) Equities
10 4 (1.37%) Fixed Income
10 4 (1.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.37%) Private Cloud
11 3 (1.03%) Blog
11 3 (1.03%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 67 (23.02%) Linux
2 39 (13.40%) Windows
3 15 (5.15%) Unix
4 12 (4.12%) Apple iOS
5 11 (3.78%) Android
6 5 (1.72%) VMS
7 3 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.69%) Solaris
8 2 (0.69%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.34%) AIX
9 1 (0.34%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.34%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.34%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (65.64%) Agile
2 186 (63.92%) CI/CD
3 127 (43.64%) DevOps
4 99 (34.02%) Test Automation
5 81 (27.84%) TDD
6 77 (26.46%) Microservices
7 76 (26.12%) Continuous Delivery
8 65 (22.34%) Software Engineering
9 63 (21.65%) Containerisation
10 61 (20.96%) Scrum
11 45 (15.46%) Infrastructure as Code
12 41 (14.09%) Continuous Improvement
13 36 (12.37%) BDD
14 34 (11.68%) AI
14 34 (11.68%) Observability
15 33 (11.34%) Full-Stack Development
15 33 (11.34%) Problem-Solving
16 32 (11.00%) Design Patterns
17 30 (10.31%) Kanban
17 30 (10.31%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 96 (32.99%) Python
2 86 (29.55%) SQL
3 75 (25.77%) Java
4 59 (20.27%) JavaScript
5 40 (13.75%) C#
6 21 (7.22%) C++
7 16 (5.50%) Bash
7 16 (5.50%) PowerShell
8 13 (4.47%) Kotlin
8 13 (4.47%) TypeScript
9 10 (3.44%) Scala
9 10 (3.44%) Shell Script
9 10 (3.44%) Swift
10 6 (2.06%) C
10 6 (2.06%) Go
11 5 (1.72%) Apex Code
12 4 (1.37%) Bicep
13 3 (1.03%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.69%) MATLAB
14 2 (0.69%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 83 (28.52%) Security Cleared
2 60 (20.62%) SC Cleared
3 30 (10.31%) Degree
4 18 (6.19%) DV Cleared
5 17 (5.84%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (4.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (4.47%) ISTQB
7 9 (3.09%) AWS Certification
8 8 (2.75%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 6 (2.06%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.72%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 5 (1.72%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 5 (1.72%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.37%) AWS Certified Developer
12 3 (1.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 1 (0.34%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.34%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (12.37%) QA
2 20 (6.87%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.72%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.03%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.03%) NCSC
4 3 (1.03%) NIST
4 3 (1.03%) WCAG
5 2 (0.69%) GDPR
5 2 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.34%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.34%) PMO
6 1 (0.34%) Solvency II
System Software
1 59 (20.27%) Docker
2 13 (4.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.09%) Postfix
4 7 (2.41%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (2.06%) Active Directory
6 5 (1.72%) RACF
6 5 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (1.03%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.69%) SRDF
9 1 (0.34%) Firmware
9 1 (0.34%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 61 (20.96%) Terraform
2 45 (15.46%) Grafana
3 37 (12.71%) Kubernetes
4 18 (6.19%) Ansible
5 17 (5.84%) Prometheus
6 13 (4.47%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (3.78%) Argo
8 8 (2.75%) Kibana
9 7 (2.41%) Puppet
10 5 (1.72%) Jamf Pro
10 5 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (1.37%) Progress Chef
12 3 (1.03%) Kustomize
13 2 (0.69%) Rancher
14 1 (0.34%) CA Wily
14 1 (0.34%) Istio
14 1 (0.34%) Nagios
14 1 (0.34%) Podman
14 1 (0.34%) Salt
14 1 (0.34%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 56 (19.24%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.19%) Google
2 18 (6.19%) Oracle
2 18 (6.19%) Splunk
3 13 (4.47%) VMware
4 11 (3.78%) Atlassian
4 11 (3.78%) Jaspersoft
5 10 (3.44%) Cisco
6 9 (3.09%) Red Hat
7 8 (2.75%) Dynatrace
7 8 (2.75%) Salesforce
8 6 (2.06%) Conga
8 6 (2.06%) GoCardless
9 5 (1.72%) Informatica
9 5 (1.72%) SAP
9 5 (1.72%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.37%) Denodo
11 3 (1.03%) Databricks
11 3 (1.03%) Palo Alto
12 2 (0.69%) New Relic