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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 313 152 139
Rank change year-on-year -161 -13 -31
Contract jobs citing Continuous Integration 347 557 754
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.80% 1.89% 1.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.93% 2.09% 1.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 367 485
10th Percentile £358 £363 £365
25th Percentile £414 £452 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -8.70% -0.39%
75th Percentile £605 £663 £688
90th Percentile £725 £745 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +0.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 8 52
10th Percentile £55.87 £26.30 £60.25
25th Percentile £61.25 £26.46 £61.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £44.93 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +44.69% -30.88% -
75th Percentile - £65.00 -
90th Percentile - £71.75 £66.70
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £63.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year +1.96% -1.92% -

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 37,150 26,655 38,571
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.07% 90.32% 86.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,527 17,023 25,087
10th Percentile £313 £306 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £612 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £745 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -2.04% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,218 906 2,334
10th Percentile £14.88 £15.39 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £31.65
% change year-on-year -15.38% +2.69% -9.57%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 -144 306 £519 -5.56% 122
UK excluding London -117 184 £500 - 97
London -131 126 £534 -11.08% 36
Work from Home -115 96 £513 -2.75% 68
North of England -86 62 £519 -1.19% 32
South East -70 48 £517 +3.40% 16
Yorkshire -44 42 £525 -4.55% 6
Midlands -41 36 £475 -6.86% 7
West Midlands -43 35 £475 -5.00% 5
East of England -16 22 £550 +17.65% 12
South West -39 19 £425 -27.04% 23
North West -58 16 £382 -23.59% 12
North East -20 6 £550 -8.33% 14
Scotland -13 4 £414 -11.15% 3
Wales -16 2 - - 6
East Midlands -35 1 - - 2

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 10 (2.88%) Apache
1 10 (2.88%) Apache Spark
2 9 (2.59%) JBoss
2 9 (2.59%) WebLogic
3 8 (2.31%) Confluence
4 6 (1.73%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.58%) CMS
6 1 (0.29%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.29%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (0.29%) Moodle
6 1 (0.29%) Mule
6 1 (0.29%) Mule ESB
6 1 (0.29%) SAS
6 1 (0.29%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.29%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.29%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Cloudability
1 1 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.29%) Findur
Cloud Services
1 142 (40.92%) AWS
2 94 (27.09%) Azure
3 57 (16.43%) GitHub
4 47 (13.54%) GCP
5 46 (13.26%) Serverless
6 41 (11.82%) GitHub Actions
7 40 (11.53%) Azure DevOps
8 18 (5.19%) AWS CloudFormation
9 17 (4.90%) Amazon S3
9 17 (4.90%) Cloud Computing
10 16 (4.61%) Amazon EC2
11 13 (3.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 13 (3.75%) Amazon EKS
11 13 (3.75%) AWS Lambda
11 13 (3.75%) IaaS
12 12 (3.46%) Snowflake
13 11 (3.17%) AWS KMS
14 9 (2.59%) Amazon ECS
14 9 (2.59%) Azure Data Factory
15 8 (2.31%) Amazon Cognito
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.48%) TCP/IP
2 17 (4.90%) Ethernet
3 11 (3.17%) Firewall
4 5 (1.44%) DNS
4 5 (1.44%) IPsec
4 5 (1.44%) Kerberos
4 5 (1.44%) SSL
4 5 (1.44%) Wireshark
5 3 (0.86%) HTTP
5 3 (0.86%) Modbus
5 3 (0.86%) RS-232
5 3 (0.86%) RS-422
5 3 (0.86%) RS-485
5 3 (0.86%) VPN
6 2 (0.58%) DHCP
6 2 (0.58%) iSCSI
6 2 (0.58%) RTMP
6 2 (0.58%) SAN
6 2 (0.58%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.29%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (13.54%) NoSQL
2 45 (12.97%) PostgreSQL
3 24 (6.92%) MongoDB
4 23 (6.63%) Amazon RDS
5 14 (4.03%) SQL Server
6 11 (3.17%) Relational Database
7 8 (2.31%) Data Lake
7 8 (2.31%) Hadoop
8 7 (2.02%) Amazon Aurora
8 7 (2.02%) Apache Cassandra
8 7 (2.02%) DynamoDB
8 7 (2.02%) MySQL
9 6 (1.73%) Couchbase
10 4 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (1.15%) Power BI
10 4 (1.15%) Snowflake Schema
11 3 (0.86%) Big Data
11 3 (0.86%) Data Vault
11 3 (0.86%) Redis
12 2 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 95 (27.38%) Git
2 84 (24.21%) Jenkins
3 60 (17.29%) GitLab
4 30 (8.65%) JUnit
5 27 (7.78%) JIRA
6 25 (7.20%) Eclipse
7 24 (6.92%) Selenium
8 21 (6.05%) Cucumber
9 16 (4.61%) Gradle
10 15 (4.32%) Visual Studio
11 13 (3.75%) Cypress.io
11 13 (3.75%) Maven
12 11 (3.17%) Liquibase
13 10 (2.88%) IntelliJ
13 10 (2.88%) Mockito
14 9 (2.59%) SonarQube
15 8 (2.31%) CircleCI
15 8 (2.31%) JMeter
15 8 (2.31%) REST Assured
16 7 (2.02%) Postman
General
1 116 (33.43%) Social Skills
2 51 (14.70%) Finance
3 48 (13.83%) Public Sector
4 43 (12.39%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (10.09%) Banking
6 19 (5.48%) Military
7 15 (4.32%) Presentation Skills
8 14 (4.03%) Financial Institution
8 14 (4.03%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.44%) Front Office
10 4 (1.15%) Electronics
10 4 (1.15%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.86%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.86%) Law
11 3 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (0.86%) Retail Banking
12 2 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.58%) Retail
13 1 (0.29%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.29%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 101 (29.11%) Developer
2 61 (17.58%) Senior
3 51 (14.70%) DevOps Engineer
4 43 (12.39%) Software Engineer
5 26 (7.49%) Java Developer
6 24 (6.92%) Senior Developer
7 19 (5.48%) Lead
8 18 (5.19%) AWS Engineer
9 14 (4.03%) Azure Engineer
10 13 (3.75%) C# Software Engineer
10 13 (3.75%) GCP Engineer
10 13 (3.75%) Python Engineer
11 12 (3.46%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 12 (3.46%) Python Developer
11 12 (3.46%) Test Engineer
12 11 (3.17%) C++ Software Engineer
12 11 (3.17%) Cloud Engineer
12 11 (3.17%) Senior Java Developer
13 10 (2.88%) Senior Software Engineer
13 10 (2.88%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (17.87%) REST
2 51 (14.70%) Node.js
3 49 (14.12%) RESTful
4 48 (13.83%) Web Services
5 41 (11.82%) Spring
6 34 (9.80%) React
7 27 (7.78%) Elastic Stack
8 23 (6.63%) Kafka
9 22 (6.34%) .NET
9 22 (6.34%) HTML
9 22 (6.34%) Spring Boot
10 21 (6.05%) CSS
11 18 (5.19%) SOAP
12 17 (4.90%) JSON
13 16 (4.61%) Play Framework
13 16 (4.61%) Playwright
14 15 (4.32%) Hibernate
14 15 (4.32%) HTML5
15 13 (3.75%) J2EE
16 12 (3.46%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (9.22%) Cloud Native
1 32 (9.22%) Distributed Systems
2 18 (5.19%) Product Ownership
2 18 (5.19%) Public Cloud
3 14 (4.03%) Algorithms
4 10 (2.88%) Mobile App
4 10 (2.88%) Security Posture
5 9 (2.59%) Virtual Team
6 8 (2.31%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (2.31%) Legacy Code
6 8 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (2.02%) Data Structures
8 6 (1.73%) CAN bus
8 6 (1.73%) Derivative
8 6 (1.73%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 6 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.44%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.15%) Distributed Architecture
10 4 (1.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (1.15%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 88 (25.36%) Linux
2 49 (14.12%) Windows
3 23 (6.63%) Unix
4 12 (3.46%) Android
5 8 (2.31%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (1.15%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.86%) VMS
9 2 (0.58%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.29%) AIX
10 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.29%) Solaris
10 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (69.16%) CI/CD
2 228 (65.71%) Agile
3 167 (48.13%) DevOps
4 118 (34.01%) Test Automation
5 113 (32.56%) Continuous Delivery
6 107 (30.84%) Microservices
7 87 (25.07%) TDD
8 85 (24.50%) Software Engineering
9 82 (23.63%) Containerisation
10 73 (21.04%) Infrastructure as Code
10 73 (21.04%) Problem-Solving
11 65 (18.73%) Scrum
12 49 (14.12%) Continuous Improvement
13 46 (13.26%) Design Patterns
14 45 (12.97%) Computer Science
14 45 (12.97%) Continuous Deployment
15 38 (10.95%) Analytics
16 37 (10.66%) Unit Testing
17 35 (10.09%) Code Quality
18 34 (9.80%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 118 (34.01%) Python
2 85 (24.50%) SQL
3 84 (24.21%) Java
4 57 (16.43%) JavaScript
5 50 (14.41%) C#
6 29 (8.36%) C++
7 28 (8.07%) TypeScript
8 25 (7.20%) Go
9 19 (5.48%) Scala
10 17 (4.90%) Bash
11 16 (4.61%) Kotlin
12 12 (3.46%) PowerShell
13 9 (2.59%) Shell Script
14 8 (2.31%) Swift
15 6 (1.73%) C
15 6 (1.73%) Embedded C++
16 5 (1.44%) JSX
16 5 (1.44%) Ruby
17 3 (0.86%) MATLAB
17 3 (0.86%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 88 (25.36%) Security Cleared
2 63 (18.16%) SC Cleared
3 52 (14.99%) Degree
4 37 (10.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (5.19%) Master's Degree
6 17 (4.90%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (3.46%) AWS Certification
8 11 (3.17%) DV Cleared
9 7 (2.02%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 6 (1.73%) ISTQB
11 5 (1.44%) AWS Certified Developer
11 5 (1.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (1.44%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 3 (0.86%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
14 1 (0.29%) ISEB
14 1 (0.29%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (12.39%) QA
2 14 (4.03%) Accessibility
3 3 (0.86%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.58%) WCAG
5 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.29%) GDPR
5 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.29%) MiFID
5 1 (0.29%) NCSC
5 1 (0.29%) NIST
5 1 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 94 (27.09%) Docker
2 11 (3.17%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (2.02%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.44%) RACF
5 4 (1.15%) Postfix
6 3 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.58%) SRDF
7 2 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.29%) Firmware
8 1 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 70 (20.17%) Kubernetes
2 69 (19.88%) Terraform
3 45 (12.97%) Grafana
4 32 (9.22%) Ansible
5 28 (8.07%) Prometheus
6 21 (6.05%) Puppet
7 10 (2.88%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (1.44%) CSIRT
8 5 (1.44%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.86%) Kibana
9 3 (0.86%) Rancher
10 2 (0.58%) Podman
11 1 (0.29%) Argo
11 1 (0.29%) CA Wily
11 1 (0.29%) Consul
11 1 (0.29%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.29%) Istio
11 1 (0.29%) logstash
11 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.29%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 57 (16.43%) Microsoft
2 37 (10.66%) Splunk
3 21 (6.05%) Google
4 15 (4.32%) Databricks
5 14 (4.03%) Atlassian
6 11 (3.17%) Oracle
7 9 (2.59%) webMethods
8 6 (1.73%) Red Hat
9 5 (1.44%) F5
9 5 (1.44%) Jaspersoft
9 5 (1.44%) PagerDuty
9 5 (1.44%) VMware
10 4 (1.15%) Apple
10 4 (1.15%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.86%) Cisco
11 3 (0.86%) Cribl.io
11 3 (0.86%) MuleSoft
11 3 (0.86%) New Relic
11 3 (0.86%) TOWER Software
12 2 (0.58%) OpenAI