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 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 296 141 160
Rank change year-on-year -155 +19 -59
Contract jobs citing Continuous Integration 355 582 702
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.87% 1.89% 1.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.00% 2.11% 1.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 367 451
10th Percentile £363 £380 £381
25th Percentile £413 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -8.70% -0.20%
75th Percentile £613 £675 £688
90th Percentile £749 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +0.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 7 55
10th Percentile £53.72 £26.29 £60.25
25th Percentile £57.88 £26.41 £64.63
Median hourly rate £65.00 £27.35 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +137.66% -57.92% -
75th Percentile - £64.38 £66.25
90th Percentile - £74.00 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -

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 35,563 27,597 38,882
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.83% 89.79% 87.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,526 17,059 25,424
10th Percentile £313 £306 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -2.54% -1.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,133 855 2,176
10th Percentile £14.62 £15.62 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.77 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% -7.14% -
75th Percentile £60.46 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.00 £75.00 £73.27
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £31.29 £35.00
% change year-on-year -19.62% -10.60% -

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 21 February 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 21 February 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 21 February 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 -148 309 £525 -4.55% 119
UK excluding London -123 181 £500 - 97
London -120 131 £534 -11.08% 36
Work from Home -103 104 £511 -2.71% 64
North of England -85 62 £525 - 29
South East -51 51 £517 +3.40% 22
Yorkshire -52 43 £525 -4.42% 15
Midlands -41 37 £478 -6.37% 13
West Midlands -38 36 £480 -4.00% 11
East of England -16 17 £600 +23.08% 12
South West -36 16 £425 -36.33% 17
North West -58 15 £361 -27.68% 9
Scotland -15 7 £550 +17.96% 1
North East -26 6 £550 -8.33% 5
Wales -13 2 - - 6
East Midlands -27 1 £413 -20.86% 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 11 (3.10%) Apache
2 9 (2.54%) Confluence
2 9 (2.54%) JBoss
2 9 (2.54%) WebLogic
3 7 (1.97%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.41%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.56%) CMS
5 2 (0.56%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.28%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.28%) Moodle
6 1 (0.28%) Mule
6 1 (0.28%) Mule ESB
6 1 (0.28%) SAS
6 1 (0.28%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Cloudability
1 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.28%) Findur
Cloud Services
1 150 (42.25%) AWS
2 96 (27.04%) Azure
3 58 (16.34%) GitHub
4 53 (14.93%) GCP
4 53 (14.93%) Serverless
5 45 (12.68%) GitHub Actions
6 42 (11.83%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (4.79%) Amazon S3
7 17 (4.79%) Cloud Computing
7 17 (4.79%) IaaS
8 16 (4.51%) AWS CloudFormation
9 15 (4.23%) Amazon EC2
9 15 (4.23%) AWS Lambda
10 14 (3.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 13 (3.66%) Amazon EKS
12 12 (3.38%) Snowflake
13 11 (3.10%) Amazon ECS
14 10 (2.82%) AWS KMS
15 9 (2.54%) Azure Data Factory
15 9 (2.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.94%) TCP/IP
2 11 (3.10%) Ethernet
3 10 (2.82%) Firewall
4 6 (1.69%) DNS
5 5 (1.41%) IPsec
5 5 (1.41%) Kerberos
5 5 (1.41%) SSL
5 5 (1.41%) Wireshark
6 3 (0.85%) DHCP
6 3 (0.85%) HTTP
6 3 (0.85%) Modbus
6 3 (0.85%) Network Security
6 3 (0.85%) RS-232
6 3 (0.85%) RS-422
6 3 (0.85%) RS-485
7 2 (0.56%) RTMP
7 2 (0.56%) Software-Defined Radio
7 2 (0.56%) VPN
8 1 (0.28%) Internet
8 1 (0.28%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (13.52%) NoSQL
2 43 (12.11%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (6.48%) Amazon RDS
4 22 (6.20%) MongoDB
5 16 (4.51%) SQL Server
6 12 (3.38%) Relational Database
7 10 (2.82%) Data Lake
8 7 (1.97%) Apache Cassandra
8 7 (1.97%) Big Data
9 6 (1.69%) Amazon Aurora
9 6 (1.69%) Couchbase
9 6 (1.69%) MySQL
10 5 (1.41%) DynamoDB
10 5 (1.41%) Power BI
11 4 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (1.13%) Hadoop
11 4 (1.13%) Snowflake Schema
12 3 (0.85%) Data Vault
12 3 (0.85%) Redis
13 2 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 98 (27.61%) Git
2 93 (26.20%) Jenkins
3 67 (18.87%) GitLab
4 29 (8.17%) JUnit
5 27 (7.61%) JIRA
6 20 (5.63%) Selenium
7 19 (5.35%) Cucumber
8 18 (5.07%) Eclipse
8 18 (5.07%) Liquibase
9 16 (4.51%) Cypress.io
9 16 (4.51%) Gradle
10 14 (3.94%) Maven
11 10 (2.82%) IntelliJ
12 9 (2.54%) CircleCI
12 9 (2.54%) Mockito
12 9 (2.54%) SonarQube
12 9 (2.54%) Sonatype Nexus
13 8 (2.25%) REST Assured
13 8 (2.25%) Visual Studio
14 7 (1.97%) JMeter
General
1 117 (32.96%) Social Skills
2 61 (17.18%) Finance
3 47 (13.24%) Public Sector
4 39 (10.99%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (10.99%) Banking
5 21 (5.92%) Financial Institution
6 13 (3.66%) Military
7 12 (3.38%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (3.10%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.41%) Front Office
11 3 (0.85%) Electronics
11 3 (0.85%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (0.85%) Retail Banking
12 2 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.56%) Retail
13 1 (0.28%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.28%) Marketing
13 1 (0.28%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 104 (29.30%) Developer
2 70 (19.72%) Senior
3 57 (16.06%) DevOps Engineer
4 44 (12.39%) Software Engineer
5 26 (7.32%) Java Developer
6 24 (6.76%) Senior Developer
7 21 (5.92%) AWS Engineer
8 15 (4.23%) Senior Software Engineer
9 14 (3.94%) Azure Engineer
9 14 (3.94%) GCP Engineer
9 14 (3.94%) Lead
10 13 (3.66%) Cloud Engineer
10 13 (3.66%) Python Developer
10 13 (3.66%) Python Engineer
10 13 (3.66%) Senior DevOps
10 13 (3.66%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 12 (3.38%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 12 (3.38%) Test Engineer
12 11 (3.10%) Senior Java Developer
12 11 (3.10%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (19.44%) REST
2 55 (15.49%) RESTful
3 43 (12.11%) Node.js
4 41 (11.55%) Web Services
5 40 (11.27%) React
6 38 (10.70%) Spring
7 33 (9.30%) Elastic Stack
8 24 (6.76%) .NET
9 23 (6.48%) HTML
9 23 (6.48%) Kafka
10 21 (5.92%) CSS
11 20 (5.63%) Spring Boot
12 18 (5.07%) SOAP
13 17 (4.79%) JSON
14 16 (4.51%) Play Framework
14 16 (4.51%) Playwright
15 15 (4.23%) HTML5
16 14 (3.94%) Hibernate
17 13 (3.66%) AngularJS
17 13 (3.66%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 41 (11.55%) Distributed Systems
2 37 (10.42%) Cloud Native
3 25 (7.04%) Public Cloud
4 18 (5.07%) Product Ownership
5 14 (3.94%) Algorithms
6 12 (3.38%) Security Posture
7 10 (2.82%) Mobile App
8 9 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (2.54%) Virtual Team
9 8 (2.25%) Legacy Code
9 8 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (1.97%) Data Structures
11 6 (1.69%) CAN bus
11 6 (1.69%) Derivative
11 6 (1.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 5 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (1.41%) Distributed Architecture
12 5 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (1.41%) Onboarding
13 4 (1.13%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 89 (25.07%) Linux
2 44 (12.39%) Windows
3 22 (6.20%) Unix
4 12 (3.38%) Android
5 8 (2.25%) Apple iOS
5 8 (2.25%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.56%) Embedded Linux
7 2 (0.56%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.56%) Solaris
8 1 (0.28%) CentOS
8 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.28%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (67.61%) CI/CD
2 225 (63.38%) Agile
3 174 (49.01%) DevOps
4 115 (32.39%) Continuous Delivery
5 113 (31.83%) Microservices
5 113 (31.83%) Test Automation
6 92 (25.92%) Containerisation
7 83 (23.38%) Software Engineering
8 81 (22.82%) Infrastructure as Code
8 81 (22.82%) TDD
9 74 (20.85%) Problem-Solving
10 57 (16.06%) Scrum
11 55 (15.49%) Computer Science
12 47 (13.24%) Continuous Improvement
12 47 (13.24%) Design Patterns
13 46 (12.96%) Continuous Deployment
14 38 (10.70%) Infrastructure Automation
15 37 (10.42%) Analytics
15 37 (10.42%) SDLC
16 35 (9.86%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 123 (34.65%) Python
2 84 (23.66%) Java
3 81 (22.82%) SQL
4 53 (14.93%) JavaScript
5 45 (12.68%) C#
6 34 (9.58%) Go
6 34 (9.58%) TypeScript
7 26 (7.32%) C++
8 18 (5.07%) Scala
9 17 (4.79%) Bash
10 15 (4.23%) Kotlin
10 15 (4.23%) PowerShell
11 8 (2.25%) Swift
12 6 (1.69%) Embedded C++
12 6 (1.69%) Shell Script
13 5 (1.41%) C
13 5 (1.41%) JSX
13 5 (1.41%) Ruby
14 4 (1.13%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.85%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 84 (23.66%) Security Cleared
2 62 (17.46%) Degree
3 57 (16.06%) SC Cleared
4 47 (13.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (7.04%) Master's Degree
6 15 (4.23%) AWS Certification
6 15 (4.23%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (3.66%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.97%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 6 (1.69%) AWS Certified Developer
9 6 (1.69%) ISTQB
10 5 (1.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (1.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 3 (0.85%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.28%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 1 (0.28%) ISEB
13 1 (0.28%) OCP
13 1 (0.28%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (11.27%) QA
2 16 (4.51%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.97%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.56%) NCSC
4 2 (0.56%) NIST
5 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
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%) WCAG
System Software
1 104 (29.30%) Docker
2 11 (3.10%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (2.25%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.41%) RACF
5 4 (1.13%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.85%) Postfix
6 3 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.28%) Firmware
7 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.28%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 83 (23.38%) Kubernetes
1 83 (23.38%) Terraform
2 51 (14.37%) Grafana
3 37 (10.42%) Ansible
4 35 (9.86%) Prometheus
5 18 (5.07%) Puppet
6 10 (2.82%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.41%) CSIRT
8 3 (0.85%) Kibana
8 3 (0.85%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.56%) Argo
9 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.56%) Podman
10 1 (0.28%) Consul
10 1 (0.28%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.28%) Istio
10 1 (0.28%) logstash
10 1 (0.28%) Rancher
10 1 (0.28%) SCCM
10 1 (0.28%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 54 (15.21%) Microsoft
2 41 (11.55%) Splunk
3 25 (7.04%) Google
4 15 (4.23%) Databricks
5 14 (3.94%) Atlassian
6 10 (2.82%) Oracle
7 9 (2.54%) webMethods
8 8 (2.25%) Red Hat
9 5 (1.41%) F5
9 5 (1.41%) PagerDuty
9 5 (1.41%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.41%) VMware
10 4 (1.13%) Apple
10 4 (1.13%) Jaspersoft
11 3 (0.85%) Cribl.io
11 3 (0.85%) Foundry
11 3 (0.85%) MuleSoft
11 3 (0.85%) New Relic
12 2 (0.56%) ForgeRock
12 2 (0.56%) OpenAI