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

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 271 126 152
Rank change year-on-year -145 +26 -54
Contract jobs citing Continuous Integration 358 653 719
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.96% 2.06% 1.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.10% 2.31% 1.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 405 475
10th Percentile £365 £384 £400
25th Percentile £413 £456 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -6.52% -1.71%
75th Percentile £604 £676 £675
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £551
% change year-on-year - -9.26% +0.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 11 50
10th Percentile £55.43 £26.32 £64.09
25th Percentile £63.13 £26.81 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - - £66.63
90th Percentile - £75.00 £77.50
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 32,565 28,230 37,893
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 87.70% 88.92% 87.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,598 17,153 25,051
10th Percentile £304 £308 £304
25th Percentile £406 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £723 £743 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,982 906 1,726
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.62 £14.15
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.80 £17.54
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -18.75% +17.96%
75th Percentile £56.69 £62.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £68.75 £74.81 £75.46
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.00 £30.78 £40.28
% change year-on-year -22.03% -23.58% +46.45%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 -144 309 £525 -4.55% 166
UK excluding London -122 181 £500 - 139
London -98 131 £550 -8.33% 43
Work from Home -90 116 £515 -1.90% 48
North of England -82 58 £520 -1.70% 33
South East -39 52 £525 +5.00% 49
Yorkshire -53 39 £525 -4.55% 16
Midlands -57 37 £504 -8.36% 17
West Midlands -50 34 £525 -4.55% 4
East of England -23 16 £475 -5.00% 15
South West -25 16 £425 -36.33% 20
North West -52 12 £375 -21.05% 12
Scotland -10 11 £600 +26.98% 3
North East -19 7 £520 -13.33% 5
East Midlands -20 3 £340 -34.88% 13
Wales -13 2 - - 5

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 24 (6.70%) Confluence
2 11 (3.07%) Apache
3 10 (2.79%) JBoss
3 10 (2.79%) WebLogic
4 4 (1.12%) Mule
5 3 (0.84%) Anypoint
5 3 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.84%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.56%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.56%) CMS
6 2 (0.56%) Mule ESB
7 1 (0.28%) CICS
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 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (0.84%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.28%) Finacle
Cloud Services
1 140 (39.11%) AWS
2 93 (25.98%) Azure
3 63 (17.60%) GCP
4 50 (13.97%) GitHub
4 50 (13.97%) Serverless
5 43 (12.01%) Azure DevOps
6 37 (10.34%) GitHub Actions
7 19 (5.31%) Cloud Computing
8 18 (5.03%) AWS CloudFormation
9 14 (3.91%) Amazon S3
10 13 (3.63%) Amazon EKS
10 13 (3.63%) AWS Lambda
11 12 (3.35%) Amazon EC2
11 12 (3.35%) Amazon ECS
11 12 (3.35%) Azure AKS
11 12 (3.35%) IaaS
12 11 (3.07%) Snowflake
13 10 (2.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 10 (2.79%) Azure Data Factory
13 10 (2.79%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 21 (5.87%) TCP/IP
2 15 (4.19%) Firewall
3 13 (3.63%) Ethernet
4 8 (2.23%) Wireshark
5 7 (1.96%) DNS
6 5 (1.40%) HTTP
7 3 (0.84%) DHCP
7 3 (0.84%) Network Security
8 2 (0.56%) Internet
8 2 (0.56%) Multicast
8 2 (0.56%) RTMP
8 2 (0.56%) Software-Defined Radio
9 1 (0.28%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (0.28%) FCoE
9 1 (0.28%) Fibre Channel
9 1 (0.28%) iSCSI
9 1 (0.28%) LAN
9 1 (0.28%) NAS
9 1 (0.28%) Software-Defined Networking
9 1 (0.28%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (13.41%) NoSQL
2 41 (11.45%) PostgreSQL
3 25 (6.98%) MongoDB
4 20 (5.59%) Amazon RDS
5 18 (5.03%) SQL Server
6 14 (3.91%) Relational Database
7 9 (2.51%) Data Lake
8 8 (2.23%) Power BI
9 7 (1.96%) Big Data
10 6 (1.68%) Apache Cassandra
10 6 (1.68%) Couchbase
11 5 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (1.40%) MySQL
12 4 (1.12%) Amazon Aurora
13 3 (0.84%) DB2
13 3 (0.84%) MariaDB
13 3 (0.84%) Snowflake Schema
14 2 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
14 2 (0.56%) RDBMS
14 2 (0.56%) Redis
Development Applications
1 100 (27.93%) Jenkins
2 98 (27.37%) Git
3 65 (18.16%) GitLab
4 41 (11.45%) JIRA
5 23 (6.42%) Eclipse
5 23 (6.42%) Liquibase
5 23 (6.42%) Selenium
6 21 (5.87%) Cucumber
6 21 (5.87%) JUnit
7 16 (4.47%) Cypress.io
8 14 (3.91%) Gradle
9 13 (3.63%) Visual Studio
10 10 (2.79%) Bitbucket
10 10 (2.79%) IntelliJ
10 10 (2.79%) Maven
10 10 (2.79%) Sonatype Nexus
11 9 (2.51%) SonarQube
12 7 (1.96%) REST Assured
13 6 (1.68%) CircleCI
13 6 (1.68%) Postman
General
1 131 (36.59%) Social Skills
2 63 (17.60%) Finance
3 49 (13.69%) Public Sector
4 46 (12.85%) Banking
5 38 (10.61%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (6.42%) Financial Institution
7 19 (5.31%) Military
8 14 (3.91%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (2.79%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.40%) Front Office
11 5 (1.40%) Retail Banking
12 3 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.56%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.56%) Retail
14 1 (0.28%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.28%) Marketing
14 1 (0.28%) Private Banking
14 1 (0.28%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 109 (30.45%) Developer
2 65 (18.16%) Senior
3 59 (16.48%) DevOps Engineer
4 47 (13.13%) Software Engineer
5 27 (7.54%) Java Developer
6 25 (6.98%) Senior Developer
7 18 (5.03%) Lead
8 17 (4.75%) AWS Engineer
9 15 (4.19%) Cloud Engineer
9 15 (4.19%) Senior DevOps
9 15 (4.19%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 14 (3.91%) Senior Software Engineer
11 13 (3.63%) Azure Engineer
11 13 (3.63%) C++ Software Engineer
12 12 (3.35%) Administrator
12 12 (3.35%) C# Software Engineer
12 12 (3.35%) GCP Engineer
12 12 (3.35%) Senior Java Developer
13 11 (3.07%) Android Developer
13 11 (3.07%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (18.72%) REST
2 65 (18.16%) RESTful
3 55 (15.36%) Node.js
4 47 (13.13%) React
5 39 (10.89%) Elastic Stack
6 38 (10.61%) Spring
7 30 (8.38%) Web Services
8 29 (8.10%) .NET
9 28 (7.82%) HTML
9 28 (7.82%) Kafka
10 26 (7.26%) CSS
11 19 (5.31%) JSON
12 18 (5.03%) Spring Boot
13 17 (4.75%) Play Framework
14 16 (4.47%) HTML5
14 16 (4.47%) Playwright
15 15 (4.19%) J2EE
15 15 (4.19%) SOAP
16 14 (3.91%) XML
17 11 (3.07%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 42 (11.73%) Cloud Native
2 39 (10.89%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (6.98%) Public Cloud
4 20 (5.59%) Product Ownership
5 14 (3.91%) Security Posture
6 11 (3.07%) Mobile App
7 10 (2.79%) Algorithms
8 8 (2.23%) Data Structures
8 8 (2.23%) Virtual Team
9 6 (1.68%) CAN bus
9 6 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.68%) Derivative
9 6 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.68%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.40%) Distributed Architecture
10 5 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (1.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (1.12%) Legacy Code
11 4 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 91 (25.42%) Linux
2 45 (12.57%) Windows
3 22 (6.15%) Unix
4 13 (3.63%) Android
5 8 (2.23%) Windows Server
6 7 (1.96%) Apple iOS
7 5 (1.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.84%) Solaris
9 2 (0.56%) CentOS
9 2 (0.56%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.56%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.28%) MVS
10 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.28%) VMS
10 1 (0.28%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 259 (72.35%) CI/CD
2 228 (63.69%) Agile
3 175 (48.88%) DevOps
4 121 (33.80%) Continuous Delivery
5 109 (30.45%) Test Automation
6 108 (30.17%) Microservices
7 91 (25.42%) Containerisation
8 89 (24.86%) Software Engineering
9 82 (22.91%) TDD
10 81 (22.63%) Infrastructure as Code
11 78 (21.79%) Problem-Solving
12 60 (16.76%) Continuous Deployment
13 56 (15.64%) Computer Science
14 49 (13.69%) Scrum
15 48 (13.41%) Design Patterns
16 41 (11.45%) Continuous Improvement
17 40 (11.17%) Infrastructure Automation
18 39 (10.89%) Unit Testing
19 35 (9.78%) Non-Functional Testing
20 33 (9.22%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 121 (33.80%) Python
2 91 (25.42%) Java
3 75 (20.95%) SQL
4 59 (16.48%) JavaScript
5 48 (13.41%) C#
6 44 (12.29%) Go
7 34 (9.50%) TypeScript
8 29 (8.10%) C++
9 23 (6.42%) Bash
10 19 (5.31%) Scala
11 15 (4.19%) PowerShell
12 13 (3.63%) Kotlin
13 8 (2.23%) Ruby
13 8 (2.23%) Shell Script
14 7 (1.96%) Swift
15 6 (1.68%) Embedded C++
15 6 (1.68%) Perl
16 5 (1.40%) JSX
16 5 (1.40%) Objective-C
17 4 (1.12%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 91 (25.42%) Security Cleared
2 64 (17.88%) SC Cleared
3 60 (16.76%) Degree
4 46 (12.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (6.42%) Master's Degree
6 13 (3.63%) AWS Certification
6 13 (3.63%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (3.07%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.68%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 5 (1.40%) AWS Certified Developer
9 5 (1.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (1.40%) ISTQB
10 4 (1.12%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.56%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.28%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
12 1 (0.28%) ISEB
12 1 (0.28%) OCP
12 1 (0.28%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (10.34%) QA
2 20 (5.59%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.23%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.84%) WCAG
5 2 (0.56%) NCSC
6 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.28%) MiFID
6 1 (0.28%) NIST
System Software
1 109 (30.45%) Docker
2 10 (2.79%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (2.51%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.12%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.56%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.28%) Firmware
7 1 (0.28%) KVM
7 1 (0.28%) NFS
7 1 (0.28%) RACF
7 1 (0.28%) SRDF
7 1 (0.28%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 1 (0.28%) Xen
Systems Management
1 101 (28.21%) Kubernetes
2 87 (24.30%) Terraform
3 52 (14.53%) Grafana
4 46 (12.85%) Ansible
5 39 (10.89%) Prometheus
6 21 (5.87%) Puppet
7 8 (2.23%) CSIRT
8 7 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (1.12%) Kibana
9 4 (1.12%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.56%) Argo
10 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.56%) Podman
11 1 (0.28%) Dell DRAC
11 1 (0.28%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.28%) logstash
11 1 (0.28%) Packer
11 1 (0.28%) SCCM
11 1 (0.28%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 47 (13.13%) Microsoft
2 46 (12.85%) Splunk
3 25 (6.98%) Google
4 17 (4.75%) Databricks
5 15 (4.19%) Atlassian
6 12 (3.35%) Oracle
7 9 (2.51%) F5
7 9 (2.51%) Red Hat
7 9 (2.51%) webMethods
8 7 (1.96%) Apple
9 6 (1.68%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.68%) VMware
10 5 (1.40%) MuleSoft
10 5 (1.40%) PagerDuty
11 4 (1.12%) AppDynamics
11 4 (1.12%) DocuSign
12 3 (0.84%) Cribl.io
12 3 (0.84%) Dynatrace
13 2 (0.56%) Checkmarx
13 2 (0.56%) Foundry