Continuous Integration Contracts

Continuous Integration
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Continuous Integration skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Continuous Integration over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 123 122
Rank change year-on-year -30 -1 -33
Contract jobs citing Continuous Integration 551 816 1,285
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.88% 1.87% 2.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.08% 2.17% 2.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 353 521 916
10th Percentile £355 £363 £450
25th Percentile £446 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £553 £585
Median % change year-on-year -4.98% -5.47% -2.58%
75th Percentile £640 £688 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +0.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 52 33
10th Percentile £26.80 £60.25 £52.55
25th Percentile £44.19 £61.25 £64.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - - £70.00
90th Percentile £68.50 - £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

All Process and 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 26,551 37,621 53,662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.82% 86.30% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,137 24,254 37,244
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £744 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.80% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,437 1,746
10th Percentile £14.70 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% -4.83% +49.20%
75th Percentile £62.00 £59.95 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.94 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -23.45% +1.39% +80.00%

Continuous Integration
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Continuous Integration as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Continuous Integration in the UK

Continuous Integration
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Continuous Integration.

Daily rate trend for Continuous Integration in the UK

Continuous Integration
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Continuous Integration over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Continuous Integration in the UK

Continuous Integration
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Continuous Integration.

Hourly rate trend for Continuous Integration in the UK

Continuous Integration
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Continuous Integration over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Continuous Integration in the UK

Continuous Integration
Top 17 Contract 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 30 April 2025. 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 -26 463 £526 -8.32% 436
UK excluding London +3 256 £500 -9.09% 252
London -39 229 £586 -2.29% 217
Work from Home +25 204 £537 -2.36% 283
South East +26 72 £500 -9.09% 46
North of England +25 72 £525 +5.00% 70
North West +28 41 £475 -7.09% 41
Scotland -8 30 £475 -9.52% 17
South West +34 29 £421 -39.86% 37
Midlands +19 25 £475 +32.68% 31
Yorkshire -8 23 £700 +47.37% 20
West Midlands +7 15 £500 +35.14% 20
East of England -8 15 £500 +5.26% 31
East Midlands +14 10 £363 +1.83% 10
Northern Ireland - 9 £325 - 13
North East +3 8 £650 +33.33% 9
Wales -5 4 £213 -61.30% 10

Continuous Integration
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 37 (6.72%) Confluence
2 19 (3.45%) nginx
3 12 (2.18%) Traefik
4 11 (2.00%) JBoss
5 10 (1.81%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.73%) CMS
6 4 (0.73%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.73%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.54%) Apache
7 3 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.54%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.36%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.36%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.36%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.18%) IIS
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.18%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.18%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Acrobat
1 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.18%) Simulink
1 1 (0.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.73%) Oracle ERP
1 4 (0.73%) Shopify
2 2 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.36%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.36%) SAP ERP
2 2 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.18%) BusinessWorks
Cloud Services
1 242 (43.92%) AWS
2 155 (28.13%) Azure
3 65 (11.80%) GCP
4 61 (11.07%) AWS CloudFormation
5 60 (10.89%) Azure DevOps
6 58 (10.53%) GitHub
7 43 (7.80%) Serverless
8 34 (6.17%) GitHub Actions
9 30 (5.44%) Amazon EC2
9 30 (5.44%) Amazon S3
10 28 (5.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 27 (4.90%) OpenShift
11 27 (4.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 26 (4.72%) AWS Lambda
12 26 (4.72%) Cloud Computing
12 26 (4.72%) IaaS
12 26 (4.72%) PaaS
13 25 (4.54%) SaaS
14 23 (4.17%) Amazon ECS
15 21 (3.81%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 39 (7.08%) DNS
2 36 (6.53%) TCP/IP
3 26 (4.72%) HTTP
4 23 (4.17%) Firewall
5 14 (2.54%) VPN
6 10 (1.81%) VSAN
7 7 (1.27%) Internet
7 7 (1.27%) SSL
8 5 (0.91%) Ethernet
8 5 (0.91%) Reverse Proxy
9 4 (0.73%) Kerberos
9 4 (0.73%) WAN
10 3 (0.54%) IPsec
10 3 (0.54%) LAN
10 3 (0.54%) Network Security
10 3 (0.54%) VLAN
11 2 (0.36%) Cisco ASA
11 2 (0.36%) NAS
11 2 (0.36%) SAN
11 2 (0.36%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (12.52%) PostgreSQL
2 58 (10.53%) MongoDB
3 51 (9.26%) Relational Database
4 32 (5.81%) Amazon RDS
5 31 (5.63%) NoSQL
6 29 (5.26%) MySQL
7 19 (3.45%) Apache Cassandra
8 17 (3.09%) SQL Server
9 12 (2.18%) Amazon Aurora
9 12 (2.18%) Data Warehouse
9 12 (2.18%) DynamoDB
10 11 (2.00%) Elasticsearch
11 10 (1.81%) Big Data
11 10 (1.81%) Hadoop
11 10 (1.81%) RDBMS
12 7 (1.27%) CockroachDB
12 7 (1.27%) Power BI
12 7 (1.27%) Redis
13 6 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
13 6 (1.09%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 191 (34.66%) Jenkins
2 149 (27.04%) Git
3 101 (18.33%) JIRA
4 84 (15.25%) GitLab
5 46 (8.35%) JUnit
6 43 (7.80%) Cucumber
7 37 (6.72%) SonarQube
8 35 (6.35%) Selenium
9 31 (5.63%) Gradle
10 27 (4.90%) TeamCity
11 26 (4.72%) Mockito
12 24 (4.36%) Bitbucket
12 24 (4.36%) Cypress.io
13 23 (4.17%) Liquibase
14 20 (3.63%) Maven
14 20 (3.63%) REST Assured
15 17 (3.09%) Jasmine
16 16 (2.90%) Bitbucket Server
16 16 (2.90%) JMeter
17 15 (2.72%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 152 (27.59%) Social Skills
2 97 (17.60%) Finance
3 85 (15.43%) Public Sector
4 52 (9.44%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (5.99%) Banking
6 30 (5.44%) Telecoms
7 27 (4.90%) Marketing
8 26 (4.72%) Manufacturing
9 25 (4.54%) Electronics
10 17 (3.09%) Front Office
11 15 (2.72%) Military
12 13 (2.36%) Investment Banking
13 12 (2.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 12 (2.18%) Law
14 11 (2.00%) Financial Institution
15 7 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (1.09%) Retail
17 4 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
17 4 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
17 4 (0.73%) Police
Job Titles
1 178 (32.30%) Developer
2 108 (19.60%) Senior
3 84 (15.25%) DevOps Engineer
4 66 (11.98%) Lead
5 58 (10.53%) Java Developer
6 51 (9.26%) Architect
7 50 (9.07%) Software Engineer
8 36 (6.53%) Senior Developer
9 32 (5.81%) Java Engineer
10 28 (5.08%) Senior DevOps
11 27 (4.90%) AWS Engineer
11 27 (4.90%) Java Software Engineer
12 25 (4.54%) Python Developer
13 23 (4.17%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 22 (3.99%) Azure Engineer
14 22 (3.99%) Technical Architect
15 20 (3.63%) AWS DevOps
16 19 (3.45%) Senior Java Developer
17 17 (3.09%) C# Developer
17 17 (3.09%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (15.25%) React
2 70 (12.70%) Spring Boot
3 68 (12.34%) Spring
4 67 (12.16%) RESTful
5 56 (10.16%) Kafka
6 54 (9.80%) REST
7 48 (8.71%) HTML
8 43 (7.80%) OpenAPI
8 43 (7.80%) Swagger
9 39 (7.08%) CSS
9 39 (7.08%) Node.js
10 34 (6.17%) .NET
10 34 (6.17%) AngularJS
10 34 (6.17%) Web Services
11 24 (4.36%) Elastic Stack
12 23 (4.17%) JSON
13 21 (3.81%) HTML5
14 20 (3.63%) cloud-init
14 20 (3.63%) Spring Batch
15 18 (3.27%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 31 (5.63%) Public Cloud
2 29 (5.26%) Distributed Systems
2 29 (5.26%) Product Ownership
3 28 (5.08%) Management Information System
4 24 (4.36%) PKI
5 19 (3.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 16 (2.90%) Cloud Native
6 16 (2.90%) Equities
7 15 (2.72%) Data Structures
7 15 (2.72%) Virtual Team
8 14 (2.54%) Derivative
9 13 (2.36%) Equity Derivative
10 12 (2.18%) Algorithms
10 12 (2.18%) Hybrid Cloud
11 10 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
11 10 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (1.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 7 (1.27%) Mobile App
15 6 (1.09%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 137 (24.86%) Linux
2 53 (9.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 47 (8.53%) Windows
4 35 (6.35%) Unix
5 21 (3.81%) CentOS
6 18 (3.27%) Android
7 9 (1.63%) Apple iOS
8 8 (1.45%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.36%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.36%) Solaris
9 2 (0.36%) Windows Server
10 1 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.18%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 390 (70.78%) CI/CD
2 266 (48.28%) Agile
3 265 (48.09%) DevOps
4 165 (29.95%) Test Automation
5 155 (28.13%) Continuous Delivery
6 145 (26.32%) Microservices
7 136 (24.68%) Software Engineering
8 132 (23.96%) Containerisation
9 125 (22.69%) Infrastructure as Code
9 125 (22.69%) Problem-Solving
9 125 (22.69%) TDD
10 104 (18.87%) Continuous Deployment
11 68 (12.34%) Scrum
12 60 (10.89%) Deployment Automation
12 60 (10.89%) Mentoring
13 55 (9.98%) Design Patterns
14 54 (9.80%) Configuration Management
14 54 (9.80%) Technical Leadership
15 53 (9.62%) Migration
16 52 (9.44%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 202 (36.66%) Python
2 183 (33.21%) Java
3 135 (24.50%) SQL
4 97 (17.60%) JavaScript
5 84 (15.25%) Bash
6 81 (14.70%) TypeScript
7 61 (11.07%) C#
8 39 (7.08%) PowerShell
9 38 (6.90%) Go
10 28 (5.08%) C++
11 18 (3.27%) Perl
12 16 (2.90%) Kotlin
13 12 (2.18%) C
13 12 (2.18%) Shell Script
14 11 (2.00%) Ruby
14 11 (2.00%) Scala
15 8 (1.45%) Objective-C
15 8 (1.45%) Swift
16 5 (0.91%) PHP
16 5 (0.91%) Prolog
Qualifications
1 177 (32.12%) Security Cleared
2 139 (25.23%) SC Cleared
3 62 (11.25%) Degree
4 34 (6.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 30 (5.44%) AWS Certification
6 20 (3.63%) DV Cleared
7 18 (3.27%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (2.54%) MCSE
9 13 (2.36%) Azure Certification
10 10 (1.81%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (1.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 7 (1.27%) Master's Degree
12 6 (1.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 5 (0.91%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 5 (0.91%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.73%) CCNP
14 4 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
14 4 (0.73%) PMI Certification
14 4 (0.73%) PMP
15 2 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (8.89%) QA
2 27 (4.90%) NCSC
3 16 (2.90%) Accessibility
4 13 (2.36%) NIST
5 10 (1.81%) GDPR
6 9 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (1.09%) Data Quality
7 6 (1.09%) HIPAA
8 5 (0.91%) Disclosure Scotland
8 5 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.73%) WCAG
10 3 (0.54%) GxP
11 2 (0.36%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 2 (0.36%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.18%) HL7
12 1 (0.18%) SLA
System Software
1 153 (27.77%) Docker
2 18 (3.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (3.09%) Active Directory
4 10 (1.81%) VMware NSX
5 6 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.73%) BitLocker
6 4 (0.73%) Postfix
7 3 (0.54%) RACF
8 1 (0.18%) Firmware
8 1 (0.18%) LXC
8 1 (0.18%) OpenAM
8 1 (0.18%) OpenDJ
8 1 (0.18%) OpenIDM
8 1 (0.18%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 175 (31.76%) Kubernetes
2 127 (23.05%) Terraform
3 79 (14.34%) Ansible
4 49 (8.89%) Grafana
5 43 (7.80%) Prometheus
6 28 (5.08%) Packer
7 27 (4.90%) Progress Chef
8 26 (4.72%) Puppet
9 18 (3.27%) Istio
10 16 (2.90%) Kibana
11 15 (2.72%) Consul
11 15 (2.72%) Rancher
12 14 (2.54%) Jamf Pro
12 14 (2.54%) linkerd
12 14 (2.54%) ZABBIX
13 12 (2.18%) HAProxy
14 9 (1.63%) Docker Swarm
14 9 (1.63%) Podman
15 5 (0.91%) Kustomize
16 3 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 45 (8.17%) Microsoft
2 37 (6.72%) Splunk
3 35 (6.35%) Google
4 32 (5.81%) SAP
5 31 (5.63%) Oracle
6 27 (4.90%) Red Hat
7 22 (3.99%) VMware
8 19 (3.45%) Apple
9 14 (2.54%) Okta
10 12 (2.18%) AppDynamics
10 12 (2.18%) Cisco
10 12 (2.18%) ESET
11 11 (2.00%) Salesforce
12 10 (1.81%) Palo Alto
13 9 (1.63%) MuleSoft
14 7 (1.27%) Atlassian
15 6 (1.09%) Adobe
15 6 (1.09%) IBM
15 6 (1.09%) ServiceNow
16 5 (0.91%) Databricks