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

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 288 138 161
Rank change year-on-year -150 +23 -55
Contract jobs citing Continuous Integration 347 589 695
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.86% 1.93% 1.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.99% 2.16% 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 368 444
10th Percentile £361 £381 £377
25th Percentile £413 £450 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -8.70% -0.20%
75th Percentile £607 £675 £688
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 7 54
10th Percentile £54.55 £26.29 £60.25
25th Percentile £59.00 £26.41 -
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 34,951 27,281 38,890
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.91% 89.56% 87.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,148 16,723 25,428
10th Percentile £310 £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 -2.59% -1.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,114 833 2,148
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.62 £13.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.05 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -4.41% -2.86%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £60.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.12
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £30.78 £35.00
% change year-on-year -18.29% -12.06% +7.63%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 -145 301 £524 -4.77% 138
UK excluding London -131 175 £500 - 103
London -116 128 £545 -9.17% 51
Work from Home -119 104 £513 -2.38% 69
North of England -87 59 £523 -0.48% 34
South East -49 50 £500 - 24
Yorkshire -48 40 £525 -11.02% 16
Midlands -49 34 £480 -5.88% 14
West Midlands -39 33 £503 +0.50% 11
East of England -21 17 £600 +23.08% 9
South West -35 17 £425 -36.33% 17
North West -54 15 £361 -25.86% 13
Scotland -17 7 £550 +17.65% 1
North East -19 6 £550 -8.33% 5
Wales -15 2 - - 5
East Midlands -26 1 £413 -20.86% 3

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 (3.17%) Apache
1 11 (3.17%) Confluence
2 9 (2.59%) JBoss
2 9 (2.59%) WebLogic
3 6 (1.73%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.58%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.58%) CMS
4 2 (0.58%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.29%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.29%) Mule
5 1 (0.29%) Mule ESB
5 1 (0.29%) SAS
5 1 (0.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Cloudability
1 1 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 145 (41.79%) AWS
2 94 (27.09%) Azure
3 56 (16.14%) GitHub
4 53 (15.27%) GCP
5 51 (14.70%) Serverless
6 44 (12.68%) GitHub Actions
7 41 (11.82%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (4.90%) Cloud Computing
8 17 (4.90%) IaaS
9 16 (4.61%) AWS CloudFormation
10 14 (4.03%) Amazon S3
10 14 (4.03%) AWS Lambda
11 13 (3.75%) Amazon EKS
12 12 (3.46%) Amazon EC2
13 11 (3.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 11 (3.17%) Amazon ECS
13 11 (3.17%) Snowflake
14 10 (2.88%) Azure AKS
14 10 (2.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 9 (2.59%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.32%) TCP/IP
2 12 (3.46%) Ethernet
3 10 (2.88%) Firewall
4 6 (1.73%) DNS
5 5 (1.44%) IPsec
5 5 (1.44%) Kerberos
5 5 (1.44%) SSL
5 5 (1.44%) Wireshark
6 3 (0.86%) DHCP
6 3 (0.86%) HTTP
6 3 (0.86%) Modbus
6 3 (0.86%) Network Security
6 3 (0.86%) RS-232
6 3 (0.86%) RS-422
6 3 (0.86%) RS-485
7 2 (0.58%) RTMP
7 2 (0.58%) Software-Defined Radio
7 2 (0.58%) VPN
8 1 (0.29%) Multicast
8 1 (0.29%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (12.97%) NoSQL
2 40 (11.53%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (6.34%) MongoDB
4 20 (5.76%) Amazon RDS
5 16 (4.61%) SQL Server
6 10 (2.88%) Data Lake
6 10 (2.88%) Relational Database
7 7 (2.02%) Apache Cassandra
7 7 (2.02%) Big Data
8 6 (1.73%) Couchbase
8 6 (1.73%) Power BI
9 5 (1.44%) MySQL
10 3 (0.86%) Amazon Aurora
10 3 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.86%) Snowflake Schema
11 2 (0.58%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.58%) Data Vault
11 2 (0.58%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.58%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.58%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 93 (26.80%) Git
2 91 (26.22%) Jenkins
3 67 (19.31%) GitLab
4 28 (8.07%) JIRA
5 26 (7.49%) JUnit
6 20 (5.76%) Selenium
7 19 (5.48%) Cucumber
7 19 (5.48%) Eclipse
8 18 (5.19%) Liquibase
9 16 (4.61%) Cypress.io
9 16 (4.61%) Gradle
10 11 (3.17%) Maven
11 10 (2.88%) IntelliJ
12 9 (2.59%) CircleCI
12 9 (2.59%) Sonatype Nexus
12 9 (2.59%) Visual Studio
13 8 (2.31%) REST Assured
14 7 (2.02%) JMeter
14 7 (2.02%) Postman
14 7 (2.02%) SonarQube
General
1 115 (33.14%) Social Skills
2 60 (17.29%) Finance
3 44 (12.68%) Public Sector
4 39 (11.24%) Banking
5 35 (10.09%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (6.05%) Financial Institution
7 14 (4.03%) Military
8 12 (3.46%) Influencing Skills
9 10 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.44%) Front Office
12 3 (0.86%) Electronics
12 3 (0.86%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.86%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.58%) Retail
14 1 (0.29%) Marketing
14 1 (0.29%) Private Banking
14 1 (0.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 100 (28.82%) Developer
2 70 (20.17%) Senior
3 57 (16.43%) DevOps Engineer
4 45 (12.97%) Software Engineer
5 24 (6.92%) Senior Developer
6 23 (6.63%) Java Developer
7 20 (5.76%) AWS Engineer
8 15 (4.32%) Senior Software Engineer
9 14 (4.03%) Azure Engineer
9 14 (4.03%) GCP Engineer
10 13 (3.75%) Cloud Engineer
10 13 (3.75%) Lead
10 13 (3.75%) Python Developer
10 13 (3.75%) Senior DevOps
10 13 (3.75%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 12 (3.46%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 11 (3.17%) Python Engineer
12 11 (3.17%) Senior Java Developer
12 11 (3.17%) Test Engineer
12 11 (3.17%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (19.02%) REST
2 52 (14.99%) RESTful
3 41 (11.82%) Node.js
4 40 (11.53%) React
5 38 (10.95%) Web Services
6 35 (10.09%) Spring
7 33 (9.51%) Elastic Stack
8 24 (6.92%) .NET
9 23 (6.63%) HTML
9 23 (6.63%) Kafka
10 20 (5.76%) CSS
11 17 (4.90%) JSON
11 17 (4.90%) Spring Boot
12 16 (4.61%) Play Framework
12 16 (4.61%) Playwright
13 15 (4.32%) HTML5
13 15 (4.32%) SOAP
14 13 (3.75%) J2EE
15 12 (3.46%) XML
16 11 (3.17%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 38 (10.95%) Distributed Systems
2 37 (10.66%) Cloud Native
3 24 (6.92%) Public Cloud
4 18 (5.19%) Product Ownership
5 14 (4.03%) Algorithms
6 12 (3.46%) Security Posture
7 10 (2.88%) Mobile App
8 9 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (2.59%) Virtual Team
9 8 (2.31%) Legacy Code
10 7 (2.02%) Data Structures
11 6 (1.73%) CAN bus
11 6 (1.73%) Derivative
11 6 (1.73%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 5 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (1.44%) Distributed Architecture
12 5 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (1.44%) Onboarding
13 4 (1.15%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 85 (24.50%) Linux
2 44 (12.68%) Windows
3 22 (6.34%) Unix
4 12 (3.46%) Android
5 8 (2.31%) Windows Server
6 7 (2.02%) Apple iOS
7 4 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.58%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.58%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.58%) Solaris
9 1 (0.29%) CentOS
9 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.29%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (68.30%) CI/CD
2 219 (63.11%) Agile
3 172 (49.57%) DevOps
4 115 (33.14%) Continuous Delivery
5 109 (31.41%) Test Automation
6 108 (31.12%) Microservices
7 89 (25.65%) Containerisation
8 85 (24.50%) Software Engineering
9 80 (23.05%) Infrastructure as Code
10 78 (22.48%) TDD
11 71 (20.46%) Problem-Solving
12 57 (16.43%) Computer Science
13 51 (14.70%) Scrum
14 48 (13.83%) Continuous Deployment
15 47 (13.54%) Design Patterns
16 46 (13.26%) Continuous Improvement
17 39 (11.24%) Infrastructure Automation
18 36 (10.37%) Unit Testing
19 35 (10.09%) SDLC
20 33 (9.51%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 121 (34.87%) Python
2 81 (23.34%) Java
3 73 (21.04%) SQL
4 53 (15.27%) JavaScript
5 45 (12.97%) C#
6 34 (9.80%) Go
6 34 (9.80%) TypeScript
7 27 (7.78%) C++
8 18 (5.19%) Scala
9 16 (4.61%) Bash
10 15 (4.32%) Kotlin
10 15 (4.32%) PowerShell
11 7 (2.02%) Swift
12 6 (1.73%) Embedded C++
12 6 (1.73%) Shell Script
13 5 (1.44%) C
13 5 (1.44%) JSX
13 5 (1.44%) Ruby
14 4 (1.15%) R
14 4 (1.15%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 81 (23.34%) Security Cleared
2 64 (18.44%) Degree
3 56 (16.14%) SC Cleared
4 47 (13.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (7.49%) Master's Degree
6 15 (4.32%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (4.03%) AWS Certification
8 11 (3.17%) DV Cleared
9 7 (2.02%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 6 (1.73%) AWS Certified Developer
11 5 (1.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (1.44%) ISTQB
12 4 (1.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.58%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
14 1 (0.29%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
14 1 (0.29%) ISEB
14 1 (0.29%) OCP
14 1 (0.29%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (11.53%) QA
2 16 (4.61%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.02%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.29%) GDPR
4 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.29%) MiFID
4 1 (0.29%) NCSC
4 1 (0.29%) NIST
4 1 (0.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 102 (29.39%) Docker
2 11 (3.17%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (2.31%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.44%) RACF
5 4 (1.15%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.29%) Firmware
7 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.29%) Postfix
7 1 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 85 (24.50%) Kubernetes
2 84 (24.21%) Terraform
3 48 (13.83%) Grafana
4 38 (10.95%) Ansible
5 35 (10.09%) Prometheus
6 19 (5.48%) Puppet
7 11 (3.17%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (1.44%) CSIRT
9 4 (1.15%) Kibana
10 3 (0.86%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.58%) Argo
11 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.58%) Podman
12 1 (0.29%) Consul
12 1 (0.29%) Dell DRAC
12 1 (0.29%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.29%) Istio
12 1 (0.29%) logstash
12 1 (0.29%) Rancher
12 1 (0.29%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 53 (15.27%) Microsoft
2 38 (10.95%) Splunk
3 25 (7.20%) Google
4 15 (4.32%) Databricks
5 12 (3.46%) Atlassian
6 9 (2.59%) Oracle
6 9 (2.59%) webMethods
7 8 (2.31%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.44%) F5
8 5 (1.44%) PagerDuty
8 5 (1.44%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.44%) VMware
9 4 (1.15%) Apple
10 3 (0.86%) Cribl.io
10 3 (0.86%) Foundry
10 3 (0.86%) MuleSoft
10 3 (0.86%) New Relic
11 2 (0.58%) DocuSign
11 2 (0.58%) ForgeRock
11 2 (0.58%) OpenAI