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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 191 106 142
Rank change year-on-year -85 +36 -51
Contract jobs citing Continuous Integration 483 817 956
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.49% 2.14% 1.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.64% 2.50% 2.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 294 517 686
10th Percentile £357 £363 £419
25th Percentile £421 £425 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year -0.71% -12.50% +1.27%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £688
90th Percentile £734 £765 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £558
% change year-on-year -5.00% -10.31% +3.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 39 39
10th Percentile - £61.25 £64.53
25th Percentile - £62.50 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - - £71.95
90th Percentile £73.75 £66.30 £77.50
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 29,370 32,658 44,778
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.49% 85.62% 89.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,234 20,154 30,464
10th Percentile £300 £310 £313
25th Percentile £403 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,777 1,475 1,557
10th Percentile £14.23 £14.84 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.00 £18.78
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +47.06%
75th Percentile £43.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £66.70 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £43.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -47.67% +6.17% +76.09%

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
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 15 September 2025.

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 15 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Continuous Integration in the UK

Continuous Integration
Top 17 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 15 September 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 -86 402 £525 -2.33% 195
UK excluding London -51 253 £475 -5.00% 154
London -89 181 £550 - 81
Work from Home -25 174 £525 +2.44% 187
North of England -30 71 £475 -7.09% 39
Scotland +18 48 £497 +4.53% 21
South East -6 43 £500 +0.05% 41
Midlands -33 38 £468 -6.50% 18
North West -16 35 £425 +6.25% 24
Yorkshire -22 31 £476 -20.75% 8
East of England -15 29 £500 - 19
West Midlands -41 27 £492 -1.70% 14
South West +1 21 £550 -4.35% 10
East Midlands - 11 £376 - 4
North East -5 5 £520 +26.83% 7
Wales -12 5 £463 -13.95% 7
Northern Ireland - 1 £408 - 3

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 41 (8.49%) Confluence
2 13 (2.69%) WebLogic
3 8 (1.66%) JBoss
4 5 (1.04%) Apache
4 5 (1.04%) Mule
4 5 (1.04%) Tomcat
5 3 (0.62%) Anypoint
5 3 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.62%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.62%) nginx
6 2 (0.41%) Mule ESB
6 2 (0.41%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.41%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.21%) CICS
7 1 (0.21%) CMS
7 1 (0.21%) Drupal
7 1 (0.21%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.21%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.21%) WebLogic Portal
7 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (1.04%) Simulink
2 4 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.62%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.41%) SAP ERP
1 2 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.21%) Finacle
2 1 (0.21%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 209 (43.27%) AWS
2 134 (27.74%) Azure
3 71 (14.70%) GCP
4 60 (12.42%) GitHub
5 50 (10.35%) Serverless
6 48 (9.94%) Azure DevOps
7 38 (7.87%) GitHub Actions
8 32 (6.63%) AWS CloudFormation
9 28 (5.80%) Amazon EC2
10 27 (5.59%) Amazon S3
11 25 (5.18%) AWS Lambda
12 17 (3.52%) IaaS
13 14 (2.90%) Azure Monitor
14 13 (2.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 13 (2.69%) Amazon EKS
14 13 (2.69%) OpenShift
15 12 (2.48%) Route 53
15 12 (2.48%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 11 (2.28%) AWS Step Functions
16 11 (2.28%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 35 (7.25%) TCP/IP
2 21 (4.35%) DNS
3 18 (3.73%) Ethernet
4 16 (3.31%) Firewall
5 12 (2.48%) HTTP
6 10 (2.07%) Internet
6 10 (2.07%) Network Security
7 7 (1.45%) LAN
8 6 (1.24%) VPN
8 6 (1.24%) WAN
9 3 (0.62%) Multicast
9 3 (0.62%) Wireshark
10 2 (0.41%) DMZ
10 2 (0.41%) HTTPS
10 2 (0.41%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (0.41%) SSL
11 1 (0.21%) Broadband
11 1 (0.21%) DHCP
11 1 (0.21%) SAN
11 1 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (13.25%) PostgreSQL
2 46 (9.52%) Relational Database
3 39 (8.07%) NoSQL
4 29 (6.00%) Amazon RDS
5 22 (4.55%) MongoDB
5 22 (4.55%) SQL Server
6 19 (3.93%) Amazon Aurora
7 17 (3.52%) DynamoDB
8 15 (3.11%) MySQL
9 12 (2.48%) Big Data
10 10 (2.07%) Oracle Database
11 7 (1.45%) Data Lake
11 7 (1.45%) Elasticsearch
11 7 (1.45%) MariaDB
12 6 (1.24%) BigQuery
12 6 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (1.24%) Power BI
12 6 (1.24%) RDBMS
13 5 (1.04%) CockroachDB
14 4 (0.83%) Redis
Development Applications
1 186 (38.51%) Jenkins
2 105 (21.74%) Git
3 86 (17.81%) JIRA
4 62 (12.84%) GitLab
5 46 (9.52%) Liquibase
6 38 (7.87%) SonarQube
7 34 (7.04%) JUnit
8 32 (6.63%) Gradle
9 30 (6.21%) Cucumber
10 27 (5.59%) Maven
10 27 (5.59%) Selenium
11 26 (5.38%) Visual Studio
12 25 (5.18%) Mockito
13 23 (4.76%) CircleCI
14 21 (4.35%) Eclipse
15 20 (4.14%) Cypress.io
16 19 (3.93%) Bitbucket
16 19 (3.93%) REST Assured
17 15 (3.11%) Bitbucket Server
18 13 (2.69%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 148 (30.64%) Social Skills
2 95 (19.67%) Finance
3 57 (11.80%) Public Sector
4 45 (9.32%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (7.45%) Banking
6 25 (5.18%) Military
7 18 (3.73%) Presentation Skills
8 16 (3.31%) Law
9 15 (3.11%) Financial Institution
10 13 (2.69%) Manufacturing
10 13 (2.69%) Marketing
10 13 (2.69%) Telecoms
11 12 (2.48%) Front Office
12 11 (2.28%) Electronics
13 8 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (0.83%) Police
15 3 (0.62%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.62%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.62%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 140 (28.99%) Developer
2 68 (14.08%) Senior
3 54 (11.18%) DevOps Engineer
4 53 (10.97%) Software Engineer
5 49 (10.14%) Architect
6 48 (9.94%) Lead
7 44 (9.11%) Java Developer
8 28 (5.80%) AWS Engineer
9 24 (4.97%) Technical Architect
10 23 (4.76%) Cloud Engineer
11 21 (4.35%) Java Engineer
11 21 (4.35%) Senior Developer
12 19 (3.93%) Java Software Engineer
12 19 (3.93%) Python Developer
13 18 (3.73%) AWS DevOps
13 18 (3.73%) C# Software Engineer
14 16 (3.31%) C++ Software Engineer
14 16 (3.31%) Technical Leader
15 15 (3.11%) Python Engineer
16 14 (2.90%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (14.91%) RESTful
2 68 (14.08%) React
2 68 (14.08%) REST
3 58 (12.01%) Node.js
4 53 (10.97%) Kafka
4 53 (10.97%) Spring
5 49 (10.14%) Spring Boot
6 40 (8.28%) Web Services
7 38 (7.87%) Elastic Stack
8 33 (6.83%) HTML
9 32 (6.63%) .NET
9 32 (6.63%) CSS
10 27 (5.59%) Swagger
11 24 (4.97%) AngularJS
11 24 (4.97%) GraphQL
12 22 (4.55%) OpenAPI
13 20 (4.14%) ARM Templates
14 17 (3.52%) Redux
15 15 (3.11%) Middleware
15 15 (3.11%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 44 (9.11%) Distributed Systems
2 37 (7.66%) Cloud Native
3 34 (7.04%) Public Cloud
4 21 (4.35%) Product Ownership
5 20 (4.14%) Management Information System
6 18 (3.73%) Virtual Team
7 10 (2.07%) Data Protection Act
7 10 (2.07%) Data Structures
7 10 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (1.86%) Algorithms
9 8 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.45%) Derivative
10 7 (1.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 7 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (1.45%) Mobile App
10 7 (1.45%) Security Posture
11 6 (1.24%) Cyberattack
12 5 (1.04%) Fixed Income
12 5 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
13 4 (0.83%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 118 (24.43%) Linux
2 50 (10.35%) Windows
3 21 (4.35%) Unix
4 17 (3.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (2.69%) Android
6 7 (1.45%) Windows Server
7 6 (1.24%) CentOS
8 3 (0.62%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.62%) Solaris
9 2 (0.41%) Debian
9 2 (0.41%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.21%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.21%) MVS
10 1 (0.21%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 325 (67.29%) CI/CD
2 290 (60.04%) Agile
3 231 (47.83%) DevOps
4 146 (30.23%) TDD
5 134 (27.74%) Microservices
6 120 (24.84%) Continuous Delivery
7 119 (24.64%) Test Automation
8 111 (22.98%) Software Engineering
9 109 (22.57%) Infrastructure as Code
10 105 (21.74%) Containerisation
11 89 (18.43%) Problem-Solving
12 83 (17.18%) Continuous Deployment
13 72 (14.91%) Scrum
14 55 (11.39%) Computer Science
15 48 (9.94%) Design Patterns
16 43 (8.90%) Mentoring
17 41 (8.49%) Code Quality
17 41 (8.49%) Unit Testing
18 39 (8.07%) Configuration Management
18 39 (8.07%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 174 (36.02%) Java
2 156 (32.30%) Python
3 107 (22.15%) SQL
4 95 (19.67%) JavaScript
5 80 (16.56%) TypeScript
6 58 (12.01%) C#
7 50 (10.35%) Bash
8 48 (9.94%) Go
9 37 (7.66%) C++
10 35 (7.25%) Perl
11 18 (3.73%) Kotlin
11 18 (3.73%) PowerShell
12 11 (2.28%) Shell Script
13 9 (1.86%) Erlang
13 9 (1.86%) Prolog
14 7 (1.45%) Bicep
15 5 (1.04%) MATLAB
15 5 (1.04%) PL/SQL
15 5 (1.04%) R
16 4 (0.83%) C
Qualifications
1 143 (29.61%) Security Cleared
2 121 (25.05%) SC Cleared
3 61 (12.63%) Degree
4 44 (9.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 28 (5.80%) AWS Certification
6 21 (4.35%) Master's Degree
7 15 (3.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 10 (2.07%) Azure Certification
8 10 (2.07%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.45%) AWS Certified Developer
9 7 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (1.24%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 4 (0.83%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
11 4 (0.83%) CISSP
11 4 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.62%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.62%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.41%) CISM
13 2 (0.41%) SAFe Agilist
14 1 (0.21%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (7.04%) QA
2 17 (3.52%) Data Quality
3 16 (3.31%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.24%) WCAG
5 4 (0.83%) NCSC
6 3 (0.62%) Disclosure Scotland
6 3 (0.62%) GxP
6 3 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.41%) NIST
8 1 (0.21%) GDPR
8 1 (0.21%) SLA
8 1 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 146 (30.23%) Docker
2 14 (2.90%) Active Directory
2 14 (2.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.66%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.24%) Postfix
5 3 (0.62%) BitLocker
5 3 (0.62%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.41%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.41%) OpenAM
6 2 (0.41%) OpenDJ
6 2 (0.41%) OpenIDM
6 2 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.41%) VirtualBox
7 1 (0.21%) Firmware
7 1 (0.21%) LXC
7 1 (0.21%) NFS
7 1 (0.21%) SRDF
7 1 (0.21%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 1 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.21%) Xen
Systems Management
1 142 (29.40%) Kubernetes
2 121 (25.05%) Terraform
3 72 (14.91%) Ansible
4 62 (12.84%) Grafana
5 58 (12.01%) Prometheus
6 23 (4.76%) Progress Chef
7 18 (3.73%) Puppet
8 10 (2.07%) Podman
9 9 (1.86%) Docker Swarm
9 9 (1.86%) Kibana
10 4 (0.83%) Packer
11 3 (0.62%) Consul
11 3 (0.62%) CSIRT
11 3 (0.62%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
12 2 (0.41%) Icinga
12 2 (0.41%) Nagios
12 2 (0.41%) Salt
12 2 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
13 1 (0.21%) logstash
Vendors
1 58 (12.01%) Microsoft
2 37 (7.66%) Google
3 35 (7.25%) Splunk
4 30 (6.21%) Oracle
5 22 (4.55%) Red Hat
6 16 (3.31%) VMware
7 14 (2.90%) Atlassian
7 14 (2.90%) SAP
8 11 (2.28%) AppDynamics
9 9 (1.86%) MuleSoft
10 7 (1.45%) Salesforce
11 6 (1.24%) Apple
11 6 (1.24%) CA Agile Central
11 6 (1.24%) GoldenSource
11 6 (1.24%) IBM
11 6 (1.24%) Jaspersoft
12 5 (1.04%) Databricks
13 4 (0.83%) Cloudera
13 4 (0.83%) DocuSign
13 4 (0.83%) F5