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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 266 127 151
Rank change year-on-year -139 +24 -55
Contract jobs citing Continuous Integration 363 641 717
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.00% 2.03% 1.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.14% 2.29% 1.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 402 470
10th Percentile £363 £384 £400
25th Percentile £413 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.91% -6.91% -0.86%
75th Percentile £604 £675 £683
90th Percentile £747 £765 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £552
% change year-on-year - -9.38% +2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 9 47
10th Percentile £55.65 £26.31 -
25th Percentile £64.06 £26.50 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - - £69.32
90th Percentile - £77.50 £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 31,821 27,941 37,669
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 87.79% 88.66% 87.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,057 16,962 24,992
10th Percentile £304 £306 £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 £614 £638 £650
90th Percentile £723 £744 £742
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,969 885 1,593
10th Percentile £14.60 £15.62 £14.18
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.48 £18.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.25 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.00% -20.38% +16.41%
75th Percentile £56.00 £61.76 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.49 £74.82 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.83 £30.11 £43.90
% change year-on-year -20.86% -31.42% +59.64%

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 12 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 12 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 12 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 -143 311 £525 -4.55% 244
UK excluding London -112 186 £500 - 203
London -98 130 £550 -8.33% 77
Work from Home -86 122 £514 -2.14% 140
North of England -77 64 £520 -0.95% 39
South East -40 49 £525 +5.00% 74
Yorkshire -35 45 £520 -5.45% 18
Midlands -53 38 £504 -8.36% 19
West Midlands -46 35 £525 -4.55% 5
East of England -26 17 £475 -5.00% 33
South West -38 14 £425 -36.33% 32
Scotland -7 13 £493 +4.89% 4
North West -58 12 £375 -21.05% 15
North East -13 7 £520 -13.33% 7
East Midlands -18 3 £340 -34.88% 13
Wales -14 2 - - 8

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 25 (6.89%) Confluence
2 11 (3.03%) Apache
2 11 (3.03%) JBoss
3 10 (2.75%) WebLogic
4 4 (1.10%) Mule
5 3 (0.83%) Anypoint
5 3 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.83%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.55%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.55%) CMS
6 2 (0.55%) 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 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (0.83%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.28%) Finacle
Cloud Services
1 147 (40.50%) AWS
2 94 (25.90%) Azure
3 68 (18.73%) GCP
4 53 (14.60%) Serverless
5 50 (13.77%) GitHub
6 43 (11.85%) Azure DevOps
7 37 (10.19%) GitHub Actions
8 20 (5.51%) Cloud Computing
9 19 (5.23%) AWS CloudFormation
10 14 (3.86%) Amazon EC2
10 14 (3.86%) Amazon EKS
10 14 (3.86%) Amazon S3
11 13 (3.58%) AWS Lambda
12 12 (3.31%) Azure AKS
12 12 (3.31%) IaaS
13 11 (3.03%) Amazon ECS
13 11 (3.03%) Snowflake
14 10 (2.75%) Azure Data Factory
14 10 (2.75%) OpenShift
15 9 (2.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 25 (6.89%) TCP/IP
2 16 (4.41%) Firewall
3 14 (3.86%) Ethernet
4 11 (3.03%) DNS
5 8 (2.20%) Wireshark
6 7 (1.93%) HTTP
7 4 (1.10%) Internet
8 3 (0.83%) DHCP
8 3 (0.83%) Network Security
9 2 (0.55%) Multicast
10 1 (0.28%) FCoE
10 1 (0.28%) Fibre Channel
10 1 (0.28%) IPsec
10 1 (0.28%) iSCSI
10 1 (0.28%) NAS
10 1 (0.28%) SAN
10 1 (0.28%) Software-Defined Networking
10 1 (0.28%) SSL
10 1 (0.28%) tcpdump
10 1 (0.28%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (14.05%) NoSQL
2 43 (11.85%) PostgreSQL
3 25 (6.89%) MongoDB
4 22 (6.06%) Amazon RDS
5 18 (4.96%) Relational Database
5 18 (4.96%) SQL Server
6 9 (2.48%) Data Lake
7 8 (2.20%) Big Data
7 8 (2.20%) Power BI
8 6 (1.65%) Amazon Aurora
8 6 (1.65%) Apache Cassandra
8 6 (1.65%) Couchbase
9 5 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (1.38%) MySQL
10 3 (0.83%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.83%) DB2
10 3 (0.83%) MariaDB
10 3 (0.83%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.83%) Snowflake Schema
11 2 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 106 (29.20%) Jenkins
2 101 (27.82%) Git
3 66 (18.18%) GitLab
4 43 (11.85%) JIRA
5 28 (7.71%) Liquibase
6 23 (6.34%) Eclipse
6 23 (6.34%) Selenium
7 21 (5.79%) Cucumber
7 21 (5.79%) JUnit
8 16 (4.41%) Cypress.io
9 14 (3.86%) Visual Studio
10 13 (3.58%) Gradle
11 11 (3.03%) Bitbucket
12 10 (2.75%) SonarQube
12 10 (2.75%) Sonatype Nexus
13 9 (2.48%) IntelliJ
13 9 (2.48%) Maven
14 7 (1.93%) REST Assured
15 6 (1.65%) CircleCI
15 6 (1.65%) Postman
General
1 134 (36.91%) Social Skills
2 67 (18.46%) Finance
3 48 (13.22%) Public Sector
4 47 (12.95%) Banking
5 39 (10.74%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (6.34%) Financial Institution
7 20 (5.51%) Military
8 14 (3.86%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.10%) Retail Banking
12 3 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.55%) Front Office
13 2 (0.55%) Retail
14 1 (0.28%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.28%) Automotive
14 1 (0.28%) Law
14 1 (0.28%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.28%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 108 (29.75%) Developer
2 67 (18.46%) Senior
3 62 (17.08%) DevOps Engineer
4 49 (13.50%) Software Engineer
5 25 (6.89%) Java Developer
6 24 (6.61%) Senior Developer
7 20 (5.51%) AWS Engineer
8 18 (4.96%) Cloud Engineer
8 18 (4.96%) Lead
9 17 (4.68%) Senior DevOps
9 17 (4.68%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 15 (4.13%) GCP Engineer
10 15 (4.13%) Senior Software Engineer
11 14 (3.86%) C++ Software Engineer
12 13 (3.58%) Azure Engineer
12 13 (3.58%) C# Software Engineer
13 11 (3.03%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 11 (3.03%) Python Developer
13 11 (3.03%) Senior Java Developer
13 11 (3.03%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (19.01%) REST
2 68 (18.73%) RESTful
3 56 (15.43%) Node.js
4 46 (12.67%) React
5 44 (12.12%) Elastic Stack
6 37 (10.19%) Spring
7 31 (8.54%) .NET
7 31 (8.54%) HTML
7 31 (8.54%) Web Services
8 30 (8.26%) Kafka
9 28 (7.71%) CSS
10 19 (5.23%) JSON
11 18 (4.96%) Spring Boot
12 17 (4.68%) Play Framework
13 16 (4.41%) Playwright
14 15 (4.13%) HTML5
14 15 (4.13%) J2EE
14 15 (4.13%) SOAP
15 14 (3.86%) XML
16 11 (3.03%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 45 (12.40%) Cloud Native
2 43 (11.85%) Distributed Systems
3 28 (7.71%) Public Cloud
4 20 (5.51%) Product Ownership
5 14 (3.86%) Security Posture
6 11 (3.03%) Mobile App
7 8 (2.20%) Algorithms
7 8 (2.20%) Data Structures
7 8 (2.20%) Greenfield Project
7 8 (2.20%) Virtual Team
8 7 (1.93%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.93%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.65%) CAN bus
9 6 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.38%) Distributed Architecture
10 5 (1.38%) Onboarding
11 4 (1.10%) Derivative
11 4 (1.10%) Legacy Code
11 4 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 95 (26.17%) Linux
2 45 (12.40%) Windows
3 22 (6.06%) Unix
4 13 (3.58%) Android
5 8 (2.20%) Windows Server
6 7 (1.93%) Apple iOS
7 6 (1.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.83%) Solaris
9 2 (0.55%) CentOS
9 2 (0.55%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.28%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.28%) MVS
10 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.28%) VMS
10 1 (0.28%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (72.73%) CI/CD
2 235 (64.74%) Agile
3 181 (49.86%) DevOps
4 126 (34.71%) Continuous Delivery
5 112 (30.85%) Microservices
5 112 (30.85%) Test Automation
6 93 (25.62%) Containerisation
7 91 (25.07%) Software Engineering
8 86 (23.69%) Infrastructure as Code
9 81 (22.31%) TDD
10 80 (22.04%) Problem-Solving
11 63 (17.36%) Continuous Deployment
12 59 (16.25%) Computer Science
13 47 (12.95%) Design Patterns
13 47 (12.95%) Scrum
14 39 (10.74%) Infrastructure Automation
14 39 (10.74%) Unit Testing
15 38 (10.47%) Continuous Improvement
15 38 (10.47%) Non-Functional Testing
16 35 (9.64%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 128 (35.26%) Python
2 92 (25.34%) Java
3 74 (20.39%) SQL
4 62 (17.08%) JavaScript
5 51 (14.05%) C#
6 48 (13.22%) Go
7 33 (9.09%) TypeScript
8 28 (7.71%) C++
9 25 (6.89%) Bash
10 19 (5.23%) Scala
11 15 (4.13%) PowerShell
12 13 (3.58%) Kotlin
13 8 (2.20%) Perl
13 8 (2.20%) Ruby
13 8 (2.20%) Shell Script
14 7 (1.93%) Swift
15 6 (1.65%) Embedded C++
16 5 (1.38%) JSX
16 5 (1.38%) Objective-C
17 4 (1.10%) R
Qualifications
1 90 (24.79%) Security Cleared
2 64 (17.63%) SC Cleared
3 63 (17.36%) Degree
4 49 (13.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (7.16%) Master's Degree
6 15 (4.13%) AWS Certification
7 13 (3.58%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (2.75%) DV Cleared
9 8 (2.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 6 (1.65%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 5 (1.38%) AWS Certified Developer
12 4 (1.10%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.83%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 2 (0.55%) Azure Certification
14 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
15 1 (0.28%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
15 1 (0.28%) CISSP
15 1 (0.28%) ISEB
15 1 (0.28%) OCP
15 1 (0.28%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (9.92%) QA
2 20 (5.51%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.20%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.83%) WCAG
5 2 (0.55%) 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
1 113 (31.13%) Docker
2 10 (2.75%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.48%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.10%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.55%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
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
1 106 (29.20%) Kubernetes
2 92 (25.34%) Terraform
3 57 (15.70%) Grafana
4 50 (13.77%) Ansible
5 43 (11.85%) Prometheus
6 22 (6.06%) Puppet
7 8 (2.20%) CSIRT
7 8 (2.20%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (1.93%) Progress Chef
9 6 (1.65%) Kibana
10 2 (0.55%) Argo
10 2 (0.55%) Consul
10 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.55%) 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%) SCCM
11 1 (0.28%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 50 (13.77%) Splunk
2 49 (13.50%) Microsoft
3 29 (7.99%) Google
4 17 (4.68%) Databricks
5 15 (4.13%) Atlassian
6 12 (3.31%) Oracle
7 11 (3.03%) Red Hat
8 9 (2.48%) F5
8 9 (2.48%) webMethods
9 7 (1.93%) Apple
10 6 (1.65%) GoldenSource
10 6 (1.65%) Salesforce
10 6 (1.65%) VMware
11 5 (1.38%) AppDynamics
11 5 (1.38%) MuleSoft
11 5 (1.38%) PagerDuty
12 4 (1.10%) DocuSign
13 3 (0.83%) Cribl.io
13 3 (0.83%) Dynatrace
14 2 (0.55%) Foundry